{"id":77252,"date":"2020-10-09T09:27:15","date_gmt":"2020-10-09T13:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=77252"},"modified":"2020-10-09T09:27:15","modified_gmt":"2020-10-09T13:27:15","slug":"preview-goddess-of-stardom-tag-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2020\/10\/09\/preview-goddess-of-stardom-tag-league\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: Stardom &#8211; Goddess Of Stardom Tag League 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have just finished the 5STAR Grand Prix but there is no rest for the wicked as we head straight into the Goddess Of Stardom Tag League 2020, Stardom&#8217;s annual tag team tournament.\u00a0 We have two blocks of 5 teams with a bit of a twist.\u00a0 The teams in the Red Goddess Block will wrestle the teams in the Blue Goddess Block rather than their own.\u00a0 With that out of the way let&#8217;s get into our preview of the Goddess Of Stardom Tag League 2020<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Blue Goddess Block<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4><strong>Dream H (Tam Nakano &amp; Mina Shirakawa)<a href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/OHpeWsr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"source: imgur.com\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/OHpeWsr.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Tam Nakano teams with the newcomer Mina Shirakawa.\u00a0 These two women wrestled on the Nagoya event on October 4th and Nakano became obsessed with Shirakawa&#8217;s H-Cup bra size&#8230;.hence the team name Dream H.\u00a0 After the match Nakano asked to team with Shirakawa.\u00a0 Nakano will renew her rivalry with\u00a0<strong>Giulia\u00a0<\/strong>in tag league and she will also face her STARS comrades <strong>Mayu Iwatani\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Starlight Kid\u00a0<\/strong>in Dream H&#8217;s most notable matches.\u00a0 Dream H may perform well but it&#8217;s tough to see them winning the tournament.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>MOMOAZ (Momo Watanabe &amp; AZM)<a href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/CBXEcWI\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"source: imgur.com\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/CBXEcWI.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The only team to appear in both last years and this years tag league the Queen&#8217;s Quest duo are stronger than they were last year as AZM has had a breakout year in 2020, capturing the High Speed title was a big moment for her.\u00a0 MOMOAZ will likely finish high in their block, it&#8217;s plausible they could even win the block.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Grab The Top (Syuri &amp; Himeka)<a href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/CdcJ2sL\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"source: imgur.com\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/CdcJ2sL.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Donna Del Mondo has two strong teams in this Goddess Of Stardom Tag League and these two are our favorites to win the tournament.\u00a0 Himeka has been booked very strong since her debut in Stardom, even winning her 5STAR block and becoming the first person to beat Giulia in singles competition.\u00a0 Syuri has been kept strong too as she only loses to top names on rare occasions.\u00a0 The DDM vs DDM clash will be very interesting as will Himeka and <strong>Utami Hayashishita\u00a0<\/strong>meeting again.\u00a0 Grab The Top are our favourites to win, but even if they don&#8217;t they&#8217;ll be a very interesting team.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Black Widows (Bea Priestley &amp; Konami)<a href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/FEUgowz\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"source: imgur.com\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/FEUgowz.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Oedo Tai&#8217;s newest member teams with Bea Priestley in a team that could win this whole tournament.\u00a0 Both women have found their calling in the tag team division in Stardom as both are former Goddesses Of Stardom champions.\u00a0 Priestley also comes into this after winning the SWA Championship at\u00a0<em>Yokohama Cinderella<\/em>.\u00a0 \u00a0Keep an eye on this team as they might be our tournament champions.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Color Me Pop (Riho &amp; Gokigen Death)<a href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/SNhBj1d\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"source: imgur.com\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/SNhBj1d.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>DEATH Yama-San is no more.\u00a0 We now have happy death!\u00a0 This is thanks to some magic that Mayu Iwatani was able to cast in an effort to help DEATH Yama-San return to her normal self.\u00a0 Death teams with Riho in a very interesting team that won&#8217;t win the tournament but will certainly have some good matches.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Red Goddess Block<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4><strong>MK\u2606Sisters (Mayu Iwatani &amp; Starlight Kid)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77253\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/10\/MK-Sisters.jpg\" alt=\"Goddess Of Stardom Tag League 2020\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/10\/MK-Sisters.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/10\/MK-Sisters-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The STARS duo of Mayu Iwatani and Starlight Kid will team up and are instant favourites to win their block.\u00a0 Iwatani is the current World Of Stardom Champion and has some history with almost every team that they will face in this tournament.\u00a0 Current Goddesses Of Stardom champion Utami Hayashishita is one of Iwatani&#8217;s next challengers for the world title so Iwatani and Kid winning this tournament and challenging for the tag belts could be a way to build to Iwatani vs Hayashishita.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>wing\u2605gori (Hanan &amp; Saya Iida)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment_77254\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-77254\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-77254 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/10\/winggori.jpg\" alt=\"Goddess Of Stardom Tag League 2020\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/10\/winggori.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/10\/winggori-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/10\/winggori-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/10\/winggori-265x198.jpg 265w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/10\/winggori-560x420.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-77254\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Hanan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This team will find it hard to pick up many points but they will deliver some good matches, especially against Grab The Top and MOMOAZ.\u00a0 Neither Hanan or Iida have managed to make their way up the card in any significant way but both will give their opponents as much of a fight as they can, which will make them a fun team to watch<\/p>\n<h4><strong>AphroditE (Saya Kamitani &amp; Utami Hayashishita)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77255\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/10\/AphroditE.jpg\" alt=\"Goddess Of Stardom Tag League 2020\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/10\/AphroditE.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/10\/AphroditE-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The reigning Goddesses Of Stardom Champions go into this tournament after making their first title defence at Yokohama Cinderella.\u00a0 We don&#8217;t expect the champions to win the tag league but AphroditE has some really interesting matches in this tournament.\u00a0 They will take on fellow QQ member MOMOAZ, Hayashishita and Himeka will go at it again when they take on Grab The Top, and Dream H has Nakano who helped train Kamitani.\u00a0 While they likely won&#8217;t win AphroditE will have a good tournament.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Crazy Bloom (Giulia &amp; Maika)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77256\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/10\/Crazy-Bloom.jpg\" alt=\"Goddess Of Stardom Tag League 2020\" width=\"600\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/10\/Crazy-Bloom.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/10\/Crazy-Bloom-300x173.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The two double champions of DDM team up in tag league.\u00a0 Giulia has come into Stardom like a house on fire over the past 12 months and is one of their top stars.\u00a0 Maika has had some success this year but comes into this tournament on a string of losses and we will likely see her take more of those in this tournament.\u00a0 There will be some good matches from Crazy Bloom though as they face their DDM stablemates, MOMOAZ and Dream H in what should be interesting matches.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Devil Duo (Saki Kashima &amp; Natsuko Tora)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment_77257\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-77257\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-77257 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/10\/Devil-Duo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/10\/Devil-Duo.jpg 450w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/10\/Devil-Duo-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/10\/Devil-Duo-315x420.jpg 315w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-77257\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Saki Kashima<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Tora and Kashima are an interesting team for this tournament.\u00a0 The two have spent the majority of the time since Stardom returned getting disqualified be that together or in singles matches.\u00a0 If they continue to do that then they won&#8217;t succeed in the Goddess Of Stardom Tag League but if they were to seriously try they could be serious contenders.\u00a0 All eyes will be on their match with the Black Widows as Oedo Tai will collide.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. 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