Saturday, January 23, 2021

STARDOM 10th Anniversary 1/17/2021

STARDOM 10th Anniversary 1/17/2021

2021年1月17日 スターダム10周年記念日

I'm doing selected matches here. 

Starlight Kid vs Tam Nakano



Kid runs up to the 2nd rope for a spinning armdrag then gets a pair of knees against the ropes on the other side of the ring. Tam kicks Kid around and really sits back on a single leg crab. Tam slaps Kid around and Kid comes back with a hurricanrana. Tam hangs out of the middle rope and Kid drops her down over it. Then Kid crossbodies her from the top to the floor.

Kid hits a leg clutch fisherman's suplex and slaps Tam across the face. Tam hits a big forearm on Kid and they trade chest forearms. Tam hit a big forearm flurry and Kid came back with a spinning headscissors attempt that turned into a german suplex. Tam got back up and hit a spinning high kick. They both tried roll-ups and Tam hit a knee to the back and the front before hitting a tiger suplex for the win.

Short match but it was fun and pretty good with Kid being a good underdog and Tam showing aggression.

Four Way Elimination Tag Team Match - Queen's Quest (Momo Watanabe & Saya Kamitani) vs. Oedo Tai (Bea Priestley & Saki Kashima) vs. STARS (Mayu Iwatani & Ruaka) vs. Donna del Mondo (Himeka & Syuri)











Bea asks everyone for handshakes and pulls her hands out when they to give her one. Ruaka crossbodies Saya and Himeka early at the same time then Bea dropkicks them both. Everyone fights outside except for Mayu, who hides. Mayu then dives on everyone and it looked bad as Syuri rushed to try and catch her.

OT poses on Ruaka on the ropes. Ruaka then gets picked on by Bea. Momo gets in and Bea hits some hard boots to her head then is dropkicked. Saki does a neat double pin attempt on Syuri and Momo that I will gif for you. Mayu runs up the ropes with Syuri and Momo's hands but is pushed out by Saki and eliminated.

Momo kick combos Syuri and Syuri comes back with a butterfly suplex into a bridge. Both members of OT get in and hurricanrana Syuri and Momo. Himeka double clotheslines OT to stop an attack on Syuri and Saki bulldogs Syuri. Syuri does a fireman's carry into a double knee on Saki then does a blue dragon submission hold to eliminate her team.

Momo and Syrui go at it and Momo gets release german suplexed. Syuri then knees her for 2. Momo hits some high kicks to Syuri and they trade forearms. Syuri then hits a high kick and gets release tiger suplexed. Saya does a handspring backflip into a dropkick on Himeka. Saya dropkicks Himeka from the top then takes double knees from DDM. Syuri flips over Himeka from the top rope onto Saya then Himeka flips Saya with a lariat.

Himeka hits some kind of torture rack sitout bomb and Saya pulls in Himeka to get kicked by Syuri. Saya then does a springboard crossbody. Saya hits Himeka with a sitout fisherman's buster and wins it.

I thought they didn't make the best use of their time when they had everyone in there and then kind of rushed through the rest without much selling or story.

Wonder Of Stardom Title No Rules Match - Giulia (c) vs. Natsuko Tora







Giulia armdrags her and dropkicks her early but Tora comes back with a shoulder and a facewash kick on the ropes. Tora then does it again to knock her out of the ring.

Giulia got thrown into a stack of chairs on the outside and some of Tora's crew took free shots on her. Tora removes a turnbuckle pad and hits her with it. Giulia dropkicks a chair into Tora's chest and then chairs her in the back. Giulia gets some stone slabs and breaks them with a fist over Tora's back then dropkicks the chair while Tora's head is in it.

Giulia hits a big backdrop on Tora, who doesn't sell it. Tora then spears her. GIulia runs into the corner and gets nobody, then Tora punches and breaks a stone slab on her. Tora then cannonballs her and samoan drops her for 2. Tora hits a swinging rock bottom. Tora puts Giulia on a table and DDM stops her from climbing to the top. Tora then gets thrown down from the top. Tora hits a chain shot on Giulia and puts it around her neck and pulls on it. Giulia misses something on the ropes and takes a chair to the head at 10 minutes.

Giulia gets more stone slabs and slams Tora onto a pile of them. Giulia hits a wrist-clutch backdrop, a dropkick then superplexes her for 2. Saki Kashima runs in and grabs the ref and Oedo Tai hits some stuff on Giulia. Tora splashes Giulia through a table and Giulia gets up not too long after and DDT's her.

Tora throws blue powder into Giulia's eyes then top rope legdrops her and death valley drivers her. She maybe had the win but Syuri pulled the ref out to stop the count. Giulia headbutts her and puts the chain around her throat, then hangs her. Giulia then wins it with a Glorious Driver.

They did a lot here and probably more than they should have. It didn't really have the blood or the hatred or the stiffness that you would expect out of this and didn't meet its potential.

Giulia asks if Tora is dead after and calls her crazy. She then asked her not to use the chain anymore since she is good without weapons.

World Of Stardom Title Match - Utami Hayashishita (c) vs. Maika








Maika slaps away Utami's rose to start. They go on the mat and Maika armbars Utami, forcing her to rope break. Then she wouldn't let go. Utami gets her arm rammed into the post outside and makes a comeback with body dropkicks and a camel clutch. Utami starts to work the lower back and Maika comes back with a rings of saturn that Utami rope breaks for.

Utami puts Maika in a seated guillotine and Maika deadlift suplexes her out of it. They trade forearms and Utami gets the edge with hers. They start slapping each other in the face and Maika puts her in a Fujiwara armbar. Maika stomps the arm and Maika goes for something but takes a running schwein.

Maika goes back to the armbar then a triangle and Utami breaks it with a slam. They go up top and Maika hits a superplex. Maika backdrops her and dropkicks her then does a twisting powerslam. Maika throws Utami into the ropes and gets lariated twice. Utami goes for a spinning razor's edge but Maika gets out of it and puts something like a tazmission on Utami. Utami hits a hard slap and does a spinning torture rack bomb for 2. Utami then hits her with a nasty spinning razor's edge for the win.

Good match here. They went with the injured arm vs injured ribs/back storyline and played it all throughout. This was smart and they paid good attention to detail.

Syuri comes out and challenges Utami for the title at Budokan after.

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