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Stardom’s current Goddesses Of Stardom Champions, Hanan & Saya Iida, are collectively known as wing*gori, but the Young Lioness has to fly solo as the Gorilla aka Iida is now out of action. Unspecified injury. Out Saturday and maybe longer, at this point it’s indefinitely. After Saturday the next event is a week out, not counting a NEW BLOOD event, plus they haven’t announced when Neo Genesis gets their title shot, so the title reign isn’t in jeopardy yet.

More as it becomes available.

Stardom runs the second half of their “Stardom Award 2024” doubleheader weekend today in Tokyo. There are no title matches today but they will determine who will be the first to challenge Starlight Kid for the Wonder Of Stardom Championship as former champion Saori Anou faces Rina for the next title shot. The second of 2 new trainees, Yuria Hime, will have her debut match today and, after Akira Kurogame debuted yesterday against Suzu Suzuki, Yuria gets arguably the much tougher draw as her career begins against none other than Maika.

There was a late change made to one announced match, the planned match between Aya Sakura & Kiyoka Kokatsu will now be a UWF Rules match. They are using the original UWF Rules and not the Lidet UWF Rules used in GLEAT, although they are largely similar. In fact, the only real difference is the original UWF Rules have a 30 minute time limit compared to 15 minutes for Lidet UWF, otherwise they are the same: No pinfalls, win only by submission, KO, TKO (all points lost), ref stoppage, doctor stoppage or towel. Each fighter has 5 points and loses 1 point on a down recovery (beat 10 count when downed) or rope escape. No DQs, illegal moves or forfeiting. If the match goes to the time limit, most points left wins.

Today’s event will be held at Belle Salle Takadanobaba in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on Stardom World. There will be no commentary. There are 7 matches planned and, assuming there will be an intermission at some point, I anticipate it’ll run about the same length as yesterday’s event did, which wound up being 2 1/4 hours.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Yuria Hime Debut Match: Yuria Hime vs. Maika
Saki Kashima, hina, Lady C & Matoi Hamabe vs. Mina Shirakawa, Waka Tsukiyama, HANAKO & Rian
Suzu Suzuki, Starlight Kid, Mei Seira, AZM & Miyu Amasaki vs. Saya Kamitani, Natsuko Tora, Momo Watanabe, Thekla & Ruaka
Aya Sakura vs. Kiyoka Kokatsu in a UWF Rules Match
Kazuki & Koguma vs. Syuri & Ranna Yagami
Tam Nakano, Natsupoi, Yuna Mizumori & Sayaka Kurara vs. Mayu Iwatani, Hanan, Saya Iida & Momo Kohgo
Saori Anou vs. Rina for the next Wonder Of Stardom Championship shot

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Updates below will begin at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET.

UPDATE (Pre-show): You will also be able to watch the first match FOR FREE on YouTube. That likely will be Yuria Hime vs. Maika.

7 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Belle Salle Takadanobaba in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Yesterday’s announced number was 451 so based on that I’ll guess 400-450 then. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 451. AGAIN!?!)

Match 1: Yuria Hime Debut Match: Yuria Hime vs. Maika. 15 minute time limit
Result: Maika beat Yuria Hime by submission

The YouTube broadcast ends here.

Match 2: Aya Sakura vs. Kiyoka Kokatsu in a UWF Rules Match. No pinfalls, win only by submission, KO, TKO (all points lost), ref stoppage, doctor stoppage or towel. Each fighter has 5 points and loses 1 point on a down recovery (beat 10 count when downed) or rope escape. No DQs, illegal moves or forfeiting. If the match goes to the time limit, most points left wins. 30 minute time limit
Result: Kiyoka Kokatsu beat Aya Sakura by submission. Kokatsu was up on points 3-1 at the time. The first half was glorified squash until Sakura got a knockdown when down 1-5. Post-match Kokatsu offered a handshake but Sakura b*tch slapped it away because she’s Cosmic Angels.

