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Review: Stardom – 2018.01.13

Miranda vs. Hanan vs. Ruaka
Solid opener that maybe went a couple of minutes too long. Miranda looked fairly good and was able to show more of her personality. Hanan and Ruaka both continued their solid, but basic, work that they have been doing over the last few months. Ruaka pinned Hanan for the win. 2/5

Hiromi Mimura & Mari Apache vs. Kaori Yoneyama & Natsuko Tora
A fun match. Lots of comedy at the start with Hiromi and Natsuko competing with “SHOUTA!” and “Jungle!” chants. It was nice to see Natsuko getting a good reaction from the crowd. The wrestling part of the match had nothing spectacular but was fine throughout. Mari Apache pinned Natsuko Tora after a sitout powerbomb. 3/5

Nicole Savoy delivers a great suplex to Kagetsu.
Nicole Savoy delivers a great suplex to Kagetsu.

Oedo Tai (Kagetsu, Hana Kimura & Sumire Natsu) vs. Nicole Savoy, Xia Brookside & Kay Lee Ray
This was really good. Nicole Savoy looked great as she chained multiple suplexes together (including one that was sold brilliantly by Kagetsu), Kay Lee Ray and Hana Kimura both hit some beautiful strikes and kicks and Xia & Sumire did fine throughout. Add in a few comedy moments involving Tam and P-Chan and this was a really enjoyable match that flowed nicely. Kagetsu pinned Xia Brookside after a chokeslam. 4/5

Konami, Jungle Kyona, Starlight Kid & Shiki Shibusawa vs. Queen’s Quest (AZM, HZK, Momo Watanabe & Viper)
This was similar to the last match in that everyone looked good and the match had a really good flow. Jungle Kyona and HZK renewed their rivalry with great intensity and vicious strikes. Viper hit a great cannonball to the entire opposing team and had a nice exchange with Starlight Kid. Konami and Momo provided their usual array of great kicks and Shiki Shibusawa continued her improvement with a nice catch of AZM’s attempt of a crossbody which she turned into a bodyslam. Viper pinned Shiki Shibusawa for the win. 4/5

Rachael Ellering vs. Io Shirai (Wonder of Stardom Championship)
A much better showing for Rachael Ellering as she looked genuinely imposing at times and showed good emotion throughout. Io did a lot of her usual impressive offence including a great suicide dive and she sold all Rachael’s attacks well. The match wasn’t without it’s problems though as the first half did not flow great and both women made a couple of mistakes (Io messed up a springboard and Rachael performed a rather clumsy superplex). It was still an enjoyable match though. Io Shirai pinned Rachael Ellering after a piledriver and moonsault. 3.75/5 

After the match Nicole Savoy challenged Io Shirai for the white belt.

Review

Miranda vs. Hanan vs. Ruaka
Hiromi Mimura & Mari Apache vs. Kaori Yoneyama & Natsuko Tora
Oedo Tai (Kagetsu, Hana Kimura & Sumire Natsu) vs. Nicole Savoy, Xia Brookside & Kay Lee Ray
Konami, Jungle Kyona, Starlight Kid & Shiki Shibusawa vs. Queen's Quest (AZM, HZK, Momo Watanabe & Viper)
Rachael Ellering vs. Io Shirai

Good

Two fantastic tag matches and the rest of the card was solid.

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