Stardom 11/16/2024 New Blood West 2

Stardom 11/16/2024 New Blood West 2

The last show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2024/11/stardom-11112024-14th-goddesses-of.html

Hanan vs. Matoi Hamabe

This is Matoi's debut. She's the second debut of the year after Rian though Kurara/Aya/Ranna debuted the last week of 2023 and could be counted too. She shows no emotion whatsoever on her way to the ring. They lock up and Han cleanbreaks her. Han side headlocks her.

Matoi side headlock takeovers her. Han headscissors her. Matoi headflips out and they stand off. Matoi hits dropkicks. She fires up some and gets dropkicked. Han snapmares her and basement dropkicks her in the back. Han crabs her.

Han leg lariats her on the ropes then slams her. Han stomps on her. Matoi hits a dropkick. They trade chest forearms. Han knocks her over. Matoi running dropkicks her then hits a slam for 2. Han 2nd rope twisting crossbodies her then running euros her.

Matoi cradles her off a slam attempt then rolls her up. Matoi sunset flips her. Han hip throws her and crabs her. Matoi shoulder throws her for 2. Matoi clubs on Han's chest. Han leg lariats her then crabs her. Matoi then taps out. 

Thoughts: Matoi didn't botch anything here and that's about as much as you can ask for in a debut. She did fire up a little as this went on and did alright. She needs to work on her strikes as her chest shots were pretty weak. Hanan got the win here as expected. The match was nothing of note outside of Matoi's debut. Matoi's a smaller girl.

They shake hands after and talk on the mic.

Momoka Hanazono & Yuna Mizumori vs. Neo Genesis (Mei Seira & Miyu Amasaki)

Momo has a bubble gun. Yuna and Mei go at it. Yuna misses dropkicks. Yuna armdrags Mei and Mei cartwheels out. They go for dropkicks at the same time and kip up together. Miyu and Momo get in. Momo boots and clubs her. Miyu clubs on her and Momo cries. Momo tires to get sympathy then eye pokes Miyu. Miyu then cries. Momo is clubbed on by both opponents. Momo and Yuna dosey do and catch kicks. They throw Mei and Miyu's legs into each other Mei and Miyu are hooked by the arm and Momo/Yuna pull on their arms.

Momo slams Miyu and bangs her head off the buckles. Yuna slams Miyu. Yuna electric chair drops Momo onto Miyu for 2. Momo foot chokes Miyu in the corner and sprays bubbles at her. Miyu boots Momo out of the corner then 2nd rope swinging facebusters her. Mei lariats Momo against the ropes.

Mei hits a springboard double dropkick on her opponents. Momo eye pokes Mei and cradles her for 2. Mei eyepokes her for 2. Momo hits a big shot on Mei. Momo misses a 2nd rope dropkick on Mei. Mei then boots Momo.

Momo 2nd rope tornado ddt's Mei. Yuna flying shoulders Mei and hits legdrops. Yuna leg drops Mei for 2. They chest forearm each other. Yuna dropkicks her. Yuna takes corner attacks then a double basement dropkick. Mei headhunters Yuna for 2.

Mei ties up Yunma's legs and chinlocks her. Momo then breaks it up. Mei codebreakers Momo while Yuna hits a move on Miyu. Mei dropkicks Yuna then Yuna lariats her over for 2. Mei rolls up Yuna for 2. Momo backslides Mei and Yuna tries to pin Mei off of it.

Momo hits Yuna with a toy of some sort on accident, completely breaking it and Mei pins her.

Thoughts: I didn't like the finish. Momo cheated right in front of the ref and the ref didn't care. The Yuna/Mei sections were fast paced and fun as always and the Miyu/Momo sections were mostly comedy. It went a little longer and there were 2 different matches going on here in this one. Momo did a bunch of comedy with her little child antics.

Misa Kagura & Sumika Yanagawa vs. Cosmic Angels (Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara)

Sumi and Aya go at it. Sumi gets out of a wristlock and puts her own on. Aya takes a hiptoss then Sumi flying headscisssors her.

Saya dropkicks Sumi and Aya kicks Sumi in the back. Sumi slams Saya. Saya takes a double lariat and  double boot. Misa and Sumi then pose on her. Misa slams Saya and pulls her arms back. Sumi dropkicks Sayaka then leg lariats hr on the ropes. Sumi basement dropkicks her in the back.

Sumi trips Sayaka and Misa jumps off of Sumi's back into an elbow drop on Sayaka. Sayaka hits chest forearms on Misa. Misa chest forearms Sayaka over hard. Sumi snapmares Sayaka and handstand double knee drops her back.

Sayaka hits chest forearms on Sumi and Sumi chest forearms her over. Sayaka hits a chest forearm flurry then Sumi axe kicks her back. Sumi spinning high kicks her and Aya breaks the pin up. Sayaka dropkicks Sumi and Aya gets in.

Aya dropkicks Sumi and dropkicks Misa into Sumi. Aya hits a spinning heel kick on both opponents in the corner. Aya slams Sumi and Sumi hits a kick on her. Sumi basement dropkicks her. Sumi 2nd rope thesz presses Aya.

Misa gets in and shotgun dropkicks Aya. Misa corner spears Aya for 2. Misa misses a senton and takes a kick to the chest. Aya chest kicks Misa down. Aya 2nd rope flying knees Misa. Saya dropkicks Misa in the corner.

Misa slams Saya then crabs her. Saya ropebreaks. Misa dropkicks Saya while she's in the ropes and Aya running knees her. Misa foot chokes Saya on the ropes. Saya hits chest forearms on Misa and Misa drops her with one.

Misa takes a double basement dropkick to the back. Saya 2nd rope dropkicks Misa. Misa suplexes Saya then shoulders her over. Saya spears Misa for 2. misa blocks a shiranui from Saya then runs into an Aya high kick. Saya gets a 2 count on Misa. Misa running lariats Saya twice for 2.