Match 3: Saki Kashima, Hina, Lady C & Matoi Hamabe vs. Mina Shirakawa, Waka Tsukiyama, HANAKO & Rian. 20 minute time limit
Result: Saki Kashima, Hina, Lady C & Matoi Hamabe beat Mina Shirakawa, Waka Tsukiyama, HANAKO & Rian. Kashima pinned Rian.

Match 4: Hazuki & Koguma vs. Syuri & Ranna Yagami. 20 minute time limit. During Syuri/Yagami’s entrance the video screen in the background shows some hilarious “NO BEAR” graphics (anti-Koguma referfences).
Result: Hazuki & Koguma beat Syuri & Ranna Yagami. Koguma pinned Yagami after a Hazuki double knee strike.

Match 5: Tam Nakano, Natsupoi, Yuna Mizumori & Sayaka Kurara vs. Mayu Iwatani, Hanan, Saya Iida & Momo Kohgo. 20 minute time limit
Resault: Mayu Iwatani, Hanan, Saya Iida & Momo Kohgo beat Tam Nakano, Natsupoi, Yuna Mizumori & Sayaka Kurara. Hanan pinned Mizumori wtih a backdrop hold.

Intermission.

The matches resume at 8:47 PM PT/11:47 PM ET.

Match 6: Saori Anou vs. Rina for the next Wonder Of Stardom Championship shot. 30 minute time limit
Result: Rina beat Saori Anou. As a result, Rina gets the next shot at Wonder Of Stardom Champion Starlight Kid.

Main Event: Suzu Suzuki, Starlight Kid, Mei Seira, AZM & Miyu Amasaki vs. Saya Kamitani, Natsuko Tora, Momo Watanabe, Thekla & Ruaka. 30 minute time limit
Result: Suzu Suzuki, Starlight Kid, Mei Seira, AZM & Miyu Amasaki beat Saya Kamitani, Natsuko Tora, Momo Watanabe, Thekla & Ruaka. Suzuki pinned Ruaka.

The next event is 2/2 at Korakuen Hall. The only match announced so far is Kamitani vs. Suzuki for the World Of Stardom Championship Broadcast plans TBA but since it’s Korakuen I’m confident in saying it will be live on Stardom World. If so, live streaming will begin Saturday at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET.

UPDATE: After the event the promotion handed out the 2024 year-end awards:
Technique/Skill-Mei Seira
Fighting Spirit-Momo Watanabe
Outstanding Performance-Saori Anou
Shining-Starlight Kid
Best Unit-Cosmic Angels
Beat Tag Team-Hanan & Saya Iida
Best Match-Mayu Iwatani vs. Momo Watanabe for the IWGP Women’s Championship, Historic X-Over 2
Special Recognition-Saya Kamitani & Mina Shirakawa
MVP-Maika

UPDATE 2: Rina-Kid for the Wonder Of Stardom Championship is set. That match will happen on 2/24.

Stardom kicks off a weekend doubleheader in Tokyo today, events that build towards title shots coming out of last week’s 14th Anniversary event. With Neo Genesis emerging as the victorious faction in a tournament they earned two Stardom title shots of their choice, and set their sights on Stars & Cosmic Angels for the tag team & trios titles. Their hopes of holding all the Stardom titles together could be dashed today though as Miyu Amasaki does have to defend the Future Of Stardom Championship against Azusa Inaba, who will try to bring it back to H.A.T.E. Elsewhere, this weekend also sees the debuts of 2 new wrestlers. starting today as Akira Kurogame will make her debut against Suzu Suzuki. The other new wrestler will debut tomorrow.

