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Stardom 7/28/24 Results (Updated)

Stardom ran the second half of their major weekend doubleheader, STARDOM WORLD RENDEZVOUS, today, completing what was setting up to be a seismic shift in the promotion’s landscape.

Today’s event was held at Chateraise Gateau Kingdom Sapporo in Hokkaido and can be watched on demand on Stardom World as a PPV until Wednesday morning. It should be available for all monthly subscribers late this week.

The announced paid attendance was 732.

Match 1: Yuna Mizumori beat Ruaka, Momo Kohgo & Rian in a 4-way by pinning Ruaka.

Match 2: Mei Seira beat High Speed Champion Saya Kamitani to win the title. Seira becomes the 27th High Speed Champion.

Match 3: 5STAR GP Blue Block Contender Tournament Final: Miyu Amasaki beat Lady C. As a result, Amasaki gets in to Blue Block.

Match 4: HANAKO Final Send-off Match: HANAKO beat Aya Sakura. HANAKO is now headed to the US until the end of August.

Match 5: A Trios Gauntlet Match proceeded as follows:
1-Mina Shirakawa, Gina & Waka Tsukiyama beat Hazuki, Koguma & Saya Iida. Tsukiyama pinned Iida with Osui Suplex.
2-Momo Watanabe, Thekla & Rina beat Mina Shirakawa, Gina & Waka Tsukiyama. Thekla pinned Shirakawa after Poisonous Spider Death Drop.
3-Momo Watanabe, Thekla & Rina beat Starlight Kid, AZM & Suzu Suzuki. Watanabe pinned AZM.
Final-Saki Kashima, Ranna Yagami & Hina beat Momo Watanabe, Thekla & Rina. Hina pinned Rina with Gedo Clutch. Kashima/Yagami/Hina win.

Match 6: Syuri beat Konami by DQ. Weapon (spray) use & ref assault.

Match 7: Mayu Iwatani & Hanan beat Tam Nakano & Natsupoi. Hanan pinned Nakano with a backdrop hold. Although a tag match, on paper that’s a huge win for Hanan by pinning Nakano.

Main Event: Natsuko Tora beat World Of Stardom Champion Maika to win the title. Tora becomes the 18th World Of Stardom Champion. Afterwards, Kamitani turned on Maika to join Oedo Tai, but then another shocker…Oedo Tai is no more. New unit with Kamitani & the remaining members with a new name coming soon. This match’s happenings are blowing up the socials.

The next event is 8/4 at Act City Hamamatsu Exhibition Event Hall Block 2 in Shizuoka. The only match set so far is an Artist Of Stardom Championship match of Maika, Mina Shirakawa & Gina defending vs. Saori Anou, Tam Nakano & Natsupoi. Broadcast plans TBA (at least with regards to if there will be a live broadcast).

UPDATE: The new formerly Oedo Tai faction will be called H.A.T.E. and debut on 8/4.

Stardom 7/27/24 Results

Stardom ran the first half of their latest major event weekend today, STARDOM SAPPORO WONDER RENDEZVOUS.

Today’s event was held at Chateraise Gateau Kingdom Sapporo in Hokkaido and can be watched on demand as a PPV on Stardom World until Wednesday morning. It should be available for all subscribers after that.

The announced paid attendance was 701.

Match 1: Lady C & Hina beat Gina & Rian. Hina pinned Rian after a jackhammer.

Match 2: Mayu Iwatani beat HANAKO. This is the last or second-to-last match for HANAKO before she heads to the USA for a tour next month.

Match 3: Saki Kashima beat Aya Sakura in 26 seconds.

Match 4; 5STAR GP Red Block Contender Tournament Finals: Yuna Mizumori beat Waka Tsukiyama. As a result, Mizumori is in the tournament in the Red Block.

Match 5: Tam Nakano beat Sayaka Kurara.

Match 6: Starlight Kid, AZM, Suzu Suzuki, Mei Seira & Miyu Amasaki beat Hazuki, Koguma, Hanan, Saya Iida & Momo Kohgo. AZM pinned Hanan after Canadian Destroyer.

Match 7: Maika, Mina Shirakawa, Saya Kamitani & Syuri beat Momo Watanabe, Thekla, Konami & Ruaka. Maika pinned Ruaka after Michinoku Driver 2.

Match 8: Future Of Stardom Champion Rina beat Ranna Yagami to retain the title.V10(!) for Rina. That ties the record held by her sister Hanan. Next up for the record attempt: Sounds like Hina…her other sister.

