Sunday’s event for Stardom in Hachioji, Japan featured Momo Watanabe defeating Syuri, Suzu Suzuki, and Tomoka Inaba in the Finals of Stardom’s Qualifiers tournament to advance to the International Women’s Cup match at NJPW x AEW Wrestle Dynasty.
Momo Watanabe has won the STARDOM four-way and is heading to the Tokyo Dome on January 5th to compete in the International Women’s Cup match at Wrestle Dynasty.
— Scott E. Wrestling (@ScottEWrestling) December 22, 2024
The match is officially:
Athena (ROH) vs. Willow Nightingale (AEW) vs. Persephone (CMLL) vs. Momo Watanabe (STARDOM)… pic.twitter.com/hflEqzuo8V
Watanabe joins Willow Nightingale, Persephone, and Athena as those who have officially qualified for the International Women’s Cup Four-way match at Wrestle Dynasty.
Current card for NJPW x AEW Wrestle Dynasty:
- IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship – Brody King vs. David Finlay (c)
- NJPW Strong Women’s Championship & RevPro Undisputed British Women’s Championship Title vs. Title match – Mercedes Mone (NJPW) vs. Mina Shirakawa (RevPro)
- Vacant IWGP Tag Team Championship – Great-O-Khan & mystery partner vs. The Young Bucks (Matthew & Nicholas Jackson)
- International Women’s Cup Four-way match – Athena (ROH) vs. Persephone (CMLL) vs. Willow Nightingale (AEW) vs. Momo Watanabe (Stardom)
- NEVER Openweight Championship – Tomohiro Ishii vs. Winner of Konosuke Takeshita/Shingo Takagi (c)
- Eight-Person Lucha Gauntlet match – TBA (NJPW) vs. TBA (CMLL) vs. TBA (NJPW) vs. TBA (CMLL) vs. TBA (NJPW) vs. TBA (CMLL) vs. TBA (NJPW) vs. TBA (CMLL)
- Kenny Omega vs. Gabe Kidd
- Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Ricochet
- Yota Tusji vs. Jack Perry
- Shota Umino vs. Claudio Castagnoli

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