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I really want to get into Joshi, specifically Marigold and Stardom. Does anybody have any advice? YouTube videos are all over place, and the information is scattered and seems to go back a long ways. There are so many factions with so much history. I don't say that as a bad thing, I want to dive into all of it, but I can't find a general resource. I've been digging through wikis and things, but that only gets me so far. Also, YouTube auto translated subtitles are garbage
Stardom:
Language wise: The best practice if you wanna be able to comprehend what occurs (outside of matches) is to:
A) Watch shows after they get uploaded to Stardom World. They will usually have subs by then (i.e. a few days after the events/shows happen) and they will upload the post-show interviews with subs typically.
B) Youtube. As you mentioned, can be all over the place so YMMV.
C) Some social media accounts, like Merawrestling (sadly solely on Twitter) will pop up lots of translations.
Do not expect English commentary on most shows, you'll get it if it's a big show, provided by the NJPW commentators usually.
Language translations may suffer as they also got rid of their transphobic fella who was working for them who also did translations.
Faction wise, a briefer:
STARS - Led by Mayu Iwatani (the John Cena of Stardom, per se). Mayu may be leaving the company in a few months time, we'll see, to go to Marigold. They are the generic good guy faction.
Cosmic Angels - Led by Tam Nakano, they're the most idol-y of the Stardom wrestlers. Tam/Poi dance and can sing, they all practice being cute.
God's Eye - Led by Syuri, most of the group is your 'I know martial arts and can legit beat the fuck out of you' group (Syuri herself being a kickboxer and former MMA fighter in UFC). They 'recently' picked up Lady C and Hina after the demise of Queen's Quest, and have been doing well.
Empress Nexus Venus (or EXV) - Led by Maika and Mina Shirakawa, the group formed after the demise of Donna Del Monda (when Giulia, who led it, left the company) led Maika to ally with Mina (who formerly led Club Venus, a breakaway faction from Cosmic Angels [hence why Mina dances a lot]) and picked up some ally's.
Neo Genesis - The newest faction led by SLK (I think? Not sure if they ever confirmed leadership). They're all young and in the same generation and have great talent.
H.A.T.E. - Led by Natsuko Tora, formerly Oedo Tai until a recent rebranding, they are your heel group that cheats at every opportunity.
Belts:
World of Stardom - The 'Red Belt', main title.
Wonder of Stardom - The 'White Belt', midcard title, but treated as a 1B to the World titles 1A, instead of an A and B situation.
Goddesses of Stardom - Tag belts
Artists of Stardom - Trios
High Speed - Special title for fast, multiple fall matches.
Future of Stardom title - For junior members of the roster until 20yo or 3 years in their career iirc.
NJPW Strong Women's Title & IWGP Women's Title - NJPW belts for their Japanese and English shows, controlled by NJ booking but on Stardom wrestlers as its their sister promotion.
Tournaments:
5 Star Grand Prix - Their G1 Climax.
Cinderella Tournament (coming soon) - Yearly single elim tournament for, usually, a shot at the White Belt.
Tag and Trios tournaments of whose name I forget.
And probably more!
Marigold:
Marigold has only been around for almost 1y now, starting in last April/May. Don't rely on their website for anything other than checking show schedules, Rossy/Sonny do not update it otherwise 🤦♂️
Quality wise - The high's can be Stardom high, the lows can be below Stardom lows. The roster is made up of a handful of people who jumped ship from Stardom when Rossy left, and a bunch from AWG who aren't as great as wrestlers but are getting better. Plus this 1 foreign girl who did a Michinoku Driver so poorly that Taka had to take to Twitter to give her shit about it lol.
English-wise: Same general rules apply for Marigold iirc, except with their own Youtube and WrestleUniverse instead of Stardom World.
Faction wise Marigold only has 1 at the moment, which I think formed maybe 2 weeks ago so I haven't had much time to look into it myself.
Belts:
Marigold World Championship - Duh
Marigold United National Championship - Midcard belt
Marigold Twin Star Championship - Tags
Marigold Super Fly Championship - For fast, highflying wrestlers 55kg or less
GHC Women's Championship - Like the IWGP Women's Title, this is a title from Pro Wrestling NOAH but similar to how NJPW has no women's roster and uses Stardom, NOAH is using Marigold at the moment to host their title.
Tournaments:
Marigold Dream Star Grand Prix - Their 5STAR Grand Prix/G1 Climax.
And if you got any specific questions, feel free to ask!
Edit: Formatting
As someone who regularly tries and fails to keep up with Stardom this was a great primer on what's what atm, thanks!
Welcome!