Weekly Wonder World Of Stardom is our new piece where we aim to recap this week of action from Stardom. We will have results, storyline news, match announcements and will have the updated card for upcoming big shows. As well as the results of the Stardom draft and some thoughts on the movements it caused.
13 March, Yokohama Radiant Hall
Hanan, Rina & Hina Def. JAN (Kaori Yoneyama, Leo Onozaki & Saya Iida)// Hanan defeated Leo by submission
Saki Kashima Def. Starlight Kid
Bea Priestley Def. Rebel Kel & Hana Kimura// Priestley defeated Kel by Pinfall
STARS (Mayu Iwatani & Tam Nakano) Def. JAN (Natsuko Tora & Jungle Kyona)// Tam Nakano defeated Tora by Pinfall
Mask vs Dance 2 out of 3 falls: Queen’s Quest (Momo Watanabe, AZM & Konami) Def. Oedo Tai (Kagetsu, Hazuki & Natsu Sumire)// Per the stipulation Oedo Tai can no longer do their signature dance.
14 April, Shinkiba 1st Ring
Rina Def. Hina
Tam Nakano Def. Rebel Kel & Hanan// Nakano defeated Hanan by Pinfall
Oedo Tao (Natsu Sumire, Hazuki & Andras Miyagi) Def. JAN (Natsuko Tora, Leo Onozaki & Saya Iida)// Natsu defeated Iida by Pinfall
STARS (Arisa Hoshiki, Saki Kashima & Starlight Kid) Def. Queen’s Quest (Konami, AZM & Bea Priestley)// Kid defeated AZM by pinfall
Draft Match: Mayu Iwatani vs Kagetsu vs Hana Kimura vs Jungle Kyona vs Momo Watanabe.
Mayu eliminates Kagetsu and wins the first pick
Momo eliminates Kagetsu and wins the second pick
Kagetsu eliminates Hana and wins the third pick
Hana eliminates Jungle and wins the fourth pick
Per the stipulation, JAN is abolished!
New Faction Lineups:
STARS
Mayu Iwatani
Starlight Kid
Arisa Hoshiki
Tam Nakano
Saki Kashima
Hanan
Xia Brookside
Saya Iida
Queen’s Quest
Momo Watanabe
AZM
Utami Hayashishita
Bea Priestley
Viper
Chardonnay
Leo Onozaki
Hina
Oedo Tai
Kagetsu
Hazuki
Andras Miyagi
Natsuko Tora
Jamie Hayter
Martina
Natsu Sumire
International Army
Hana Kimura
Jungle Kyona
Konami
Mary Apache
Natsumi
Rebel Kel
Bobbi Tyler
Ruaka
Rina
Kaori Yoneyama
Some Thoughts
Despite JAN being my favorite faction they were the best choice to be dissolved as Stardom never got behind them
Jungle Kyona having to work with Kimura now is an interesting dynamic and evil Kyona could be great
Starlight Kid going first again indicates her spot as the next Mayu, she is the heart and soul of STARS
Queen’s Quest restocked and picked up two new pin eaters which should allow AZM to step up
Konami will also step up as part of Kimura’s faction as she moves up from being QQ’s pin eater
Tora is a good pick for OT as she will add some power to the faction. A team with Miyagi could run through Stardom
Hana Kimura drafting a fresh faction leads to an interesting new addition to Stardom as the other factions remained mostly the same
It will be interesting to see how the younger talent like Rina, Hina, Natsumi etc. settle into new factions.
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