Stardom 8/8/2026 5★STAR Grand Prix 2026 Day 10
Day 9 is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/stardom-832026-5star-grand-prix-2026.html
Ema Maishima & Waka Tsukiyama vs. STARS (Matoi Hamabe & Saya Iida)
Waka and Saya go at it. They lock up and Waka is backed up on the ropes. Saya shakes her there and lets go. Waka shotei's her. Waka hits hip attacks on her. Waka takes a double basement dropkick from both opponents. Saya chops Waka in the corner then Matoi chops her too.
Matoi shoulders throws Waka. Waka crossbodies her. Ema hits low dropkicks on Matoi for 2. Ema crabs Matoi. Matoi running dropkicks Ema. Matoi slams Ema then flipping sentons her for 2. Matoi and Ema trade chest forearms. Ema drops her with a forearm then slingblades her for 2.
Waka stops Ema's tag in the corner. Waka flying knees her on the ropes. Waka pulls Matoi's arms back when she sits on her back. Waka basement dropkicks her. Waka dropkicks her. Waka rolls up Matoi for 2. Matoi is dropkicked into a tiger suplex and Waka pins Matoi.
Thoughts: The Matoi vs Ema sections were the best parts of this. It didn't go that long and Waka wasn't that serious as usual. It was not much of note.
5STAR Grand Prix 2026 Red Stars Block A Match - Tomoka Inaba vs. Akira Kurogane
AK rolls her up for 2 to start then basement dropkicks her. AK running back elbows her and low dropkicks her for 2. TI headscissors her and AK ropebreaks. TI snapmares her and kicks her in the back for 2.
AK slams her for 2. TI grabs a crossface. AK then grabs a crossface. AK running facekicks her through the ropes for 2. AK hits chest forearms. TI misses a pump kick but it is sold anyway. AK enzugiri's her for 2. AK knees her in the face for 2. TI sitout gordbusters her and AK rolls her up for 2.
TI pop up knees her and roundhouse kicks her in the head. TI pins her.
Thoughts: It didn't get a lot of time and was more of a rookie style match than anything else. What we got didn't look bad and I would have liked to have seen where this would have gone with more time.
5STAR Grand Prix 2026 Red Stars Block A Match - AZM vs. Natsuko Tora
Tora comes out and has AZM by the hair. She throws AZM in and the bell rings. AZM hits chest forearms. Tora suplexes her. They go out and AZM is sent into the seats. Tora chokes her with a towel and sends her into the seats again.
Back in the ring, Tora shoulders her over. Tora sentons AZM for 2. Tora hair throws AZM. AZM hurricanrana's Tora and basemetn dropkicks her. AZM top rope dropkicks Tora for 2. AZM then armbars Tora. They trade forearms.
They forearm each other and AZM la mistica drops her. AZM arbars her off it. Tora ropebreaks. AZM is on the apron and Tora throws a chair at her head. Tora slams her on the floor then slams Ema Maishima on her.
Tora corner cannonballs her for 2. Tora misses a 2nd rope splash. AZM rolls her up for 2. AZM enzugiri's her and buzsaw kicks her for 2. Tora grabs a chair and the ref takes it. Tora fights the ref for it, Tora lets go and AZM gets hit with it. AZM suplexes Tora on the chair.
AZM and Tora fight for the chair and knock the ref over with it. The ref then calls for the bell and this should either be a double DQ or a no contest.
Thoughts: It was mostly all shenanigans here with a non-finish on top of it. This wasn't that good.
Cosmic Angels (Natsupoi & Saori Anou) vs. Cosmic Angels (Anne Kanaya & Sayaka Kurara)
Anne boots Poi in the gut and Poi crossbodies her. Poi bridges out of a pin and they headflip up together. Poi boots Anne in the gut. Anne takes a double kick and a double basement dropkick from her opponents.
SA trips Anne then indian deathlocks her without the legs. SA axe kicks her back. Poi lets Anne hit forearms on her. Poi drops her with a chest forearm. Anne casadora armdrags Poi and basement dropkicks her. Saya comes in and running back elbows Poi. Saya then dropkicks her for 2.
