Syuri is once again the IWGP Women’s Champion. Ahe defeated the very woman that took the belt off of her, Sareee. The two battled at the NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2025 event. This ends the reign of Sareee at 114 days. She had three successful defenses. Syuri is the first woman to have two reigns … Read more
Syuri will be getting a match against the woman who took the IWGP Women’s Title off of her, current champion Sareee. The match will take place on Oct. 13 and this will be first IWGP Women’s Championship match in an NJPW ring since Wrestle Kingdom 19. Sareee defeated Syuri for the belt in June at … 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 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
The newly crowned NJPW IWGP Women’s Champion Syuri is already having a busy schedule. She recently won the title from Mayu Iwatani in April, who held the title for 735 days. Now Syuri has two upcoming title defenses scheduled. First, she will be heading to Pro Wrestling EVE in England to face Alex Windsor. This … 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
In an interview with Tokyo Sports, the inaugural Marigold World Champion Sareee says she should be the one to end Mayu Iwatani’s reign as the IWGP Women’s Champion. Iwatani has held this gold since she defeated Mercedes Mone for it back in April 2023. She is approaching two years as champion. A match for this … Read more
Former World of Stardom Champion Syuri has set her sights on another championship. Syuri has challenged Mayu Iwatani for the IWGP Women’s Championship at the upcoming All Star Grand Queendom event on April 27. Iwatani has held this title since April 2023 where she defeated Merecedes Mone and is now approaching 700 days as champion. … 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 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
Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) has released its annual top 150 women in professional wrestling for 2022. This is the second year in a row that the women’s list has been expanded to 150. It was a list of 100 prior and originally a list of only 50 when it started in 2008. For the first … 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
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 had its second day at the 2022 World Climax The Top on Sunday and the action was just as fierce as day one. This weekend saw KAIRI return to the ring for the first time since departing WWE in 2020. She was victorious in tag team action on day one alongside Mayu Iwatani as … Read more
STARDOM is about to have its huge World Climax event this weekend on March 26 & 27. As previously reported, this will be the return of KAIRI to the promotion as she has a match set for both nights. The main event for both days will be for the World of Stardom Championship as the … Read more
STARDOM and Donna del Mondo superstar Syuri ended her magnificent 2021 capturing the Wonder of STARDOM title ending Utami’s amazing 409-day title reign. Syuri challenged Utami for the title for the second this year after their first breathtaking encounter ended in a double KO. To make sure a definitive winner emerged from their clash at … Read more
STARDOM has announced the matches taking place at NJPW Wrestle Grand Slam. The two-day event kicks off this weekend from the MetLife Dome. The bouts are now confirmed and will see Momo Watanabe and Saya Kamitani vs Maika and Lady C takes place on the opening night September 4. Watanabe and Kamitana are in action … Read more
STARDOM made history once again at Japan’s biggest wrestling event of the year. For the second year running members of the STARDOM roster participated in matches at NJPW’s Wrestle Kingdom 15. Two STARDOM tag team matches opened the show in front of a sold-out crowd in the legendary Tokyo Dome on Jan 5. The first … Read more
STARDOM recently announced that they will once again be performing at NJPW’s Wrestle Kingdom 15. Now the promotion has released further details and confirmed which matches will be taking place at the shows. On January 5, 2021, Saya Kamitani, High Speed Champion, Azumi and World of STARDOM Champion, Utami Hayashishita face Donna Del Mondo’s Maika, … Read more
On Nov 15 a great shift took place in STARDOM. At Stardom Sendai Cinderella, Utami Hayashishita defeated Mayu Iwatani for the World of STARDOM Championship, ending her 377-day reign in the process. The outcome of the match was a huge surprise as the winner of STARDOM 5 Star GP Tournament, Utami dominated Iwatani in an … Read more
Mayu Iwatani retained the World of Stardom title against Syuri at STARDOM Yokohama Cinderella 2020. The show took place on Oct, 3 and was chock full of excellent matches and major happenings. The card featured nine matches, five of which had titles on the line. Mayu Iwatani vs Syuri for the World Of Stardom Championship … Read more
STARDOM has announced three title matches for their Cinderella Summer in Yokohama show on Oct, 3. The matches are part of the rescheduled August shows that were cancelled due to a member of the roster tested positive for COVID-19. The three championship matches are; Mayu Iwatani defends the World of STARDOM Championship against Syuri Wonder … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: Battle-news.com” align=”aligncenter” width=”640″][/media-credit] Welcome back to a new edition of Joshi Wrestling Weekly! Today we are looking at the graduation of Hana Kimura (the daughter of Kyoko Kimura), Maki Narumiya officially retiring, and Io Shirai defending her championship! Joshi Wrestling News Photo: battle-news.com As I mentioned last week, Maki Narumiya officially retired from professional wrestling on … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: Battle-news.com” align=”aligncenter” width=”640″][/media-credit] Welcome back to a new edition of Joshi Wrestling Weekly! Today we are going to discuss the latest events in Japan, including a big Stardom show, a new ICExInfinity Championship, and Maki Narumiya‘s upcoming retirement! Joshi Wrestling News Photo: battle-news.com After having her last match in Ice Ribbon, Maki Narumiya announced plans for … Read more