Pantoja’s STARDOM Supreme Fight 2026 Review

STARDOM Supreme Fight

February 7^th, 2026 | EDION Arena in Osaka, Japan

Azusa Inaba vs. Kiyoka Kotatsu vs. Lady C vs. Momo Kohgo vs. Yuna Mizumori

This was billed as “Pine Speed” or something like that. I have no clue what that means. The match itself was indeed done at a quick pace and you could tell it was mostly there to get people onto the card. Nobody really had a chance to do much to stand out, though Lady C doing the giant swing and being her size did give her at least a somewhat memorable moment. In a sloppy finish, Momo managed to counter Yuna into a pinning combination for the upset in 6:27. I’m guessing Momo gets a High Speed Title shot now, though that doesn’t sound very interesting. [**]

Anne Kanaya, Kikyo Furusawa and Sayaka Kurara vs. Hina, Ranna Yagami and Tomoka Inaba

A little six woman tag that gives us a preview of the future of the promotion in a lot of ways. The God’s Eye trio are the more established team and it was clear. They worked like a well-oiled machine and as solid as Anne and Kikyo are so far, you can tell they’re a step or so behind the others in the match. Sayaka was basically the star of her team and was treated as such. She was the hot tag girl and the one who really got in the most offense. Still, this got enough time for everyone to get their stuff in. After some solid back and forth involving everyone, Hina got the win with a Jackhammer and Frog Splash in 11:29. Very surprised that Sayaka took the pin and I wonder if that’s going anywhere. [***]

It looks like we’re onto the main card now.

Fuwa-chan vs. Rina

It’s only the second singles match in Fuwa-chan’s career. Rina was vicious from the start, using some underhanded tactics like choking Fuwa-chan to get in control. Her heat segments are very good for someone so young and Fuwa-chan is a perfect underdog babyface to fight from beneath. When Fuwa-chan rallied, it was filled with and she busted out a cross body to the outside. It’s incredible how poised she looks this early into her career. Some people have “it” and Fuwa-chan is one of them. It’s not just that she can hit her offense crisply, it’s all the little things in between the moves that she does so well. Her German Suplex is nice though. Again, she hit one of the best Shining Wizards I’ve ever seen. It’s nuts how good hers is. Fuwa-chan came close a handful of times but Rina is just too good right now and put her down with the Gory Bomb after 13:22. Not many wrestlers are on the roll that Rina is on. Just delivering in big match after big match. Meanwhile, Fuwa-chan is something special. [***¾]

Cutest of Cute Championship: Maki Itoh [c] vs. Aya Sakura

I love that this is a thing. Exactly the kind of stuff Maki Itoh is perfect for. I appreciate Aya’s little umbrella gimmick since it plays into the cute thing. While the majority of this was meant to be fun, there were some harder hitting bits. For example, Aya was laying the kicks into Maki for the most part, though stuff like Maki’s powerbomb looked rather weak. The moment everyone will remember is Maki trying the Eddie Guerrero cheating spot with a cardboard title. That’s exactly the kind of Maki thing you need on a show like this. Maki survived a triangle choke and then turned a half crab into a Texas Cloverleaf for the submission victory in 12:06. That was pretty fun. [**¾]

02line vs. Billiken Death and Hazuki vs. Natsupoi and Saori Anou vs. Saya Iida and Yuria Hime

Not really sure if this means much but it should be fun. Hazuki had a mystery partner, which was revealed to be Billiken Death (I don’t think I spelled that right), which is just a different version of Fukigen Death. Hazuki was in a strange costume along with her. It’s a choice. Hazuki should be competing for, at the very least, the Wonder of Stardom Title but instead she’s doing…this. What we got was a comedy match that felt beneath the talent in there. I have no problem with comedy matches, even when they involve top stars but on a big show like this, you can do so much more with AZM, Natsupoi, Saori, Hazuki, and Saya. Which you could do if HATE wasn’t clogging up every major title. Anyway, there’s not much to say about the match itself and I’m done ranting. Miyu used a rollup on Yuria to win in 9:21. Not a bad bout but one that was indicative of the booking problems in STARDOM. [**¼]

Saki Kashima vs. Syuri

It’s one of the last matches for Saki Kashima as she’s hanging them up in April. I loved the live singing for her entrance since she has an underrated theme. You could see how emotional Saki was as she walked to the ring. She started this with a slap that surprised Syuri. From there, this was kind of everything you could want from these two. Saki did Saki things that we love but she also got in a lot of offense and looked tough at times. Syuri always wanted her to be brave and she did just that here. The fact that Saki nearly stole this a few times made it extra fun. The finish was brilliant as Syuri countered Saki’s pin attempt into a rollup of her own, winning a dose of Saki’s own medicine in 7:06. I really enjoyed the story they told there and had a blast with this. [***½]

