BITE-SIZE SHOW REPORT: Stardom in Yamaguchi 2025 ~Mayu Iwatani’s Triumphal Return~ (Sunday, 9th February 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.
• Saya Iida and Matoi Hamabe have both been confirmed to be missing from upcoming shows due to respective injuries. No timetable is currently available for their return to the ring.
• Saki Kashima continues to be absent from shows due to ill-health.
• Hazuki and Koguma will be missing from this show as they are defending their OZ Academy Tag Team Championships against Ryo Mizunami and Kohaku at OZ Academy’s Angels of the Abyss.
• Attendance Note: The announced attendance inside KDDI Ishin Hall in Yamaguchi was 557. This is the second highest attendance Stardom have drawn to the venue in the four times they have now run it – a 20.8% increase on the 461 the last time they ran the venue. Stardom’s current highest at KDDI Ishin Hall is the 741 drawn to Mayu’s Triumphal Return in 2023, which stands as the third-highest ever attendance at the venue.

Quick Results

• 6-Woman Tag Team Match: Starlight Kid, Suzu Suzuki & Akira Kurogane def. Tam Nakano, Natsupoi & Yuria Hime w/ (12:14)
• Three-Way Match: Yuna Mizumori def. Rian & Azusa Inaba w/ (9:28)
• Tag Team Match: NEO-GENESIS (Mei Seira & Miyu Amasaki) def. STARS (Hanan & Momo Kohgo) w/ Shooting Star (9:07) (***3/4)
• Tag Team Match: Cup High Mate (Maika & HANAKO) def. Cosmic Angels (Sayaka Kurura & Aya Sakura) w/ JP Coaster (13:37)
• 8-Woman Tag Team Match: God’s Eye (Syuri, Tomoka Inaba, Lady C & Ranna Yagami) def. H.A.T.E (Natsuko Tora, Konami, Saya Kamitani & Ruaka) w/ White Tiger (11:58)
• Tag Team Match: Mayu Iwatani & Tam Nakano def. Momo Watanabe & AZM w/ Moonsault (14:18) (****)

Other Show Notes

• Sayaka Kurura accidentally hit Aya Sakura with the Tokimeki Spear to lead to the finish. Though Aya accepted Kurura’s apology backstage, we appear to be building discontent and a divide between them.
• Due to Saki Kashima’s ill-health, she was replaced in the main-event by Tam Nakano, who would ultimately wrestle twice on this card.
• The dysfunction and unresolved issues between AZM and Momo Watanabe were obvious throughout the match, and this culminated in Watanabe intentionally smashing AZM across the chest with the baseball bat. Tam and Mayu were able to capitalise and Mayu subsequently hit the Moonsault onto AZM to secure the victory.

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 11th February – Stardom in Hiroshima 2025, Hiroshima Prefectural Sangyou Kaikan, Hiroshima (LIVE)
• Wednesday 12th February – Stardom in Osaka 2025 Feb., EDION Arena Osaka #2, Osaka (LIVE)
• Saturday 15th February – Stardom in Takasaki 2025, G Messe Gunma (VIDEO ON DEMAND)
• Sunday 16th February – Stardom in Fuji 2025, Fijisan Messe, Shizuoka (VIDEO ON DEMAND)
• 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)