Today’s event will be held at Belle Salle Takadanobaba in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on Stardom World. There will be no commentary. There are currently 6 matches scheduled and they’ll probably squeeze an intermission in somewhere so I think this event will run close to 2 1/4 hours.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Akira Kurogame Debut Match: Akira Kurogame vs. Suzu Suzuki
Koguma, Momo Kohgo & Waka Tsukiyama vs. Ranna Yagami, Tomoka Inaba & Kiyoka Kokatsu
Tam Nakano, Natsupoi, Saori Anou & Yuna Mizumori vs. Starlight Kid, Mei Seira, AZM & Matoi Hamabe
Hanan & Saya Iida vs. Hina & Lady C, HANAKO & Rian and Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara in a 4-wy
Future Of Stardom Champion Miyu Amasaki vs. Azusa Inaba for the title
Mayu Iwatani, Hazuki, Syuri, Saki Kashima, Maika & Mina Shirakawa vs. Saya Kamitani, Natsuko Tora, Momo Watanabe, Thekla, Rina & Ruaka

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Updates below will begin at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.

UPDATE (Pre-show): You will also be able to watch the first match FOR FREE on YouTube.

8 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Belle Salle Takadanobaba in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. What I can see seating-wise looks mostly full, it’s a small venue and I can’t see it all but I’ll guess it’ll be around 350. UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 451)

The matches begin at 8:03 PM PT/11:03 PM ET.

Match 1: Akira Kurogame Debut Match: Akira Kurogame vs. Suzu Suzuki. 15 minute time limit
Result: Suzu Suzuki beat Akira Kurogame

Match 2: Koguma, Momo Kohgo & Waka Tsukiyama vs. Ranna Yagami, Tomoka Inaba & Kiyoka Kokatsu (Independent/Freelancer). 20 minute time limit
Result: Ranna Yagami, Tomoka Inaba & Kiyoka Kokatsu beat Koguma, Momo Kohgo & Waka Tsukiyama. Inaba pinned Tsukiyama after Michinoku Driver.

Match 3: Tam Nakano, Natsupoi, Saori Anou & Yuna Mizumori vs. Starlight Kid, Mei Seira, AZM & Matoi Hamabe. 20 minute time limit
Result: Tam Nakano, Natsupoi, Saori Anou & Yuna Mizumori beat Starlight Kid, Mei Seira, AZM & Matoi Hamabe. Mizumori beat Hamabe.

Match 4: Hanan & Saya Iida vs. Hina & Lady C, HANAKO & Rian and Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara in a 4-wy. 20 minute time limit
Result: Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara beat Hanan & Saya Iida, Hina & Lady C and HANAKO & Rian in a 4-way when Kurara pinned Rian.

Intermission.

The matches resume at 9/26 PM PT/12:26 AM ET.

Match 5: Future Of Stardom Champion Miyu Amasaki vs. Azusa Inaba for the title. 15 minute time limit
Result: Future Of Stardom Chanpion Miyu Amasaki beat Azusa Inaba to retain the title. V2 for Amasaki. Next up: HANAKO.

Main Event: Mayu Iwatani, Hazuki, Syuri, Saki Kashima, Maika & Mina Shirakawa vs. Saya Kamitani, Natsuko Tora, Momo Watanabe, Thekla, Rina & Ruaka. 30 minute time limit
Result: Mayu Iwatani, Hazuki, Syuri, Saki Kashima, Maika & Mina Shirakawa beat Saya Kamitani, Natsuko Tora, Momo Watanabe, Thekla, Rina & Ruaka. Maika pinned Thekla.

The next event is tomorrow. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET.

Stardom held their 14th Anniversary event today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on Stardom World.

The announced paid attendance was 284, a full house/near sellout.

There are rumors that Mayu Iwatani nearly missed the event and was late arriving at the venue. Based on social media posts, it sounds like she got on the wrong train(s) en route. Additionally, many wrestlers did not participate for unspecified reasons.

Before the event began, new trainees Akira & Turia had an exhibition training session in the ring. Afterwards, they were given their first ring names-Akira Kurogame & Yuria Hime-and it was announced both would have their Debut matches this weekend. Kurogame will debut Saturday against Suzu Suzuki while Hime will debut Sunday against Maika.

