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A busy day for Stardom continued with their own presser alongside New Japan’s (Syuri & Saya Kamitani were there as they’ll be at Tokyo Dome on 1/4), this one to announce the field for the Goddess Of Stardom Tag League tournament beginning this weekend. It’s a 16-team field divided into 2 blocks of 8 in a round-robin format. The top 3 teams on each block advance with the winners of each block going to the Semifinals and 2nd & 3rd place going to elimination matches. All matches will have a 15 minute time limit except the Semifinals and Finals which will be no time limit.

The full field:
Red Block: Natsuko Tora & Ruaka (current Goddesses Of Stardom Champions), Natsupoi & Saori Anou, Yuna Mizumori & Mei Seira, Hina & Ranna Yagami, Waka Tsukiyama & Rian, Bozilla & Akira Kirogame, Hazuki & Koguma, Sareee & Miku Kanae
Blue Block: Saya Iida & Bea Priestley, Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara (current New Blood Tag Tram Champions), Syuri & Saki Kashima, Ami Sohrei & Lady C, HANAKO & TBA (will be revealed at first match time on 11/7 per HANAKO), AZM & Miyu Amasaki, Suzu Suzuki & Rina Yamashita, Konami & Rina.

Only real notable name missing from the field is Hanan but I think she’s injured. Also understandably no Saya Kamitani & Momo Watanabe nor rookies outside of Kurogame.

The tournament begins Saturday and prelim matches run the rest of the month. The eventual tournament winners will likely get a Goddesses Of Stardom Championship match, probably at the year-end blowout event, unless Tora & Ruaka win.

UPDATE: Tokyo Sports reports Kamitani not being in the tournament could be “politics” as it’s the promotion’s decision. but also because Watanabe will miss the tournament due to a knee injury apparently suffered yesterday. Kamitani’s next World Of Stardom Championship defense was also announced-12/29 vs. Saori Anou. That means Kamitani’s reign will reach exactly one year…but recent history is bad for her as the last few years have seen title changes on that date, including Kamitani beating Tam Nakano last year. They also want to try and keep her healthy for that and Tokyo Dome on 1/4 when she will face Syuri for both the IWGP and STROMG Women’s Championships, meaning 12/29 is not a double title match.

UPDATE 2: It has been announced that Hazuki & Koguma are now out of the tournament. Various unspecified circumstances. Teotleco & Osita, a team from Mexico, are the replacements.

STARDOM CRIMSON NIGHTMARE 2025, the promotion’s latest blowout event today full of H.A.T.E., is in the books.

Today’s event was held at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo and can be watched on demand as a PPV on Stardom World. It will be un-paywalled for monthly paying subscribers in a week or so. You can also watch the first match FOR FREE on YouTube.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced.

Match 1: Rian beat Ranna Yagami, Kikyo Furusawa & Fukigen in a 4-way by pinning Fukigen.

Match 2: Natsupoi, Saori Anou, Yuna Mizumori, Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara beat Syuri, Lady C, Ami Sohrei, Hina & Kiyoka Kokatsu and Suzu Suzuki, Rina Yamashita, Itsuki Aoki, Akira Kurogame and Ema Maishima in a 3-way when Anou pinned Sohrei.

Match 3: AZM & Miyu Amasaki beat Waka Tsukiyama & HABAKO. AZM pinned Tsukiyama after Azumi Sushi.

Match 4: Saya Iida, Momo Kohgo & Bea Priestley beat Natusko Tora, Ruaka & Rina. Priestley pinned Rina after Plan Bea.

Match 5: Bozilla beat Saki Kashima by submission/giving up.

Match 6: High Speed Champion Mei Seira beat Hazuki to retain the title. V9 for Seira. Based on this and a prior result, they may have done away with Seira’s new rules for title matches (3 falls in 10 minute time limit) and reverted to the prior rules (1 fall in 15 minute time limit).

Match 7: Konami beat Wonder Of Stardom Champion Starlight Kid to win the title. Konami becomes the 25th Wonder Of Stardom Champion. Which means, not counting the New Blood-specific titles, all the Stardom titles are now held by the heel faction. Embrace The H.A.T.E.

Main Event: World Of Stardom Champion & STRONG Women’s Champion Saya Kamitani beat Momo Watanabe to retain the titles. World V7 & STRONG V1 for Kamitani. The reign of our PHENEX QUEEN continues. It sounds like she is headed to her Tokyo Dome debut with New Japan on 1/4 with both titles. I am very excited for that potentially happening.

