BITE-SIZE SHOW REPORT: Stardom All-Star Grand Queendom 2025 (Sunday, 27th April 2025)

Pre-Show Notes

• 20th World of Stardom Champion Saya Kamitani has been champion for 119 days – in her first reign. This will be the second title defence of her reign.
• This will be the eleventh singles match between Tam Nakano and Saya Kamitani, with Saya winning the last five in a row – discounting their 5Star Grand Prix match in 2023 which ended in a referee stoppage after Saya legitimately broke her wrist. 
• The current singles record between the pair stands at 7-4 in Kamitani’s favour, including the last three title matches.
• Their last singles match saw Stardom’s first-ever ‘loser leaves Stardom match‘, with Kamitani coming out on top. However, rather than enforce this, Kamitani upped the stakes and instead said that their rematch at Yokohama Arena would be a career vs. career match – another first in Stardom’s history. Tam doubled down on this in the press conference by confirming that the Yokohama match would be the last match for whoever loses; no retirement road or second chances. 
• 24th Wonder of Stardom Champion Starlight Kid has been champion for 119 days – in her first reign. This will be the third title defence of her reign.
• This will be the twelfth singles match between Starlight Kid and AZM – including the time limit draw during the UJPW show in Sapporo last year – with Starlight Kid failing to defeat AZM in the last seven attempts; AZM winning four of them and 3 going to draws. 
• The current overall singles record between the pair is 4-4-4
  This will also mark AZM’s first ever challenge for the Wonder of Stardom Championship
• 3rd IWGP Women’s Champion Mayu Iwatani has been champion for 735 days – in her first reign. This will be the tenth title defence of her reign.
• Mayu Iwatani has held the IWGP Women’s Championship for over two years, with her 735-day reign with the belt being the longest reign with a Stardom-recognised championship in the company’s history.
• This will be Syuri’s second chance at the IWGP Women’s Championship, and her second against Mayu during this reign having lost on the 4th January 2024 at Ittenyon Stardom Gate in Tokyo Dome City Hall. 
• The current singles record between Mayu and Syuri is 2-2 with Iwatani winning the aforementioned previous match in Tokyo Dome City Hall. 
• 35th Goddesses of Stardom Champions Winggori (Saya Iida (1) & Hanan (1)) have been champions for 119 days – in their first reign. This will be the second title defence of their reign.
• 12th Future of Stardom Champion Hina has been champion for 62 days – in her first reign. This will be the second title defence of her reign.
• Hina and Ranna Yagami are currently a part of the same faction – God’s Eye – and have only faced each other in singles action once prior. This was a time-limit draw in the Yokohama Budokan as a part of the pre-show for Flashing Champions 2024. 
• This will be the second time Ranna Yagami has challenged for the Future of Stardom Championship, having been unsuccessful against Hina’s sister Rina in Sapporo in July of 2024. 
• 18th Sendai Girls World Champion Champion Chihiro Hashimoto has been champion for 39 days – in her sixth reign. This will be the first title defence of her reign.
• Chihiro Hashimoto and Maika have never met in singles action before, though the heat between the two has been building since January 3rd at New Year Dream when Team 200kg defeated Cup High Mate. Since then, Maika and Chihiro Hashimoto have been baiting each other until Maika finally challenged Hashimoto for the championship on 3rd April. 
• The feud was further escalated at the press conference when Maika scathingly pointed out that the room they were in was bigger than any Chihiro has ever worked, before they brawled into the crowd and Maika Bodyslammed her. 
• This will be the first ever singles meeting between the two women.
• Following the Korakuen Hall show on April 24th, the singles match between Mei Seira and Suzu Suzuki was made a No DQ match.
• This will be the first time the pair have met in singles action.
• The 6-woman tag team match between the Cosmic Angels team and Sendai Girls team will mark Meiko Satomura’s final Stardom appearance before her own retirement on April 29th. 
• The match will also mark the first interaction between Saori Anou and Mika Iwata since their singles match at Dream Queendom 2024 on December 29th, and the culmination of their almost 12-month feud over both the Wonder of Stardom Championship and the Sendai Girls World Championship. 
• The show will also mark the first appearance for YUNA on a main card for Stardom, after she appeared once before at New Blood 16 in October 2024. 
• Rina spoke at the press conference about her annoyance that people were insistent on talking about the past and how good wrestling was in the past and wondered why people weren’t talking more about the wrestling of now. She promised to put on a performance that would make sure people would forget the ‘golden-age’ of joshi from the 80s and 90s. 
• Yumiko Hotta will make her Stardom debut on this show, with her only previous experience with the company being back in October 2011 when Team Stardom defeated Team Reina in the first round of Sendai Girls’ Dantai Taikou Flash Tournament. 
• Hotta is a decorated wrestler who has held titles in AJW, where she also won the Japan Grand Prix and the Tag League The Best 3 times, as well as as in Reina, JWP and Diana. She is also a legitimate mixed martial artist, who has a record of 5-5, with her last match being a TKO loss to Gaby Garcia in 2016 for Rizin. 
• After the 24th Korakuen Hall show, a final match was added to the card with Thekla taking on Sayaka Kurura. If Thekla wins, she finally gets Taro Okada in a singles match. However, if Sayaka Kurura wins, then Thekla must join Cosmic Angels.
• No names have been confirmed for the Stardom Rumble at the time of writing, though Ruaka, Momo Watanabe, Miyu Amasaki, Lady C, Tomoka Inaba, Momo Kohgo and HANAKO are amongst the names without a match on this show. The winner of the rumble will receive a title shot at any title sanctioned by Stardom. 
• Kiyoka Kotatsu has confirmed that she will be taking part in the All-Star Grand Queendom Rumble, which will be her first Stardom match since Path of Thunder 2025 on 24th February. 
• This will be the second time Stardom have run the Yokohama Arena, with the All-Star Grand Queendom 2023 show being the first. That show saw Stardom announce a house of 5,564 – the record sole-promoted attendance in their 14 year history. President Taro Okada has been very vocal about wanting to break the 10,000 people barrier, and believes that this show could be the one to do just that.
• Ami Sohrei will be absent from all cards as she begins the process of recovering from ACL and meniscus tears in her knee. She will however join the Japanese commentary team.
• Xena has suffered a ligament injury in her knee, and will be out of action for an undisclosed period of time.
• Matoi Hamabe will be missing missing from upcoming shows due to injury; no timetable is currently available for Matoi’s return to the ring.
• Saki Kashima continues her absence after being pulled from the Korakuen Hall on April 2nd show due to ill-health.
• It was announced prior to the show that Natsuko Tora would continue to be missing from action due to poor health.
• Just before the show aired, Stardom announced through their social media channels that Konami would also miss the show due to ill-health.
• Attendance Note: The announced attendance inside Yokohama Area in Kanagawa was 7503. Not only is this a 1,964 people (35.46%) on the company’s last foray into the Yokohama Arena (5539 for All-Star Grand Queendom 2023), but it now stands as the highest attendance for any Stardom show in its 14 year history (beating out the previous best of 7,102 for the first NJPW and Stardom Historic X-Over show). For comparison, 7503 people is a larger attendance for both night 2 of Wrestle Kingdom 16 (7,077) and night 2 of Wrestle Kingdom 17 (5.533).