Match 1: Saya Iida, Hazuki, Koguma, Momo Kohgo & Matoi Hamabe beat Yuna Mizumori, Aya Sakura, Sayaka Kurara, Lady C & Ranna Yagami. Iida pinned Sakura after a lariat.

Match 2: Syuri & Saki Kashima beat Mayu Iwatani & Hanan. Syuri pinned Hanan after Drift Flame.

Main Event: Faction Tournament Finals: In a 30-minute Iron Man/Woman Match, Starlight Kid, Mei Seira, AZM, Suzu Suzuki & Miyu Amasaki (Neo Genesis) beat Maika, Mina Shirakawa, Waka Tsukiyama, HANAKO & Rian (E neXus V) 3-2 to win the tournament. Match progression: HANAKO pinned Amasaki, Seira pinned Rian, Shirakawa pinned AZM, AZM pinned Shirakawa, Suzuki pinned Maika. As a result, Neo Genesis gets TWO Stardom title shots of their choice. They chose Goddesses Of Stardom & Artist Of Stardom. Based on backstage comments it sounds like Suzuki & Seira will go for the Goddesses Of Stardom Championship while Amasaki, Kid & AZM will go for the Artist Of Stardom Championship. Match dates/locations TBA.

The next event is Saturday at Belle Salle Takadanobaba in Tokyo for the start of a weekend doubleheader. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin Friday at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET. For Sunday a change to one match between Aya Sakura & Kiyoka Kokatsu has been announced: It will now be a UWF Rules Match which is as follows: 30 minute time limit, no pinfalls, win only by submission, KO, TKO, points, doctor stoppage, ref stoppage or towel. DQs, forfeiting & no contests are prohibited. Fighters start with 5 points and one is lost per down/10 count and rope escape. If it goes the full time limit, the fighter with the most points left wins. Also, the scheduled match Sunday between Saori Anou & Rina will now be for the next Wonder Of Stardom Championship match.

Stardom continues the NEW YEAR STARS 2025 Tour today in Tokyo with their first Korakuen Hall event of the year. 3 title matches headline today’s event-first up, the High Speed Championship sees a new rule set implemented as Saki Kashima tries to win the title back from Mei Seira in a 2/3 Falls match with only a 10 minute time limit. The second title match is a Ring Of Honor Women’s World Championship match as the seemingly unbeatable champion Athena defends against Thekla. Finally, an Artist Of Stardom Championship match is set after a mini-tournament concluded yesterday, which perpahs unfairly means Cosmic Angels keeps the title either way because Tam Nakano, Saori Anou & Natsupoi defend against faction mates Yuna Mizumori, Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara. Safe to say the challengers winning would be a massive upset.

There will be several absences (and a lot less star power as a result) from today’s event-Mayu Iwatani, Maika, HANAKO, AZM & Mina Shirakawa due to New Japan participation in the US last night and Ruaka is out due to her coming-of-age-ceremony (a ritual in Japan when one reaches full/legal adult age).

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on Stardom World. It’s not yet known if there will be any commentary. There are 7 matches set so far and with no match likely to go more than 30 minutes including the title matches I anticipate today’s event having a running time of just over 2 hours, depending on whether or not there’s an intermission. If there is, bump the estimate up to 2 1/4 hours.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Hina vs. Matoi Hamabe & Fukigen in a 3-way
Rian & Waka Tsukiyama vs. Natsuko Tora & Momo Watanabe
Syuri, Tomoka Inaba, Lady C, Ranna Yagami & Kiyoka Kokatsu vs. Hanan, Saya Iida, Hazuki, Koguma & Momo Kohgo
Starlight Kid, Suzu Suzuki & Miyu Amasaki vs. Saya Kamitani, Rina & Azusa Inaba
High Speed Champion Mei Seira vs. Saki Kashima in a 2/3 Falls Match for the title
ROH Women’s World Champion Athena vs. Thekla for the title
Artist Of Stardom Champions Tam Nakano, Saori Anou & Natsupoi vs. Yuna Mizumori, Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara for the titles

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Updates below will begin at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET.

