{"id":114647,"date":"2022-07-20T13:00:27","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T17:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=114647"},"modified":"2022-07-20T13:09:49","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T17:09:49","slug":"stardom-midsummer-champions-2022-in-nagoya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2022\/07\/20\/stardom-midsummer-champions-2022-in-nagoya\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: STARDOM MidSummer Champions 2022 in NAGOYA (7\/24\/22)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Just six days before the beginning of the biggest tournament in <strong>STARDOM&#8217;s<\/strong> 11-year history, the premier joshi company will hold yet another PPV in Nagoya.\u00a0<\/span><strong><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">STARDOM MidSummer Champions 2022 in NAGOYA\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">will feature five singles matches, all five members of <strong>PROMINENCE<\/strong>, one last chance at building momentum for competitors taking part in this year\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2022\/06\/29\/2022-5star-grand-prix-blocks\/\" target=\"_self\"><strong><em>5STAR Grand Prix<\/em><\/strong><\/a>. Can this last stop before the 5STAR prove influential in determining who eventually becomes the Queen of Summer? We\u2019ll have to wait and see, but for now, let\u2019s get into what to expect at\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">STARDOM MidSummer Champions 2022 in NAGOYA!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<h2><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">STARDOM MidSummer Champions 2022 in NAGOYA Full Card<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Hanan vs. Waka Tsukiyama vs. Hina vs. Akane Fujita (Prominence)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">5STAR Grand Prix Special Preview Match:<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0Saya Iida vs. Suzu Suzuki (Prominence)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Mayu Iwatani and Momo Kohgo vs Ruaka and Fukigen DEATH<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Trios 3-Way Captain&#8217;s Fall Match:<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0Natsupoi, Mina Shirakawa and Unagi Sayaka (Cosmic Angels) vs. Utami Hayashishita, Lady C and Miyu Amasaki (Queen\u2019s Quest) vs. Risa Sera, Kurumi Hiragi and Mochi Natsumi (Prominence)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Goddesses of Stardom Championship Match<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">: Koguma &amp; Hazuki (c) vs. MIRAI &amp; Ami Sourei<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Artist of Stardom Championship Match:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Saki Kashima, Starlight Kid &amp; Momo Watanabe (Oedo Tai) (c) vs. Giulia, Maika &amp; Himeka (Donna Del Mondo)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">High-Speed Championship Match:<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0AZM (c) vs. Rina<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Wonder of Stardom Championship Match:<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0Saya Kamitani (c) vs. SAKI (COLORS)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">World of Stardom Championship Match:<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0Syuri (c) vs. Tam Nakano<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/nTBlapJ.jpg\" alt=\"Koguma &amp; Hazuki vs MIRAI &amp; Ami Sourei\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">God\u2019s Chosen Ones Seek to Become Goddesses<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">After wrestling to a 30-minute draw in their recent attempt at claiming the Goddesses of Stardom Championship in Osaka, <strong>MIRAI<\/strong> and <strong>Ami Sourei<\/strong> of <strong>God\u2019s Eye<\/strong> will continue their hunt for the championships inside the Nagoya Congress Center on July 24th. The reigning champions, <strong>Hazuki<\/strong> and <strong>Koguma<\/strong>, offered the rematch following their successful title defense on July 2nd, but this time they intend on being the victors. While the <strong>FWC<\/strong> duo clearly has the experience edge, both as a team and altogether, it was Ami Sourei who said that the power of her and MIRAI will be too much for the High-Speed duo to handle, and that hypothesis does have some backing. When working as a team, MIRAI &amp; Sourei have yet to be defeated in matches that do not feature elimination rules. Could the momentum of God\u2019s Eye be too much for the champs, or will Hazuki and Koguma find a way to overcome their powerful opponents?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/wKfmJ8N.jpg\" alt=\"Saki Kashima, Starlight Kid &amp; Momo Watanabe (Oedo Tai) vs Giulia, Maika &amp; Himeka (Donna Del Mondo)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Donna Del Mondo Comeback Season?<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>After losing one of their star players in <strong>Natsupoi<\/strong> to <strong>Cosmic Angels<\/strong>, <strong>Donna Del Mondo<\/strong> seeks to reclaim the Artists of Stardom Championship, a set of belts that have become synonymous with the faction over the past 2.5 years. <strong>Himeka<\/strong>, <strong>Maika<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Giulia<\/strong> will challenge <strong>Oedo Tai&#8217;s<\/strong> <strong>Momo Watanabe<\/strong>, <strong>Starlight Kid<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Saki Kashima<\/strong>, who have been in form since winning the belts in May. Oedo Tai has heavily relied on Saki&#8217;s Zombie Revival flash pin to end their trios matches, which could provide the new DDM A-Team with an exploitable path to victory if they anticipate it. Does <em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">STARDOM MidSummer Champions 2022 in NAGOYA\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">serve as the first step of DDM&#8217;s renaissance, or will Oedo Tai break their one-defense curse as Artists of Stardom Champions?