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"Black Peach" Watanabe Momo is on a straight path to an unprecedented achievement. On July 20th (Monday, public holiday), at the midsummer festival "Sammy presents STARDOM 5★STAR GP 2026" held at the Osaka Herbis Hall, she faced Furusawa Kian in a Blue Stars B official match
He was attacked with a dropkick as soon as the gong sounded, but he remained calm. After escaping the ankle lock, he moved to his specialty, fighting outside the ring. With a cool expression, he threw his opponent into the audience and then choked him with a black bat
Furusawa, who had suffered two consecutive losses to Koguma and Hanan since the opening of the tournament, also got up and shouted "Come on!", but Watanabe mercilessly landed a middle kick. Then, as Furusawa charged in, Watanabe swiftly countered with a high kick. After escaping the subsequent ankle lock, he kicked Furusawa in the face. Finally, he finished him off with a modified chicken wing face lock
This gives her two consecutive wins to start the season, following her victory against Yuna Mizumori at the Ota Ward tournament on the 18th. "Kian, it still hurts. But do you understand? An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a joint for a joint. Hey, does she know that my right leg is still recovering from injury, or not? Well, she probably does. She attacked my left leg. Hey. Is she thinking that properly? Which is it? My right leg hurts, but is she trying to take down both my legs by targeting my left? Even so, I'm not going to lose just because one of my legs is attacked like this. I'm the reigning champion, after all. Use your brain more, you bastard!" she spat out
In the other Blue Stars B Block match, Wonder of Stardom champion Hanan faced Koguma. Her opponent was on a roll with two consecutive wins to start the tournament, and Hanan was drawn into Koguma's "bear world" from the beginning, disrupting her pace
Just over five minutes in, he was caught in a sleeper hold after a plancha and a mischievous kick, putting him in a very dangerous situation. However, he managed to escape and unleashed a back rope hold. After a series of roll-up attempts, he finally rolled up his opponent with a Seventeen
With this victory, she remains undefeated for two consecutive matches, following her win against Furusawa the previous day. Hana, who is one step closer to winning both the spring and summer tournaments following the "Cinderella Tournament," proudly stated, "This brings my score to four. I am so happy to have become the champion and the leader of STARS, and to have had another singles match against Koguma. I will continue to shine brightly as the leader of STARS and as this champion."
Her next match will be against Starlight Kid at the Sendai tournament on August 1st. "Kid is also a former champion of this belt, so I will prove that I, the current champion, am the strongest," she vowed