STARDOM 5★STAR GP 2024 - WrestleFile Historical Verdict

Waka Tsukiyama opens the finals show with an 8:14 win over Rian using Moonlight Dream. The match is separate from the tournament bracket, but it gives the final card an accessible developmental opener before the same-night semifinal structure begins. Rian continues to gain experience against wrestlers above her rookie level, while Tsukiyama receives a singles victory after missing the 5 STAR field. The result does not alter a title or faction story, yet it is useful as a final-show reset after the tournament's dense August schedule.

Hazuki and Koguma beat Aya Sakura and Sayaka Kurara in 10:38, with Koguma scoring the deciding fall. The match gives FWC a recognizable tag-team role on the finals card while letting two younger Cosmic Angels wrestlers work a larger arena before the tournament semifinals continue. Sakura and Kurara are protected by the fact that neither is expected to match FWC's experience level, and the runtime is long enough to give them meaningful offense without overstating the stakes. It functions as useful roster development rather than as a destination match.

Maika defeats Mayu Iwatani in 11:44 with the modified Michinoku Driver II to reach the tournament final. The match is important because Iwatani had won Red Stars B and entered as one of the most difficult possible semifinal opponents. Maika's victory therefore extends her unbeaten block run through a wrestler with both tournament history and top-championship credibility. The relatively concise runtime also protects Maika's ability to work the 27-minute final later in the show without making the semifinal feel perfunctory. It is the clearest proof that her perfect block record can survive knockout pressure.

Saya Kamitani beats Hanan in 10:22 with a Frankensteiner to advance to the final. Hanan enters with enormous momentum after defeating Suzu Suzuki in a playoff and Syuri in the quarterfinal, so Kamitani's win feels more valuable than simply stopping a younger wrestler. The match also contrasts the two most important non-Maika tournament stories: Hanan's rise and Kamitani's post-H.A.T.E. reinvention. Hanan loses without undoing her breakthrough, while Kamitani reaches the finals of Stardom's biggest singles tournament only weeks after changing factions and presentation.

Anna Jay submits Momo Kohgo in 7:09 with the Queen Slayer, giving the AEW visitor a final-show victory after a tournament run that included notable block results. Kohgo provides a familiar STARS opponent without requiring another tournament wrestler to absorb a post-elimination loss. The match is short and deliberately placed between the semifinals and later championship matches, giving Maika and Kamitani recovery time. Its historical importance is secondary, but it preserves Jay's 2024 Stardom visit as more than a sequence of block matches.

Xena defeats Saya Iida in 8:57 with Thunderstruck and immediately points toward a High Speed Championship challenge. The match gives two wrestlers outside the knockout stage a useful singles objective on the final card instead of relegating every eliminated participant to anonymous tags. Xena's win supplies a direct reason to call for Mei Seira's championship, while Iida's strength-based style makes the victory feel earned rather than routine. The bout is not central to the Grand Prix result, but its aftermath moves another division forward.

NEO GENESIS wins the 13:11 ten-woman tag against Syuri, Saki Kashima, Lady C, Ranna Yagami and Risa Sera, with Starlight Kid scoring the deciding fall on Yagami. The match gives the newly formed faction a unified finals-card showcase after several members spent August in different tournament blocks. It also lets Syuri return to faction competition after her quarterfinal loss without taking the fall. NEO GENESIS leaves the tournament period looking cohesive, and the lineup reinforces how much Stardom's faction map has changed since The Conversion and Sapporo.

Saori Anou, Natsupoi and Yuna Mizumori beat Konami, Thekla and Ruaka in 8:40, with Mizumori pinning Ruaka. The match keeps Wonder champion Natsupoi active without making her defend the belt and gives Cosmic Angels a positive result before Tam Nakano challenges for the World championship later in the card. H.A.T.E. remains protected because its top champion Natsuko Tora and tournament finalist Kamitani are not in the match. The quick faction result creates a useful emotional bridge into the two championship matches and tournament final.

Rina defeats her sister Hina in 14:28 with Hydrangea to make an eleventh successful Future of Stardom Championship defense. The result moves Rina beyond Hanan's prior defense record and turns a statistical milestone into a personal family matchup. Hina had challenged after Rina tied the record in Sapporo, so the match has direct setup rather than existing only to chase a number. Rina's submission victory gives the reign another decisive defense and establishes a new benchmark for the division before both sisters move toward the next stages of their careers.

Tam Nakano defeats Natsuko Tora in 27:12 with Twilight Dream to regain the World of Stardom Championship. The result completes a long arc from Nakano's 2023 knee injury, which had forced her to vacate the belt, through her 2024 return and the H.A.T.E. takeover that put Tora on top. Tora's reign ends before a successful defense, but the match gives Nakano a direct victory over the leader of the faction controlling much of Stardom's summer conflict. The title change is emotionally large enough to headline many shows, yet Stardom still keeps the Grand Prix final in the closing position.

Nakano's victory carried weight beyond defeating a champion whose reign had been short. She had previously been forced to give up the red belt because of injury, and the faction conflict that followed helped put Tora on top. Winning it back required a direct result rather than an administrative restoration. The card kept the tournament final afterward, so the championship and Grand Prix outcomes belonged to separate stories even though both were decided on the same night.

Maika defeats Saya Kamitani in 27:23 with the modified Michinoku Driver II to win the 2024 5 STAR Grand Prix. Both women have already worked semifinals earlier in the show, but the final still receives the longest match of the night and develops into a direct clash between Maika's tournament dominance and Kamitani's new H.A.T.E. identity. Maika survives Kamitani's increasingly hostile tactics and finishes the same wrestler whose betrayal had helped cost her the World championship in Sapporo. That history gives the tournament final an extra layer: Maika does not regain the red belt here, but she beats one of the people responsible for losing it and secures a route back toward the title picture.

Kamitani entered the final as the wrestler who had turned against Maika in Sapporo, creating personal stakes inside a tournament setting. Maika's victory supplied a response, but it did not immediately return the World title to her because Nakano had won that championship earlier on the card. The Grand Prix prize instead positioned Maika to pursue the belt again. Distinguishing the tournament win from a red-belt title win preserves the sequence of the two headline outcomes.

The official August 31 post-match ceremony turned Maika's tournament victory into a specific next championship program. With Tam Nakano having regained the World of Stardom title earlier the same night, Maika called Nakano into the ring and proposed a red-belt match for September 14 at Edion Arena Osaka. Nakano came out despite the punishment from her match with Natsuko Tora, accepted the challenge, and shook Maika's hand. Maika also told Saya Kamitani that their rivalry was not over, while Kamitani rejected her attempted handshake. These were separate post-match announcements; Maika won the tournament on August 31, not the World championship, and the proposed September match was not another contest held at the finals.