SHOW PREVIEW: Stardom Path of Thunder 2025 (24/02/2025)

When & Where?

• When?: Monday 24th January 2025
• Where?: Light Cube Utsunomiya, Tochigi
• Time?: Time?: 1:30pm JST 🇯🇵/11:30pm EST (23rd) 🇺🇸/8:30pm PT (23rd) 🇺🇸/4:30am GMT 🇬🇧

The Press Conference

What is the Full Card?

• Wonder of Stardom Championship Match: Starlight Kid (c) vs. Rina
• Goddesses of Stardom Championships Match: Winggori (Hanan & Saya Iida) (c) vs. Crazy Star (Mei Seira & Suzu Suzuki)
• Future of Stardom Championship Match: Miyu Amasaki (c) vs. Hina
• Cosmic Angels (Tam Nakano & Sayaka Kurura) vs. H.A.T.E (Saya Kamitani & Natsuko Tora)
• H.A.T.E (Konami & Azusa Inaba) vs. God’s Eye (Syuri & Kiyoka Kotatsu)
• STARS (Hazuki, Koguma & Momo Kohgo) vs. EXV (Maika, HANAKO & Rian) vs. H.A.T.E (Thekla, Momo Watanabe & Ruaka
• AZM vs. Waka Tsukiyama vs. Fukigen Death vs. Akira Kurogane
• God’s Eye (Saki Kashima, Lady C, Tomoka Inaba & Ranna Yagami) vs. Cosmic Angels (Natsupoi, Saori Anou, Yuna Mizumori & Aya Sakura)
• Mayu Iwatani vs. Yuria Hime

What do I Need to Know?

• 24th Wonder of Stardom Champion Starlight Kid has been champion for 57 days – in her first reign. This will be the first title defence of her reign.
• Both Starlight Kid and Rina were in the same faction – Oedo Tai – from 2021 through to April 2024 when Starlight Kid was forcibly ejected by the other members; led by a returning Thekla. They were also in the same sub-group (YoungOED alongside Ruaka), so know each other very well.
• This will be Rina’s first attempt at the Wonder of Stardom Championship.
• This will be the first singles match between the pair.
• 35th Goddesses of Stardom Champions Winggori (Saya Iida (1) & Hanan (1)) have been champions for 57 days – in their first reign. This will be the first title defence of their reign.
• Crazy Star (Mei Seira and Suzu Suzuki) are former champions, holding the belts for 36 days at the start of 2024.
• In tag team action, Crazy Star and Winggori have only met once prior, with Winggori winning in May of 2024, just before Suzu Suzuki took a brief hiatus to recover from niggling injuries.
• There has been significant heat between Hanan and Mei Seira’s whose long-standing dislike for each other has led them to be separated by their faction-mates on numerous occasions.
• Saya Iida returned from a wrist-injury on the 22nd February.
• 11th Future of Stardom Champion Miyu Amasaki has been champion for 142 days – in her first reign. This will be the fourth title defence of her reign.
• Miyu Amasaki and Hina used to be in the same faction – Queen’s Quest – from Miyu’s debut in 2022 all the way though until the middle of 2024 when the faction was dissolved.
• This will be Hina’s third opportunity at the Future of Stardom Championship, having lost to both of her sisters (Hanan in 2022 and Rina in 2024).
• Miyu Amasaki won the only singles match the pair have had prior, defeating Hina at New Blood 15 back in September 2024.
• Tam Nakano and Sayaka Kurura vs. Saya Kamitani and Natsuko Tora is a match with massive stakes. If H.A.T.E win, then Sayaka Kurura must join them. It was Kurura who told Tam Nakano to trust her when agreeing to the match, though they were on the losing end of the preview 8-woman tag team match in Sendai on 22nd February.
• Rookie Yuria Hime will be competing in her first match in her home prefecture against Mayu Iwatani.
• This will be the seventh time Stardom have run the Light Cube Utsunomiya in Tochigi. Their current record house is 508 – a feat they have achieved twice, including at their last time at the venue. The current average house for Stardom is 466. Ticket sales ahead of the show seem to indicate that this show will be a sellout.

How do I Watch the Show?

The show will air as a PPV. You can purchase the PPV from the link here.

Rob & Matt’s Predictions

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