NJPW has been a big working partner with AEW over the past couple years, and around that same time they started featuring women within the promotion. This has included talent not only from AEW but from STARDOM.
NJPW has two women’s belts that work under its promotion. The IWGP Women’s Title and the NJPW STRONG Women’s Title. Both of which have been held by AEW/STARDOM talents.
AEW’s Deonna Purrazzo has recently commented on wanting to work with NJPW. She has worked with the promotion only as cross-branded with IMPACT. She is wanting more with the promotion as she has seen what it has done for the likes of Mercedes Moné and how STARDOM has helped Anna Jay.
Speaking with the Wrestling Classic, she said the following –
“That was the goal coming into this year. I was the first big signee of 2024, I got to debut in New Jersey, in my hometown, it was from day one incredible. So, to now see how that division is growing, Mercedes coming in March and Anna Jay just got back from a tour in STARDOM. Also, the New Japan STRONG Women’s Champion, so there’s that partnership with New Japan there. To see how our women’s division has grown tremendously, the people who are like OGs like an Anna, like Julia Hart, see what she’s done over the last year. It’s just a really incredible division and I see so much potential in all of the girls and so many stories that I could tell with them but so many stories they could tell within themselves. Then, all the partnerships that we have elsewhere. I would love to go back to Japan, I would love to work with New Japan a little bit more. The possibilities are endless, I’m just really excited about it.” (Fightful)
In AEW, Purrazzo is currently teasing a faction. She already has had Taya Valkyrie join her and on this past week’s Collision, she gave a shout out to Yuka Sakazaki.
