Trouble Friends Deal BLACK SWAN Their First Loss in Goddesses of Stardom Tag League

By: Noah Leatherland

STARDOM returned to Korakuen Hall for the latest leg of the Goddesses of Stardom Tag League. The main event saw four of the biggest stars in STARDOM collide, as Starlight Kid and Maki Itoh faced Saya Kamitani and Momo Watanabe.

BLACK SWAN had started their tournament campaign with back to back wins, leading the Blue Goddesses on 4 points. In contrast, Trouble Friends entered Korakuen Hall with a 2-1 record, their only 2 points coming over a win over the young duo of Kikyo Furusawa and Kiyoka Kotatsu. With Kid and Itoh still clearly working out the kinks in their tag team chemistry, they were the definite underdogs in this main event.

The H.A.T.E. duo dipped into their underhanded bag of tricks to try to get a shortcut to victory. However, though Watanabe would introduce her black baseball bat into the match, she would end up receiving its wrath.

After that, Kid and Itoh combined forced for their ‘F*** You Tiger’ attack, a tiger suplex and stunner combo. From there, Kid headed to the top rope and connected with a moonsault press on Watanabe, securing the victory and the points. The result brings Trouble Friends up to 4 points, and tied with BLACK SWAN.

Even in defeat, Kamitani and Watanabe found a way to talk down to the winners, and the reigning tag team champions that were watching on.

Kamitani:

Trouble Friends! Losing to those two clowns? What a humiliation. And speaking of 02line—they’re so irrelevant I didn’t even notice, but apparently they’re not even participating in the tag league? For tag team champions, you better not be getting too cocky.

Watanabe:

We’ve only lost once so far. We’re going to win every match from here on out and knock you off your throne, so just wait and see.

Meanwhile, with BLACK SWAN’s momentum being stalled, another team has leapfrogged them to rise to the top of the Red Goddesses. Aya Sakura and Sayaka Kurara picked up 2 points with a win over Furusawa and Kotatsu. Sakura nailed Kotatsu with a buzzsaw kick to score the pin, putting Sakurara on 6 points.

A similar story played out in the Blue Goddesses, where the block leaders stalled and lost their winning streak. Three wins on the bounce had put GORI N’ ROSES, Saya Iida and Utami Hayashishita, firmly in the lead. In Korakuen Hall, they faced the most experienced duo in the tournament, Hazuki and Koguma. The match finished with Hazuki hitting Hayashishita with a vertical drop brainbuster, securing the win for FWC.

Hazuki and Koguma are still undefeated in the tournament, but with two wins and a draw, they are still 1 point behind GORI N’ ROSES in the blue standings. In their post-match comments, Hazuki spoke on what makes FWC such a formiddable team:

They’re just a makeshift tag team. We’re from the same class and the same age, and we’ve overcome all kinds of challenges together. We won’t let anyone underestimate the bond we have here at FWC. I want FWC to win the 2026 Tag League.

(Quotes translated via DeepL)

The STARDOM Goddesses of Stardom Tag League continues on November 14th in Matsuyama City.

Here are the full results for STARDOM Goddesses of Stardom Tag League Day 4:

• Natsuko Tora def. Matoi Hamabe (5:40)
• Red Goddesses: Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara [6] def. Kikyo Furusawa & Kiyoka Kotatsu [2] (6:55)
• Waka Tsukiyama, Hanan & Yuna Mizumori def. Ema Maishima, AZM & Miyu Amasaki (2:53)
• Blue Goddesses: Ranna Yagami & Akira Kurogane [2] def. Natsupoi & Rian [0] (8:32)
• Blue Goddesses: Suzu Suzuki & Rina Yamashita [4] def. Dark Silueta & Valkyria [1]
• Mei Seira def. Yuria Hime, Anne Kanaya and Ruaka (3:04)
• Red Goddesses: Maika & HANAKO [2] def. Sori Anou & Fuwa-chan [4] (9:50)
• Blue Goddesses: Konami & Rina [3] def. Hina & Lady C [4] (10:45)
• Blue Goddesses: Hazuki & Koguma [5] def. Saya Iida & Utami Hayashishita [6]
• Red Goddesses: Starlight Kid & Maki Itoh [4] def. Saya Kamitani & Momo Watanabe [4] (13:31)

Here are the current standings in the STARDOM Goddesses of Stardom Tag League:

Red Goddesses

• Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara [6]
• Saya Kamitani & Momo Watanabe [4]
• Saori Anou & Fuwa-chan [4]
• Starlight Kid & Maki Itoh [4]
• Hanan & Waka Tsukiyama [2]
• Mei Seira & Ema Maishima [2]
• Yuna Mizumori & Anne Kanaya [2]
• Kikyo Furusawa & Kiyoka Kotatsu [2]
• Maika & HANAKO [2]

Blue Goddesses

• Saya Iida & Utami Hayashishita [6]
• Hazuki & Koguma [5]
• Hina & Lady C [4]
• Suzu Suzuki & Rina Yamashita [4]
• Konami & Rina [3]
• Ranna Yagami & Akira Kurogane [2]
• Natsuko Tora & Ruaka [1]
• Dark Silueta & Valkyria [1]
• Natsupoi & Rian [0]