* IWGP STRONG Women’s & RPW Undisputed British Women’s Championship Match:Mercedes Mone (NJPW Champion) vs. Mina Shirakawa (RPW Champion)

Mone got off to an early start in the match with a submission and suicide dive through the second rope onto Mina.

The offense was short-lived, as Mina targeted Mone’s knee and began working on it.

Mone has some moments. However, Mina continues to control the majority of the match. Mina has tried everything to put Mone away but has been unsuccessful.

Mone finally hits her Mone Maker on Mina Shirakawa to pick up the pinfall and win the RPW Undisputed Women’s Championship.

Winner: Mercedes Mone (Title Change!!)

Mercedes Mone Eyes Third Title At Tokyo Dome

From there, we head back inside the arena where the ring is covered in a red carpet. The familiar sounds of Mercedes Mone’s theme hits and out comes “The CEO” of AEW doing her annoying little bounce-dance. She settles in the ring with the TBS title on her shoulder and the NJPW STRONG Women’s title on a podium.

Mone introduces a video looking back at her arrival in AEW last year, and the big year of 2024 she had in the promotion, and internationally. She tells Mina Shirakawa that she’s coming for that RevPro Championship. “And just remember, Mone changes everything!”

TBS Championship
Mercedes Mone (c) vs. Hikaru Shida

“The Dapper Yapper” Justin Roberts is shown in the ring. He begins the formal ring introductions for our opening contest, which is one of two championship bouts scheduled for tonight. The TBS Champion Mercedes Mone is introduced, and makes her way out accompanied by Kamille.

A confident “CEO” settles in the ring with “The Brickhouse” by her side, and raises her TBS Championship high in the air. The theme for her opponent hits, and out comes former AEW Women’s World Champion with her sights set on earning her way into the AEW ALL IN 2024 pay-per-view at Wembley Stadium.

Mone and Shida lock up at the bell. Mone breaks free and pie-faces Shida. Fans chant “Shi-da! Shi-da!” as she backs Mone into the ropes, and gives her a clean break. Shida hits a big move and looks to follow up, charging at Mone in the corner, but “The CEO” moves and gets Shida in a cross-face on the mat.

Shida hits a series of strikes and connects with a hurricanrana that brings Mone down to the mat. She climbs up on Mone and does the ten-punch spot on her in the corner. Shida takes Mone down with a side suplex into a cover for a count of two.

Mone crawls through the ropes for a word with Kamille, and then grabs Shida in the ropes and slams her face-first into the top turn buckle. Shida fights back, but then Kamille trips her up from ringside. Shida fights back with a tilt-a-whirl back-breaker to Mone.

The Japanese veteran sets Mone over the ring apron under the bottom rope and heads out to the floor. She backs up and gets ready to run, but Kamille stands in front of Mone to protect her. While distracted with that, Mone hits a big running Meteora off the ring apron to Shida on the floor.

On the ropes, Mone knocks Shida down and connects with another Meteora, this time in the ring. She immediately follows up with a cover, but only gets a count of two. Fans break out in dueling “Let’s go Shida!” and “C-E-O!” chants.

Mone hits a Three Amigos series of suplexes on Shida, who blocks the final one and counters with a falcon arrow for a two-count. Shida looks for her finisher, but Kamille pulls Mone out to the floor to save her. Shida hits Kamille with a dropkick and blasts her with “Kendo stick, Jones,” as Taz calls it. Gotta love Taz.

Kamille decks Shida from behind as Mone had the referee tied up in the ring. Mone immediately follows up by dragging a lifeless Shida into the ring and connecting with her Mone-Maker finisher for the pin fall victory. With the win, Mone retains her TBS title and moves on to the Britt Baker match at ALL IN.

Winner and STILL TBS Champion: Mercedes Mone

Britt Baker Strikes!

After the match, Kamille and Mone are celebrating in the ring when the familiar sounds of Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D.’s theme hits. Kamille exits the ring and heads up the ramp to meet her, but Baker never comes out.

She thinks she sees her in a mask in the crowd, so she yanks her over the barricade and stomps her out, only to realize it’s not her. Baker emerges through the crowd on the other side of the ring, and slides into the ring behind Mone, who is holding a kendo stick and waiting for her.

Baker beats her down and looks to put her in her LockJaw finisher, but Kamille yanks Mone out to save her. The two stare each other down, while Baker poses with the TBS title, which Mone left in the ring while fleeing the scene.

Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. vs. Hikaru Shida

Inside the arena, the theme for Britt Baker hits and out she comes for her first match back in ten months. After she settles in the ring, the theme for her opponent, whom Schiavone calls Baker’s top rival, Hikaru Shida hits. Out she comes as highlights of their past battles are shown in split-screen.

The bell sounds and we’re officially off-and-running with this one. After some brief back-and-forth action, we shift gears and head into a mid-match commercial break. When we return, we see Baker settle into the lead. She slips the glove on for her finisher but Shida fights back.

Shida thinks about using a kendo stick but decides against it. Baker hits a big move and then slaps on the Lockjaw for the win. After the match, TBS and NJPW STRONG Women’s Champion Mercedes Mone comes out. She says everyone wants Baker vs. Mone at ALL IN, but she’s saying no. Kamille appears and lays out Baker and poses with Mone. We head to another break.

Winner: Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D.