Stardom continued the 5STAR GP this weekend with a doubleheader in Hokkaido. Both events featured only the Red Blocks.
Both events were held at Gateau Kingdom Sapporo in Hokkaido and can be watched on demand on Stardom World. You can also watch the first 2 matches of both events FOR FREE on YouTube.
Yesterday:
The announced paid attendance was 592.
Match 1: Waka Tsukiyama & Ema Maishima beat Saya Iida & Matoi Hamabe. Tsukiyama pinned Hamabe after Osui Suplex.
5STAR GP:
Match 2: Red A: Tomoka Inaba beat Akira Kurogame.
Match 3: Red A: AZM vs. Natsuko Tora went to a double DQ. Scored as a draw.
Match 4: Natsupoi & Saori Anou beat Sayaka Kurara & Anne Kanaya. Anou pinned Kanaya with a German suplex hold.
5STAR GP:
Match 5: Red B: Maki Itoh vs. Azusa Inaba went to a 15 minute time limit draw.
Match 6: Red B: Rina Yamashita beat Konami.
Match 7: Red A: Maika vs. Rina went to a 15 minute time limit draw.
Main Event: Red B: Utami Hayashishita beat Lady C.
Today:
The announced paid attendance was 716, a full house/near sellout.
5STAR GP:
Match 1: Red A: Natsuko Tora beat Sayaka Kurara.
Match 2: Red A: AZM beat Akira Kurogame.
Match 3: Natsupoi & Saori Anou beat Lady C & Waka Tsukiyama. Natsupoi pinned Tsukiyama after Fairy Gift.
5STAR GP:
Match 4: Red B: Konami beat Azusa Inaba.
Match 5: Red A: Maika beat Itsuki Aoki.
Match 6: Red B: Saya Iida vs. Rina Yamashita went to a 15 minute time limit draw.
Match 7: Red A: Rina beat Tomoka INaba.
Main Event: Red B: Maki Itoh beat Utami Hayashishita.
Standings:
Red A:
1-Maika, 4-1-1, 9 pts (Advances)
2-AZM, 4-1-1, 9 pts (Advances)
3-Aoki, 4-3, 8 pts
4-Tora, 3-2-2, 8 pts (OUT)
5-Rina, 3-2-1, 7 pts
6-Tomoka Inaba, 3-4, 6 pts (OUT)
7-Kurara, 2-6, 4 pts (OUT)
8-Kurogame, 0-5-1, 1 pt (OUT)
Red B:
1-Iida, 4-1-1, 9 pts (Advances)
2-Yamashita, 3-1-3, 9 pts
3-Konami, 4-2, 8 pts
4-Itoh, 3-1-2, 8 pts
5-Hayashishita, 2-3-1, 5 pts (OUT)
6-Azusa Inaba, 1-4-2, 4 pts (OUT)
7-Mei Seira, 1-2-1, 3 pts
8-C, 1-5, 2 pts (OUT)
The top 3 in each block advance to the playoffs, with the winners going to the Quarterfinals.
In the Red A block, AZM and Maika are through but everything else is far from settled. Let’s go through it one by one:
First, AZM. She advances. If she beats Rina, she needs Maika to lose or draw (Kurogame) to win the block. If it’s a draw, AZM needs Maika to lose to win the block, otherwise she finishes 2nd. If AZM loses, she finishes 3rd. If AZM and Maika both win, Maika wins the block on the tiebreaker and AZM finishes 2nd, and Aoki would get 3rd and advance on tiebreaker (she beat Tora).
Second, Maika. She advances. If she beats Kurogame, she wins the block because she beat AZM. If it’s a draw, she wins the block if AZM loses or draws. If she loses, she finishes 2nd if AZM wins, but if AZM also loses there will be a Maika-Rina rematch to determine who wins the block because they went to a draw and would be even on the second tiebreaker, which is wins. So no matter what, she will be 1st or 2nd.
Third, Rina. She MUST beat AZM. If she does, she finishes 2nd at worst. But if Rina wins AND Maika loses, there will be a tiebreaker rematch for 1st. If Rina draws, she finishes 3rd on tiebreakers because she beat Aoki. If Rina loses, she is OUT.
Finally, Aoki. This is the simplest scenario of all. For her to advance in 3rd, Rina must lose because she has tiebreaker over Tora. Otherwise she is OUT.
Tora can’t advance because she loses the tiebreaker to Aoki.
Now onto Red B:
It’s completely unsettled for one very big reason: Seira has THREE matches left. But first to the top and working down:
Starting with Iida-she advances because she currently has all tiebreakers (her only loss is to Hayashishita). If she beats Seira, she wins the block. Iida also wins the block with a loss or draw if Itoh-Konami is a draw AND Seira does not win out. If Iida loses, the Itoh-Konami winner wins the block if there is one. Worst-case for Iida is 3rd.
Second, Yamashita. She can’t win the block because Iida was a draw and Iida has more wins and she is done. She needs Seira to get AT LEAST one loss or draw AND Itoh-Konami to be a no contest (it MUST be a no points scenario). If Itoh-Konami has a winner, Seira MUST lose or draw at least one of her last 3 matches to advance. But if there is an Itoh-Konami winner AND Seira wins her last 3, Yamashita is OUT because her one loss was Seira.
Third, Konami. She must beat Itoh to advance outright. If it’s a draw, Seira MUST lose or draw at least once more.-if that happens, Konami has the tiebreakers and would advance in 3rd (she lost to Iida and Yamashita). If she loses, Konami is OUT.
Fourth, Itoh. Very simple for once. She must beat Konami or draw to advance as she has tiebreaker over Seira. If she loses, Itoh is OUT.
Finally, Seira. She still has Iida, C and Hayashishita. She MUST WIN ALL 3 AND Itoh-Konami MUST have a winner. If she loses or draws ONCE, Seira is OUT because she loses tiebreakers to both Itoh and Konami. Seira does have tiebreaker over Yamashita.
Got all that?
The next event is Friday at Kobe Sambo Hall in Kobe with both Blue Blocks and Seira-C. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.