Curt McGirt Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 1 hour ago, Stefanie Sparkleface said: Joshi promotions close constantly. I guess you shouldn't take that literally, I meant it more in the sense that they always splinter off into something else, or end up having revivals, or stars that start their own promotions... it's endless. This is probably influenced by me being knee deep in the Blood and Thunder second volume and seeing promotions as tiny as Pro Wrestling Crusaders limp on like zombies and respawn over and over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonzombie Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 Some promotions stay dead. Stardom will survive though. If there is a split, whatever Rossy does is the real deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonzombie Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 Stardom "Several players have expressed their intention to leave the team" https://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/articles/-/291314?page=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonzombie Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 Rossy shooting and new company will be made https://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/articles/-/291313 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 Sounds like the new company is only happening because people were already planning to leave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Wilson Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 Yay more promotion splintering, just what the Japanese scene always needs. But that is just the ebb and flow of puroresu, can't do much about fate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefanie Sparkleface Posted February 5 Author Share Posted February 5 Well, in terms of Arsion tour names he recycled, he's already reused Stardom and Starlight (and I guess Startist would've been too on the nose so it was just "Artist"), so I guess that leaves Stargold and Starlet. ... I imagine he'll use new names. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ka-to Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 1 hour ago, Stefanie Sparkleface said: Well, in terms of Arsion tour names he recycled, he's already reused Stardom and Starlight (and I guess Startist would've been too on the nose so it was just "Artist"), so I guess that leaves Stargold and Starlet. ... I imagine he'll use new names. He can recycle Virgin Tour now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 1 hour ago, Stefanie Sparkleface said: Well, in terms of Arsion tour names he recycled, he's already reused Stardom and Starlight (and I guess Startist would've been too on the nose so it was just "Artist"), so I guess that leaves Stargold and Starlet. ... I imagine he'll use new names. Blackstar (nobody tell the Bowie estate) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 2 hours ago, Stefanie Sparkleface said: Well, in terms of Arsion tour names he recycled, he's already reused Stardom and Starlight (and I guess Startist would've been too on the nose so it was just "Artist"), so I guess that leaves Stargold and Starlet. ... I imagine he'll use new names. Pro Wrestling Naamah. Named after Noah's wife. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Wilson Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 Ok this is starting to get more crazy. Tweet embedding is having a bad day so I'll just quote the tweet: “The reason she (Giulia) is delaying her WWE start is so she could at least be there to kick off the (Rossy Ogawa) promotion for a while and get the promotion going, and then she is gonna end up with WWE at some point, But when WWE was interested in her, she basically gave (Ogawa) her word that she would help when he started out and that’s what she’s gonna do. She’s actually postponing her WWE debut because she gave him her word.” - Dave Meltzer (WOR) I guess this new promotion situation is legit, based on what Dave and Rossy himself are saying. I wonder how many wrestlers will leave with him? Who is the financial backer and can they match/exceed the pay that the wrestlers are getting in Stardom? Will they have a TV or streaming deal? So many questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonzombie Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 If the new promotion will be fun as pre BushiRoad Stardom, I will support it. We are gonna have to wait until the weeks past by and after March to find out who's leaving Stardom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.H. Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 (edited) Let's see when they announce formally with a start date. I'm guessing we will know by mid-March who is taking off to join Rossy. At least with the NOAH sit we knew right away that Fuchi and Kawada were staying James Edited February 7 by J.H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 If Mei Seira writes "SLAVE" on her wrist tape, we will know where she stands on all this. But seriously, if they are handing out legal notices to the talent, they are trying their best to quell a mutiny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Wilson Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 I do think a lot of people are looking at pre-Bushiroad Stardom with nostalgic glasses, forgetting how much people complained about the booking back then. All the complaints about the low level gaijin that Rossy insisted on using to toss at Io every tour, how he booked Toni Storm, not to mention the handling of the Act/Yoshiko incident. Stardom was very top heavy for a number of years with Io/Kairi/Mayu holding things up, I think the best years of Stardom as far as in-ring action goes top to bottom was 2020 to 2022. That's not to say the wrestler's complaints last year weren't legitimate, particularly with the travel schedule. And I certainly understand why wrestlers may feel more loyal to Rossy since he was there day to day and brought a lot of them in. But Bushiroad Stardom for the first couple years after the pandemic was generally pretty fantastic (Stardom was voted #2 promotion in the world in both 2021 and 2022 in the Observer), and I think with new management they can easily get back there, depending on which wrestlers leave. Maika sounds like she isn't leaving, I do wonder when it comes right down to the point how many leave. Any wrestlers that value money or visibility will likely stay as I just can't imagine Day 1 that Rossy has the financial backing to match Stardom's pay (whatever it may be). It may be a really interesting month. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefanie Sparkleface Posted February 7 Author Share Posted February 7 I think the thing I'm most interested in seeing in a post-Rossy world is how relationships with other companies will go. Things became a little more open between Stardom and other groups once Bushiroad started exerting more control, so I wonder if those doors will open a little more. A fully cooperative environment has always been best for joshi, so hopefully that happens. You could also see some pretty marked improvement with wrestlers on the bottom of the card if they can go work singles matches at smaller shows against more experienced talent for ten minutes than being a designated fall-taker in a six- or eight-woman tag that runs for seven minutes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 25 minutes ago, Kevin Wilson said: I do think a lot of people are looking at pre-Bushiroad Stardom with nostalgic glasses, forgetting how much people complained about the booking back then. All the complaints about the low level gaijin that Rossy insisted on using to toss at Io every tour, how he booked Toni Storm, not to mention the handling of the Act/Yoshiko incident. Stardom was very top heavy for a number of years with Io/Kairi/Mayu holding things up, I think the best years of Stardom as far as in-ring action goes top to bottom was 2020 to 2022. That's not to say the wrestler's complaints last year weren't legitimate, particularly with the travel schedule. And I certainly understand why wrestlers may feel more loyal to Rossy since he was there day to day and brought a lot of them in. But Bushiroad Stardom for the first couple years after the pandemic was generally pretty fantastic (Stardom was voted #2 promotion in the world in both 2021 and 2022 in the Observer), and I think with new management they can easily get back there, depending on which wrestlers leave. Maika sounds like she isn't leaving, I do wonder when it comes right down to the point how many leave. Any wrestlers that value money or visibility will likely stay as I just can't imagine Day 1 that Rossy has the financial backing to match Stardom's pay (whatever it may be). It may be a really interesting month. Financial backing and a bunch of other things to consider when you start up a new wrestling promotion. If this was 2014 and not 2024, it might be a more doable thing. Guess what? You best believe Bushiroad is going to try to lock up the best talent they can when those deals are up. So some of those "Yes" and "Maybe" answers Rossy got while trying to poach talent are probably going to end up as "No, on second thought...". There is no assurance that what Rossy moves into will survive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostinube Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 If I'm Bushiroad, if any of the talent is interested in doing acting or singing I'm throwing that stuff into their contracts. "Hey, we can release a CD. Hey, we can get you a bit part as a voice actor. Whatever you want. MAIKA - THE MUSICAL. We can make it happen." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleavy Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 1 hour ago, lostinube said: If I'm Bushiroad, if any of the talent is interested in doing acting or singing I'm throwing that stuff into their contracts. "Hey, we can release a CD. Hey, we can get you a bit part as a voice actor. Whatever you want. MAIKA - THE MUSICAL. We can make it happen." Mayu the musical stage show please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonzombie Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Taro Okada and the other guy booked cards are out. https://wwr-stardom.com/news/20240207-4/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nofuture Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Tam Nakano the first to outright say she's staying in Stardom: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonzombie Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 (edited) Maika and Tam are staying with Stardom. Whatever happens, I think Stardom will finally crown their Ace. And someone will be the Ace of whatever Rossy's new promotion. Of course lot of the previous plans are aborted now. Rossy won't have to worry about interference with his booking of the new promotion. Edited February 7 by Kang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.H. Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 I'm genuinely surprised by this. I always thought Rossy backed Tam and had faith in her. Mind you, Tam is a few years from retiring as I remember Janes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.H. Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Do we start a betting pool? Freeway to Rossy? James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefanie Sparkleface Posted February 7 Author Share Posted February 7 I think this is going to go a lot like when Rossy left Zenjo to form Arsion. A big star (Aja Kong), a star on the cusp (Mariko Yoshida, and he tried to get Hikari Fukuoka but failed), and a few underutilized folks with potential who weren't going anywhere where they currently were (Yumi Fukawa, Rie Tamada, poaching Mikiko Futagami and Michiko Ohmukai from LLPW), then coaxing a fresh retirement who retired early back into the ring (Candy Okutsu, and he tried to get Sakie Hasegawa back into the ring). Throw in a handful of gaijin, et voila, new promotion. So you can speculate who those could be, but he really doesn't need much, and it doesn't have to come from Stardom. He's absolutely going to try and land TJPW folks too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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