Stardom 8/1/2025 5★STAR Grand Prix 2025 Day 3

Stardom 8/1/2025 5★STAR Grand Prix 2025 Day 3

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

Aya Sakura & Kikyo Furusawa vs. Akira Kurogane & Ema Maishima

Akira blocks Aya's takedown and they go to the mat. Akira side headlcoks her and Aya wristlocks her. Akira side headlock takeovers her. Aya headscissors her. Akira breaks free and is rolled up for 2.

KF and Ema go at it. They trade forearms. KF armdrags her into an armbar. KF running back elbows her then is dropkicked. Ema suplexes her. Akira hits punches and forearms on KF in the corner then baseball slides her for 2. Akira crossfaces her.  

KF and Akira hit a bunch of shots on each other. KF twists her arm with her feet and dropkicks her arm against the bottom rope. Aya spinning heel kicks Akira in the corner then kicks her back for 2.

Akira blocks a chest kick then she russian legsweeps Aya. Akira crossfaces Aya and Aya ropebreaks. Akira basement dropkicks her for 2. Akira boots Aya in the head. Aya sidekicks her. Aya 2nd rope dropkicks her. Ema comes in and hits dropkicks on Aya for 2. Ema flying headscissors Aya then basement dropkicks her. Ema slams Aya for 2. Ema half crabs Aya and Aya ropebreaks.

KF dropkicks Ema then whips her into an Aya chest kick for 2. Ema rolls up Aya for 2. Aya does a suplex on Ema then hits two high kicks. Aya hits a pumping buzzsaw kick and wins.

Thoughts: This got a lot of time at over 10 minutes, so the younger girls got a lot of time here to do their thing. Aya looked the best of them as expected. The match went well. Nobody botches anything and it was a decent match for what it was. 

Aya and Akira talk to each other on the mic after.

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

Hime dropkicks her several times and Boz no sells it. Boz side steps a dropkick and hair throws her. Boz corner splashes her then hits punches to the head. Boz stomps on her in the corner. Boz hits a big slam. Hime hits shots to the chest.

Boz chest forearms her over. Hime hits more chest forearms that Boz no sells. Hime dropkicks her in the knee then 2nd rope dropkicks her. Boz no sells it and is dropkicked in the butt. Hime dropkicks her in the knee and chest.

Hime headscissors her. Boz hits a stiff backbreaker then a half-nelson backbreaker for 2. Hime kicks her in the head then Boz samoan drops her for 2. Boz piledrivers her for the win.

Thoughts: It was all squash here. Hime's offense wasn't sold and Boz beat her with ease. 

Boz curbstomps her after.

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

Momo dropkicks her in the corner to start. Momo backrolls into a headscissors that Suzu cartwheels out of. Momo armdrags her. Momo goes for a leapfrog but is buckle bombed. Suzu running knees her in the corner.

Suzu hits chest forearms in the corner and slaps Momo. Momo hits chest forearms then Suzu dropkicks her. Suzu snapmares her then kicks her in the back. Suzu misses a driveby kick on the apron and takes a 619. Momo springboard dropkicks her for 2.

Momo ties up both of her arms and pulls back. Momo stops her and Suzu forearms her. Momo hits chest forearms then hits a nice dropkick. Suzu drops her with a hard forearm. Suzu is seated up top and Momo 619's her legs. Momo superkicks her. Momo hits a twisting underhook suplex for 2. Momo superkicks her.

Suzu hits a german on her. Suzu buzzsaw kicks her then Mom la magistral's her for 2. Suzu hits a tequila shot and wins.

Thoughts: It was okay. There was no real story to it or even faces and heels but Suzu hit a lot of stiff kicks here and Momo did alright.

Suzu picks her up by the hair after and gets slapped. Suzu then drops her with a hard slap that sends her ice pack flying.

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

Ran dropkicks her then hits mounted forearms to start. They roll around on the mat and trade mounted forearms on the floor. Sare slams her on the floor and double stomps her.

Ran hits kicks to the gut and chest. Sare chest forearms her. Ran kicks her in the back, Sare hits a hard forearm then kicks her in the back. Ran hits more kicks to the back then PK's her for 2.

Sare low dropkicks her. Sare hits a big slam for 2. Sare bites Ran's arm. Sare ties up Ran's legs and indian deathlocks her. Ran rope breaks and Sare double stomps her back.

Sare hair throws her. Ran head kicks her in the corner then running dropkicks her. Ran chest kicks her on the ropes for 2. They trade chest forearms and each get some flurries in.  

Ran trips her and does a grounded armbar. Sare ropebreaks. Ran stomps on her arm. Sare dropkicks her against the ropes and Ran high kicks her. Ran does a flying kick for 2. Sare release germans her then top rope dropkicks her for 2. Sare armbars her and Ran ropebreaks.

Sare double stomps her for 2 then fisherman suplexes her for 2. Sare hits a top rope diving double stomp and wins.

