"STARDOM in NUMAZU 2024"
April 20th (Sat) Hyogo, Kobe Sanbo Hall 2F Grand Exhibition Hall (Attendance: 305 people)
| Tag team match, 15 minutes, one fall | ||
| Suzuki Suzu |
10 minutes 58 seconds, Meteor Dragon |
Sakura Aya |
| 〇Seira Mei | Sayaka Kure ● | |
The Crazy Stars, consisting of Suzuki Suzu and Seira Mei, faced off against Sakura Aya and Kurei Sayaka, who have joined the Cosmic Angels, in a tag team match. Kurei, who will challenge for the Future of Stardom Championship on April 27th in Yokohama, has been strictly ordered by the champion, Rina, to secure a victory on her own before the title match. Kurei has only two matches left before the championship match. A victory against the Goddesses of Stardom Champion seems difficult, but at the very least, it shouldn't be a warm-up match for the champion team with the title match the next day. Also, this will be a homecoming match for Sakura, who is from Kobe.
Before the bell, Sakura and Kurei launched a surprise attack. Crazy Stars then went out onto the apron to create some distance, and returned to the ring to deliver a dropkick. Crazy Stars then hung Kurei in the air in two directions and delivered a sliding kick in the corner. Suzuki then gave Kurei a hair whip. Seira gathers Kurei's hair and performs a hair whip, cornering her and stomping on her face. Suzuki joins in to help. Next, Seira delivers a dropkick to Kurei. Suzuki kicks Sakura, who is waiting on the sidelines, before putting Kurei in a reverse Boston crab. However, Sakura interferes. Seira stops Sakura, and Suzuki applies a camel clutch to both of them, with Seira running back and forth between the ropes and delivering a dropkick. Suzuki taunts Kurei, saying, "Fight back!" Kurei delivers a series of elbows, which Suzuki absorbs and knocks down with a standing dropkick. Suzuki calls for Seira, but Sakura interferes. Sakura and Seira deliver a double dropkick, and Kurei and Sakura tag in. Sakura delivers a series of elbows, which Suzuki absorbs and stands up. Suzuki anticipates Sakura's charge, absorbs a middle kick, stands up, and knocks her down with an elbow. Seira grabs Sakura, and Suzuki kicks her in the face from ringside. Sakura retaliates with a series of elbows, which Suzuki knocks down in one hit. Sakura drops a dropkick at Suzuki's charge. Sakura attempts a neckbreaker, but Suzuki counters with a soccer ball kick. Seira attempts a neckbreaker on Sakura. Sakura counters, dodges Seira's charge, and delivers a spinning back kick and a middle kick. Kurei tags in and performs a swan dive arm whip and a dropkick. However, Seira counters. Kurei attempts a body slam, but Seira counters. Sakura interferes and assists, and Kurei slams Seira with a body slam. Kurei charges at Seira with a series of elbows. Seira dodges, and Suzuki delivers a dropkick, followed by a double dropkick. Kurei counters, and Seira locks her in a sleeper hold. When Kurei escaped, Seira attempted a series of roll-ups. Seira retaliated with roll-ups of her own, and Sakura assisted Kurei in rolling her up, but Seira kicked out at the last moment. Kurei attempted a spear, but Seira kicked out. As Kurei charged, Seira delivered a high dropkick. However, Kurei's shoulder rose. After Seira's Codebreaker, Suzuki slammed her to the mat, but Sakura made a timely intervention. Seira then hit the Meteor Dragon, forcing Kurei to submit.
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| 4-Way Battle, 15-minute single match | ||
| Natsu-poo |
8 minutes 11 seconds, Fairy Real Gift → Single Crab Hold |
● Rian |
*The other two are Sorei Ami and Lady C
God's Eye's Sorei Ami, Queen's Quest's Lady C, Cosmic Angels' Natsupoi, and newcomer Rian faced off in a 4-way match. This was Rian's first 4-way match, in only her sixth professional match.
