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The Artist of Stardom champions, Nakano Tamu, Natsupoi, and Anou Saori, will face Neo Genesis in their third title defense. Neo Genesis won the unit league and announced their challenge for the Artist and Goddess titles. First, they'll be aiming for the Artist title with Starlight Kid, AZM, and Amasaki Mitsuyoshi. Having won the unit league and declared their intention to take all titles as a unit, winning the Artist belt, a unit title, is a perfect start for Neo Genesis, and they're determined to get it. Meanwhile, the top trio of Cosmic Angels took the title from E neXus V, defeating H.A.T.E. and fellow Cozuen wrestlers. Now, they'll face Neo Genesis for the first time. The winner of this match is likely to become the star of the unit battle.
Before the bell rang, Neo Genesis landed a surprise dropkick, followed by AZM, Kid, and Amasaki, who attacked Natsupoi with dropkicks. Amasaki delivered a piercing elbow, followed by a dropkick from Natsupoi. Anna hits a missile kick on Amasaki. Nakano corners Amasaki and attacks. Nakano and Natsupoi hit back kicks, Anna hits a big boot, and the trio hits dropkicks. Amasaki returns with an elbow. Nakano responds with "Is that all?" and "Bring it on!" and stands up to the elbows. Amasaki charges in and goes for a DDT, but Nakano counters with a slap, and Amasaki jumps in and hits a DDT. Kid drops Nakano. Natsupoi stops Kid, but Kid bumps into Nakano and hits a corbata. Kid hits a moonsault on Anna and a standing moonsault press. Nakano hits back, and Kid goes for a fisherman's. Nakano counters and drops a dropkick, saying "Don't mess with me." Natsupoi hits a body attack, followed by an armbar and an armlock. Kid dodges Natsupoi's dropkick and hits a legbreaker from the apron, a dragon screw, and returns to the ring with a stretch scarf. AZM captures Anou and Amasaki Nakano to support Kid. When Natsupoi escapes, kicks clash. Natsupoi elbows Kid, who blocks, stomps her foot, and kicks her knee. Kid dropkicks the knee, and Natsupoi lands a series of elbows. Natsupoi pretends to block by saying "Come on!" and then hits a back kick. Kid goes for a brainbuster. Kid also dodges a spinning diving body press from Natsupoi. Natsupoi lifts Kid up and aims for the fairing ring. Kid counters, and Nakano and Kid perform a thrust kick duel, followed by a dropkick and a forced German suplex. Kid launches a double knee attack from behind. Natsupoi then hits a back kick, leaving both down. AZM dodges a neckbreaker and hits a series of brainbuster's on Anou, who retaliates with a brainbuster, and 10 minutes have passed. As AZM dodged Anno's charge, Neo Gene hit a triple dropkick. AZM followed up with a missile kick and an armpit hold. As Anno escaped, Natsupoi rushed in and elbowed AZM. Anno and Natsupoi performed a combined thrust kick. AZM and Kid hit each other, then they sent them to the corner in two directions. AZM and Kid performed an avalanche arm whip followed by a diving foot stamp, and the champions performed a trio of German suplexes. The champions then went to the corner as a trio and dived in three directions. Nakano and Natsupoi were sent to the outside, and Anno hit AZM with a missile kick and a fisherman's suplex. AZM gave Anno a high kick and a German suplex to hold her in place. As Anno returned, the challengers combined to slam Anno down, Kid with a spinning diving body press, and AZM with a diving foot stamp. However, Nakano and Natsupoi made the cut. AZM declared her finish with a buzzsaw kick and attempted a Canadian Destroyer on Anno. Anno countered with a German suplex, but AZM countered. After 15 minutes, Anno slammed her down and Natsupoi hit a Fairy Real Gift. Nakano hit a Tiger on AZM. However, Kid and Amasaki successfully cut her off. "Finish it!" Nakano tagged in, and Anno hit a Tantandol. However, Kid cut her off just in time. Anno attempted a Japanese Ocean on AZM. She countered with Azumi Sushi, but Anno countered just in time. Anno hit a Numerowuno, and AZM hit a Numero Uno. Anno hit a Potering, but Amasaki cut her off. Amasaki hit a DDT on Anno, and AZM and Amasaki double-slammed Anno to the mat, but Natsupoi cut her off. Kid broke up the attack with a Tiger Driver on Natsupoi. AZM hits Anno with a double arm Canadian Destroyer (one shot up) and Azumi Sushi. After the three count, AZM pins Anno.
