It’s been a while hasn’t it? Welcome back to the penultimate edition of the fantasy league update where today I’ll be giving you a rundown of not only what happened in October, but also November. You may ask why am I putting two months worth of information into one? Well to explain things simply, I was in Japan from the end of October until midway through November, so the chance for me to update things just wasn’t there while I was overseas. It took me a while to get caught up to say the least, but now we’re ready to give you the information you crave.

Considering the fact that the last information you had was from 60 or so days ago, there’s been quite a bit that has changed in terms of points. Things continued to tighten up with movement within the top three teams, and at this point I think it’s safe to say that the opportunity to win will be between those three with fourth place being a little too far behind at this point in time. We’ve had more wrestlers go down with injury, while others have come back changing how points are distributed throughout the lineups. Plus, we have a lot of big matches start to be built to by the big companies who do a big year-end show, or a show that begins the year within the first week.

When we look at October the team that was leading the proverbial pack (pun intended) was the Outlet Wolfpack who had continued their strong year with their eighth straight month at the top of the standings, but once again found themselves losing some of the lead that they had on the two teams trailing not too far behind. One of those two teams, Oedo Tai lead the entire league in points scored for that month with 200 which meant that they were able to close the distance on both first and second place. Here’s a look at the team point standings after October finished.

TEAM STANDINGS

For October, the leading point scorer in the league happened to be Makoto who scored a whopping 38 points, which topped second place Hazuki with 36 respectively. Both of those two wrestlers had one hell of a month, and it should definitely be celebrated accordingly. VENY, YUU, and Rina Yamashita came in third through fifth in the standings all scoring 29 plus points.

The wrestler who led the way with singles wins for October was none other than Rea Seto who scored five wins which is a bit unexpected for a wrestler with her experience level. Rina Yamashita, SAKI, VENY, and YUU all won four singles matches to come in second place.

The wrestler who led the way in tag team matches was quite the tag team specialist Hazuki, who won a very impressive 10 tag team matches in October. Chihiro Hashimoto and Koguma came in second place with nine wins a piece. It was honestly quite surprising to see Chihiro up there with so many tag wins considering that she doesn’t normally wrestle a lot of matches each month.

When we turn our attention to November, a new leader took over the team points race with the Mad Dog Military commandeering first place from the longtime leader the Outlet Wolfpack. Not only did the Outlet Wolfpack get passed by second place, but also by the third-place team Oedo Tai who scored 55 more points than them in the month of November. Rebel X Run also had a very strong month coming in third place for the month with 183 points scored allowing them to distance themselves from fifth place overall and bring themselves within 100 points of third place overall. Here’s a look at the overall points standings after November.

TEAM STANDINGS

In November, the leading point scorer among wrestlers was Sayaka Kurara who scored 34 points, no doubt helped by winning the Goddesses of Stardom Tag League which netted her an extra 10 points. Itsuki Aoki came in second place with 32 points, which was helped by winning the Regina Di Wave Championship and her numerous appearances all around the joshi pro wrestling scene. Aya Sakura, Natsu Sumire, and YUU rounded out the top five in points scored for the month with each of them scoring 26 or more points.

When we turn our attention to singles matches, the leader of the pack was Mari Manji who won five matches in the month of November. Itsuki Aoki, Maki Itoh, and Megumi Yabushita all came in second with four singles matches won during the month.

In terms of tag team matches, there were five wrestlers who tied for first place, and it should be no surprise that they were all a part of the tag league in STARDOM. Aya Sakura, HANAKO, Ruaka, Saya Iida, and Sayaka Kurara all won 10 tag team matches during the month, which is quite a lot to say the least. Second place was one singular wrestler, as Natsuko Tora only won nine tag team matches, what a slacker right?

As you can see, there’s a been a lot of change within the league during the last 60 days but now let’s take a look at a breakdown for each of the teams. I’ll do my best to talk about both months for each of them even though I will only put their roster listing as of the end of November.

