Various: Thekla Gets “Fired” From Stardom & Syuri Wins IWGP Women’s Title at Stardom All Star Grand Queendom 2025, Backstage Update on Brodie Lee’s In-Ring Debut at GCW Event, Indies/Misc.

Apr 27, 2025

Thekla Gets “Fired” From Stardom at Stardom All Star Grand Queendom 2025

Sunday’s All Star Grand Queendom 2025 event at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan featured Thekla getting “fired” from Stardom.

Thekla competed in a singles match against Sayaka Kurara that featured two special stipulations. The first was if Thekla won, then she would get a match with Stardom President Taro Okada as part of her recent feud with him. The second was if Kurara won, then Thekla must join the Cosmic Angels.

This match ended with Kurara pinning Thekla after hitting a Falcon Arrow. Following the match, Okada grabbed a microphone and proceeded to mock and taunt Thekla for losing and her now having to join the Cosmic Angels as per the stipulation. This led to Thekla getting furious and attacked the Cosmic Angels, Okada, and everyone else who tried to stop her. Thekla then tossed Okada in the ring and whipped him with her belt before finally being restrained by others. Okada managed to quickly recover and told Thekla that she was now fired from Stardom for not keeping her promise. This led to Thekla responding back stating “F*ck You, Okada” and left the ring angrily as Okada mocked her once again.

Sayaka Kurara has defeated Thekla after a great and physical match so now The Toxic Spider must join Cosmic Angels but wait …. Taro Okada has just fired Thekla due to her refusal to join Kouzen #STARDOM …. Does this mean a Spider is heading to AEW ? pic.twitter.com/M2LDjTvBng
— ERD Wrestling (@ERD_Wrestling) April 27, 2025

STARDOM President Taro Okada has FIRED Thekla for not keeping her promise!#STARDOM pic.twitter.com/u4NrQIXEKT
— meraWRESTLING (@meraWRESTLING) April 27, 2025

Thekla left with tears in her eyes while flipping off everybody after STARDOM President Taro Okada fired her.#STARDOM pic.twitter.com/Ya4tNT42u5
— meraWRESTLING (@meraWRESTLING) April 27, 2025

Syuri Wins IWGP Women’s Title at Stardom All Star Grand Queendom 2025

Sunday’s All Star Grand Queendom 2025 event at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan also featured Syuri defeating Mayu Iwatani to become the new IWGP Women’s Champion.

Syuri defeated Mayu Iwatani after the Syu-Sekai to become the 4th IWGP Women's Champion!

Mayu Iwatani's 735-day reign has come to an end.#STARDOM pic.twitter.com/XkgTGpTcxg
— meraWRESTLING (@meraWRESTLING) April 27, 2025

Following the match, Syuri and Iwatani gave some words of praise towards each other and Iwanati left the ring. Sareee came out to the ring and issued a challenge to Syuri for her title, which Syuri accepted.

Syuri vs. Sareee II

IWGP Women's Championship

Here we go.#STARDOM | #Sareee pic.twitter.com/hm6ipNO4eA
— Scott E. Wrestling (@ScottEWrestling) April 27, 2025

This was Syuri’s first IWGP Women’s Championship victory in her Stardom & NJPW career.

This also ended Iwatani’s reign of 735 days and 9 title defenses as champion, which are both currently the longest and most ever in title history.

More on Brodie Lee’s In-Ring Debut at GCW’s Joey Janela’s Clusterf*ck Forever 2025 Event

As noted before, last Sunday’s Joey Janela’s Spring Break Clusterf*ck Forever 2025 event for Game Changer Wrestling in Las Vegas, Nevada featured Brodie Lee Jr., son of late Brodie Lee (Jon Huber), making his official pro wrestling in-ring debut. Brodie Jr. was revealed as the final mystery competitor in the Clusterf*ck match and defeated Joey Janela for the final elimination to win the match.

Fightful Select reported that their sources stated that Brodie Jr.’s appearance for the event came about earlier in the day after U.K. indies talent Man Like DeReiss ran into Lee Jr. DeReiss reportedly asked Brodie Jr. about his plans for the evening and jokingly asked him if he wanted to be in the match. Brodie Jr. reportedly responded stating that he did, before getting permission from his mother Amanda Huber.

It was reported that GCW owner Brett Lauderdale contacted Janela about the appearance for Brodie Jr. and Janela responded back immediately saying that Brodie Jr. should win the match.

It was also reported that Brodie Jr. has been training at the Dungeon 2.0 for some time and has become a beloved face at the school. Brodie Jr. reportedly wanted to make sure he reflected well on them in his first proper in-ring appearance.

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

Sunday’s All Star Grand Queendom 2025 event for Stardom at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan featured Hanako becoming the winner of the Stardom Rumble match. As a result of her victory, Hanako was given a future shot at any title of her choosing and announced that she would be challenging for the Wonder of Stardom Championship.

Sunday’s Stardom All Star Grand Queendom 2025 event in Yokohama also featured Sayaka Kurara revealing that her “wish” for winning this year’s Cinderella Tournament is her officially challenging for the World of Stardom Championship.

Saturday’s Wrestling Redzone event for New Japan Pro Wrestling in Hiroshima, Japan featured United Empire (Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan) defeating Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) to become the new IWGP Tag Team Champions. This was for the vacant titles following United Empire’s Newman & Jeff Cobb being stripped of the titles over Cobb’s recent departure from NJPW.

PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that TNA Wrestling is currently set to break multiple years-long company records for Sunday’s Rebellion 2025 event at The Galen Center in Los Angeles, California based on current ticket sales. Johnson reported that Rebellion 2025 is currently expected to have the most tickets sold and the largest attendance for a TNA event in over ten years.

The National Wrestling Alliance recently announced that Alex Hammerstone will be making his official debut appearance for the company at their Crockett Cup 2025 event on May 17th in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre reportedly drew an attendance of 3,500 for their April 14th Lunas Clasico event in Puebla, 5,000 for their April 15th Martes De Glamour event in Guadalajara, around 16,000 for their April 15th Martes Populares event at the Arena Mexico in Mexico City, around 16,500 for their April 18th Super Viernes event at the Arena Mexico in Mexico City, 5,100 for their April 19th Sabadoes De Coliseo event in Mexico City, and 5,00 for their April 22nd Martes De Glamour event in Guadalajara, Mexico, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

All Japan Pro Wrestling reportedly drew a paid attendance of 573 for their April 20th Champion Carnival 2025 event in Tokorozawa and 1,095 for their April 23rd Champion Carnival 2025 event in Tokyo, Japan, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling reportedly drew a paid attendance of 812 for their April 18th TJPW Live in Las Vegas event in Las Vegas, Nevada, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

House of Glory recently announced one new match for the card of their Waging War event on May 9th in Chicago, Illinois:

HOG World Championship – Cedric Alexander vs. Mike Santana (c)