Stardom runs their first event in Shimono City today, a significant one as it’s a homecoming for the promotion’s sisters-Hanan, Hina & Rina, who will all get to compete in their hometown for the first time in their young careers. The girls have been making the promotional rounds, including big sister Hanan visiting the city mayor & little sisters Hina & Rina-who are also twins-joining in after finishing their schoolwork for the week. While the Goddess Of Stardom Tag League will continue today (it’s the penultimate day of the preliminary round), the sisters will be in the main event spotlight as they team up for a trios match, unique because Rina is a heel while Hanan & Hina are not. But for one day at least the sisters will hopefully put their in-ring differences aside and showcase why they are considered a huge part of Stardom’s future (they’ve had big moments this year including Hanan winning the annual Cinderella Tournament and Rina reigning as record-setting Future Of Stardom Champion for most of the year and still the current New Blood Tag Team Champion).
Today’s event will be held at Ishibashi Sports Center in Tochigi and can be watched LIVE on Stardom World. There will be no commentary. Fans will also be allowed to throw streamers/paper tape into the ring for the sisters’ intros in the main event. There are 8 total matches scheduled so exactly how long the event may run depends on if there’s an intermission. If yes, it’ll probably be closer to 2 1/2 hours and if no then closer to 2 hours. The longest it could go is roughly 3 hours.
Today’s lineup (match order TBA except main event):
Aya Sakura vs. Matoi Hamabe & Natsuko Tora in a 3-way
Suzu Suzuki & Yuna Mizumori vs. Lady C & Ranna Yagami
Goddess Of Stardom Tag League:
Blue Block: Natsupoi & Saori Anou vs. Waka Tsukiyama & Rian
Blue Block: Mei Seira & Cohaku vs. Momo Watanabe & Thekla
Red Block: Hazuki & Koguma vs. Saya Kamitani & Konami
Red Block: Syuri & Saki Kashima vs. AZM & Miyu Amasaki
Red Block: Mayu Iwatani & Momo Kohgo vs. Tam Nakano & Sayaka Kurara
Main Event: Hanan, Hina & Rina vs. Starlight Kid, Ruaka & Saya Iida
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Updates below will begin at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.
7 PM PT UPDATE: You will also be able to watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube. That stream is scheduled to begin at 7:50 PM PT/10:50 PM ET.
8 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.
We are LIVE from Ishibashi Sports Center in Tochigi, Japan. There is no commentary.
The paid attendance will be announced after the event. First time here and it’s a small venue with a setup for maybe 400 tops, and what we can see iniitially is one or two seats from full, which soon filled up. Might be a legit sellout, I’ll guess near 400. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 508, a full house/near sellout)
Hanan & Hina come out first to open the event. No Rina, maybe because she’s the heel. After greeting & warming up the crowd they bring in who I’m guessing is the Shimano City mayor to say a few words.
Today’s lineup announcement. YouTube gets a Blue Block tournament match and the 3-way.
The matches begin at 8:10 PM PT/11:10 PM ET.
Match 1: Goddess Of Stardom Tag League Blue Block: Natsupoi & Saori Anou vs. Waka Tsukiyama & Rian. 20 minute time limit
Result: Natsupoi & Saori Anou beat Waka Tsukiyama & Rian. Anou beat Rian.
Natsupoi/Anou are 6-1-1, 12 points and are finished with their matches. Tsukiyama/Rian are 2-5, 4 points and are out.
As a result, Natsupoi/Anou will advance with a top 3 finish secured and will be 1st if Momo Watanabe/Thekla do not win their last 2 matches-if that happens they advance to the Semifinals. Otherwise it’s the 2nd place and the elimination match against the 3rd place team.
Match 2: Aya Sakura vs. Matoi Hamabe & Natsuko Tora in a 3-way. 15 minute time limit
Result: Natsuko Tora beat Aya Sakura & Matoi Hamabe in a 3-way by pinning Hamabe. Apparently a very young fan in the back was scared of Tora leading to some fun near-interactions pre and post-match.
The YouTube broadcast ends here.
