Stardom - Taiwan (10/21/2017)

1. Natsuko Tora vs. Shiki Shibusawa

**

2. Chardonnay vs. HZK vs. Konami

**3/4

3. Kelly Klein & Scarlett vs. Team Jungle (Hiroyo Matsumoto & Jungle Kyona)

**1/2

4. SWA World Championship / World of Stardom Championship: Toni Storm (c) vs. Bea Priestley

bad

5. Hiromi Mimura, Io Shirai & Yoko Bito vs. Oedo Tai (Hana Kimura, Kagetsu & Kris Wolf)

***

Hiromi Mimura vs. Momo Watanabe vs. Natsuko Tora (Stardom, 11/23/2016)

Stardom - Goddesses of Stars (11/23/2016)

Hiromi Mimura vs. Momo Watanabe vs. Natsuko Tora

This was Momo's first match after turning and becoming a member of Queen's Quest. It's interesting to see the change in character while she's still wearing her face gear. Match was alright... I miss Hiromi's old attire.

**1/4

Stardom - Midsummer Champions (8/13/2017)

2. 5★STAR Grand Prix 2017 Qualifying Match: Natsuko Tora vs. Tam Nakano

Pretty solid performance from both wrestlers, especially for Tamu, who made a strong impression in her Stardom debut. Tora gets a crazy close near-fall.

***

3. Gabby Ortiz & Hiromi Mimura vs. Konami & Yoko Bito vs. Oedo Tai (Hana Kimura & Kris Wolf) vs. Shiki Shibusawa & Starlight Kid

***

4. SWA World Championship: Toni Storm (c) vs. Xia Brookside

*1/2

5. High Speed Championship: Shanna (c) vs. Mari Apache

**1/2

6. Artist of Stardom Championship: Team Jungle (Hiroyo Matsumoto, Jungle Kyona & Kaori Yoneyama) (c) vs. Queen's Quest (HZK, Io Shirai & Viper)

A solid match for Io's return. I thought she looked great, and she did some new flippy stuff. Viper ends up crushing Kyona's face and causing a nosebleed, and I thought it added to the match visually. It's also nice to see HZK pick up the win.

***

7. World of Stardom Championship: Mayu Iwatani (c) vs. Kagetsu

Mayu and Kagetsu had a great High Speed match last year, but this was horrendous. It wasn't connecting with me, and by the end of it I stopped caring. The action was dull, the pacing felt very off, and of course they have to shoehorn a stairwell spot in every single Stardom Korakuen main event. This was no good!

bad

Stardom - Shining Stars 2017 (7/2/2017)

2. Gabby Slays & Shanna vs. Oedo Tai (Hana Kimura & Kagetsu)

Shanna has moments of awkwardness, and should stop doing that standing moonsault before she hurts herself.

**3/4

3. Queen's Quest (AZM & HZK) vs. Team Jungle (Jungle Kyona & Natsuko Tora)

Awesome slugfest. AZM connects gnarly kicks and puts on her best performance yet. HZK brings the hate, Kyona brings the explosiveness, Tora continues to look impressive -- great match!

****

4. Hiromi Mimura & Mayu Iwatani vs. Konami & Yoko Bito

***1/4

Stardom - Shining Stars 2017 (6/28/2017)

2. Hana Kimura vs. Gabby Slays

*1/4

3. Kagetsu vs. Shanna

**3/4

4. Hiromi Mimura & Mayu Iwatani vs. Team Jungle (Hiroyo Matsumoto & Natsuko Tora)

***1/2

5. Konami & Yoko Bito vs. Team Jungle (Jungle Kyona & Kaori Yoneyama)

Damn good main event. I love this kicker team of Bito and Konami. Yoneyama was putting in work here, which I feel she doesn't do often in Stardom. It was great to see.

****

Stardom - Shining Stars 2017 (6/25/2017)

3. Shanna vs. Gabby Slays

Thought this built well into Gabby's comeback, and Shanna had great strikes.

**

4. Oedo Tai (Hana Kimura & Kagetsu) vs. Queen's Quest (AZM & HZK)

Hana's arm is targeted after Kagetsu accidentally hits her with a chair, and she does a great job selling it throughout. This was a decent match.

