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The Goddesses of Stardom Tag League has officially begun, and we were treated to 2 excellent nights of joshi tag team wrestling! On top of that, this week was AEW Blood and Guts, and boy did it deliver on that claim, as well as the return of Friday Night Gacha! Join us to talk about all of the things we watched this week and a few previews for Pro Wrestling Eve, Sendai Girls, and the next set of tag league action right here on Cult of Joshi!

We had a great time to end off the month of October with Crimson Nightmare being an incredibly enjoyable PPV and we have a full review of it right here for you! We also talk about the Grand Prix de Amazonas from CMLL, Tag League the Best from Marvelous, a fun Oz Academy show, and Marigold's Grand Destiny PPV! With so much to cover, we jump straight into it on this week's episode of Cult of Joshi!!!

Another packed week of wrestling to talk about. We go over the weekend shows from CMLL and preview the big GRand Prix de Amazonas match. We talk about AEW WrestleDream and Dynamite with all of the amazing things happening in the women's division and a possible imminent return. Then we switch gears to a big announcement from Chigusa Nagayo and Marvelous Pro Wrestling before getting into Stardom's 3 shows from this past week, including a big show from Korakuen Hall. There's also the matter of Crimson Nightmare and the Goddesses of Stardom Tag League on the horizon. Check it out on this weeks' episode of Cult of Joshi!!

It's getting difficult to fit all of the amazing women's wrestling into one show! Everyone is putting on their best work. We go from WWE Money in the Bank and a preview to AEW WrestleDream and CMLL all the way to Japan where we take a minute to talk about the amazing King of Pro Wrestling show and our love for NJPW before diving into Marigold's show in Korakuen Hall, Sendai Girl's Joshi Pro Wrestling Big Show, and, of course, all 3 Stardom shows from Chiba, Korakuen Hall, and Kofu. We also include previews for Marigold Grand Destiny and Stardom's big weekend, including Path of Thunder in Utsunomiya. You won't want to miss the beauty and insanity of women's wrestling in this episode of Cult of Joshi.

We had so much fun watching all of these shows the past week. There was Stardom and Marigold and Sendai Girls and AEW and Pro Wrestling Eve!!! With so much to go over, and a full preview of all of the huge shows coming up this weekend, this is an episode of Cult of Joshi you don't want to miss!!

A lot has happened in the last week. From a beautiful tribute show to Pac on AEW Dynamite to a big change in Stardom, we break down everything we watched this week. There's even a special little segment in the middle! This is a big episode of Cult of Joshi, and we have a lot to talk about!!

We had so many things to talk about this week it was hard to fit them all in! With AEW All Out on the horizon, CMLL celebrating it's 93rd anniversary, Marigold finishing up the Dream Star GP, and Stardom launching their Silver Week tour, we had so many thoughts and feelings that we just had to go through in this week's episode of Cult of Joshi!

Stardom has come back with a massive PPV event, and in this episode, we review Stardom to the World in full! We also have our weekly updates for the Marigold Dream Star Grand Prix, where the tournament is quickly coming to a close. You will get to hear a full run down of this week's upcoming cards, including the start fo Stardom's Silver Week tour and the final night of league action for the Dream Star GP. All of that and so much more on this episode of Cult of Joshi!

Stardom is back in action this week with a big show in Korakuen Hall that helped build and prepare us all for this weekend's Stardom to the World PPV! Along with that, we review the last 4 shows put on by Marigold in their Dream Star Grand Prix, which featured one of the best nights of Marigold action of the year! If you want a preview and our picks for Stardom to the World, you don't want to miss this episode of Cult of Joshi!

We've just come off of a huge weekend in the world of professional wrestling and we could not wait to talk about everything we watched. From the Dream Star Grand Prix kicking off in Marigold, to Sendai Girls' biggest show of the year The Top of Joshi Wrestling, and all the way over to London for AEW All In where we saw some of the greatest professional wrestling there is to see. This is a fun episode because there is so much to offer. Come hang out with us at the Cult of Joshi!

