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00:00Do you want to fight me for the IWGP title?
00:16The goddess of women's wrestling, former WWE champion, Sally.
00:25And the IWGP female champion.
00:29Welcome to the ring of Stardom.
00:33The icon of women's wrestling, Mayu Iwatani.
00:42You've come to a very delicious place, Sally.
00:48Four years ago, a dream came true.
00:53The dream that burned out just before that time,
00:57came true over time.
01:00We debuted at the same age.
01:05I personally feel that it is our destiny to keep rising even if we are trampled like weeds.
01:14I think the fans are the ones who are looking forward to it.
01:19At the end, I want you to see which one is standing.
01:25This year's International Wrestling Grand Prix.
01:30The strongest and the most popular woman will be decided.
01:34Wrapping the IWGP belt is an absolute condition.
01:39Let's hit everything fair and square in the ring.
01:43I don't intend to lose to Sally.
01:48The fifth defense is still in progress.
01:51The best, no, the worst.
01:55I don't know what will happen, but I believe in myself and fight.
02:01I don't think I'll be crushed like Sally.
02:07Amaterasu Taiyoshin and the symbol of the universe finally meet.
02:17IWGP Women's Championship match.
02:21The king, Mayu Iwatani versus the challenger, Sally.
02:36First of all, the blue corner, the challenger, Sally.
03:06April 27, 2024.
03:20Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture.
03:24Taiyoshin is in the ring.
03:38The time has come.
03:44Mayu Iwatani versus Yokohama.
03:51The winner is the IWGP Women's Champion.
04:02The red corner, the challenger, Mayu Iwatani.
04:20The blue corner, the challenger, Mayu Iwatani.
04:30The blue corner, the challenger, Mayu Iwatani.
04:40The blue corner, the challenger, Mayu Iwatani.
04:51She shines brighter than the sun.
04:56She is the star of the IWGP Women's Championship.
05:03The third IWGP Women's Champion.
05:11The icon of stardom, Mayu Iwatani.
05:2013 months ago, Mayu Iwatani decided to retire and become a pro-wrestler.
05:29Mayu Iwatani went to the ocean to fight.
05:34Mayu Iwatani thought it was over.
05:39But Mayu Iwatani stood up and fought.
05:45Mayu Iwatani fought, survived, and climbed to the top of the IWGP Women's Championship.
05:55Mayu Iwatani is a living proof of her pride as a pro-wrestler.
06:00She will never give up.
06:06Mayu Iwatani is a living proof of her pride as a pro-wrestler.
06:11She will never give up.
06:36Mayu Iwatani is a living proof of her pride as a pro-wrestler.
06:41She will never give up.
06:46Mayu Iwatani is a living proof of her pride as a pro-wrestler.
06:51She will never give up.
06:56Mayu Iwatani is a living proof of her pride as a pro-wrestler.
07:01Mayu Iwatani is a living proof of her pride as a pro-wrestler.
07:06Mayu Iwatani is a living proof of her pride as a pro-wrestler.
07:11Mayu Iwatani is a living proof of her pride as a pro-wrestler.
07:16Mayu Iwatani is a living proof of her pride as a pro-wrestler.
07:21Mayu Iwatani is a living proof of her pride as a pro-wrestler.
07:26Mayu Iwatani is a living proof of her pride as a pro-wrestler.
07:31Mayu Iwatani is a living proof of her pride as a pro-wrestler.
07:36Mayu Iwatani is a living proof of her pride as a pro-wrestler.
07:41Mayu Iwatani is a living proof of her pride as a pro-wrestler.
07:46Mayu Iwatani is a living proof of her pride as a pro-wrestler.
07:51Mayu Iwatani is a living proof of her pride as a pro-wrestler.
07:56Mayu Iwatani is a living proof of her pride as a pro-wrestler.
08:01Mayu Iwatani is a living proof of her pride as a pro-wrestler.
08:06Mayu Iwatani is a living proof of her pride as a pro-wrestler.
08:11Mayu Iwatani is a living proof of her pride as a pro-wrestler.
08:16This is the start of the WGP Women's Pro-Wrestling Championship.
08:37Mayu!
08:39Now, they're going to touch each other.
08:44Mayu!
08:49Mayu!
08:55Mayu!
08:58Shiro!
09:02Break!
09:04Break!
09:06Break!
09:09I thought it was going to be clean, but Sully was late.
09:12Iwatani Mayu was prepared for that.
09:15He can't afford to let his guard down for a moment.
09:26Iwatani is going.
09:28Hammer throw.
09:29Turn around.
09:30Drop down.
09:31He was looking at that.
09:33He was looking at that.
