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Stardom runs their latest NEW BLOOD event today, the 16th installment of the promotion’s developmental series focused on younger and less-experienced wrestlers. As has been the case recently, a lot of outside participation is scheduled as other promotions send their younger and inexperienced wrestlers to gain experience and exposure against the same in Stardom. There is also a title match scheduled-after recently seeing her year-plus record-setting Future Of Stardom Championship reign stunningly halted, Rina will try to hold on to the New Blood Tag Team Championship when she & Azusa Inaba defend against Waka Tsukiyama & HANAKO. HANAKO has been on a hot streak since returning from a month-long excursion to the US, and with the Goddess Of Stardom Tag League fast approaching both the titles and potentially momentum going in are on the line.

Today’s event will be held at Bellesalle Grand Shinjuku in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on Stardom World. There will be no commentary. No word yet on if the event will also be live on YouTube. This will be a shorter event with only 5 matches including the title match so the running time should be a little over 90 minutes.
UPDATE (Pre-show): You can also watch the entire event FOR FREE on YouTube. The live stream won’t be set up until right before it begins.
UPDATE 2: They changed broadcast plans last-minute-this event IS NOT live on Stardom World. Only on YouTube.

Today’s lineup:
Manami (Sendai Girls) vs. Rian
Lady C & Ranna Yagami vs. Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara
Starlight Kid & Miyu Amasaki vs. YUNA (Sendai Girls) & Spike Nishimura (Independent/Freelancer)
Hina & Tomoka Inaba vs. Cohaku & HONOKA (WAVE)
New Blood Tag Team Champions Rina & Azusa Inaba vs. Waka Tsukiyama & HANAKO for the titles

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 9 PM PT/midnight ET.

8:30 PM PT UPDATE: Stardom has set up the YouTube live stream. I will be watching on YouTube tonight for ease of use and also to be able to watch on my TV.

8:54 PM PT UPDATE: The YouTube stream has begun. It will be in up to 1080p60 format. We should be going to the venue in about 5 minutes.

8:57 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Bellesalle Grand Shinjuku in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced later today or tomorrow. While the venue’s maximum capacity is 1400 the setup is for much smaller and the seating areas I can see initially are mostly full. What they’re showing us so far suggests a crowd of around 250. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 236)

The matches will begin shortly.

The matches begin at 9:02 PM PT/12:02 AM ET.

Match 1: Manami (Sendai Girls) vs. Rian. 15 minute time limit (Manami’s entrance music is muted, darn copyrights)
Result: Manami beat Rian

Match 2: Lady C & Ranna Yagami vs. Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara. 15 minute time limit
Result: Lady C & Ranna Yagami beat Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara. Yagami pinned Kurara. Afterwards, Yagami with microphone. She quickly handed off to C for a few words then it was passed to Kurara.

Match 3: Starlight Kid & Miyu Amasaki vs. YUNA (Sendai Girls) & Spike Nishimura (Independent/Freelancer). 20 minute time limit. Muted entrance music for the outsiders
Result: Starlight Kid & Miyu Amasaki beat YUNA & Spike Nishimura. Kid beat YUNA with Black Tiger Leg Murder. Afterwards, Kid with microphone. Sounded like basic putting over.

Intermission.

The matches resume at 10:10 PM PT/1:10 AM ET.

Match 4: Hina & Tomoka Inaba vs. Cohaku & HONOKA (WAVE). 20 minute time limit
Result: Hina & Tomoka Inaba beat Cohaku & HONOKA. Inaba pinned HONOKA.

Main Event: New Blood Tag Team Champions Rina & Azusa Inaba vs. Waka Tsukiyama & HANAKO for the titles. 20 minute time limit
Result: New Blood Tag Team Champions Rina & Azusa Inaba beat Waka Tsukiyama & HANAKO to retian the titles. Rina beat HANAKO an octopus stretch hold. V1 for the champs. Next up: Possibly Lady C & Ranna Yagami. Challenge issued.

