One of the most decorated women in STARDOM history, Mayu Iwatani, will be having a film about her life and career released. The film is based on her memoir which she released in 2020. The film is titled “Runaway Wrestler” and will show in Japan starting on May 17. You can watch the trailer below … Read more
Women’s wrestling action gets started early this weekend as STARDOM travels to Philly as the promotion held their “STARDOM American Dream 2024 in The Keystone State” pay-per-view today. To start off the show, the High Speed Championship is on the line as champion Mei Seira defends her title against Saki Kashima and Ram Kaicho in … Read more
The card for the upcoming show for STARDOM in the United States is set. The event named American Dream in the Keynote State, is taking place on April 4 in Philadelphia. This will also mark only the second time in STARDOM history that the top title, the World of STARDOM Championship, is defended on American … Read more
Several names are being reported by Tokyo Sports as leaving the STARDOM promotion at the end of March. One name already known was Giulia, however we can add Utami Hayashishita, MIRAI, Yuzuki, and Mai Sakurai. All five names are expected to join Rossy Ogawa’s new promotion. Ogawa is STARDOM co-founder who was fired earlier this … Read more
Hanan wins the STARDOM 2024 Cinderella Tournament. This win gives her a future championship opportunity as a “wish”. She defeated Ruaka in the semi-finals and Ami Sourei in the finals on Wednesday. At the young age of 19, Hanan has already been a Future of Stardom Champion and is currently one-half of the New Blood … Read more
STARDOM has announced several talents who will be in action at their American Dream event which takes place on April 4. The event will in Philadelphia during WrestleMania week. Talents such as Willow Nightingale, Mariah May, Stephanie Vaquer, and Xia Brookside will be on the card. Nightingale is the former and inaugural NJPW STRONG Women’s … Read more
The 2024 STARDOM Cinderella Tournament is down to its final four and the semi-finals take place this Wednesday. The finals will take place on the same night. This is the 10th annual event. This final four guarantees a newly crowned winner for the first time since 2021 as Mirai won the past two years. Mirai … Read more
Stephanie Vaquer is the new NJPW STRONG Women’s Champion as she defeats Giulia. This ends Giulia’s reign at 249 days. This took plave at STARDOM Cinderella Tournament day two on March 10. After the match, Giulia went to hand the belt to Vaquer which led to the new champion hitting Giulia with the belt. Vaquer … Read more
STARDOM hosted its first round matches for the 2024 Cinderella Tournament where the winner, as always, gets a “wish” to face a champion of their choosing. The tournament has been won by Mirai for the past two years in a row. Past winners include names such as Toni Storm, Giulia, and Mayu Iwatani. Speaking of … Read more
Could we be seeing both Mercedes Moné debut in AEW and also become an instant champion? Perhaps. On Thursday, Giulia made a statement to Tokyo Sports in regards to the NJPW STRONG Women’s Title. A championship that was originally designed with Moné as inaugural champion in mind. However, due to injury in that match, it … Read more
Giulia will defend her NJPW STRONG Women’s Championship on March 10 at Korakuen Hall against Stephanie Vaquer. Vaquer is currently a double champion in CMLL where she holds the Women’s Title and the Women’s Tag Team Title for that promotion. Vaquer has worked in STARDOM and Japan in the past for the Ice Ribbon promotion. … Read more
The current STARDOM talent and NJPW STRONG Women’s Champion Giulia will be wrapping up her time with the promotion according to a report from Tokyo Sport. She will be finished at the end of March. According to Giulia herself she will be “free as a bird.” Further news states that Rossy Ogawa has his eye … Read more
It’s about that time again for STARDOM’s annual Cinderella Tournament. And they have confirmed the participants. Last year, the winner was MIRAI who defeated Mai Sakurai in the finals and won back-to-back years.. This year the tournament starts on March 9 and will continue until the finals on March 20. Below are the participants:
Former World of Stardom Champion, Tam Nakano, has gone on record to say she will be staying with STARDOM. This confirmation has been stated after the report that co-founder Rossy Ogawa’s termination. Ogawa has a lot of talent who will want to remain with him and possibly leave the STARDOM promotion moving forward. Tam Nakano … Read more
On Feb. 5, news broke that co-Founder of STARDOM, Rossy Ogawa, was terminated from his role in the company. The decision was from the Bushiroad who owns both STARDOM and NJPW. The reasoning given is Ogawa allegedly “poaching” talent. Ogawa spoke out about the incident. He noted that the truth of the matter may be … Read more
The co-founder of STARDOM, Rossy Ogawa, has been terminated from the promotion. This news has come from STARDOM themselves and from Bushiroad who owns both STARDOM and NJPW. He will no longer be the executive producer as his role dictated. This news came just hours after STARDOM thanked Ogawa for the promotion’s 13 year anniversary. … Read more
Megan Bayne wraps up her current time with STARDOM. Her last match on Jan. 21 at STARDOM’s latest event was a loss as she teamed with Maika and HANAKO against Giulia, Suzu Suzuki and Mei Seira. Bayne has been working with STARDOM since July despite being under contract with AEW. She has been teaming with … Read more
It has been made official by Giulia that the Donna del Mondo stable is over. The team consisted of Thekla, Mai Sakurai, and Maika who all joined her in the ring for the announcement. This took place at the recent STARDOM Ittenyon Stardom Gate event. Giulia’s match at this event was teaming with Suzu Suzuki … Read more
STARDOM is coming back to the United States for the first time since 2019. It is being presented by NJPW. The event will take place in Philadelphia, Penn. and will take place on April 4 during WWE’s WrestleMania weekend. In April of 2019, STARDOM performed in New York City for the Stardom American Dream In … Read more
STARDOM had its last major event of 2023 and that was Dream Queendom on Dec. 29. At that event, a new World of Stardom Champion was going to be crowned as Maika and Suzu Suzuki battled it out for the vacant title. The top title of the promotion was vacated due to Tam Nakano’s injury. … Read more
Megan Bayne has thrown down the challenge and she wants Giulia once again – this time for the NJPW STRONG Women’s Title. The match is set for Dec. 29 at Ryogoku Sumo Hall for the STARDOM Dream Queendom event. The last time these two women met, their match went to a time limit draw. Other … Read more
Over the weekend, STARDOM had its Nagoya Big Winter event. At this event, Giulia put her NJPW STRONG Women’s Title on the line against AZM. Giulia was victorious which means she continues her reign of over 150 days. After her win, she states she wants to defend against STARDOM talent in the United States. She … Read more
The top championship in STARDOM is now vacated as Tam Nakano is unable to compete due to injury. Nakano held the belt for 211 days. With the championship now vacant, Suzu Suzuki who won the 5??STAR GP 2023, thus earning herself a championship opportunity, has been awarded to wrestle for the title on Dec. 29. … Read more
STARDOM’s AZM has stated that she would like to wrestle overseas and outside of Japan. The 21 year old has already made a huge name for herself within the STARDOM promotion. She is a former two-time High Speed Champion and a three-time Artist of Stardom Champion. In an article with Tokyo Sports, AZM states that … Read more
It was originally reported earlier in the month by both PWInsider and Fighftul that WWE had interest in signing STARDOM’s Giulia. PWInsider has provided the following update since their first report – “There was a belief within some in WWE that Giulia would be at the WWE Performance Center earlier this week to tour the … Read more
The World of Stardom Champion Tam Nakano has been sidelined due to a knee injury. According to the We Are Stardom account, Nakano will be missing this weekend’s events and her match will be forfeited. Nakano is just one of several in STARDOM currently out with injury. In late September, Utami Hayashishita was sidelined from events due … Read more