Strong Women's Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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Promotion | New Japan Pro-Wrestling World Wonder Ring Stardom | ||||||||||||||||||
Date established | April 27, 2023[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
Current champion(s) | Mercedes Moné | ||||||||||||||||||
Date won | June 30, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The Strong Women's Championship (Japanese: STRONG女子王座, Hepburn: STRONG Joshi Ōza) is a women's professional wrestling world championship owned by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion. The creation of the championship was announced by NJPW on April 27, 2023.[1] The title is exclusively featured on NJPW's American internet television program NJPW Strong Live, which features a distinct roster of American and other foreign wrestlers. The inaugural champion was Willow Nightingale, who defeated Mercedes Moné in a tournament final at Resurgence to win the championship. The current champion is Moné, who defeated Stephanie Vaquer in a Winner Takes All match in which Moné's AEW TBS Championship was also on the line at Forbidden Door.