The next event is tomorrow at Fujisan Messe in Shizuoka. There will be no live broadcast.

At a press conference earlier today, Stardom announced the full field for the upcoming Goddess Of Stardom Tag League 2024 tournament. You can watch the full presser FOR FREE on YouTube and Stardom’s website, but here are the details:

It will be a round-robin format with 18 teams divided into 2 blocks of 9. Usual scoring format (2 points for win, 1 point for time limit draw, 0 points for loss), at the end the top 3 teams in each block advance with the block winners going straight to the Semifinals and the 2-3 teams facing off for the other spots.

Here are the participants:
Red Block:
Konami & Saya Kamitani
AZM & Miyu Amasaki
Natsuko Tora & Ruaka
Tomoka Inaba & Ranna Yagami
Syuri & Saki Kashima
Maika & HANAKO
Mayu Iwatani & Momo Kohgo
Tam Nakano & Sayaka Kurara
Hazuki & Koguma

Blue Block:
Waka Tsukiyama & Rian
Hina & Lady C
Rina & Azusa Inaba
Yuna Mizumori & Aya Sakura
Mei Seira & Cohaku (WAVE)
Hanan & Saya Iida
Starlight Kid & Suzu Suzuki
Natsupoi & Saori Anou
Momo Watanabe & Thekla

The tournament will be held over 17 events from 10:26-12/8. The Semifinals will be on 12/7 and Finals on 12/8. The winners presumably will get a Goddesses Of Stardom Championship shot unless current champions Watanabe & Thekla win. Some events will be streamed live on Stardom World with all available on demand.

In other news, the full card for NEW BLOOD 16 on Saturday at Bellesalle Shinjuku Grand in Tokyo has been announced, with the main event being New Blood Tag Team Champions Rina & Azusa Inaba vs. Waka Tsukiyama & HANAKO for the titles. On Sunday there will be an 8 woman battle royal with Saori Anou, Starlight Kid, Hazuki, Koguma, Lady C, HANAKO, Konami & Ruaka entered. The last 2 remaining will go to a 4-way at the New Japan “Fighting Spirit Unleashed” event in the US on 11/8 against Anna Jay & TBA for a shot at STRONG Women’s Champion Mercedes Mone.

Announced for 10/27 at Korakuen Hall is High Speed Champion Mei Seira vs. Yuna Mizunori for the title, Dump Matsumoto & ZAP participation and more TBA.

Stardom continued their October house show tour today in Toyama.

Today’s event was held at Borfert Toyama 2F Multipurpose Hall in Toyama and will be available on demand on Stardom World at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 371.

There were changes to the 5th match due to both Gina & Hanan being out with unspecified injuries. Both are out indefinitely.

Match 1; Syuri beat Rian by submission.

Match 2: Koguma & Saya Iida beat Mei Seira & Suzu Suzuki. Koguma pinned SUzuki with 120% Schoolboy. During Iida’s introduction in which she takes off her hoodie and tosses it into the air, it got caught in the lights above the ring. That’s the second time in recent months that’s happened.

Match 3: Waka Tsukiyama & HANAKO beat Ranna Yagami & Lady C. Tsukiyama pinned C.

Match 4: Maika & Mina Shirakawa beat Yuna Mizumori & Aya Sakura. Maika pinned Sakura after Flame Drop.

Match 5: Momo Watanabe, Konami & Saya Kamitani beat Mayu Iwatani, Hazuki & Momo Kohgo. Konami pinned Kohgo after a buzzsaw kick.

Main Event: Starlight Kid, AZM & Miyu Amasaki beat Tam Nakano, Sairo Anou & Sayaka Kurara. Amasaki pinned Kurara after Heavenly.

The next event is NEW BLOOD 16 Saturday at Bellesalle Shinjuku Grand in Tokyo. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin Friday at 9 PM PT/midnight ET. If schedule permits I will do live results.

Stardom continued their October house show tour yesterday in Ishikawa.

Yesterday’s event was held at Yoshitsune Arena in Ishikawa and will be available on demand on Stardom at a later date, possibly later today. There was no live broadcast.

