{"id":78964,"date":"2020-11-15T06:32:57","date_gmt":"2020-11-15T11:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=78964"},"modified":"2020-11-15T06:32:57","modified_gmt":"2020-11-15T11:32:57","slug":"utami-hayashishita-world-of-stardom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2020\/11\/15\/utami-hayashishita-world-of-stardom\/","title":{"rendered":"#AndNEW: Utami Hayashishita Wins the World of Stardom Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just over two years after their first meeting in the <\/span>2018 5STAR Grand Prix Finals<\/span><\/i>,<\/span> Utami Hayashishita<\/b> finally overcame \u201cThe Icon\u201d <\/span>Mayu Iwatani<\/b>, this time for the World of Stardom Championship on the line. Taking place in the main event of Stardom\u2019s first ever event at the Sendai Sun Plaza, Utami whipped out a brand new maneuver<\/span>\u2014a spinning variation of a Crucifix Bomb\u2014to put an end to Mayu Iwatani\u2019s year-long reign as the top champion.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/i\/status\/1327913960088059904<\/p>\n

The match was a 24-minute barnburner, with both women determined to one-up each other from start to finish. While the Sendai crowd is not as vocal as somewhere like Tokyo or Osaka, Mayu and Utami gave it their all and brutalized each other, with both women kicking out of the other’s typical finishing maneuvers. While Mayu has proven to be one of the best big-match wrestlers in Joshi today, she fell just short of the victory against the Kagoshima Supernova.<\/span><\/p>\n

The new champion got to her throne by way of this year\u2019s <\/span>5STAR Grand Prix<\/span><\/i>, where she righted the wrong of two years ago and triumphed over <\/span>Himeka<\/b> in the finals of the tournament. With the thumbs up from many key members of the Bushiroad era Stardom office <\/span>(Most notably Stardom Trainer Milano Collection AT)<\/span><\/a>, it was common knowledge that Utami would be the one to lead Stardom into a new boom period and it was only a matter of time before she claimed the gold.<\/span><\/p>\n

On the flip side, Mayu has been a proud and respected face of the company for a while now, with her incredible Red Belt reign only further proving that fact. Mayu racked up five successful defenses against the likes of <\/span>Momo Watanabe<\/b> and<\/span> Kagetsu<\/b> before COVID-19 derailed her momentum throughout the summer months. The Icon was quickly able to make up for lost time, though, as her battles against<\/span> Syuri <\/b>and <\/span>Takumi Iroha<\/b> were both Match of the Year caliber performances by the champion. Along with two non-title main event battles against <\/span>Saki Kashima<\/b> and Takumi Iroha, Mayu has had as good a year as any wrestler could hope for in 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u5ca9\u8c37\u9ebb\u512a vs \u6797\u4e0b\u8a69\u7f8e<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udc57\u300e#STARDOM<\/a> SENDAI CINDERELLA 2020\u300f<\/p>\n

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— \u30b9\u30bf\u30fc\u30c0\u30e0\u272aSTARDOM (@wwr_stardom) November 15, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n