Santana Garrett vs. Kairi Hojo (Stardom, 5/15/2016)

Stardom - Gold May 2016 (5/15/2016)

Wonder of Stardom Championship: Santana Garrett (c) vs. Kairi Hojo

Santana Garrett is a wrestler who I consider to be one of the most offensively overrated, but I thought she did good here. She was laying in her moves, and Hojo was selling and bumping well. The callback to the finish in their first title match was a nice touch.

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6. High Speed Championship: Mayu Iwatani (c) vs. Evie

This was a masturbatory indie-riffic move and counter fest, but that doesn't make it any less fun to watch. Mayu's lankiness made Evie's back work especially violent, she nearly breaks Mayu with those back breakers. Lovely high speed.

***1/2

7. Wonder of Stardom Championship: Santana Garrett (c) vs. Kairi Hojo

Credit where credit is due, Santana was on point here. Not often you see her do a suicide dive where she doesn't almost succeed in taking her life. There's some really good struggle here and Santana losing her boot was cute.

***3/4

8. World of Stardom Championship: Io Shirai (c) vs. Viper

This match was good. Joshi puroresu take on 'the irresistible force vs. the immovable object'. I like how Viper bumps like Adrian Adonis. Obviously can't forget the spot where Io lifts the 220-pound Viper with a German suplex, nice. 

***1/2