{"id":3362,"date":"2018-01-06T02:00:21","date_gmt":"2018-01-06T08:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/?p=3362"},"modified":"2018-01-21T23:31:23","modified_gmt":"2018-01-22T05:31:23","slug":"stardom-new-year-stars-osaka-recap-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/stardom-new-year-stars-osaka-recap-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Stardom New Year Stars Osaka &#8211; Recap &#038; Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/?cat=1367\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Stardom New Year Stars 2018<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Event Date: January 6, 2018 <\/strong>(17:00 JST)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stardom-world.com\/2018-2\/1-06-2018-osaka\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">matches published individually on Stardom World<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>City: <a href=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/?tag=konohana-osaka-osaka-japan\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Konohana<\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/?tag=osaka-osaka-japan\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Osaka<\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/?tag=osaka-japan\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Osaka<\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/?tag=japan\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Japan<\/span><\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Venue: <a href=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/?tag=konohana-kumin-hall\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Konohana Kumin Hall<\/span><\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Attendance: 265<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Series: <a href=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/?tag=new-year-stars-2018\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">New Year Stars 2018<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Commentary: none<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Ring Announcer: Fuka<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match 1<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Shiki Shibusawa &amp; Mari Apache<\/strong> (High Speed Champ)<strong> vs Konami &amp; Hiromi Mimura<\/strong><br \/>\n(referee: Barb Sasaki)<\/p>\n<!-- Content Reveal v2.3.1 -->\n<div class=\"scrhead\" onmouseover=\"document.body.style.cursor='pointer'\" onmouseout=\"document.body.style.cursor='default'\" onclick=\"acr_swap_display('ran_69f36254255fe','0','','')\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/simple-content-reveal\/images\/image1.gif\" class=\"scrimg\" id=\"scrimg_ran_69f36254255fe\" alt=\"Reveal content\" title=\"Reveal content\"\/>');<\/script> Show\/Hide Results\n<\/div>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<div style=\"display: none\" class=\"scrdiv\" id=\"scrdiv_ran_69f36254255fe\">');<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result: Konami forces Shiki Shibusawa to submit to a crossface chicken wing<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Time: 8:28<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<\/div>');<\/script>\n<!-- End of Content Reveal -->\n\n<p><strong>Match Thoughts<\/strong><br \/>\nAn okay match. I liked it, but there were a couple of very obvious miscommunications late in the match. Other than that, Mari Apache tended to dominate as usual. Shibusawa took a bit of a beating, mostly from Konami, but Shiki had some offense and even put together a nice sequence of pin attempts that seemed like they could have worked. I think the finish was good.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match 2<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Xia Brookside<\/strong> (IPW:UK Women&#8217;s Champ) <strong>&amp; Kay Lee Ray vs Momo Watanabe &amp; HZK<\/strong> (Artist of Stardom Champ)<br \/>\n(referee: Barb Sasaki)<\/p>\n<!-- Content Reveal v2.3.1 -->\n<div class=\"scrhead\" onmouseover=\"document.body.style.cursor='pointer'\" onmouseout=\"document.body.style.cursor='default'\" onclick=\"acr_swap_display('ran_69f36254256fe','0','','')\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/simple-content-reveal\/images\/image1.gif\" class=\"scrimg\" id=\"scrimg_ran_69f36254256fe\" alt=\"Reveal content\" title=\"Reveal content\"\/>');<\/script> Show\/Hide Results\n<\/div>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<div style=\"display: none\" class=\"scrdiv\" id=\"scrdiv_ran_69f36254256fe\">');<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result: Momo Watanbe pins Xia Brookside after a running double knee strike<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Time: 9:42<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<\/div>');<\/script>\n<!-- End of Content Reveal -->\n\n<p><strong>Match Thoughts<\/strong><br \/>\nGood match. This was fairly even throughout, though Queen&#8217;s Quest did start to emerge as the dominant team after a while. It really did feel like a match between a team that&#8217;s just starting to work together and one that&#8217;s been together for a while. Momo Watanabe stood out in this one. She had some nicely sustained offense and created some unique situations during her time in the ring.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match 3<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Miranda &amp; Rachael Ellering &amp; Nicole Savoy<\/strong> (Shimmer Champ)<strong> vs Natsuko Tora &amp; Jungle Kyona &amp; Kaori Yoneyama<\/strong><br \/>\n(referee: Daichi Murayama)<\/p>\n<!-- Content Reveal v2.3.1 -->\n<div class=\"scrhead\" onmouseover=\"document.body.style.cursor='pointer'\" onmouseout=\"document.body.style.cursor='default'\" onclick=\"acr_swap_display('ran_69f3625425738','0','','')\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/simple-content-reveal\/images\/image1.gif\" class=\"scrimg\" id=\"scrimg_ran_69f3625425738\" alt=\"Reveal content\" title=\"Reveal content\"\/>');<\/script> Show\/Hide Results\n<\/div>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<div style=\"display: none\" class=\"scrdiv\" id=\"scrdiv_ran_69f3625425738\">');<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result: Rachael Ellering pins Natsuko Tora after a Bosswoman Slam<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Time: 11:30<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<\/div>');<\/script>\n<!