BITE-SIZE SHOW REPORT: Stardom Award 2024 in Takadanobaba – Night 2 (Sunday, 26th January 2025)

Pre-Show Notes

• Ami Sohrei will be absent from all cards as she begins the process of recovering from ACL and meniscus tears in her knee.
• Xena has suffered a ligament injury in her knee, and will be out of action for an undisclosed period of time.
• Yuria Hime will make her wrestling debut against Maika on this show having been showcased in a series of exhibition sparring sessions against fellow rookie Akira Kurogane.
• Attendance Notes: The announced attendance inside Belle Salle Takadanobaba was 422. This is the second of back-to-back nights at the venue and, though it is a 7% decrease from the previous night, the combined 877 over the two nights is a 15.4% increase over the 2023 awards weekend from the same venue (760).

Quick Results

• Singles Match: Maika def. Yuria Hime w/ Rear-Naked Choke (9:07)
• UWF Rules Match: Kiyoka Kotatsu def. Aya Sakura w/ Achilles Lock (8:00)
• 8-Woman Tag Team Match: God’s Eye (Hina, Saki Kashima & Lady C) & Matoi Hamabe def. EXV (Mina Shirakawa, HANAKO, Waka Tsukiyama & Rian) w/ Super Hot (9:59)
• Tag Team Match: Fukuoka Double Crazy (Hazuki & Koguma) def. God’s Eye (Syuri & Ranna Yagami) w/ Kuma Roll (13:00)
• 8-Woman Tag Team Match: STARS (Mayu Iwatani, Hanan, Saya Iida & Momo Kohgo) def. Cosmic Angels (Tam Nakano, Natsupoi, Sayaka Kurura & Yuna Mizumori) w/ Blockbuster Hold (11:59)
• Wonder of Stardom Championship #1 Contendership Match: Rina def. Saori Anou w/ Jakknife Pin (11:16)
• 10-Woman Tag Team Match: NEO-GENESIS (Starlight Kid, AZM, Miyu Amasaki, Suzu Suzuki & Mei Seira) def. H.A.T.E (Natsuko Tora, Saya Kamitani, Momo Watanabe, Thekla & Ruaka) w/ Tequila Shot (11:35)

Other Show Notes

• Maika defeated Yuria Hime in her first ever competitive match in Stardom, but made sure to help the young debutant to bow to all four sides of the arena and then take her to the back.
• Immediately following their multi-woman match, Lady C and HANAKO brawled into the crowd before being separated.
• Following their tag team match, Koguma confronted Ranna Yagami. A singles match was suggested for the upcoming Korakuen Hall show on the 2nd February, with the stipulation that, should Koguma win, then Ranna Yagami must perform the bear dance. However, should Yagami win, then Koguma is not allowed to ever ask anyone from God’s Eye to partake in the dance ever again.
• After defeating Saori Anou in the Wonder of Stardom Championship number one contendership match, Rina officially laid down her challenge for the Wonder of Stardom Championship against Starlight Kid by confronting her, spitting at her and demanding it happen at Path of Thunder in Utsunomiya on the 24th February, with this match being made official shortly after.

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

• Sunday 2nd February – Stardom Supreme Fight 2025 in Korakuen Hall, Korakuen Hall, Tokyo (LIVE)
• Wednesday 5th February – New Blood 18, Tokyo Square, Itabashi (TBC)
• Saturday 8th February – Stardom in Kobe 2025 Feb., Kobe Art Center, Hyogo (TBC)
• Sunday 9th February – Stardom in Yamaguchi 2025 ~Mayu Iwatani Triumphal Tournament~, KDDI Ishin Hall, Yamaguchi (TBC)
• Tuesday 11th February – Stardom in Hiroshima 2025, Hiroshima Prefectural Sangyou Kaikan, Hiroshima (TBC)
• Wednesday 12th February – Stardom in Osaka 2025 Feb., EDION Arena Osaka #2, Osaka (TBC)
• Saturday 15th February – Stardom in Takasaki 2025, G Messe Gunma (TBC)
• Sunday 16th February – Stardom in Fuji 2025, Fijisan Messe, Shizuoka (TBC)
• Saturday 22nd February – Stardom in Sendai 2025 Feb., Miyagi Yume Messe, Miyagi (TBC)
• Monday 24th February – Stardom Path of Thunder 2025, Utsunomiya Light Cube, Tochigi (PPV)