Mr. Monday Morning
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Stardom Fukuoka spoilers
SpoilerFWC become 3 time Goddess champs. 02line challenged for Korakuen.
Little early for Crazy Star to drop IMO but either result was honestly fine. I'm trying to get out of the mindset of thinking what this means for contracts & the like because who the fuck knows at this point, just try to enjoy it for what it is.
ExV retained the Artists over Stars, Cozuen continue to struggle against OT. SLK will not win again until she embraces the colour change (probably)
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Belt up Chase once, shame on you..
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Mayu - Sareee was great. Not sure it quite hit the heights, maybe there will be a rematch, but still very good. Will have to rewatch the Mayu-Syuri match to compare.
4 way tag was super fun as well, just non-stop throughout.
Meltear bumped their absolute asses off, not quite sure what it really accomplishes but it went better than I thought.
Oh and Hanan did very well vs Saori. I was a little worried as the crowd were burnt out but she showed real poise just letting the match play out and allowing them to come back into it. Impressive for someone so young (IMO, anyway)
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For those who like some hittin' Sayaka & Rina Yamashita had a fun one at ChocoPro earlier today - it should be up on their youtube shortly (10am Sunday JST)
Whole show was fun, albeit the other 2 were mixed tags so not strictly joshi per se.
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Alright well today was fun as I got to chalk off Korakuen from the bucket list and see a super fun DDT show (April Fool). I might honestly have preferred it to Sakura Genesis, the much more laid back and fun vibe was a treat.
I'm not sure if they showed the pre-show match but there were some...interesting characters in there.
Oh and Big Hash is the TRUTH
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I wouldn't even remotely call myself a regular TJPW watcher but Grand Princess was super fun. A little long, they probably could've cut one or two of the openers (or SKE48, lol) but a little something for everyone and some really good stuff.
Personally MagiRabi vs TeaDK was MotN but there were a couple others that ran it very close. Brookes is getting into (already in?) that rarified Claudio-type air where you just slot him in to base for joshis and you know you'll get something great.
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I guess this should go in the ROH thread (if there even is such a thing) but maybe not everyone checks there - anyway, Maika/Mina/Mei Seira vs Tam/Tall Saya/AZM got announced for the RoH PPV on 5th April
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Sooo Stardom did some test livestreaming of the weekend's shows and it seems to have gone pretty well.
Some highlights (?)
-AZM & Mina bonding ahead of their stint in America (if you've ever wanted to see dancing AZM then between Mina's Tiktok and the match on Saturday you've been spoiled this weekend)
-Golden Generation tag (Utami/Tall Saya/Maika/Non-Tall Saya)
-DDM reunion tag (Giulia/Syuri/Maika/Natsupoi/Mirai/Mai Sakurai)
-Sayaka Kurara and Aya Sakura both having singles against Yunamon trying to get into Cozuen
-New Blood tag title match
Ah heck there's a bunch of good stuff
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Yuzuki's a surprise, that one will hurt a bit. She definitely has a lot of promise. Not sure how they wouldn't have the rookies on deals though, that seems odd.
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Not sure how long to leave for Cinderella spoilers? I'll put it in anyway to be safe
SpoilerCongrats go to Hanan, who announced she'll challenge for the White belt. Assuming that'll happen fairly soon as I'm not sure its quite up to All-Star Grand Queendom levels - would've thought that would be where they do Saori - Poi
Meltz has dropped a slight update but it's nothing that people won't have figured out. Utami, Mirai, Suzu likely leaving with Giulia, Tall Saya and Syuri staying, etc.
We probably won't really know for sure for another few months. But it seems like a) Okada has managed to convince at least a couple to stay who were minded to go, at least for now, and b) we'll likely see a lot more movement in and out of Stardom if Rossy establishes his new thing. Wouldn't be surprising if some left and then came back in future.
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More names announced for the Stardom Philly show
Complete lineup:
QuoteMaika
Mina Shirakawa
Tam Nakano
SAKI
Mayu Iwatani
Momo Kohgo
Syuri
Konami
Saki Kashima
AZM
Saya Kamitani
Starlight Kid
Momo Watanabe
Mei Seira
Mariah May
Xia Brookside
Willow Nightingale
Ram Kaichow
Stephanie Vaquer
Not sure about KoMomo as she's meant to be injured, but maybe its not that bad.
Some notable absences, obviously, but could be for any number of reasons. Saori does stick out a bit given she's been working the US semi-regularly - I can't keep track of who's been caught up in the whole visa mess though.
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(Stardom Prez) Okada is at the AEW show tonight
-edit- aaaand Mina worked the ROH taping
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On 3/10/2024 at 5:49 AM, Ace said:Spoiler
Ending for the Strong match was super weird and deflating unfortunately. Still, they got the belt off her, I guess it depends how much Mercedes is planning on doing outside of AEW at this point as to what happens with it.
Not to mention Mirai's reign of terror over the Cinderella is over, great win for Hanan. Will be very telling what happens between her and SLK. I think that's it for now, a big statement win against a former White belt holder is nothing to be sniffed at, she doesn't need the whole tourney on top.
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11 March spoiler
SpoilerUnfortunately it seems even Yano cannot prevent the rise of Scapegoat
Perry vs Sanada 2 - Electric Boogaloo coming soon (Yoshi-Hashi v Sanada was pretty good, actually)
Tomorrow is Tanga vs Finlay and Goto vs Chase at the top of the card. As nature intended.
