Athena To Challenge Syuri For IWGP Women’s Title At NJPW New Beginning USA

Athena is looking to add more gold to her collection.

NJPW announced that ROH Women’s Champion Athena will challenge Syuri for the IWGP Women’s Title at NJPW New Beginning USA on February 27.

BREAKING@AthenaPalmer_FG is headed to New Beginning USA February 27- and is challenging @syuri_wv3s for the IWGP Women's title!@CUREarena TICKETS:https://t.co/bTJqdj5yL3#njnbgusa pic.twitter.com/Yu5xugPoL5

— NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) February 3, 2026

Here is the current lineup for New Beginning USA:

NJPW New Beginning USA (2/27)

• NJPW World TV Championship: El Phantasmo (c) vs. Konosuke Takeshita
• IWGP Women’s Championship: Syuri (c) vs. Athena
• El Desperado to compete
• NJPW STRONG Openweight Championship: Tomohiro Ishii (c) vs. Oleg Boltin
• IWGP Tag Team Champions the Knockout Bros (OSKAR & Yuto-Ice) to compete
• David Finlay to compete

Fightful will have coverage of NJPW New Beginning USA on February 27.