The Stardom Cast (ARCHIVED)

Rob and Matt are back once again to talk about nights 2 and 3 of this year's 5Star Grand Prix! They chat about Megan Bayne's in-ring Stardom debut, Saya Iida getting a win (sort of), Kirsty and Amber handing Rob & Matt's collective asses to them in the 5Star Grand Prix competition, MIRAI's horrendous start the tournament and Giulia's potential foray into Impact Wrestling, while also looking ah...

A day late (a buck short for our pop-punk inclined listeners) Matt and Rob return with another stupidly long episode to talk all of the fallout from the opening night of the 5Star Grand Prix 2023! They talk three MOTYC, a devastating and tournament-ending injury, a surprise debut, a predictably chaotic press conference, a tug of war battle, joshi royalty being announced for Stardom's Midsummer Fes...

It's here! Rob and Matt present the Stardom Cast's 5Star Grand Prix 2023 Primer and preview ahead of what is sure to be a fantastic tournament, going that long that Rob legitimately realises that he is late for a football match! They also talk the Summer North Tour, Matt's meeting with Utami, what on Earth is going on with Saya Iida, the Generational Struggle series and most importantly, who they...

Rob and Matt return once again for an uncharacteristically short episode of the Stardom Cast, embracing the calm before the storm that is the 5Star Grand Prix 2023. They talk uTOURmi and her exploits in GCW, Mayu going to the wrong airport, some mouth-watering match-ups being teased, Matt's emotional wander down a Ring of Honor memory lane, and Mai Sakurai's uncanny similarities to Shawn Michaels!...

Rob and Matt are back together again and, despite Rob's wretched voice, manage to go for another 2 hours talking about the latest PPV offering from Stardom; MidSummer Champions 2023! They talk about MIRAI's capture of the white belt, the Indian Strap match, a new NJPW STRONG Women's Champion, Utami's bizarre foray into GCW, Saki Kashima joining God's Eye, Rob comparing Nanae and Starlight Kid's ma...

On this week’s episode, with Rob away on vacation, Matt flies solo once more to review the fantastic cage match between Oedo Tai vs. Queens Quest from the Stardom Sunshine 2023 PPV! He also talks about this year’s 5 Star blocks and then previews this week’s MidSummer Champions show! Subscribe to our PATREON: https://patreon.com/TheStardomCast The Stardom Cast website: https://www.thestardomcast.co...

Rob is back and he and Matt have a lot to talk about this week, with the latest Stardom PPV on the horizon and three shows finally uploaded to Stardom World. They talk every conceivable result from the upcoming loser leaves unit match between Queen's Quest and Oedo Tai, what crazy thing Mayu will do off of the cage, Natsupoi's latest stop on her beatdown tour, Saori Anou stealing the limelight and...

Rob and Matt have a blast interviewing the imperious Awesome Kong, talking all about her time in Japan, and her ground-breaking run in TNA! Listen along to find out which wrestler would confront her after matches armed with a dictionary, the story of Margaret and Erica in HUSTLE, her whirlwind ascension to the top of the card in AJW, how a backfist from Aja Kong knocked her 'back to third grade' a...

Matt flies solo this week and talks everything from the Queen's Quest vs. Oedo Tai Elimination Match, his own experience a the Spark Joshi show, meeting Saki, all of the results from the show on the 21st May that has just been uploaded to Stardom World and The Stardom Cast's appearance on the Talk is Jericho podcast! This episode of The Stardom Cast is sponsored by CATCH PRO-WRESTLING 'RENAISSANCE...

Rob and Matt are back to chat about the latest New Blood show, the fantastic Generational Struggle match from June 4th's Korakuen Hall show and the match announcements for Stardom's next two PPVs; Sunshine and Midsummer Champions. They also chat a ' double countout', Mayu attempting to bring down the lighting rig at Korakuen Hall after emphatically falling over a table cloth at the press conferenc...

Rob and Matt are back for another mammoth episode of the Stardom Cast, going for 2 and a half hours - and probably could have been longer had Rob not had a football match to play - about the Flashing Champions PPV, and the crowning of a new DOUBLE Champion. They also chat the announcement of 18 of the 20 competitors in this year's 5Star Grand Prix, bemoaning the injury to Hanan, and looking at the...

The gruesome twosome are back together again to talk all the happenings in the world of Stardom this week. They look ahead to Flashing Champions and the ways Rossy Ogawa can book himself out of a Double Championship main event, the dispcable stream FITE TV put out for the Hana Kimura tribute show, Momo Kohgo's efforts for the NJPW STRONG Women's Championship, Mercedes Mone's unfortunate injury and...