Poi knees and boot her in the gut. Saya double trips her opponent and basement dropkicks them in the back. Saya elbow drops Poi. Poi spin kicks her in the gut and headhunters her. SA top rope dropkicks Saya then basement dropkicks her for 2.
Saya 2nd rope twisting forearms SA. Anne tags in and basement dropkicks SA for 2. SA fisherman suplexes her then indian deathlocks her without the legs hooked. Saya breaks it up. Saya dropkicks SA and SA takes a double basement dropkick. Anne slams SA for 2.
Anne takes a double dropkick in the corner. Saya and Anne dropkick their opponents. Saya 2nd rope dropkicks SA. Anne bulldogs SA for 2. Anne hits chest forearms on SA ten rolls her up for 2. SA step up enzugiri's Anne then fisherman suplexes her for 2. Saya takes a double superkick. Anne takes a double suplex. SA germans Anne and pins her.
Thoughts: Sayaka loses again. It's very hard to understand why she's losing all these matches when she was champ a few months ago. I don't like her teaming with rookies either. It was acceptable but not much else. Anne continues to look decent.
The girls make friends with each other after.
5STAR Grand Prix 2026 Red Stars Block B Match - Maki Itoh vs. Azusa Inaba
They trade side headlocks and armholds. Itoh takes her over and AI headscissors her. They both then pose and boot the other out of the way to pose. Itoh gets annoyed and dropkicks her from behind. Itoh then poses. Itoh boots and forearms her outside. Itoh is then sent into the seats. Itoh goes into the seats again and poses on them. Itoh is sent into the seats again. AI is sent into the seats and Itoh goes into the seats again.
AI's head is banged off the seats. AI stomps on Itoh. Itoh's head is banged off the buckles and AI foot chokes her. AI kicks her in the back for 2. AI hits chest forearms on Itoh and Itoh ddt's her. Itoh running kicks her through the ropes and poses.
Itoh top rope crossbodies her for 2. Itoh hits mounted corner punches. Itoh dropkicks her for 2. AI chest kicks her down and pump kicks her twice for 2. Itoh running shoulders her in the corner then stunners her over the top rope. AI twisting neckbreakers her. AI then ankle locks her.
Itoh neckbreakers her over her knee. Itoh ties up one leg and pulls the other backwards. Itoh then grab an arm on top of it. AI ropebreaks. AI hits forearms on the apron. Itoh ddt's her on the apron.
Itoh goes up top and is thrown down. AI hits chest kicks on her. Itoh headbutts her in the chest then AI pump kicks her. AI hits underhook suplexes on Itoh for 2. Itoh goes up and over and backcrackers her. Itoh crabs her and texas clover leafs her. AI cradles her for 2. AI pump kicks her. AI grounded ankle locks her. Itoh ropebreaks. Itoh backslides her into a high angle cloverleaf. They then go to a time limit draw.
Thoughts: It got a lot of time. It was acceptable. They had something going with AI trying to be cuter than Maki, but then they gave up on it. There wasn't a ton of story otherwise but at least AI didn't take the loss here.
5STAR Grand Prix 2026 Red Stars Block B Match - Rina Yamashita vs. Konami
Kon wristlocks her, Rina reverses it and is taken down. They stand off. Rina side headlocks her and shoulders her over. Kon pulls her down by the hair and kicks her in the back. Rina hangs on the ropes and is kicked down. Kon then sends Rina into the seats.
Rina shoulders Kon over outside. Rina slams her for 2. Rina boots her in the head inside. Kon triangles her around the top rope. Kon chest kicks her then knees her in the arm. Kon stomps Rina's arm into the mat.
Kon elbows Rina's arm. Rina shoulders Kon over. Rina corner lariats her for 2. Kon goes for the armbar and Rina rolls out. They trade forearms. Rina backdrops her. Rina goes up top and is thrown down. Kon running boots her. Kon diving kicks her off the top for 2. Rina blocks Kon's kick. Kon goes for a rolling armbar and gets it. Kon triangle lancer's her.
