After making her Stardom debut on 3rd January, Athena is set to defend her Ring of Honor Women’s World Championshio against her partner from that night, Thekla.
Relationships soured between the pair after Thekla was shoved into Athena by Mina Shirakawa, leading to her pinfall being broken up. This lead to Athena and Thekla getting into a shoving match after their victory. Fast-forward to January 5th and Wrestle Dynasty inside the Tokyo Dome, and Thekla would ultimately cost Athena the International Women’s Cup after pulling out the referee, with this distraction allowing Momo Watanabe to sneak the victory.
After a confrontation backstage that needed breaking up before it got violent, it was confirmed that at Stardom’s next Korakuen Hall show – scheduled for Monday 13th January – Athena would put her belt on the line for the 26th time against Thekla.
Also announced for Korakuen is an Artist of Stardom Championship match, with Cosmic Angels defending their belts against their winners of a four-person tournament taking place over the 11th and 12th January. On top of this, and following the implantation of a new rule set for the belt, Mei Seira will defend her High-Speed Championship against the new number 1 contender and former-two time High-Speed Champion Saki Kashima.
It is worth noting that HANAKO, Mina Shirakawa, AZM, Maika and Mayu Iwatani will all be missing from these shows due to their participation at Battle in the Valley 2025 on January 11th. Hanan, Rian and Ruaka will also be missing on some of the cards due to their respective Coming of Age ceremonies.
The partly-announced cards for this weekend’s Stardom shows are as follows;
New Year Stars 2025 in Sakae – Night 1, Chunichi Hall, Aichi (11th January 2025)
- Artist of Stardom Championship #1 Contendership Tournament 1st Round Match: STARS (Hazuki, Saya Iida & Momo Kohgo) vs. Cosmic Angels (Yuna Mizumori, Sayaka Kurura & Aya Sakura)
- Artist of Stardom Championship #1 Contendership Tournament 1st Round Match: God’s Eye (Ranna Yagami, Lady C & Hina) vs. H.A.T.E (Natsuko Tora, Fukigen Death & Rina)
- Saori Anou vs. Waka Tsukiyama vs. Matoi Hamabe
- NEO-GENESIS (Starlight Kid, Suzu Suzuki, Mei Seira & Miyu Amasaki) vs. God’s Eye (Syuri, Saki Kashima, Tomoka Inaba & Kiyoko Komatsu)
- meltear (Tam Nakano & Natsupoi) vs. H.A.T.E (Azusa Inaba & Ruaka)
- Hanan, Saya Iida & Athena vs. H.A.T.E (Saya Kamitani, Momo Watanabe & Thekla)
New Year Stars 2025 in Sakae – Night 2, Chunichi Hall, Aichi (12th January 2025)
- Artist of Stardom Championship #1 Contendership Tournament Final Match
- Team Athena vs. Team Thekla*
- Team Mei Seira vs. Team Saki Kashima*
- Cosmic Angels (Tam Nakano, Natsupoi & Saori Anou) vs. TBA*
*Number of participants and teammates to be announced the day before.
New Year Stars 2025 in Korakuen Hall, Korakuen Hall, Tokyo (13th January 2025)
- Ring of Honor Women’s World Championship: Athena (c) vs. Thekla
- Artist of Stardom Championship Match: Cosmic Angels (Tam Nakano, Natsupoi & Saori Anou) (c) vs. TBC
- High-Speed Championship Match: Mei Seira (c) vs. Saki Kashima
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