Thoughts: I liked it. It was a good fight with the two stiffing each other and both fighting hard. There were lots of hard shots thrown in this one and they showed some good aggression at times. This was easily one of Ranna's best matches so far.

They then fight ore after. Ran grabs her by the hair and Sare shoves her title in her face.

5STAR Grand Prix 2025 Block A Match - Saori Anou vs. Miyu Amasaki

Miyu talks to the crowd and points at Anou. Miyu then gets a chant going at Anou. They chest forearm each other. Anou rolls into an indian deathlock variation then pulls on her hair. Anou axe kicks her back. Anou facekicks her on the ropes.

Anou boots her face around then Miyu flying back elbows her. Miyu basement dropkicks her from behind then does a scholar collar. Anou ropebreaks. Anou's head is banged off the buckles. Miyu shotgun dropkicks her.

They trade chest forearms. Miyu ddt's her then Anou release fisherman suplexes her. Anou dropkicks her off the buckles. Miyu ddt's her. Anou suplexes her then does a heavenly lock on her.

Miyu pendulum ddt's her. Miyu fisherman suplexes her for 2. Miyu ddt's her for 2. Anou hits a german then Miyu does a pin attempt on her for 2. Anou blocks a tornado ddt and does a nice roll into a backslide for the pin.

Thoughts: Miyu did go for the upset here but was beaten. That was kind of the story but they could have learned into it more. It was alright with Miyu being the underdog and Anou winning out in the end as expected.

After the match, Anou talks on the mic and grabs her by the hair before letting go.

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

This is a heel vs heel and partner vs partner match here. Kon wristlocks her. Momo reverses it and side headlocks her. Kon goes for the sleeper and Momo ropebreaks. Momo bangs Kon's head off the apron. Kon chest kicks her down then stands on her gut. Kon sends Momo into the seats.

Kon chokes Momo with a chair. Kon armbars Momo. Momo suplexes her twice. Kon is laid on the top rope and Momo high kicks her down. They fight outside and Kon is sent into the seats. Momo hits her with an umbrella and bangs her head off the seats.

Momo facekicks her. Kon hits forearms. Momo blocks her PK then kicks her in the head for 2. They fight on the buckles and Kon superplexes her down. They trade chest kicks. Kon spin kicks her then Momo chest kicks her down. Kon sleepers her. 

Kon germans her then sliding chest kicks her for 2. Kon diving head kicks her off the top then flying knees her in the side of the head. Kon germans her for 2. Momo buzzsaw kicks her then kicks her in the forehead for 2. Momo package tombstones her for 2. Kon no sells it and gets a 2 count on her. Kon then hits kicks on Momo's head.

Kon sleepers Momo. Momo chickenwings her then does two half and half suplexes off of it. Momo then pins her with a half-nelson wrist-clutch suplex.

Thoughts: The two are similar wrestlers and they did a lot of kicks and suplexes on each other. It was a hard hitting match with both getting stiffed and I thought it was decent. 

5STAR Grand Prix 2025 Block A Match - Saya Iida vs. Ami Sourei

This is an odd choice for the main.

They lock up, let go and shoulderblock battle for a bit. Ami is pulled over the top. Saya goes up top and is thrown down hard onto the apron edge. They shoulderblock battle outside then chop each other outside.

They pull each other's hair and get in. Ami shoulders her over in the ring. Ami torture racks her then hits chops in the corner. Ami corner splashes her then Saya shoulders her over. Saya chopblocks her and sliding lariats her for 2.

Saya dragon sleepers her. Saya goes up top and Ami joins her. Saya chops her down then misses a diving shoulderblock. Ami sliding lariats her for 2. Saya suplexes her. 

Saya hits more chops then Ami black hole slams her. Ami hits a blue thunder but Saya no sells it. Saya then goes for a pin and Ami reverses it for 2. Saya running lariats her then Ami blue thunders her for 2. Ami hits a landslide on her and wins.

Thoughts: I didn't like the no selling at the end but it was a solid match otherwise. The two had a heavyweight style match with shoulderblock battles and lots of chops. I didn't expect much out of this but it worked out well and it ended up being a decent main. 

Ami then talks on the mic after to close the show.

Overall thoughts: This block in the GP looked pretty good on paper and it made for a good show today. The opener was fine with nobody botching anything and Aya looking good. Boz/Hime was a squash as expected. Suzu/Momo was okay. Sareee/Ranna was probably the match of the night as the two threw a bunch of stiff kicks and made it look like a real fight at times. Miyu went for the upset against Anou but was beaten in an okay match. Momo/Konami was a match with two similar wrestlers and they had a decent match. The main was pretty good with Saya and Ami having a heavyweight battle which Ami won. I'd give this a 7 out of 10. Nothing was bad and we had three pretty good matches with Sareee/Ranna standing out. This was a good show and it beat my expectations.