Kon germns Rina. Rina facekicks her and lariats her over. Rina suplexes her for 2. Rina is pushed into the ref. Kon goes for spray paint and Rina blocks it with her hands. Rina grabs the spray paint and headbutts it into Kon's head. Rina rolls Kon for 2. Kon high kicks Rina and Rina lariats her over. Rina running lariats her for 2. Rina b-drivers her and pins her.
Thoughts: It was all brawling and strikes. It didn't look like the most exciting match on paper and it wasn't. Kon focused on the arm a bit here. I thought this was average.
Rina talks on the mic after and tries to shake Kon's hand. Kon spray paints her in the face and shoves a photo in her face.
5STAR Grand Prix 2026 Red Stars Block A Match - Rina vs. Maika
Maika hit Rina from behind as she enters. The bell rings when Maika throws Rina in. Maika corner lariats her twice then shoulders her over. Maika fallaway slams Rina. Rina boots her in the gut. Maika throws her over. They sweep each other and stand off.
Rina throws Maika down backwards and basement dropkicks her. Rina throws Maika out and sends her into the seats. Maika tries to ram Rina into the seats but Rina side steps her and Maika goes into the seats. Rina sits on Maika's back and chinlocks her.
Rina hair throws Maika. Rina foot chokes her. Rina armbars her then cranks her arm back. Maika powerslams Rina for 2. Maika grounde sleepers her. Maika lariats her on the ropes and sliding lariats her. Rina does an octopus to her. Rina dropkicks Maika off the buckles. Rina running facekicks her on the ropes for 2.
Maika lariats her then Rina northern lights suplexes her for 2. Rina does an octopus to her. Rina 2nd rope double knee drops her for 2. They fight on the buckles. Rina blocks a superplex and bangs Maika's arm down over the top rope. Rina boots the post when Maika moves outside. Maika facekicks Rina twice. Rina facekicks her back. Rina northern lights suplexes her on the floor. Rina double knee drops her off the apron on the floor. Maika backdrops Rina on the floor. Both girls almost get counted out.
They trade forearms on their knees. Rina facekicks Maika. Maika lariats her. Rina hip throws her. Maika suplexes her. Rina running facekicks her. Maika short arm lariats her then spinning lariats her. Rina does an abdominal stretch driver for 1. The time limit then runs out.
Thoughts: It was our second time limit draw on here. It wasn't that good. Rina was on offense for most of this and there was no great logic to anything she did. Maika made a comeback later on in the match, but then it ended right after. This was below average.
5STAR Grand Prix 2026 Red Stars Block B Match - Utami Hayashishita vs. Lady C
C facekicks Utami to start and gets a 2 count on her. C kicks Utami while she's down and facekicks her. Utami dropkicks her and slams her. Utami running back elbows her in the corner and basement dropkicks her in the back. Utami clubs her and basement dropkicks her. Utami forearms her down. They shoulder battle and Utami knocks her over. C then shoulders her over from the side. C giant swings her but drops her.
C giant swings her again for 2. C cobra twists her and Utami ropebreaks. C running facekicks her on the ropes for 2. They trade forearms. C facekicks her. Utami suplexes her. C flying lariats her. C running facekicks her.
Utam larias her on the ropes and sliding lariats her. C chokeslams her for 2. Utami suplexes her down. Utami air raid crashes her. C facekicks her. Utami germans her. C no ells it and is german'd again. Utami lariats her for 2. Utami germans her for 2. Utami short arm lariats her and spinning sitout torture rack bombs her. Utami pins her.
Thoughts: It didn't get that much time and was no epic but it went alright. C only had one botch and they had a competent heavyweight match. C also took some of Utami's bigger moves which was a surprise. It was an alright main. C is still limited but she's getting better.
C and Utami then talk on the mic after.
Overall thoughts: It wasn't one of my favorite GP shows. There were two time limit draws that weren't that interesting and those caused the main event to get less time. There was nothing here I loved that much and the main was probably my favorite thing on the show. I'd give this a 4 out of 10 and would say it was below average. I didn't like this one.
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