The next event is Friday at Korakuen Hall to kick off the 15th Goddess Of Stardom Tournament, the promotion’s annual tag team tournament. Broadcast plans TBA, it will be live on Stardom World but it may be another PPV.

UPDATE: Risa Sera also appeared during the event and requested Suzu Suzuki be her opponent for her retirement match on 1/12. Nothing definite yet.

UPDATE 2: The participating tournament teams will be announced at a press conference tomorrow at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET, which can be watched FOR FREE on YouTube.

And while mot yet official, New Japan suggests the opponent for Kamitani on 1/4 at Tokyo Done could be Syuri and it could be for the IWGP Women’s Championship and STRONG Women’s Championship. We may know soon as a 1/4 presser is scheduled for tonight at 9 PM PT/midnight ET. It can be watched FOR FREE on New Japan World and YouTube.

UPDATE 3: It’s now official. It will be for both the IWGP & STRONG Women’s Championships but, at this time, not the World Of Stardom Championship if Kamitani is still champion.

Stardom begins their November schedule today with the last event before their next major PPV on Monday, and it’s all about tag teams. Since that’s the focus of the PPV main event the likely feature match is all about H.A.T.E. as the faction’s 8 members will be on opposite sides when Saya Kamitani & Momo Watanabe face off for the last time before Kamitani defends both the World Of Stardom and STRONG Women’s Championships against Watanabe, who earned her chance at the title by winning this year’s 5STAR GP. And the Goddesses Of Stardom Champions-Natsuko Tora & Ruaka-are also foes so clearly Kamitani’s favorite boss (it’s not Hiroshi Tanahashi) may have a scheme in the works…

Today’s event will be held at TKP Garden City Chiba in Chiba and, thanks to an “Emergency decision” earlier today, can be watched LIVE FOR FREE on YouTube. There likely will be no commentary. There are 6 matches scheduled which is less than usual, and factoring in an intermission and perhaps a time limit draw or two I’ll predict a total running time of about 2 1/2 hours. And if we’re lucky baseball will finish before this event begins (World Series Game 6, where a lot of Japanese fans will want LA to Shohei The Way to a Game 7 at Toronto tomorrow. I like Ohtani a lot but due to being a Dodgers hater living in other parts of California I have to root for Toronto to finish it tonight).

Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Staright Kid & Mei Seira vs. Ema Maishima & Kikyo Furusawa
Saori Anou, Sayaka Kurara & Yuna Mizumori vs. Waka Tsukiyama, HANAKO & Rian
Natsupoi & Aya Sakura vs. Saya Iida & Momo Kohgo
AZM & Miyu Amasaki vs. Ranna Yagami & Kiyoka Kokatsu
Hina, Tomoka Inaba, Lady C, Ami Sohrei & Saki Kashima vs. Rina Yamashita, Itsuki Aoki, Bozilla, Suzu Suzuki & Akira Kurogame
Saya Kamitani, Natsuko Tora, Konami & Azusa Inaba vs. Momo Watanabe, Ruaka, Rina & Fukigen

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 9 PM PT/midnight ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin at that time.

8:55 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun in pre-show mode. We should be going to the venue in about 5 minutes.

9 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from TKP Garden City Chiba in Chiba, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance should be announced after the event. The setup I’ve seen so far looks full, it’s a small venue (I think capacity is in the 500-600 range) but for the layout it looks like a good crowd. If they announce the number afterwards I’ll predict it’ll be close to 500. I only saw a few empty seats. (UPDATE: The paid attendance was not announced)

The match order is announced first, the all-H.A.T.E. 8-woman tag match is today’s main event. Then right to the action.

The matches begin at 9:03 PM PT/12:03 AM ET.

Match 1: Starlight Kid & Mei Seira vs. Ema Maishima & Kikyo Furusawa. 20 minute time limit
Result: Starlight Kid & Mei Seira beat Ema Maishima & Kikyo Furusawwa. Kid beat Maishima with Black Tiger Leg Murder. As the winners were about to leave, Konami appeared and attacked Kid & Seira with a chair. After forcing Kid back into the ring, Konami with microphone. One final message sent ahead of Monday when Konami faces Kid for the Wonder Of Stardom Championship.

Match 2: Saori Anou, Sayaka Kurara & Yuna Mizumori vs. Waka Tsukiyama, HANAKO & Rian. 20 minute time limit
Result: Waka Tsukiyama, HANAKO & Rian beat Saori Anou, Sayaka Kurara & Yuna Mizumori. HANAKO pinned Mizumori after JP Coaster. Afterwards, Rian grabbed Kurara’s newly-won New Blood Tag Team Championship belt and ran off with it. Hints of what’s to come?

