Stardom 8/2/2025 5★STAR Grand Prix 2025 Day 4

Stardom 8/2/2025 5★STAR Grand Prix 2025 Day 4

Day 3 is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/08/stardom-812025-5star-grand-prix-2025.html

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

Saya side headlocks her. Ri reverses it. Ry armdrags her and basement dropkicks her. Saya dropkicks her and camel clutches her. Ri is tied up in the ropes and dropkicked. Ri crossbodies her then Ri headscissors her out of the corner. Ri basement dropkicks her.

Ri gets on her back with a sleeper. They trade forearms. Saya slams her then corner dropkicks her. Saya flying forearms her for 2. Saya 2nd rope dropkicks her for 2. Saya runs at her and is cuttered. Ri slams her for 2. Ri sleepers her and Saya ropebreaks.

Ri top rope crossbodies Saya for 2. They trade pin attempts and Saya twisting fisherman neckbreakers her. Ri cradles her several times for 2 counts. Saya running dropkicks her then spears her for 2. Saya falcon arrows her and wins.

Thoughts: It was kind of like a young lions match. I had no issues with it. They didn't do anything dangerous but what they did looked fine and they kept things moving. 

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

Waka running dropkicks her then stomps her foot. Waka drops down and they each try pin attempts. BP blocks a sunset flip and they try more pins. Waka backslides her for 2. BP flying neckbreakers her for 2. BP facekicks her then basement dropkicks her from behind for 2.

Waka running dropkicks her then flying knees her against the ropes for 2. They fight on the buckles and BP is knocked off. Waka top rope dropkicks her for 2. BP facekicks her. BP misses a kick and is rolled up for 2. BP germans her. BP tries a pumphandle suplex but Waka turns it into a pin then BP reverses it to pin her.

Thoughts: It was all about Waka going for the upset here before BP turned her pin attempt around on her and pinned here. It was fine for what they were doing and it had a clear story.

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

TI side headlock takeovers her. and Poi tries a pin attempt. TI trips her and ankle locks her. TI misses spin kicks. They try to forearm each other at the same time and stand off. Poi cartwheels into an armdrag on her then basement dropkicks her.

Poi misses a dropkick on the ropes and has the rope kicked into her gut. TI running facekicks Poi. TI kicks Poi in the back for 2. TI elbow drops Poi's leg then bangs it off the mat.

Poi running headhunters her then dropkicks her between the ropes. They fight on the buckles and Poi is kicked down. TI dragon screws her. Poi is irish whipped but her leg gives out. TI then dragon screws her again.

TI hits leg kicks. Poi hits chest forearms then TI punches her in the gut. TI chest kicks her down for 2. TI sitout gordbusters her. Poi spinning high kicks her. TI trips her into an ankle lock. Poi release germans her. Poi then superkicks her.

Poi misses a top rope corkscrew splash. Poi hits spin kicks and drops her. TI ankle locks her then leg locks her. TI hits a leg and head kick for 2. Poi rolling la magistrals her and pins her.

Thoughts: TI worked the leg here and Poi could have maybe sold it a bit better. I would have liked a more epic finishing stretch than what we got and kind of thought it ended a bit earlier than it needed to. It wasn't bad or anything but I would have liked to have seen this get to develop further.

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

They lock up. AI hits chest forearms. Saya pulls her down by the hair then AI does it to her. Saya hits a big forearm and AI eye pokes her. AI cradles her for 2 then Saya basement dropkicks her. Saya stomps her then stands on her head on the bottom rope.

AI hits chest forearms then Saya forearms her down. AI flips out of a snapmare and superkicks her. AI kicks her in the back for 2. AI ankle locks her and Saya ropebreaks. AI pump kicks her for 2.

They pump kick each other then Saya pump kicks her. Saya top rope dropkicks her. Saya hits a northern lights suplex for 2. Saya corkscrew kicks her. AI does some suplexes for 2. Saya spinning high kicks her then AI backdrops her for 2.

AI hits a kamigoye then top rope moonsaults her for 2. Saya pump kicks her twice and AI cradles her for 2. AI chest kicks her down then Saya rolls her into a blue thunder for 2. Saya ki krushers her and wins.

Thoughts: It was okay with AI being the underdog and going for the win before being put down. AI busted out a rare top rope moonsault here and did a decent job here. Both these two are in the same stable which added some interest to this.

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

They shoulder battle to start and trade chest forearms. C shoulders her over. Yuna shoulders her over. Yuna top rope diving shoulders her for 2. Yuna hits chest forearms. Yuna running lariats her on the ropes then legdrops her for 2.

C running facekicks her. C cobra twists her. C does some horrible looking chokeslam type of move and grounded cobra twists her. Yuna ropebreaks. C running facekicks her for 2. Yuna springboard dropkicks her then does a weird neckbreaker for 2.

C chokeslams her and Yuna hits a sitout AA. Yuna hits two lariats for 2. C facekicks her for 2. Yuna rolls her up for 2. C running facekicks her. C does a twisting dominator on her and pins her.

