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I don’t have a problem with Anderson taking off before dropping the NEVER Belt.
That’s on NJPW for putting the belt on a guy from another continent with a handshake deal and nothing planned for 5 months.
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Stardom completely no-selling Forbidden Door again is the feel good story of the year.
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AEW fans deeply concerned about an American promotion getting into Japan and damaging the scene
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Remember when Mayu wasn’t a belt mark and willingly did a clean job in the biggest main event of her career? And said “Call me back when you want to pay me.”
Be an Icon, Not a Mark (for yourself).
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When Hatman said he’d bring the old days back, he really just meant lying about attendance.
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Japanese fans are posting photos with
#TL
を花でいっぱいにしよう which translates to “Let’s fill the timeline with flowers” since Hana means flower in Japanese.
Here’s the Hydrangea and Tiger Lilly, in honor of Hana’s two finishing moves.
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Fun Fact:
Tam Nakano has joined Manami Toyota as the only women to win pro wrestling main events at Yokohama Arena & Nippon Budokan.
#STARDOM
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TK randomly announcing a Fake G1 on a few weeks notice while wearing a Fake Inoki Towel, not having a majority of competitors or schedules announced 48 hours out, and the winner getting a Fake Triple Crown is a pretty good summary of TK in 2023.
i love being 48 hours out from the G1 and only knowing 1/3rd the field. that’s definitely a thing that happens every year
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The best response on NJPW’s Twitter announcement of the Stardom matches at Wrestle Grand Slam
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Stardom just announced a women-only show at Shinkiba on 5/6. Great idea. Sounds like staff and reporters will be limited to women only too.
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With all the attention
#Stardom
is getting from the Utami vs Syuri match, here's a thread of Recommended Matches on their YouTube Channel if you're looking to check out more & get an idea of what the company is like.
(Continued below in replies)
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Here’s the final ranking of the ShuPro most popular wrestler poll:
1Hiroshi Tanahashi (NJPW)
2Tetsuya Naito (NJPW)
3Yuki Arai (TJPW)
4Tam Nakano (Stardom)
5Kazuchika Okada (NJPW)
6Keiji Mutoh (NOAH)
7Starlight Kid (Stardom)
8Shingo Takagi (NJPW)
9Unagi Sayaka (Stardom)
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Best part of this was immediately after he said “Cincinnati, Ohio” half the crowd politely responded with “Ohayo!” thinking he was saying good morning.
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I can’t help but feel unbelievably happy for Mayu Iwatani.
She stuck with Stardom when the Yoshiko incident almost killed it, when Io & Kairi left for WWE, and when injuries derailed her title reign & it looked like she might not get another.
Nobody deserves this more than her.
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STARDOM 5 STAR GP Attendance through 7 shows:
2024 - 5389
2023 - 4504
Even if you swap 2023’s Hamamatsu show with Korakuen (to include the same number of Korakuens):
2024 - 5389
2023 - 5295
Considering where they were a few months ago, this is incredibly impressive.
#STARDOM
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Looks like Bushiroad has some savy people who will be marketing Stardom.
Since they posted that giveaway yesterday, they’ve added over 6K followers (over 25%).
A lot of the new followers are coming from women’s blogs and social media.
These are all comments from women:
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Kidani says Stardom’s sales have increased 5.5x the level they were at when Bushiroad bought the company.
They used to bring in roughly $200k a month, and March alone this year brought in over $1.2 million.
Eventually he expects them to equal New Japan.
掲載ありがとうございました。#スターダムRT
@Toyokeizai
: 【売上5倍！女子プロレス｢スターダム｣大躍進のワケ】 新日本も率いるブシロード木谷社長に聞く（前編） #東洋経済オンライン
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There was a lot of discussion heading into Stardom’s WK match whether NJPW fans would accept it.
Scanning twitter, it seems like it left a good impression with most fans.
Here’s a selection of the machine translations.