With Rob holed up with a migraine - possibly brought on by the fact that one of his predictions FINALLY came true - Matt has to fly solo on this week's episode! Aside from rounding up all the news from the Golden Week Fight Tour, Matt also looks at a solid New Blood 8 card with a main event that is sure to live long in his memory, and covers an emotional-yet-perfect retirement ceremony for the Jum...

Rob and Matt are back to talk through all the happenings from Stardom's latest PPV offering; Fukuoka Goddess Legend! They chat about an outstanding main event, Jessie and Ruaka's improvements, Tam vs. Tam in the Tamiest match to ever Tam, the first World and Wonder of Stardom double Championship match since 2018 - we think - even more potential winners of the 5Star Grand Prix, Himeka's retirement...

Coming off the back of the biggest show in Stardom history, Rob and Matt are back to talk about how they plan on following it with their next PPV - Fukuoka Goddess Legend! They talk the fallout of All-Star Grand Queendom, of a new NJPW Strong Women's Championship and where that leaves Mayu and the IWGP Women's Championship, Natsupoi's chances of defeating Mina, Suzu Suzuki's potential Goddess of S...

Rob and Matt are joined by Post-Wrestling's Karen Peterson for a full rundown of what many are calling the greatest Stardom Show of all time; All-Star Grand Cinderella from Yokohama Arena. They talk all things from a brutal main event, incredible matches, record-breaking reigns coming to an end, Mayu being Mayu, 7UUP refusing to put over The New Eras clean, some incredible new gear, the poke-evolu...

It's All-Star Grand Queendom week, and we have another mammoth episode this week as Rob and Matt manage to fill nearly three hours with their thoughts and ramblings. They review the 2023 Stardom Cinderella Tournament finals, talk about Mercedes Mone's contract situation, WakaMania derailed, have a stab at some white belt fantasy booking, give their thoughts on Momo Watanabe over a year into her he...

We're back to talk all things Stardom this week on the newest episode of The Stardom Cast. Join us as we chat about Rob's newfound love of trashy TV, his live reaction to realising the DDM vs. Cosmic Angels match could spell the end of Cosmic Angels, the latest Mercedes Mone IWGP Women's Championship, Mayu and Mercedes in a typically chaotic press conference, the possibility of a full-time Konami...

The Cinderella Tournament 2023 rolls into Utsonomiya and Korakuen Hall for the 2nd + 3rd rounds and the quarter-finals, and Rob and Matt are here to talk you through everything that happened. They also chat about the card for All Star Grand Queendom, the chaotic press-conference, the reception to the tournament so far and another excellent Artist of Stardom Championship match. This episode of The...

Rob and Matt are back for two and a half hours talking all things about the last week in Stardom, and a PPV-heavy weekend from Yokohama Budokan. They talk Waka's first win in over 170 matches, an absolute glut of draws in a bracket-busting Cinderella opening round, Mercedes Mone vs. Hazuki vs. AZM, Nanae and KAIRI's contributions to Stardom and the PPV debut of the one...the only... Dynamite Princ...

Rob and Matt are joined by former Ring of Honor and Shimmer alumni and ex-NXT trainer Allison Danger for what, hopefully, will be the first in a series of interviews. Despite being a Stardom podcast, we wile away the time chatting everything from 'The Wrestling House' to Allison's tour of Japan and wrestling at Nanae Takahashi's 10th Anniversary show, from working with Asuka and Io Shirai to wanti...

In the absence of any shows to review, Rob and Matt go into detail talking about the upcoming New Blood Premium show from Yokohama Budokan, giving their picks to win and trying to work out how the excellent Waka Tsukiyama storyline is going to end. They finish then by announcing the tiers for the reconfigured Patreon that will be rolled out on the 1st May! This episode of The Stardom Cast Extra is...

It's a special bonus Tuesday episode this week as Matt and Rob talk you through their brackets for the Cinderella Tournament 2023! Join them as Rob's head nearly explodes with stress whilst trying to ensure his girlfriend - who has no idea what a Stardom is - doesn't have a better bracket than him! Show us your brackets!: https://tinyurl.com/4ycn3jz8 This episode of The Stardom Cast Extra is spons...

Despite only having two shows to talk about, Rob and Matt still manage to make it a two-hour listening extravaganza by talking about Mina Shirakawa and Saya Kamitani, All-Star Grand Cinderella in Yokohama, Ruaka's breakout performance in the main event of Korakuen, who will be dethroning 7UUP, the return of Konami, a strangely clipped show and projections for Starlight Kid's year. This episode of...

Settle in for the long-haul everyone as Rob and Matt manage to go over 2 and a half hours talking about Stardom in Showcase and, more importantly, an outstanding PPV to cap off the inaugural Triangle Derby. They talk Saya Iida being robbed, Hazuki and Saya knocking it out of the park, AZM and Starlight Kid apparent swan-song in the High-Speed division, an inexplicable disqualification in a Hardcor...