Ship Canal Posted March 26, 2016 Report Share Posted March 26, 2016 So this match up has just been announced for the British Empire Wrestling show in May. Any UK based PWO folks going? Should be a fun showcase of what Stardom has to offer as well as a chance to check out some other cool stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pantherwagner Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 I may go but I don't know yet. I am pretty good friends with the guy bringing the Stardom girls to Europe but I may end up going to the show in Barcelona instead. I have never seen any of them wrestle. Which matches should I look for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norwegian Rudo Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 Don't know where you heard this, but the BEW Facebook says Hojo/Shirai vs. Toni Storm/Dahlia Black. As for names to look out for, the three Stardom aces are Hojo, Shirai and Mayu Iwatani. I'd certainly have all three in my top 10 women in the world. The "local" wrestlers for this aren't too shabby either, including Toni Storm and Nixon Newell, both of whom are high on my "hope they get signed" list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ship Canal Posted April 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 Yeah, my bad, a friend of mine posted a graphic with Hojo and Shirai on it and I presumed they'd been booked opposite each other on the show, hadn't realized it was a tag bout.I'm high on all three Stardom aces too and you are right Norwegian Rudo, all are top class. Hojo vs Satomura was my number 2 womens MOTY last year after Sasha vs Bayley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ship Canal Posted April 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 I may go but I don't know yet. I am pretty good friends with the guy bringing the Stardom girls to Europe but I may end up going to the show in Barcelona instead. I have never seen any of them wrestle. Which matches should I look for? I'm super pushed for time Panther so sorry for just dumping a list of links from an external source on you, but these links to dailymotion matches should help you familiarize yourself with some of the Stardom women. The full index is here: http://joshicity.com/joshi-match-recommendation/ In particular I'd recommend: 2015: May 17th – Kairi Hojo vs. Mayu Iwatani in Stardom June 14th – Kairi Hojo vs. Meiko Satomura in Stardom July 26th – Kairi Hojo vs. Meiko Satomura in Stardom August 23rd – Io Shirai vs. Mayu Iwatani in Stardom September 13th – Hudson Envy vs. Io Shirai in Stardom September 23rd – Hudson Envy vs. Kairi Hojo in Stardom 2016: January 17th – Mayu Iwatani vs. Kay Lee Ray in Stardom January 17th – Io Shirai vs. Kairi Hojo in Stardom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotJayTabb Posted April 4, 2016 Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 Just realised I'm going down to London that weekend anyway, so going to this show on the Sunday seems entirely do-able. I like the little Stardom I've seen, and Nixon and Storm are both really good, so this is very tempting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pantherwagner Posted April 4, 2016 Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 I may go but I don't know yet. I am pretty good friends with the guy bringing the Stardom girls to Europe but I may end up going to the show in Barcelona instead. I have never seen any of them wrestle. Which matches should I look for? I'm super pushed for time Panther so sorry for just dumping a list of links from an external source on you, but these links to dailymotion matches should help you familiarize yourself with some of the Stardom women. The full index is here: http://joshicity.com/joshi-match-recommendation/ In particular I'd recommend: 2015: May 17th – Kairi Hojo vs. Mayu Iwatani in Stardom June 14th – Kairi Hojo vs. Meiko Satomura in Stardom July 26th – Kairi Hojo vs. Meiko Satomura in Stardom August 23rd – Io Shirai vs. Mayu Iwatani in Stardom September 13th – Hudson Envy vs. Io Shirai in Stardom September 23rd – Hudson Envy vs. Kairi Hojo in Stardom 2016: January 17th – Mayu Iwatani vs. Kay Lee Ray in Stardom January 17th – Io Shirai vs. Kairi Hojo in Stardom Thanks, this is appreciated. I have seen that some of these girls have wrestled Satomura - who I have not seen in ages but I really liked back in the day, so I will try to track down those matches as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost Posted April 9, 2016 Report Share Posted April 9, 2016 I just got tickets for this. It looks like a good show, I'm a big fan of the Stardom women. Only seen bits and pieces from the others on the card, but they look good too from what I have seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donsem43 