We've come to the end of the tournament of the summer! The 5 Star Grand Prix 2026 has officially ended and we have a brand new champion! In this episode of Cult of Joshi, we review the full PPV from Ryogoku to give our thoughts and feelings on the matches and the build to Stardom to the World on September 12th. We also take some time to talk about the upcoming Marigole Dream Star Grand Prix that's kicking off this weekend, and give a short review of Ring of Honor's Death Before Dishonor PPV. It's a great time and one you don't want to miss!!

The 5 Star Grand Prix is coming to a close and I'm not sure a single bracket has been left unbusted in this thing!! This has been a wild tournament, and we talk about some of the most surprising results from the entire thing right here in this episode. We cover the final 3 nights of block action, plus the quarterfinals from Korakuen Hall! We also have a little Marvelous sprinkled in there for good measure. This was a super fun episode talking about all of the craziness that came out of this year's 5 Star, and what we have to look forward to on the final night!! You don't want to miss this episode of Cult of Joshi!

At this point in the 5 Star Grand Prix, we have a good idea of where the Red Stars blocks are headed, but we still have an entire weekend of Blue Stars action to get through before we have the full picture of the quarterfinals! With the final weekend of regular block action upon us, we are excited to see where Stardom takes us for this year's tournament. In this show, we also go over some really fun shows from Sendai Girls and give our review of Marigold Summer Destiny 2026! It's a big show with lots of good wrestling, so grab a snack and enjoy a little Cult of Joshi with us!

This weekend, we had another 3 nights of the 5 Star Grand Prix with some incredible action! But that's not all we watched. There are some significant things happening over in Marigold that we just can't ignore, even during tournament season! In this episode, we update you on all of the 5 Star matches and current standings, make our picks for this upcoming weekend, and review Marigold's recent Korakuen Hall show, as well as preview their upcoming big show! It's a packed episode, so you don't want to miss this one of Cult of Joshi!!

The 5 Star Grand Prix continues to chug on, and we're not even close to getting off this train yet! This past weekend saw plenty of incredible Red Stars action, and now we have so much Blue Stars action to look forward to coming up this weekend! In this episode, we do a full review of nights 4, 5, and 6 of the 5 Star, as well as giving our thoughts and picks on the tournament matches coming up next. Get your updates from the best Joshi podcast around: Cult of Joshi!

The 5 Star Grand Prix has officially kicked off with 3 huge nights of action all in a row! These three shows brought some amazing matchups, emotional storytelling, and some of the craziest things we weren't expecting! That's just the fun of tournament season. In this episode, we give our reviews of the first 3 nights of the 5 Star Grand Prix and make our picks for this upcoming weekend. You can find all the 5 Star coverage you need right here with the Cult of Joshi!

Welcome to a super special edition of the Cult of Joshi. This is our full guide to this year's 5 Star Grand Prix, including the audio version of our preview video, where we go over every single participant in the tournament! This edition includes extra content, where we go over all three shows in the opening weekend of the 5 Star GP, make our picks, and have a discussion about our pre-tournament brackets! This is a fun episode of Cult of Joshi that you don't want to miss!

This week has certainly been interesting for us. Lol. We had a lot of fun watching all of the wrestling this week. We talk about three Stardom shows in this episode, over the July 4th weekend and the Korakuen Hall show from the 8th. We also go over some updates concerning the AEW Women's Title pictures, both TBS and World Titles! There's so much going on that we've been enjoying, and, of course, we're keeping our eye on this whole Utami Hayashishita business in Stardom. Hear all about it on this week's episode of Cult of Joshi!

This weekend was full of amazing Stardom related wrestling! From 3 incredible house shows to Stardom featuring on AEW Forbidden Door to a big Korakuen Hall show with 2 title matches!! We had so much fun watching all of these shows and were so excited to come on and tell you all about it on this episode of Cult of Joshi!

