The ace of STARDOM taking up the ace/creator of Sendai Girls, this will likely be alright won’t it?
By the mid-2010s, Io Shirai had earned herself a repute for legitimately among the finest wrestlers on this planet, and was leading the brand new wave of Joshi wrestling. The 2000s was a dark period for Joshi as each All Japan Women’s Pro Wrestling and GAEA ceased operations, legends of the previous era began retiring left, right, and center, and wrestling as an entire took a downturn in interest during this time. With corporations like STARDOM, Joshi wrestling rose to prominence once more and Shirai was on the forefront of that, but in 2015, the World of STARDOM Championship was across the waist of a real Joshi icon, the unique final boss before The Rock got here along, Meiko Satomura.
Satomura took the title from Shirai’s close friend Kairi Hojo, and later defended it against one other close friend of Shirai’s in Mayu Iwatani. Shirai desired to bring the title back to STARDOM as Satomura was mainly working in Sendai Girls, a promotion Satomura herself founded and reigned over as world champion. The feud between Satomura and Shirai needed a line drawing under it and the date was set, December 23, 2015, on the legendary Korakuen Hall in Tokyo at STARDOM’s final event of the 12 months, Shirai vs. Satomura.
To say that this match is a classic can be an understatement. It’s not the best to seek out as STARDOM did not have a correct streaming service on the time, but whenever you do eventually find it, it’s like you have won the lottery. Shirai refuses Satomura’s handshake initially, setting the tone for the complete match, which plays out in an almost teacher vs. student form of battle. Satomura is ferocious together with her strikes, particularly her kicks, and Shirai sells them as if she’s been shot out of a cannon. But Shirai doesn’t stop throughout this whole thing, even when her aerial offense comes back to haunt her, end in some nasty spills.
These two compliment one another perfectly, with Shirai being the “Genius of the Sky” that we all know her to be today, flying all around the constructing at times to maintain herself one step ahead of the veteran. Nevertheless, Satomura beats the life out of Shirai at times, and even ties her up in submissions to the purpose where you think that Shirai might find yourself passing out. Ultimately, Shirai’s constant onslaught of moves results in her channeling her friends in Hojo and Iwatani, before landing her trademark Moonsault for the win. She earns the respect of Satomura, solidifies herself because the queen of STARDOM, and stands tall at the tip of among the finest matches of the twenty first century.