Match 3: AZM & Miyu Amasaki vs. Ranna Yagami & Kiyoka Kokatsu. 20 minute time limit
Result: AZM & Miyu Amasaki beat Ranna Yagami & Kiyoka Kokatsu. AZM pinned Kokatsu after a diving foot stomp.

Match 4: Natsupoi & Aya Sakura vs. Saya Iida & Momo Kohgo. 20 minute time limit
Result: Saya Iida & Momo Kohgo beat Natsupoi & Aya Sakura. Iida pinned Sakura after a vertical drop brainbuster.

Intermission.

The matches resume at 10:27 PM PT/1:27 AM ET (11 minute break).

Match 5: Hina, Tomoka Inaba, Lady C, Ami Sohrei & Saki Kashima vs. Rina Yamashita, Itsuki Aoki, Bozilla, Suzu Suzuki & Akira Kurogame. 20 minute time limit
Result: Hina, Tomoka Inaba, Lady C, Ami Sohrei & Saki Kashima beat Rina Yamashita, Itsuki Aoki, Bozilla, Suzu Suzuki & Akira Kurogame. Hina pinned Kurogame after a jackhammer. Almost went the time limit, otherwise mostly was about Kashima being scared of and trying to avoid the massive Bozilla. Afterwards, Kashima with microphone. She taunted Bozilla in English while hilariously hiding behind all of them. But she can only hide until Monday as Bozilla noted.

Main Event: Saya Kamitani, Natsuko Tora, Konami & Azusa Inaba vs. Momo Watanabe, Ruaka, Rina & Fukigen. 20 minute time limit
Result: Time Limit Draw

The next event is STARDOM CRIMSON NIGHTMARE 2025 Monday at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo. Live streaming on Stardom World as a PPV will begin Sunday at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET.

Stardom finished their October schedule with the third NEW BLOOD event this month, the latest in their sub-brand for younger & less-experiences wrestlers.

Today’s event was held at Kanda Myojin Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand FOR FREE on YouTube. (NEW BLOOD events are only available live & on demand on YouTube, not on Stardom World)

The paid attendance was not announced.

There was a last-minute change to the card due to Nanami Hatano (Diana) being pulled off the event due to an unspecified injury. She was to have faced Akira Kurogame. Himiko (Diana) was the replacement.

Match 1: Kikyo Furusawa beat Ema Maishima.

Match 2: Hiniko beat Akira Kurogame.

Match 3: Yuki Mashiro beat Rian.

Match 4: Debbie Keitel, Azusa Inaba & Ram Kaichow (666) beat Tomoka Inaba, Ranna Yagami & Kiyoka Kokatsu. Kaichow pinned Yagami with Grudge Clutch.

Main Event: Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara beat New Blood Tag Team Champions Waka Tsukiyama & HANAKO to win the titles. Sakura & Kurara become the 5th New Blood Tag Team Champions. Sakura pinned HANAKO after Blooming Dream (arm clutch type German suplex hold).

The next event is Saturday at TKP Garden City Chiba in Chiba. Broadcast plans TBA.

UPDATE: You will be able to watch the entire Saturday event LIVE FOR FREE on YouTube beginning Friday (TONIGHT as of this update) at 9 PM PT/midnight ET.

Stardom has announced an injury change to tomorrow’s NEW BLOOD 26 event-Nanami Hatano from Diana. who was to have participated in tomorrow’s event, is mow off. Unspecified injury. She was to have faced Akira Kurogame. Himiko, also from Diana, is the replacement.

For those unaware or unfamiliar with it, Diana is a small independent women’s promotion founded by longtime veteran wrestler Kyoko Inoue after her former NEO promotion had to shut down. It mostly features younger, lesser-experienced wrestlers aside from Inoue herself, who remains active after nearly 40 years.

Tomorrow’s event will be available live and on demand FOR FREE on YouTube.

Stardom ran their latest weeknight Tokyo event today

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on Stardom World. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 1220.

Pre-show match: Ranna Yagami & Kikyo Furusawa beat Momo Kohgo & Ema Maishima. Yagami pinned Maishima after Beat Strike.

Match 1: Saya Kamitani, Konami, Momo Watanabe, Rina, Azusa Inaba & Fukigen beat Starlight Kid, AZM, Miyu Amasaki, Hina, Tomoka Inaba & Kiyoka Kokatsu. Konami pinned Kid after a buzzsaw kick.

