It has been confirmed by NJPW that Mercedes Moné will be defending the IWGP Women’s Championship at Sakura Genesis. It will be a three way match to include both AZM and Hazuki. Both of which who work with STARDOM.
Moné made her first appearance at Wrestle Kingdom back in January where she challenged KAIRI. They battled in February at Battle in the Valley with Moné walking out as the new champion.
AZM is currently STARDOM’s High Speed Champion approaching 400-days with the gold. Hazuki is a former High Speed champ herself but also held the Artist of Stardom Title on four different occasions with Io Shirai/AZM (2), Shirai/Momo Watanabe and Shirai/Viper
This event will take place on April 8 in Tokyo, Japan.