Stardom runs their monthly NEW BLOOD event today, taking their developmental series to Osaka for a special NEW BLOOD WEST installment. As is normally the case, it will feature a mix of younger & less experienced Stardom wrestlers and similar from other promotions including freelancers. A new wrestler is also slated to debut today, currently named Matoi (ring name TBA at a later date) following an exhibition practice appearance at a recent event. The main event will likely be a New Blood Tag Team Championship match as Rina & Azusa Inaba, who are also in this year’s Goddess Of Stardom Tag League Tournament, defend the titles against Ranna Yagami & Lady C.
Today’s event will be held at Osaka Azalea Taisho in Osaka and can be watched LIVE FOR FREE only on YouTube. It will not be available live on Stardom World. There will be no commentary. These events are on the shorter side and there are only 5 matches planned so the event will probably run a little over 90 minutes but less than 2 hours.
Today’s lineup:
Matoi Debut Match: Matoi vs. Hanan
Mei Seira & Miyu Amasaki vs. Yuna Mizumori & Momoka Hanazono
Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara vs. Sumiko Yanagawa & Misa Kamihime
HANAKO & Rian vs. ZONES & ChiChi
New Blood Tag Team Champions Rina & Azusa Inaba vs. Ranna Yagami & Lady C for the titles
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Updates below will begin at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.
7:15 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream placeholder on YouTube is now up. It’s scheduled to begin at 7:45 PM PT/10:45 PM ET. You can watch below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovS8hyisBxE
7:45 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream above has begun. Results will be posted below. Updates will begin when the event begins in about 15 minutes.
7:57 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates start now.
We are LIVE from Osaka Azalea Taisho in Osaka, Japan. There is no commentary.
The paid attendance will be announced after the event. This is a very small venue that typically averages around 200 for wrestling events, the seating I can see looks full or close to it. I’m not too familiar with the capacity but from what I know about the past I’ll guess it’ll be around that 200 figure. (UPDATE: It has not yet been announced but it was a legit advance sellout) (UPDATE 2: The announced paid attendance was 246)
The matches should begin in a few minutes.
The matches begin at 8:03 PM PT/11:03 PM ET.
Match 1: Matoi Hamabe Debut Match: Matoi Hamabe vs. Hanan. 15 minute time limit
Result: Hanan beat Matoi Hamabe by submission. But a very good effort from the newcomer in her debut, showing a lot of potential and nearly pulled the upset on a few occasions. Afterwards, Hanan with microphone. She put Hamabe over and thanked her before letting Hamabe have the microphone for post-debut comments.
Match 2: Mei Seira & Miyu Amasaki vs. Yuna Mizumori & Momoka Hanazono (Independent/Freelancer). And some kind of bubble machine with Hanazono. 20 minute time limit
Result: Mei Seira & Miyu Amasaki beat Yuna Mizumori & Momoka Hanazono. Seira pinned Mizumori after a Hanazono weapon attack backfired and Seira ducked so she hit Mizumori instead.
Match 3: Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara vs. Sumiko Yanagawa & Misa Kamihime (Just Tap Out/JTO). 20 minute time limit. As was the case in match 2 entrance music is muted for the outsiders (copyrights).
Result: Sumiko Yanagawa & Misa Kamihime beat Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara. Kamihime pinned Kurara after a diving senton.
Intermission.
The matches resume at 9:15 PM PT/12:15 AM ET.
Match 4: HANAKO & Rian vs. ZONES & ChiChi (Independent/Freelancers). 20 minute time limit
Result: ZONES & ChiChi beat HANAKO & Rian. ChiChi pinned Rian. Post-match promos interrupted by Aya Sakura who rushed in to attack ZONES & ChiChi leading to a Sakura beatdown from ZONES as HANAKO & ChiChi scuffled while others tried to break it up.
Main Event: New Blood Tag Team Champions Rina & Azusa Inaba vs. Ranna Yagami & Lady C for the titles. 20 minute time limit
Result: New Blood Tag Team Champions Rina & Azusa Inaba beat Ranna Yagami & Lady C to retain the titles. Inaba pinned Yagami after a running knee strike. V2 for the champs. Afterwards the usual group photo op with all the participants ended the show.
The next NEW BLOOD event will be on 12/26.
The next event is HISTORIC X-OVER 2, a crossover event with New Japan, Sunday at Osaka Prefectural Gym. Live streaming as a PPV on Stardom World will begin Saturday at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET. It will also be available on New Japan World, for those in the US it’ll be maybe a dollar or two cheaper there. The PPV on demand window is expected to be one week. The Goddess Of Stardom Tag League Tournament resumes Wednesday.