**1/4

5. Mayu Iwatani & Yoko Bito vs. Team Jungle (Jungle Kyona & Natsuko Tora)

Tora catches a beating from Mayu & Bito; I liked their workover session of kicks and knees. Bito strikes looked especially good. Great main event. 

***1/4

Stardom - Shining Stars 2017 (6/11/2017)

3. Hiromi Mimura & Konami vs. Rebel & Shanna

**1/4

4. Hiroyo Matsumoto & Kaori Yoneyama vs. Jungle Kyona & Natsuko Tora

**1/2

5. Wonder of Stardom Championship: Mayu Iwatani (c) vs. Hana Kimura

***1/2

6. HZK vs. Io Shirai

***

Stardom - Shining Stars 2017 - Kairi Hojo's Last Match - (6/4/2017)

2. Rebel vs. Hana Kimura

**

3. Mayu Iwatani & Hetzza vs. Jungle Kyona & Natsuko Tora

***

4. Artist of Stardom Championship: Konami, Kairi Hojo, Hiromi Mimura vs Queen’s Quest (AZM, HZK & Io Shirai)

***3/4

5. Gauntlet Match: Kairi Hojo vs. Hanan, Ruaka, AZM, Tora Natsuko, Konami, Jungle Kyona, Mayu Iwatani, Io Shirai, HZK & Hiromi Mimura

***

Stardom - Gold May 2017 (5/21/2017)

1. Hetzza vs. Kaori Yoneyama

**

2. AZM vs. Jessicka Havok

*

3. HZK vs. Toni Storm

**1/4

4. Io Shirai vs. Rebel

**1/2

5. Artist of Stardom Championship: Hiromi Mimura, Kairi Hojo & Konami (c) vs. Jungle Kyona, Mayu Iwatani & Natsuko Tora

***3/4

Stardom - Grows Up Stars 2017 (5/7/2017)

3. Hana Kimura vs. Hetzza vs. Rebel

**

4. The Craft (Jessicka Havok & Tessa Blanchard) vs. Natsuko Tora & Toni Storm

***

5. Threedom Final Tag: Threedom (Io Shirai, Kairi Hojo & Mayu Iwatani) vs. Hiromi Mimura, HZK & Jungle Kyona

***1/4

Stardom - Cinderella Tournament 2017 (4/30/2017)

1. Cinderella Tournament 2017 First Round: HZK vs. Jungle Kyona

This match had a good urgency, selling, and HEAT! HZK impressed with the new moves she unveiled and how she applied them.

***3/4

3. Cinderella Tournament 2017 First Round: Kris Wolf vs. Tessa Blanchard

***

4. Cinderella Tournament 2017 First Round: Kagetsu vs. Konami

***

8. Cinderella Tournament 2017 First Round: Hana Kimura vs. Io Shirai

No sexy pose from Io Shirai. What a shame. The atmosphere of this match feels different from the previous matches, the crowd is hot with anticipation. Hana-chan gains a ton of momentum behind her dropkicks and boots, and Io bumped good as usual. The dragon screws from Io were sold as viciously as they looked, and she starts to devastate the limb. The close-calls were intense and the crowd was going bonkers at possibility of Hana eliminating Io.

****

10. Cinderella Tournament 2017 Quarter Final: HZK vs. Kairi Hojo

I'm not into Hojo's performance in this tournament. There's great heat from HZK during this clash; she's become one of my absolute favorites to watch.

***

13. Cinderella Tournament 2017 Final: Mayu Iwatani vs. Toni Storm

This didn't quite reach the hype levels of some of the previous matches with the crowd, and I probably wouldn't have liked this as much as I did if Toni was facing anyone else. Mayu was built to take these moves. her selling was superb, limbs flailing like spaghetti, and her facial expressions are great too. Storm was an absolute superwoman here and adsorbed everything that was thrown at her.

***3/4

Stardom - Shining Stars In Kagawa (4/23/2017)

2. Kagetsu vs. Natsuko Tora

**1/4

3. Hiromi Mimura & Kairi Hojo vs. Queen's Quest (HZK & Io Shirai)

***

4. SWA World Championship: Toni Storm (c) vs. La Rosa Negra

**1/2

5. Hetzza & The Craft (Jessicka Havok & Tessa Blanchard) vs. Jungle Kyona, Konami & Mayu Iwatani

***