Main Event: Natsupoi beat Wonder Of Stardom Champion Saori Anou to win the title. Natsupoi becomes the 23rd Wonder Of Stardom Champion.

The second half of the weekend, STARDOM WORLD RENDEZVOUS, is tomorrow headlined by World Of Stardom Champion Maika vs. Natsuko Tora for the title and perhaps much more. Live streaming on Stardom World as a PPV will begin TONIGHT at 9 PM PT/midnight ET.

Stardom 7/23/24 Results

Stardom ran another unusual weeknight event to begin a stretch of big events leading into the 5STAR GP.

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

The announced paid attendance was 1017.

Match 1; Starlight Kid, AZM & Suzu Suzuki beat Mina Shirakawa, Gina & HANAKO. Suzuki pinned HANAKO with a German suplex hold.

Match 2: 5STAR GP Blue Block Entrant Tournament: Miyu Amasaki beat Aya Sakura.

Match 3: 5STAR GP Blue Block Entrant Tournament: Lady C beat Momo Kohgo.

Match 4: 5STAR GP Red Block Entrant Tournament: Waka Tsukiyama beat Sayaka Kurara.

Match 5: 5STAR GP Red Block Entrant Tournament: Yuna Mizumori beat Ruaka by DQ. Weapon use and punching (closed fist punching is illegal in Stardom).

Match 6: Saki Kashima, Ranna Yagami, Tomoka Inaba & Hina beat Mayu Iwatani, Koguma, Hazuki & Rian. Inaba pinned Rian after MIchinoku Driver.

Match 7: Rina & Azusa Inaba beat New Blood Tag Team Champions Hanan & Saya Iida to win the titles. Rina & Inaba become the 3rd New Blood Tag Team Champions. Rina pinned Hanan after Pink Devil. Little sister takes big sister’s title.

Match 8: Natsuko Tora, Fukigen, Natsupoi & Mei Seira beat Maika, Saori Anou, Tam Nakano & Saya Kamitani. Tora pinned Maika after Death Valley Bomb.

Main Event: Momo Watanabe & Thekla beat Goddesses Of Stardom Champions Syuri & Konami to win the titles. Watanabe & Thekla become the 34th Goddesses Of Stardom Champions. Watanabe pinned Syuri after Peach Sunrise. Afterwards, Konami turned on Syuri and joined in a big heel beatdown, defecting from God’s Eye to the Oedo Tai faction.

The next event is STARDOM WONDER RENDEZVOUS Saturday at Chateraise Gateau Kingdom Sapporo in Hokkaido. Live streaming as a PPV for 4400 Japanese yen (about $28 US) or as a bundle including Sunday’s PPV for 6000 Japanese yen (about $40 US, Sunday is also available separately for 4400 yen) will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET. PPV purchases include unlimited on demand replays until Wednesday morning. The events should be available on Stardom World for monthly subscribers after the PPV window ends.

Stardom 7/21/24 Results

Stardom ran perhaps the only non-major event in Japan today, a house show in Chiba.

Today’s event was held at TKP Garden City Chiba in Chiba and can be watched on demand on Stardom World.

The announced paid attendance was 301.

Match 1: Hanan, Saya Iida & Ranna Yagami beat Rina, Ruaka & Azusa Inaba. Iida pinned Rina after Iidabashi.

Match 2: Yuna Mizumori beat Rian.

Match 4: Mei Seira beat Saya Kamitani, Natsupoi & Fukigen in a 4-way by pinning Kamitani. Potential High Speed Championship implications there.

Match 5: Mayu Iwatani, Hazuki, Koguma & Momo Kohgo beat Saki Kashima, Tomoka Inaba, Lady C & Hina. Hazuki pinned Hina after a diving senton.

Match 6: Waka Tsukiyama, Gina & Mina Shirakawa beat Tam Nakano, Saori Anou & Aya Sakura and AZM, Starlight Kid & Miyu Amasaki in a 3-way when Gina pinned Nakano. Despite the loss, after the match Nakano demanded a rematch for the Artist Of Stardom Championship. Accepted. That match will happen on 8/4.

Main Event: Maika, Syuri & Konami beat Natsuko Tora, Momo Watanabe & Thekla. Konami pinned Thekla after Triangle Lancer.

The next event is Tuesday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Stardom 7/19/24 Results

Stardom headed to Sendai yesterday for an event before they continue their recent crossover battles with Sendai Girls.

