STARDOM’s Himeka has announced that she will be retiring in April after just five years in the ring The 25-year-old made this announcement during a press conference on Friday and says it is not something she regrets. She will have a retirement ceremony in May. This announcement comes just after she teamed with Maika to … Read more
KAIRI will be challenged by Mercedes Mone at the upcoming NJPW Battle in the Valley event in February. Mone debuted in NJPW at Wrestle Kingdom 17 and confronted KAIRI. This was after KAIRI successfully defended the IWGP Women’s Championship against Tam Nakano. While speaking in a recent interview with Dark Puroresu Flowsion, KAIRI commented on … Read more
Gail Kim has been a tremendous asset to the behind the scenes production of the IMPACT Knockouts division. In recent years, IMPACT has seen crossover and collaborations with other promotions such as AEW, AAA, and NWA in contribution to the “Forbidden Door” aspect of the wrestling industry. Even in 2022, IMPACT shockingly had an agreement … Read more
Although it is rare for WWE to work with any other wrestling promotion, it has been happening more and more recently. For example, New Japan Pro Wrestling has had recent matches involving WWE talent Karl Anderson as well as Shinsuke Nakamura. NJPW has also started to incorporate STARDOM talent into their shows and even introduced … Read more
Syuri’s reign as the World of Stardom Champion has come to an end at exactly 365 days as Giulia has been crowned the new champion! The two women had a hell of a battle on Dec. 29 in a near 30-minute main event at Dream Queendom 2. Giulia becomes one of only 13 women to … Read more
STARDOM is starting off 2023 big with its first-ever Triangle Derby trios league. The tournament will kick off Jan. 3 and last until March. There are two blocks – Red Triangle and Blue Triangle. The trios were announced today. Red Triangle Blue Triangle In other STARDOM news, its next event will be the Stardom Dream … Read more
Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) has released its 2022 Top Tag Team 100 list. Ranking the top 100 tag teams in wrestling of 2022, Stardom’s FWC (Hazuki & Koguma) is listed at number five beating out 95 other tag teams regardless of gender. Hazuki & Koguma returned to wrestling in 2021 after both retiring. Coming baxk … Read more
Lana Austin has won the PROGRESS Women’s Championship for the first time in her wrestling career. She defeated Kanji at the PROGRESS Chapter 146: They Think It’s All Over event on Nov. 27 at the Electric Ballroom in London, England. Kanji held the title in her second reign for 175 days. Prior champions of this … Read more
On Nov. 20, KAIRI has officially become the inaugural IWGP Women’s Champion at the NJPW x STARDOM Historic X-Over event. This took place in the main event. NJPW started welcoming women’s matches into their shows this year by including STARDOM. From this, a championship was introduced and a tournament took place. It came down to … Read more
Women’s wrestling legend Allison Danger returned to the ring for one night only on October 27. She teamed with her nephew Colby Corino for the first time to take on Brandon and Kasey Kirk at SHP: Colby Corino’s Painted Black event. The match occurred in the semi-main event on the card, now streaming on IWTV. … Read more
STARDOM hosted its latest event, Hiroshima Goddess Festival on Nov. 3. At that event, Mayu Iwatani who held the SWA World Championship for 182-days, decided to relinquish the championship making it vacated. Her reasoning is to focus on the upcoming IWGP Women’s Championship which will decide its inaugural champion on Nov. 20. That match will … Read more
There have been two women’s matches confirmed from the STARDOM promotion to take place at a New Japan Pro Wrestling event. It will be stateside as it takes place in New York, New York and the event is named NJPW Rumble on 44th Street. The event takes place this Friday on Oct. 28. The SWA … Read more
It was announced back in July as the relationship has grown between STARDOM and NJPW that a women’s belt would be introduced. It was confirmed to come in November and it is being created by both promotions for the women to defend in not only Japan but the United States at NJPW events. Now, a … Read more
The current World of STARDOM Champion Syuri says she can see herself in one of the major wrestling companies in the United States. No stranger to wrestling the likes of Asuka and Hikaru Shida, Syuri mentioned wanting to share the ring again with them. As well as some other top names in AEW. While speaking … Read more
KAIRI has been pulled from the upcoming Stardom x Stardom pay-per-view event due to ‘poor physical condition.’ Which is how it was worded by STARDOM. In a statement released on her Twitter account, the former Kairi Sane confirmed that she had tested positive for COVID and forced to cancel her upcoming match against Wonder of … Read more
Women of Wrestling returns on September 17 after a long hiatus. Taped episodes from 2019 have been airing this year in anticipation of the upcoming relaunch. AJ Mendez, formerly WWE Divas Champion AJ Lee, has joined the promotion as an executive producer and color commentator. In the Twitter post below, Lee introduces a sneak peek … Read more
KAIRI is ready to get some gold back in STARDOM. STARDOM had its Stardom 5 Star Grand Prix 2022 event on July 30 in which KAIRI challenged Saya Kamitani for the Wonder of Stardom Championship. Kamitani states that she will defeat KAIRI to retain. Currently, Kamitani has held the white belt since December for 212-days … Read more
STARDOM has announced during its Stardom 2022 Strategy Meeting that the promotion will be introducing a new championship. The IWGP Women’s Championship will come in November and it is being created by both Stardom and NJPW for the women to defend in not only Japan but the United States at NJPW events. It was recently … Read more
STARDOM put on its Showcase Vol. 1 event on Saturday. This strayed away from STARDOM’s normal matchups as it presented a new third brand that showcased a lineup of unique matches filled with different stipulations. This is different than its normal STARDOM and New Blood shows. In the shows headliner was a Three-way bout Coffin … Read more
One of wrestling’s biggest rising stars, Queen Aminata, took a victory in the third ever event put on by the Terminus promotion. For those that are not aware of Terminus just yet, the promotion is owned and operated by the current ROH World Champion Jonathan Gresham along with Baron Black. In just its third event … Read more
It is being reported that the Women of Wrestling (WOW) promotion had interest in working with WWE Hall of Famer Lita. Earlier this year, Fightful had reported that AEW reached out to Lita for a potential storyline with Dr. Britt Baker. Lita opted to pass on AEW at the time and work with WWE earlier … Read more
Thunder Rosa visited Japan to participate in TJPW’s Summer Sun Princess event on July 9. The AEW Women’s World Champion took on Miyu Yamashita and the two would battle in singles competition. Before the match went underway, Rosa stated that if Yamashita wins, she would give her a title opportunity when Yamashita comes to the … Read more
Stardom will start working NJPW shows in America. An exact timeline of when it will start hasn’t been provided. From a press conference that took place today, NJPW stated that moving forward they will have Stardom talent working shows with them in America. From the NJPW Twitter account, they wrote: “In adapting NJPW to the … Read more
Unfortunately, Willow Nightingale is unable to make her debut in Japan this weekend for the TJPW promotion. In an announcement from TJPW, they state that Nightingale will not be able to appear due to her visa taking longer than expected. The event is set to take place on July 9 and is titled, Summer Sun … Read more
The upstart Women’s Wrestling Army just got a little bit more dangerous. Women’s Wrestling Army confirmed a report by Sean Ross Sapp on Wednesday that veteran wrestler and coach Allison Danger has joined the promotion’s coaching staff. This news comes just days before WWA’s next set of TV tapings in Chicago on July 8-9. Danger … Read more
AEW just wrapped up their joint event with NJPW over the weekend titled Forbidden Door. The concept of the show was to utilize talent from both AEW and NJPW in unique matches you wouldn’t necessarily see otherwise. For the women, this wasn’t capitalized on and the one match that we received was Thunder Rosa defending … Read more