Syuri is now a double champion and she earned it the hard way in a brutal Winner Takes All match against Saya Kamitani to kick off the womens division at Wrestle Kingdom 20.
With both the IWGP Womens Championship and NJPW STRONG Womens Championship on the line, the stakes couldnt have been higher. And in a huge update coming out of the Tokyo Dome Syuri walked out with both belts around her waist, proving once again why shes one of the fiercest forces in the business.
The match was a fast-paced, hard-hitting showdown between two rivals who hadnt faced each other in years and with Kamitani having never beaten Syuri, the pressure was real from the opening bell.
The action was technical early, with Syuri controlling with headlocks and armbars, but Kamitani brought the fire dodging a series of brutal kicks and countering with a springboard crossbody to the outside. From there, it turned into a war.
Syuri punished Kamitanis arm throughout the match, hitting a slam directly on the injured limb before locking in a vicious cross armbreaker that nearly forced the tap. Kamitani showed incredible heart, surviving a DDT on the apron, a Fujiwara armbar, and multiple buzzsaw kicks from Syuri.
But Saya wasnt going down quietly. She hit a top-rope frankensteiner, Blue Thunder Bomb, and the Star Crusher but none were enough to put Syuri away.
In the end, after a wild back-and-forth that included a poisonrana, huge elbows, and near-falls that had the Tokyo Dome on edge, Syuri sealed it with another German suplex and a final brutal buzzsaw kick and finisher to finally put Kamitani down for the three.
With this victory, Syuri not only retained the IWGP Womens Championship but also captured the NJPW STRONG Womens Title, cementing her place as the face of NJPWs womens division in 2026.