Match 3: Suzu Suzuki & Yuna Mizumori vs. Lady C & Ranna Yagami. 15 minute time limit
Result: Suzu Suzuki & Yuna Mizumori beat Lady C & Ranna Yagami. Suzuki pinned C. The winners didn’t get along at all after Mizumori surprised Suzuki by running up behind her during entrances. This continued after the match.
Match 4: Goddess Of Stardom Tag League Red Block: Hazuki & Koguma vs. Saya Kamitani & Konami. 20 minute time limit
Result: Hazuki & Koguma beat Saya Kamitani & Konami. Koguma pinned Kamitani.
Hazuki & Koguma are 7-1, 14 points and are finished. Kamitani & Konami are 3-4, 6 points with one match left and must win and get help to advance. Hazuki & Koguma will advance, whether they finish 1st or 2nd in the block will be determined by Maika & HANAKO in their final match tomorrow.
Match 5: Goddess Of Stardom Tag League Red Block: Syuri & Saki Kashima vs. AZM & Miyu Amasaki. 20 minute time limit
Result: AZM & Miyu Amasaki beat Syuri & Saki Kashima. AZM pinned Kashima.
Both are 3-4, 6 points with one match left. Both must win tomorrow and get help to have a chance to be 3rd and advance.
Match 6: Goddess Of Stardom Tag League Red Block: Mayu Iwatani & Momo Kohgo vs. Tam Nakano & Sayaka Kurara. 20 minute time limit
Result: Mayu Iwatani & Momo Kohgo beat Tam Nakano & Sayaka Kurara. Kohgo pinned Kurara.
Iwatani & Kohgo are 3-5, 6 points and done. Nakano & Kurara are 3-4, 6 points with one match left. Nakano & Kurara now must win tomorrow and get a lot of help to advance. Iwatani & Kohgo can only hope for no contests & tiebreakers to have any chance.
Match 7: Goddess Of Stardom Tag League Blue Block: Mei Seira & Cohaku vs. Momo Watanabe & Thekla. 20 minute time limit
Reslut: Mei Seira & Cohaku beat Momo Watanabe & thekla. Seira pinned Watanabe.
Both are now at 9 points, but at 4-3-1 Seira & Cohaku are now done and need help to advance-basically a miracle because of tiebreakers and that draw, plus Starlight Kid & Saya Iida must lose their last match tomorrow (Ranna Yagami & Lady C). Watanabe & Thekla are 4-2-1 with one match left, and against Hanan & Saya Iida it’s now must-win.
As a result of all this, Saori Anou & Natsupoi will now win the Blue Block and advance to the Semifinals.
Intermission.
The event resumes at 10:15 PM PT/1:15 AM ET.
Main Event: Hanan, Hina & Rina vs. Starlight Kid, Ruaka & Saya Iida. 30 minute time limit
Result: Hanan, Hina & Rina beat Starlight Kid, Ruaka & Saya Iida. Hanan pinned Ruaka with a backdrop hold. The post-match promos were interesting because Hanan & Iida and Kid & Suzu Suzuki have their final tournament matches tomorrow but not against each other. Iida put Hanan over before departing to let the sisters finish & send the crowd home happy, although Rina acted all heel again but she did get her chance with the microphone. Hanan led the crowd in doing the STARS “S” hand sign to finish although of course Rina didn’t do it. She’s with H.A.T.E. after all.
Even with the intermission this was a much longer event than I anticipated at almost 3 hours. But I think it’s safe to say the sisters’ first hometown Stardom event won’t be their last, this was a big success.
The next event is tomorrow at Duo Cerezo in Niigata for the final day of the tournament preliminary round. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET, I will try and do live results again.
The December Stardom World schedule is all live events except 12/14 & 12/15. There are 2 PPVs scheduled-12/8 for the second of 2 events at Act City Hamamatsu in Shizuoka for the tournament Finals, and 12/29 for STARDOM DREAM QUEENDOM 2024, the year-end blowout event, at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. There will be a NEW BLOOD event on YouTube on 12/26, and the 12/24 Korakuen Hall event will be available live FOR FREE on both Stardom World and YouTube. You may want to set a YouTube bookmark when it becomes available because it’s a 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET start.
