Eivion Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 It will be a shame if Act does retire, but not really surprising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norwegian Rudo Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 They really need some more wrestlers, their losses the last year or so have been huge. Hopefully Nicole Savoy impresses on the California shows, she would fit in well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 They did manage three debuts a few days ago though I wish there were more experienced wrestlers joining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.H. Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 I hope they keep using Hudson Envy. She's been great! James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sareeedicted Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 yeah, Hudson Envy at her finest performance but she will take a long rest on November because she had injury, she posted on her social media account earlier today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trocar Slush Weasel Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 They really need some more wrestlers, their losses the last year or so have been huge. Hopefully Nicole Savoy impresses on the California shows, she would fit in well. Maybe if there weren't 24 promotions splitting up talent. Wait, is it October, 25 promotions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sareeedicted Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 Congratulations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.H. Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 The thing, does Stardom keep a tight lid on their talent and not really lend them out (hence Io not wrestling on Mio's retirement show but shwoing up as a guest?) James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Wilson Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 Tighter lid but they wrestle in other promotions sometimes. Io wrestled Mio last february on Mio's produced show, Io and Iwatani wrestled in Sendai Girls last summer (maybe as part of the deal with Satomura winning the title). But they are definitely the most isolated of the promotions. I really don't have a problem with that, it makes it more special when they do a cross-promoted match and keeps match-ups fresh. I still remember the 'old days' when it was a big deal when promotions worked together, now every show has wrestlers from multiple promotions. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.H. Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 I'm also a fan of Stardom taking the "AJW Approach" to interpromotional matches. Its what is smart for business and building up matches we'd want to see. Has the Kairi Hojo/Hudson Envy match from thr Grand Prix Final hit th enet yet? I was really impressed with Hudson Envy in that match with Io and was bummed to hear she didn't win the whole tourney. James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Wilson Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 It is around somewhere, I think the dude that uploads stuff keeps them private. It was a quality match as you'd expect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.H. Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 I think my biggest fear with Kairi Hojo was that she was going to be Haruka Matsuo 2.0 but she is so not that level of mediocre. In fact she is not mediocre at all and I enjoy her matches a lot. STARDOM has been good at capturing that ZENJO Spirit. I'm one of those who never liked Nanae so her no longer beign there has been a plus in my eyes. Now if we can just figure out what is going with Act and get her the Red Belt she deserves! James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.H. Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 and in case y'all missed it i nthe Internet Matches of The Year folder... Hudson Envy v. Io Shirai Review James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtVanderlay Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 Okay, I just stumbled across footage of Kenny Omega wrestling a 9-year old girl name Haruka. What the fuck was that all about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostinube Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 Haruka was a student of Fuka's who went from shoot boxing to doing matches for Stardom. They have a pair of kids under the banner of "Kids Fighters" right now. They didn't start at nine years old though. The girl in question is on break now. Not sure if she'll ever come back but she'd be about the same age as the other two if she did. Stardom has a 15 year old on their roster now. She's a third year junior high student (Japan goes 6-3-3) so I wonder if she'll go on to high school (compulsory education is until end of junior high although well over 90 percent of the population go on to high school) which will cut into her time. Ice Ribbon had their own bunch of kid wrestlers too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trocar Slush Weasel Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 I'd like to think that Act specifically wanted to have a picture taken in front of Red Skelton's handprints. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trocar Slush Weasel Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 Don't tempt her... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sareeedicted Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 i got news from here, they announced former JWP Junior Championship (before unified with POP Champion) Erika Watanabe diagnosed had stomach Cancer stage 3B and liver. for those who didn't know her, she competed in JWP in the end of 90's and mid of 2000. and the JWP event at JWP Dojo on November, 8 merch and ticket sells will be donated for her treatment. get well soon! https://m.facebook.com/JapanesePuroresuIchiban/photos/a.649601758467354.1073741828.649570988470431/910162545744606/?type=3&source=46 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostinube Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Photos from the 11/23 Sendai Girls and Stardom shows in Hakata. Sendai Girls first. Spoilered for size. If you know who they are, this was, perhaps inevitable. KAORU is all smiles. Indy hug as it was Sendai Sachiko's last match in Hakata. She retires in January. Return of the hometown girl, Mika Iwata. Aja Kong hit her partner, Chihiro Hashimoto, with Aja's trademark can before braining Meiko Satomura and getting the win. At least the Sendai Girls roster is filling up a little. Even with Sachiko leaving, they have three younger wrestlers (Iwata, Hashimoto and Miyagi). Looks like they'll be pushing Hashimoto hard because of her amateur background. She already has a more legit offense than Iwata and Miyagi. During their match Iwata kept delivering drop kicks to Aja who started on her knees and ended the sequence brushing off the drop kicks. Miyagi jobbed to Kyoko Kimura in a rematch from Miyagi's debut in Hakata last year. Didn't really seem like she's developed all that much as her offense was really basic still and it looks like Hashimoto and Iwata are going to overshadow her quickly. Don't know how any group that uses her is going to fill up the ten to fifteen minutes Sakura Hirota eats up every show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sareeedicted Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 here's that main event match of SEAdLINNNG next year on January, 11th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostinube Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 On to the Stardom show. Net fave Act Yasukawa: Sup Kris Wolf and Kyoko Kimura. You think you like Kairi Hojo? Not as much as this guy. Mayu Iwatani spinning in streamers is my favorite thing right now. Also makes them slightly easier to clean up. Heroine to many. Hmmm... Oh hey. More here. Act mauled poor tiny tiny Hiromi Mimura. Kris Wolf has found a thing (ummm...being a wolf, I think) that gets more people behind her but she's in what is basically a heel group. Other areas get Mayu Iwatani taking on Meiko Satomura. I get Mayu versus Kaori Yoneyama. The crowd was surprised and disappointed that Santana won. Not her fault but she won with a rolling cradle, not exactly how anyone would think Io would lose. Everyone was really nice to talk to in the lines. Kris Wolf remembered me from the last Hakata show. Mayu Iwatani and Kairi Hojo are both from Yamaguchi prefecture, where I currently live so it's a nice talking point. There were other people from Yamaguchi there (I think those two young girls in that Io picture) whom everyone remembered (probably from Kairi's special homecoming show earlier this year). It took a while to get to the three most popular wrestlers (Io, Kairi and Mayu in that order). I want to knock Ogawa's hat off. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.H. Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 and it's official, Act Yasukawa announced December 23rd will be her retirement match James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 Disappointing but not surprising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoeCristyV.1.6 Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 Yoshiko just got herself some new "fans". What a shitty thing to do to someone... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle Casey Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 Yoshiko just got herself some new "fans". What a shitty thing to do to someone... I'm almost afraid to ask, but...explain, please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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