The annoounced paid attendance was 250.

Match 1: Saori Anou beat Ranna Yagami.

Match 2: Mei Seira, AZM & Miyu Amasaki beat Yuna Mizumori, Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara. Seira pinned Mizumori after Shooting Star.

Match 3: Momo Watanabe & Saya Kamitani beat Gina & Waka Tsukiyama and Hazuki & Saya Iida in a 3-way when Watanabe pinned Tsukiyama.

Match 4: Matu Iwatani, Koguma, Hanan & Momo Kohgo beat Maika, Mina Shirakawa, HANAKO & Rian. Koguma pinned Rian after a diving body press.

Match 5: Tam Nakano & Natsupoi beat Syuri & Lady C. Natsupoi pinned C after Fairy Real Gift.

Main Event: Starlight Kid & Suzu Suzuki beat Natsuko Tora & Ruaka. Suzuki pinned Ruaka after Gran Maestro de Tequila.

The next event is tomorrow (tonight US time) at Barfert Toyama 2F Multipurpose Hall in Toyama. There will be no live broadcast.

Injury Report: Gina and Hanan were both injured at this event Awaiting further details as to what exactly happened to both. Out indefinitely. Status uncertain after tomorrow with the next events being next weekend (a NEW BLOOD event Saturday and house show Sunday). Corresponding card changes have already been made for tomororw and Konami has been added to the event.

Stardom continued their October house show tour yesterday in Osaka.

Yesterday’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka and can be watched on demand on Stardom World.

The announced paid attendance was 344.

Match 1: Waka Tsukiyama & HANAKO beat Mayu Iwatani & Momo Kohgo. HANAKO pinned Kohgo after egret.

Match 2: Hanan beat Rian & Ruaka in a 3-way by pinning Rian.

Match 3: Natsuko Tora, Momo Watanabe & Saya Kamitani beat Syuri, Ranna Yagami & Lady C. Tora pinned Yagami after Death Valley Bomb.

Match 4: Maika, Mina Shirakawa & Gina beat Hazuki, Koguma & Saya Iida. Shiwakawa pinned Iida after Glamorous Collection Mina.

Main Event: Tam Nakano, Natsupoi, Saori Anou, Yuna Mizumori & Sayaka Kurara beat Mei Seira, Starlight Kid, AZM, Suzu Suzuki & Miyu Amasaki. Mizomori pinned Seira after TP Sunshine.

The next/latest event was earlier today at Yoshitsune Arena in Ishikawa. Results will be posted when available. There was no live broadcast.

The next upcoming event is Monday at Borfert Toyama 2F Multipurpose Hall in Toyama. There will be no live broadcast.

It’s not often an injury is celebrated in real life or in kayfabe, but this one in Stardom may be an exception because it involves the H.A.T.E. faction-Thekla is out of action now. Unspecified injury. Out indefinitely. She is not on any of this next week’s events but now the question mark is her status for the Goddesses Of Stardom Tag League which starts in 2 weeks and, to a lesser extent, the titles because she holds the Goddesses Of Stardom Championship with Momo Watanabe.

More as it becomes available.

Stardom ran their latest blowout event, STARDOM GOLDEN FIGHT IN NAGOYA, earlier today.

Today’s event was held at Aichi Prefectural Gym in Nagoya and can be watched on demand on Stardom World as a PPV for 4400 Japanese yen (around $31 US). If you don’t want to pay extra, it will be available for all monthly paying subscribers Wednesday or Thursday (the PPV window is until Tuesday morning). You can also watch the first 3 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 1526.

Pre-show Match: Yuna Mizumori won a 5-woman battle royal, last eliminating Ranna Yagami. As a result, Mizumori gets the next shot at the High Speed Championship. This was to have been a 6-woman battle royal but became 5 due to no Saki Kashima (injured).