As they were about to get into a hand-to-hand grapple, Sorei and Lady raised their hands and challenged them. Natsupoi and Rian were carried on each other's shoulders and got into a hand-to-hand grapple, while Lady and Sorei threw them both to the floor and engaged in a stare-down. They locked up and tried to get each other's backs, with Sorei grabbing Lady's arm. Lady tried to get back in, but Sorei countered with a headlock. Natsupoi and Rian then joined in and locked in headlocks as well. Natsupoi and Rian were thrown against the ropes and attempted an arm whip, but were sent flying by a shoulder tackle. Lady and Sorei declared their alliance and hit Natsupoi and Rian with a reverse chop followed by a shoulder tackle. Lady called on Sorei to perform a giant swing together. Lady spun Natsupoi around 10 times, and the inexperienced Sorei swung Rian around, but her spins were slow, and she escaped to the bottom of the ring after finishing. Lady grabbed Rian and applied a reverse chop followed by a cobra twist. Natsupoi broke it up and declared that she and Rian would team up. Then Lady applied a cobra twist to both of them at once. Both dodged a big boot and Rian hit Lady with a series of dropkicks. Rian went for cover several times, but Lady kicked out. Natsupoi hit Sorei with a dropkick, and after an exchange of elbows, Sorei hit a brainbuster and an Argentine backbreaker. Natsupoi countered with an armbar, but Sorei lifted her up and slammed her into the corner. Rian blocked Sorei's charge from the corner and hit a hurricanrana. Rian rolled up Lady. Natsupoi hit a dropkick and then a jackknife pin on both of them, but Sorei broke it up. Sorei hit Rian with a big boot, but Lady dodged it and hit her by mistake. An enraged Sorei grappled with Lady, and Natsupoi delivered a body attack. Rian rolled up Natsupoi. When Natsupoi retaliated, she countered with a thrust kick to Rian. Natsupoi then announced her finish and delivered a Fairial Gift to Rian. While Lady and Sorei were fighting outside the ring, Natsupoi pinned Rian for the three count.
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| 3-Way 6-Person Tag Team Battle, 20-Minute Single Fall Match | ||
| Juri |
10 minutes 25 seconds, Frankensteiner → Single Leg Crab Hold |
〇Saya Kamiya |
| ● Saki Kashima | AZM | |
| Yagami Ranna | Amasaki Mitsuyu | |
*The other pair is Hazuki, Iida Saya, and Mukai Momo
God's Eye, consisting of Shuri, Saki Kashima, and Ranna Yagami; Queen's Quest, consisting of Saya Kamitani, AZM, and Mitsuyoshi Amasaki; and STARS, consisting of Hazuki, Saya Iida, and Momo Kogo, clashed in a 3-way six-person tag team match. Which team would be declared the winner in this unit rivalry match? When
Iida was introduced, she threw her hoodie, but it got caught on the ceiling. It seemed like she wouldn't be able to get it during the tournament, but Hazuki made a great play by jumping from the ropes to retrieve it. The match started with Iida, Kamitani, and Shuri. After feeling each other out, they went into a collar-and-elbow tie-up, and Shuri put Kamitani in a headlock. Iida then put Iida in a headlock as well. Kamitani threw Iida into the ropes and delivered an arm whip. Shuri and Kamitani dodged each other's kicks, and Iida also dodged Shuri's kick. STARS attacked and captured Shuri. They used rope work to confuse her, followed by a coordinated attack and a dropkick. However, Shuri dodges and QQ delivers a series of dropkicks, catching Kogo and attacking in combination. Amasaki body slams Kogo. Yagami breaks up and body slams Kogo. AZM breaks up and body slams Kogo. Shuri breaks up and fights with AZM. Shuri and Yagami intervene but Amasaki delivers a dropkick. Yagami lands a dropkick and exchanges elbows with Amasaki. Yagami knocks Amasaki down with three consecutive middle kicks. Amasaki retaliates with a DDT but is hit with a dropkick from Kogo. Kogo also delivers a dropkick to Yagami. AZM and Kamitani are hit with chops from Iida. Yagami and Amasaki throw Iida into the corner but he falls victim to Iida Rocket. Hazuki attempts a senton but Yagami dodges it and Shuri delivers a soccer ball kick. Amasaki tries to hit Shuri and Hazuki with a DDT but they dodge it. Shuri and Hazuki team up, but Tensaki and AZM deliver dropkicks from the PR department. AZM tries to do a diving foot stomp on Shuri and Hazuki, but they both dodge it. Hazuki hits AZM with a brainbuster, and then a face wash on both AZM and Shuri. When Shuri retaliates, Hazuki applies a face lock. Hazuki prepares for a full nelson, but Shuri dodges and takes a big boot. AZM hits Shuri with a brainbuster, then jumps over Hazuki for a foot stomp. Hazuki and AZM exchange elbows. Shuri tries to intervene, but the two roll her up. AZM and Hazuki team up, but Shuri dodges and hits Hazuki with a codebreaker, and AZM with a front neck chancery. Hazuki cuts the match and calls out to AZM to team up, but AZM betrays her with a big boot. Shuri and AZM hit Hazuki with high kicks. At this point, Kashima, who had been watching from ringside, enters the ring for the first time. As Kamiya and Kogo were fighting, Kashima and Kamiya exchanged clotheslines. Kogo dodged and delivered a body attack. After Kogo's 619, Kashima covered Kamiya. Kamiya rolled up both Kogo and Kashima at once. Kamiya hit Kogo with a spin kick and a whirlwind kick, but Kashima stole the cover. Kamiya covered Kashima. Kogo rolled up Kamiya. Kamiya elbowed Kogo as he charged, then sent Kogo to the apron and hit Kashima with a Frankensteiner. Kashima couldn't kick out, and Kamiya got the three count. After the match, Kamiya confronted Kashima, the High Speed Champion.
