It hasn’t been a very good week for Mayu Iwatani. This past Saturday at the ROH-NJPW G1 Supercard, she lost the Women of Honor Championship to Kelly Klein. Today, she announced on Twitter that she will take some much needed time off to heal a nagging knee injury. Iwanti suffered a torn MCL in December … Read more
Stardom is in the midst of an attempted expansion into the western market. Mayu Iwatani, formerly of the dominant stable Threedom with Kairi Hojo and Io Shirai, is enjoying a run as Women of Honor World Champion, and will defend her title at G1 Supercard. Other Stardom performers on the card include World of Stardom … Read more
World Wonder Ring Stardom have announced the full card for their American Dream in the Big Apple event, taking place in New York City this Friday. It is the promotion’s first-ever event as part of WrestleMania weekend. The matches were tweeted out today by the promotion’s official English-language account. The opening bout will see Stardom’s … Read more
The full lineup for the Ring of Honor and New Japan Pro Wrestling’s G1 Supercard at Madison Square Garden has been announced. According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, a Stardom tag team match will be added to the card, but has not been announced yet. The show will take place during WrestleMania weekend on Saturday, … Read more
Japanese women’s wrestling promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom announced today from their official English-language Twitter account that they will significantly update their Stardom World streaming service, later this month. The promotion says their new website will “go live on January 29” and will be “way more streamlined, modern, and ‘2019’ than what we have had … Read more
As a rising star on the independent wrestling scene, Jamie Hayter had a big 2018. She had a solid 6-month reign with the RevPro Undisputed British Women’s Championship before losing it to Zoe Lucas halfway into December. She went on to win the 2018 SHE-1 tournament in Pro-Wrestling: EVE, defeating Kris Wolf and Toni Storm … Read more
As if the first weekend in April 2019 wasn’t already filled to the brim with various shows, Stardom will be holding an event in the U.S. during WrestleMania weekend. Stardom made the announcement today on Twitter that they will hold an event called American Dream in the Big Apple 2019 at the NYC Arena in … Read more
The popular Japanese all-women’s wrestling promotion Stardom will be hosting an action-packed event on Christmas Eve. What better way to spend the holiday with some great women’s wrestling? Stardom has planned to give us all a wonderful present this year and has scheduled some of their top talent to be in action. Some of the … Read more
STARDOM’s 5*Star Grand Prix continued this past weekend on September 1. Below are the results from Day 4 and tallies for the tourney so far. Singles Match Natsu Sumire defeats AZM (9:51) Four Way Tag Team Match Jamie Hayter & Kimber Lee defeat Hanan & Shiki Shibusawa and JAN (Jungle Kyona & Natsuko Tora) and JAN(Leo Onozaki & Ruaka) (8:17) Red STARS Rachael Ellering [4] defeats Konami [4] (7:39) Blue STARS Nicole Savoy [6] defeats Hazuki [4] (7:06) Blue … Read more
STARDOM’s 5*Star Grand Prix continued this past weekend on August 26 with two sets of shows, an afternoon and evening block. Below are the results from both shows on Day 3 and tallies for the tourney so far. Afternoon Show: Red STARS Konami [4] defeats Natsuko Tora [0] (7:34) Three On Two Handicap Match Oedo Tai (Hazuki & Kagetsu) defeat Hanan & JAN (Leo Onozaki & Ruaka) … Read more
STARDOM’s 5*Star Grand Prix began this past weekend and will feature several notable female gaijin. Below are the results from August 18 and 19 and tallies for the tourney so far. August 18: Shinkiba 1st RING (Tokyo, Japan) Starlight Kid defeated Hanan, Leo Onozaki, Ruaka & Shiki Shibusawa (5:02) via pinfall on Onozaki Red STARS Block: Kimber … Read more
This Saturday, August 18, World Wonder Ring STARDOM kicks off its year-annual tournament, the 5*STAR Grand Prix. Several gaijin independent stars will join the tournament this year including: Kimber Lee Jaime Hayter Kelly Klien Rachael Ellering Nicole Savoy The 5?STAR GP 2018 begins this weekend! pic.twitter.com/lDKLWmbnMU — We Are Stardom (@we_are_stardom) August 14, 2018 The 5?STAR GP … Read more
Io Shirai departed from STARDOM this past weekend, June 17. In front of a sold-out house in Korakuen Hall in Japan, she teamed up with Mayu Iwatani to defeat Kagetsu & Hazuki of Oedo Tai. https://twitter.com/totaldivaseps/status/1008592860403437569 Shirai teaming with Iwatani was a reformation of the tag team Thunder Rock for one last time. Previously the two … Read more
