Stardom 7/27/2025 5★STAR GP 2025 Opening Round (Day 1)

Stardom 7/27/2025 5★STAR GP 2025 Opening Round (Day 1)

Day 2 is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/08/stardom-7302025-5star-grand-prix-2025.html

5STAR Grand Prix 2025 Block C Match - Saya Kamitani vs. Lady C

C rushes her and hits a forearm flurry. C spears her then hits mounted shots. Saya throws her down backwards. Saya puts her foot against C's head on the ropes then axe kicks her neck. C hits a forearm flurry then Saya pump kicks her. Saya is pendulum dropped chest first. C running facekicks her for 2.

C giant swings her. Saya pulls the ref in the way then shotgun dropkicks C. Saya northern lights suplexes her for 2. C cobra twists her. C hits like a chokeslam then grounded cobra twists her. 

C running facekicks her on the ropes then running facekicks her for 2. C hits a nice chokeslam for 2. Saya diving headscissors her off the buckles and pins her.

Thoughts: I thought it went a bit longer for what they were trying to do. It also ran into issues as C was the giant here and Saya was the smaller wrestler despite being the heel. Saya didn't really get enough heat or cheat enough to make this work. The finish did somewhat work though with Saya winning with a flash headscissors.

5STAR Grand Prix 2025 Block A Match - Ami Sourei vs. Aya Sakura

Aya misses a dropkick to start. Ami chops her then Aay running dropkicks her. Ami shoulders her over. Aya hits a leg kick then hits corner chest forearms and knees. Aya spinning heel kicks her then Ami knocks her over. Ami slams her for 2.

Aya 2nd rope dropkicks her for 2. Aya chest kicks her multiple times. Ami lariats her on the ropes then Aya rolling armbars her. Ami buckle bombs her to get out then corner lariats her. Aya then puts a triangle on. 

Ami tries a deadlift suplex and Aya cradles her for 2. Ami running lariats her. Ami hits a landslide and wins.

Thoughts: It was short but I was okay with this. Aya did a nice job as the underdog face with her fiery kicks and submission attempts before being put down.

5STAR Grand Prix 2025 Block A Match - Miyu Amasaki vs. Yuria Hime

Hime running dropkicks her and hits facekicks. Hime hits mounted forearms. Hime misses a legdrop and takes a basement dropkick. Hime then jumping legdrops Miyu while she's kneeling then does something similar. Hime headscissors her and hits a devil's kiss after Miyu ropebreaks.

Hime running facekicks her on the ropes then Miyu hits a ddt. Miyu jumping pendulum ddt's her then Hime cradles her for 2. Miyu hits a weird facebuster/pedigree where she has Hime's arms on Hime's back then facebusters her.

Thoughts: It was another short one with Miyu winning as expected. There wasn't a lot to it and it had no real issues.

5STAR Grand Prix 2025 Block D Match - Rina vs. Rian

Rina side headlocks her. Rina stomps her then Rian armdrags her. They leg sweep each other and Rina basement dropkicks her. Rina slams her then hair throws her. Rina foot chokes her. Rina stomps Rian's head then Rian crossbodies her.

Rian headscissors her out of the corner then basement dropkicks her for 2. Rian slams her. Rina basement dropkicks her. Rian stunners her then Rina hip throws her. Rina northern lights suplexes her. Rina 2nd rope double knee drops her for 2. Rian rolls her up for 2 then cradles her.

Rina facekicks her then Rina backslides her into a pin attempt. Rian reverses it and tries her own pin. Rian cutters her. Rina gori bombs her and wins.

Thoughts: I liked it. Rian was the total underdog and wrestled like one with tons of pin attempts. She got close but got put down in the end. It made sense, they kept things moving and they had a nice tease or two before Rian lost.

5STAR Grand Prix 2025 Block B Match - Momo Watanabe vs. Momo Kohgo

MK running dropkicks her then springboard plancha's her outside. MK hits another springboard dropkick the 619's her. MW dropkicks her. MW PK's her for 2. MW does a grounded chickenwing. MK backrolls her in a superkick.

