Gisele Shaw vs. Miyu Yamashita added to Maple Leaf Pro launch event

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Gisele Shaw will face Tokyo Joshi Pro’s Miyu Yamashita on the first night of Maple Leaf Pro’s ‘Forged in Excellence’ event.

Shaw is already scheduled to face ROH Women’s Champion Athena on the second night of the new promotion’s debut show.

The match, announced on Saturday, gives Yamashita a chance to join the ROH Women’s Title match if she can beat Shaw.

Maple Leaf Pro is owned by former TNA President Scott D’Amore. Forged In Excellence is scheduled for Saturday, October 19th and Sunday October 20th at St Clair College in Windsor, Ontario.

The event will be available as a pay-per-view on Triller TV. The line-up so far looks like this:

Night One, Saturday October 19th

  • Konosuke Takeshita vs. Speedball Mike Bailey
  • Champion’s Grail: Rohan Raja vs. Jake Something
  • Bhupinder Gujjar vs. QT Marshall (w/ Harley Cameron)
  • Tables match: Bully Ray vs. Raj Dhesi
  • Laynie Luck vs. Taylor Rising vs. Kylie Rae vs. Aurora Teves
  • Josh Alexander, Stu Grayson & El Phantasmo vs. Trevor Lee, Rocky Romero & Alex Zayne
  • Gisele Shaw vs. Miyu Yamashita

Night Two, Sunday Octboer 20th

  • Josh Alexander vs. Konosuke Takeshita
  • ROH Women’s World Championship: Athena (c) vs. Gisele Shaw (and possibly Miyu Yamashita)
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