09:36He was looking at that.
09:38Arm whip!
09:40Sally is trying to get a cover, but she slips away.
09:44She's looking for a dropkick.
09:45GENIATOR!
09:47DROPKICK!
09:49EXECUTIONER!
09:52The icon is flapping in the audience.
09:54Mayu Iwatani!
09:55To the front!
09:56Oh!
09:58This is no longer Sally.
10:00Yes, yes, yes, yes!
10:02Yes!
10:03Yes, yes, yes, yes!
10:05What the hell are you doing?
10:07Sally is going to switch from here.
10:11KICK!
10:13Sally!
10:15One more time.
10:16Oh, Omoi-san.
10:17How nervous do you feel?
10:19Both of them are nervous.
10:25I thought they would be emotional.
10:28Yes.
10:29It's unusual for a champion to be emotional in the beginning.
10:35Sally!
10:37Come on, come on, come on!
10:38Come on, come on, come on!
10:39This is the first time they've had a singles match.
10:45The match was held in December 2019 at the Jishikoryo in Sally.
10:49They're fighting in a tag match.
10:51This is their first time.
10:53Let's go!
10:55No one knows what kind of fight it will be.
10:58That's right.
11:00However, in the same period of their debut in 2011,
11:04they were not the type to stand out in a group match.
11:11Sally has a part that overlaps with her.
11:14That's what she said.
11:16This is a fierce wrestling club.
11:19Come on, Hirai-san!
11:22Hirai-san is destroying Sally's technique.
11:26She's heavy.
11:31No, Sally, no!
11:33No!
11:34Sally says she's wearing a sword.
11:38She's confident that she's the most suitable for the IWGP champion.
11:48Come on, come on, come on!
11:50He's grabbing Sally's hair.
11:52It's a very classical and heavy development.
11:57It's very IWGP-like.
11:59After all this time,
12:02I'm sure they'll be asked about the content of the fight and the techniques they'll choose.
12:09They're both making their own developments in their heads.
12:13It's a crushing match.
12:16It's also their first singles match without a lot of data.
12:21It's a situation where it's almost impossible to predict what the opponent will do.
12:30As expected, when it comes to striking, Sally pushes forward.
12:35Anyway, the impact is strong.
12:37Each and every strike,
12:39the impact may be beyond the imagination of Iwatani Mayu.
12:43It's the Indian Zod.
12:45It's the reverse Indian Zod.
12:47It's the IWGP champion.
12:52He's going to take his arm off the ground and ride it into a bent kamikaze.
12:59Even with this kind of technique,
13:01I'm sure there's a certain level of consciousness in Sally.
13:05She feels the weight of the IWGP champion.
13:08She's using her history in her techniques.
13:12Wow, this is intense.
13:14It's a battle between the old Yokohama squad.
13:1860 minutes of full time.
13:20I don't know how much of a fight this is going to be.
13:25That's right.
13:27I'm sure Sally wants to draw attention to that.
13:32She's conscious of it.
13:34She wants to make it clear that she's the IWGP champion.
13:40That's right.
13:41In a way, fans are both enemies and allies.
13:43It's like they're fighting each other.
13:45I'm sure the current champion, Iwatani Mayu, doesn't have that kind of obsession.
13:50No, I don't.
13:51The current female pro-wrestler, the current star,
13:53the current Iwatani Mayu is trying to compete with her.
13:55That's why I like her.
13:59It's an ideology contest that's common in pro-wrestling.
14:02That's right.
14:03But the one who should win now is...
14:06Rikiya.
14:09That's unusual.
14:11That's right.
14:12She's become emotional.
14:14I don't know what kind of fight this is going to be, as Iwatani said.
14:20Iwatani herself doesn't know what's going to happen to her.
14:26That's amazing.
14:29Hey, Hirai-san.
14:31Iwatani Mayu...
14:33Yes.
14:34When I won the IWGP title, I felt like I was fighting against Mercedes Mone.
14:41I want her to defend herself this time, too.
14:43She's already gone.
14:44Yes.
14:45In April of last year, in Yokohama Arena,
14:50she won the title against Mercedes Mone.
14:53And a year later, in this new Yokohama division,
14:56she's going to fight against Sully.
14:58I feel like she's a fated opponent.
15:00Hey, hey, hey.
15:02Hey, hey, hey.
15:03Hey, hey, hey.
15:04Everyone says that the main wrestlers have their on and off in the match.
15:10But the killer part of the on and off
15:14comes from Iwatani Mayu sometimes.
15:17That part of her came out today.
15:20She's fast.
15:21From the beginning.
15:22Yes.