MK superkicks her then MW high kicks her. MW buzzsaw kicks her. MK la magistral's her for 2. MW kind of does a side slam suplex then MK crucifix bombs her for 2. MK tries to tiger feint ddt her but MW rolls through it and grounded chickenwings her. MK submits.

Thoughts: It was a quick one and a waste of time. I didn't like the finish as MW kind of rolled through and no sold a ddt and then won.

5STAR Grand Prix 2025 Block C Match - Mei Seira vs. Waka Tsukiyama

Mei trips her then backrolls her. Waka tries pin attempts. Mei rolls her up and wins.

Thoughts: It was another short waste of time with them barely wrestling 30 seconds.

5STAR Grand Prix 2025 Block B Match - Hina vs. Suzu Suzuki

There's no ref in the ring for some reason and they have to wait for a ref to come down to start this.

They each miss shots then stand off. Hina hits chest forearms and Suzu hair throws her. Suzu foot chokes her on the ropes. Suzu kicks her in the back. Suzu misses a driveby kick then Hina STO's her on the apron. Hina slams Suzu.

Hina crabs he then switches to the stf. Hina hits chest forearms. Momo boots her around. They forearm each other and Hina pulls her down by the hair. Hina stomps on her. Suzu buckle bombs her then hits a corner meteora. Hina hits like a fisherman's exploder on her.

Hina slaps her then Suzu half-nelson slams her. Suzu buzzsaw kicks her then Hina gets a 2 count on her. Momo hits a tequila shot and wins.

Thoughts: I was fine with this one. They hit each other hard and they kept up a good pace. Hina looked like a completely different wrestler than usual and if Suzu is what it takes to get that out of here, then they need to be fighting more.

5STAR Grand Prix 2025 Block B Match - HANAKO vs. Ranna Yagami

Ran hits chest kicks to start. Ran misses a dropkick and Han shoulders her over. Ran dropicks her. Han hits a powerbomb off a triangle attempt. Ran high kicks her in the corner then kicks her in the back. Han slams her then knee drops her for 2.

Han crabs her. Ran hits slaps and forearms. Han running facekicks her then suplexes her for 2. Ran hits a high kick then running leg lariats her for 2. Ran double armbars her. Han lariats her then hits a sitout torture rack drop to win.

Thoughts: Like a lot of stuff here so far, it didn't really get enough time to playout, it was average and the outcome was not much of a surprise.

They fight more after and Han shoves her title in her face and slaps her.

5STAR Grand Prix 2025 Block C Match - Bea Priestley vs. Yuna Mizumori

Yuna says she has a question in English. She puts on her glasses and asks if she is some guys b!tch?

Bea forearms her and the match starts. Bea throws her then lariats her over the top. Bea double axe handles her outside and teases sending her into the seats but does. Bea is sent into the post then Yuna running lariats her against the post. Bea forearms her over.

Bea running facekicks her as her head hangs off the apron. Bea hits forearms then Yuna forearms back. Yuna chops her then springboard dropkicks her. Yuna hits a corner lariat then lariats her for 2.

Bea boots her out of the corner then 2nd rope double stomps her back. Bea northern lights suplexes her. Bea hits boots to the face. Yuna lariats her then running lariats her. Yuna cradle shocks her for 2. Bea germans her and Yuna rolsl her up for 2.

Yuna does another roll-up then Bea pump kicks her. Bea hits a hard backdrop for 2. Bea hits a sitout backdrop and wins.

Thoughts: It wasn't too much of note here. Bea had the size and power advantage and kind of used it and Yuna did her usual lariats and face stuff. Bea wasn't the heel here and if she was, she wasn't good at it, so they didn't make the most of out of this with a heel giant vs babyface smaller wrestler story. It was basically the opposite of the opener logic wise.

5STAR Grand Prix 2025 Block C Match - Hanan vs. Azusa Inaba

They trade wristlocks. AI rolling legbars her. Han forearms her and AI spin kicks her. AI bodyscissors takedowns her. Han flying euros her then slams her.

Han leg lariats her on the ropes for 2. Han hits punches. AI hits chest forearms then Han drops her with a big forearm. AI flips out of a snapmare and spin kicks her in the face for 2.