6:25 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 they have the higher-capacity setup in place (more than DDT & Tokyo Joshi Pro use opposite hard camera) but outside of that it’s maybe half full so far. Looking like on track for 850-900. Today is a national holiday in Japan for the record. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1233)

The matches should begin in about 10 minutes. You can also watch the first match FOR FREE on YouTube, which will be the High Speed Championship match. The ROH Women’s Championship is the semifinal and the Artist Of Stardom Championship match is the main event.

The matches begin at 6:33 PM PT/9:33 PM ET. The new High Speed title match rules are explained to the crowd first.

Match 1: High Speed Champion Mei Seira vs. Saki Kashima for the title. 2/3 Falls, 10 minute total time limit
Fall 1: Seira wins
Fall 2: Kashima wins
Fall 3: Seira wins
Result: High Speed Champion Mei Seira beat Saki Kashima 2-1 to retain the title. V4 for Seira.

The YouTube broadcast ends here.

Match 2: Hina vs. Matoi Hamabe & Fukigen in a 3-way. 15 minute time limit
Result: Hina beat Matoi Hamabe & Fukigen in a 3-way by pinning Fukigen.

Match 3: Rian & Waka Tsukiyama vs. Natsuko Tora & Momo Watanabe. 20 minute time limit
Result: Natsuko Tora & Momo Watanabe beat Rian & Waka Tsukiyama. Watanabe beat Rian with a rear naked choke.

Match 4: Syuri, Tomoka Inaba, Lady C, Ranna Yagami & Kiyoka Kokatsu (Independent/Freelancer) vs. Hanan, Saya Iida, Hazuki, Koguma & Momo Kohgo. 20 minute time limit
Result: Hanan, Saya Iida, Hazuki, Koguma & Momo Kohgo beat Syuri, Tomoka Inaba, Lady C, Ranna Yagami & Kiyoka Kokatsu. Koguma pinned Yagami.

Match 5: Starlight Kid, Suzu Suzuki & Miyu Amasaki vs. Saya Kamitani, Rina & Azusa Inaba. 20 minute time limit
Result: Saya Kamitani, Rina & Azusa Inaba beat Starlight Kid, Suzu Suzuki & Miyu Amsaski. Inaba pinned Amasaki. Afterwards, Inaba with microphone. Future Of Stardom Championship challenge issued. Seemingly accepted. When we thought they were done, Kamitani with microphone. Words for Suzuki, who it sounds like might be next for the World Of Stardom Championship. Kamitani told Suzuki to lick her boot…so Suzuki bit it instead.

Quick break for ring cleaning.

Intermission.

The matches resume at 8:10 PM PT/11:10 PM PT.

Match 6: ROH Women’s World Champion Athena vs. Thekla for the title. 30 minute time limit
Result: ROH Women’s World Champion Athena beat Thekla to retain the title. Post-match, Thekla & Athena promo in English. Thekla wants another match. Athena agreed, but in the US instead. Athena then addressed the crowd in English. It’s her first time competing in Japan, and she thanked the crowd in Japanese. She hopes to be back in the future, and I think there is no doubt she will be back in Japan soon.

Main Event: Artist Of Stardom Champions Tam Nakano, Saori Anou & Natsupoi vs. Yuna Mizumori, Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara for the titles. 30 minute time limit
Result: Artist Of Stardom Champions Tam Nakano, Saori Anou & Natsupoi beat Yuna Mizumori, Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara to retain the titles. Nakano pinned Kurara after Violet Screwdriver. V1 for the champs. Mizumori apparently was busted open during the match as she had a bloody nose afterwards.

The next event is Friday at Matsuyama Community Center Special Exhibition Hall in Ehime. There will be no live broadcast.

