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This is the pride of a senior wrestler. At the midsummer festival "Sammy presents STARDOM 5★STAR GP 2026" (July 25th, Ishikawa Industrial Exhibition Hall No. 2), AZM defeated Tomoka Inaba in an official Red Stars A match to claim her first victory
Having lost to Maika in her first match on the 20th (in Osaka), AZM used her speed to launch an attack. She cried out "Ouch!" each time she took a kick from her opponent, but when she finally caught the kick on the apron, she retaliated with a Brazilian kick
With neither fighter giving an inch, the match continued with Gali steadily inflicting damage with brainbusters, diving foot stomps with incredible distance, high kicks, and German suplexes. There were moments when both fighters' high kicks crossed paths and both were down, but Gali broke the momentum with a water kick and then delivered a counter high kick. In the end, Gali secured the victory with a Canadian Destroyer followed by an Azumi Sushi
Backstage after the match, she praised her opponent, saying, "Well, I lost the first match, but I got two points. I've been fighting Tomoka in various places every year, and I've been winning so many times that I've lost count. But that doesn't mean I'm going to hold back or let my guard down. For some reason, I consider Tomoka to be an important rival. She's become champion, so I'm hoping to use this as an opportunity to achieve something and eventually have a singles match against Tomoka for the belt."
AZM will face Sayaka Kurei at the Joetsu tournament on July 26th. AZM said, "I've had singles matches with Kurei quite a few times, and I lost to her last year and the year before. But in the meantime, Kurei has won the red belt, and I've never won the red belt myself. So tomorrow I'm looking forward to seeing what it was about Kurei that made her want to win the red belt."
Meanwhile, former world champion Sayaka Kurei suffered a heartbreaking defeat. She faced Maika in a Red Stars A official match. Having already played three matches since the start of the tournament, with a record of 2 wins and 1 loss, Kurei was forced into a difficult situation as her left arm was targeted. She fought back with 10 consecutive elbows, two dropkicks, a swan dive flying elbow, and a body scissors sleeper hold, but she couldn't seize a decisive opportunity
So he went for a skewer-style thrilling spear followed by a jumping body-lock sleeper hold to capture his opponent. He went for the win in one go, but his opponent escaped, and then locked in an armbar on his left arm, resulting in a defeat in 6 minutes and 1 second
This means she's now down to two losses after two wins to start the tournament, bringing her record to even. "This is my fourth match... I think I'm probably the furthest along right now. There are six consecutive matches and six consecutive tournaments with official matches since the start of the season, and this is my fourth match. There are a lot of matches concentrated in the first half, so I wanted to score points before anyone else and put pressure on everyone, but I lost to Maika today. But this was my first singles match against Maika, and she was actually someone I wanted to fight after I had successfully defended the red belt. I'm really disappointed to have lost here, but there's still tomorrow. After that, at Korakuen Hall, there are big, tough opponents waiting for me, like AZM and Itsuki Aoki, so I won't give up here and will try to score points again," she vowed, promising to make a comeback