STARDOM has revealed which gaijin talent will compete for the company’s upcoming 5 STAR Grand Prix Tournament, which is set to kick off on August 18th. Talent includes Rachael Ellering, Viper, Nicole Savoy, and more. Check out the names below: Rachael Ellering, the daughter of Paul Ellering and a graduate of Lance Storm’s Storm Wrestling Academy. This … Read more
This past weekend, June 9, World of STARDOM Champion Toni Storm put her title on the line against Kagetsu. Kagetsu emerged victorious in the main event of STARDOM’s Radiant Hall show in Yokohama, Japan. https://twitter.com/totaldivaseps/status/1005542038828408834 June 9 Yokohama?World of Stardom TitleKagetsu pinned Toni Storm to become the 10th World of Stardom champion.part 5 pic.twitter.com/zESBkhwVJo — We … Read more
This past weekend, June 3, 2018, the Goddessess of STARDOM Championships were on the line. The defenders Kagetsu and Hana Kimura took on Mayu Iwatani and Saki Kashima. The team of Iwatani and Kashima proved to be tough competition for Kagetsu and Hana Kimura as Iwatani and Kashima ended the duo’s 347 day reign. June 3 Sapporo?Goddesses … Read more
Current reigning World of STARDOM Champion Toni Storm will defend the red belt against Kagetsu on STARDOM’s June 9th show. 6?9?????????????? 1:00?????????????????????????????????????? vs???????????????4??????? pic.twitter.com/Dr5Q0o3ShB — ??????STARDOM (@wwr_stardom) May 29, 2018 Storm, who is currently signed to a WWE UK contract, won the World of STARDOM Championship back in September 2017 from Mayu Iwatani after the … Read more
According to Tokyo Sports, STARDOM’s Io Shirai will be heading to the WWE shortly after her final show with Japanese promotion on June 17th. Shirai recently lost her Wonder of Stardom title to Momo Watanabe but the Observer reports that the title change had nothing to do with WWE and Stardom did not know she was leaving … Read more
Earlier this week on May 23, 2018 Io Shirai’s 180 day reign with the Wonder of STARDOM Championship came to an end. She was defeated by 18-year-old Momo Watanabe, winning the match with a clutch Tequila Sunrise. pic.twitter.com/6ndV0zPfa9 — We Are Stardom (@we_are_stardom) May 23, 2018 The modified Tequila Sunrise that brought the Wonder of … Read more
Ring of Honor travels across the pond to the UK next week and with it several Women of Honor Superstars will join the tour. On May 16 ROH teased a new addition and debut to the WOH division: https://twitter.com/IanRiccaboni/status/996855953730437120 And today, May 18, we learned it’s none other than Chardonnay! https://twitter.com/ladyCDarcy/status/997370852021764096 She will join Kelly … Read more
Toni Storm’s career on the indies so far has been impressive – she holds multiple championships in various promotions. But now her 600 plus day reign as Stardom Champion has come to an end. A new STARDOM SWA Champion has been crowned after Viper defeated Storm at STARDOM’s Dreamslam event. Viper becomes the the third woman to hold … Read more
Could this possibly be too much, too soon? Recently released WWE talent Tenille Dashwood, better known as Emma, has been in talks with Japanese Women’s Wrestling Promotion, STARDOM, for working with them in the future. However, according to a recent report from the Wrestling Observer Newsletter (via SE Scoops), these discussion have fallen through due to … Read more
If there’s any women’s wrestler today that is the best in the world in my opinion, it has to be Toni Storm. Her tenacity has gotten the attention of audiences and her current success in Stardom has gained international acclaim. Her dominance over in Stardom, currently holding the Stardom World Alliance Undisputed World Women’s Championship as … Read more
According to The Wrestling Observer (via 411 Mania), Io Shirai is no longer heading to the WWE and will be returning to Japan’s STARDOM. Word of Shirai, who is considered one of the biggest names in women’s wrestling, coming to the WWE first surfaced in May when it was reported that she had accepted an … Read more
After it was previously reported that Kairi Hojo had signed a multi-year deal with with the WWE, Dave Metzler of F4WOnline is now reporting that fellow STARDOM star Io Shirai has accepted an offer from WWE to join the company. Io Shirai is arguably STARDOM’s top star as well as one of the biggest women’s … Read more
[media-credit name=”STARDOM” align=”alignnone” width=”615″][/media-credit] STARDOM star Kairi Hojo has announced that she will be leaving the promotion shortly. The news comes after it was previously reported that Kairi had signed a multi-year deal with the WWE. https://twitter.com/we_are_stardom/status/860811241312231425 Kairi requested to team as Threedom one last time tomorrow. Io and Mayu agreed. They will face Kyona, … Read more