Misa 2nd rope sentons Saya and pins her.

Thoughts: It got a lot of time, likely more than it needed. It was alright but not great. You are only going to get so much out of Misa and Sumi and both Aya and Saya are still learning.

Misa's team talks to Saya and Aya after. Misa has words for Tam Nakano. Tam responds and pulls her hand away on a handshake. 

Chi Chi & ZONES vs. Empress Nexus Venus (HANAKO & Rian)

 Hanako and Zones stare down before it starts. Hana and Chi trade chest forearms. Hana slams Chi and stomps on her. Rian corner dropkicks Chi. Rian hits chest forearms then dropkicks her. Chi facekicks Rian over then Zones shoulders her over multiple times.

Zones slams Rian twice. Chi slams Rian then Zones slams Rian. Zones elbow drops Rian and 2nd rope elbow drops her for 2. Rian hits chest forearms on Zones then Zones slams her. Rian crossbodies Zones and tags out.

Hana boots Zones over. Hana corner splashes bot hopponents then knee drops Zones for 2. Zones euros Hana and they shoulder battle. Hana gets knocked over then Zones gets knocked over. Zones running lariats her.

Chi corner facekicks Hana. Chi 2nd rope dropkicks her for 2. Hana facekicks Chi and they trade facekicks. Chi dropkicks Hana for 2. Hana samoan drops Chi. Rian basement dropkicks Chi for 2. Rian does an octopus to Chi and Hana breaks it up. 

Chi and Hana grab each other by the hair. Rian dropkicks Chi over. Rian headscissors Chi out of the corner and basement dropkicks her for 2. Chi enzugiri's her. Rian cutters Chi then top rope crossbodies her for 2. Chi superkicks Rian and Zones hits a nice lariat. Zones drops Chi onto Rian for 2.

Rian flips out of a backslide and gets a 2 count on Chi. Zones lariats Hana over. Chi spin kicks Rian in the face for 2. Chi backdrops Rian and pins her.

Thoughts: It was a decent match here. The Zones vs Hana section was fun and Chi had a good showing. It made me want to se a little more of this when it ended so they did something right in this one. Zones hit some nice lariats in this.

Chi and Zones get on the mic after. Chi and Hana shove each other. Aya Sakura comes out and hits shots on Chi and Zones then gets on the mic. A four person fight breaks out with everyone but Rian. Various girls then try to break the fight up.Chi gets on the mic after and Aya piefaces her.

New Blood Tag Team Title Match - Azusa Inaba & Rina (c) vs. God's Eye (Lady C & Ranna Yagami)

C's team attacks early. Rina takes a gut punch + facekick and double basement dropkick combo before the bell starts. Ran slams Rina. Ran then takes a facebuster + basement dropkick combo. Inaba kicks Ran in the back.

Rina hair throws Ran then foot chokes her. Inaba snapmares Ran and stands on her face. Inaba slams Ran then Rina slams Ran. Ran hits chest forearms on Inaba and Inaba fires back with her own. Ran dropkicks Inaba.

Rina boots Ran. Ran is tied up in the ropes and Rina dropkicks her there for 2. Inana kneels on Ran's throat. Rina stomps on Ran. Ran fights back with forearms. Rina facekicks Ran over. Rina takes a double kick to the head in the corner then Ran dropkicks Rina.

C gets in and shoulders over Rina. C giant swings Rina then Inaba. C hits a lariat + bulldog combo on her opponents. C is tripped into the ropes for a pump kick then a basement dropkick from Rina after. Rina northern lights suplexes C for 2. Rina does an octopus on C and Ran breaks it up.

Rina STO's C and C running facekicks Rina. Rina hip throws C. C chokeslams Rina and both fall down. an and Inaba go at it. Ran dropkicks her. Ran and Inaba trade chest forearms then chest kicks. Inaba chest kicks her over then kicks her in the back for 2.

Ran chest kicks Inaba over and kicks her in the back for 2. Ran armbars Inaba and Rina breaks it up. Ran takes corner attacks. She then takes a facekick and a shotei. Rina 2nd rope double knee drops Ran. Inaba suplexes Ran for 2.

C and Ran hit stereo corner attacks then Ran leg lriats Inaba for 2. Ran armbars Inaba and Inaba ropebreaks. C hits a double neckbreaker on her opponents. Inaba is popped up into a Ran kick. Ran does a weird ripcord drop on Inaba for 2. Ran gets tripped from the outside, Inaba goes for the pin and Ran reverses it. Ran takes a weird pumphandle bomb + axe kick combo.

Inaba superkicks Ran for 2. Ran gets a 2 count on Inaba and Rina dropkicks C. Inaba high kicks Ran then backdrops her. Inaba pumping knees Ran and pins her.

Thoughts: It was an okay main. Ran looked better than C did here and did a good job doing the majority of the work. C did a little more than usual and Inaba didn't contribute much as usual.

Inaba talks to her opponents on the mic after. Ran replies, as does C. Rina then gets on the mic. Rina and C go chest to chest and shake hands. Inaba then gets on the mic. 

Everyone on the show then comes out and takes a photo.

Overall thoughts: There was nothing must see on this one. The semi-main was the best thing on here. Ranna Yagami had a good showing in the main event and seemed to basically carry things. Zones was on point in the semi-main and her and Chi Chi did a good job. They tried in third match and got a lot of time but it wasn't great. Matoi Hamabe had a decent debut and needs to work on her entrance and chest strikes. There was some entertaining stuff in the Yuna and Mei tag but the finish sucked. It was about a 5 out of 10 overall. They tried and in some cases did succeed but it was nothing you would need to see and it's nothing I would rewatch.