Momo Watanabe is your STARDOM 2025 5Star Grand Prix winner. On Aug. 23 she defeated the current NJPW STRONG Women’s Champion AZM in the tournament finals. Leading to the finals, Watanabe defeated Saori Anou int he semi-finals, while AZM took out Rina. Watanabe and AZM are former tag team partners and former members of Queen … Read more
Diva Dirt has kicked off our Top 30 Women Wrestlers Under 30 as of April 1. Below you will find links to the list so far as well as the newest name on the list. 15. Momo Watanabe 25yo STARDOM Momo Watanabe made her debut for STARDOM at the age of 14 in late 2014. … Read more
Mercedes Moné keeps her TBS Championship reign going with a win at Revolution! Moné defeated Momo Watanabe from STARDOM. The star from Japan would eventually tap out in the Statement Maker. This victory makes Moné’s reign 288 days and counting as she approaches the 300 day mark. She has successfully defended the gold now a … Read more
As we inch closer towards AEW Revolution, the women’s division look to continue to make their mark here tonight on AEW Dynamite. Stardom’s Momo Watanabe has chosen to go after Mercedes Moné’s TBS title at AEW Revolution. Moné already has a win against Watanabe after their NJPW Strong Women’s Championship bout, but Watanabe is determined … Read more
On Jan. 4, NJPW x AEW held its Wrestle Dynasty event. At this event, the International Women’s Cup was crowned after a build up to the Four Way which involved four different promotions. The winner came from STARDOM as Momo Watanabe defeated Persephone (CMLL), Athena (ROH), and Willow Nightingale (AEW). The win came with some … Read more
STARDOM was the last promotion to qualify a participant for the upcoming NJPW x AEW Wrestle Dynasty International Women’s Cup. They hosted a mini tournament which landed Momo Watanabe the winner. Watanabe now joins Athena (ROH), Willow Nightingale (ROH), and Persephone (CMLL) in the upcoming match. Also at Wrestle Dynasty on Jan. 5, Mercedes Moné … Read more
Momo Watanabe is the next challenger for Mayu Iwatani’s IWGP Women’s Championship. A title that hasn’t had many defenses since Iwatani has won it, has been held by her for 553 days and counting. Iwatani defeated Mercedes Moné to become champion. Her last defense was in early October against Toni Storm. The challenge by Watanabe … Read more
Mercedes Moné has successfully defended the NJPW STRONG Women’s Title for the first time. This took place Friday evening at the NJPW Capital Collision event in Washington, DC. In her first match back in a solo NJPW event since May 2023, Moné fought hard in a near 20 minute main event to retain against Momo … Read more
At the upcoming NJPW show Capital Collision set for Aug. 30, Mercedes Moné will be facing Momo Watanabe while putting the STRONG Women’s Title on the line. It has been confirmed by NJPW that this match will be the main event. Along with this highly anticipated main event match comes a second women’s match which … Read more
The current NJPW STRONG Women’s Champion Mercedes Moné will be putting her championship on the line at the upcoming NJPW Capital Collision event on Aug. 30. After the Aug. 15 STARDOM show, Watanabe made the challenge and NJPW posted it on its social media. This would be a first time match between the two. Moné … Read more
It was mentioned on the June 26 episode of AEW Dynamite that there will be a women’s tag team match added to Forbidden Door. From the promo given by Kris Statlander, we knew her partner would be Momo Watanabe. It has now been confirmed that Willow Nightingale will have Tam Nakano as her partner. Statlander … Read more
Starlight Kid & Momo Watanabe (Black Desire) are the new Goddess of Stardom Tag Team Champions. On Day One of Two for Stardom’s 2022 World Climax event, Kid & Watanabe challenged Fukuoka Double Crazy (Hazuki & Koguma) for the championships. Watanabe delivered the final blow with Peach Thunder to pick up the pin. This ends Hazuki … Read more
STARDOM has announced the matches taking place at NJPW Wrestle Grand Slam. The two-day event kicks off this weekend from the MetLife Dome. The bouts are now confirmed and will see Momo Watanabe and Saya Kamitani vs Maika and Lady C takes place on the opening night September 4. Watanabe and Kamitana are in action … Read more
Stardom has wrapped up their Shining Stars 2019 show which took place in two parts. Both a day and evening show took place. The evening show witnessed a Goddesses of Stardom Championship match. Here is the rundown of the day event: Singles Match: Death Yama-san defeats Saya Iida Tag Team Match: Oedo Tai (Andras Miyagi & Natsuko Tora) defeats Starlight Kid & Tam … Read more