This weekend was chock-full of a bunch of wrestling action! We got to see everything from the AEW Women's Owen Hart Tournament semi-final round to Sendai Girls and Marigold to a super fun Friday Night Gacha and, of course, Stardom The Conversion 2026. There's a lot to be said about trusting the process in wrestling, and we were given the chance to see some incredible matches this weekend, along with a lot of build and story for the future. Find out all of our thoughts about the PPV and everything else on this episode of Cult of Joshi!!

Just as we predicted, Stardom released the full card for The Conversion 2026 literally right as our last episode was going up. We felt like we couldn't just pass up the opportunity to give you guys a proper preview for this upcoming PPV, so here it is! Let us know what your picks are!!

This week was so much fun! It kicked off with us getting to experience 2 incredible nights of AEW Summer Blockbuster live in Cincinnati, which included the taping of ROH Global Wars - featuring a lot of Joshi talent. Then, over the weekend, we had the final Stardom show before The Conversion. A jam-packed Korakuen Hall show full of storylines and incredible matches. We had such a good time this week, and we want to share it all with you on this episode of Cult of Joshi!

It's been a really fun week where Stardom and AEW are concerned! With Forbidden Door coming up, there's a lot of exciting crossover in the works. Plus, The Conversion is on the horizon, which means Stardom is in full build mode heading into Korakuen Hall this upcoming weekend! Along with all of the excellent wrestling, we have a good old-fashioned Staromd press conference to cover and a lot of excitement coming up for AEW Live in Cincinnati! All of that and more right here on Cult of Joshi!

This weekend's shows for Stardom were a lot of fun! Not only did we get Utami Hayashishita's first matches back in Stardom, but we also furthered some storylines on our way to The Conversion. We go through all of the matches on both shows and have a discussion about the recent injury to Seri Yamaoka in Marigold as well. It's a short and sweet episode of Cult of Joshi!

Well, folks... it's happening!!!! We've talked a lot about how badly we would love to see Utami Hayashishita make her return to the World Wonder Ring, and at Stardom's recent Korakuen Hall show, we got exactly what we wanted! We couldn't let this monumental moment pass us by. We had to sit down and talk about this incredible show from start to finish here on Cult of Joshi, but especially about the potential and implications of this major return. Let us know what you think in the comments below!

This weekend has been so busy already, and it's not even over for us yet!! In this episode of Cult of Joshi, we cover two shows from 5/23: Marigold Shine Forever 2026 and Stardom Queen's Dynasty. Both of these shows, honestly, overdelivered, and we had so much fun watching all of these matches, so we had to dedicate a show to them and talk about all of our thoughts and feelings. Don't forget to let us know what you thought of these shows!!

In this episode of Cult of Joshi, we take a special moment to recognize all of the current top champions on the Joshi scene! There are so many amazing champions out there, but we wanted to speak on a few of them and what they mean to the current landscape of Joshi wrestling. We also go over the results and our reactions to the May 10th Sendai Girls show and talk about upcoming big cards for both Stardom and Marigold! 

Happy Golden Week! We had a lot to watch and talk about this week, from the huge 10th anniversary PPV for Marvelous to the 5 shows Stardom ran across the week, there's so much going on! We also want to give a huge shout out to all of our new listeners and say thank you so so much for your continued support here at Cult of Joshi!

We have a lot to talk about on the back of the biggest show of the Stardom year. With All-Star Grand Queendom 2026 in the books, we can easily say this is one of the best PPVs from start to finish that we've ever witnessed. There's so much to talk about from the amazing build to the production and the wrestling to where we go from here. There are so many thoughts and so much that is difficult to put into words, but we did our best on this episode of Cult of Joshi.