Yesterday’s event was held at Sendai Pit in Sendai and will be available on demand on Stardom World at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 247.

Match 1; AZM beat Ranna Yagami.

Match 2: Lady C beat Rian & Mei Seira in a 3-way by pinning Rian.

Match 3: Starlight Kid & Miyu Amasaki beat Yuna Mizumori & Aya Sakura. Amasaki pinned Sakura after Amanohashidate.

Match 3: Mina Shirakawa, Gina & Waka Tsukiyama beat Hazuki, Saia Iida & Momo Kohgo. Gina pinned Iida.

Match 4: Momo Watanabe, Thekla & Fukigen beat Syuri, Konami & Saki Kashima. Thekla pinned Konami after Poisonous Spider Drop. This was Thekla’s return from a 3 event (1 week) suspension last week for assaulting a film crew member recording backstage comments.

Match 5: Saori Anou, Tam Nakano & Natsupoi beat Mayu Iwatani, Hanan & Koguma. Nakano pinned Hanan after Violet Screwdriver.

Main Event: Maika & Saya Kamitani beat Natsuko Tora & Ruaka. Kamitani pinned Ruaka aftera Frankensteiner.

The next event is tomorrow at TKP Garden City Chiba in Chiba. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin TONIGHT at 9 PM PT/midnight ET. I will try and do live results although this conflicts with other events at the same time.

Injury Report: Rmphasis on Sore in Sohrei

Updating recent injury news from Stardom, it was announced that Ami Sohrei, who missed recent events due to injury, is now out long-term. Torn left ACL. Apparently she competed through it for at least 2 years. Out indefinitely but will be months and she is out of the upcoming 5STAR GP.

In other injury news, It was also announced Sayaka Kurara is out this week. Undisclosed injury treatment. Out Friday & Sunday. Expected to return next Tuesday.

More as it becomes available.

Special: Sendai Girls Pro Wrestling 7/15/24 Results

For the first time, Sendai Girls Pro Wrestling, a small women’s promotion based in Sendai founded by current WWE wrestler Meiko Satomura, will be featured on the site as they have a major event in Tokyo today. This event became big a few weeks ago because of the main event-Mika Iwata went into Stardom and won the Wonder Of Stardom Championship from Saori Anou in an upset. Today they run it back, but this time it’s a double title match as Iwata also puts her Sendai Girls World Championship on the line. Which promotion will continue holding the other’s championship hostage? Momo Watanabe also comes over from Stardom to face DASH Chisako in a hardcore match. There also is a second title match as the Sendai Girls Tag Team Championship will be defended by Manami & Ryo Mizunami, the latter fans of Tokyo Joshi Pro may be familiar with from her occasional appearances there as a freelancer. Hall of Famer Aja Kong will also be participating as will Sareee, who returned to Japan earlier this year after being released by WWE, and also competing is TNA Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace, who has been competing in WWE and against WWE wrestlers in TNA. In other words, this is a loaded event.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. Meiko Satomura will be on commentary. This is the first time in a long time I’ve watched them live or on demand (Sendai Girls events are now available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE as of a couple months ago) and I don’t know how they do time limits for matches but I’m guessing this will be a standard Korakuen event with a running time of around 2 1/2 hours.

Today’s lineup:
YUNA vs. Yura Suzuki
Sakura Hirota vs. Yu
Aja Kong, Hiroyo Matsumoto & ZONES vs. Veny, Millie McKenzie & Miyuki Takase
Nina Samuels & Lena Kross vs. Sareee & ChiChi
Chihiro Hashimoto vs. Jordynne Grace
DASH Chisako vs. Momo Watanabe in a hardcore match
Sendai Girls World Tag Team Champions Manami & Ryo Mizunami vs. Yurika Oka & Mio Momono for the titles
Sendai Girls World Champion & Wonder Of Stardom Champion Mika Iwata vs. Saori Anou for the titles

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET.

7 PM PT UPDATE: Live stream launch has been pushed back to 7:15 PM PT/10:15 PM ET.

7:15 PM PT UPDATE: Live streaming has begun. We should be going to the venue shortly.

7:27 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Your host is Katsuo (?) Ichikawa. We hopefully will be joined by Meiko Satomura later.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. They’re using the “smaller promotion” reduced bleacher setup with only the middle open, but otherwise the venue already looks close to full and the reserved seats are still filling up fast. Could be a sellout, and seems to be heading for close to 1000.