It is being reported that Stardom talent will be featured in the upcoming video game Fire Pro Wrestling World as a DLC pack. On Stardom’s official Twitter page they posted several photos of wrestlers voice recording for the game. Translation of the tweet is as follows: “A major player participates in a certain famous game … Read more
World Wonder Ring Stardom have announced the full card for their American Dream in the Big Apple event, taking place in New York City this Friday. It is the promotion’s first-ever event as part of WrestleMania weekend. The matches were tweeted out today by the promotion’s official English-language account. The opening bout will see Stardom’s … Read more
STARDOM’s 5*Star Grand Prix continued this past weekend on September 1. Below are the results from Day 4 and tallies for the tourney so far. Singles Match Natsu Sumire defeats AZM (9:51) Four Way Tag Team Match Jamie Hayter & Kimber Lee defeat Hanan & Shiki Shibusawa and JAN (Jungle Kyona & Natsuko Tora) and JAN(Leo Onozaki & Ruaka) (8:17) Red STARS Rachael Ellering [4] defeats Konami [4] (7:39) Blue STARS Nicole Savoy [6] defeats Hazuki [4] (7:06) Blue … Read more
STARDOM’s 5*Star Grand Prix continued this past weekend on August 26 with two sets of shows, an afternoon and evening block. Below are the results from both shows on Day 3 and tallies for the tourney so far. Afternoon Show: Red STARS Konami [4] defeats Natsuko Tora [0] (7:34) Three On Two Handicap Match Oedo Tai (Hazuki & Kagetsu) defeat Hanan & JAN (Leo Onozaki & Ruaka) … Read more
STARDOM’s 5*Star Grand Prix began this past weekend and will feature several notable female gaijin. Below are the results from August 18 and 19 and tallies for the tourney so far. August 18: Shinkiba 1st RING (Tokyo, Japan) Starlight Kid defeated Hanan, Leo Onozaki, Ruaka & Shiki Shibusawa (5:02) via pinfall on Onozaki Red STARS Block: Kimber … Read more
Earlier this week on May 23, 2018 Io Shirai’s 180 day reign with the Wonder of STARDOM Championship came to an end. She was defeated by 18-year-old Momo Watanabe, winning the match with a clutch Tequila Sunrise. pic.twitter.com/6ndV0zPfa9 — We Are Stardom (@we_are_stardom) May 23, 2018 The modified Tequila Sunrise that brought the Wonder of … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: Battle-news.com” align=”aligncenter” width=”640″][/media-credit] Welcome back to a new edition of Joshi Wrestling Weekly! Today we are going to discuss the latest events in Japan, including a big Stardom show, a new ICExInfinity Championship, and Maki Narumiya‘s upcoming retirement! Joshi Wrestling News Photo: battle-news.com After having her last match in Ice Ribbon, Maki Narumiya announced plans for … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: yahoo.co.jp” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] Welcome back to a new edition of the Joshi Wrestling Weekly! I know it has been awhile, but we are now looking to bring back this column as a regular feature on Diva Dirt again. Lots of results and news from Japan to discuss, as well as a closer look at young wrestler Kaho … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: wwr-stardom.com” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] Welcome back to another edition of the Joshi Roundup! We are back with injury updates, a new promotion starting, and spotlighting the one and only Act Yasukawa! Joshi News Photo: battle-news.com To update a story from a few months ago, Tokyo Joshi Pro wrestler KANNA fractured her eye socket in … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: we-are-stardom.com” align=”aligncenter” width=”620″][/media-credit] Welcome back to another edition of the Joshi Roundup! A lot has happened since my last column, this week we have the conclusion of the Stardom FIVE STAR GP and a spotlight on a very special wrestler to me, Hudson Envy! Joshi News Photo: battle-news.com Some quick news items … Read more
[media-credit name=”Photo: Battle-News.com” align=”alignright” width=”620″][/media-credit] Hello! My name is Kevin Wilson, and I have been a fan of Japanese wrestling for over a decade. During that time I have slowly started watching more and more women’s wrestling in Japan (better known as Joshi) and that is now my primary interest. I hope through this column I … Read more