In a video posted earlier today to the official World Wonder Ring Stardom YouTube channel, the company announced the competitors that will be taking part in the annual tournament titled “Stardom 5Star Grand Prix 2020” which will follow the usual format of a two-block (Red Stars and Blue Stars) round-robin tournament. The tournament will start on August 8th at Korakuen Hall.
The wrestlers taking part are as follows:
- Mayu Iwatani [STARS]
- Tam Nakano [STARS]
- Starlight Kid [STARS]
- Momo Watanabe [Queen’s Quest]
- Utami Hayashishita [Queen’s Quest]
- AZM [Queen’s Quest]
- Saya Kamitani [Queen’s Quest]
- Natsuko Tora [Oedo Tai]
- Saki Kashima [Oedo Tai]
- Jungle Kyona [Tokyo Cyber Squad]
- Konami [Tokyo Cyber Squad]
- DEATH Yama-San [Tokyo Cyber Squad]
- Giulia [Donna del Mondo]
- Maika [Donna del Mondo]
- Syuri [Donna del Mondo]
- Himeka [Donna del Mondo]
As of writing, we do not currently know the brackets for who will be facing off against each other but from that line-up alone, it is set to be the best 5Star Grand Prix yet! With the likes of Starlight Kid, Giulia, Maika and Saya Kamitani making their tournament debuts, we could be in for quite the ride!
Last years winner was the late Hana Kimura who, before her devastating passing this year, was set for a huge push off the back of her tournament win. #RIPHanaKimura