-- End of Content Reveal -->\n\n<p><strong>Match Thoughts<\/strong><br \/>\nGood match. Team Jungle seemed completely outmatched at first against a much bigger team. Yoneyama started for her team, and after a funny start, she started to get destroyed. Jungle Kyona helped turn things around, but it felt like Team Jungle was just fighting to catch up after the first few minutes. Team Jungle did have some good teamwork that helped them control parts of the match, and it was fun seeing them believably take down someone like Rachael Ellering who is probably twice the size of Yoneyama.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match 4<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Kagetsu<\/strong> (Goddess of Stardom Champ) w\/ Tam Nakano <strong>vs AZM<\/strong> w\/ Momo Watanabe, HZK<br \/>\n(referee: Barb Sasaki)<\/p>\n<!-- Content Reveal v2.3.1 -->\n<div class=\"scrhead\" onmouseover=\"document.body.style.cursor='pointer'\" onmouseout=\"document.body.style.cursor='default'\" onclick=\"acr_swap_display('ran_69f362542576b','0','','')\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/simple-content-reveal\/images\/image1.gif\" class=\"scrimg\" id=\"scrimg_ran_69f362542576b\" alt=\"Reveal content\" title=\"Reveal content\"\/>');<\/script> Show\/Hide Results\n<\/div>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<div style=\"display: none\" class=\"scrdiv\" id=\"scrdiv_ran_69f362542576b\">');<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result: Kagetsu wins via submission with a cross arm breaker<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Time: 9:42<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<\/div>');<\/script>\n<!-- End of Content Reveal -->\n\n<p><strong>Match Thoughts<\/strong><br \/>\nVery good match. Kagetsu didn&#8217;t take AZM seriously, and it cost her. Kagetsu easily controlled the first part of the match, but AZM was able to mount a comeback which surprised Kagetsu. The final segments of the match were very fast paced with many attacks and pin attempts flowing into each other. I really enjoyed this one. It was better than I thought it might be.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match 5<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Sumire Natsu<\/strong> w\/ Kagetsu, Tam Nakano <strong>vs Io Shirai<\/strong> (Artist of Stardom, Wonder of Stardom Champ) w\/ HZK, Momo Watanabe<br \/>\n(referee: Daichi Murayama)<\/p>\n<!-- Content Reveal v2.3.1 -->\n<div class=\"scrhead\" onmouseover=\"document.body.style.cursor='pointer'\" onmouseout=\"document.body.style.cursor='default'\" onclick=\"acr_swap_display('ran_69f362542579b','0','','')\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/simple-content-reveal\/images\/image1.gif\" class=\"scrimg\" id=\"scrimg_ran_69f362542579b\" alt=\"Reveal content\" title=\"Reveal content\"\/>');<\/script> Show\/Hide Results\n<\/div>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<div style=\"display: none\" class=\"scrdiv\" id=\"scrdiv_ran_69f362542579b\">');<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result: Io Shirai wins via pinfall after a diving moonsault<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Time: 12:37<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<\/div>');<\/script>\n<!-- End of Content Reveal -->\n\n<p><strong>Match Thoughts<\/strong><br \/>\nGood match. Sumire Natsu and the rest of Oedo Tai tried humiliating Io Shirai to start the match. They triple teamed her and even beat Io with her own photo book at one point. Humiliating Io isn&#8217;t a good idea though, and even though Oedo Tai did well early in the match, Io took control about halfway through and dominated Natsu. The result of this match wasn&#8217;t surprising, but it did help build even more interest in the upcoming Queen&#8217;s Quest versus Oedo Tai match.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Show Impressions<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nThis was another good show. The undercard was alright, but the last two matches really made this show worth watching. Queen&#8217;s Quest versus Oedo Tai is a great story that can make every show interesting, though I wounder how the rest of the Korakuen Hall show will come together since so much time is being spent promoting one big match.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match of the Night<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Kagetsu vs AZM<\/strong><br \/>\nThe main event was good as well, but Kagetsu versus AZM surprised me. I really enjoyed the story of it, and the action was great.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>Official Results (Japanese):?<a href=\"http:\/\/wwr-stardom.com\/?result=2018%E5%B9%B41%E6%9C%886%E6%97%A5%E3%80%80new-year-stars2018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/wwr-stardom.com\/?result=2018%E5%B9%B41%E6%9C%886%E6%97%A5%E3%80%80new-year-stars2018<\/a><\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Queen&#8217;s Quest and Oedo Tai battle in a pair of good singles matches on their way to Korakuen Hall later this month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3363,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[297,1367],"tags":[1374,1418,1385,1370,1382,1376,1378,621,1380,1422,1372,1427,1383,1823,1824,1741,1800,1423,1379,1798,1802,1490,1466,1467,1430,1801,1739,1368,1803,1738,1541,1369,1740],"class_list":["post-3362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-show-results","category-stardom","tag-azm","tag-barb-sasaki","tag-daichi-murayama","tag-fuka","tag-hiromi-mimura","tag-hzk","tag-io-shirai","tag-japan","tag-jungle-kyona","tag-kagetsu","tag-kaori-yoneyama","tag-kay-lee-ray","tag-konami","tag-konohana-kumin-hall","tag-konohana-osaka-osaka-japan","tag-mari-apache","tag-miranda","tag-momo-watanabe","tag-natsuko-tora","tag-new-year-stars-2018","tag-nicole-savoy","tag-oedo-tai","tag-osaka-japan","tag-osaka-osaka-japan","tag-queens-quest","tag-rachael-ellering","tag-shiki-shibusawa","tag-stardom","tag-sumire-natsu","tag-tam-nakano","tag-team-jungle","tag-world-wonder-ring-stardom","tag-xia-brookside"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3362"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3398,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3362\/revisions\/3398"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}