International Women’s Cup winner crowned during Wrestle Dynasty pre-show

Momo Watanabe is the International Women’s World Cup winner.

The Stardom representative emerged victorious at the Tokyo Dome on Saturday night defeating Athena, Willow Nightingale, and Persephone in a four-way match. The finish had Athena looking to score the win against Watanabe. However, Watanabe’s stablemate Thekla pulled Athena out of the ring as the referee was making the count. The distraction allowed Watanabe to strike Athena with a baseball bat, eventually leading to her victory.

As a result of her win, Watanabe has now earned a title match of her choice across ROH, AEW, CMLL, and Stardom.

For the last month, matches have taken place to determine the representatives for the four-way match at Wrestle Dynasty. Nightingale won a mini-tournament to earn her spot in AEW, while ROH’s Athena, CMLL’s Persephone, and Watanabe all won four-way matches.

During the main card of Wrestle Dynasty, Mercedes Mone will face Mina Shirakawa. The match will be for both the New Japan Strong title that Mone holds and for the RevPro Undisputed British Women’s title that Shirakawa holds.