Elimination Match: Empress Nexus Venus vs. Mi Vida Loca

5-on-4 here as ExV has Maika, Waka Tsukiyama, Xena, Rian, and HANAKO, while Mi Vida Loca has Suzu Suzuki, Akira Kurogane, Itsuki Aoki, and Rina Yamashita. This feud hasn’t been very good but it ends here as the losing stable must disband. This was done in gauntlet style so we started with Itsuki against Waka. Nothing they did was of real note and Itsuki won in 4:00. That set her up to go against Xena, which was a bit better since Xena got to showcase her power and size. Still, Itsuki put her down after 9:39. HANAKO entered next and continued her decent hot streak, beating Itsuki after 13:02. That gave us her against Yamashita, which was solid hoss stuff, then they both went over the top with a clothesline for a double elimination at 18:56. Suzu and Maika entered to try and save this. Wild to think that they were the finals of the Grand Prix and headlined Dream Queendom in 2023. Anyway, they had the best interaction of the match, delivering the hard hitting stuff you want from these two. They ended up fighting to a 10:00 time limit draw, leaving it down to Akira Kurogane and Rian. It should come as no surprise that despite a valiant effort, Rian wasn’t going to win. Akira won with a sick looking armbar after 34:34. More of the same from this rivalry and it dragged. Some bits were good, like the Maika/Suzu section.  Also kind of hard to care much about this when neither faction was all that well established. [**¼]

Goddesses of Stardom Championship: BMI2000 [c] vs. Bea Priestley and Hanan

I have praised STARDOM in the recent past for having the best tag division in wrestling. 02line, Natsupoi and Saori, wing*gori, Mei and Suzu, Ranna and Tomoka, Sakurara, etc. have all made it interesting. So, it’s a shame that they choose to book the division around BMI2000, who consistently have lackluster matches. Bea and Hanan are no wing*gori but they proved to be a solid duo here. This settled into the expected tag formula of Hanan taking the heat. She was bumping her ass off, making everything from BMI2000 look impactful. However, we never really got a true hot tag to Bea, making the structure of this rather weird. When Hanan started to rally, this got bogged down by HATE antics, making this feel more like House of Torture than anything else. Natsuko got the win with the Swanton Bomb in 15:04. Yawn. [**]

 

Wonder of Stardom Championship: Konami [c] vs. Ami Sohrei

This is a big spot for Ami. I questioned her push in 2024 but since returning from injury, I’ve liked her new powerhouse style quite a bit. Konami put a clear target on Ami’s arm and worked it throughout, looking to set up one of her submissions. I think Ami did a good job of selling it, especially since that kind of thing is way too inconsistent, way too often. When it came time for Ami to rally, I could really see why they believe she’s destined for something big. She showed a lot here and this was one of her finer performances. Unfortunately, just when she was really getting going and it looked like we’d get a career-defining performance, this got bogged down by HATE interference and shenanigans. STARDOM is becoming way too much like New Japan with this. Ami fought hard even after being blinded by the spray paint gimmick but was forced to tap out to a rear naked choke in 19:04. A very good match that could’ve touched greatness if not for HATE tropes. [***½]

Post-match, Hina arrived to issue a challenge to Konami for the Wonder of Stardom Title. Can she do what Rina couldn’t?

World of Stardom Championship: Saya Kamitani [c] vs. Starlight Kid

In the build to this, Saya pinned Starlight Kid, beat her up, and embarrassed her by removing her mask. Logical booking would put SLK over but Okada’s booking style is more “HATE wins everything.” That said, this is my most anticipated STARDOM match in a long time. Hell, it’s one of my most anticipated matches anywhere. Saya held serve early on, aggressively wearing down Starlight Kid and tossing her around outside. This included some HATE interference, which is a real shame. Saya matches haven’t utilized that nearly as much as others, so having it here, especially after the last two matches, was rough. Saya had an answer for SLK’s rallies, including cutting off a cross body with a mid-air dropkick. It was hard to tell where exactly but on that spot, Saya dislocated her finger or two of them. She screamed in agony and the camera panned out as the announcer seemed to let the audience know what was going on. Saya taped them up, shoved the referee, and went back to competing. From there, these two took things to the next level. Every move was bigger, the near falls were more dramatic, and it all had a little something extra behind it. The counter wrestling was top-tier, from moments like Saya having Kamigoye blocked and turning it to a spin kick to Starlight Kid escaping Star Crusher and hitting a rana. Saya went back to trying to unmask her challenger, which angered SLK who started to lay into the champ. I bit on the Black Tiger Leg Killer close call as Saya was in serious danger there. The biggest spot of the match saw SLK bust out an avalanche Tiger Driver. Saya survived that a few other moves before getting two on an avalanche Star Crusher. She hit a spinning Star Crusher to retain after 27:26. A great match that had some issues holding it back from being as good as it could’ve been. It didn’t need the interference spot and they went a bit overboard on the near falls/finisher kick outs. Still, a tremendous main event and Saya is an absolute warrior. [****½]

Post-match, I was surprised to see Sayaka Kurara issue the next challenge for Saya Kamitani.

6.5

The final score: review Average

The 411

This is such a weird show to review. When it was good, it was really good (Saya/SLK, Ami/Konami, Saki/Syuri, and Fuwa-chan/Rina) but when it missed, it missed badly (overly long elimination match, tag titles, meaningless four-way tag). There’s a lot of good here but STARDOM’s issues, like having one or two matches too many, overly long shows, and way too much HATE domination, reared their ugly heads.