Han walks up the buckles and misses a crossbody then AI PK's her for 2. Han flying leg lariats her then hits a cuty special for 2. AI backdrosp her. Han no sells it. Han then backdrops her.

Han is tripped from the inside and AI pins Han to win.

Thoughts: It was another shorter one and this one had a lame finish with Han being tripped by Rina outside. It didn't get enough time to be anything special and we didn't even get to the middle portion of this before it ended. Things looked promising so it was a waste of time.

5STAR Grand Prix 2025 Block A Match - Ruaka vs. Bozilla

Boz backs her up on the ropes then shoulders her over twice. Boz corner splashes her and hits chops. Boz is on the 2nd rope and Ruaka suplexes her down. Boz running headbutts her. They lariat each other on the ropes then Boz is pulled out. Boz throws her into the seats outside.

Boz is then sent into the seats. Ruaka's buddies try to hold Boz down with a chair so she can get counted out. Boz escapes and trips Ruaka. Ruaka eye rakes her then Boz shoulders her over. Ruaka shoulders her over.

Boz samoan drops her. Boz death valley drivers her for 2. Ruaka hits forearms then Boz headbutts her from behind. Boz hits mounted shots on her from behind. Ruaka rolls out and makes Boz chase her around the ring and up the ramp. Boz slams her on the ramp. Ruaka hits her with a box and tapes her arm to the rail. Boz escapes and both end up getting counted out while trying to stop the other from getting in.

Thoughts: It was going well as they were doing power vs power wrestling. Then Ruaka tried to get Boz counted out and both ended up getting counted out. I guess it made sense but it wasn't great. 

5STAR Grand Prix 2025 Block A Match - Saori Anou vs. Saya Iida

Anou facekicks her and Saya chops her. They trade facekicks for chops. Anoue headscissors her. Anou running facekicks her on the ropes. They trade chops for facekicks.

Saya running chops Anou then hits a chop flurry in the corner. Saya double axe handles her then hits a mounted slap flurry. Anou fisherman's suplexes Saya while she's on the ropes then hits a normal fisherman suplex. Anou then heavenly locks her. 

Anou germans her then holds on for another for 2. Saya lariats her then suplexes her for 2. Saya has her on the shoulder then swings her into a ddt. Saya top rope diving shoulders her. Anou top rope dropkicks her and hits a step up enzugiri. Saya lariats her for 2. Anou germans her for 2. Anou hits her ranhei ddt then arm and leglocks her. Anouthen adds a headscissors onto it and Iida taps out.

Thoughts: It was alright. Saya never really got to bust out the big stuff here and Anou always seemed in control of this one.

5STAR Grand Prix 2025 Block D Match - AZM vs. Natsuko Tora

AZM's entrance goes off and she appears behind Tora and attacks her. AZM is rammed into the buckles then chopped against the post. Tora misses a splash against the post then is sent into the chairs.

AZM goes into an exposed buckle then Tora cannonballs her there for 2. Tora misses a top rope swanton then AZM suplexes her. AZM hits a top rope double stomp for 2. Tora back body drops her then Tora cradle shocks her for 2. AZM then gets a 2 count. AZM hits a la mistica drop. Tora then just kind of lays on her and pins her.

Thoughts: It was unusual with AZM attacking Tora before the match instead of the opposite. They didn't get a lot of time here and the ending was kind of sudden.

5STAR Grand Prix 2025 Block D Match - Starlight Kid vs. Tomoka Inaba

TI ankle locks Kid twice and Kid ropebreaks. TI foot chokes her. Kid trips her then dragon screws her. Kid standing moonsaults her knee. Kid hits a big forearm. TI pump kicks her then kneebreakers her. They trade chest forearms. Kid hits chest forearms then TI hits her in the gut. Kid springboard crossbodies TI.

TI sitout gordbusters her. Kid dropkicks her in the knee. Kid cross-legged fisherman suplexes her. TI then botches a spinning high kick. TI hits leg kicks. Kid dragon screws her. Kid hits a top rope plancha on TI outside. Kid hits a top rope 180 splash for 2.

