As we tragically had to report over the weekend, Stardom’s Hana Kimura passed away at the young age of 22. Stardom originally reported this on their Twitter account and asked for privacy at that time. They have since released the following statement: “In regards to the passing of Hana Kimura, We would like to take … Read more
Tragic news has been made via Stardom’s official Twitter account. They have confirmed that Hana Kimura has passed away. She was 22 years of age. Kimura made her debut in 2016 at the young age of 18. She was trained at Wrestle-1’s Professional Wrestling University. She won the DDT Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship in 2005. She would … Read more
It was announced today that Wonder of Stardom Champion Arisa Hoshiki has been forced into retirement at just 24 years of age due to “neck and head injuries”. In 2019 Hoshiki made her return to STARDOM to take part in the Cinderella Tournament. She would go on to win the tournament picking up major victories … Read more
For the first time ever STARDOM had a match at NJPW’s Wrestle Kingdom 14. The history-making match saw Arisa Hoshiki and Mayu Iwatani take on Hana Kimura and Giulia in a special exhibition match exclusively for the fans in attendance. Arisa Hoshiki and Mayu Iwatani came away as the winners of the first STARDOM match … Read more
Stardom has wrapped up their Shining Stars 2019 show which took place in two parts. Both a day and evening show took place. The evening show witnessed a Goddesses of Stardom Championship match. Here is the rundown of the day event: Singles Match: Death Yama-san defeats Saya Iida Tag Team Match: Oedo Tai (Andras Miyagi & Natsuko Tora) defeats Starlight Kid & Tam … Read more
It is being reported that Stardom talent will be featured in the upcoming video game Fire Pro Wrestling World as a DLC pack. On Stardom’s official Twitter page they posted several photos of wrestlers voice recording for the game. Translation of the tweet is as follows: “A major player participates in a certain famous game … Read more
It has been reported by Squared Circle Sirens that STARDOM has announced several talents returning to the promotion. They are scheduled to appear for the next few months up to August. The names included are Bobbi Tyler, Zoe Lucas, Xia Brookside, and Toni Storm. Bobbi Tyler recently toured Japan and participated at the STARDOM NYC … Read more
According to a source, Bea Priestley will travel to Japan in June to become a full-time member of the Stardom roster. This raises the question: Will she join AEW as was announced. Priestley recently won the highest honor in Stardom, the World of Stardom Championship, in a match with Kagetsu on May 4 at Golden … Read more
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