Gail Kim has been a tremendous asset to the behind the scenes production of the IMPACT Knockouts division. In recent years, IMPACT has seen crossover and collaborations with other promotions such as AEW, AAA, and NWA in contribution to the “Forbidden Door” aspect of the wrestling industry. Even in 2022, IMPACT shockingly had an agreement … Read more
Although it is rare for WWE to work with any other wrestling promotion, it has been happening more and more recently. For example, New Japan Pro Wrestling has had recent matches involving WWE talent Karl Anderson as well as Shinsuke Nakamura. NJPW has also started to incorporate STARDOM talent into their shows and even introduced … Read more
Syuri’s reign as the World of Stardom Champion has come to an end at exactly 365 days as Giulia has been crowned the new champion! The two women had a hell of a battle on Dec. 29 in a near 30-minute main event at Dream Queendom 2. Giulia becomes one of only 13 women to … Read more
STARDOM is starting off 2023 big with its first-ever Triangle Derby trios league. The tournament will kick off Jan. 3 and last until March. There are two blocks – Red Triangle and Blue Triangle. The trios were announced today. Red Triangle Blue Triangle In other STARDOM news, its next event will be the Stardom Dream … Read more
Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) has released its 2022 Top Tag Team 100 list. Ranking the top 100 tag teams in wrestling of 2022, Stardom’s FWC (Hazuki & Koguma) is listed at number five beating out 95 other tag teams regardless of gender. Hazuki & Koguma returned to wrestling in 2021 after both retiring. Coming baxk … Read more
On Nov. 20, KAIRI has officially become the inaugural IWGP Women’s Champion at the NJPW x STARDOM Historic X-Over event. This took place in the main event. NJPW started welcoming women’s matches into their shows this year by including STARDOM. From this, a championship was introduced and a tournament took place. It came down to … Read more
STARDOM hosted its latest event, Hiroshima Goddess Festival on Nov. 3. At that event, Mayu Iwatani who held the SWA World Championship for 182-days, decided to relinquish the championship making it vacated. Her reasoning is to focus on the upcoming IWGP Women’s Championship which will decide its inaugural champion on Nov. 20. That match will … Read more
There have been two women’s matches confirmed from the STARDOM promotion to take place at a New Japan Pro Wrestling event. It will be stateside as it takes place in New York, New York and the event is named NJPW Rumble on 44th Street. The event takes place this Friday on Oct. 28. The SWA … Read more
It was announced back in July as the relationship has grown between STARDOM and NJPW that a women’s belt would be introduced. It was confirmed to come in November and it is being created by both promotions for the women to defend in not only Japan but the United States at NJPW events. Now, a … Read more
The current World of STARDOM Champion Syuri says she can see herself in one of the major wrestling companies in the United States. No stranger to wrestling the likes of Asuka and Hikaru Shida, Syuri mentioned wanting to share the ring again with them. As well as some other top names in AEW. While speaking … Read more
KAIRI has been pulled from the upcoming Stardom x Stardom pay-per-view event due to ‘poor physical condition.’ Which is how it was worded by STARDOM. In a statement released on her Twitter account, the former Kairi Sane confirmed that she had tested positive for COVID and forced to cancel her upcoming match against Wonder of … Read more
KAIRI is ready to get some gold back in STARDOM. STARDOM had its Stardom 5 Star Grand Prix 2022 event on July 30 in which KAIRI challenged Saya Kamitani for the Wonder of Stardom Championship. Kamitani states that she will defeat KAIRI to retain. Currently, Kamitani has held the white belt since December for 212-days … Read more
STARDOM has announced during its Stardom 2022 Strategy Meeting that the promotion will be introducing a new championship. The IWGP Women’s Championship will come in November and it is being created by both Stardom and NJPW for the women to defend in not only Japan but the United States at NJPW events. It was recently … Read more
STARDOM put on its Showcase Vol. 1 event on Saturday. This strayed away from STARDOM’s normal matchups as it presented a new third brand that showcased a lineup of unique matches filled with different stipulations. This is different than its normal STARDOM and New Blood shows. In the shows headliner was a Three-way bout Coffin … Read more
Stardom will start working NJPW shows in America. An exact timeline of when it will start hasn’t been provided. From a press conference that took place today, NJPW stated that moving forward they will have Stardom talent working shows with them in America. From the NJPW Twitter account, they wrote: “In adapting NJPW to the … Read more
AEW just wrapped up their joint event with NJPW over the weekend titled Forbidden Door. The concept of the show was to utilize talent from both AEW and NJPW in unique matches you wouldn’t necessarily see otherwise. For the women, this wasn’t capitalized on and the one match that we received was Thunder Rosa defending … Read more
Former NXT Women’s Champion and WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion Kairi Sane is currently going by simply KAIRI and has been back in Stardom. She decided to leave WWE in July 2020 and made her way back to the ring in March 2022 at World Climax. Talking recently with Entame Next (translation via Reddit user DamieN62), KAIRI opened … Read more
One of Stardom’s most decorated wrestlers, Mayu Iwatani is set to have her real-life story made into a movie. The film will is titled “Runaway Wrestler” and auditions are being held for casting. Further information provided by the We Are Stardom Twitter account gives a brief synopsis – Desperate and withdrawn from reality in modern … Read more
KAIRI will be returning from her injury on May 28 at Stardom’s Flashing Champions event. KAIRI made both her return to Stardom and return to the ring in March for the first time since leaving WWE in 2020. She won back-to-back matches at World Climax before stating that she suffered a ruptured eardrum in her … Read more
Stardom has announced its Flashing Champions Event which will be taking place at the end of the month on May 28 at the Ota Ward Gym. Seven Championship matches will be on the card that will feature all of the gold that Stardom has to offer. MIRAI will be cashing in her wish from winning … Read more
Stardom held its Golden Week Fight Tour event on May 5 and a few championships changed hands. Mayu Iwatani is the new SWA World Champion after defeated Thekla. She got the pin after delivering a Moonsault. Thekla held the gold for 96-days. This makes her a Grand Slam Champion in Stardom as she has previously … Read more
MIRAI has emerged victorious after a 32-woman tournament to be crowned the winner of Stardom’s 2022 Cinderella Tournament. On April 29, the semi-finals and the final match took place at the Ota City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan. MIRAI advanced to the finals after causing Natsupoi to submit whereas Koguma advanced to face MIRAI after … Read more
The semi-finals are set for the 2022 Stardom Cinderella Tournament as the 32-woman tournament is down to the final four. On April 17, the round 2 matches finished up and the quarterfinals also took place to set up the final four. First Giulia took on Koguma. Koguma advanced to the semi-finals by tossing Giulia over … Read more
Stardom’s next big event takes place on April 29 at the Ota World Gym and will hold the semi-finals and finals of the 2022 Cinderella Tournament. Along with this, Himeka will be challenging Syuri for the World of Stardom Championship. The championship that has previously been held by the likes of Mayu Iwatani, Meiko Satomura, … Read more
Stardom has kicked off its 2022 Cinderella Tournament on April 3 and there are now six matches set for round two now that round one is complete. The tournament will continue throughout the month culminating to April 29. The first-round match results are as follows – Syuri defeated Ami Sourei via submission 9:48 Himeka defeated … Read more
Coming off its huge World Climax two day event over the weekend, Stardom is revving up to its Cinderella Tournament 2022. The tournament will kick off on April 3 and last until April 29. The brackets have been confirmed and on Tuesday they held a press conference where the competitors in the first round matches … Read more