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| Six-person tag team match, 20-minute time limit, one fall | ||
| Nakano Tam |
14 minutes 26 seconds, Backdrop Hold |
Iwatani Mayu |
| Anno Saori | Hanan | |
| ●Yuna Mizumori | Cogma | |
The Cosmic Angels, consisting of Tam Nakano, Saori Anno, and Yuna Mizumori, clashed with the STARS, consisting of Mayu Iwatani, Hanan, and Koguma, in a six-woman tag team match. This match served as a prelude to the Wonder of Stardom Championship match between Anno and Hanan, who will compete for the title on April 27th in Yokohama.
Hanan volunteered to start the match and nominated Saori. Anno came out and the match began. They locked up and grappled, testing their strength. When Hanan grabbed Anno's arm, Anno fought back. Anno went for a headlock and took the match to the ground, but Hanan applied a head scissors, which Anno escaped, and they glared at each other. Koguma feinted at Mizumori with a bear pose. Mizumori charged in and tried to do a dropkick, but it was dodged, and she was hit with a dropkick of her own. Koguma called out to Mizumori, "Kumamon," and approached her with a bear pose, saying, "Since we're at it, let's do a bear pose." Mizumori did not do a bear pose but instead said "Tropical Yahoo," which drew boos from the crowd. STARS capture Mizumori and launch a coordinated attack. When Mizumori retaliates, Koguma forces her into a bear pose with a camel clutch. Nakano and Anno break up the attack and scold Mizumori. Nakano delivers a series of kicks to Koguma, and Kozuen delivers a dropkick from behind as part of a trio. Mizumori shoulder throws Koguma. Anno delivers a series of stomps to Koguma and applies a modified sickle hold. Nakano and Koguma exchange elbows, and Koguma delivers a DDT before handing the ball over to Iwatani. Iwatani delivers a dropkick to Nakano. Anno and Nakano team up, but Iwatani arm whips them both and hits Mizumori with a hurricanrana. STARS team up and deliver a series of dropkicks. Koguma and Iwatani deliver a combined body press, and Iwatani delivers a foot stomp. Nakano retaliates, and she and Iwatani exchange kicks. Nakano rolls her up for a pin, but it's only a two count. After an exchange of elbows, Nakano, assisted by Anno, delivered a German suplex. Iwatani countered, then hit Nakano with a superplex Frankensteiner. Nakano responded with a thrust kick. Hanan and Anno entered the ring. After dodging each other, Hanan landed an elbow, and Anno countered with a big boot. Hanan delivered a body attack and a running elbow smash. Anno hit a brainbuster and a fisherman suplex on Hanan, who was on the corner. Hanan kicked out, and Anno took her back again. Hanan countered but was hit with a neckbreaker. Hanan quickly got back up and delivered a blockbuster. Both were down after 10 minutes. Mizumori prevented Hanan from tagging in, delivering a diving shoulder tackle, a guillotine drop, and then grabbing her arm for a submission. Hanan escaped, and Mizumori landed a series of elbows, while Hanan countered with a hip toss. STARS attempted a combined face crusher on Mizumori, but it was cut off. Nakano landed a high kick, Anno a big boot, and Mizumori slammed Hanan, but Koguma made a save. Mizumori did a diving body press on Hanan, but Hanan raised her shoulder. Mizumori picked her up, but Iwatani intervened with a thrust kick to help Hanan. Koguma did body attacks to Nakano and Anno, and Iwatani did a tope suicida to the outside. STARS brought Mizumori back into the ring and hit a combined face crusher. Hanan did a Famouser, but it only got him a two count. Hanan kicked out and declared he was going for the finish, attempting a blockbuster. Mizumori held on and hit a lariat. Hanan kicked out, and Mizumori charged in for a lariat. Hanan hit an elbow smash followed by a blockbuster hold. Hanan was cut off and shouted "Watch this!" before hitting Mizumori with a back drop hold. With Iwatani holding Anno back, Hanan managed to get the pinfall. After the match, Hanan wore the NEW BLOOD Tag Team belt and Anno wore the Wonder belt, and they engaged in a tense stare-down.
