Weirdly, the last time WrestleMania weekend was this exciting was 2019, when the last American Dream show was! I hope this is my first of many show reviews this weekend.
Commentary by Veda Scott and Tom Lawlor.
Not the sound mix is bad with Lawlor being inaudible and the music being super loud.
1. Mei Seira (c) vs Ram Kaichow vs Saki Kashima
“High Speed Championship”
Saki Kashima steals the show early with her reactions to Ram Kachow and her dead gimmick, with dust flying over her corpse and her playing referee for the other two. We get a lot of really great comedy early on to a hot crowd before we exchange a million nearfalls. Not long into it, Ram throws dust at Seira’s eyes and Kashima does her roll up to win the title again.
This was short but a blast. It had a title change, so it was a fun way to start the show.
Rating: Fun
2. AZM, Camron Branae, & Saya Kamitani vs Momo Watanabe, Starlight Kid, & Stephanie Vaquer
I have watched so much Stardom over the years, and I have no idea who Camron Branae is; she seems local. Vaquer is from CMLL and rules. These are interesting teams.
There was a really fun start of the match where everyone got their stuff in and got highlighted. It warms my heart to see that Momo is the most over one in the match. From there, though, the Oedi Tai and Vaquer team start taking control and doing their heel work. After some dives to the outside, we get a long Vaquer vs Branae segment leading to the win by Vaquer, where no Stardom wrestlers got involved. Very odd for a Stardom match.
Rating: Solid stuff
After the match, they hyped the upcoming NJPW match, in which AZM will challenge Vaquer for her IWGP Women’s Title.
3. Willow Nightingale & SAKI vs Syuri & Konami
God’s Eye starts the match by isolating SAKI and do a good job working her over. The hot tag for Willow was fun, with her and Syuri doing good work, but God’s Eye took over again. Konami goes to work on Willow for a second face-in-peril segment before SAKI jumps in and turns the tide. SAKI holds Syuri outside while Willow destroys Konami for the win after a pounce, DVD, and power bomb.
Rating: Goodish
I’m starting to think Stardom didn’t book this, or things have really changed since Rossy left.
4. Mayu Iwatani, Momo Kohgo, & Tam Nakano vs Mina Shirakawa, Mariah May, & Xia Brookside
It is so nice to see the return of Club Venus, Mina’s team, and May back in Stardom! Mina is such a star. Tam teaming with STARS also feels like a throwback.
Mariah May did a giant swinging sidewalk slam, so she continues to jump up my list of favourite wrestlers. We get Club Venus dominance to start on Kohgo, and that is fun, and the crowd loves it. Eventually, Kohgo tags out to Iwatani, who is her usual great self. She has good segments with May and Shirakawa before Tam is tagged in, and they duel for crowd reactions before the Cosmic Angels explode in violence! From there, we get a typical Stardom trios match with lots of great spots, double and triple teaming, and saves. Iwatani and Nakano do one of the coolest double team sequences I’ve ever seen with a DDT, into a German, into a pin all assisted for a great nerafall. Tam nails Twilight Dream for the win.
Rating: Good
Tam’s all-time great music plays after the win! However, the show is now 66 minutes old, and there is only one match left.
Former Stardom champion Toni Storm shows up to thank Stardom for her time there. She’s proud of Mariah and gives her some flowers. Toni then meets Mina, and they have a lovers spat over Mariah. They tease a match for AEW Forbidden Door.
5. Maika (c) vs Megan Bayne
“World of Stardom Championship”
With this main event, I am reminded Bayne left Stardom after a great run and hasn’t done anything in AEW since, and now I am sad.
In the beginning, Maika tries to use her power on Bayne, but Bayne is too strong. She then tries to use her smarts, which works for a brief moment until Bayne is just too big and strong and takes over and works over Maika’s lower back well.
Bayne makes a mistake going for a suplex, which Maika counters and has a brief run before the power is too much again. Bayne is such a beast on offense, but she makes a mistake going to the top for a superplex, giving Maika another chance at a comeback. She can’t put her away, leading to another comeback. Every single time Maika tries to outpower Bayne, she loses up until this point.
Bayne’s series of big moves is some of the best in wrestling today. She looks so great just killing Maika, who fights back so hard with some great kickouts.
Maika hit a fucking Michinoku Driver off the top rope, and it only got two. A hammerlock Michinoku Driver gets the win, though, and Maika retains!
Rating: 7.25/10
This felt like a true war, and the story of Maika not being able to rely on power and fighting through it was well done.
After a long celebration, Momo Watanabe comes to the ring and makes a challenge to Maika for the title. She tries a cheap shot, but Bayne saves her, and then Maika accepts the challenge.
A fun show overall with a great main event. Not a bad way for me to start off my WrestleMania weekend!
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