NEWS: Hazuki & Mina Shirakawa Confirmed for NJPW Strong Style Evolved in December

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After winning the #1 Contendership for the New Japan Strong Women’s Championship at Fighting Spirit Unleashed on November 9th, ‘The Wildheart’ Hazuki will be making her second appearance in the United States in just over a month.

Having beaten Anna Jay, Koguma and Trish Adora, Hazuki’s title match against champion Mercedes Mone – what will be the CEO’s 3rd defence of the belt – has been confirmed for December 15th at the Walter Pyramid in Long Beach for Strong Style Evolved in a match that is set to main event the show. This will be the second time the pair have faced off, after Mercedes Mone successfully defended the IWGP Women’s Championship against Hazuki and AZM back in April at Sakura Genesis.

Also on the card, Stardom’s Venus Mina Shirakawa will face off with NJPW Academy prospect Johnnie Robbie in a special singles match that will open the main card.

The full announced line-up for Strong Style Evolved in Long Beach on December 15th is as follows;

  • NJPW Strong Women’s Championship Match: Mercedes Mone (c) vs. Hazuki
  • NJPW Strong Openweight Championship Match: Gabe Kidd (c) vs. Ryohei Oiwa
  • NJPW Strong Openweight Tag Team Championships Match: Grizzled Young Veterans (c) vs. West Coast Wrecking Crew (Jorel Nelson & Royce Isaacs)
  • Los Ingobernables de Japan (Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji) vs. Konosuke Takeshita & Jack Perry
  • Clark Connors vs. KUSHIDA vs. Kosei Fujita vs. TJP
  • Lio Rush vs. Hechicero
  • Mina Shirakawa vs. Johnnie Robbie
  • Matt Vandagriff vs. Zane Jay

Strong Style Evolved 2024 will be available to watch on NJPW World

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Hailing from Stoke-on-Trent, Rob fell back in love with the Wrestling Business in 2016 after a decade-long break. Rob is the host of the PodMania Wrestling Podcast, the StardomCast and reviews retro PPVs - with an odd fascination with 1995 WWF/WCW!

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