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| 10-person tag team match, 60-minute time limit, best of three falls | ||
| 〇 Maika & Shirakawa Mina & Gina & Tsukiyama Waka & HANAKO | ２－１ | Tora Natsuko, Watanabe Momo, Starlight Kid, Ruanka, and Fukigen are here! ★● |
| ●Waka Gassan | 8 minutes 23 seconds, Heartless Driver → Shrimp Hold | Momoko Watanabe |
| 〇Mina Shirakawa | 5 minutes 31 seconds, weapon used → win by disqualification | Tora Natsuko ● |
| 〇Maika | 5 minutes 18 seconds, Michinoku Driver II → Single Leg Crab Hold | I'm in a bad mood. ★● |
E neXus V's team of Maika, Shirakawa Mina, Gina, Tsukiyama Wakana, and HANAKO will face off against Oedo Tai's team of Tora Natsuko, Watanabe Momo, Starlight Kid, Ruanka, and Fukigen Desu★ in a 10-person tag team match. This will be the third preliminary match between Maika and Momo, who will face each other for the World of Stardom Championship in the main event on April 27th in Yokohama. At the request of both sides, the upcoming Red Belt match will be a best-of-three series with different rules for each fall. This match will also be a best-of-three series. It will be conducted under no-touch rules, where any wrestler in the ring has the right to compete. What kind of tactics will unfold in this match as they compete for the Red Belt?
Maika and Momo face each other right from the start. They both dodge each other's lariat and high kick, with Maika charging forward and Momo delivering a dropkick. Momo attacks from the corner post. Natsuko kicks from the apron, and Momo delivers a middle kick from the front. Momo pulls Maika up and slams her into the exposed corner. Ruanka and Natsuko deliver shoulder tackles and sentons to Maika. Fukigen also delivers a senton to Maika. Fukigen's claim of "three days" is ignored when it is countered. Fukigen attacks by grabbing Maika's hair until the very last second before the disqualification count. Natsuko delivers a shoulder tackle to Maika, slams her into the exposed corner, and follows up with a running kick and a series of shoulder tackles. Maika counters and catches Natsuko's charge, but is crushed. Maika dodges Natsuko's sliding lariat and delivers a lariat of her own. HANAKO delivers a shoulder tackle to Kid. Ruanka interferes and teams up with Kid, but HANAKO and Gina team up, capture Kid, and deliver a double DDT. Kid rolls up HANAKO for a pin. Shirakawa hits Kid with a dropkick and a knee crusher. Kid dodges an elbow drop and hits Shirakawa with an elbow to the knee, a knee crusher, and a stretch muffler. Shirakawa escapes, dodges a dropkick and applies a spinning leg lock, but when Shirakawa reverses it, Kid applies a modified Indian deathlock. He goes for a figure-four leglock, but Kid rolls him up and hits a dragon screw on the ground and a stretch muffler. HANAKO breaks up the pin, catches Kid's dive and hits a backbreaker. In the ensuing scuffle, Momo hits Maika with a high kick, and Tsukiyama hits Momo with a series of hip attacks. Momo retaliates, scratches Tsukiyama's face, and hits him with a series of elbows. Tsukiyama goes for the Gokuraku Don, but Momo counters with a soccer ball kick. Maika interferes with Momo's charge, and Shirakawa hits Momo with a body press, and Tsukiyama with a missile kick. However, Oedo Tai breaks up the pin. Tsukiyama goes for the Gokuraku Don on Momo. Momo counters with a sleeper hold. Tsukiyama rolls up but only gets a two count. Tsukiyama dodges Momo's high kick and goes for an Osu Suplex. Tsukiyama is cut off and charges forward, but Fukigen Desu★ hits him with a weapon, and the Oedo Tai team attacks Tsukiyama one after another, with Momo hitting him with a Hitodenashi Driver. The three count goes in, giving the Oedo Tai the first fall. As soon as the bell rings to start the second fall, the Oedo Tai team attacks and overwhelms E neXus V in a brawl outside the ring. Back in the ring, they capture Shirakawa. Shirakawa fends it off and attacks Ruanka's knee. Ruanka counters Ruanka's attempt at a figure-four leglock with a lariat. Shirakawa kicks out and locks in Ruanka's knee. He goes for a figure-four leglock, but Kid breaks it up. Natsuko hits Shirakawa with a cannonball. Kid and Momo hit Shirakawa with a double knee pin. Kid does a spinning diving body press. Shirakawa