mobanmarketNJPW has announced a one-night tournament to crown the first Strong Women's Champion.
Mercedes Mone, Willow Nightingale, Momo Kohgo, and Stephanie Vaquer will take part in a tournament at Resurgence on Sunday, May 21 in Long Beach, California to crown the inaugural NJPW Strong Women's Champion.
In first round matches, Mone will take on Vaquer, while Nightingale will face Kohgo. The winners of the first round bouts will meet later in the evening to determine the first NJPW Strong Women's Champion.
Mone's initial NJPW/Stardom contract was set to expire after Stardom's All Star Grand Queendom event on April 23, where she dropped the IWGP Women's Championship to Mayu Iwatani. Mone reportedly agreed to a contract extension, the length of which has yet to be determined.
After losing to Iwatani, Mone stated that her next stop would be Resurgence, and NJPW officially announced her for the event on Monday.
Vaquer works primarily for CMLL in Mexico and holds one half of the promotion's Occidente Women's Tag Team Championship.
Kohgo is a Stardom talent who appeared on the All Star Grand Queendom pre-show in the Yokohama Rumble.
Nightingale is signed to AEW/ROH, and challenged Athena for the ROH Women's title on Ring of Honor TV on the March 9 episode.
Resurgence will air live on NJPW World pay-per-view for 2,290 Yen (approximately $22.30).
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The updated lineup for Resurgence:
NJPW Resurgence, Sunday, May 21, Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, California —
IWGP US Championship number one contender's tournament match: Will Ospreay vs. Hiroshi TanahashiNJPW Strong Women's Championship tournament first round: Mercedes Mone vs. Stephanie VaquerNJPW Strong Women's Championship tournament first round: Willow Nightingale vs. Momo KohgoNJPW Strong Women's Championship tournament finals