World of Joshi
Rob Goodwin & independent wrestling’s Matt Turner are here every Friday to review the goings on in the top Joshi company in Japan - World Wonder Ring Stardom! Join the lads as they talk about the shows and the news surrounding one of the fastest rising companies in Japan!
Episodes
Matt looks back and reviews the shows from last weekend, including Saori Anou’s homecoming show in Otsu and from Osaka!
He also goes over the thirty-two participants announced for the 2026 Cinderella Tournament, chats Stardom in Las Vegas and previews the big upcoming show in Korakuen Hall this weekend!
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Matt guides you through an absolutely amazing Korakuen hall show that saw a hard-hitting Marigold World Championship match, the crowing of the first 3D Trios Champions and a MOTYC as Victoria Yuzuki defends the United National title against Chika Goto!
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Matt and Andy review the final night of The Max Heart 6 Tournament, as Mizuki and Uta Takami take on the Princess Tag Champions Wakana Uehara & Yuki Kamifuku in finals. Their focus then switches to the the TJPW show from the very next day, with a Loaded main event 8-woman tag as Ober Eats team with Kick Slash against Kyoraku Kyomei, Ren Konatsu and Raku!
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Matt gets you caught up on all things Dream Star Fighting Marigold, as he reviews all three shows from last weekend!
He also previews and gives his predictions for the big Korakuen show this upcoming Monday and discusses a potential Utami heel turn!?
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Matt reviews the shows from last weekend, including another fantastic Korakuen Hall show.
He chats about Saya Kamitani’s massive accomplishments in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Awards, the fast selling tickets for this years All Star Grand Queendom, and goes over the next main event for Korakuen hall as Hina challenges Konami for the Wonder of Stardom Championship.
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Matt has the pleasure of sitting down with ‘The Ultimate Athlete’ J-Rod!
They discuss how she got into wrestling, her time in TJPW, her must-see match against Miu Watanabe for the Princess of Princess Championship last year and her upcoming American Joshi tournament for MPX Wrestling as well as so much more!
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On this episode, Matt and Andy talk about the epic main-event of Stardom's Supreme Fight; Saya Kamitani vs. Starlight Kid - a match where Saya suffers a gnarly injury to her finger, but continues to wrestle for another fifteen minutes!
Then they review not one, but two shows from Sendai Girls in February 2nd in Osaka and February 8th in Shinjuku Face! Both shows featured great main events with Bob Bob Momo Banana defending the Send...
Rob and Matt are back once more to chat Marigold's latest dates on their New Year's Golden Garden tour.
They talk the final matches of the first round of the 3D Trios tournament, the first-ever singles matches for Marie Malenko, an influx of foreign talent, more praise for Victoria Yuzuki, Mayu stealing the mist and their picks to go the distance and win the Trios titles at Korakuen Hall.
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Rob and Matt for a near three-hour discussion of everything coming out of the Supreme Fight in Osaka PPV and the two back-to-back NEW BLOOD shows earlier in the week.
They chat MOTY candidates, the direction for EXV, the merits of Sayaka Kurara's challenge for the Red Belt, Syuri in London, NEO-GENESIS in Mexico, Sareee-ISM Chapter X announcements and White Belt Hina as well as so much more this week!
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On this special bonus episode, Matt looks back at Miu Watanabe’s road back to the Princess of Princess Title, reviewing her 2025 Princess Cup win and her epic rematch against Mizuki from Wrestle Princess VI!
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In the first of this new Watchalong series here on the World of Joshi Patreon, Matt and Andy go back to TJPW's All Rise '24 event in Korakuen Hall to watch the big main event tag match of Miu Watanabe and Miyu Yamashita against Meiko Satomura and Shoko Nakajima!
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Happy Superbowl Sunday everybody!
Rob and Matt celebrate the big day by chatting some Marigold wrestling, including the latest Superfly title defence for Mayu Iwatani, a breakout performance for Komomo Minami, heaps of praise for Natsumi Showzuki, an influx of foreign talent, a potential new member of Darkness Revolution and the latest in a wrestling dynasty making her Marigold debut!
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With Andy stuck at work Matt flies solo to cover a Sendai Girls show from January 23rd featuring the main event of Manami & Ryo Mizunami vs. Bob Bob Momo Banana, before going on to review the semi-finals of TJPW's Max Heart 6 Tournament with the main event of Ober Eats vs. PomPaler.
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Rob and Matt are back again to chat Stardom's fourth Korakuen Hall show of the month, and preview the upcoming PPV - Supreme Fight in Osaka.
They talk New Blood 28 and 29, Syuri's opponent at New Beginning USA, Kid's build up to her first ever Red Belt match, an update on a former-Oedo Tai leader trying their hand at policing, Hot Shushu and the probability of Kamitani coming out of Osaka still your World of Stardom Champion.
Matt and Andy go back to watch four TJPW matches from the tag team of Mizuki and Yuka Sakazaki, better known as the Magical Sugar Rabbits, including matches against Daydream, Daisy Monkey and more!
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There's only one show to review this week for Matt and Andy, as night 2 of TJPW's Max Heart Tournament sees the field cut down to four teams. The pair go in depth on the show, which featured a main event of Ober Eats (Wakana Uehara & Yuki Kamifuki) against Mifu Ashida & Yuki Arai!
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Rob and Matt are back to chat the double header at Belle Salle Takadanobaba this weekend!
Aswell as going through the winners, the pair talk the matches announced for Supreme Fight, another outstanding Hazuki match, Kenta Kobashi booking a joshi juggernaut for Fortune Dream XI, Taro Okada in NJPW, an update on Bozilla's injury and more Office references than you can shake a stick at!
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Rob and Matt are back together this week to review an excellent Korakuen Hall show celebrating 15 years of one of the best to ever do it!
They chat Mayu being Mayu during the celebration of Mayu, Yuzuki and Komomo tearing the house down, Natsumi Showzuki and Miku Aono kicking seven shades out of each other, just how over Megaton is and perhaps most importantly, your winners of the 2025 Marigold Standard End of Year Awards!
On this episode, Matt and Andy review Risa Sera's Retirement match against Suzu Suzuki, as well as night one of TJPW's Futari Wa Princess Max Heart Tournament - the latter of which featured a great main event of last year’s winners Kyoraku Kyomei (Hyper Misao & Shoko Nakajima) vs. Kickslash (Kaya Toribami & Miyu Yamashita).
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The Marigold Standard #79: New Years Golden Garden 2026 Nights 2 & 3 Reviews + ICON Forever Preview!
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Join Matt as he takes you through all of the happenings from nights two and three of the New Years Golden Garden 2026 tour and as he previews the upcoming 15th Anniversary show for Mayu Iwatani, as well as chatting about new titles, new roster members and new feuds gathering steam as the tour rolls on!
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