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/aNAOzOH.jpg\" alt=\"AZM vs Rina at STARDOM MidSummer Champions 2022 in NAGOYA \" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">AZM Tastes Her Own Medicine Ahead of her Sixth Title Defense<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In the year 2018, the 15-year-old prodigy <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2022\/02\/23\/azm-recaptures-high-speed\/\" target=\"_self\"><strong>AZM<\/strong><\/a> would gain an advantage over her older opponents by insulting and berating them before attempting to defeat them, often unsuccessfully. Now, four years later, AZM is a nine-year veteran who has become the third multi-time High-Speed Champion at the young age of 19 years old. That\u2019s why it feels oh so fitting that her next challenger is none other than <strong>Rina<\/strong>, who is a 15-year-old wrestling prodigy in her own right. Rina has minimal experience in high-speed wrestling, and she marks AZM\u2019s 4th first-time challenger for the High-Speed title in her current reign.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">AZM believes that, much like herself, Rina is simply going through a rebellious phase and is in over her head, throwing herself into a High-Speed Championship match with no respect or knowledge of what the belt means or represents. However, it seems like Rina has paid <\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">some<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0attention to high-speed wrestling as she has recently adopted both the Diving Footstomp and the Diving Kneedrop, the latter of which was used by former High-Speed Champion and Oedo Tai founder <strong>Kris Wolf<\/strong>. Rina has the desire to usher in a new era of the High-Speed Divison, but that\u2019s far easier said than done when you must defeat Stardom\u2019s High-Speed Ace to do so.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/ihxmz7q.jpg\" alt=\"Saya Kamitani vs SAKI at STARDOM MidSummer Champions 2022 in NAGOYA\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Will SAKI Paint the White Belt with Her Own Colors?<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Just a few months following her debut, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2020\/05\/19\/joshi-watch-saki\/\" target=\"_self\"><strong>SAKI<\/strong><\/a> of <strong>COLORS<\/strong> plans on making her mark on the company in this year\u2019s <em>5STAR Grand Prix<\/em> as a first-time participant, but first, SAKI will try her hand at becoming the Wonder of Stardom Champion just days before the tournament begins. SAKI, a ten-year vet and the last ever <strong>Act\u2019wres GirlZ Champion<\/strong>, will face off with <strong>Saya Kamitani<\/strong> in the Golden Pheonix\u2019s 8th title defense. SAKI seems to believe that her seven-year experience advantage and her training in the LLPW-X Dojo give her a major advantage over the young 3-year pro. Saya Kamitani has been an incredibly dominant champion since winning the belt last December and feels like the clear favorite despite this massive experience disadvantage. After months of anticipation for <strong>KAIRI<\/strong> to get her shot at Saya Kamitani\u2019s prized possession, can SAKI rain on the Queen\u2019s parade and pull off a major upset heading into the <em>5STAR GP<\/em>?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-114657\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/07\/stardom-midsummer-champions-2022-in-nagoya.jpg\" alt=\"STARDOM MidSummer Champions 2022 in NAGOYA\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/07\/stardom-midsummer-champions-2022-in-nagoya.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/07\/stardom-midsummer-champions-2022-in-nagoya-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/07\/stardom-midsummer-champions-2022-in-nagoya-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/07\/stardom-midsummer-champions-2022-in-nagoya-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Tam Road vs. Vermillion World<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In the main event of the evening, <strong>Tam Nakano<\/strong> battles <strong>Syuri<\/strong> for the World of Stardom Championship in her home prefecture of Aichi. This marks Nakano\u2019s first Red Belt challenge, and it comes after months of teasing a match against Syuri in tag team matches and backstage comments. It\u2019s taken Nakano a long time to get her, including various faction issues, blood feuds, and a White Belt reign that affected her so deeply that her connection to the belt will never waiver. When discussing this match and the World of Stardom Championship, Nakano proclaimed her ambition to win the belt, return to Aichi and have a double championship match against whoever holds the Wonder of Stardom Championship when the time comes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">While holding both top championships in Stardom is known to be the hardest thing for a wrestler to ever accomplish, Tam Nakano\u2019s drive to leave her mark on the wrestling ring is truly undeniable. She is known to thrive in underdog situations and often hits a different level when backed into a corner by a strong opponent. Syuri certainly has the overwhelming advantage heading into Nagoya, but it is a realistic possibility that the World of Stardom will walk the Tam Road as <\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">STARDOM MidSummer Champions 2022 in NAGOYA\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">comes to a close<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Stay tuned to the\u00a0<\/span><\/em><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><strong><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/a><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world. If you want to see more from Stardom, you can check out their subscription service\u00a0<\/span><\/em><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stardom-world.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Stardom World<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/a><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0for all your wonderous Joshi needs.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just six days before the beginning of the biggest tournament in STARDOM&#8217;s 11-year history, the premier joshi company will hold yet another PPV in Nagoya.\u00a0STARDOM MidSummer Champions 2022 in NAGOYA\u00a0will feature five singles matches, all five members of PROMINENCE, one last chance at building momentum for competitors taking part in this year\u2019s 5STAR Grand Prix. 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