POSITION: 1st | TOTAL POINTS: 1987 | NOVEMBER POINTS: 220

In October, Dylan’s team had a good month where four of his wrestlers scored 20 or more points, which is the hallmark of a top-rated team in this league. CHIAKI led the way with 25 points, followed by Itsuki Aoki with 22, Mei Seira with 21 and Ruaka with 20. Hiroyo Matsumoto and Kaori Yoneyama also had pretty good months scoring 15 plus points apiece which is some pretty good depth scoring for the team.

On the more negative side of things, in October, Dylan had seven wrestlers score under 10 points, with one of his wrestlers on IR who would have outscored five of the other roster members if they had been activated during that span of time. Big names like AZM, MIRAI, and Cohaku all had rough months with each of them scoring six or less points. There’s no doubt that you’d expect more from all three of those wrestlers going forward.

In November, however, Dylan’s team scored the most points in total with Itsuki Aoki leading the way scoring 32 points! Instead of only having four wrestlers score 20 or more points, this time he had five with them being the aforementioned Aoki, Mei Seira, Ruaka, Kaori Yoneyama, and Hiroyo Matsumoto. It’s amazing to see five out of the six top names from last month leading the team again this month. Saori Anou also had a pretty good month scoring 17 points as the only other wrestler on the team to score more than 15 points.

November didn’t have a lot of low point scorers on the team with only five wrestlers scoring ten or less points if you don’t count the wrestler on the injured reserve list. Starlight Kid’s meager two points was unfortunate but understandable considering that she only wrestled during the first couple days of the month before taking some time off due to injury. MIRAI and Cohaku once again found themselves in that bottom group, though they at least both scored at least eight points this time.

CURRENT POINTS

POSITION: 2nd | TOTAL POINTS: 1953 | NOVEMBER POINTS: 204

Looking at October, Oedo Tai came in first place for overall team points scored in the month with a nice even 200, built on the back of the likes of Hazuki who scored 36 points and Rina Yamashita who scored 29. The team also got good output from Miyuki Takase, Maika Ozaki. and Ram Kaicho who all scored 15 or more points during the month. It was especially nice to see Ram start scoring more points as she’s been pretty quiet this year in general so far.

On the opposite end of things, the big surprise in October was the fact that one of the team leaders for the year Saya Kamitani only scored six points during the month. You’d definitely expect a lot more out of someone in such a prominent position not only in STARDOM but also in the joshi pro wrestling world. Still though, at least it wasn’t zero. A couple of my newer additions over the past few months Ami Kanda and Arisa Shinose both had pretty quiet Octobers as well.

When we look at Novembe,r my team scored four more points than the month before totaling 204, which was really good, but only good enough for second place to the top team Mad Dog Military. The queen of degenerates Natsu Sumire led the way for the team with 29 points which was by far her best total for a month this year so far. Saya Kamitani rebounded well from a subpar October scoring 22 points in November. Arisu Endo and Ram Kaicho both also had good months scoring 20 points apiece.

When we look down at the bottom of the team’s standings for the month there were a few wrestlers who found themselves down there unexpectedly like Nanami Hatano, Miyuki Takase, and Hyper Misao who have all had a good year up until this point but had a bit of a disappointing November. Luckily there was only five wrestlers who scored under 10 points, so that’s a plus!

CURRENT POINTS

POSITION: 3rd | TOTAL POINTS: 1924 | NOVEMBER POINTS: 149

In the month, of October Pedro’s team was middle of the road in team points with a decent 168. It was a low enough number for the two teams directly under them to gain some ground, but it wasn’t as bad as it could have been at least. The star of the team during that month was Takumi Iroha who scored 28 points, a very solid score that was good enough for fifth place overall in the league actually. Not too far behind was Miku Aono who racked up 22 points, but unfortunate that’s where the 20-plus point scorers stopped. Tomoka Inaba and HANAKO both scored above the 15-point mark, but I’m sure Pedro would have liked to see a bit more output from the top half of the team, especially when trying to hold onto a lead.

One thing that really let Pedro down was the depth scoring on the team as there were nine wrestlers who scored under 10 points during the month of October. Wrestlers who had put together a strong year thus far like Mizuki, Saya Iida, Utami Hayashishita, and Suzume, all found themselves down in the proverbial basement, which is a big reason for the team losing some of their lead. With Mizuki, Utami, and Suzume all being without belts now, it has slowed their point scoring quite a bit which is unfortunately the way things go sometimes.