Match 2: Syuri, Saki Kashima, Ami Sohrei, HANAKO & Rian beat Suzu Suzuki, Bozilla, Natsupoi, Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara. Kashima pinned Sakura.

Match 3: Lady C beat Saya Iida & Alira Kirogame in a 3-way by pinning Kurogame.

Match 4: Sareee & Miku Ye (?) beat Saori Anou & Yuna Mizumori. Sateee pinned Mizunori.

Match 5: High Speed Champion Mei Seira beat Waka Tsukiyama to retain the title. V8 for Seira.

Main Event: Goddesses Of Stardom Champions Natsuko Tora & Thaka beat Rina Yamashita & Itsuki Aoki to retain the titles. Tora pinned Aoki after a swanton bomb. V2 for the champs.

The next event is NEW BLOOD 26 Thursday at Kanda Myojin Hall. Live streaming FOR FREE only on YouTube will begin at 2;30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Stardom ran a Starlight Kid 10th Anniversary event today, commemorating the event for the promotion’s popular Tiger Mask-like character.

Today’s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and was scheduled to be a live PPV but the broadcast was cancelled due to technical issues (a global network issue related to an Amazon Web Services outage early this morning), however thanks to an “emergency decision” you can watch the entire event FOR FREE on YouTube. Anyone who purchased the PPV will get refunds. (On a side note, New Japan World is also down because of this, and WRESTLE UNIVERSE is also affected. As of 10 AM PT/1 PM ET all services have been restored)

The paid attendance has not yet been announced but it was a legit advance sellout.

Pre-show match: Starlight Kid beat Starlight Sophistication & Shin Starlight Kid in a 3-way.

Match 1: Riho, Ram Kaichow & Rina beat Emi Sakura, Hina & Yuna Mizumori. Riho pinned Mizumori.

Match 2: Saya Iida won a 9 woman battle royal, last eliminating Tomoka & Azusa Inaba together.

Match 3: Mei Seira & Miyu Amasaki beat Yuki Miyazaki & Mina Shimoda. Seira pinned Miyazaki after a reverse Shooting Star

Match 4: Chihiro Hashimoto & Mika Iwata beat Natsupoi & Saori Anou and Konami & Ruaka in a 3-way when Iwata pinned Natsupoi.

Main Event: Kyoko Inoue, Jun Kasai (Freedoms) & Shingo Takagi (New Japan) beat Starlight Kid, Dragon Kid (Dragon Gate) & El Desperado (New Japan). Inoue pinned Kid after a Takagi Death Valley bomb, a Kasai Pearl Harbor Splash and a powerbomb. (Correction: The original post listed this as a handicap match with Mina Shimoda involved. Shimoda seconded the losers but was not in the match)

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

Stardom continued a busy stretch of consecutive events today with a house show in Aichi.

Today’s event was held at Loisir Hotel Toyohashi in Aichi and can be watched on demand on Stardom World. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced.

There were last-minute changes to the card due to Yuria Hime being removed from the event. Unspecified injury. She is also off a free mini-event tomorrow (2 matches).

Match 1: Hina beat Kikyo Furusawa & Saki Kashima in a 3-way by pinning Furusawa.

Match 2: Starlight Kid, Mei Seira & Miyu Amasaki beat Waka Tsukiyama, HANAKO & Rian. Seira pinned Tsukiyama after Shooting Star.

Match 3: Ranna Yagami & Kiyoka Kokatsu beat Aya Sakura & Ema Maishima. Yagami pinned Maishima after Beat Master.

Match 4: Rina Yamashita, Itsuki Aoki & Akira Kurogame beat Natsuko Tora, Ruaka & Rina. Aoki pinned Tora after a frog splash.

Match 5: Ami Sohrei & Lady C beat Saya Iida & Momo Kohgo. Sohrei pinned Kohgo after Blue Thunder Bomb.

Main Event: Natsupoi, Saori Anou, Yuna Mizumori & Sayaka Kurara beat Saya Kamitani, Momo Watanabe, Konami & Fukigen. Kurara pinned Fukigen after Falcon Arrow.

The next event is a special mini-event tomorrow at Boat Race Suminoe in Osaka, which is a free event with admission to the races (only 100 yen or about 65 cents US) and will have 2 matches and other activities. Aya Sakura will replace the injured Yuria Hime at the event. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.
The next “real” event is a Starlight Kid 10th Anniversary event Monday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. The event is a legit advance sellout. Live streaming on Stardom World as a PPV will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

Stardom ran their latest NEW BLOOD event today, the second of three events this month showcasing younger & less experienced wrestlers.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Azalea Taisho in Osaka and can be watched on demand FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 225.

