Stardom 10th Anniversary 2021: WrestleFile Historical Verdict

Saya Iida opened the January 17, 2021 tenth-anniversary celebration with her first successful Future of Stardom Championship defense, defeating Unagi Sayaka at Korakuen Hall. The official STARDOM results record a Diamond Cutter into a pin at 12:04. Iida had won the belt the previous month, and Sayaka's challenge offered a direct test of whether the new champion could defend against an ambitious Cosmic Angels opponent. The match mattered within the young-wrestler division rather than affecting the headline World or Wonder championships later on the card. Its result confirmed Iida's initial standing as titleholder and gave Sayaka a genuine singles championship opportunity. A review should credit Iida's first defense specifically, without confusing Sayaka's separate Artist of Stardom title status with the title contested here.

Natsupoi defeated Konami by disqualification after 8:03 in the second contest at STARDOM's tenth-anniversary Korakuen show. The official result identifies the finish as a disqualification rather than a pin or submission, so it shouldn't be presented as Natsupoi demonstrating a decisive new finishing hold. The singles meeting also served as a preview of a coming Goddesses of Stardom tag championship contest involving Konami and Bea Priestley against Natsupoi and Himeka. The wrestlers therefore had unfinished business beyond the immediate bell. Natsupoi's formal STARDOM affiliation was acknowledged during the evening, providing an additional career milestone for the former freelance competitor. A short review should distinguish that organizational context and the unsettled finish from the major title changes and defenses elsewhere on the card.

The original report specifies how the disqualification happened. Konami shoved the referee away during her submission attack and then wedged a chair across Natsupoi's neck, pulling against it until the referee called for the bell. The chair-assisted choke and attack on the official, not a clean pin or tap-out, gave Natsupoi the victory at 8:03. This also left the two wrestlers' impending Goddesses title rivalry unresolved.

High Speed Champion AZM defeated veteran Kaori Yoneyama in 5:36 at the January 17, 2021 Korakuen anniversary event, retaining her championship by a grounded octopus hold. The official account calls it the fourth successful defense by the nineteenth champion. The match was short even by the standards of the undercard, but the submission result offered a direct measure of AZM's technical control against an experienced opponent. It did not involve the Future or Artist belts and was not a tournament match. That distinction helps explain its historical place on a show already carrying several other championships. AZM's ability to end the contest decisively with a hold rather than an elaborate finishing sequence gave the defense its own identity within the anniversary lineup.

Tam Nakano defeated Starlight Kid with a Tiger Suplex Hold at 10:53 during STARDOM's January 17, 2021 anniversary show. The official result places their singles match under the STARS versus Cosmic Angels theme, reflecting the evolving faction tensions as Nakano worked increasingly with her own group. Kid remained associated with STARS at this point, so treating her as an Oedo Tai wrestler in this historical encounter would misstate the chronology of her later career. The match wasn't for a championship and did not directly award tournament points. Its value lies in the conflict between former allies and the direction of Nakano's singles ascent, particularly before the later championship rivalry with Giulia. The clear suplex pin gives the contest a decisive result rather than another unresolved faction confrontation.

The tenth-anniversary January 17, 2021 Korakuen Hall card staged a four-way elimination tag match between four actual faction pairs. Queen's Quest's Momo Watanabe and Saya Kamitani defeated Donna del Mondo's Syuri and Himeka, Oedo Tai's Bea Priestley and Saki Kashima, and STARS representatives Mayu Iwatani and Ruaka. Kashima eliminated the STARS team by sending Iwatani over the ropes after 7:33; Syuri then forced Kashima to submit at 9:44. The final went to Queen's Quest when Kamitani pinned Himeka with the Star Crusher at 15:04. The official report documents three distinct eliminations, not a single conventional eight-woman team bout. Keeping the four genuine two-person sides preserves both the winner and the rivalry between Watanabe and Syuri ahead of their singles meeting.

Giulia defended the Wonder of Stardom Championship against Natsuko Tora in the semi-main event of the January 17, 2021 anniversary show. The STARDOM result gives a Glorious Driver pin at 18:34, marking Giulia's fifth successful defense as the fourteenth champion. The official match report explains that Tora requested a no-disqualification match, which opened the door to chair and chain attacks along with involvement from faction allies. Giulia eventually overcame the weapon-heavy environment and secured a genuine fall rather than retaining on a disqualification technicality. The contrasting stipulation also differentiates this match from the straight World of Stardom championship defense that followed. It belongs in the record as both a Wonder title retention and an unusual no-disqualification chapter in Giulia's reign.

At Korakuen Hall on January 17, 2021, Utami Hayashishita retained the World of Stardom Championship against Maika in 24:12. STARDOM's official account identifies the BT Bomb and subsequent pin, marking the champion's second successful defense. The main event followed Giulia's Wonder of Stardom retention against Natsuko Tora, giving the tenth-anniversary celebration a pair of major singles-title conclusions. Hayashishita and Maika represented the promotion's emerging generation rather than a tribute exhibition built only around former stars. The duration gave Maika room to threaten the champion's position before the final decisive move. It should be indexed as a singles title defense, not a Donna del Mondo versus Queen's Quest tag result or a tournament point.