On March 6, an all women’s event, La Noche De Las Amazonas, will be held featuring CMLL, STARDOM, and AEW. Mercedes Moné is the current reigning CMLL Women’s World Champion and will defend at this event. An opponent has not yet been named. She has held the gold for 240-days at the time of this … Read more
Saya Kamitani is still at the top of STARDOM. She defeated Starlight Kid on Feb. 7 to retain the World of Stardom Championship. This was Kamitani’s ninth successful title defense. Mid-match, Kamitani suffered a dislocated finger. She had it taped up and finished the match. Occurring about 10 minutes into the match, the referee checked … Read more
One of the biggest news from 2025 in Japanese wrestling was a STARDOM original, Mayu Iwatani, leaving the promotion and headed to Marigold. In STARDOM, Iwatani did it all. So much so, that she became STARDOM’s second-ever Grand Slam Champion behind Io Shirai. She spoke recently with ENCOUNT on her decision to go to Marigold … Read more
The Wonder of Stardom Championship is set to be on the line next week on Jan. 21. Both competitors in the match are part of the same villainous stable, H.A.T.E. The current champion is Konami, who has held the gold since November when she dethroned Starlight Kid. She has defended the title once since then … Read more
As of Dec. 29, Saya Kamitani has reached a full year, 365 days as World of Stadom Champion. She defeated Tam Nakano last year on Dec. 29. However, will Kamitani still be champion heading into 2026? Kaimitani will be defending the title later today at Stardom’s Dream Queendom event. This will be her eighth title … Read more
Who could it be? A cryptic video aired during STARDOM’s YEAREND X’mas NIGHT 2025 at Korakuen Hall. The video shows a hooded woman sitting in a room with multiple computer screens as the screen to the vignette flashes, distorts, and goes fuzzy. What are your thoughts? Many in the comments believe it to be former … Read more
A current double champion in Japan, Saya Kamitani has just won a prestigious award from Tokyo Sports. Kamitani is currently signed to STARDOM and is the World of Stardom and NJPW STRONG Women’s Champion. For the 2025 Tokyo Sports Awards, Kamitani has won the MVP award. This marks her as the first woman ever to … Read more
Former Wonder of Stardom Champion, Starlight Kid, has suffered an injury from her last match. On Monday, Starlight Kid defended the Wonder of Stardom Championship against Konami. Konami would be the victor and leave with the belt. Kid, unfortunately, has been sidelined now with a left arm injury. STARDOM President Taro Okada hosted a press … Read more
On Nov. 3, Konami becomes the Wonder of Stardom Champion for the first time in her career. At STARDOM’s Crimson Nightmare event, Konami defeated Starlighr Kid, ending her reign at 309 days. This is also Konami’s first-ever singles championship in STARDOM. The match went over 21 minutes. Also at this event was a match for … Read more
CMLL and STARDOM are officially working together. An announcement was made on CMLL Informa as Kounosuke Izui of Lady’s Ring and Taro Okada of Stardom joined the show. Salvador Lutteroth and Okada officially confirmed the partnership between their promotions. They added that they will exchange talent in hopes of developing the talent in both promotions. … Read more
Hola a todos, and welcome to the CMLL Weekly Review! This Friday night CMLL had their second all-women show of the year. The match card included different talents from across the globe. In the preliminary matches of the night, Candela and Valkyria defeated Tabata and Nexy in an impressive showing. Meanwhile, Sanely got a win … Read more
Saya Kamitani is set to defend two championships in November against Momo Watanabe. The match will take place on Nov. 3 at STARDOM Crimson Nightmare 2025 in Ota Ward General Gymnasium. Kamitani is currently the World of Stardom Champion and the NJPW STRONG Women’s Champion. She won the latter from AZM in a winner take … Read more
Both titles were on the line as Saya Kamitani walks out of Korakuen Hall with both straps. On Sept. 27, Kamitani put the World of Stardom Championship on the line as she faced AZM for the NJPW STRONG Women’s Championship. In the final moments, Kamitani pinned AZM to retain her title and to win the … Read more
