SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)...
STARDOM SHINING STARS
JUNE 22, 2019
OSAKA, JAPAN AT OSAKA WORLD PAVILION
AIRED ON STARDOM WORLD
REPORT BY HARLEY R. PAGEOT, PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR
(1) LEO ONOZAKI vs. XIA BROOKSIDE
Brookside Bomb for the win.
WINNER: Xia Brookside in 5:08.
(2) OEDO TAI (Kagetsu, Andras Miyagi, & Natsu Sumire) vs. STARS (Tam Nakano, Starlight Kid, & Saya Iida)
Iida almost caught Sumire with the Iidabashi but she kicked out. A running big boot took down the rookie but Sumire pulled her up by the hair to prevent a three-count. A package DDT instead ended it.
WINNERS: Oedo Tai in 10:26.
(3) QUEEN’S QUEST (World Of Stardom Champion Bea Priestley & AZM) vs. OEDO TAI (High Speed Champion Hazuki & Natsuko Tora)
Top rope leg drop from Tora to AZM for the pin.
WINNERS: Oedo Tai in 9:09.
-Kagetsu shoved Tora off of her and checked on AZM.
(4) STARS (Wonder Of Stardom Champion Arisa Hoshiki, NXT UK Women’s Champion Toni Storm, Mayu Iwatani, & Saki Kashima) vs. TOKYO CYBER SQUAD (Zoe Lucas, Death Yama-san, & Artist Of Stardom Champions Jungle Kyona & Konami)
Kashima took out most of her opponents with a crossbody off the top rope onto the crowd at ringside. Storm nailed Lucas with a headbutt and Strong Zero.
WINNERS: Stars in 11:03.
(5) QUEEN’S QUEST (SWA World/Future Of Stardom Champion Utami Hayashishita & Momo Watanabe) vs. TOKYO CYBER SQUAD (Artist Of Stardom Champion Hana Kimura & Bobbi Tyler) – GODDESS OF STARDOM CHAMPIONSHIP
Watanabe and Kimura started. TCS dragged them into the crowd and roughed up the champions. They worked over Hayashishita until Watanabe made the hot tag. Kimura forearmed Tyler off the apron when Watanabe moved. She got the octopus locked in moments later but Hayashishita broke it up. Two sets of running knees from Watanabe and a third from off the top rope. Tag to Hayashishita, who locked in the chinlock of doom. Tyler made the tag and hit her pump-kick but Hayashishita kicked out. Arm drag and an STO from Hayashishita. Paydirt from Tyler. Double-suplex from TCS to Hayashishita. Watanabe tossed Kimura to the floor. Torture rack to Tyler but Kimura made the save. A German suplex from Watanabe got rid of Kimura again. Tyler countered another torture rack into a roll-up for a near-fall. Hayashishita came back with a torture rack slam and pinned Tyler.
WINNERS: Queen’s Quest in 16:07 to retain the tag titles.
-Jungle Kyona and Konami showed up and kicked the champions. They scuffled briefly and had to be separated.
(Pageot’s Perspective: An okay match. Three of these women have been established as credible main eventers. Then there’s Bobbi Tyler. Every time she was on sustained offense against the champions, especially Momo, my suspension of disbelief was exceeded. QQ will next defend the titles against Kyona & Konami on July 15 in Nagoya. Overall this was, as expected, another house show with the lack of pre-match promos making this one feel even less significant than the afternoon edition.)
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