Wednesday’s NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17 event was newsworthy as several title changes took place including FTR losing the IWGP World Heavyweight Tag Team Titles to Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi.
Mercedes Mone, formerly known as Sasha Banks, made her promotional debut to confront KAIRI. This set up Banks vs. KAIRI at a February 18th NJPW show. You can check out the full results here.
As previously noted, Bayley and Naomi traveled to Japan to be there in person to support their good friend. They were not shown on camera as Naomi is expected to return to WWE.
That didn’t stop Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler from snapping a photo backstage of the two teams. FTR is close with Mone and Bayley as they’ve been friends for years.
Harwood shared a then and now photo while he proclaimed, “What a life,” in the caption.
What a life. pic.twitter.com/PPHHxmmnrr
— Uncle Dax FTR (@DaxFTR) January 4, 2023
