Rob and Matt are back as Marigold deliver yet another excellent Korakuen Hall show, capped off by the debut of the 'Icon of Joshi Puroresu' Mayu Iwatani! They chat the return of Jungle Kyona and the excitement at her finally getting the last go round she deserves, main event Rea Seto, a hidden gem in Seri Yamaoka vs. Komomo Minami, the likely card for Shine Forever, tornado warnings and why the arrival Mayu Iwatani doesn't make Marigold good - because it always has been - but draws even more eye...
May 07, 2025•2 hr 27 min•Ep. 40
This is the one ladies and gentlemen, the one you've all been waiting for! Rob and Matt manage to go nearly 4 hours for the second time in a week as they regale you all with the stories of their Vegas adventure. From Bozilla, to Mariah May line-cutting, to the new 'annual tradition', to meeting IYO, Giulia and KAIRI, to SLK remembering Matt, to Kirsty's reaction to that Sabu match! ...oh we might also touch on Mayu joining Marigold as well... Patreon Schedule: Sunday (Free Feed): The Stardom Cas...
May 02, 2025•3 hr 40 min•Ep. 39
So...what do you guys want to talk about? Rob and Matt sit down to talk all things Marigold this week, including an excellent Korakuen Hall show with a stellar main event, Nanae's produce show and the return of Kiss No Sekai, the departure of Bozilla and MIRAI's new mission of trying to decapitate Utami. They then chat about absolutely nothing else as nothing else has happened in the world of joshi wrestling today... ...okay they might touch on the Thekla stuff... Patreon Schedule: Sunday (Free ...
Apr 28, 2025•2 hr 48 min•Ep. 38
A four-hour long LIVE review of one of the best wrestling shows of all time? Sure why not! Matt and Rob are back from Vegas and sit down to discuss All-Star Grand Queendom 2025 - a show that saw three match of the year contenders, a retirement, a firing, title changes, a record house, the return of Kiyoka Kotatsu, a new faction, the end of the road and...Ricky Martin? Patreon Schedule: Sunday (Free Feed): The Stardom Cast LIVE #248 Monday (Free Feed): The Marigold Standard #23 Tuesday: Alternate...
Apr 27, 2025•4 hr 17 min•Ep. 37
With Rob still in Las Vegas, Matt flies solo in order to preview and give his predictions for the upcoming All-Star Grand Queendom in Yokohama Arena on April 27th! However, not only does Rob send in his picks, but Matt also runs through picks from Andy Header and Post Wrestling's own Karen Peterson! Subscribe to the podcast: https://linktr.ee/talkjoshi Check out our merch store: https://talkjoshi-shop.fourthwall.com/ Our Socials: The Stardom Cast Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/thestardomcast T...
Apr 25, 2025•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 36
With Rob in transit to Vegas, Matt takes up the reigns once again to catch you up with the four shows before Stardom - and The Stardom Cast - takes a Vegas vacation! He talks the ever-changing cards due to illness, Hanan and Tam Nakano putting on a fantastic match, perhaps the last meltear match ever, the All-Star Grand Queendom card, the finalised Vegas cards and so much more on this episode of The Stardom Cast! Subscribe to the podcast: https://linktr.ee/talkjoshi Check out our merch store: ht...
Apr 16, 2025•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 35
Rob and Matt are back to chat the back-to-back shows Marigold put on in KBS Hall and Kobe. They chat about the end of Bozilla's tour, the continued Marigold vs. Marvelous invasion, Nagisa Tachibana's continued improvements, excitement surrounding Utami vs. MIRAI and - most importantly - a KBS Hall show facing the stained glass window! Patreon Schedule: Wednesday: Alternate Commentary – Maika vs. Momo Watanabe Wednesday: Mariah May 2023 5Star Grand Prix Retrospective Thursday: Matches with Matt –...
Apr 12, 2025•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 34
Rob and Matt are back with their final Stardom Cast episode together before they reconvene in Las Vegas to chat about the show in Anjo and some more blockbuster announcements for All-Star Grand Queendom! They chat the implosion of STARS, Meiko Satomura's final Stardom match, Mina Shirakawa's farewell gauntlet, the OG Cosmic Angels, a Hazuki singles title match, Tora's backpack, HANAKO not quite getting the memo, AZM embarking on the biggest month of her career and so much more! Patreon Schedule:...