TI trips her into an ankle lock and leg locks her. TI leg kicks her then buzzsaw kicks her. Kid ducks a kick and rolls her into a stretch muffler. Kid hits a TTD then stretch mufflers her again. 

Kid misses a top rope moonsault. TI PK's her. TI michinoku drivers her for 2. TI chest kicks her then leglocks her. TI does a figure four variation and submits her.

Thoughts: I liked it and was an okay match. It was leg work vs leg work here with TI eventually winning out. 

5STAR Grand Prix 2025 Block B Match - Sareee vs. Konami

Sare dropkicks her to start and hits mounted forearms. Sare then headbutt flurries her. Kon then hits a headbutt flurry on her. Kon PK's her. Sare low dropkicks her and boots her in the corner. Sare foot chokes her. Sare fisherman suplexes her for 2.

They fight on the buckles and Kon does an octopus to her up there. Kon superplexes her for 2. Kon armbars her. Kon elbows the arm then stomps on it. Kon goes up top and Sare hits headbutts on her. Sare superplexes her. Kon hits leg kicks and Sare forearms her. Sare dropkicks her through the ropes. Sare top rope double stomps her. Kon drops her with a uraken. Kon backdrops her. Kon germans her for 2 then buzzsaw kicks her.

Sare dragon screws her then double stomps the leg. Sare figure fours her and Kon ropebreaks. Sare double stomps Kon. Sare hits a top rope double stomp for 2. Sare uranage's her for 2.

Kon sleepers her then grounds her with it. Kon then shockingly gets the win as Sare is out.

Thoughts: That's one of the biggest wins Kon has ever had. I'd love to know the politics behind it as Sareee doesn't lose a lot, especially when it's not a big match. The loss is kind of stupid as the only way Sareee is not winning her block is if she loses and Kon has no chance of winning this block. And if this is a quid-pro-quo thing, Stardom isn't sending Saya Kamitani for example to do a job to Sare. The work was okay but there wasn't a great story here or anything.

Kon beats up some of the young girls after. Chi-Chi has to hold back Sare as her and Kon fight. Kon then talks trash on the mic and Sare goes to the back.

5STAR Grand Prix 2025 Block D Match - Natsupoi vs. Sayaka Kurara

Poi boots her. Saya botches a springboard then is thrown by the hair. Poi then foot chokes her. Saya running dropkicks her and crossbodies her off the apron. Saya hits chest forearms and Poi dropkicks her. Poi then dropkicks her through the ropes. Poi top rope crossbodies Saya then armbars her. 

Poi armbreakers Saya then knees her in the face. Saya hits chest forearms and Poi chest forearms her down. Poi armbars her. Poi running headhunters her.

Poi is on the buckles and Saya dropkicks her down. Saya top rope plancha's her outside. They are on the buckles and Saya hanging dragon sleepers her. Saya top rope dropkicks her for 2. Poi spin kicks her then Saya grounded sleepers her. Poi ropebreaks. Saya hits a twisting fisherman's neckbreaker for 2. Poi superkicks her.

Poi tries a pin and Saya reverses it. Poi release germans her. Saya spears her for 2. Saya running knees her in the front then the back. Saya falcon arrows her for 2. Poi superkicks her then germans her. Poi spin kicks her then twisting fisherman's neckbreakers her for 2. Poi hits a top rope cartwheel splash for 2. Poi ranhei's her and wins.

Thoughts: This was about Saya going for the upset and ultimately failing. Saya got some rub here being in the main event against Poi and she looked alright. I didn't think it was great or anything but it was just alright.

Poi talks to Saya on the mic after then talks on the mic after.

Overall thoughts: It was a long show with 15 matches. Usually they split these up into 2 shows but they didn't here. That of course meant that a lot of matches went short and were ultimately wastes of time. The length also brought this down some as after a certain point we had seen everything. Not many of the matches got to go all out here as this was the start of a tournament and not the end of it, so the girls had to work smarter so they didn't miss out on the next 10+ shows. Like a lot of longer shows, if you search through enough of the matches here you will find something you like but there was a lot of stuff that was cut short here. I'd give it a 6 out of 10 as I enjoyed about half the show.