STARDOM in SHOWCASE vol.2: WrestleFile Historical Verdict

Hanan defeats Saya Iida in 6:29 with a backdrop hold to claim her second consecutive Blue Stars victory and finish on four points. The result does not affect the top of the block, but it gives Hanan a concrete tournament payoff after a long losing stretch and follows her first tournament win over Mina Shirakawa on September 24. Iida had already shown she could upset Hazuki, so the win is not empty. The short opener gives the experimental card a straightforward league result before SHOWCASE becomes increasingly unconventional.

Suzu Suzuki beats Starlight Kid in 14:11 with a German suplex hold and reaches fourteen Blue Stars points. Both enter with immediate late-tournament stakes, so the match gives SHOWCASE vol.2 its strongest conventional wrestling anchor. Suzuki's victory continues the surge that began after a difficult start, while Kid loses valuable ground just before the final weekend. Their rivalry energy also makes the pairing feel larger than a standings exercise, allowing the event to connect its experimental identity to one of the block's most important remaining results.

Mayu Iwatani, AZM, Ram Kaichow and Maika contested four individual corners of the Falls Count Anywhere match at Takadanobaba on September 25, 2022. STARDOM's own result identifies all four wrestlers, records 18:13 and gives a jackknife finish over Maika. The three-person grouping on the printed winners' line does not turn these singles entrants into a tag team. The nonstandard stipulation let AZM and Iwatani work outside their usual tournament roles alongside Ram, while Maika absorbed the decisive fall. It was an exhibition of the SHOWCASE format rather than a 5 STAR Grand Prix result. Match Finder now credits the four individual identities without inventing a partnership.

The September 25 Cosmic Rules II three-way was not an ordinary tag victory. Natsupoi and Hikari Shimizu, Tam Nakano and SAKI, and Unagi Sayaka and Mina Shirakawa entered as three distinct two-woman teams. STARDOM recorded the finish after 13:49 as a disqualification, with Natsupoi and Shimizu listed first in the official decision. The unusual rule set featured comedic interference and faction tension instead of a normal pinfall progression, giving the SHOWCASE show a different rhythm from the day's 5 STAR GP matches. The six participants belong in three separate Match Finder sides, while the verdict must preserve the disqualification and avoid claiming that all four wrestlers from two teams pinned the third.

Giulia and Rina Yamashita beat Momo Watanabe and Ruaka in 18:23, with Giulia pinning Ruaka after a backdrop suplex. The hardcore rules give Yamashita a setting connected to her established style while allowing Giulia's ongoing willingness to meet outside wrestlers on their terms to remain visible. Oedo Tai supplies natural antagonism and absorbs the loss through Ruaka rather than Momo. The match has enough time to become a full fight instead of a short gimmick segment, making it one of the second SHOWCASE's strongest reasons to revisit the event.

The 22:34 Captain's Fall main event expands the Grim Reaper story from a one-person mystery into a broader outsider threat. Syuri eliminates Yuu over the top rope and Yuna Manase removes Utami Hayashishita before Nanae Takahashi pins Lady C with the Refrigerator Bomb to finish the match. The layered eliminations give the long runtime structure, while the post-match identities matter more historically than the spectacle itself. Revealing Takahashi and Manase alongside Yuu gives the strange SHOWCASE storyline a concrete faction direction.