World of Joshi

With Andy stuck at work Matt flies solo to cover a Sendai Girls show from January 23rd featuring the main event of Manami & Ryo Mizunami vs. Bob Bob Momo Banana, before going on to review the semi-finals of TJPW's Max Heart 6 Tournament with the main event of Ober Eats vs. PomPaler. Let’s Talk Joshi! Subscribe to the podcast:  https://linktr.ee/talkjoshi Check out our merch store:  https://tal...

Rob and Matt are back again to chat Stardom's fourth Korakuen Hall show of the month, and preview the upcoming PPV - Supreme Fight in Osaka. They talk New Blood 28 and 29, Syuri's opponent at New Beginning USA, Kid's build up to her first ever Red Belt match, an update on a former-Oedo Tai leader trying their hand at policing, Hot Shushu and the probability of Kamitani coming out of Osaka still yo...

Matt and Andy go back to watch four TJPW matches from the tag team of Mizuki and Yuka Sakazaki, better known as the Magical Sugar Rabbits, including matches against Daydream, Daisy Monkey and more! Subscribe to the podcast:  https://linktr.ee/talkjoshi Check out our merch store:  https://talkjoshi-shop.fourthwall.com/ Our Socials: The Stardom Cast Twitter:  https://www.twitter.com/thestardomcast T...

There's only one show to review this week for Matt and Andy, as night 2 of TJPW's Max Heart Tournament sees the field cut down to four teams. The pair go in depth on the show, which featured a main event of Ober Eats (Wakana Uehara & Yuki Kamifuki) against Mifu Ashida & Yuki Arai! Let’s Talk Joshi! Subscribe to the podcast:  https://linktr.ee/talkjoshi Check out our merch store:  https://t...

Rob and Matt are back to chat the double header at Belle Salle Takadanobaba this weekend! Aswell as going through the winners, the pair talk the matches announced for Supreme Fight, another outstanding Hazuki match, Kenta Kobashi booking a joshi juggernaut for Fortune Dream XI, Taro Okada in NJPW, an update on Bozilla's injury and more Office references than you can shake a stick at!  Subscribe to...

Rob and Matt are back together this week to review an excellent Korakuen Hall show celebrating 15 years of one of the best to ever do it!  They chat Mayu being Mayu during the celebration of Mayu, Yuzuki and Komomo tearing the house down, Natsumi Showzuki and Miku Aono kicking seven shades out of each other, just how over Megaton is and perhaps most importantly, your winners of the 2025 Marigold S...

On this episode, Matt and Andy review Risa Sera's Retirement match against Suzu Suzuki, as well as night one of TJPW's Futari Wa Princess Max Heart Tournament - the latter of which featured a great main event of last year’s winners Kyoraku Kyomei (Hyper Misao & Shoko Nakajima) vs. Kickslash (Kaya Toribami & Miyu Yamashita). Let’s Talk Joshi! Subscribe to the podcast:  https://linktr.ee/tal...

Subscribe to the podcast:  https://linktr.ee/talkjoshi Join Matt as he takes you through all of the happenings from nights two and three of the New Years Golden Garden 2026 tour and as he previews the upcoming 15th Anniversary show for Mayu Iwatani, as well as chatting about new titles, new roster members and new feuds gathering steam as the tour rolls on! Check out our merch store:  https://talkj...

Matt and Rob chat about - and clarify - the rebranding of The Stardom Cast to World of Joshi, as well as all of the happenings in the world of Stardom! Matt then takes the hot seat in order to review the latest four Stardom shows, including a must-see Korakuen Hall show that saw the return of Yuzuki Aikawa and a stellar Wonder of Stardom title match between Konami and Rina! Subscribe to the podcas...

Rob and Matt are back to run through the results of the sixth annual Stardom Cast Awards, running through each of the categories and announcing the fan-voted winners! A huge thank you to everyone that voted, and helped to make this year's awards the biggest yet!  Subscribe to the podcast:  https://linktr.ee/talkjoshi Check out our merch store:  https://talkjoshi-shop.fourthwall.com/ Our Socials: T...

With Rob's internet deciding to turn heel, Matt flies solo for this truncated episode of The Marigold Standard, looking back at a typically enjoyable Korakuen Hall show main-evented by an excellent all-star tag team match, and some great performances from the undercard! Subscribe to the podcast:  https://linktr.ee/talkjoshi Check out our merch store:  https://talkjoshi-shop.fourthwall.com/ Our Soc...

On this episode, Matt and Andy give their predictions for TJPW's Max Heart 6 Tag Team Tournament before reviewing the TJPW show from Shinjuku FACE on the 11th January featuring the main-event six-way for a shot at the Princess of Princess Title at Grand Princess! They then review a quick, but great Sendai Girls show from Shin-Kiba 1st RING including an awesome main event of Saya Iida vs. Chihiro H...

