Stardom 7/30/2025 5★STAR Grand Prix 2025 Day 2

Stardom 7/30/2025 5★STAR Grand Prix 2025 Day 2

Day 1 is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/07/stardom-7272025-5star-gp-2025-opening.html

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

Yuna misses a dropkick and boots her. Yuna armdrags her from behind then they try pin attempts. They dropkick each other at the same time and stand off. Saya bangs Yuna's head off the buckles then plancha's her off the apron outside.

Yuna is whipped into the seats. Saya is sent into the post and lariated against it. Yuna then poses a chair inside. Saya dropkicks her off the chair and head throws her. Saya foot chokes her in the corner and on the ropes.

Saya chinlocks her and Yuna ropebreaks. Yuna hits shots to the chest. Yuna springboard dropkicks her then corner lariats her. Saya throws her backwards. Yuna back body drops her then does something like a whisper in the wind for 2.

Yuna sliding lariats her three times for 2. They try pin attempts. Saya spinning heel kicks her. Saya suplexes her for 2. Saya pump kicks her then Yuna lariats her. Saya spinning high kicks her then misses a corkscrew kick to the back. Yuna then gets a 2 count on her. Saya misses a corkscrew kick on Yuna's back but they go with it anyway. Saya then ki krushers her for the win.

Thoughts: Saya's corkscrew kicks to the back didn't look good here and I think Yuna missed a whisper in the wind.. Other than that, they kept it moving and Saya got the win as expected.

Saya breaks Yuna's sunglasses after and stomps her.

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

They each avoid moves to start. C shoulders her over and Mei kips up. C shoulders her over. Mei rolls her off a boston crab attempt and basement dropkicks her. Mei hits corner dropkicks several times. Mei ties her legs up and chinlocks her and C ropebreaks.

C hits chest forearms. Mei stomps her foot. C catches Mei's crossbody and giant swings her. C running facekicks her for 2. C catches her in the casadora position and drops her down for 2.

They trade forearms. Mei lariats her on the ropes. Mei goes to springboard and C chokeslams her down for 2. Mei gets on her back with a sleeper. Mei trips her then ties up her legs and facelocks her. Mei then dragon sleepers her with the legs tied up and wins.

Thoughts: I thought it was what it should have been with C using her power against Mei and Mei trying to grab onto her with submissions in various ways. It made sense and I liked it.

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

 

Ri running dropkicks her twice. Ri hits a chest forearm flurry. Kid 2nd rope twisting crossbodies her. Kid then crabs her. Ri ropebreaks.

Kid standing moonsaults Ri's leg. Kid slaps her. Ri crossbodies her. Ri headscissors her out of the corner and basement dropkicks her. Ri sleepers her. Ri misses a dropkick and Kid bangs Ri's knee off the mat. Ri stunners her then Kid hits a forearm. Ri running cutters her then does a sleeper.

Kid stretch mufflers her and pulls on her arms with it. Ri ropebreaks. Kid fisherman suplexes her twice for 2. They fight on the second rope and Ri 2nd rope cutters her. Ri fisherman suplexes her for 2. Ri gets on her back, bodyscissors her and rolls her over into a bomb for 2.

Ri misses a top rope crossbody and rolls her up for 2. Kid hits a hard meteora to the back of the neck. Kid top rope twisting splashes her for 2. Kid stretch mufflers her then makes her tap out after grounding her with it.

Thoughts: It was nice to see Rian get a longer singles match. We haven't seen her get to do that very often. I just thought it was so-so though and didn't like it as much as I expected it to. Kid mostly stuck to her stretch mufflers and knee work here before winning.

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

They lock up. BP backs her up on the ropes and AI chokes her there. AI hits chest forearms. BP forearms back and AI eye pokes her. BP backslides her for 2. BP whips AI down by the arm and basement dropkicks her. BP wristlocks AI then 2nd rope double stomps her arm.

BP armlocks her then does a cobra clutch. BP hits short arm shoulders and is rolled up for 2. BP codebreakers the arm. AI rolling legbars her then leglocks her. AI pump kicks her then twisting neckbreakers her for 2.

BP rolling armbars her. AI rolling leglocks her and BP ropebreaks. BP germans her. BP pumping knees her on the ropes then northern lights suplexes her for 2. BP armbars her then hooks the leg and AI ropebreaks.

AI leg kicks her then bodyscissors takedowns her for 2. BP pump kicks her then does a pump handle sitout power bomb and wins it.

Thoughts: BP mostly worked the arm here while AI worked the leg. It made sense but wasn't super exciting. It was fine though.