The matches will begin shortly.

Meiko Satomura comes out to begin the event. For those unfamiliar with the promotion, Satomura is a co-founder of Sendai Girls along with fellow wrestler Jinsei Shinzaki. (Based on what she says, this is also a Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan) She greets the crowd and puts over some of the big names appearing today in brief comments. This is followed by the announcement of today’s lineup.

The matches begin at 7:38 PM PT/10:38 PM ET. Meiko Satomura joins commentary as the first match begins.

Match 1: YUNA vs. Yura Suzuki. 10 minute time limit
Result: Yura Suzuki beat YUNA

Match 2: Sakura Hirota (aka Shin Sakura Hirota) vs. Yuu. 10 minute time limit
Result: Yuu beat Sakura Hirota. Comedy match. Crazy spot where a ringside usher/monitor had to help Yuu do a top rope tightrope walk (Yuu is a large woman wrestler) but ultimately failed and took the low blow spot on the rope.

Match 3: Aja Kong (OZ Academy), Hiroyo Matsumoto & ZONES vs. Veny (Independent/Freelancer), Millie McKenzie & Miyuki Takase. 15 minute time limit. (Note: Veny in the past has also been known as Asuka in Japan and Veny outside Japan to avoid confusion with WWE wrestler Asuka, formerly known as Kana in Japan)
Result: Aja Kong, Hiroyo Matsumoto & ZONES beat Veny, Millie McKenzie & Miyuki Takase. Kong pinned Takase after a diving elbow drop.

Match 4: Nina Samuels & Lena Kross vs. Sareee & ChiChi. 15 minute time limit
Result: Nina Samuels & Lena Kross beat Sareee & ChiChi. Kross pinned ChiChi.

Quick break to prepare the ring area for the next match.

Match 5: DASH Chisako vs. Momo Watanabe (Stardom) in a hardcore match. 20 minute time limit
Result: DASH Chisako beat Momo Watanabe. I admit to being surprised this wasn’t a time limit draw. But it was crazy fun. US fans would’ve given them a “Fight Forever” chant for sure.

Quick break for ring cleaning.

Match 6: Chihiro Hashimoto vs. Jordynne Grace (TNA Wrestling). 20 minute time limit
Result: Jordynne Grace beat Chihiro Hashimoto. Great women’s hoss fight match. Afterwards, Grace with microphone. Speaking in English, she put Hashimoto over as the reason she came back to Korakuen Hall after previously facing her in 2019. Grace hoped this isn’t the end of the story as she wants one more to make it best-of-3. Hashimoto screamed in Japanese before walking off, I’m assuming that was enthusiastically accepting.

Match 7: Sendai Girls World Tag Team Champions Manami (WRESTLE UNIVERSE incorrectly called her Aimi) & Ryo Mizunami vs. Yurika Oka & Mio Momono for the titles. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yurika Oka & Mio Momono beat Sendai Girls World Tag Team Champions Manami & Ryo Mizunami to win the titles. Oka & Momono become the 19th Sendai Girls World Tag Team Champions. Oka pinned Manami. Based on their gimmicks, a “banana” and “melon” are the new champs…

Main Event: Sendai Girls World Champion & Wonder Of Stardom Champion Mika Iwata vs. Saori Anou (Stardom) for the titles. 30 minute time limit
Result: Saori Anou beat Sendai Girls World Champion & Wonder Of Stardom Champion Mika Iwata to win the titles. Anou becomes the 14th Sendai Girls World Champion and the 22nd Wonder Of Stardom Champion. Now the tables are turned. Sendai Girls just lost their top title to Stardom. Post-match, Anou with microphone. She began to address Iwata but was quickly interrupted by DASH Chisako. Sounds like she wants next. The question is will it be for one title or both? We shall see, but Anou appeared to accept so it’s likely on at some point. (Postscript: Probably just the Sendai Girls World Championship as Anou will now defend the Wonder Of Stardom Championship on 7/27/2024 vs. Natsupoi)

If this is your first time watching Sendai Girls, this will be a great introduction to their current product (they have been around for 19 years though) as this was a major event on paper and it delivered. WRESTLE UNIVERSE is once again offering their acclaimed 1 week free trial for first-time subscribers…take advantage to watch this event. I’m gonna be keeping up with them more now again, haven’t followed them in over a decade and it’s time to start again. This was a really good event top to bottom and is worth 2 1/2 hours of your time. And all events going forward will be on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE and occasionally live too.