Rob and Matt are back to chat the first four shows of Stardom's 2026! They talk about the Stardom debut of Alex Windsor, Maki Itoh joining the company, Hazuki continuing to put on outstanding matches, H.A.T.E's continued dominance, great numbers coming out of Korakuen Hall and the marriage of Natsupoi to a Rampage Dragon!  Subscribe to the podcast:  https://linktr.ee/talkjoshi Check out our merch...

Rob and Matt are back from Japan and boy howdy do they have some stories to tell!  The lads go for nearly four hours talking about a once in a lifetime trip, the places they have been, the matches they've seen, the people that made the trip that extra special, surprise wasabi, Matt's flight friend, tears at the Tokyo Dome and so much more!  Subscribe to the podcast:  https://linktr.ee/talkjoshi Ch...

Matt's back from Japan, and he and Andy review the Sendai Girls in Sendai PIT show from December 26th, featuring the great main event of Team 200kg (YUU & Chihiro Hashimoto) defending the Sendai Girls Tag Titles against Bob Bob Momo Banana (Mio Momono & Yurika Oka). On top of that, they also have a review of TJPW's big January 4th show featuring a MOTYC in Miu Watanabe defending the Prince...

With their upcoming big match at Marigold First Dream on the 3rd January, Matt goes back to watch their two previous absolute classics. The second, the World of Stardom title match from November 2020 with Takumi having beaten Mayu on 8th February in special singles action! Subscribe to the podcast:  https://linktr.ee/talkjoshi Check out our merch store:  https://talkjoshi-shop.fourthwall.com/ Our...

With their upcoming big match at Marigold First Dream on the 3rd January, Matt goes back to watch their two previous absolute classics. The first, an impromptu match from Stardom's Way to the Major League on the 8th February 2020, a match that was initially supposed to be Mayu vs. Sareee! Subscribe to the podcast:  https://linktr.ee/talkjoshi Check out our merch store:  https://talkjoshi-shop.four...

It's a special bonus Talk Joshi episode this week as Matt and Andy up the ante - and the ‘Andy’s’ - as they invite Andy Zike, the host of Tokyo Joshi Pod, to the show to talk about TJPW and preview their big January 4th show in Korakuen Hall. They chat Arisu Endo defending her International Princess Title against Mirai, as well as Miu Watanabe defending her Princess of Princesses Title against Suz...

Matt is solo on this episode because of the boys traveling to Japan! He reviews nights 9 and 10 of the True Victory tour before giving his and Rob’s predictions for the big First Dream show! Subscribe to the podcast:  https://linktr.ee/talkjoshi Check out our merch store:  https://talkjoshi-shop.fourthwall.com/ Our Socials: The Stardom Cast Twitter:  https://www.twitter.com/thestardomcast The Mari...

Matt is flying solo right before he flies over to Japan for Dream Queendom, Wrestle Kingdom and more! On this episode, he reviews two shows from the same day, December 21st 2025. Firstly, the Sendai Girls Shin-Kina 1st RING show featuring the main event of Yurika Oka & Manami vs. Team 200kg, and then the TJPW Se~No Merry Christmas show and the main event between Haru Kazashiro, Suzume & Yu...

Matt is flying solo on this one as the boys both prepare to hop onto long flights to Japan, where they will be going to Wrestle Kingdom, Dream Queendom and more! On this episode, Matt reviews the Stardom shows from December 20th in Toyama, the 21st in Osaka and the Christmas Eve show from the legendary Korakuen Hall! Subscribe to the podcast:  https://linktr.ee/talkjoshi Check out our merch store:...

Rob and Matt come together for the final time before they jet off to Japan for the trip of a lifetime, and they chat all the shows and matches they plan on seeing over the next two weeks! They talk the excitement around TJPW's Korakuen Hall show, Mayu and Takumi potentially stealing the week, Tanahashi's retirement, potential MIRAI sightings, Triple Crown defences, Strong Zeroes, Sapporo Beers and...

On this week's episode, we review the newest - at least on WrestleUniverse - Marvelous show from the 19th October, featuring the main event of Senka Akatsuki vs. Takumi Iroha for the AAAW Championship. Then, we review a show from back in the summer when TJPW went to Texas for three nights, with us reviewing the 'Live in Dallas' show from the 13th July featuring the main event of Mizuki and Maki It...

Rob and Matt are back together once again to chat all the happenings from the world of Dream Star Fighting Marigold. They talks the full First Dream card, the return of the Twinstar Cup, Victoria Yuzuki's case for Tokyo Sports Rookie of the Year, Matt's Marigold tag team match of the year and so much more! Subscribe to the podcast:  https://linktr.ee/talkjoshi Check out our merch store:  https://t...

In a Stardom Cast first, Rob and Matt actually bring you breaking news as opposed to podcasting before it! They chat the huge news of Saya Kamitani officially becoming the first woman to ever win the Tokyo Sports MVP prize, the feud with Saori Anou, her and Syuri's placement at Wreste Kingdom 20, the upcoming Natsu & Saory show, Hazuki in Sendai Girls, Rob's awful weekend and so much more! Sub...