To the dismay of many Stardom fans, the rumored wrestler exodus at the end of the month, when many contracts are up, is now official. Stardom has confirmed these wrestlers will be leaving the promotion when their contracts expire on 3/31: Utami Hayashishita, Giulia, Mai Sakurai, MIRAI and Yuzuki. Hayashishita & Giulia will finish up with Stardom on 4/12, the rest are done after 3/31. Yuzuki is a rookie who just debuted in November, Giulia’s departure was expected, the rest all have been competing for at least 4-5 years. This will have title implications because Hayashishita half of the current Goddesses Of Stardom Champions, so unless a title match happens on 4/12 or perhaps in the USA on 4/4 the titles will have to be vacated.
At this time it’s not known if anyone else is leaving, what is certain is that Mayu Iwatani and Tam Nakano appear to be staying put (Iwatani’s contract is not up for a while, Nakano says she’s not leaving), also probably staying is Maika. The question now is if the departing wrestlers follow Rossy Ogawa to his reported new promotion, but Giulia is rumored to be headed to WWE later this year.
More as it becomes available.
