Stardom continues a tripleheader weekend today with the second event, continuing to build to both their year-end blowout PPV on 12/29 and WRESTLE DYNASTY on 1/5. The focus is more on the latter with the second half of 4 qualifying matches for a 4-way to determine who goes into a 4-way against representatives from All Elite Wrestling, Ring Of Honor and CMLL on 1/5 (the first 2 matches were held yesterday, results when they become available).
There have also been last-minute changes to the card because of happenings yesterday-Thekla, who was suspended without pay through this weekend due to actions at an event earlier this month, made an unexpected appearance yesterday and attacked Hanan during her match, which was one of the 4-way qualifiers. As a result, Thekla will replace Fukigen in a 6-woman tag with Saya Kamitani & Momo Watanabe against Hanan, Tam Nakano & Saya Iida. What had been a match between Sayaka Kurara & Matoi Hamabe will now be a 3-way with Fukigen added as a result.
Today’s event will be held at Nagoya Congress Center Event Hall in Nagoya and can be watched LIVE on THE ALL-NEW Stardom World. The service has been completely redesigned to be more user-friendly and relaunched yesterday, the price remains the same (920 Japanese yen/month, or around $6.15 US). There will be no commentary. The event currently has 7 matches do depending on whether or not there is an intermission I anticipate th eevent’s runnign time being 2-2 1/2 hours.
Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Sayaka Kurara vs. Matoi Hamabe & Fukigen in a 3-way
Tam Nakano, Hanan & Saya Iida vs. Saya Kamitani, Momo Watanabe & Thekla
Syuri, Saki Kashima, Lady C & Ranna Yagami vs. Mei Seira, Starlight Kid, AZM & Miyu Amasaki
Maika & Rian vs. Natsuko Tora & Ruaka
Mayu iwatani, Momo Kohgo & Hazuki vs. Natsupoi, Saori Anou & Yuna Mizumori
International Women’s Cup Qualifier: Koguma vs. Waka Tsukiyama, Tomoka Inaba & Rina in a 4-way
International Women’s Cup Qualifier: Suzu Suzuki vs. Hina, Aya Sakura & Konami in a 4-way
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Updates below will begin at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.
7:52 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.
We are LIVE from Nagoya Congress Center Event Hall in Nagoya, Japan. There is no commentary. We saw a live shot on launch for a few seconds before going back to pre-show mode.
The paid attendance will be announced after the event. The Event Hall is the biggest of 3 available spaces at the venue and can hold up to 1800, but it won’t be anywhere near that. What I did see already looked quite full so I’m thinking the setup will be for closer to 800 with a crowd of around 550. (Quick shots from when we go live again suggest it could be a full house. Not many empty seats) (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 645)
The matches should begin in about 15 minutes.
The matches begin at 8:03 PM PT/11:03 PM ET.
Match 1: Sayaka Kurara vs. Matoi Hamabe & Fukigen in a 3-way. 15 minute time limit
Rellut: Sayaka Kurara beat Matoi Hamabe & Fukigen in a 3-way by pinning Hamabe. The addition of Fukigen made this more of a comedy match.
Match 2: Syuri, Saki Kashima, Lady C & Ranna Yagami vs. Mei Seira, Starlight Kid, AZM & Miyu Amasaki. 20 minute time limit
Result: Mei Seira, Starlight Kid, AZM & Miyu amasaki beat Syuri, Saki Kashima, Lady C & Ranna Yagami. AZM pinned C.
Match 3: Maika & Rian vs. Natsuko Tora & Ruaka. 20 minute time limit
Result: Natsuko Tora & Ruaka beat Maika & Rian. Ruaka pinned Rian after a powerbomb. (On a side note, earlier this week it was announced the Tora-Maika match on 12/29 will now be a No DQ match)
Match 4: Mayu iwatani, Momo Kohgo & Hazuki vs. Natsupoi, Saori Anou & Yuna Mizumori. 20 minute time limit
Result: Mayu Iwatani, Momo Kohgo & Hazuki beat Natsupoim Saori Anou & Yuna Mizumori. Kohgo pinned Mizumori after 619DDT.
Match 5: International Women’s Cup Qualifier: Koguma vs. Waka Tsukiyama, Tomoka Inaba & Rina in a 4-way. No time limit
Result: Tomoka Inaba beat Koguma, Waka Tsukiyama & Rina in a 4-way by pinning Tsukiyama. As a result, Inaba advances to the 4-way for a spot in the 1/5 4-way at the Tokyo Dome. Afterwards, Inaba with microphone. Quick promo in which it sounded like she vowed to be the one to represent Stardom on 1/5.
Match 6: International Women’s Cup Qualifier: Suzu Suzuki vs. Hina, Aya Sakura & Konami in a 4-way. No time limit
Result: Suzu Suzuki beat Hina, Aya Sakura & Konami in a 4-way by pinning Hina. As a result, Suzuki advances to the 4-way for a spot in the 1/5 match at Tokyo Dome. That match will be Suzuki vs. Tomoka Inaba, Momo Watanabe & Syuri in a 4-way and will happen tomorrow.
Intermission. Main Event is next.
The matches resume at 10:07 PM PT after a 5 minute break.
Main Event: Tam Nakano, Hanan & Saya Iida vs. Saya Kamitani, Momo Watanabe & Thekla. 30 minute time limit
Result: Tam Nakano, Hanan & Saya Iida beat Saya Kamitani, Momo Watanabe & Thekla. Hanan pinned Thekla with La Magistral after a Watanabe bat attack backfired and hit Thekla instead. H.A.T.E. beatdown on the winners and Yuna Mizumori followed until Maika & Syuri made the save
The next event is tomorrow at Tama Mirai Messe in Tokyo. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET. I plan to do live results but with 2 other live events at the same time it may be difficult to keep up.