Worth noting about 1/3 to 1/2 of these seem to be women.
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I’m legitimately surprised at all the reviews of Mayu/Syuri calling it “violent”, “extremely stiff”, etc.
It was an excellent match, but they didn’t do anything wildly different from what you’d get in most big title matches in Stardom. Pretty standard stuff.
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International fans taking L’s on MIRAI.
International fans also hated Momo, Arisa, Utami, Giulia, Maika etc. when they started to get pushed. Usually with the reason of “they don’t have a character” or “they can’t promo”.
Always taking L’s. Glad Rossy doesn’t listen or care.
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25 years ago today, All Japan Women at the Tokyo Dome
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Tam Nakano absolutely cleaned up in the ShuPro Awards:
✅Women’s Wrestling MVP
✅ 1st in Favorite Wrestler Poll
✅ CA wins Best Faction
✅ 2nd in Match of the Year (Yokohama Arena Main Event vs Giulia)
✅ 5th in MVP
#STARDOM
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The 5 STAR Grand Prix is 90 matches in without a draw.
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Stardom’s opening the balconies at Korakuen Hall for the first time in its 9 year history. Could be a record crowd on Sunday.
【スターダム史上初の“立見席販売”が決定❣️】
1.19(日)『スターダム9周年記念日』後楽園大会のチケット販売が好調により、立見席の販売(当日のみ)が決定しました🌟
スターダム旗揚げから”初”となります❣️🙇♀️
🎟️前売りはB席のみ1/18(土)17時まで受付❣️
👉
#stardom
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Japanese promotions' YouTube views per day over the last month:
NJPW 283k
Big Japan 166k
Stardom 105k
DDT 50k
NOAH 20k
Marvelous 15k
Seadlinnng 5.4k
Gatoh Move 5.2k
TJPW 4.9k
Ice Ribbon 4.6k
Dragon Gate 3.3k
Sendai Girls 2.6k
Oz Academy 2.3k
All Japan 2.3k
Zero1 1.5k
JTO 984
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Japanese fans referring to Arisa Hoshiki as "Killer Hoshiki" after the bloodbath against Utami is one of my favorite things I've seen lately.
Stardom is your new home for Inokiism.
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3 years ago Utami had never wrestled a match in her life and was just a fan in the seats with a stuffed Daryl.
Just 3 years later she’s wrestling in the Tokyo Dome as the top champion of a major company.
As she says in her tweet: “Wrestling is wonderful.”
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Stardom just hit 40k Twitter followers.
They’ve passed up NOAH to be the second most followed Japanese promotion behind NJPW.
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Stardom’s first big show under Bushiroad drew 1,334 fans on a weeknight.
With the exception of Io Shirai’s last show, it’s their largest attendance since 2015.
🌟本日の来場者数1,334人‼️
たくさんのご来場誠にありがとうございました🤗
12/24「STARDOM YEAREND CLIMAX 2019」後楽園ホール大会
#STARDOM
#来場御礼
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Stardom's current revenue is about $2 million a year. Kidani says he thinks they can increase it to $10 million in 5 years.
That doesn't sound like they just want an NJPW women's division. They have big plans for this.
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Seeing Japanese fans tweet in English to Bea Priestley to congratulate her on her title reign and say how happy they are to have her in Japan...
Really nice contrast compared to what I see from a lot of Western “fans.”
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Ending on a nothing tag where she doesn’t put anyone over and doesn’t move the needle on ticket sales kind of sums up the entire run.
So.. how are we feeling about KAIRI's second run in Japan?
Imo her performances were often great to fantastic when it mattered (vs Iwatani, Mone, Kamitani..) and she was a joy to watch especially in the first few months
But there is so much potential wasted with her not facing
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Stardom drawing 3,000+ is another strong statement from them... but even stronger when you consider they did it without any big nostalgia, special stipulations, interpromotional matches, etc.
Just a natural conclusion to all the big stories they've built up over the past year.