Quick Results

• Stardom Rumble: HANAKO wins the Stardom Rumble by last eliminating Miyu Amasaki w/ JP Coaster (22:36)
• Future of Stardom Championship Match: Hina (c) def. Ranna Yagami w/ Mad Splash (12:14) (***1/2)
• Singles Match: Sayaka Kurura def. Thekla w/ Tokimeki Falcon Arrow (12:49) (**3/4)
• Singles Match: Yumiko Hotta def. Rina w/ Sleeper Hold (10:02) (***1/2)
• 6-Woman Tag Team Match: Meiko Satomura, Mika Iwata & YUNA def. Cosmic Angels (Natsupoi, Saori Anou & Aya Sakura) w/ Cartwheel Double Knees (13:05) (***3/4)
• No Disqualification Match: Suzu Suzuki def. Mei Seira w/ Skytwister Press (15:55) (****1/2)
• Sendai Girls World Championship Match: Chihiro Hashimoto (c) def. Maika w/ Powerbomb (14:55) (****1/4)
• Goddesses of Stardom Championships Match: Winggori (Hanan & Saya Iida) (c) def. Fukuoka Double Crazy (Hazuki & Koguma) w/ Back Drop Suplex (14:26) (****3/4)
• IWGP Women’s Championship Match: Syuri def. Mayu Iwatani (c) w/ Vermillion World (21:54) (*****)
• Wonder of Stardom Championship Leadership of NEO-GENESIS Match: Starlight Kid (c) def. AZM w/ Star Suplex (20:37) (****1/4)
• World of Stardom Championship Career vs. Career No Seconds Match: Saya Kamitani (c) def. Tam Nakano w/ Twilight Dream (26:09) (*****)

