Saki Kashima Prepares to Become a Shooter and Face Syuri

Saki Kashima Prepares to Become a Shooter and Face Syuri

by: J. Curbelo

The STARDOM in SHOWCASE series keeps bringing surreal situations from a slightly alternate thread in the company’s narrative. After spending 2022 running away from the leader of God’s Eye, Saki Kashima has mustered enough courage to challenge her to a singles match under the infamous UWF Rules stipulation at the series’ fourth “volume”.

今年の鹿島沙希は朱里から逃げない

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— スターダム✪STARDOM (@wwr_stardom) January 29, 2023

After their first singles match in 2021, which saw Syuri successfully defend her SWA Championship, Kashima had gotten an upset win from Syuri during the 5 STAR Grand Prix back in August, with her flash-pin finisher “Kishikaisei”.

Unfortunately for Oedo Tai’s lieutenant, Syuri got her win back a couple of months later in humiliating fashion, with a TKO victory after Starlight Kid threw in the towel.

STARDOM’s Beansprout has been perpetually frightened about Syuri’s nearly lethal offense, but she hopes that things will change next February 26th. “I will not run away from Syuri anymore”, said the former Artist of Stardom champion, who’s spending her free time training her combat skills as she prepares for a stipulation that plays out more like an MMA fight than a wrestling match.

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— 鹿島沙希のサブ垢 (@kashima_sub555) January 30, 2023

Kashima will not be able to use her wild-card finishing move as pinfalls are banned from this type of match, which is based on the extinct-but-very-much-remembered UWFi shoot wrestling promotion. She would only be able to win by submission, knock-out, or by earning enough points in the case of an unclear result. Needless to say, Oedo Tai won’t be able to interfere in the match either.

With Syuri’s years of experience in this kind of competition, will her delinquent rival be smart and fast enough to pull another upset?