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AEW's Julia Hart has started with a win. On Tuesday, July 28th, she faced Rian in a Blue Stars A official match at the midsummer festival "Sammy presents STARDOM 5★STAR GP 2026" held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
At the July 18th Ota Ward tournament, which marked the start of the league season, the formidable trio, along with Tekla and Sky Blue, captured the Artist Championship, and now they are finally facing their first official match
Hart was immediately hit with a dropkick as a greeting, forcing him to escape to the outside. He quickly returned to the ring, but was subjected to a series of foot-stomping attacks
This caused Heart's expression to change completely. After impaling him and cornering him, he followed up with a spinning kick to the body
After that, Rian gave her a hard time, falling victim to sleeper holds, stunners, and a net-cast atomic drop. But she endured it all and prevented Rian from finishing her off with the Hanaguruma. She countered with a back elbow and then locked in the Heartless, a combination joint lock that targeted the shoulder and neck, forcing Rian to tap out
"Stardom. I told you, didn't I? Hart will definitely win. There's always a new prey waiting wherever I go. This first win is just the beginning of many more victories to come. I've made it clear that you're not at all prepared to face me, haven't I? Don't send your 'best' wrestlers into this tournament. Because once you stand before me, you'll never be able to go back to how you were before."
In addition, in a Blue Stars A official match, World Champion Suzu Suzuki faced Goddess Champion Mitsuyoshi Amasaki. Amasaki made the first move, but Suzu calmly dealt with it, grabbing her hair and throwing her mercilessly
He then thrusts his chest out to withstand a series of elbows, and retaliates with a heavy blow of his own. After that, he dodges Amanohashidate and delivers a Buszo Kick
Tensho endured the slap and unleashed a tequila shot. When his opponent kicked out at 2.9, he followed up with a buzzsaw kick and a powerful German suplex hold to secure the 3-count
With this, Suzuki achieved two consecutive wins without a single loss. After the match, she was still in high spirits, saying, "Mitsuyoshi of NEO GENESIS! Amasaki Mitsuyoshi! Ouch, that was a powerful slap. It felt great! Hey, NEO GENESIS. Ever since I left, you've all been squealing and making a fuss, and you've even won the Goddess title, and you've won it together with AZM, and so on. I wondered how rewarding it would be to fight against someone like that, but it was alright. I think you actually prefer these kinds of battles to all that glittering stuff you do in NEO GENESIS. Well, I don't know. Anyway, today the enthusiastic champion won with enthusiasm. I hope you'll continue to support us in the future!"
Meanwhile, Tensaki, who suffered three consecutive losses from the start of the tournament, desperately tried to look ahead, saying, "I knew it from the beginning, but she's really strong. I know she's strong because she's the red champion. I attacked a lot, but in the end she countered. But 5★STAR isn't over yet, and getting zero points in three consecutive matches is pretty tough. It's tough, and I'm wondering what to do next. But it's not a matter of wondering what to do, because I can't advance to the finals unless I win all of them. I'm putting pressure on myself to win all four remaining matches, and I'll fight through these four matches."