Stardom began a weekend tripleheader with the first half of a Nagoya doubleheader.

Today’s event was held at Chunichi Hall in Nagoya and will be available on demand on Stardom World at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 409.

Many wrestlers were absent today-Maika, Mina Shirakawa, HANAKO, Mayu Iwatani & AZM due to New Japan participation in the US.

The event opened with a signing ceremony for Monday’s High Speed Championship match between Mei Seira & Saki Kashima. Matches will have new rules starting Monday-3 Falls, 10 minute total time limit.

Match 1: Hanan, Koguma & Athena beat Saya Kamitani, Momo Watanabe & Thekla. Athena pinned Thekla after a straitjacket powerbomb.

Match 2: Saori Anou beat Matoi Hamabe & Waka Tsukiyama in a 3-way by pinning Hamabe.

Match 3: Syuri, Tomoka Inaba, Saki Kashima & Kiyoka Kokatsu beat Starlight Kid, Mei Seira, Suzu Suzuki & Miyu Amasaki. Kashima pinned Seira.

Match 4: Tam Nakano & Natsupoi beat Ruaka & Azusa Inaba. Natsupoi pinned Ruaka.

Match 5: Artist Of Stardom Next Challenger Tournament: Yuna Mizumori, Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara beat Hazuki, Saya Iida & Rian. Mizumori pinned Rian affer TP Sunshine.

Main Event: Artist Of Stardom Next Challenger Tournament: Natsuko Tora, Rina & Fukigen beat Hina, Lady C & Ranna Yagami. Rina pinned Hina after Pink Devil.

The next event is tomorrow. There will be no live broadcast.

Unlike in most women’s promotions in Japan, faction warfare is an integral part of Stardom (Dragon Gate may be the best example as a whole of faction warfare in Japan). Today the promotion announced their annual faction tournament for upcoming events later this month, here’s how it will work:
All 6 current factions-Stars, Cosmic Angels, God’s Eye, E neXus V, Neo Genesis, H.A.T.E.-will participate in 2 3-team blocks. All matches will be 6-women tag matches, 2/3 Falls, 30 minute time limit, participants on each team are not announced until the match begins and each faction member must participate in at least one of their two matches. That puts H.A.T.E. in an impossible predicament because they have 7 members so they all can’t be in 2 different matches. The other factions all have 5 or 6. However, the participation rule is waived if one or more wrestlers in a faction can’t participate due to injury.
After the matches are concluded, the winners of each block advance to a championship match and the tournament winners get 2 title shots of their choice as long as they are Stardom titles (so not the IWGP Women’s Championship or STRONG Women’s Championship as those are New Japan titles). If there is a tie, the tiebreaker is match result. If said match was a draw, there will be a rematch (1 Fall, 30 minute time limit). The Final will be a 30 minute match between all members of a faction, possibly with 1 minute intervals, most total falls wins.

The blocks are as follows:
Red-Stars, God’s Eye, E neXus V
Blue-Cosmic Angels, Neo Genesis, H.A.T.E.
The matches:
1/17 (Matsuyama Community Center Special Exhibition Hall, Ehime)-Stars vs. E neXus V, Cosmic Angels vs. Neo Genesis
1/18 (Osaka Prefectural Gym 2, Osaka)-Stars vs. God’s Eye, Neo Genesis vs. H.A.T.E.
1/19 (Osaka Prefectural Gym 2)-God’s Eye vs. E neXus V, Cosmic Angels vs. H.A.T.E.
1.23 (Shin-Kiba 1st Ring, Tokyo)-Final
The promotion also announced Hanan will not be part of the 1/19 event due to Diana participation. Events will also have non-tournament matches.

As far as Stardom World broadcasts, no live broadcast on 1/17 (on demand later), live on 1/18 & 1/19 (1/18 start in the US), TBA for 1/23 (I anticipate live but I sense they’ll try to be sneaky and force a PPV since it’s also the promotion’s 14th Anniversary event).

