TOKYO — Main League Wrestling (MLW) immediately introduced that the MLW Ladies’s World Featherweight Championship will likely be defended in Japan for the primary time in historical past as reigning champion “Massive Kaiju” Shoko Nakajima places the title on the road in opposition to rising star Kaya Toribami on the upcoming Tokyo Joshi Professional Wrestling (TJPW) occasion on June 7 at Kitazawa City Corridor.
This landmark championship bout marks the primary time an MLW ladies’s title will likely be contested in Japan and underscores MLW’s rising world alliance with high organizations resembling TJPW.
“Historical past will likely be made in Japan… and it will likely be wonderful,” mentioned MLW President Cesar Duran. “The primary-ever MLW Ladies’s World Title protection on Japanese soil. Thanks, TJPW… I’m most intrigued by how this unfolds. Shoko Nakajima, make them bear in mind you.”
A celebrated determine in each Japan and MLW, Shoko Nakajima captured the MLW Ladies’s World Featherweight Title April 5 in Los Angeles and now returns to her residence turf with the dignity of bringing the belt into a brand new period of worldwide status. Standing in her means is the high-flying and unpredictable Kaya Toribami, one in all TJPW’s most dynamic younger athletes.
This protection not solely represents a milestone for MLW but in addition shines a highlight on TJPW’s function in elevating ladies’s wrestling worldwide.
Roberto Villa is the CEO, Founder, Government Author, Senior Editor of FightBook MMA. Has a ardour for Fight Sports activities and likewise a podcast host for Sitting Ringside. He’s additionally a former MMA fighter and Kickboxer.
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