Stardom 7/13/24 & 7/14/24 Results

Stardom continued their long weekend in western Japan with events yesterday & today.

Yesterday’s event was held at Yamato Arena in Osaka and can be watched on demand on Stardom World.

The announced paid attendance was 351.

Match 1: Syuri & Saki Kashima beat Saya Kamitani & Ranna Yagami. Syuri beat Yagami with Ground Suzaku.

Match 2: Hanan beat Aya Sakura.

Match 3; Waka Tsukiyama bear Rian & Sayaka Kurara in a 3-way by pinning Rian.

Match 4: Mina Shirakawa beat Momo Kohgo by submission.

Match 5: Maika & Gina beat Konami & Lady C. Gina beat C with Ground Suzaku,

Match 6: Starlight Kid, AZM, Mei Seira & Miyu Amasaki beat Tam Nakano, Saori Anou, Natsupoi & Yuna Mizumori. Amasaki pinned Mizumori after Heavenly.

Main Event: Mayu Iwatani, Hacuki, Koguma & Saya Iida beat Momo Watanabe, Natsuko Tora, Ruaka & Fukigen. Iida pinned Ruaka after Heavenly.

Today’s event was held at Shiga Prefectural Cultural Industry Exchange Center Event Hall in Shiga and will be available on demand on Stardom World at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 405.

There was a last-minte change to the event due to Mina Shirakawa being removed from the event. Illness. She was to have teamed with Maika to face Tam Nakano & Yuna Mizumori. Gina was the replacement, meaning she competed in 2 matches.

Match 1; Saori Anou & Aya Sakura beat Natsupoi & Sayaka Kurara. Anou pinned Kurara.

Match 2; Hazuki beat Rian by submission.

Match 3: Starlight Kid & Mei Seira beat Gina & Waka Tsukiyama. Seira pinned Tsukiyama after Shooting Star.

Match 4: AZM & Miyu Amasaki beat Saki Kashima & Lady C. AZM pinned C.

Match 5: Natsuko Tora, Momo Watanabe & Ruaka beat Mayu Iwatani, Koguma & Momo Kohgo. Ruaka pinned Kohgo after a neck hanging bomb.

Match 6: Maika & Gina beat Tam Nakano & Yuna Mizumori. Maika pinned MIzumori after MIchinoku Driver 2.

Main EVent; Syuri & Konami beat Hanan & Saya Iida. Syuri pinned Iida after Drift Flame.

The next event is Friday at Sendai Pit in Sendai. There will be no live broadcast.

Stardom 7/12/24 Results

Stardom ran the first event of a tripleheader weekend in Osaka today.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka and can be watched on demand on Stardom World. They made a late change to a live broadcast for today instead of on demand later.

The announced paid attendance was 335.

There were late changes to the card due to Ami Sohrei being off the card. Injury treatment. Also, Thekla is suspended for all 3 events.

Match 1: Hanan beat Rian.

Match 2: Saki Kashima beat Aya Sakura.

Match 3: Saya Iida & Momo Kohgo beat Yuna Mizumori & Sayaka Kurara. Iida pinned Kurara after a lariat.

Match 4: Syuri, Konami, Ranna Yagami & Lady C beat Natsuko Tora, Momo Watanabe, Ruaka & Fukigen. Syuri pinned Fukigen after Drift Flame.

Match 5; Tam Nakano, Saori Anou & Natsupoi beat Mina Shirakawa, Gina & Waka Tsukiyama and Mayu Iwatani, Koguma & Hazuki in a 3-way when Nakano pinned Tsukiyama.

Match 6: Starlight Kid beat Miyu Amasaki.

Main Event: Maika & Saya Kamitani beat AZM & Mei Seira. Kamitani pinned Seira.

The next event is tomorrow at Yamato Arena in Osaka. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin TONIGHT at 9 PM PT/midnight ET.

Injury Report: Less Magnificent Stardom Weekend Ahead

Stardom has announced last-minute changes to their 3 events in Osaka this weekend because Ami Sohrei is now off. Undisclosed injury suffered in practice (accidental). Out indefinitely. Sohrei made the announcement and apologized on her social media accounts and these were shared by Stardom’s official accounts. Changes have been made to this weekend’s events. Updates to follow regarding her status.

In related news, Stardom announced that tomorrow’s event at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka has been changed from on demand only at a later date to a LIVE broadcast on Stardom World. It will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

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