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They should just rename Forbidden Door to “AEW Tryouts”
Record reports Stephanie Vaquer has contract offers from AEW and WWE.
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Retirements are always a huge bummer, but I can’t think of another one that left us with so much unrealized potential.
Arisa had every ingredient to be the biggest star in a revived scene over the next decade: amazing worker, charisma, crowd connection, size, etc. Total Package.
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Let's all show some love and support for
@junglekyona
.
This has to be a very difficult time for her.
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If I’m reading this right, these are Stardom’s increases in Bushiroad’s first year:
Twitter - 250%
YouTube - 700%
Fan Club - 750%
Stardom World - 200%
Web Sales - 800%
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I see this post getting a lot of engagement, don’t fall for it. The Tokyo Sports article doesn’t mention anything about WWE.
The quote he’s referencing is a Twitter post from old writer that doesn’t watch modern wrestling anymore. It’s being heavily criticized by Japanese fans.
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In a 6 week stretch Stardom has:
* 2 of its top 3 attendances all time at Korakuen, 3 of its top 9
* Best 3 show Korakuen stretch in its history... previous was in 2012 over a 6 month period
* Sold out 3 New Years shows on consecutive days
* 2nd highest attendance ever in Osaka
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At this point, I don't think it's hyperbole to say that in terms of momentum Stardom is the 2nd hottest promotion going behind AEW.
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Fun comparison:
Saya Kamitani debuted 3 months after AEW’s first show, and has wrestled in 217 matches since.
I would like to know why that is too. Some of the greener women's talent in AEW are developing at an alarmingly slow pace by only working weekly dark shows and their unwillingness to get more reps on the indie scene doesn't fill me with confidence.
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I’ve kind of half joked over the last 2 years that Stardom PPVs feel more like NJPW than NJPW has.
But I think a lot of people will be dead serious in saying the Grand Prix feels more like the G1 than the G1 does this year. Night 1 certainly did.
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“I have a request for you
Please don't blame yourself for Hana
Don't blame anyone else
Don't grudge anything
Stop Hate's spiral
No more
Don't let this happen
Bring us closer to the kind of world Hana wanted.”
皆さんに お願いがあります
どうか 花のことで
ご自分を責めないでください
他の誰かを 責めないでください
なにかを 恨まないでください
ヘイトのスパイラルを
止めてください
もうこれ以上
こんなことが起こらないように
花が望んだやさしい世界に
少しでも近づけるように
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I’ve seen the awards posted, but didn’t notice the ShuPro Favorite Wrestler voting until now. Here’s how it finished.
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It took Bushiroad less than 2 months to draw Stardom’s largest crowd ever at Korakuen Hall in its 9 year history.
Super No Vacancy 1,602 today.
#stardom
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From her training, to finding ways to put others over even when she was on a year long reign, there are few wrestlers that have worked as hard to help others reach their potential as Kagetsu has the last 2+ years.
Will always be a favorite.
#おおきに花月総理
#ThankYouKagetsu
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Going back and watching Utami vs Syuri again, and figured I'd watch English commentary.
@sfultonMMA
is so professional and was well prepared. Sonny added exactly what he needed to and didn't try to do to much.
Hope for more English commentary from
@we_are_stardom
@wwr_stardom
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Flip Gordon wrestling on Strong reminded me of this all time great tweet.
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Gathered some machine translated tweets from Japanese fans who attended the Stardom show on Sunday.
I tried to stick with what appeared to be first time or casual fans.
Seems like most want to come back, and there was a noticeable increase in women & kids in the audience.
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If this Coronavirus quarantine has you looking for old matches to look up: Stardom just posted last year’s Arisa Hoshiki vs Tam Nakano match on their YouTube for free.
Definitely one of their top matches of 2019.
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Seems like the Bushiroad connection is already paying off for STARDOM. Just sold out both shows of a doubleheader for the first time that I'm aware of, up 38% from last year.