AZM: "We got the belt! Am I AZM? AZM? Thank you, hahaha. (To the Azumi calls) Wow, thank you. Thank you! I've got the pink belt back after five years! Ah, I'm so happy. Hey, Nakano Tam, who said Kid's crap? Don't underestimate me, I'm your senior! Well, I'm so happy that this group of people were able to get the belt. I'm so happy I can't find the words to express it, what should I do? That's right. Sorry I can't think straight. Well, at this rate, Neo Genesis now has two double champions. That's amazing. Neo Genesis will continue to sweep all the belts, so look forward to it. And, Suzuki Suzu will be challenging for the red belt after this, so please support her as well."
AZM: "Neo Genesis won the Artist Award! I'm so happy."
Kid: "This comes after winning the league..."
AZM: "Isn't the flow just perfect?"
Kid: "Perfect, I guess."
AZM: "I've always wanted to wear the belt with Mitsuyoshi, and Kid has been on the opposite side of me for a long time, so we're finally able to wear the belt together."
Kid: "Really?"
AZM: "I think this is a very, very worthy victory. Nakano Tam called Kid trash, but"
Kid: "Take that back."
AZM: "That's true, really. But I think it was Nakano Tam that lit the fire for me, and I'm very grateful to Cosmic Angels for that. I'd love to go up against Natsupoi, Saori, and Tamu again. I took it from Natsupoi again."
Kid: "I took Wonder and Artist from Natsupoi. I guess there's nothing left to take away (laughs). But Natsupoi didn't have the looks I like. I mean, they've won the Best Unit award many times, and even within Stardom, they have a particularly strong unit feel, and they took it from Kozuen, who are a top-tier trio, so I think it's no exaggeration to say that we, Neo Genesis, are the core of Stardom units with pride and confidence!"
AZM: "That's right, that's right, that's right. I think just winning it is incredibly valuable, and from now on, let's keep increasing our value even more than Kozuen."
Kid: "That's right, after we won, there's something I wanted to say. A top-tier trio is a little too strong."
AZM: "Strong."
Kid: "But we've come from the highest level, so we're even stronger. But, artists, I think it would be good for more and more younger artists to take the bait. We have Future Champion Mitsuyuki, and it would be fine for a trio with a young artist and someone with experience, or even a trio of young artists only, so it's not just Future or NEW BLOOD, I think it would be good for even younger wrestlers to take the bait. With so many units and wrestlers, we should revitalize the artists within Stardom even more. That's what I think. The highest level was a bit too strong."
AZM: "I think that's fine. But we won,
so we are." Kid: "We're strong."
AZM: "Mitsuyuki said the same thing."
Kid: "(An artist) is like the core of the unit."
Amasaki: "I thought that the core of the unit is what takes on challenges, but since I joined Neo Genesis, I feel like I'm at the center of it all, and I want everyone to be like that."
Kid: "Even from there, there might be the possibility of it connecting with Future or Wonder. I think it's fine for them to go even further."
Amasaki: "And speaking of Future, it's HANAKO next. The challenger has been decided, what do you think?"
Kid: "Where will it be?"
Amasaki: "Next, you have a tour, right? The final day, (2/12) in Osaka?"
AZM: "That would be good, in Kansai."
Amasaki: "It's Kansai, so that would be perfect. It's next door (to Kyoto). Kyoto wasn't there this time. We'll be waiting for you in Osaka. We're looking forward to it."
Kid: "We look forward to seeing you in the future Neo Genesis..."
All three: "Nice to meet you!"