Stardom 10/20/2024 Stardom in Fuji 2024 Oct

Stardom 10/20/2024 Stardom in Fuji 2024 Oct

 

Hina vs. Sayaka Kurara vs. Rian

The girls try to get the crowd to chant for them before it starts. They do a triple lock-up. Hina boots Saya then Saya takes a double wristlock. Saya is tripped and takes a basement dropkick. Hina slams Saya and camel clutches her. Rian runs the ropes and dropkicks Hina.

Hina boots her then slams her three times. Rian crossbodies Hina for 2. Rian corner back elbows Hina then Saya slams Rian for 2. Saya sleepers Rian. They trade chest forearms. Hina hip throws Saya then corner forearms her. Hina dropkicks Saya over for 2.

Hina backbreakers Saya then crabs her. Hina hip throws both opponents. Rian headscissors Hina out of the corner and basement dropkicks her. Rian slams Hina for 2. Hina STO's Rian. Rian goes for a backslide and Saya rolls them both over and goes for a pin.

Rian cutters Hina then Saya dropkicks Rian. Say corner dropkicks Rian and fisherman's neckbreakers her for 2. Rian flips out of a backslide and tries to pin Saya. Hina running neckbreakers Saya.

Rian hits chest forearms on Hina. Hina running drops Rian then does a wrist-clutch half-nelson slam for 2. Saya dropkicks Hina off the 2nd rope then spears Rian and wins.

Thoughts: Saya getting the pin over Rian was a bit of an upset as I would have expected Hina to win here. It was a three way and had the usual limitations. It was mostly a 1v1 match with someone watching on the side. It went a little long and they did okay with it. 

God's Eye (Ranna Yagami & Syuri) vs. Empress Nexus Venus (Maika & Waka Tsukiyama) vs. HATE (Natsuko Tora & Rina)

 
Waka, Tora and Ran get in. They do a triple test of strength and Tora gets double teamed on it. Tora takes a chest kick and a snapmare. Waka and Ran fight. Tora interrupts then gets double teamed. Tora hits a double crossbody. Rina get on Tora's bac kand they double splash Waka. Tor sentons Waka. Tora crabs Waka while Rina does an octopus on Ran.

Waka is caught by Tora and Ran dropkicks them over. Tora takes a double suplex. Maika and Syu trade forearms. Syu hits chest kicks on Maika. Syu hits a double dropkick on Maika and Rina. Ran dropkicks Rina and hits chest kicks. Ran kicks Rina in the corner then kicks her in the back.

Ran and Rina trade chest forearms. Waka hits a top rope double crossbody. Waka hip attacks Rana on the ropes. Waka straightjacket bombs Ran for 2. Ran chest kicks Waka while she's down. Tora hits a double cannonball on Maika and Waka. Rina northern lights suplexes Ran then 2nd rope double knee drops her for 2.

Ran leg lariats Rina then Rina chest kicks her.Ran takes a double backdrop. Rina misses a top rope double knee drop. Ran then rolls her up and gets the win.

Thoughts: It was nice to see Ran get a win. It was your usual fast paced three way tag. There was a lot of people coming in and out and it was a bit of a challenge to follow. They did the best they could with it. We didn't see much of Syuri and Maika.

Ranna points at Rina's title after.

STARS (Momo Kohgo & Saya Iida) vs. HATE (Momo Watanabe & Saya Kamitani)

Kohgo and Iida get hit before it starts then take rides into the seats outside. Kamitani chokes Iida with a towel. Iida and Kohgo are thrown into each other. Kamitani snapmares and chinlocks Kohgo. Watanabe chest kicks Kohgo in the corner and slams her. Watanabe boots Kohgo around and hits a big chest kick. Kohgo flying headscissors her and low dropkicks her. Iida shoulders Watanabe over then chops.

Iida chops up Watanabe then shoulders over Kamitani. Iida slams Watanabe then hits a 2nd rope double shoulderblock on both. Watanabe hits chest kicks on Iida then PK's her for 2. Kamitani flying knees Iida twice for 2. Iida hits Kamitani in the gut, legsweeps her and sliding lariats her.

Kohgo gets in and dropkicks Kamitani. Kohgo 2nd rope twisting splashes her. Kamitani 2nd rope dropkicks Kogo for 2. Kamitani takes a 619 from Kohgo then is lifted for a facebuster. Kohgo side double underhook suplexes her. Kohgo misses a corner charge then takes corner attacks. Watanabe chest kicks her down then Kamitani pump kicks her for 2.

Kohgo cradles Kamitani then Kamitani pump kicks her. Kohgo superkicks Kamitani then Kamitani northern lights suplexes her. Kohgo takes a double 2nd rope flying knee then Kamitani ki kurhsers her and wins.

Thoughts: This was confusing to type up with two people named Saya and two people named Momo. It was fine and there was nothing wrong with it. The heels and faces both got some offense in and Kohgo had a decent showing here.

The faces get beaten up more after and Watanabe uses her bat on them. Watanabe yells at Kohgo on the mic after and stands on her chest.

IWGP Women's Title #1 Contendership Battle Royal - Koguma vs. Hazuki vs. Konami vs. Saori Anou vs. Starlight Kid vs. Ruaka vs. Lady C vs. HANAKO

Everyone fights to start. some of the girls go out under the top rope. C and Hana hit double shoulderblocks. Kid does a headlock and headscissors takeover on C and Hana then basement dropkicks them. Kid stands on C's gut and Anou kicks her before she can do a standing moonsault.

