Mina Shirakawa put up a fight, but Mercedes Mone is officially “11 Belts Mone,” breaking Ultimo Dragon’s record for essentially the most belts held concurrently, after she defeated Shirakawa for the ROH Women’s World Television Championship at WrestleDream. Mone issued a challenge on Friday following her match at Arena Mexico, calling out any champion to face her for the TBS Championship at WrestleDream. AEW President Tony Khan decided before the show that the challenger’s belt would even be on the road.
Shirakawa immediately tried to get Mone right into a figure 4, but Mone rolled out of the ring. She locked in a Statement Maker on the ROH champion, and hit a backstabber when Shirakawa was almost in a position to make it to the ropes. Mone beat down Shirakawa, stomping on her midsection. She hit the Three Amigos and went to go to the highest rope, but thought higher of it. She drug Shirakawa into the center of the ring to lock in a figure 4 of her own, but Shirakawa kicked her into the ropes. Mone followed it up with a meteora after which went to the highest for the frog splash, but Shirakawa got her knees up.
Shirakawa then rallied and hit a sling blade from the highest to Mone and dodged a Mone Maker. She attempted to get Mone within the figure 4 once more. She hit the TBS Champion with rolling elbow strikes and a spinning backfist, but Mone would not stay down.
Mone tried to pin Shirakawa, however the referee caught her holding the ropes. She poked Shirakawa in the attention and tried to get her to submit with the Statement Maker, and hit one other Mone Maker for good measure. Ultimately, Mone was in a position to get a surprise backslide on Shirakawa and held the ropes for the victory.