Tag League/Mask Fiesta Doubleheaders:
2014 - 560
2015 - 540
2016 - 630
2017 - 534
2018 - 542
2019 - 751
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Seeing tons of tweets from Japanese fans saying they watched Stardom for the first time and want to go to a live show now.
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Looks like Bushiroad worked out the Giulia situation with Ice Ribbon, and she's under contract with Stardom now.
Rossy took the blame and apologized for how it was handled.
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Arisa Hoshiki's second run after her 6 year retirement only lasted 103 matches over 15 months. Absolutely wild to think how many bangers she had in that short span.
Has any other wrestler reached a level that high in such a short amount of time and experience?
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2019 has been a breakout year for Konami, and it feels like she's on the verge of becoming a legit star. There's an assuredness in her moves and promos that wasn't there before.
She's absolutely White Belt material now, and I wouldn't be shocked if she takes it on 12/24.
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For anyone who was confused why Utami Hayashishita was scheduled for the match she was on Sunday.
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Why do people think AEW would somehow give Stardom a ton of exposure and business?
Stardom literally had Riho under contract for a year and a half, and likely got way more business and exposure from a single Utami/Syuri match that occurred in Japan and had nothing to do with AEW
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More than double the votes of second place. The People's Champ.
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For western fans who think MIRAI is getting pushed "too fast", here's some context from past tournaments:
2016 GP: Yoko Bito wins 3 months into her comeback in her 18th match
2017 Cinderella: Toni Storm wins in her 38th match in the company
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Kagetsu's last match in Stardom will be her teaming with Mayu Iwatani (I think for the first time?) vs Jungle Kyona & Momo Watanabe. 🔥🔥🔥
🔹花月が1・26大阪ラストマッチで岩谷麻優とのタッグを熱望！対戦相手に渡辺桃＆ジャングル叫女を指名！
大阪世界館大会終了後、花月がリングに登場し1・26エディオンアリーナ大会のラストマッチで岩谷麻優をパートナーに熱望。対戦相手には渡辺桃＆ジャングル叫女を指名。観客から大声援を受けた。
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Kind of funny to think back on the "Bushiroad just wants to turn Stardom into an idol promotion" talk. In the last week:
Sold out Korakuen Hall for the 1st Time
Announced a women-only show
Brought in an MMA Fighter
Did not release a photo book
I like the tone they're setting.
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Syuri noting that she was supposed to face Momo in last year's GP on the day that her mother passed away. It was almost destiny that she would face Momo in the finals this year.
Can't wait for the next few months, Syuri's entire year has been one of the best stories in wrestling
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Absolutely incredible 5 STAR GP show today. Every match delivered (including my Stardom MOTY), and the crowd was white hot.
Easily one of the best Stardom shows of the last few years.
This promotion is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 right now.
#STARDOM
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10Mina Shirakawa (Stardom)
11El Desperado (NJPW)
12Mayu Iwatani (Stardom)
13Hiromu Takahashi (NJPW)
14Utami Hayashishita (Stardom)
15Giulia (Stardom)
16Syuri (Stardom)
17Kenoh (NOAH)
18Kota Ibushi (NJPW)
19SANADA (NJPW)
20Natsupoi (Stardom)
21Jun Kasai (FREEDOMS)
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“Commit to some kind of schedule”
That’s record time for turning a partnership into a strip mining operation, even by AEW standards.
Kenny Omega on AZM's AEW debut against Toni Storm
"What did I think of AZM on Collision? I think she did a fantastic job. Just seeing AZM on Collision really made me think that people are ready to watch some high-octane professional wrestling.
"And then to think as good as that
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TK picked NJPW clean to the point that he needs to start raiding other companies to keep Forbidden Door viable.
“There will be STARDOM and CMLL wrestlers on the Forbidden Door show when they do that show in June.