Match 1: Miyu Amasaki beat Future Of Stardom Champion Rina to win the title. Amasaki becomes the 11th Future Of Stardom Champion. Shocker…the record run of Rina is over. But it almost went on as it ended less than a minute from the time limit, if it went the distance Rina would have retained.

Match 2: Saya Kamitani beat Sayaka Kurara.

Match 3: Dump Matsumoto, ZAP, Natsuko Tora, Momo Watanabe, Konami & Ruaka beat Maika, Mina Shirakawa, Gina, Waka Tsukiyama, HANAKO & Rian. Tora pinned Tsukiyama after Death Valley Bomb.

New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Great-O-Khan made a surprise appearance and issued an open challenge to the Stardom roster for a KOPW 2024 Championship match at Historic X-Over 2. Pending.

Match 4: Starlight Kid beat Hazuki. Kid was unmasked by Hazuki late in the match. However, in post-match backstage comments she kept a towel over her face as she spoke with only her eyes partially visible.

Match 5: Syuri & Lady C beat Saori Anou & Aya Sakura, Mei Seira & AZM and Hanan & Saya Iida in a 4-way when Syuri pinned Sakura.

Match 6: Wonder Of Stardom Champion Natsupoi beat Thekla to retain the title. V2 for Natsupoi.

Match 7: IWGP Women’s Champin Mayu Iwatani beat Toni Storm to retain the title. V7 for Iwatani.

Main Event: World Of Stardom Champion Tam Nakano beat Suzu Suzuki to retain the title.V2 for Nakano.

The next event is Friday at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka. There will be no live broadcast.

Stardom ran their second Tokyo weeknight event in recent memory today, the last build for their next major event this weekend.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on Stardom World.

The announced paid attendance was 844.

Match 1: Suzu Suzuki & AZM beat Tam Nakano & Aya Sakura. AZM pinned Sakura after a diving foot stomp.

Match 2: Ruaka, Rina & Azusa Inaba beat Miyu Amasaki, Hina & Tomoka Inaba. Ruaka pinned Hina after a neck hanging bomb.

Match 3: Momo Watanabe beat Momo Kohgo.

Match 4: Syuri, Lady C, Ranna Yagami & Nanami (Diana) beat Gina, Waka Tsukiyama, HANAKO & Rian. Nanami pinned Rian with a Northern Lights suplex hold. Nanami was a late replacement for the absent Saki Kashima (unspecified injury).

Match 5: Hazuki & Koguma vs. Starlight Kid & Mei Seira went to a double countout.

Match 6: In an elimination match (over the top rope rules in effect), Natsuko Tora, Saya Kamitani, Thekla & Konami beat Natsupoi, Saori Anou, Yuna Mizumori & Sayaka Kurara. Order of elimination: Mizumori by Tora, Kurara & Kamitani together, Tora by Anou, Anou & Konami together, Natsupoi by Thekla. Thekla wins. Late in the match, New Japan wrestler Clark Connors interfered to help Thekla beat Natsupoi.

Main Event: Toni Storm, Mina Shirakawa & Maika beat Mayu Iwatani, Hanan & Saya Iida. Storm pinned Hanan after Storm Zero.

The next event is STARDOM NAGOYA GOLDEN FIGHT 2024 Saturday at Aichi Prefectural Gym in Nagoya. Live streaming on Stardom World in Japanese and English as a PPV (4400 Japanese yen, around $30 US) will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET. Purchase includes on demand replays until Tuesday. It should be available for all monthly subscribers without additional purchase next Wednesday or Thursday.

Stardom has announced a last-minute change to tomorrow’s Korakuen Hall event and Saturday’s PPV in Nagoya: Saki Kashima is now off. Unspecified injury. Out indefinitely but at least a week. For tomorrow, was to have teamed with Akari, Lady C & Ranna Yagami to face Gina, Waka Tsukiyama, HANAKO & Rian. Nanami (Diana) is the replacement. For Saturday, she was to have been in a pre-show 6-woman battle royal for a High Speed Championship shot. It will now be a 5-person battle royal with no replacement. It’s not yet known how long Kashima will be out.