Willow Nightingale reacts to retaining her TBS Championshp in STARDOM.
At STARDOM Flashing Champions 2024 on May 18th, Willow Nightingale put her AEW TBS Championship on the line in a match with STARDOM's Tam Nakano. After a hard fought matchup, Willow was able to defeat Tam to retain her championship.
After the match, in an interview backstage at the show, Willow spoke about her defense, noting that she almost felt a little bad 'smashing' Nakano's "cute little face."
"Woo, nelly! Now this is technically not my debut for STARDOM. This is my second STARDOM show, but my very first here in Japan, in Yokohama. I'm gonna be calling first time wrestling in this venue, first time wrestling Tam Nakano. My God, my God, did STARDOM send me their absolute best? Woo! Tam, I can see exactly why you have a very decorated past. I can see why people love you and absolutely adore you, and a piece of me did feel a little bit bad smashing you in your very cute face and dropping you on your very cute head. But this right here, this is the AEW TBS championship. I came here to show you what the AEW TBS champion is all about. So you really brought a fight for me. Like, my goodness, I am sweating. I am pulsing. Oh, my goodness. But I'm still a winner. So, Tam, maybe this isn't the end of the line for us. Who knows, really, in this crazy wrestling business. But today, Willow Nightingale was the better woman. Woo!"
【5・18 横浜武道館大会 試合後コメント】
— スターダムSTARDOM (@wwr_stardom) May 18, 2024
ウィロー・ナイチンゲール「タム、もしかしたらこれで終わりじゃないかもしれない。このクレイジーなプロレス・ビジネスでは本当に誰にもわからないんだ。
しかし今日は、まあ、ナイチンゲールの方が勝者だった」#STARDOM pic.twitter.com/GnPyQDE5ex
Following her successful defense on Saturday, Willow will now turn to Mercedes Mone at AEW Double Or Nothing next weekend.
Taro Okada recently commented on Willow vs Nakano being booked, noting that it was AEW's suggestion. You can read more about that here.
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