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!
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Monday Feb 09, 2026
Monday Feb 09, 2026
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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Sunday Feb 08, 2026
Sunday Feb 08, 2026
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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Friday Feb 06, 2026
Friday Feb 06, 2026
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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Wednesday Feb 04, 2026
Wednesday Feb 04, 2026
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.
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Sunday Feb 01, 2026
Sunday Feb 01, 2026
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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Saturday Jan 31, 2026
Saturday Jan 31, 2026
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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Friday Jan 30, 2026
Friday Jan 30, 2026
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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Tuesday Jan 27, 2026
Tuesday Jan 27, 2026
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!
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Saturday Jan 24, 2026
Saturday Jan 24, 2026
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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Friday Jan 23, 2026
Friday Jan 23, 2026
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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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