STARDOM ALL-STAR GRAND QUEENDOM 2024, Stardom’s latest blowout event today, is in the books.
Today’s event was held at Yokohama Buntai in Yokohama and can be watched on demand on PPV via Pia Stream for 4400 Japanese yen (just under $30 US) until Tuesday morning. It should be available on demand on Stardom World soon after that. However, there once again were issues with the PPV, this time with purchasing the English commentary version ahead of time (there was also Japanese). They fixed it quickly but had to issue refunds again because some had to purchase it twice to get English. You can also watch the pre-show matches and the first PPV match FOR FREE on YouTube.
The announced paid attendance was 2735. This is a new venue that may be replacing Yokohama Budokan and has a listed capacity of 5000, but the setup was probably for quite a bit smaller. I’m guessing this number was 70-75% full.
Pre-show:
Match 1: Momo Kohgo beat Ranna Yagami.
Match 2: Yuna Mizumori & Aya Sakura beat Lady C & Rian. Mizumori pinned Rian.
PPV:
Match 1: Future Of Stardom Champion Rina beat Sayaka Kurara to retain the title. V8 for Rina.
Match 2: Syuri, Konami & Ami Sohrei beat Gina, Waka Tsukiyama & HANAKO. Konami pinned Tsukiyama after Triangle Lancer. Now that she is part of Stardom and not a freelancer anymore, Konami has joined the God’s Eye faction.
Match 3: Saya Kamitani beat High Speed Champion Saki Kashima, Saya Iida & Fukigen in a 4-way by pinning Fukigen to win the title. Kamitani becomes the 26th High Speed Champion.
Match 4: Mina Shirakawa vs. Natsuko Tora went to a no contest. Thekla interference. Returning after a long absence, Thekla has now joined the Oedo Tai faction.
Match 5; Aja Kong & Kaoru Ito (OZ Academy) beat Tam Nakano & Natsupoi. Kong pinned Nakano after a diving elbow drop.
Match 6: Goddesses Of Stardom Champions Suzu Suzuki & Mei Seira beat Starlight Kid & Ruaka, Hazuki & Koguma and AZM & Miyu Amasaki in a 4-way, when Seira pinned Ruaka, to retain the titles. V2 for the champs. Afterwards, Kid was kicked out of Oedo Tai and got a post-match beatdown until Tam Nakano made the save.
Match 7: IWGP Women’s Champion Mayu Iwatani beat Sareee to retain the title. V5 for Iwatani. Next up: Possibly Ice Ribbon star & longtime figurehead/leader Tsukasa Fujimoto, who also teased perhaps a handicap match with Arisa Nakajima before her apparent impending retirement against Iwatani.
Match 8: Wonder Of Stardom Champion Saori Anou beat Hanan to retain the title. V2 for Anou. Next up: Ami Sohrei or Natsupoi. Anou made a determination match between them for the future.
Main Event: In a 3 Falls Match with different rules for each fall, World Of Stardom Champion Maika beat Momo Watanabe 2-1 to retain the title. Fall 1 was a normal match won by Watanabe. Fall 2 was a Hardcore Falls Count Anywhere match won by Maika. Fall 3 was a Last Woman Standing match won by Maika. V4 for Maika.
The next event is Monday at Fukuyama Big Rose in Hiroshima. It will be available on demand at a later date. (The next scheduled live event is Friday, one of 6 live broadcasts scheduled for May. 4 will be on Stardom World while 5/5 in Fukuoka and 5/18 at Yokohama Budokan will be PPVs)
