Stardom - Gold May 2017 (5/20/2017)

3. Hana Kimura vs. Mayu Iwatani vs. Rebel

*

4. SWA World Championship: Toni Storm (c) vs. Jessicka Havok

**

6. Kairi Hojo & Io Shirai vs. Konami & HZK 

**1/2

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 - Gold May 2017 (5/14/2017)

3. Hana Kimura vs. HZK vs. Rebel

**

4. Goddesses of Stardom Championship: Hiroyo Matsumoto & Jungle Kyona (c) vs. The Craft (Jessicka Havok & Tessa Blanchard)

**3/4

5. Wonder of Stardom Championship: Kairi Hojo (c) vs. Mayu Iwatani

**3/4

6. World of Stardom Championship: Io Shirai (c) vs. Toni Storm

This was excellent; an intense high drama main event. Io puts a beating on the challenger in the first act, with a dropkick while Toni's neck is trapped in a chair, followed by stomps, and a double knee smash into the ring post. This is the most vulnerable Toni Storm has ever looked in Stardom. Storm has Io down for the count after she hits her deadly piledriver, the culmination of neck-work, but her pride won't allow her to win that way. Io sells the damage amazingly, lunging around on the mat with a stiff upper body as she fights to make the comeback; easily the best selling I have ever seen from her. Great match!

****

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 - Golden Week Stars 2017 (5/6/2017)

3. The Craft (Jessicka Havok & Tessa Blanchard) vs. Jungle Kyona & Natsuko Tora

***1/4

4. Mayu Iwatani & Toni Storm vs. Oedo Tai (Hana Kimura & Kris Wolf)

***

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

***3/4

Stardom - Golden Week Stars 2017 (5/3/2017)

1. Hanan vs. Konami

I like the way Hanan takes Konami's kicks.

**

2. Hetzza & Hiromi Mimura vs. Oedo Tai (Hana Kimura & Kris Wolf) vs. Queen's Quest (AZM & HZK)

HZK and Hana were just going back and forth in a great segment, and I really dug the Boston crab struggle between them. Hiromi tries to get involved and catches a double bicycle kick, and they're back at it. There's also a fun exchange of roll-ups towards the end, and HZK hitting her Bombs Away.

***1/4

3. Hiroyo Matsumoto, Jungle Kyona & Natsuko Tora vs. Rebel & The Craft (Jessicka Havok & Tessa Blanchard)

Hiroyo vs. Havok! Lady Destroyer vs. Death Machine! Godzilla vs. Gigan!

***

4. Kairi Hojo vs. Toni Storm

Hojo says she knows Storm's weakness in the pre-match promo. Storm is the unbreakable Kiwi of Steel, but every final boss has their weak spot, and so, Hojo goes to work on Storm's butt. There's rapid-fire chops, a running dropkick, an octopus hold with spanking; this is a stellar ass-targeting workover. Storm makes the comeback, hitting her spike piledriver, but her injured butt prevents her from making the cover and the match ends in a timeout draw.

***3/4

5. Black Tiger, Dragon Heat & Mayu Iwatani vs. Dr. Wagner Jr., El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. & Io Shirai

The Stardom girls were having fun, Dragon Heat acted like an asshole, the Wagner Family did in their thing; fun vibes all around!

***

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

***

Stardom - Kairi Hojo’s Homecoming (4/22/2017)

1. Hetzza vs. Kris Wolf vs. Natsuko Tora

BAD

2. Hiromi Mimura & Kaori Yoneyama vs. Oedo Tai (Kagetsu & La Rosa Negra)

***3/4

3. Hiroyo Matsumoto & Jungle Kyona vs. The Craft (Jessicka Havok & Tessa Blanchard)

***

4. Konami, Mayu Iwatani & Toni Storm vs. Queen's Quest (AZM, HZK & Io Shirai)

****

5. Wonder of Stardom Championship: Kairi Hojo (c) vs. Hana Kimura

***

Queen's Quest (Io Shirai, HZK & AZM) vs. Hiroyo Matsumoto, Jungle Kyona & Tora Natsuko (Stardom, 4/15/2017)

2. Kaori Yoneyama vs. Kris Wolf

Hey, a rematch from the 5★STAR GP2016 FINALS, and there's some callbacks to that match here too. Wolf gets overly ambitious and does an extremely sloppy springboard headscissors takedown sequence that ruined the flow until the finish. She finds a counter to Yoneyama's rolling German that I liked.

**

3. Artist of Stardom Championship Tournament, Semi Final: Queen's Quest (Io Shirai, HZK & AZM) vs. Hiroyo Matsumoto, Jungle Kyona & Tora Natsuko

This was another really good Queen's Quest trio in a line of really good Queen's Quest trios. Jungle Friends were a very energetic team, and I thought Tora was fun. HZK's feud with Kyona is starting to heat up. Io is the ace, but she kind of let's her teammates get the spotlight.

***3/4

4. Artist of Stardom Championship Tournament, Semi Final: Oedo Tai (Kagetsu, Hana Kimura & La Rosa Negra) vs. Kairi Hojo, Hiromi Mimura & Konami

La Rosa Negra is wearing pink, which is not part of Oedo Tai's palette. But none of that even matters because Hana-chan gets a big win over Hojo.

**3/4

5. Mayu Iwatani & Hetzza vs. Jessicka Havok & Tessa Blanchard

**1/2

6. Artist of Stardom Championship Tournament, Final: Queen's Quest (Io Shirai, HZK & AZM) vs. Oedo Tai (Kagetsu, Hana Kimura & La Rosa Negra)

This felt all over the place.

**1/2

Stardom - Grow up Stars 2017 (4/9/2017)

4. Jessicka Havok vs. Tora Natsuko

***

5. Oedo Tai (Hana Kimura, Sumie Sakai & La Rosa Negra) vs. Kairi Hojo, Mayu Iwatani & Hiromi Mimura

***

6. Goddesses of Stardom Championship: Hiroyo Matsumoto & Jungle Kyona (c) vs. Queen's Quest (Io Shirai & HZK)

****