We're back after a very full WrestleMania Week to talk about everything we watched and experienced, including the big show itself... That's right! Stardom American Dream!! On top of that, we had to fit in the final Stardom show before the big PPV with a full review of the Korakuen Hall card from 4/23. Then, we wrap it all up with a full preview and our picks for All-Star Grand Queendom!! This is a big episode full of all kinds of fun things, so you don't want to miss this installment of Cult of Joshi!!

We head into Mania week with a couple of big Korakuen Hall shows. First, Stardom took over the hallowed halls to do some more incredible building toward All-Star Grand Queendom. Then, Sendai Girls took their turn to completely blow the roof off the place! In this episode, we also talk about a couple of fun Marigold shows, what's coming up for Mania week, and so much more. Join us on Cult of Joshi to hear it all!

We were treated to 3 big Stardom shows over the course of this past week, including the highly anticipated Rookie of Stardom 2026 tournament. There has been a lot of really fun build for All-Star Grand Queendom in just over 2 weeks time! We also talk about some more fun stuff we watched this week and discuss the upcoming Korakuen Hall card as we make our way into Stardom's biggest show of the year! Catch up on all the great Joshi action here with us on Cult of Joshi.

There was so much Joshi this week that it's hard to believe it's only been a week since our last episode! In this episode of Cult of Joshi, we talk about Marigold, TJPW's biggest show ever, and 3 full Stardom shows from New Blood 30 to their most recent show in Korakuen Hall. This is truly a huge episode (maybe as big as Andraze Giant Panda), so you don't want to miss it!

This was another weekend with two shows on the same day and this time we finally get to see Sareee-ISM Chapter 10! Later that same night, Sendai Girls ran their own show at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring, so there was a little overlap even with some wrestlers showing up in both places! It was a fun night that we get to talk all about on this episode of Cult of Joshi.

This past weekend was jam-packed with women's wrestling. From AEW Revolution to the star of the show - the finals of the 2026 Cinderella Tournament. This has been an amazing tournament for Stardom and it's building up to what promises to be an epic All-Star Grand Queendom at the end of April. Check out this episode of Cult of Joshi for our full reactions to this PPV!

This Cinderella Tournament continues to be one of the best we've ever seen in our history of watching Joshi. From the matches it has given us the opportunity to watch and review, to a true Cinderella story, it's hard to get any better than this! In this episode, we talk about the quarterfinals show from 3/11 in Korakuen Hall and do a preview of the full card for the Finals PPV on 3/15. Let us know what you think is going to happen this weekend while you listen to this episode of Cult of Joshi!

This year's Cinderella Tournament has been so much fun! We had 3 big nights in a row to kick off this year's tournament action, which encompassed rounds 1 and 2. In this episode, we go over all 3 nights, who advanced in the tournament, and talked about the upcoming Quarterfinals. (Including one of the best matches we've seen all year.) We also talk about the awesome all women's shows that came out of CMLL and Pro Wrestling Eve for International Women's Day! This is a jam-packed episode of Cult of Joshi and one you don't want to skip!

It's that time of year again! March means it's time for the annual Cinderella Tournament, and we are here to preview the 2026 line up for this year's tournament! The field is massive this year, so there's a lot to go over for the opening nights! In this episode of Cult of Joshi, we run through all 16 of the first-round matches and make our picks for the second round of the tournament. Let us know who you think is going to win in the comments!

It was a really fun week in the world of Joshi and we are back here to talk about three whole Stardom shows as well as a pretty big Marigold show that happened over the weekend! We also talk about the upcoming Stardom show in Korakuen Hall with the full card announced and it's a doozy!! Come hang out with us on this episode of Cult of Joshi!

We're a little all over the place this week to talk about all the things we watched, including some cool vintage proresu, Joshi adjacent AEW fun, playing catchup on Marigold, and Both weekend Stardom shows from Korakuen Hall and Fuji! It was a fun, relaxing week of Joshi after the craziness of the PPV and we have a good time talking with you guys about everything we watched and what could be coming up next on this episode of Cult of Joshi!

