UPDATE: Kagetsu and Hazuki (Stardom) announce retirement

[ogreknee]

Dec 24, 2019 17:09:12 GMT -5 AwamoriRock said:

Dec 24, 2019 14:01:56 GMT -5 Display Name said:

Forcing her out due to family connections?

There’s been a rumor going around her family is involved in shady business/crime, that Bushiroad found out about it after their acquisition and don’t want to feature her going forward, kinda your choice to buy into them or not though.

She will most likely do the variety show and acting route seeing as she is 22 and really cute

[ogreknee]

Dec 25, 2019 12:56:00 GMT -5 autisticgeordie said:

Dec 24, 2019 17:09:12 GMT -5 AwamoriRock said:

There’s been a rumor going around her family is involved in shady business/crime, that Bushiroad found out about it after their acquisition and don’t want to feature her going forward, kinda your choice to buy into them or not though.

In fairness, organized crime has never stopped Japanese wrestlers being successful before, Masahiro Chono and Rikidozan both had Yakuza connections and Dozan was viewed as the founding father of Puro.

Man you really do not know how entertainment business is ran by yakuza

[DrBackflipsHoffman]

Rikidozan was killed by Yakuza so i'd argue that the connection wasnt very successful for him

[Crappler El 0 M]

From this week's Observer. Dave's Stardom notes are usually dead-on.

Kagetsu, 27, who held the World of Stardom title in the early part of the year announced her retirement on Christmas Day. This came after losing a power struggle and also ties into the retirement of Hazuki. Kagetsu, born Yukari Ishino, quit high school after ninth grade to become a wrestler with the Sendai Girls promotion and debuted at 15 and was a full-timer at 16. She left Sendai Girls in 2015 and joined Stardom as a regular in 2016. She held a number of titles, the biggest being the World of Stardom title, which she won on June 9, 2018, from Toni Storm, and held it until May 4, 2019 when she lost to Bea Priestley. Her last match in Stardom will be on 1/26 in her home city of Osaka, and she will be promoting a retirement show on her own on 2/24 in Osaka. Hazuki retired with her last match on 12/24 at Korakuen Hall. Kagetsu was in charge of training all the women and Hazuki was her best student, and then became her most trusted ally. In a sense, Hazuki, because of that, also had significant locker room power. Kagetsu’s management style was compared to that of Bill Watts, and that doesn’t fly in today’s world. She was fining people when they were late and taking away their personal time. Management stepped in once and told her not to do that. But she continued to do the same thing. Most of the women came to management to protest Kagetsu being in charge. A vote was held and Kagetsu was voted out as the head trainer and locker room boss. With her out of power, both Kagetsu and Hazuki lost interest in the company. Hazuki decided to retire, basically feeling that wrestling in Madison Square Garden in April was a goal and she had achieved that. But that also explains Kagetsu constantly badmouthing the new owners since the Bushiroad purchase was announced, which led to her announcing her retirement, putting a positive spin on it by saying Stardom is in good hands with Mayu Iwatani in charge. For the public, Kagetsu said her retirement had nothing to do with Hazuki, and that Hazuki’s retirement may have been due to more difficult times than pleasant ones

[AwamoriRock]

That makes Kagetsu sound like Nanae lol. Well, hope they both show up in Sead lol

Also not saying it isn’t true, but Meltz’s source for Stardom is Fumi, who is basically Rossy’s bff so wouldn’t be surprised if this is bs

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

I just want both of these girls to find wrestling work elsewhere. Both of them are young, and dont have to retire. I would say AEW could really use both of them, but idk if that would muddy waters for any possible deals with New Japan going forward or current STARDOM Deals either...

[Crappler El 0 M]

Dec 28, 2019 2:30:44 GMT -5 Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] said:

I just want both of these girls to find wrestling work elsewhere. Both of them are young, and dont have to retire. I would say AEW could really use both of them, but idk if that would muddy waters for any possible deals with New Japan going forward or current STARDOM Deals either...

Hazuki and Kagetsu have a little history with Brandi when she had a Stardom tour and was put in a unit with them. Also, I remember Hazuki and Kagetsu taking pictures with Brandi the first time they went to ROH in Las Vegas. But I don't know that either wants to continue wrestling at all, much less relocate to the US. I'm just saying they have a possible in with the promotion.