Thoughts: It was a mini heavyweight battle here as expected. Some of the moves could have connected better but I liked it. There were a lot of lariats and facekicks here as expected. 

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

Han and Mei trade fast forearms to start. Mei hits a big forearm then slaps her in the back of the head. Mei hair throws her twice. Han leg lariats Mei on the ropes for 2. Han chinlocks her then does a bridge where she pulls on her chin.

Mei grounded chinlocks her. Han slams her for 1. Han stomps on her head. Mei facekicks her back. Mei hits a bunch of corner dropkicks on Han. Han hip throws her. Mei superkicks her in the gut then Han running euros her. Mei runs up the buckles and is pushed down to the floor. Han crossbodies Mei off the apron outside.

Mei superkicks Han then running dropkicks her off the apron. They fight outside and trade forearms. They then get in together to beat the count. They trade forearms inside. Han fallaway slams her then Mei release germans her.  

Mei and Han trade forearms and both go down. Mei does an STF chinlock. Han running euros her then running euros her from behind. Han fameassers her for 2. Han does a nice cuty special for 2. Mei dropkicks Han then superkicks her. Mei then does an STF chinlock. Han backdrops her. Mei rolls her up for 2. Han does a ddt for 2. Mei flips out of a backdrop and rolls her up as the time limit expires.

Thoughts: Once they started calling out how much time was remaining, it was obvious that it was going the time limit. It was a sprinty and fast paced match as expected. The two matched up well and the match probably would have stuck out more if the rest of the card didn't have similar types of matches on it. It was one of Hanan's better matches. 

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

Rina dropkicks Tora during intros then boots her outside. Tora is sent into the seats then Rina chokes her with a weapon. Rina running facekicks her then gets pulled over the top.

Tora throws Rina into the seats and throws chairs at her. Tora slams Rina. Tora corner splashes Rina then shoulders her over. Tora misses a senton. They trade forearms inside.

They attack each other on the ropes. Rina hip throws her for 2. Rina does an octopus on the ground and Tora rope breaks. Tora misses a green mist spot then Rina whips her. Rina northern lights suplexes her.

Rina top rope double knee drops her for 2. Tora lariats her then running lariats her for 2. Tora death valley drivers her but Rina kicks out of the pin. Tora corner cannonballs her for 2. 

Tora hits a big top rope splash but pulls Rina up on the pin attempt. Tora misses a top rope swanton then Rina rolls her up and wins.

Thoughts: This was one of the better Rina matches I've seen. There's no other way to say this - they just got this one right. It was a heel vs heel match with two stablemates. They roughed each other up, they cheated and Rina was going for the upset here. Tora had the win but got too cocky and pulled her up on the pin attempt then Rina capitalized and pinned her. This was a good match.

Rina talks on the mic after and gets some pops for the win.

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

We have more stablemates going at it here. They start off fast and Kid gets a 2 count on her. Kid armdrags her off the casadora and they stand off. AZM kicks her in the back. Kid bangs AZM's knee into the mat. Kid handstand knee drops AZM's knee then standing moonsaults it. Kid reverse figure fours her. Kid reverse dragon screws AZM's leg over the middle rope.

AZM sweeps her then headkicks her while she lays on the apron. AZM PK's her from the apron. AZM top rope dropkicks her for 2. AZM armbars her then does a rings of saturn. AZM goes up top and is armdragged down. Kid hits a big forearm and AZM high kicks her. AZM suplexes her.

Kid dropkicks AZM in the back of the knee. Kid ddt's AZM over the 2nd rope on the apron. Kid top rope plancha's AZM outside. Kid fisherman suplexes her then holds on for a second one. 

They fight on the buckles and AZM armbars her up there. Kid is in tree of woe and AZM top rope double stomps her. AZM top rope diving double stomps her for 2. Kid does a stretch muffler then AZM grabs an arm. Kid turns it into a pin attempt then dragon screws AZM.

Kid stretch mufflers AZM. Kid misses a top rope moonsault and AZM gets a 2 count on her. Kid flying double knees her from behind. Kid top rope moonsaults her for 2. AZM canadian destroyers her for 2. Kid rolls her up then AZM pulls back on her arms. Kid michinoku drivers her for 2. The time limit then expires.

Thoughts: It's a shame they had to go to a draw here. Kid worked AZM's leg and AZM worked Kid's leg. It wasn't perfect in between all of that, but I would have liked to have seen where it went. It was a fast paced match just like every match on here has been so far. I didn't like the canadian destroyer not meaning much but the rest wasn't bad. 

They talk on the mic after and pose together.

Overall thoughts: It was a pretty good show full of fast paced action and stablemates doing battle. Rina/Tora was the best match on here and the main event had potential to be more if it hadn't gone to a draw. I really liked this show and found it super easy to get through. There were no truly bad matches on this show but the matches had a lot of similarities. I'd give this an 8 out of 10 as there was just nothing to really complain about and it went about as well as it could have.