15:24Oe-san, I have the impression that Sully also likes these kinds of fights.
15:29Of course.
15:30Yes.
15:31Since she came back to Japan,
15:33she's been very conscious of fighting.
15:38That's what Sully's style of pro-wrestling is all about.
15:43The more the opponent attacks,
15:46the more Sully raises the gear.
15:48Iwatani attacks.
15:50Dropkick.
15:52She's been stabbed.
15:53Sully.
15:54Iwatani is in the cover.
15:56Sully raises her shoulder.
15:59Iwatani Mayu is coming at her hard.
16:01That's right.
16:03It's Iwatani Mayu's style of fighting
16:05to get back at her after being beaten so many times.
16:09That's right.
16:10Iwatani Mayu is attacking so hard.
16:15It's a very fresh look.
16:20She won't let Sully do anything.
16:23Elbow.
16:24It's a hard elbow.
16:26Iwatani has collapsed.
16:28I heard the sound of rocks colliding.
16:30That's true.
16:31That's how it is in Jindai.
16:34The sound of bones colliding.
16:36The sound of bones colliding.
16:38Iwatani has collapsed.
16:41Yes.
16:43Here she comes again.
16:47Sully said she's afraid of elbow clashes.
16:50Her elbow hurts.
16:53She won't run away.
16:55That's right.
16:57What was that sound?
16:59Iwatani Mayu is a timid, timid girl.
17:02She's not a strong-willed girl.
17:04However, Iwatani Mayu is a professional wrestler.
17:07She has the strength of a heart.
17:10She has the strength of a body.
17:13She has the strength of a professional wrestler.
17:17It hurts.
17:19She's going for it.
17:21She knows that a strong Sully will hit her.
17:24But she continues to hit Iwatani.
17:28She hits the rope.
17:29Sully.
17:32She's still coming.
17:33She's still coming.
17:34She hits it.
17:37It's a cross-section.
17:38It's amazing.
17:43This is Sully.
17:44This is Sully.
17:45It's amazing.
17:46It's really Sully.
17:49In fact, the champion was the one who actively drew Sully.
17:54Fisherman's suplex, count two.
17:59But Oesaki, this is a good development for Sully.
18:04That's right.
18:05She brought it to her own fight.
18:07That's right.
18:08However, by continuing to attack,
18:11I was wondering what this style would be like.
18:16The more you do it, the more Iwatani will return to it.
18:22She has a zombie style.
18:24Zombie mode.
18:26Iwatani wants to turn around.
18:32No matter how tough the situation,
18:34Iwatani doesn't forget that she is the icon of Stardom.
18:38It's already been 10 minutes.
18:41What a long 10 minutes.
18:46But this time it's Sully.
18:48It's fast.
18:49She caught Iwatani in the top corner.
18:51It's about time.
18:52Fisherman's suplex.
18:53Fisherman's suplex.
18:59And...
19:01And...
19:04Sully is attacked.
19:06Sully is not the god of the sun, but the god of destruction.
19:10Sully's suplex.
19:14This is the suplex of Master Kaoru Ito.
19:17Kaoru Ito is in the second round.
19:19Kaoru Ito is watching.
19:22In front of him...
19:24And...
19:28Is that all?
19:29Mayu Iwatani!
19:30Can she return it?
19:32She returned it.
19:35But...
19:36She took a big, big damage.
19:40Mayu!
19:41Hirai-san.
19:43It's a pretty tough situation.
19:44That's right.
19:45That suplex is really...
19:48It's a lot of damage in a row.
19:51It's hard to breathe when you take damage to the body.
19:54Mayu-san!
19:55While the wrestlers are fighting,
19:57they're using their breathing to recover their stamina and damage.
20:02This is only a 10-minute match.
20:04It's a 10-minute match.
20:05I can't believe it.
20:06This is a long, short match.
20:08And there's a lot of space.
20:10It's hard to put it into words.
20:12It's like a battlefield.
20:15How is it?
20:16It's all packed together.
20:17It's a crushing match.
20:18Yes.
20:19It's like crushing their very existence.
20:22That's the kind of fight...
20:23Now, she's aiming for Kasadora with a counter.
20:25She was looking at this, too.
20:27She was looking at this.
20:28It's a Sully strike.
20:33Sully is completely on board right now.
20:35That's right.
20:37The champion, Iwatani, who is trying to find a way out.
20:41He said he had no more hesitation.
20:43You can see Sully's expression.
20:47As I said earlier,
20:49Iwatani is in zombie mode.
20:51When he was defending the red belt,
20:53he was often attacked by challengers like this.
20:58But beyond that,
21:00he's in zombie mode.
21:02It's a terrifying mode.
