Pro Wrestling NOAH crowns first-ever GHC Women’s Champion

  • Ian Carey
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The first-ever GHC Women’s Champion has been crowned.

Kouki Amarei, a regular with Rossy Ogawa’s Marigold promotion, won a Royal Rumble-style battle royal on today’s Pro Wrestling NOAH Magic Monday show in Tokyo to earn the title.

Sadie Gibbs was the final elimination. Great Sakuya (the storyline daughter of The Great Muta), Miyuki Takase, Miku Aono, Takumi Iroha, Utami Hayashishita, Bozilla, Yuu, Nightshade, and Chigusa Nagayo were also entered into the match.

“I won the singles belt. The Royal Rumble was a bit of an unusual format, but I was the one who remained in the end and am wearing this belt. With this belt, I will continue to grow,” reads a translation of Amarei’s backstage comments.

Amarei was a classically trained ballet dancer before being scouted by the Actwres girl’Z promotion in 2021. She made the jump to Marigold, beginning with the promotion’s first show, Marigold Fields Forever, in May.

Pro Wrestling NOAH Magic Monday results for November 11, 2024 —

  • Kaito Kiyomiya & Kai Fujimura defeated Takashi Sugiura & Yu Owada
  • Kouki Amarei won the Magic Rumble to win the GHC Women’s Championship
  • Titus Alexander defeated Kevin Blackwood to win the West Coast Pro Championship
  • Manabu Soya, Masa Kitamiya & Ulka Sasaki vs. El Hijo de Doctor Wagner Jr., Anthony Green & Vinnie Massaro
    • Jack Morris ran in and attacked Sasaki
  • AMAKUSA defeated Starboy Charlie, Alejandro, Eita & Dragon’s Bane in a five-way match
  • Shuji Ishikawa & Shuji Kondo defeated Masato Tanaka & Takuya Sugawara