Ittenyon is the biggest day for Pro Wrestling in Japanese Wrestling, and for the first time, STARDOM has a major show on January 4th in the Tokyo Dome City Hall show right before Wrestle Kingdom. The show features seven matches with a major main event between Mayu Iwatani and Syuri going at it for the IWGP Women’s Championship. The show is available on PPV, and the link to buy the show will be posted on the English STARDOM Twitter account with an English commentary option.
Queen’s Quest (Lady C, Hina & Miyu Amasaki) vs. HANAKO, Ranna Yagami & Yuzuki
The opening match is a trios match between the rookies and the B team of Queen’s Quest. Yuzuki won the “Rookie of Stardom” tournament last night and will be teaming her with her opponent in the final in HANAKO, who has been visually disappointed with her loss. STARDOM seems to building up the rivalry between all the rookies. Here, the Rookies won’t stand a chance. The match might be changed, with Miyu Amasaki being ill, but as of right now, she is still to go.
Prediction: Lady C, Hina & Miyu Amasaki
STARS (Hazuki, Saya Iida & Hanan) vs. Oedo Tai (Fukigen Death, Rina & Starlight Kid)
STARS & Oedo Tai once again go head to head with Wing*gori and Hazuki facing Fukigen Death, Rina, and Starlight Kid. This will be a solid match, to build up some revenge for the STARS team after losing their match last night in the Triangle Derby in a different combination. The interactions between Starlight Kid and Hazuki will be the highlight here, especially if they lean in their high-speed skills.
Prediction: Hazuki, Saya Iida & Hanan
Donna del Mondo (Mai Sakurai & Thekla) vs. Mei Seira & Mina Shirakawa
After losing their Artist of Stardom Championship, Mai Sakurai & Thekla will try to build back some momentum in this tag team match against the duo of Mina Shirakawa & Mei Seira, who have been teaming up a couple of times in the past few months. This will be a fun match, with Seira & Mina winning the match by one of them beating Thekla. Mai Sakurai will still find a way to cut her promo
Prediction: Mei Seira & Mina Shirakawa
Cosmic Angels (SAKI, Saori Anou & Yuna Mizumori) vs. Oedo Tai (Ruaka, Momo Watanabe & Natsuko Tora)
An unlikely trio in Cosmic Angels will face the better Oedo Tai trio on the show. The most interesting part of this match could be a potential tease between Watanabe and Anou for the Wonder of Stardom Championship after Momo beat Saori in the 5STAR Grand Prix, but with the Korakuen Rumble coming up, there will not be an official challenge here. While Mizumori is in the match as the typical pin eater, Anou beating Ruaka to get the win is the direction they will go with
Prediction: SAKI, Saori Anou & Yuna Mizumori
Queen’s Quest (AZM, Saya Kamitani & Utami Hayashishita) vs. God’s Eye (Ami Sohrei, Saki Kashima & MIRAI)
After winning the Artist of Stardom Championships on January 3rd, MIRAI & Ami Sohrei will team together with Saki Kashima to face AphroditE and AZM. While seemingly, Aphrodite already has new challengers, MIRAI & Sohrei teasing to challenge in the future seems likely here. The match itself will be fun, with all six wrestlers having good chemistry with each other. Kashima will take the fall here after getting pinned by one of the Queen’s Quest Members
Prediction: AZM, Saya Kamitani & Utami Hayashishita
Divine Kingdom (Maika & Megan Bayne) vs. Suzu Suzuki & Giulia
Not even a week after their respective battles for the NJPW Strong & World of Stardom Championships, Maika & Megan will face Suzuki & Giulia, who will be teaming up for the first time since the Dream Tag show in September. After Maika’s victory at Queendom, Giulia walked back with Suzu instead of celebrating her and changed the match here to team with Suzu instead of with Maika which continues the tensions in DDM. A split is about to happen right in front of our eyes, with Maika seemingly going away from Donna del Mondo more and more. What seems likely here is a draw, to continue teasing Maika & Giulia colliding for the World of Stardom Championship soon.
Prediction: Time Limit Draw
IWGP Women’s Championship
Mayu Iwatani (c) vs. Syuri
The main event of the show is the IWGP Women’s Championship match with Mayu Iwatani trying to retain her title for the third time against the former World of Stardom Champion Syuri. They have faced each other three times before in singles matches, with Syuri winning the last two matches, including in last year’s 5STAR Grand Prix, where she eliminated the Icon from the tournament. Syuri has been the most dominant Wrestler in STARDOM since joining the promotion nearly four years ago and takes every championship she wants, which makes her the toughest challenge the Icon had in her title run, but fans have learned in the past to never bet against Iwatani, who always
This will be an early match-of-the-year contender, and likely the longest match in the history of the belt to make a statement. The two have fantastic chemistry and have shown it in their past matches. With her movie coming out soon, Iwatani retaining seems obvious, which may hurt the drama, but they are so great, that they will still pull it off.
Prediction: Mayu Iwatani