Apr 11, 2025•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 33
Matt and Andy are back for Episode 5 of Talk Joshi! This episode they talk about a classic Crush Gals vs. Jumping Bomb Angels match from 1987 before reviewing the Sendai Girls "The Top of Joshi Wrestling" show from 3/19/2025, featuring the great main event of Meiko Satomura vs. Chihiro Hashimoto! Patreon Schedule: Monday (Free Feed): The Marigold Standard #40 Bitesize Review & The Marigold Standard #41 Tuesday: Alternate Commentary – Nanae Takahashi vs. Momo Watanabe Wednesday: What If? – AZ...
Apr 05, 2025•58 min•Ep. 32
Good lord it's a monster! Rob and Matt are back chatting for nearly 3 and a half hours to talk about everything come out of four shows this week. From Mina's final Korakuen appearance, to Saori and Tam slapping the taste out of each other's mouths, from Suzu's defection, to Mayu's child abduction, from All-Star Grand Queendom's stacked card, to Kid and Poi's returns, strap in for an XL edition of the Stardom Cast! Patreon Schedule: Monday (Free Feed): The Marigold Standard #40 Bitesize Review &a...
Apr 04, 2025•3 hr 25 min•Ep. 31
Rob and Matt are back once again to talk about perhaps one of the best top-to-bottom shows Marigold have put on in their Spring Victory Series Korakuen Hall show! They chat being blown away by Senka Akatsaki, Bozilla attempting actual murder at the press conference, Takumi Iroha trying to commit actual murder on Seri Yamaoka, Nagisa Tachibana and Rea Seto putting on two excellent performances, people repeatedly turning down title matches, the most impassioned post-match promos of all time and so...
Mar 31, 2025•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 30
Matt delivers a brief review of Marigold's final show before Korakuen Hall, from a sold out Lily Arena MITO in Ibaraki, including a monumental day for Megaton, a first main event for Rea Seto and a first main event pinfall for 'Psycho Speed' Misa Matsui! Patreon Schedule: Monday (Free Feed): The Marigold Standard #40 Bitesize Review & The Marigold Standard #41 Tuesday: Alternate Commentary – Nanae Takahashi vs. Momo Watanabe Wednesday: What If? - AZM Won the Cinderella Tournament Friday (Fre...
Mar 31, 2025•26 min•Ep. 29
Stardom have been on a spring vacation in Okinawa, and Rob and Matt look back at all the happenings from the company's first ever foray into the Okinawa Convention Center. They chat the Goddesses of Stardom Championships, the new rookie, Mina Shirakawa leaving Stardom, Vegas announcements, food hammers, Waffle House, Mayu Iwatani's future and a whole lot more on this episode of The Stardom Cast! Patreon Schedule: Tuesday: Alternate Commentary – Syuri vs. Himeka Wednesday: Rivalry Review - Jungle...
Mar 28, 2025•2 hr 44 min•Ep. 28
On the bonus episode of The Stardom Cast, Matt Turner and Andy Header go back and review the entire 2019 Cinderella Tournament from Korakuen Hall; back when the whole tournament was only one night, and back when the winner was a certain badly-missed 'Shining Star!' Patreon Schedule: Tuesday (Free Feed): The Marigold Standard #39 Wednesday: Alternate Commentary – Syuri vs. Momo Watanabe Thursday (Free Feed): Retro Show Review – Cinderella Tournament 2019 Friday (Free Feed): The Stardom Cast #241 ...
Mar 22, 2025•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 27
Rob and Matt are back in disbelief at the fact that Rob has predicted two winners of the Cinderella Tournament back-to-back! They also chat Stardom's flurry of Las Vegas announcements, a new rookie, Starlight Kid, Konami returning to the killer we all want her to be, the future of the IWGP Women's Championship, an in-person IYO and Kairi watch and Matt trying desperately to pour some positivity on the Thekla and Taro Okada storyline! Patreon Schedule: Tuesday (Free Feed): The Marigold Standard #...