Saya Kamitani continues to stand at the top of the mountain in STARDOM. Over the weekend, she successfully defended the World of Stardom Title against Bea Priestley. Priestley has recently returned and signed a new contract with STARDOM. After the match, Kamitani’s next opponent emerged in the form of the NJPW STRONG Women’s Champion, AZM. … Read more
Momo Watanabe is your STARDOM 2025 5Star Grand Prix winner. On Aug. 23 she defeated the current NJPW STRONG Women’s Champion AZM in the tournament finals. Leading to the finals, Watanabe defeated Saori Anou int he semi-finals, while AZM took out Rina. Watanabe and AZM are former tag team partners and former members of Queen … Read more
Bea Priestley has issued a challenge to Saya Kamitani for the World of Stardom Championship. This match will take place at Stardom to the World 2025 on Sept. 6. The challenge arose after Priestley’s loss during the quarter finals of the 5 Star Grand Prix tournament. She feels she deserves a championship match, having defeated … Read more
The former World of Stardom Champion Syuri, who made a splash over the weekend in the AEW Casino Gauntlet Match at All In, will be undergoing elbow surgery. A vignette aired for Syuri during Ring of Honor’s SuperCard of Honor on Friday, announcing her arrival to ROH/AEW. She had announced that she was leaving Japan … Read more
STARDOM’s Syuri is heading to the United States. During the ROH Supercard of Honor event on Friday night, a vignette aired for the former World of Stardom Champion. The vignette explained she is searching for gold in the United States. At the end of June, Syuri had announced a hiatus from STARDOM to come to … Read more
The NJPW STRONG Women’s Champion AZM has her next opponent. She will be defending the title against Bozilla at the STARDOM show on July 24. This will be AZM’s first defense of the title after taking it off of Mercedes Moné in May. That was a Three Way match, which also included Mina Shirakawa. Bozilla … Read more
The former Stardom World Champion Syuri has confirmed that she will be taking a hiatus from the promotion. Syuri will be taking some time away from the ring to heal from long-term injuries and study abroad to improve herself. She will be missing the 2025 5STAR Grand Prix, which she won in 2021. This is … Read more
Sareee is the new NJPW IWGP Women’s Champion. She defeated Syuri on June 21 at STARDOM’s The Conversion event. This makes Sareee the fifth woman to hold this title and ends Syuri’s reign at 55 days after one successful title defense. The match lasted nearly 33 minutes as Sareee won with a wrist clutch uranage. … Read more
Former Stardom World Champion Maika has undergone successful elbow surgery. Maika, who made her debut in 2019, is the current leader of the Empress Nexus Venus stable. It was previously led by Mina Shirakawa. Maika has risen to the stars in STARDOM as she has been dripped in gold during her time in the company … Read more
STARDOM original, Mayu Iwatani, has confirmed her exit from the company. Iwatani debuted for the promotion on its inaugural show back in January of 2011. This news has come out just 24 hours after Iwatani’s two-year reign as NJPW IWGP Women’s Champion came to an end at All Star Grand Queendom on Sunday. She lost … Read more
A former Goddess of Stardom Champion, Thekla, has been fired from STARDOM following her match at All Star Grand Queendom on Sunday. Thekla was defeated by Sayaka Kurara at the event. Thekla did not take her loss lightly as she followed it up by attacking the President of STARDOM Taro Okada. Okada made the decision … Read more
Tam Nakano’s career has now ended as she lost the Career vs. Career match which was also for the World of Stardom Championship. The champion, Saya Kamitani retained and thus ended the career of Nakano. Kamitani defeated Nakano with the Twilight Dream. Nakano started her career in STARDOM in 2016 and almost went a full … Read more
At STARDOM’s All Star Grand Queendom event on Sunday, Mayu Iwatani’s two year reign as the NJPW IWGP Women’s Champion came to an end. Syuri captured the gold at the event by getting the pin after connecting with the Syu-Sekai. After the match, Sareee confronted Syuri and the two participated in a staredown. Ahead of … Read more