Posted April 10, 2016 Report Share Posted April 10, 2016 If anyone here is in the Vegas area, Cauliflower Alley Club is running Thunder Rock vs. Hojo/Melissa on April 11. Apparently Io, Hojo, and Iwatani are at the the Lucha Underground tapings also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotJayTabb Posted May 23, 2016 Report Share Posted May 23, 2016 So did anyone else make it to the show last night? Thought it was a really good show, albeit maybe a touch long. Having two 40 minute intervals was a bit much, and the local guys elimination match, though not bad, felt like it was playing to an audience who weren't that invested in it. Still, some really great matches: thought Shirai vs KLR was the standout, they both took some nutty bumps and it felt like a real war. Loved Nixon vs Iwatani too, thought it was a really great night for Nixon. She had three good-great matches throughout the card, she's really improved from the first time I saw her. Female/Hojo vs Storm/Black was a fun squash match, and I loved that submission that ended the lucha match. Liked the venue too, due to it's small size I ended up stood at the bar all night, meaning I had to quickly move as Alpha Female hurled Dahlia Black into the spot where I was stood. Top night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pantherwagner Posted May 23, 2016 Report Share Posted May 23, 2016 I made it to the show in Barcelona. There was a Shirai vs KLR match that was pretty good for a short match. Hojo/Iwatani had a very good action match with the Owens Twins. Shirai vs Toni Storm in the tournament finals was good as well. Ogawa seems to be pleased with the tour so I expect them to come back next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotJayTabb Posted May 23, 2016 Report Share Posted May 23, 2016 Yeah, the queues for the Shirai/Hojo/Iwatani meet-and-greet was pretty big, and Ogawa was at the head of that (in a boss-looking "Rossy Ogawa" jacket), so I think he'll have seen how popular the Stardom product is over here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost Posted May 23, 2016 Report Share Posted May 23, 2016 I was there yesterday and enjoyed the show. I'm on mobile so can't type a long reply but the highlight for me was Shirai/KLR, I thought Nixon and Santana looked good too. I am happy I got a picture with Io Shirai as well because she is my favourite 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poneglyph Posted May 23, 2016 Report Share Posted May 23, 2016 I made it to the show in Barcelona. There was a Shirai vs KLR match that was pretty good for a short match. Hojo/Iwatani had a very good action match with the Owens Twins. Shirai vs Toni Storm in the tournament finals was good as well. Ogawa seems to be pleased with the tour so I expect them to come back next year. I went to the show in Barcelona too. It was a really good show overall even with a couple of weak matches - Heidi Katrina isn't very good and I didn't really care about Alpha Female vs. Santana Garrett. I liked Shirai vs. Dragonita better than the opener but I agree with you on the rest. Hojo/Iwatani vs. the Owens Twins was easily my favourite match of the evening. I was with the group that started to randomly chant "tómalo, dáselo, tómalo" at Santana Garrett. Apparently the Mexican promoter liked it so much that he's now using it as a hashtag for her on Twitter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pantherwagner Posted May 23, 2016 Report Share Posted May 23, 2016 Good to see somebody else from my hometown in PWO. I'd be very surprised if Katrina is ever brought to Stardom, let's put it that way. I'm not sure how was the UK crowd but the Spanish crowd had a few groups doing NXT/ROH duelling chants. I was told that Europe was a good experience for the three top Stardom girls because they never have the crowd chanting for their opponents unless they are facing each other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotJayTabb Posted May 23, 2016 Report Share Posted May 23, 2016 Shirai/KLR was probably split 2/3 in favour of Kay Lee. Iwatani was cheered in her first round match against a heel, but Nixon was heavily favoured in the second round match. Hojo was pretty much unanimously cheered. We also got a Heidi Katrina match, unadvertised, against a tiny Italian wrestler (Laura DeMatteo?) who was less than physically imposing. Totally forgettable, other than them badly blowing a tilt-a-whirl spot (where Katrina stood in the middle of the ring, waiting to grab an opponent who was supposed to run towards her, but instead stood still....then eventually decided to run into the move) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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