Anou northern lights suplexes Kid then heavenly locks her. Kid cross-legged fisherman suplexes Anou then C lariats both. C and Hana shoulder battle and Hana shoulders her over. Hana is tripped into a senton, splash and double basement dropkick from Haz and Kog.

Kid dropkicks Haz during a facewash kick attempt. They grab each other by the hair and trade forearms. Haz camel clutches her and unties her mask. They trade pin attempts then Haz pump kicks Anou. Anou step up enzugiri's her and fisherman suplexes her for 2. Anou is on the ropes and Kid kicks her down. Hana and C then try to eliminate Kid. Anou and Kid both fight to stay on the apron but get pulled off and eliminated by Kon and Ruaka.

Kog and Haz do facewash kicks on C and Hana together. Haz and Kog are pulled out together. C does a double abdominal stretch on Ruaka and Kon. C facekicks Ruaka then does a bulldog + lariat combo. Hana takes a double ddt from Haz and Kog. Kog and Haz do dives but neither goes over the top rope so they are still in.

C is held for a neckbreaker from Haz. Haz top rope sentons C and pins her. C is eliminated. Kon hits a double dropkick on Haz and Kog. Hana facekicks Kon over then suplexes her. Hana rams Kon into the corner. Ruaka hits Hana with a box then Kon taps out Hana with a triangle lancer. Hanako is eliminated.

HATE trades forearms with Haz and Kog. Ruaka hits a double lariat then Kon does a double basement dropkick. Haz is sent into the seats by Ruaka. Kog rolls up Ruaka and pins her. Ruaka is eliminated.

Kon fights off Kog and Haz. Kon hits kicks on both. Kon does a suplex while putting Haz in the indian deathlock. Kon germans Haz. Kog ddt's Kon. Kon high kicks her and Kon triangle lancers Kog. Haz breaks it up. Kog rolls up Kon with a bridge and Ruaka breaks it up by throwing a box.

Haz spears Kon off the apron and eliminates her. Koguma and Hazuki are the last two survivors and are declared dual winners.

Haz and Kog talk on the mic after.

Thoughts: Kog and Haz winning made no sense. This is for a singles title shot and isn't a tag match. How can there be co-winners? This was fast paced and had a lot of people coming in and out. The logic didn't always make sense in this one and despite there being a lot of people in this, there was mostly only 2-3 people in the ring at one time. I didn't really like this.

Cosmic Angels (Natsupoi, Tam Nakano & Yuna Mizumori) vs. Neo Genesis (Mei Seira, Miyu Amasaki & Suzu Suzuki)

Mei dropkicks Yuna then armdrags her. Yuna shoulders her over and they try to dropkick each other at the same time. They then headflip up together. Yuna kicks her from behind then Mei takes a triple basement dropkick to the back on the ropes. Yuna slams Mei.

Poi throws Mei by the hair then foot chokes her. Poi basement dropkicks Mei. Tam slams Mei. Yuna flying shoulders Mei. Yuna takes a sequence of moves that ends in a triple basement dropkick.

Miyu cartwheel back elbows Yuna. Yuna rolls up Miyu on a slam attempt and Miyu basement dropkicks her. Suzu drive by kicks Yuna. Yuna rolls into a dropkick on Suzu. Poi runs in and headhunters Suzu. Poi then armbars her. Poi dropkicks Suzu on the ropes. Poi cartwheels Miyu into an armdrag.

Poi double basment dropkicks Suzu and Miyu through the ropes. Suzu ducks a top rope crossbody with a bridge. Suzu snapmares Poi. Poi is sunset flipped into a basement dropkick then takes a double basement dropkick.  Miyu short ddt's Poi then basement dropkicks her in the back.

Poi cartwheel splashes Miyu. Tam and Poi do double dropkicks and a double headhunter on Miyu after cartwheels. Miyu ddt's Tam. Miyu hits forearms on Tam. Miyu clubs on Tam and Tam knocks her over with a forearm. Myiu ddt's Tam with help from Suzu. 

Tam hits a stiff spinning heel kick on Miyu then Miyu tornado ddt's Tam. Yuna and Mei get in and trade forearms. They attack each other on the ropes. Mei trips her then rolls her up. Mei 2nd rope dropkicks her. Yuna takes corner attacks then a triple basement dropkick.

Mei ties up Yuna's legs and pulls her hair. Poi and Tam break it up. Yuna chest forearms Mei over then Mei rolls up Yuna. Mei takes a double spin kick then a double team headhunter. Yuna sliding lariats Mei for 2. Poi and Tam hit stereo superkicks then do stereo plancha's outside.

Yuna headlocks Mei then lariats her off of it for 2. Yuna cradle shocks her for 2. Mei legsweeps Yuna and tries to roll her up but Yuna rolls out. They trade pin attempts. Tam and Poi take moves at the same time. Mei dropkicks Yuna then Yuna lariats her.

Yuna takes a codebreaker into a german and Mei sunset flips Yuna to win.

Thoughts: It was a very fast paced tag that went about 18 minutes. It had people constantly coming out and was tough to follow. The action never really stopped here so I enjoyed it but I'd be lying to you if I told you I remembered any of what I just saw. I liked it and though they put a strong effort out here. Mei and Yuna got a lot of time together here.

Mei and Yuna talk on the mic after. Mei then talks with her group on the mic after and they close the show.

Overall thoughts: It was a fast-paced house show with no real slow matches. I didn't like the battle royale as someone in a #1 contender's match, we had 2 winners. The main was the best thing on here and the 2nd and 3rd matches were acceptable. It was an okay show but nothing was must see.