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5★STAR GP champion Rina hurled scathing words at Utami Hayashishita and demanded a one-on-one match at the Light Cube Utsunomiya event in Tochigi on October 18th
HATE's Konami, Ryuka, and Rina faced STARS' Utami Hayashishita and Matoi Hamabe. With Wakana Tsukiyama absent due to an injury sustained during practice, the match became a 3-on-2 handicap match, and HATE took advantage of their numerical superiority to dominate
They launched a fierce attack from the start, stopping Utami's movements with a train attack, and then Rina followed up with a double knee drop. Furthermore, she slammed Utami, who also came from a judo background, down with a shoulder throw
After blocking Utami's Crusaders, Ruika delivered a blow with a Black Box. She followed up with a body press from the second rope and a double knee drop from Rina, and finally Rina sealed the victory with Pink♥Devil
After the match, Rinami's anger did not subside. "Hey, what do you mean, a handicap match against HATE? You and your company are not gonna mess with us!" she spat out, then turned her attention to Shimi
"And Utami Hayashishita, I'm talking about you. Nobody's going to tell you, so I will. You're already getting buried in Stardom."
While acknowledging the reaction to her return, she dismissed Utami's current situation after joining STARS following her challenge for the red belt as "just playing at being friends." She further pressed her, "Is that what you wanted to do when you came back to Stardom?"
Having reached the pinnacle of summer, Rina already has her next goal in mind. But before that, she declared that she would use Utami as a stepping stone, demanding a singles match against her in Tochigi, a homecoming event in her hometown
The 5★STAR champion has issued a challenge to the former World of Stardom champion. How will Utami respond to this scathing challenge?
Rina:"Hayashishita Utami, things have changed since you were here. In Stardom, you have to assert yourself more and more or you'll get buried. Stardom is that intense. I'm thinking of using you as a stepping stone for me. I won't let her have any say in our next singles match. It's decided!"
Hayashishita Utami: "Even though it was a handicap match, a loss is a loss. To lose like this so soon after joining STARS is not cool at all. Rina, you say I've been overshadowed since I came back? I know I haven't done anything in particular, and I know that myself. A singles match in Tochigi. A singles match against this year's 5★STAR winner. I'm so pissed off right now that I don't have the mental capacity to think about things like that. First of all, I hate...especially Rina right now. I'm definitely going to get my revenge."