Stardom kicked off their 2025 today with STARDOM NEW YEAR DREAM 2025.

Today’s event was held at Tokyo Garden Theater in Tokyo and can be watched on demand as a PPV on Stardom World. It will be available to all monthly subcribers without additional paywalls on or after 1/11. You can also watch, between the pre-show and the main card, the first 5 matches FOR FREE on YouTube. (Disclaimer: These are quick results from Wikipedia as Stardom won’t post them for a day or so, they may not be 100% accurate) (UPDATE: Proper results below updated on 1/4)

The paid attendance has not yet been announced. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 2054)

Pre-show:
Match 1: Mizuki Kato & Yuma Makoto beat Rian & Honoka. Kato pinned Rian after Rebuilt Canadian Backbreaker.

Match 2: Nanami (Diana) & Lady C beat Saya Iida & Momo Kohgo. Nanami pinned Kohgo with a Noerthern Lights suplex hold.

Match 3: Hina & Ranna Yagami beat ZONES & Soi (Evolution). Yagami pinned Soi after Beat Strike.

PPV:
Match 1: Athena (Ring Of Honor) & Thekla beat Tay Melo (All Elite Wrestling) & Mina Shirakawa. Athena pinned Melo after Eclipse. This was Melo’s return match after being out for over a year due to injuries and also having her first child.

Match 2: Saki Kashima beat Yuna Mizumori, Cohaku, Waka Tsukiyama & Matoi Hamabe in a 5-way battle royal, last eliminating Mizumori. As a result, Kashima will get the next High Speed Championship shot.

Match 4: Rina & Ruaka beat Manami (Sendai Girls) & Hanan. Ruaka pinned Hanan after Freezer Bomb.

Match 5: Sendai Girls Junior Champion ChiChi beat Aya Sakura to retain the title. V2 for ChiChi. Next up: Possibly Yagami.

Match 6: Syuri, Tomoka Inaba & Kiyoka Kotatsu (Independent/Freelancer) beat Momo Watanabe, Azusa Inaba & Fukigen. Kotatsu beat Fukigen with an Achilles hold.

Match 7: Mayu Iwatani, Hazuki & Koguma beat AZM, Mei Seira & Miyu Amasaki. Iwatani pinned Amasaki after Azumi Sushi.

Match 8: Saori Anou, Natsupoi & Sayaka Kurara beat Natsuko Tora, Dump Matsumoto & ZAP. Kurara pinned Tora after ZAP & Matsumoto accidentally laid out Tora.

Match 9: Maika & HANAKO beat Chihiro Hashimoto & Yuu (Sendai Girls). Maika pinned Yuu after countering Last Ride.

Match 10: In a Career vs. Career Match, Tam Nakano beat Sayaka Unagi. The stip was a late addition in the last couple days. As a result, Unagi’s Stardom career-at least in her current character/name/persona-is over.

Main Event: Suzu Suzuki & Starlight Kid beat Saya Kamitani & Momo Watanabe. Suzuki pinned Kamitani with a German suplex hold.

The next event is 1/11 at Chunichi Hall in Nagoya for a doubleheader. Broadcast plans TBA. (UPDATE: There will be no live broadcast for both events)

Maybe UUDDLRLRBASS doesn’t have the same effect as when it gave you 30 lives…At Stardom’s PPV Sunday a match between Syuri & Konami went to a DQ win for Syuri in just 33 seconds when H.A.T.E. interfered. And maybe we now know why…Konami was injured in the match. Undisclosed/unspecified. Out indefinitely and will miss the next event on 1/3. She was not yet announced for the event and is not in the final lineup. It’s not yet known how long she may be out, with the next event after Friday set for 1/11.

More as it becomes available.

STARDOM DREAM QUEENDOM 2024, the promotion’s year-end blowout event, took place earlier today. Below are quick results I found since the promotion is always slow to post results, more details will be added later.