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It was Chase's birthday guys. Don't you get totally undeserved presents on your birthdays?
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Cinderella tournament night 1 results + thoughts. There is some big future match news coming out of this, I'll leave it in the spoiler for now
SpoilerPre-show: Suzu Suzuki def. AZM, Mei Seira, Mai Sakurai, Ami Sohrei, MIRAI, Waka Tsukiyama & Hazuki
Future title: Rina def. Miran
Cinderella Tournament Round 1:
Starlight Kid def. Yuzuki
Sayaka Kurara def. Natsuko Tora
Yuna Mizumori def. Lady C
Xena def. Momo Kohgo
Miyu Amasaki def. Ranna Yagami
Ruaka def. Koguma
Saya Iida def. Saki Kashima
Hanan def. Hanako
Trios tag:
Giulia/Syuri/Konami def. Stephanie Vaquer/Momo Watanabe/Fukigen Death
Natsupoi return match:
Sareee/Chihiro Hashimoto def. Natsupoi/Saori Anou
All-Star 3-way tag:
Maika/Mina Shirakawa def. Mayu Iwatani/Tam Nakano and AZM/Saya Kamitani
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Cinderella Tournament 2nd round matches:
March 10th
MIRAI vs Hanan
Suzu Suzuki vs Starlight Kid
Mei Seira vs Saya Iida
Ami Sohrei vs Yuna Mizumori
March 16th
Waka Tsukiyama vs Xena
Hazuki vs Ruaka
AZM vs Sayaka Kurara
Mai Sakurai vs Miyu Amasaki
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Sareee challenged Mayu for the IWGP title at All Star Grand Queendom on April 27
Maika challenged Utami Hayashishita (not 100% sure if this is for the red belt?) on March 20
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Well, that was a super fun show IMO. The absence of draws and nonsensical results (I guess you could put Tora here but it is at least in character) was welcome and the tournament had some fun matches. In particular Yuzuki looked great against SLK and Hanan vs Hanako needs to happen again as they beat the tar out of each other.
Giulia vs Vaquer showed some promising glimpses, that should be very very interesting for tomorrow. Great seeing Konami back and the 3 of them worked really well together. And it might be my imagination but Momo looked pretty strong in this one (?)
Tagpoi was excellent, was like Natsupoi had never been away and they all meshed really well together. Hash in particular looked incredible in this one. I know people are super excited for Sareee vs Mayu and they really should be, that could be an all-timer.
Main was super fun chaos, given they probably had to re-work it on short notice with Utami's absence I thought it flowed incredibly well.
In not really spoilery news they announced the 5 Star will be held between 10-31 August. So there will almost certainly be format changes of some description
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Jack Perry in HoT is certainly a choice
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Yikes - I was about to place an order for All Star Grand Queendom tickets today. Might have to hold off on that...
Can Bushiroad go like, 2 weeks without having some sort of embarrassment?
I haven't been watching a super long time but it seemed pretty clear things were not working well last year and it seemed from the outside that was down to Rossy having booking decisions taken away from him / over his head. Doesn't bode well.
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Some Stardom spoilers for 1/3 & 1/4
SpoilerGod's Eye (Syuri/Mirai/Ami) won the Artist titles from DDM
Mayu successfully defended the IWGP title against Syuri
However possibly (probably) the bigger news is Giulia has disbanded DDM. While she still holds the NJPW Strong title it seems only a matter of time.
Also! They will be running a show in Philly 4/4, tickets are here (link button isn't working for some reason)
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Giulia gave an interview where (translation and/or interpretation permitting) she intimated that certain decisions had been getting taken out of Rossy's hands. Might explain some of the decisions recently
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Ohhh yikes. Tam and Natsupoi are not expected back for a while, so the red belt and tag belts have both been vacated.
-edit- in better news it seems Saya Kamitani might be ready to return - scratch that, Saya and Utami both return Nov 28
-edit again- wow regular newsbomb today
Maika and Megan Bayne will face a TBD team Dec 2 for the tag belts
Suzu Suzuki will face the winner of a 4 woman mini-tourney being held Nov 28 for the red belt at the Dec 29 Dream Queendom PPV
-Maika vs Ami Sohrei
-Mina Shirakawa vs Momo Watanabe
Meanwhile Suzu will defend her right to challenge vs Hazuki that same night (Nov 28)
Dec 2 will also see Mei Seira defend the High Speed against Thekla and Giulia defend the NJPW Strong against AZM
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No Stardom rep at WK next year, they will instead run an entire show beforehand, which is potentially going to directly clash with TJPW
Historic X-Over (or whatever the cool kids call it) will return. Mayu wants to team with Tana. Hoping for the AZM-Ospreay dream team personally (if he's still around by then)
And All Star Grand Queendom announced for 27 April in Yokohama again, but at the smaller soon to be rebuilt Buntai. Which I'll admit has me slightly worried as they sold more tickets this year than that arena is supposed to have capacity, and I was hoping to go next year - sumotickets you're my only hope
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I could've sworn it was confirmed after she was injured Saya was intended to win the thing?
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Utami officially out of the 5* with a cervical hernia. I'm not a doctor (and something might be lost in translation) but that doesn't sound promising - hopefully its not serious.
At a guess that's probably the 1st and 2nd choice winners out through injury now - slightly cursed this year.
AZM will face Mayu for her 10th anniversary
NJPW Best of the Super Jr 31.
in JAPAN
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Give Fujita all the things please