Show Notes

• After winning the Stardom Rumble on the pre-show, HANAKO took to the microphone to declare that she wants to be next in line for the Wonder of Stardom Championship against whoever wins out of Starlight Kid or AZM.
• As a result of losing to Sayaka Kurura in singles action, and per the stipulations of the match, Thekla must now join Cosmic Angels. However, whilst resident Taro Okada was announcing this, Thekla attacked him.
• After attacking him, Thekla flung him into the ring and whipped him with her belt, prompting Okada to fire her.
• Looking confused in ring, Sayaka Kurura told the crowd that she would be challenging the winner of Saya Kamitani and Tam Nakano for World of Stardom Championship.
• Stardom announced that they will return to Sapporo for Sapporo Renezvous on 21st July, and that THE CONVERSION returns on 21st June in Yoyogi. We also got confirmation that the 5Star Grand Prix will run from the 27th July through to the 23rd August with first and final events taking place on Ota-Ward City Gymnasium.
• Hazuki refused to shake Hanan’s hand after the Goddesses of Stardom Championship match and instead, stormed past her and helped Koguma backstage.
• After losing the IWGP Women’s Championship, Mayu Iwatani stated “I love this STARDOM ring. But now that the belt is gone, I entrust the future of the belt to Syuri-san. That belt is a really, really heavy belt. It’s the belt you took from Mayu Iwatani, so please continue to defend it! STARDOM’s icon Mayu Iwatani will search for a new path.” Translation courtesy of Mera Wrestling and Shigeo on X.
• Immediately following the IWGP Women’s Championship match, Sareee made her way to the ring and declared herself to be the next challenger for the belt. Syuri agreed to this rematch.
• As a result of losing in the main event, Tam Nakano was forced to retire from Stardom. She retires with an overall Stardom record of 645-296-296-6, and at the time of writing has wrestled the seventh most matches in company history. She is one of only three people to hold the Red Belt twice, one of only three people to hold both the Red Belt and the White Belt, the Artist of Stardom Championships four times, the Goddesses of Stardom Championships once and won the Goddesses of Stardom Tag League in 2019 alongside Arisa Hoshiki as DREAM SHiNE.

You can check out the Stardom roster win/loss records for 2025 right here; https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/103h_Y27csTgcS-CcBwswaj-D7hVazTC_Wn0SPn0BZBM/edit

You can check out a comprehensive run down of the Stardom Championship Histories here; https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-Dk6T0ukSXm6R8eOTQU96i4rsfoy34wnz0-rKP5mwmQ/edit

Upcoming Shows

• Tuesday 29th April – Stardom Golden Week Fight Tour 2025 in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Exchange Center (TBA)
• Thursday 1st May – Stardom Golden Week Fight Tour 2025 in Takamatsu, Takamatsu Symbol Tower, Kagawa (TBA)
• Saturday 3rd May – Stardom Golden Week Fight Tour 2025 in Kumamoto, Kumamoto Civic Hall (TBA)
• Monday 5th May – Stardom Golden Week Fight Tour 2025 in Sendai, Sun Arena Sendai Sub Arena, Miyagi (TBA)
• Tuesday 6th May – Stardom Golden Week Fight Tour 2025 in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Island City Forum, Fukuoka (TBA)
• Friday 9th May – New Blood 21, Shin-Kiba 1st RING, Tokyo (LIVE/YouTube)
• Sunday 11th May – Stardom in Korakuen Hall 2025 May., Korakuen Hall, Tokyo (TBA)