Mar 21, 2025•2 hr 23 min•Ep. 26
Matt is joined once again by Andy Header for another instalment of Talk Joshi! On this episode, the boys talk two great tag matches from the Sendai Girls March 1st show before they cover all of Sareee-ISM Chapter VII, and in particular, the stellar main event of Syuri vs. Sareee! Patreon Schedule: Tuesday (Free Feed): The Marigold Standard #39 Wednesday: Alternate Commentary – Syuri vs. Momo Watanabe Thursday (Free Feed): Retro Show Review – Cinderella Tournament 2019 Friday (Free Feed): The Sta...
Mar 20, 2025•52 min•Ep. 25
Rob and Matt are back to talk the last two dates of the Spring Victory Series before Marigold takes a little break. They chat Yuzuki's back-to-back bangers, the return of our Lord and Saviour Kizuna Tanaka, the booking of the Passion Countdown, a Marvelous invasion, Erina Yamanaka's Pure White Belt challenge and...Rob's pregnancy glow!? Patreon Schedule: Tuesday (Free Feed): The Marigold Standard #39 Wednesday: Alternate Commentary – Syuri vs. Momo Watanabe Thursday (Free Feed): Retro Show Revie...
Mar 18, 2025•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 24
ngels of the Abyss from back on the 9th February in H2D (Ryo Mizunami & Sonoko Kato vs. Bob Bob Momo Banana (Yurika Oka & Mio Momono) and FWC (Hazuki & Koguma) vs. AKINO and Kohaku The lads then change tack and look back at AEW Revolution, and more specifically at the TBS Championship match between Mercedes Mone and Momo Watanabe and the Hollywood Ending Match between Mariah May and Toni Storm! Patreon Schedule: Monday (Free Feed): The Marigold Standard #38 Tuesday: Alternate Comment...
Mar 15, 2025•1 hr•Ep. 23
Rob and Matt once again manage to go 3 hours as they talk to you about all of the things happening in and around Stardom and, more specifically, the Cinderella Tournament! They chat a thirteen match card, Rob's abject horror at Lady C's treatment, Syuri vs. Sareee, Stardom participation on Bloodsport, 7 PPVs in just over a month and... Thekla vs. Taro Okada!? Patreon Schedule: Monday (Free Feed): The Marigold Standard #38 Tuesday: Alternate Commentary – AZM vs. Mei Suruga Thursday: Tag Team Brea...
Mar 14, 2025•3 hr 1 min•Ep. 22
Rob and Matt are back together to chat all the goings on from the world of Marigold, including four show reviews. They chat a Marigold MOTYC, fantastic performances by Natsumi Showzuki, Victoria Yuzuki and Rea Seto, the ceiling of Misa Matsui, Bozilla in Vegas and....Nanae Takahashi's pop-group reunion!? Patreon Schedule: Monday (Free Feed): The Marigold Standard #38 Tuesday: Alternate Commentary – AZM vs. Mei Suruga Thursday: Tag Team Breakdown - MOMOAZ vs. AphroditE Friday (Free Feed): The Sta...
Mar 10, 2025•1 hr 56 min•Ep. 21
Rob and Matt are back for the third time this week to deliver to you another slab of Stardom goodness as we come off the back of a landscape-altering week in the world of Stardom. They chat the Loser Leaves Town match, Sakuradamon running the show, preview the upcoming Cinderella tournament, another sold-out Korakuen Hall show and a whole lot more on another stacked episode! Patreon Schedule: Tuesday (Free Feed): The Stardom Cast #237: Momo Watanabe Primer Wednesday (Free Feed): Alternate Commen...
Mar 07, 2025•2 hr 32 min•Ep. 20
Rob and Matt return for the annual episode that gives Rob the sweats - it's time for the Cinderella Tournament 2025 bracketology and preview! Join the lads as they give their picks for each of the matches and compete against their significant others who, despite having not watched Stardom, still manage to outperform them at every opportunity! Patreon Schedule: Tuesday (Free Feed): The Stardom Cast #237: Momo Watanabe Primer Wednesday (Free Feed): Alternate Commentary – Saori Anou vs. Hanan Thurs...
Mar 06, 2025•49 min•Ep. 19
With Momo Watanabe doing battle with Mercedes Mone once more at AEW Revolution this Sunday, Rob and Matt bring you a primer for The Black Peach for the new fans she is bound to get. On this whistlestop tour of Momo's 10-year plus career, Rob and Matt go through the main points of the lore of Watanabe, her moveset, matches you need to see and her accomplishments. Patreon Schedule: Tuesday (Free Feed): The Stardom Cast #237: Momo Watanabe Primer Wednesday (Free Feed): Alternate Commentary – Saori ...