Another Stardom PPV and this one was a doozy! Supreme Fight in Osaka was an awesome show, due in no small part to what happened in the World of Stardom title match. We also had a huge Unit Battle and multiple titles on the line that need to be discussed. In this episode, we also get into the season finale of Noah's Monday Magic and the recent Sendai Girl's show. You don't want to miss this episode of Cult of Joshi!

It's been an awesome week of Joshi and we are here to talk all about what happened at the big Korakuen Hall show for Stardom ahead of the Supreme Fight in Osaka PPV this weekend! We also dive into other things we watched this week, including the Royal Rumble, Monday Magic, and a new Sendai Girls Pro Wrestling show. Leading up to the big Stardom PPV, we run down the card and let you know who we think is going to win on the big night, so don't miss this episode of Cult of Joshi!

We have so many anniversaries to celebrate this week! First, we dive into Mayu Iwatani's 15th anniversary show in Korakuen Hall. Then we tackle the 2 night Stardom Award event in Takadanobaba. There's a lot going on in Marigold, Stardom, and all over the Joshi world, so we couldn't wait to sit down and talk about it all here on Cult of Joshi!

In this Stardom heavy episode of Cult of Joshi, we talk about all of the shows that we watched this week, from the double header in Osaka to the PPV in Korakuen Hall and everything in between! There was a lot of interesting things to go over, from title matches to challenges to unit drama the likes of which we weren't expecting even a little bit! We also talk about the things we've been watching outside of Joshi this week, including a little Monday Magic. It's a can't miss episode of Cult of Joshi - your favorite Joshi podcast in the world!

We have a heck of an episode of Cult of Joshi for you this week, with a weekend full of incredible shows that deserve all the praise in the world. From the 1.11 Sendai Girls show, to Marigold in Korakuen Hall on 1.12, and, of course, the big Stardom 2 Day Event in Korakuen Hall that brought along with it many title matches and surprises. We couldn't wait to sit down and talk about all of these amazing matches on this week's Cult of Joshi!

We're starting off the year with some of the biggest shows imagineable. Not only is it time for the January 3rd Joshi shows, including Marigold's First Dream PPV and Stardom's New Year Dream. It's also time for the big January 4th Ittenyon show: Wrestle Kingdom 20!! We dive into what capped off 2025 and how we started 2026 in the world of Joshi and just how incredible everything was this past week on this episode of Cult of Joshi.

We've made it to the other side of Stardom Dream Queendom 2025 and we have a lot to talk about in this episode of Cult of Joshi! From some incredibly performances, a super fun rumble, an amazing re-debut, and huge title matches, there was a lot happening on one of the biggest nights of the year in Joshi. We also end the episode with some of our predictions for things that we think might (or might not) happen in 2026, which you don't want to miss! 

Merry Christmas! On this very special episode of Cult of Joshi, we are bringing you a big Stardom centric episode that features a review of their Year End X-mas Night Show from Korakuen Hall and a preview for the biggest show of the year, Dream Queendom! We also have a special feature in this show: The First Annual Cult of Joshi Awards!!! Who do we think deserves all the accolades from the Joshi world this year? Listen now to find out!

Another amazing Stardom card took place in Korakuen Hall on 12/8 and we're here to tell you all about it and what has come out of it. That includes a Stardom press conference looking ahead to Dream Queendom! We also talk about Ring of Honor's Final Battle PPV, AEW's Women's Tag Team Tournament, Marigold's double header in Sapporo, and everything else we watched this week on this episode of Cult of Joshi!

The 2025 Goddesses of Stardom Tag League has come to a close and we're here to talk all about how it went down and what we think of this year's winners! We also talk about the upcoming Korakuen Hall card on 12/8 and how excited we are about the matches announced for it! It's a jam packed Stardom episode of Cult of Joshi that you don't want to miss!