“So he (Taro Okada) came in and that kind of explains, again, when Tony Khan tweeted those tweets about Rossy Ogawa. It was definite loyalty to STARDOM and Rossy Ogawa was
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So many bad takes from international fans that the Maika/Mina faction “doesn’t make sense”.
TCS had nothing in common, until they immediately did.
Saya wasn’t a fit for QQ… until she immediately was.
Natsupoi didn’t fit DDM… until she immediately did.
Many other examples.
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Maybe it’s just me, but it seems like Bushiroad’s efforts are already paying off... Looked like there was a noticeable increase in number of women at Stardom’s Year End Climax show.
Seemed very noticeable how many were really into the Hana/Giulia match.
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I don’t understand this desire to see Stardom wrestlers have throwaway matches at half speed when you can just watch them multiple times a week with real booking.
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AEW’s ability to kill the vibes at its partners’ shows is truly impressive.
Already dreading Timeless Toni next month.
it is hot garbage that they're ending the CMLL Aniversario show with an angle for a midcard AEW feud. Just not really understanding what you're doing at all or what people are looking for. I hope it makes wonderful 10 second footage for Collision.
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Going to wrap up my 5STAR GP attendance tracking.
The Finals at Korakuen Hall drew 1,080, up 27% from last year and 41% from 2017.
It was Stardom's largest crowd of the year, and the third largest since the start of 2016 (1. Io Shirai's Farewell 2. 2017 Cinderella Tournament)
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#STARDOM
just wrapped up the biggest 3 month stretch in its history.
Highest attendance in a 3 month period: 23,331
First time they've had 7,000+ in three consecutive months.
82% increase from same time period last year
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Another cool thing about this final Gauntlet match for Kagetsu:
The show’s been sold out for a while now. No business to gain... just an opportunity to give her another nice sendoff.
That story about her, the company, and the roster being on bad terms gets more bogus by the day
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If you could bring one wrestler out of retirement, and they'd be fit, healthy and in their prime again, who would you pick?
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Stardom has hit 100k followers on Twitter.
They join NJPW as the only Japanese promotion to surpass that level.
【🎊Twitter🔟万人突破🎊】
🎉スターダム公式ツイッターのフォロワーが10万人を突破しました🎊
ありがとうございます！✨
いよいよ明日から5★STAR GP 2022開幕！ご期待下さい！
#STARDOM
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Man, Bushiroad is so down on Kagetsu that they have her in the main event of their first big show.
And they’re so intent to bury her, they’ve featured her on the poster for the big Osaka show in January.
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With today’s sold out Korakuen show,
#STARDOM
also passed up 2021’s record for attendance in a single year… and they still have 4.5 months to go.
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Today Syuri ties Dynamite Kansai and Shinobu Kandori for most Sumo Hall main events by women (3).
If she beats Mayu Iwatani, Syuri will tie Kandori for most Sumo Hall main event wins by women (3).
#STARDOM
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Once-great promotions falling victim to shindie cronyism is becoming way too common these days.
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They haven't released the attendance yet, but already saying it's a record crowd for Stardom in Osaka.
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Willow Nightingale’s match today (13:39) was given more time than any match she’s had on any AEW platform.
If they want to make her into a star, maybe they should consider making as much of an investment as NJPW has.
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Goddamn, Okada vs Naito was great.
That’s the NJPW I want. That’s the NJPW I love.
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That Stardom main event absolutely knocked it out of the park. They've had better matches, but it was absolutely everything it needed it to be.
Everyone worked their ass off, Jumbo got over in her debut, some heartfelt tributes, Giulia delivered a top star level promo to close.
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Unless there’s some kind of ticketing error, looks like Stardom’s Budokan show sold out the $1,000 VIP seats and Ladies’ Seats in the first 10 minutes.
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It goes without saying, Giulia is rapidly becoming a mega star.
She’s adding new stuff to her arsenal every match, and has one of the best characters going. Crazy to think where she could be by the end of the year.
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