Stardom 8/14/2022 5*Star Grand Prix 2022 Day 7

Stardom 8/14/2022 5*Star Grand Prix 2022 Day 7

I just saw the GP matches here: 

5*Star Grand Prix Match - Red Stars - Sayaka Unagi vs Saki Kashima

Unagi slaps her then Saki hits her with forearms and throws her out. Saki chokes her with something outside then hits her with it. Unagi gets her head banged off a table then the apron. Saki kichs her then 2nd rope double stomps her for 2. Unagi twisting facebusters her and legdrops her. Unagi then does a gori special and pulls her neck. Unagi hurricanrana's her then facekicks her. Saki bulldogs her off the 2nd rope.

Saki kicks her nad hits an uppercut palmstrike. Unagi facekicks her then bladerunners her for 2. Unagi then does a driver move on Saki and wins it.

This was short but ok. Nothing too special here with Unagi getting beaten up and making her comeback to win.

5*Star Grand Prix Match - Blue Stars - Giulia vs Hanan

Giulia side headlocks her early then Hanan does the same. Giulia forearms her then armdrags her and dropkicks her. Giulia neckbreakers her and Hanan tries to run up the ropes and twisting crossbodies her but botches. Hanan hits a side throw into a leg lock then Giulia stf's her. Hanan leglocks her again and Giulia ropebreaks.

Hanan dropkicks her legs against the ropes for 2. Giulia runs at her and is suplexed then northern lights suplexed for 2. Giulia puts her in the rings of saturn and Hanan ropebreaks. Giulia is thrown off the top then Hanan fameasses her twice. Giulia STF's her then Hanan hits a jumping knee. Hanan suplexes her for 2 then is backdropped. Giulia 2nd rope dropkicks her for 2. Hanan rolls her into a pin then does it again for 2. Giulia puts her in the octopus stretch and wins it.

It was okay but nothing too special. They kept a pretty fast pace here and did some submissions.

5*Star Grand Prix Match - Red Stars - Momo Kohgo vs Utami Hayashishita

They lock up and Utami throws her off. Momo comes back with a flurry of chest forearms then dropkicks her. Utami running shoulders her and slams her. Utami slams her again for 2. Momo tries to come back with forearms but is launched with just one from Utami. Momo dropkicks her then 2nd rope twisting crossbodies her for 2.

Momo has her 619 blocked and Utami drives her into the buckles. Utami running bakc elbows her and dropkicks her in the back of the neck for 2. Momo slingshot double stomps her and 619's her. Momo goes up on the ropes, is caught then rolls up Utami. Utami then sliding lariats her and hits a schwein for 2. Momo hurricanrana's her for 2 then superkicks her. Momo gets sideslammed for another 2. Utami then wins it by putting her on her shoulders and spinning her down.

It was short and another sprint type of match. Momo wasn't bad as the underdog here and I liked it.

5*Star Grand Prix Match - Red Stars - Koguma vs Maika

Kog rolls her up to start and does more roll-ups. Kog climbs on her back and makes her do her pose with her arms. Maika shoulders her over then chases her through the crowd for some reason. Kog stops and kicks her then continues to run away. Back in and Kog sits on her back and camel cmutches her. Kog double stomps her back then is powerslammed. Maika shoulders her down then Kog ddt's her. Kog jumps on Maika's back with a sleeper.

Kog dropkicks her off the top on the back of her neck then Maika superplexes her. Kog counters a move and germans her then Maika backdrops her. Kog release germans her then Maika lariats her. Maika hits a running wrist-clutch powerslam for 2 then is rolled up for 2. Maika spinning lariats her and Kog takes a stiff bump then is michinoku drivered for the Maika win.

Kind of an unusual match with them basically doing comedy early then doing high impact strong style wrestling after.

5*Star Grand Prix Match - Red Stars - AZM vs. Himeka

AZM rolls up Himeka and double stomps her. AZM runs up the ropes an dcrossbodies her but is caught. AZM dropkicks her off the 2nd rope. They go outside and AZM hurricanrana's her on the floor then 2nd rope double stomps her on the floor. She then brings her in and top rope double stomps her for 2.

They trade forearms and AZM legsweeps her. AZM hits her with la mistica then Himeka samoan drops her. AZM kicks her in the head then Himeka running lariats her. AZM runs up the buckles and takes a lariat on her way down. Himeka backdrops her then crabs her. Himeka racks her and tries to drop her out of it but is buzzsaw kicked. AZM gets her hurricanrana blocked and is powerbombed. Himeka then hits a torture rack bomb and AZM gets up immediately and goes for pins. AZM runs at her and is lariated then Himeka lariats her again for 2. AZM canadian destroyers her then rolls her up for the pin.

I wasn't a big fan of this. There wasn't much selling or thought put into it besides AZM going as fast as she could the whole time.

5*Star Grand Prix Match - Blue Stars - MIRAI vs Hazuki

They mat wrestle and Mirai headlocks her. Haz flips over her back and is shouldered down. She is shouldered down again and slammed. Haz fujiwara armbars her then dropkicks her arm. Haz facewash kicks her through the ropes then sentons her. Haz bulldog chokes her then they both hit running back elbows on the ropes. Mirai lariats her on the ropes and runs into a forearm. They trade forearms then Haz ddt's her. Mirai hits a stiff lariat then runs her over with a shoulder.

Haz picks her up and drops her down front first. Haz goes for a casadora but Mirai slams her out of it. Haz goes for la magistral but is rolled up into a pin. Mirai hits a stiff lariat then Haz puts her in a tight rings of saturn. Haz pumpkicks her on the ropes then ddt's her over the 2nd rope. Haz slams her and top rope sentons her. Haz hits a stiff slam then brainbusters her for the win.

I felt like Hazuki got a little too much in here, but this was stiff and fast paced. They beat the crap out of each other good here in this sprint.

5*Star Grand Prix Match - Blue Stars - Momo Watanabe vs Natsupoi

Poi charges at Momo with a dropkick to start then corner dropkicks her. Po does a nice armdrag off a cartwheel to send Momo out then goes up top. Momo pulls her off onto the apron then Momo meteora her from the 2nd buckle onto the apron. Momo kicks Poi in the chest then foot slaps her around. Poi forearm flurries her then Momo chickenwings her to force a ropebreak. Momo kicks her against the ropes then Poi comes back and running blockbusters her. Poi dropkicks her through the ropes then top rope crossbodies her.

They go outside and Poi germans her into the apron in a new move. Poi misses a 180 splash from the top then takes knee to the back of the neck. Momo then meteora's her for 2. Momo buzzsaw kicks Poi. Saki gets on the apron and Momo puts a wrench in her own shoe or knee pad. Momo kicks her with it then hits more kicks. Momo kicks her in the back and they fight over the wrench. Poi hits superkicks then german suplexed her. Poi twisting neckbreakers her for 2 then does a cartwheel splash from the top for 2. Momo peach sunrsies her for 2 then hits a half and half suplex for another 2. Poi gets on her shoulders and tries to roll her up but is package tombstoned for 2. Momo then does a half-nelson, wrist-clutch suplex and wins it.

It was decent for most of it, but they got too cute near the end and couldn't do a lot of the last portion of the match cleanly.

Overall thoughts: Not an amazing night at the GP, but it was fine enough. The main was probably the match of the night.