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

TI looks like Giulia with her hairstyle. TI misses a pump kick but it's sold anyway. AZM dropkicks her and they trade chest forearms. AZM sweeps her then basement dropkicks her. TI kicks the rope into AZM's face then running facekicks her.

TI stomps AZM's arm. TI wristlocks her and rolls her into an armlock. TI then hooks a leg on top of it. AZM hits chest forearms and TI kicks her in the arm. TI wristlocks her. AZM kicks her out of the corner and 2nd rope dropkicks her for 2.

AZM legsweeps her and then double stomps her for 2. They fight on the buckles. TI hangs from them and AZM double stomps her from the top. AZM misses a top rope foot stomp. AZM high kicks her then TI high kicks her. AZM suplexes her, holds on and is sit out gordbustered.

TI rolls her up and then AZM pulls back on both of her arms. AZM buzzsaw kicks her. AZM misses a top rope foot stomp and TI pulls back on her arms again. TI throws her over by the arm and armbars her. TI hits a nasty looking pop-up spinning high kicks for 2. TI is pulled onto the arpon and AZM high kick her as she hangs there. AZM PK's her from the apron. TI then PK's her from the apron. They trade forearms outside. They high kick each other at the same time and both go down.

They beat the count in. AZM germans her. TI pop-up knees her and high kicks her. TI buzzsaw kicks her for 2. AZM rolls her up for 2 and tries again but TI is in the ropes. AZM top rope double stomps her and rolls her up for the win.

Thoughts: TI did some armwork and kicks her and AZM did kicks and double stomps. I liked it as the kicks looked fine and they got a lot of time to let this play out. AZM was the favorite and won here.

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

They lock up and break on the ropes. Waka hits chest forearms then trips her into the ropes. Waka flying knees her against the 2nd rope. Waka backrolls her but Han escapes and la magistral's her for 2. Han backdrops her twice and wins.

Thoughts: Waka mostly does comedy so I can't say I'm that surprised by this. I think it was mostly done just to give people a break between longer GP matches. Han won as expected.

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

They trade forearms to start. Rina hits a bunch in a row. Say flying forearms her. Rina hip throws her then hair throws her. Rina foot chokes her. Rina stomps on her then Saya dropkicks her. Saya hits a corner dropkick then sleepers her.

Rina facekicks her against the ropes then basement dropkicks her. Rina northern lights suplexes her for 2. Rina 2nd rope double knee drops her for 2. Rina misses a top rope double foot stomp and Saya brings her down with a sleeper. Rina ropebreaks.

Saya 2nd rope dropkicks her for 2. Saya swinging fisherman's neckbreakers her for 2. Saya goes for a spear, Rina blocks it and does a headscissors with an armbar. Rina does a top rope double knee drop for 2. Rina does another headscissors an armbar and Saya turns it into a pin attempt. 

Saya hits a nice spear then falcon arrows her for 2. Rina shotgun dropkicks her. Saya hits a dropkick then Rina chest kicks her. Rina hits a gori special and wins.

Thoughts: It was just a match. They hit everything clean and didn't do anything wrong but it didn't really stick out as anything special. Rina did some armbars here but didn't work the arm that much otherwise.

Rina then talks to her on the mic after.

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

Tora running lariats her to start and gets a 2 count. Poi is thrown out then thrown into the seats. They go back in and Tora throws her out again. Tora spits something in her face. Poi spin kicks her in the gut and casadora bulldogs her on the floor. Poi then spits water in her face. Poi dives on her off the buckles outside.

Poi dropkicks Tora's head through the ropes. Poi top rope crossbodies her inside for 2. Poi then armbars her. Poi kicks Tora in the wrist then knees it. Poi hits a running headhunter.  Poi tries to german her but Tora falls on her and tries a pin off of it. Tora sentons her for 2. Poi armbars her. Tora hits a sit out powerbomb on her to break it. Tora crossbodies her then hits a corner cannonball for 2. Tora misses a 2nd rope splash and gets a close 2 count on her. Poi superkicks her then Tora lariats her. Poi spin kicks her in the head and germans her.

Poi goes for a 180 splash off the top but Tora gets her knees up. Tora's buddy distracts the ref. Tora green mists, death valley drivers and top rope swantons Poi to win.

Thoughts: It was alright with Poi working the arm and Tora eventually cheating to win here.  

Tora then talks on the mic to close the show. 

Overall thoughts: There was a lot of limb work on this show. I liked Mei/C and AZM/Inaba. Nothing was awful here but there weren't any really great matches either. I'd give it a 6 out of 10 as mostly everything was okay enough and nothing was horrible. I'd say it was above average.