Former Goddess of Stardom Champions Saori Anou and Natsupoi faced off in the main event for the Wonder of Stardom Championship.
The full results of the Sapporo Wonder Rendezvous show are as follows:
- Tag Match: Hina & Lady C (God’s Eye) def. Rian & Xena
- HANAKO USA Tour Send-Off Match: Mayu Iwatani def. HANAKO
- Singles Match: Saki Kashima def. Aya Sakura
- 5 Star Grand Prix Red Stars A Qualifier Match: Yuna Mizumori def. Waka Tsukiyama
- Singles Match: Tam Nakano def. Sayaka Kurara
- 10-Person Tag Match: AZM, Starlight Kid, Suzu Suzuki, Mei Seira, Miyu Amasaki (Neo Genesis) def. Hanan, Hazuki, Koguma, Saya Iida, Momo Kohgo (STARS)
- 8-Person Tag Match: Maika, Mina Shirakawa, Syuri, Saya Kamitani def. Ruaka, Momo Watanabe, Konami, Thekla (Oedo Tai)
- Future of Stardom Championship Match: Rina (c) def. Ranna Yagami
- Wonder of Stardom Championship Match: Natsupoi def. Saori Anou (c)
Wonder of Stardom main event fallout
After an intense battle filled with multiple German Suplexes and high-risk dives, Natsupoi would successfully roll up Saori Anou with the La Magistral to win her first Wonder of Stardom Championship. This is also Natsupoi’s first major championship victory in her STARDOM career. Her last major title run was for TJPW as the inaugural International Princess Champion back in 2019.
Natsupoi has been vocal for the past few months about wanting to win the white belt from her Cosmic Angels friend Saori Anou. Saori, unfortunately, lost the title to Mika Iwata of Sendai Girls at STARDOM The Conversion on June 22nd. However, she recaptured the title back from Mika at the Sendai Girls’ Korakuen Hall show on July 15th along with Mika’s Sendai Girls World Championship.
The former champion remained proud in defeat. “It’s not that I’m not frustrated, it’s really frustrating. Of course, it’s frustrating. I lost to Natsumi [Natsupoi]. But I don’t want to lose. I want to beat Natsumi. Natsumi is my strongest rival and the best partner. That will always be the case,” Saori explained.
The two spoke post-match with Natsupoi reiterating that their battle was merely a start and not the end goal. Both women agreed that this experience will never keep them apart and that there may be plenty of matches to come between the two (translation by Himanshu Doi on Twitter).
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