There was a last-minute change to the card due to Yuria Hime being pulled off the event. Undisclosed injury suffered yesterday. She was to have faced Yuki Mashiro. Mei Seira was the replacement. Hime is also out tomorrow.

Match 1: Ema Maishima beat Kikyo Furusawa.

Match 2: Mei Seira beat Yuki Mashiro.

Match 3: Ranna Yagami & Kiyoka Kokatsu beat Fukigen & Ram Kaichow. Yagami pinned Fukigen after Beat Strike.

Match 4: Rina Yamashita beat Akira Kurogame.

Main Event: Yuna Mizumori, Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara beat Waka Tsukiyama, HANAKO & Rian. Kurara pinned Tsukiyama after Tokimeki Spear.

The next NEW BLOOD event is on 10/30.

The next event is tomorrow at Loisir Hotel Toyohashi in Aichi. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin TONIGHT at 9 PM PT/midnight ET.

Stardom runs a mid-major event in Tokyo as the build begins to their year-ending blowout events, first one on November then their year-end mega-event just after Christmas. Today’s event is headlined by a Goddesses Of Stardom championship match, but there is also a CMLL Japan Women’s Championship match before current champion Koguma-who won the title in part due to an injury-and challenger Hazuki head to Mexico for a tour there.

While not mentioned specifically, Suzu Suzuki is off today’s event due to independent other event participation at Shinjuku Face.

Since I will not be watching live as I dropped my Stardom World subscription a while back (technical issues, I may re-start in the near future though) the below results will be NEAR LIVE based on when they are posted on social media.

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

Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Starlight Kid & Miyu Anasaki vs. HANAKO & Rian
Saki Kashima, Aya Sakura, Sayaka Lurara & Kikyo Furusawa vs. Rina Yamashita, Itsuki Aoki, Bozilla & Akira Kurogame
Mei Seira vs. Waka Tsukiyama & Ema Maishima in a 3-eay
Saya Iida, Momo Kohgo, Yuria Hime, Natsupoi, Saori Anou & Yuna Mizunori vs. Saya Kamitani, Konami, Rina, Momo Watanabe, Azusa Inaba & Fukigen
Sareee, Chi Chi & Miku Ha (?) vs. Syuri, Hina & Ranna Yagami
CMLL Japan Women’s Champion Koguma vs. Hazuki for the title
Goddesses Of Stardom Champions Natsuko Tora & Ruaka vs. Ami Sohrei & Lady C for the titles

The event will begin at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET so results should begin being posted around 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.

PRE-SHOW UPDATE (Last Minute): You will also be able to watch the first 3 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

7:45 PM PT UPDATE: Updates begin below.

The contract signings for today’s title matches were held before the event began.

Match results below.

The paid attendance may or may not be announced after the event. Stardom doesn’t always announce attendance now. (UPDATE: The paid attendance has not been announced)

Match 1: Starlight Kid & Miyu Amasaki beat HANAKO & Rian. Kid pinned Rian after a moonsault press.

Match 2: Saki Kashima, Aya Sakura, Sayaka Kurara & Kikyo Furusawa beat Rina Yamashita, Bozilla, Itsuki Aoki & Akira Kurogame by countout. Bozilla counted out.

Match 3: Waka Tsukiyama beat Mei Seira & Ema Maishima in a 3-way by pinning Seira in 34 seconds.

The YouTube broadcast ends here.

Match 4: Saya Kamitani, Konami, Rina, Momo Watanabe, Azusa Inaba & Fukigen beat Saya Iida, Momo Kohgo, Yuria Hime, Natsupoi, Saori Anou & Yuna Mizunori. Konami beat Iida with a body sleeper,

Match 5: Syuri, Hina & Ranna Yagami beat Sareee, Chi Chi (Evolution) & Miku Ye (?). Syuri beat Ye with Ground Suzaku.

Match 6: Hazuki beat CMLL Japan Women’s Champion Koguma to win the title. Hazuki becomes the 7th CMLL Japan Women’s Champion.

A photo of Suzu Suzuki vs. Jun Kasai happening at an independent event was posted on Stardom’s Twitter. Hardcore match and they’re doing the dueling chairs thing. (UPDATE: Kasai beat Suzuki in that match)

Main Event: Goddesses Of Stardom Champions Natsuko Tora & Ruaka beat Ami Sohrei & Lady C to retain the titles. Tora pinned Sohrei after a swanton bomb. V1 for the champs.

The next event is tomorrow at Aimesse Yamanashi in Yamanashi. There will be no live broadcast.