Stardom continues the Goddess Of Stardom Tag League today with a second event in Tokyo. Today’s event mostly focuses on the Red Block which will have 3 of the 4 scheduled tournament matches with only one Blue Block match. The non-tournament portion of highlighted by a special appearance from legendary villain Dump Matsumoto, who has experienced a recent resurgence thanks to a Netflix series based loosely on her life and career and has been more in demand as a result. She’ll be an a 10-woman tag match with longtime partner ZAP and H.A.T.E. against the Cosmic Angels faction. There also will be a title match today as Mei Seira defends the High Speed Championship against Yuna Mizumori.
Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on Stardom World. There likely will be no commentary. With 8 matches today and based partly on how yesterday went I anticipate today’s event having a running time of about 2 1/4 hours, the longest it could go is a little over 2 1/2 hours, again that partly depends on if there’s an intermission and how long it is (yesterday’s break was just 5 minutes).
Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Tam Nakano, Natsupoi, Saori Anou, Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara vs. Dump Matsumoto, ZAP, Natsuko Tora, Momo Watanabe & Ruaka
Mina Shirakawa vs. Saya Iida & Lady C in a 3-way
Starlight Kid & Suzu Suzuki vs. Hina & Ranna Yagami
Goddess Of Stardom Tag League:
Red Block:
Hazuki & Koguma vs. Syuri & Saki Kashima
Momo Kohgo & Mayu Iwatani vs. Konami & Saya Kamitani
Maika & HANAKO vs. AZM & Miyu Amasaki
Blue Block:
Waka Tsukiyama & Rian vs. Rina & Azusa Inaba
High Speed Champion Mei Seira vs. Yuna Mizumori for the title
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Updates below will begin at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.
6:30 PM PT UPDATE: You will also be able to watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube. The YouTube broadcast is scheduled to begin at 7:15 PM PT/10:15 PM ET. The YT thumbnail suggests one of those first 2 matches will be Hazuki & Koguma vs. Syuri & Saki Kashima in the tournament.
7:10 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream should begin shortly. Stardom World is setting it up now.
7:15 PM PT UPDATE: Apparent technical issues. Live stream links are not working yet on Stardom World and YouTube start is delayed.
7:20 PM PT UPDATE: Suzu Suzuki has just been pulled off the event. The always-vague poor health/physical condition. The tag team match she was in is now off and the 3-way is now Mina Shirakawa, Saya Iida & Starlight Kid vs. Hina, Lady C & Ranna Yagami.
Both Stardom World and YouTube broadcasts have now started.
7:26 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.
We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary.
The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Crowd still filing in but it’s a close to full capacity setup and it’s mostly full already from what we can see and filling up even more. Looks like it’s going to be around 1000 if not more. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1292)
The matches should begin in about 10 minutes. At the start of the event the changes to the card are announced. Good news for the YouTube crowd-the 10-woman tag is up first then the first tournament tag match. The High Speed Championship match will be today’s main event.
The matches begin at 7:33 PM PT/10:33 PM ET.
Match 1: Tam Nakano, Natsupoi, Saori Anou, Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara vs. Dump Matsumoto, ZAP, Natsuko Tora, Momo Watanabe & Ruaka. 30 minute time limit
Result: Dump Matsumoto, ZAP, Natsuko Tora, Momo Watanabe & Ruaka beat Tam Nakano, Natsupoi, Saori Anou, Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara. Matsumoto pinned Kurara after red mist spraying and a cross body splash. A wacky, fun, all over the place brawl that was mostly about the heels beating down Kurara and Matsumoto beating down everyone including the ring announcer and referee. Afterwards, Matsumoto with microphone. Hard to understand what she was saying because of Japanese but at one point it seems her attention turned to Stardom President Taro Okada, who was at ringside. Okada with microphone then, he has no love for H.A.T.E. Matsumoto put Tora over then handed the microphone over. Naturally huge reactions for the legendary heel.
Quick break for ring cleaning.
Match 2: Goddess Of Stardom Tournament Red Block: Hazuki & Koguma vs. Syuri & Saki Kashima. 20 minute time limit
Result: Syuri & Saki Kashime beat Hazuki & Koguma. Kashima pinned Hazuki. Over in just seconds. Flash win out of nowhere. The Low Speed Genius Trickster Strikes Again.
Syuri & Kashima are 2-0, 4 points. Hazuki & Koguma are 1-1, 2 points
The YouTube broadcast ends here.
Match 3: Goddess Of Stardom Tournament Blue Block: Waka Tsukiyama & Rian vs. Rina & Azusa Inaba. 20 minute time limit
Result: Waka Tsukiyama & Rian ebat Rina & Azusa Inaba. Tsukiyama pinned Inaba with Osui Suplex.
Tsukiyama & Rian are 2-0, 4 points. Rina & Inaba are 0-1, 0 points. Bracket busters?
Match 4: Mina Shirakawa, Saya Iida & Starlight Kid vs. Hina, Lady C & Ranna Yagami.. 20 minute time limit
Result: Mina Shirakawa, Saya Iida & Starlight Kid beat Hina, Lady C & Ranna Yagami. Iida pinned C.
Quick break for ring cleaning.
Match 5: Goddess Of Stardom Tournament Red Block: Momo Kohgo & Mayu Iwatani vs. Konami & Saya Kamitani. 20 minute time limit
Result: Konami & Saya Kamitani beat Momo Kohgo & Mayu Iwatani. Kamitani pinned Iwatani after a Konami spray can attack.
Both teams are 1-1, 2 points.
Match 6: Goddess Of Stardom Tournament Red Block: Maika & HANAKO vs. AZM & Miyu Amasaki. 20 minute time limit
Result: Maika & HANAKO beat AZM & Miyu Amasaki. HANAKO beat Amasaki with a standing arm & neck choke.
Maika & HANAKO are 1-0, 2 points. AZM & Amasaki are 0-2, 0 points.
Main Event: High Speed Champion Mei Seira vs. Yuna Mizumori for the title. 15 minute time limit
Result: High Speed Champion Mei Seira beat Yuna Mizumori to retain the title. V2 for Seira. Just before the 5 minute mark there was a spot where Mizumori may have injured her foot or lower leg when trying to dive through the ropes to the outside and her feet/ankles caught the bottom rope, causing Mizumori to land awkwardly. She appeared to be okay and finished the match with seemingly little to no issue though.
The next event is Thursday at Takamatsu Symbol Tower in Kagawa. There will be no live broadcast.
