NJPW and Willow Nightingale made a show for the history books. Sunday, at NJPW Resurgence, New Japan Pro Wrestling crowned the first ever NJPW Strong Women’s Champion—Willow Nightingale. The winner was decided through a one-night tournament consisting of two first round matches and one final match. In the first round, Mercedes Moné faced Stephanie Vaquer…
Category: Joshi
Tournament to crown first NJPW Strong Women’s Champion announced
New Japan Pro Wrestling is once again celebrating women’s wrestling in a big way. Thursday evening, NJPW announced there would be a one-night tournament to crown the inaugural NJPW Strong Women’s Champion featuring women from CMLL, AEW, and Stardom, along with Mercedes Moné. The tournament will take place at NJPW Strong Resurgence 2023 on May…
Tokyo Joshi Pro: How Hilarity Inspired Fandom
By: James Carlin Earlier this year, I watched my first full Tokyo Joshi Pro show. Before this, I had never really had the chance to properly get into the promotion. I was plagued with lots of schoolwork, trying to enjoy my other hobbies that aren’t wrestling and obsessively writing about another joshi company, Stardom. A…
Special PWI 500 Interview: Mei Suruga & Baliyan Akki
To celebrate a historical year for women’s wrestling, in collaboration with Pro Wrestling Illustrated, Bell To Belles interviewed over 20 women who have ranked on this year’s PWI 500 ranking, creating the “Women of the 2021 PWI 500” Interview Series. To empower women in wrestling even more, some of the interviews were conducted by the…
Women of the 2021 PWI 500: #445 Saki Akai
To celebrate a historical year for women’s wrestling, in collaboration with Pro Wrestling Illustrated, Bell To Belles interviewed over 20 women who have ranked on this year’s PWI 500 ranking, creating the “Women of the 2021 PWI 500” Interview Series. To empower women in wrestling even more, some of the interviews were conducted by the…
Donna Del Mondo members Giulia and Syuri on remaining dominant
Kristen Ashly of Bell To Belles interviewed Donna Del Mondo members Giulia and Syuri for Pro Wrestling Illustrated on the legacy of their faction, international aspirations, their new tag team ALK, and remaining dominant both in tag team wrestling and singles competition. Ashly noted that every member of Donna Del Mondo debuted and trained in…
belltobelles.com 