21:05He's going to continue to attack.
21:07He's going to take his breath away.
21:09He's going to get hit.
21:10He's going to get hit.
21:11He's going to get hit.
21:12He's going to hit the reflex hole with an apron.
21:18It's an apron.
21:19It's a hard part.
21:24Now, one...
21:28Iwatani wants to see a clear win.
21:30Toketsu Ishida!
21:35Toketsu Ishida is unbelievable.
21:38Amazing.
21:40Hirai, Iwatani's strength...
21:44Yes.
21:45It's another step up.
21:47It's another step up.
21:50It's amazing.
21:53He's in zombie mode.
21:55Hirai, you've probably seen Iwatani's matches many times.
22:01You've probably planned his performance.
22:04Yes.
22:05That's why you know Iwatani's strength.
22:08Yes, I know.
22:10I'm really cheering for him.
22:13Really.
22:18It's high.
22:21It's like a spear stabbing him from above.
22:23It's an unbelievable weight.
22:29What is he doing?
22:32It's a high kick.
22:34Splash!
22:38Now it's Sunny's turn.
22:43If he can jump like this, Iwatani can create a rhythm.
22:50He wants to connect.
22:52Champion, Iwatani Mayu.
22:55High kick.
22:57He won't let him counter.
22:59It's dangerous.
23:02That's crazy.
23:04Count two.
23:06That's a great bridge.
23:08It's like a tiger mask.
23:14He's going for Sunny's specialty.
23:18Iwatani knows how dangerous it is to be in this position.
23:22Headbutt.
23:27Headbutt.
23:29He's unconscious.
23:32Headbutt and headbutt.
23:34Why did he counter?
23:37Sunny's going for it.
23:39He's going for the leg.
23:40The same technique, German.
23:44Iwatani is still going for it.
23:46Elbow to elbow.
23:48He's going for it.
23:54Iwatani's movement has stopped.
23:56He's still going for it.
23:58He's going for it.
23:59Sunny doesn't want to take the Dragon.
24:01But he's still going for it.
24:03Dragon suplex.
24:06Count two.
24:10He's moving.
24:11Iwatani is moving ahead.
24:13He's waiting for it.
24:16He's waiting for it.
24:18Sunny is not going for it.
24:23This is a life-threatening moment for Iwatani.
24:26It's a frustrating moment for Sunny.
24:30The IWGP Women's belt is shining.
24:35Will the sun shine on this belt?
24:38Or will the icon shine?
24:45He's checking the referee.
24:48He's in a double-down state.
24:51Tanahashi is quick to judge.
24:53He's going for a double-down count.
24:55He's not in a double-down count yet.
24:57Meanwhile, Sunny is burning up his fighting spirit.
25:03He's attacking Iwatani.
25:06He's going for it.
25:07He's going for it.
25:08Dragon suplex.
25:09Sunny.
25:10He's going for a dragon suplex.
25:13Count two.
25:18He's moving ahead of Iwatani.
25:21He's got the power to live.
25:24He's got the power to live.
25:26He's got the power to live.
25:27He's got the power to live.
25:30Sunny is studying Iwatani a lot.
25:33That's right.
25:37He's going for the finish.
25:40He's inputting the flow of the match.
25:46He's going to stop him.
25:48He's not going to let him do it.
25:52Iwatani can't hit the dragon.
25:55He's going for the back throw.
25:57Sunny.
25:59He's going to make Iwatani stand up.
26:01He's going to make Iwatani stand up.
26:02He's going to make Iwatani stand up.
26:05He's going for the finish.
26:08The IWGP Heavyweight Champion,
26:11Sunny is going for the finish.
26:15He's going for the back throw.
26:17He's going for the back throw.
26:18He's going to stop Iwatani.
26:20He's going to stop Iwatani.
26:22Count two.
26:28He's going to return it.
26:33He's out of form.
26:36He wants to go for the fall.
26:40He's got a low bridge.
27:42Iwatani Mayu is right there!
27:44He's going for the right flex hold!
27:46He's going for the right flex hold!
27:48He's going for the right flex hold!
27:50He's going for the right flex hold!
27:52It's going to be bad if he can't read the flow of Iwatani.
27:58It's going to be bad if he can't read the flow of Iwatani.
28:01He's cornered. Iwatani Mayu is cornering him!
28:05He's cornered. Iwatani Mayu is cornering him!
28:07From the front!
28:09He's cornered.
28:12He's cornered.
28:14He's cornered.
28:26It's over!
28:41The winner is Mayu Iwatani!
28:52The third IWGP Women's Champion, Mayu Iwatani, has successfully defended her fifth title.