kicks out and Kid declares he's going for the finish and goes for a star suplex. Shirakawa countered and rolled up, but Natsuko threw a box to stop the count. Natsuko hit Shirakawa with an iron pipe. The referee called a foul and Natsuko was disqualified. Third fall of the final. Maika threw Kid out of the ring. Shirakawa did a plancha to the outside. HANAKO slammed Fukigen into the corner with an Argentine backbreaker. HANAKO lifted Tsukiyama and dropped him onto Fukigen. HANAKO also did a body press but it was only a two count. Maika, Tsukiyama, HANAKO, Gina, and Shirakawa attacked Fukigen in the corner, and Maika hit a lariat. Momo broke up the attack and helped Maika up. Momo provoked Maika and they exchanged elbows. Maika hit Momo with a lariat. Momo countered with a high kick. Maika did a rolling lariat and a sleeper hold, and when Momo escaped, Maika charged. Momo hit her with a bat and Fukigen rolled her up. Gina hit Momo and Kid with lariats, Natsuko hit Gina with a lariat, and Shirakawa with a shoulder tackle. Shirakawa hit Natsuko with a backfist. Fukigen threatened to hit Maika with a brainbuster, but was slammed instead. When Fukigen kicked out, Maika went for the Michinoku Drive. Fukigen rolled her up, but Maika kicked out. Maika and Gina stopped Fukigen's charge and slammed her to the mat. Maika hit the Michinoku Drive and Fukigen couldn't kick out, so the referee counted to three.
Shirakawa: "E neXus V is the winner! Natsuko, Natsuko, that hurts. (In English) Today's fight is personal. You're jealous of me, because now I'm an international pro wrestler."
Natsuko: "Shut up, you're so obsessed with foreign culture!"
Shirakawa: "I wonder if Natsuko understands. You've been beaten up a lot, it hurts. What? I was wondering if you were feeling jealous."
Natsuko: "What are you talking about, you worker ant? Hey, do you know how ants die? They get trampled to death. I've found a good ant.
" Shirakawa: "Ant? I'm an ant. I guess I can be an ant. But you know, I'm an ant that can never be crushed. If I'm an ant, then you're a grasshopper. Grasshoppers, you know, they starve to death in the end."
Both sides start brawling.
Momo: "I hope you get crushed quickly. But more importantly, Maika. Today's best-of-three match was fun, wasn't it? And on the 27th, in addition to that, there's a hardcore match, and the last one standing wins. Isn't that incredibly exciting? What I'm most excited about is that you'll have a proper grave, and I can't wait to see you die in that grave. You guys are excited too, aren't you, to see her dethroned as champion and me putting this red belt around my waist?"
Maika: "If someone like you becomes champion with this red belt, the whole of Stardom will die. I will absolutely not lose to you. I'm looking forward to it."
Momo leaves the ring.
Maika: "Shirakawa, are you okay? In the end, we, E neXus V, have won, so we would like to conclude with all of us from E neXus V. Beyond imagination to the world, E neXus V is here!"
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Shirakawa: "EX neXus V will win. Oedo Tai, especially Tora Natsuko. I'm sure she's jealous of Chanmina. She's been beating me up, swinging pipes and stuff around and acting wild, calling me an ant. A worker ant. But that's okay. A worker ant contributes to the organization. Well, if I'm an ant, then Natsuko is a grasshopper. In the end, it's Natsuko who will starve to death. Fine, let's just have a proper pro wrestling match. I'll take her on one-on-one. I'll crush Natsuko completely. The BUNTAI and other matches haven't been decided yet."
Maika: "That's right." Right. In the midst of all that, BUNTAI, the red belt, best of three falls, no-touch rules today. BUNTAI has normal, hardcore, and the one who keeps the opponent in the end wins. It's a 10-count only, KO only rule, but it was still pretty fun even without touching. Those guys have done it a bit with rules that aren't no-touch, but anything goes with BUNTAI, right? Momo has agreed to that, so Momo, you'd better look forward to seeing what kind of tricks I'll use. I'm absolutely not giving up this red belt."
Shirakawa: "And with BUNTAI, E neXus V would like to finish with a victory for everyone."
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