Lower than two months since she misplaced the AEW TBS Championship to Mercedes Moné at Double or Nothing 2024, Willow Nightingale finds herself holding gold as soon as once more — although it is gold that belongs to a different promotion. On Saturday, Nightingale defeated Viva Van and Lluvia on the crossover present NJPW x CMLL Fantastica Mania to win the vacant CMLL World Ladies’s Championship.
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The result’s notable because of the circumstances surrounding the title’s beforehand vacated standing. On Wednesday, CMLL introduced that it had stripped Stephanie Vaquer of her CMLL World Ladies’s and Ladies’s World Tag Workforce Championships, as she was leaving each CMLL and NJPW. She had already misplaced the NJPW STRONG Ladies’s Championship to Moné at AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door, the match that reportedly caught the attention of Vaquer’s new employer, WWE. With Vaquer unable to compete at Fantastica Mania on account of her newfound WWE obligations, a brand new match for Saturday was introduced between Lluvia, NJPW Academy’s Viva Van, and AEW’s Nightingale. Many followers anticipated Lluvia to win, she she’s the one signed CMLL expertise of the three and was Vaquer’s authentic Fantastica Mania opponent, however “The Babe With The Energy” carried the day, making her the primary girl to carry titles in AEW, NJPW, and CMLL.
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“Not unhealthy for a chubby weirdo dork from Lengthy Island,” Nightingale posted on X (previously generally known as Twitter), including after the very fact, “I say this with self-love and adoration.”
Not unhealthy for a chubby weirdo dork from Lengthy Island https://t.co/ei3Mx3Unbf
— Willow Nightingale (@willowwrestles) July 14, 2024
In her post-match feedback, Nightingale reminded followers that the final time she was in CMLL was additionally her first time, and she or he picked up a victory. “I beat the present CMLL Ladies’s Champion at that time, Stephanie Vaquer,” she proclaimed. “Stephanie’s not right here, championship’s vacant. Who’s going to step up? Nobody else however Willow Nightingale. Duh.”
EXCLUSIVE: TONIGHT on @NJPWWorld, @WillowWrestles walked out of @NJPWGlobal & @CMLL_Oficial Fantasticamania as #CMLL World Ladies’s Champion! Willow offers her ideas! pic.twitter.com/0L1qgaaXyr
— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) July 14, 2024
