Athena Making Stardom Debut at New Year Dream 2025 Event
Stardom announced earlier today that current ROH Women’s World Champion Athena will be making her official debut appearance for the company at their New Year Dream 2025 event on January 3, 2025 at the Tokyo Garden Theater in Tokyo, Japan.
It was also announced that Athena will be teaming up with Thekla in a tag team match against two mystery opponents at the event.
In a video posted by Stardom on Twitter, Athena gave her thoughts about her upcoming debut appearance.
“It’s going to be me and Thekla against two porcelain hussies. But I am super exited to be here, because this is the world tour, baby. And I’ve been waiting for this my entire life.”
A message to the Stardom locker room, fans and all the Minions in Japan from ROH “Forever Champion” @AthenaPalmer_FG!@ringofhonor | #STARDOM pic.twitter.com/2lhtY99j1v
— We Are Stardom (@we_are_stardom) December 24, 2024
Tokyo Terror Ladder Stipulation Announced for IWGP Jr. Tag Titles Match at NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19
New Japan Pro Wrestling announced that the currently scheduled IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship Four-way match at Wrestle Kingdom 19 on January 4, 2025 at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo will now be held under the new stipulation of a Tokyo Terror Ladder match.
Tokyo Terror Ladder Match hits Wrestle Kingdom!
Tokyo Dome first at WK19
What was already a chaotic scene for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships has gotten even more hectic, as a massive stipulation has been added to January 4.
After a tag team preview in Korakuen Hall for Ichiban Sweet Boys and the Intergalactic Jet Setters saw Clark Connors and Drilla Moloney get involved with steel chairs, Catch 2/2 joined the mix. Soon chairs were joined by tables and ladders, prompting Kosei Fujita to suggest that as Super Jr. Tag League winners, he and Robbie Eagles were willing to make use of all the hardware in the Tokyo Dome. KUSHIDA and Kevin Knight accepted, and now a Tokyo Terror Ladder Match is set for Wrestle Kingdom 19!
Everything is legal, as the winners will have to retrieve the junior tag belts hanging from the Tokyo Dome ceiling. In the first ever ladder match in Tokyo Dome history, what carnage could possibly unfurl January 4?
Current card for NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19:
- IWGP World Heavyweight Championship match – Shota Umino vs. Zack Sabre Jr. (c)
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship match – El Desperado vs. DOUKI (c)
- IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship – Yota Tsuji vs. David Finlay (c)
- IWGP Women’s Championship – AZM vs. Mayu Iwatani (c)
- NJPW World Television Championship Four-way match of Jeff Cobb vs. Ryohei Oiwa vs. El Phantasmo vs. Ren Narita (c)
- NEVER Openweight Championship match of Konosuke Takeshita vs. Shingo Takagi (c)
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship Tokyo Terror Ladder match – Ichiban Sweet Boys (Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles) vs. Catch 2/2 (Francesco Akira & TJP) vs. Bullet Club War Dogs (Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors) vs. Intergalactic Jet Setters (Kevin knight & KUSHIDA) (c)
- Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. EVIL
- Tetsuya Naito vs. Hiromu Takahashi
- Pre-show: Ranbo Battle Royal
Hammerstone Underwent Knee Surgery
As noted before, Hammerstone has been out of action for TNA Wrestling since this past November due to a knee injury.
Hammerstone provided an update on Monday revealing that he had underwent successful surgery to repair his knee.
Post panic attack pic.twitter.com/FfX5Z7O4hd
— Hammerstone (@alexhammerstone) December 24, 2024
It is currently not known when Hammerstone will be making his in-ring return from injury.
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