BITE-SIZE SHOW REPORT: Stardom Year-End X’mas Night 2024 (Tuesday, 24th December 2024)

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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.
27th High-Speed Champion Mei Seira has been champion for 148 days – in her second reign. This will be the third title defence of her reign.
This is challenger Momo Kohgo’s third attempt at the High-Speed Championship.
11th Future of Stardom Champion Miyu Amasaki has been champion for 80 days – in her first reign. This will be the first title defence of her reign. Should she lose the title here, she would become the second-shortest reigning Future of Stardom Champion ever after Mina Shirakawa (13 days).
This will be challenger Sayaka Kurura’s second attempt at the Future of Stardom Championship, having lost to previous champion Rina back in April.
This show marks the return from the US for Mina Shirakawa, who will have her first Stardom match since the 4th November on this show.
Prior to the beginning of the show, it was announced that two new rookies – Akira and Yuria – would be having an exhibition sparring match to open up proceedings.
Attendance Notes: The announced attendance for the show inside Korakuen Hall was 1009. This is the fourth show in a row at the venue that has surpassed 1000 spectators, and is also the seventh of the last eight. Though a nominal decrease of 17 people and 1.6% from the last show (1026 on the 11th November), it means that of the 18 shows the company have run at Korakuen this year, the total attendance is 18,395 (average of 1,022) which is Stardom’s highest total attendance at Korakuen since the company’s inception in 2011.

Quick Results

High-Speed Championship Match: Mei Seira (c) def. ~~Momo Kohgo~~ w/ Checkmate (8:35)
6-Woman Tag Team Match: H.A.T.E (Fukigen Death, Rina & Azusa Inaba) def. EXV (HANAKO, ~~Waka Tsukiyama~~ & Rian) w/ Azusa Inaba’s Sister Super (8:59)
Three-Way Match: Saki Kashima def. ~~Matoi Hamabe~~ & Koguma w/ Stealing Koguma’s Cover (10:03)
Three-Way Nine-Woman Tag Team Match: Cosmic Angels (Saori Anou, Yuna Mizumori & Aya Sakura) def. AZM, Kohaku & Suzu Suzuki & God’s Eye (~~Tomoka Inaba~~, Ranna Yagami & Nanami) w/ Pottering (9:41)
Tag Team Match: STARS (Mayu Iwatani & Hazuki) def. God’s Eye (~~Hina~~ & Lady C) w/ Moonsault (14:22)
10-Woman Tag Team Match: Syuri, Maika, Mina Shirakawa, Hanan & Saya Iida vs. H.A.T.E (Natsuko Tora, Konami, Thekla, Ruaka & Momo Watanabe) Ended in a Double Countout (14:43)
Future of Stardom Championship Match: Miyu Amasaki (c) def. ~~Sayaka Kurura~~ w/ Tensai (12:03)
Tag Team Match: meltear (Tam Nakano & Natsupoi) def. ~~Saya Kamitani~~ & Starlight Kid w/ Andromeda (25:33)

Show Notes

Maika acted as the special guest referee for the public sparring session between the two rookies Akira and Yuria. After the five minutes had elapsed, the pair had to be pulled off of one another.
Ring of Honor Women’s World Champion Athena appeared on the big screen via a pre-recorded promo, announcing that she will be making her Stardom debut at New Year Dream 2025 on January 3rd, teaming with Thekla against currently unknown opponents, though Athena would call them porcelain hussies.
Sayaka Kurura entered Korakuen Hall in brand-new black and white gear that was clearly heavily-inspired by Tam’s gear when she had her White belt match with Arisa Hoshiki in Korakuen Hall back in 2019.
After Tam Nakano pinned Saya Kamitani in the main event with the Andromeda, H.A.T.E all surged into the ring to attack Tam and Natsupoi. However Maika, Mina Shirakawa, Syuri, Hanan and Saya Iida arrived to help even the teams and to see H.A.T.E off.
Following this, a video package of highlights from the year of 2024 was played for the audience in attendance before Tam eventually closed the show.

You can check out the Stardom roster win/loss records for 2024 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