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
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 March 25th. Her final matches … Read more
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 her retirement match next weekend … Read more
Welcome back to another edition of the Joshi Roundup! We are back with results and news from Japan, as well as a closer look at legend Dump Matsumoto! Joshi News Photo: battle-news.com Ice Ribbon continues to battle injuries, as not only has Aoi Kizuki not recovered from her knee injury, but Akane Fujita is … Read more
Welcome back to another edition of the Joshi Roundup! Since we are in a holiday this will be a shorter column this week. Let’s get right to the news! Joshi News Photo: battle-news.com As Kana works her way towards her “hiatus” starting on September 15th, she is making her final rounds in the different … Read more
Welcome back to another edition of the Joshi Roundup! Lots going on in the world of Japan, including a veteran wrestler announcing her retirement! Joshi News Photo: sendaigirls.jp In exciting news for her but sad news for her fans around the world, Sendai Sachiko announced this week that she will retire in January of … Read more
Welcome back to another edition of the Joshi Roundup! Apologies for missing last week, life got a bit too hectic for a minute there but things have returned to normal. We have a little catching up to do so let’s get to it! Joshi News It has been a slow few weeks for true “news” … Read more
Welcome back to another edition of the Joshi Roundup! This is going to be a more “informative” column than usual, as this past week was a little slow in regards to results. But there is still plenty to talk about and we’ll take a closer look at the biggest Joshi promotion – Stardom! Joshi News Photo: … Read more
In just a few hours, Serena Deeb will wrestle her final match in Tokyo, Japan. The 10 year veteran, who has worked for both WWE and TNA in addition to countless indy promotions, will wrestle Syuri for the REINA promotion at Korakuen Hall. Serena confirmed that this will be her retirement match in a Facebook … Read more
Following in the footsteps of Tomoka Nakagawa and Portia Perez, former SHIMMER Champion Saraya Knight will also be making her Australian debut at the end of July. She was the eighth and final contestant announced to take part in NHPW’s Global Conflict 2013 tournament on July 26th and 27th. The seventh contestant announced was Storm, … Read more
Diva Dirt is back with another fix of news, notes and tidbits in the world of women’s wrestling. Check it out below: Independent star Mia Yim is the most recent name announced for the March 17 and 18 SHIMMER tapings for volumes 45-48. SHIMMER says of Yim, “One of the top rising stars in women’s … Read more
Diva Dirt is back with another fix of news, notes and tidbits in the world of women’s wrestling. Check it out below: In one of her first matches in about four months, LuFisto won the vacant LuchaPOP Femenil Title on February 19. She defeated La Vaquerita in singles action on the DDD/X-Project show. Sexy Star … Read more