Today’s event was held at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo and can be watched on demand as a PPV on Stardom World in Japanese & English for around $30 US. Ami Sohrei was a guest on Japanese commentary while Xena was a guest on English commentary. It will be available to all monthly subscribers on or after 1/11/25. You can also watch the pre-show and the first PPV match FOR FREE on YouTube.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced. Based on advance ticket sales I think they’ll do a bit better than DDT did yesterday there with a reduced capacity setup, which was 3579 (near sellout). 4500-5000 sounds possible. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 4023, a legit sellout)

Pre-show:
Match 1: Yuna Mizumori & Aya Sakura beat ChiCHI (Evolution) & Matoi Hamabe. Mizumori pinned Hamabe.
Match 2: Ranna Yagami vs. Sayaka Kurara went to a 15 minute time limit draw.

PPV:
Match 1: Hanan & Saya Iida beat Goddesses Of Stardom Champions Momo Watanabe & Thekla to win the titles. Hanan & Iida become the 35th Goddesses Of Stardom Champions. Hanan pinned Thekla with a backdrop hold. Probably the most slam-dunk result given how much trouble Thekla has caused lately and Watanabe seems in line for a singles push again. Nonetheless, it caps off the true breakout 2024 for Hanan and cements her as THE future of Stardom. She should be singles champion soon and many times over to come.

Match 2; Mina Shirakawa, Waka Tsukiyama, HANAKO & Rian beat Saki Kashima, Tomoka Inaba, Lady C & Hina and Rina, Azusa Inaba, Ruaka & Fukigen in a 3-way when Shirakawa pinned Fukigen.

Match 3: AZM, Mei Seira, Suzu Suzuki & Miyu Amasaki beat Mayu Iwatani, Momo Kohgo, Hazuki & Koguma. AZM pinned Kohgo after Azumi Sushi.

Match 4: Saori Anou beat Mika Iwata (Sendai Girls).

Match 5: Syuri beat Konami by DQ in 33 seconds. H.A.T.E. interference. Former GLEAT wrestler Maya Fukuda then appeared and made the save, seemingly aligning with Syuri and hinting at joining Stardom in 2025.

Match 6: In a No DQ Match. Natsuko Tora beat Maika.

Match 7: Starlight Kid beat Wonder Of Stardom Champion Natsupoi to win the title. Kid becomes the 24th Wonder Of Stardom Champion. At last, you could say.

Main Event: Saya Kamitani beat World Of Stardom Champion Tam Nakano to win the title. Kamitani becomes the 20th World Of Stardom Champion. And righted the wrongs that was the 5STAR GP and fallout. Nakano never should have gotten a title shot after starting 0-3 and going winless then winning the title from Tora, even with the logical explanation she only lost the title at the end of December 2023 due to having to vacate it (injury). This result, like it or not, saved Stardom’s 2024 to me. Tam Road has ended and the queen is dead. Long Live The Phenex Queen! As for Nakano, now she has to deal with the returning Sayaka Unagi.

The next event is STARDOM NEW YEAR DREAM 2025 Friday at Tokyo Garden Theater in Tokyo. Broadcast plans TBA but the current lineup which includes 3 potential pre-show matches suggests it could be, albeit on very late notice, another PPV. If there is a live broadcast on Stardm World, PPV or not, it should begin Thursday at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET.

UPDATE: PPV again Friday on Stardom World. 4400 yen/around $30 US. Non-PPV version available on or after 1/11 (may now be 4680 yen). It will be available in Japanese and English with Ami Sohrei & Xena as guests again on the Japanese & English versions, respectively.

UPDATE 2: After this event, Hazuki & Koguma went to the OZ Academy year-event at Korakuen Hall and beat Ryo Mizunami & Sonoko Kato to win the OZ Academy Tag Team Championship. Hazuki & Koguma become the 40th Champions. Next defense upcoming likely is against Mizunami & Cohaku.