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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Episodes
Friday Jan 23, 2026
Friday Jan 23, 2026
Matt and Rob chat about - and clarify - the rebranding of The Stardom Cast to World of Joshi, as well as all of the happenings in the world of Stardom!
Matt then takes the hot seat in order to review the latest four Stardom shows, including a must-see Korakuen Hall show that saw the return of Yuzuki Aikawa and a stellar Wonder of Stardom title match between Konami and Rina!
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Tuesday Jan 20, 2026
Tuesday Jan 20, 2026
Rob and Matt are back to run through the results of the sixth annual Stardom Cast Awards, running through each of the categories and announcing the fan-voted winners!
A huge thank you to everyone that voted, and helped to make this year's awards the biggest yet!
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Friday Jan 16, 2026
Friday Jan 16, 2026
With Rob's internet deciding to turn heel, Matt flies solo for this truncated episode of The Marigold Standard, looking back at a typically enjoyable Korakuen Hall show main-evented by an excellent all-star tag team match, and some great performances from the undercard!
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Friday Jan 16, 2026
Friday Jan 16, 2026
On this episode, Matt and Andy give their predictions for TJPW's Max Heart 6 Tag Team Tournament before reviewing the TJPW show from Shinjuku FACE on the 11th January featuring the main-event six-way for a shot at the Princess of Princess Title at Grand Princess!
They then review a quick, but great Sendai Girls show from Shin-Kiba 1st RING including an awesome main event of Saya Iida vs. Chihiro Hashimoto!
Let’s Talk Joshi!
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Wednesday Jan 14, 2026
Wednesday Jan 14, 2026
Rob and Matt are back to chat the first four shows of Stardom's 2026!
They talk about the Stardom debut of Alex Windsor, Maki Itoh joining the company, Hazuki continuing to put on outstanding matches, H.A.T.E's continued dominance, great numbers coming out of Korakuen Hall and the marriage of Natsupoi to a Rampage Dragon!
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Sunday Jan 11, 2026
Sunday Jan 11, 2026
Rob and Matt are back from Japan and boy howdy do they have some stories to tell!
The lads go for nearly four hours talking about a once in a lifetime trip, the places they have been, the matches they've seen, the people that made the trip that extra special, surprise wasabi, Matt's flight friend, tears at the Tokyo Dome and so much more!
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Saturday Jan 10, 2026
Saturday Jan 10, 2026
Matt's back from Japan, and he and Andy review the Sendai Girls in Sendai PIT show from December 26th, featuring the great main event of Team 200kg (YUU & Chihiro Hashimoto) defending the Sendai Girls Tag Titles against Bob Bob Momo Banana (Mio Momono & Yurika Oka).
On top of that, they also have a review of TJPW's big January 4th show featuring a MOTYC in Miu Watanabe defending the Princess of Princess Title against Suzume!
Let’s Talk Joshi!
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Thursday Jan 01, 2026
Thursday Jan 01, 2026
With their upcoming big match at Marigold First Dream on the 3rd January, Matt goes back to watch their two previous absolute classics.
The second, the World of Stardom title match from November 2020 with Takumi having beaten Mayu on 8th February in special singles action!
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Thursday Jan 01, 2026
Thursday Jan 01, 2026
With their upcoming big match at Marigold First Dream on the 3rd January, Matt goes back to watch their two previous absolute classics.
The first, an impromptu match from Stardom's Way to the Major League on the 8th February 2020, a match that was initially supposed to be Mayu vs. Sareee!
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Wednesday Dec 31, 2025
Wednesday Dec 31, 2025
It's a special bonus Talk Joshi episode this week as Matt and Andy up the ante - and the ‘Andy’s’ - as they invite Andy Zike, the host of Tokyo Joshi Pod, to the show to talk about TJPW and preview their big January 4th show in Korakuen Hall.
They chat Arisu Endo defending her International Princess Title against Mirai, as well as Miu Watanabe defending her Princess of Princesses Title against Suzume and so much more!
Let’s Talk Joshi!
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