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IWGP Women’s World Championship: Kairi (c) vs. Mercedes Mone
The match begins with Mone backing Kairi into the corner and the ref separates them, Mone goes to work on the arm of Kairi. Kairi gets free and she does the same thing to Mone, Mone gets Kairi in a headlock and Kairi gets free. Mone takes Kairi down with a springboard arm drag before nearly catching her in the Bank Statement, Kairi and Mone have a test of strength. Mone kicks the arm of Kairi before applying a headlock to her, Kairi gets free and she drops Mone with a head scissors takedown. Kairi then uses a basement drop kick to knock Mone out of the ring, Kairi leaps off the ring apron to hit Mone with a forearm strike. Kairi gets Mone back in the ring and she nails her with a few chops, Kairi misses a charge in the corner and Mone nails her with some chops. Mone then takes Kairi down with a rope assisted arm drag, Mone then hits Kairi with a running double knee strike for a near fall. Mone keeps Kairi down for a moment while stomping away on her, Mone goes for another rope assisted arm drag and Kairi hangs her upside down in the corner. Kairi climbs the ropes and Mone gets free to land a head kick, Kairi falls to the ring apron and Mone sends her into the ring rope hooks.
Kairi falls to the arena floor and Mone follows her out there to land some strikes, Mone then sends Kairi into the ring post. Mone gets Kairi back in the ring to get a near fall on a pin attempt, Kairi fights back and Mone nails her with a single arm DDT for a near fall. Mone keeps Kairi down while working over her injured arm, Kairi gets free and she rolls up Mone before eating a clothesline. Mone takes off a part of her boot before hitting Kairi with it, Mone then chokes Kairi on the ropes. Kairi leaves the ring and Mone follows her out there to get her back into the ring, Mone then hits Kairi with a code breaker to the hurt arm for a near fall. Mone hangs Kairi upside down in the corner while attacking her with kicks, Mone gets Kairi out of the ring and Kairi manages to send her into the ring post. Kairi follows up on that by sending Mone into the ring post once again, Mone recovers and she manages to send Kairi into the ring post again. The competitors make it back to the ring and Mone drops Kairi before stomping on her, Mone places Kairi on the top rope and she follows her up there.
Kairi trips Mone up before hanging her upside down in the corner, Kairi then hits Mone with a top rope double stomp. Kairi trips up a kicking Mone before landing a running blockbuster followed by a spear, Kairi traps Mone in the corner before landing a sliding forearm strike. Kairi then hits Mone with a top rope forearm strike for a near fall, Kairi keeps Mone down while applying a head scissors to her. Mone eventually gets to the ropes to break the hold from Kairi, Kairi meets Mone on the ring apron and Mone escapes her grasp before landing a knee strike that sends Kairi to the arena floor. Mone leaps off the ring apron and she nails Kairi with a meteora, Mone gets Kairi back in the ring before going to the top rope. Mone then hits Kairi with a top rope meteora for a near fall, Mone goes for a back stabber and Kairi counters with a roll up and they exchange some pin attempts. Mone then drops Kairi with a single leg drop kick, Mone then hits Kairi with a stunner followed by a roll up for a near fall. Mone goes for a meteora and Kairi rolls through to get her in a Boston crab variation, Kairi drags Mone to the middle of the ring and Mone rolls her up for a near fall. Mone then applies the Bank Statement to Kairi and Kairi gets to the ropes, Mone lands elbow strikes to the injured arm of Kairi.
Kairi recovers and she nails a charging Mone with a spinning back fist for a near fall, Kairi then drops Mone with an Alabama slam in the corner. Kairi looks to climb the ropes and Mone grabs her leg to prevent it, Kairi traps Mone in the ropes before kicking her in the back of the head. Mone recovers and she hits Kairi with a belly to belly suplex for a near fall, Mone follows up by hitting Kairi with a series of suplexes. Kairi counters a third suplex attempt by spiking Mone with a DDT, Kairi and Mone have a striking exchange in the middle of the ring. Kairi goes for another spinning back fist and Mone gets the ref in the way and the ref eats the shot, Kairi gets angry at Mone and they take their battle up the entrance ramp. Kairi knocks Mone off the entrance ramp and onto the arena floor, Kairi leaps off the ramp and Mone catches her before slamming her on a production box. Mone finds a table and she sets it up on the arena floor, Mone climbs the production box and she looks to suplex Kairi through the table. Kairi gets free and she power bombs Mone through the table, Kairi drags Mone back into the ring. Kairi goes to the top rope and Mone gets her legs up to block the Insane Elbow attempt, Mone goes to the top rope and Kairi gets her knees up on the frog splash attempt.
Kairi gets Mone in a cross face and Mone bites the hand of Kairi to get free, Kairi and Mone both look for roll ups and Mone winds up hitting Kairi with the Money Maker for a three count.
Winner: Mercedes Mone, your new IWGP Women’s World Champion
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