Mar 04, 2025•47 min•Ep. 18
Rob and Matt return with your weekly audio source of all things World Wonder Ring Stardom for an episode that covers alot that has happened this week. They chat a star-making performance for Rina, a MOTYC, Winggori and Crazy Star putting forward best team in the world cases, Maika and Natsupoi in Sendai Girls, The Stardom Cast on the Stardom ring canvas, the first ever loser leaves Stardom match and....a pineapple death match? Patreon Schedule: Monday: Roundtable Discussion – What Are the Top 5 ...
Feb 28, 2025•3 hr 10 min•Ep. 17
With Rob out of commission, Matt flies solo in order to bring you bite-size review of Marigold's New Year Golden Garden show from the Osaka 176BOX on February 22nd! Patreon Schedule: Monday: Roundtable Discussion – What Are the Top 5 Mina Shirakawa Matches? Tuesday: Alternate Commentary – Mina Shirakawa vs. Momo Watanabe Wednesday (Free Feed): The Marigold Standard #37 Friday (Free Feed): The Stardom Cast #237 Saturday: What If…? – What If Mina Shirakawa Won the 2023 5Star Grand Prix? Subscribe ...
Feb 26, 2025•37 min•Ep. 16
Rob and Matt are back for what can only be described as a jumbo episode of The Marigold Standard as they cover four shows including a fantastic Korakuen Hall show. They chat star-making performances for Nao Ishikawa and Chika Goto, new challengers for the World and Superfly titles, the star power of Misa Matsui, the debut of Gigaton, the introduction of Darkness Revolution and the only faction that can defeat them...King's Voyage!? Patreon Schedule: Tuesday: Alternate Commentary – Mayu Iwatani &...
Feb 22, 2025•2 hr 54 min•Ep. 15
Matt and Rob return with an extra helping of bear blessings with your weekly update of all the things you need to know coming from the world of Stardom. They chat Mayu's birthday, High-Speed clown, contracts, Vegas, the pros and cons of Momo Watanabe in AEW, Aya Sakura challenging Chi Chi, some meaty kicks from Tomoka Inaba and possible scenarios for the Path of Thunder PPV on February 24th. Patreon Schedule: Tuesday: Alternate Commentary – Mayu Iwatani & Starlight Kid vs. Mina Shirakawa &am...
Feb 21, 2025•2 hr 28 min•Ep. 14
Matt is joined by his tag partner Andy Header once again for another Talk Joshi episode. This week, they talk two recent Sendai Girls matches in Takumi Iroha vs. Mika Iwata and Red Energy vs. Momo Bob Bob Banana from their February 8th and 9th shows. They also talk Harley Cameron vs. Mercedes Mone and Mariah May vs. "Timeless" Toni Storm from AEW Grand Slam Australia as well as a Momo Watanabe appearance! Patreon Schedule: Tuesday: Alternate Commentary – Mayu Iwatani & Starlight Kid vs. Mina...
Feb 20, 2025•50 min•Ep. 13
Rob and Matt are back for a bumper episode of The Stardom Cast this week, going three hours chatting all the news dropping in the world of Stardom and Marigold and managing to review no fewer than five Stardom shows! They chat impressive performances from Momo Kohgo and Aya Sakura, Red Belt clown, the destination for Tam and Saya, mystery opponents, Lady C getting her flowers, the hottest of hot openers, Mayu forgetting her glove, the never-ending/starting feud between Mei and Hanan and so much ...
Feb 14, 2025•3 hr•Ep. 12
Rob and Matt are back with something of a condensed version of The Marigold Standard this week as they take a look at the show from Shinjuku FACE on the 7th February. They chat a Marigold MOTYC, Megaton's continued success in front of a live crowd, Utami's next challengers, another devastating injury, Yuzuki's mental fortitude and the seeds of a great Korakuen Hall card! Patreon Schedule: Monday (Free Feed): 5Star Grand Prix 2022 Final Night Re-Review w/ Andy Header Tuesday: Alternate Commentary...
Feb 12, 2025•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 11