When we transfer our attention over to November, the troubles continued for the Outlet Wolfpack with this time an even worse month in terms of team scoring with a measly 149. Having two straight subpar months after being so good for most of the year has now made the team fall from first to third place overall, but a great month can still allow them to retake the lead. The team leader in points for November was Saya Iida who scored an impressive 23 points, and HANAKO wasn’t too far behind with 21 points respectively. Tomoka Inaba and Rina Amikura were the only two others who could muster up 15 or more points however which led to their lower team total.

This time in November, there were only seven wrestlers who scored under 10 points, but unfortunately two of those wrestlers came away with a goose egg, adding nothing unfortunately. Utami Hayashishita can be explained at least a little bit since she was out for a lot of the month with an injury stemming from her big title match at the end of October. Suzume, Miku Aono, and Takumi Iroha, all heavy hitters in their own right, also found themselves on the low end of the team for points which is definitely not good at this time of the year when every point truly counts.

CURRENT POINTS

POSITION: 4th | TOTAL POINTS: 1824 | NOVEMBER POINTS: 183

October was very fruitful for Xavi and his team as they were second place in the entire league for team points with 199, which is only one point less than the top team for the month. A lot of that can be attributed to Makoto who led the entire league in scoring with 38 points, which continues her streak of good scoring months. It took her a little bit of time to get going this year, but once she started winning, she’s continued to win. Aya Sakura, SAKI, and Chihiro Hashimoto all scored over 20 points which means that the top four wrestlers did a lot of heavy lifting for the month.

One thing that held the team back in October just a bit was the fact that there were eight wrestlers who scored under 10 points, which is definitely part of the reason the team didn’t have an absolute banner month. Both Mai Sakurai and Misa Kagura had been high point scorers on the team throughout the year, but both found themselves in that bottom eight which is unfortunate to see. Even though it’s not a huge deal, Tsukina Umino who recently came back from injury scored four points, but they weren’t accounted for since she’s on IR. KAZUKI scored even less points than that by only getting three. Another under performer this year has been Mio Momono who had some injury issues earlier in the year, but ever since coming back she hasn’t really been putting up too many points.

In November, the 183 points scored by Rebel X Run was good enough for third best in the league, but unfortunately the two teams that scored better are both ahead of them in the standings. They did however gain quite a few points on the new third place team the Outlet Wolfpack. The star of the show was Aya Sakura who racked up a very strong 30 points which was good enough for third place out of all of the other wrestlers in the league. Unfortunately, the only other wrestler who eclipsed 20 points on the team was Chihiro Hashimoto with 21. Makoto, SAKI, and Misa Kagura all put in a strong effort scoring above 15 points at least.

On the negative side of things, there were six wrestlers or seven if you include the wrestler on injured reserve who scored under 10 points for the month of November. Once again Tsukina Umino who’s on injured reserve outscored a few of her compatriots even though her points are not accounted for with the team. Some of the usual suspects found themselves down towards the bottom of the barrel including Mio Momono, AKARI, and Ayako Sato. It’s good that the wrestlers who should be producing are doing so for the team, but you’d like a little more depth scoring to really make a big move towards the top of the standings.

CURRENT POINTS

POSITION: 5th | TOTAL POINTS: 1781 | NOVEMBER POINTS: 157

In October, TCS 4 Life as a team was pretty middle of the road scoring 167 points which was good enough for sixth place in the league, so not terrible, but also not good enough to make up ground on the teams ahead unfortunately. VENY had a hell of a month though putting up a great 30 points which was third best in the league overall and the kind of leadership you want from such an early pick. Marino Saihara and Giulia also both had great months, scoring 20-plus points which is especially impressive considering the fact that you never know how many matches a wrestler will get in WWE or Actwres.

The flipside of the coin was the fact that the team had nine wrestlers who scored under 10 points during the month of October, which is partially why the team didn’t have a better month overall even with a couple of really big efforts from the top of the team. Rina, Konami, Sumika Yanagawa, and Unagi Sayaka all had disappointing months compared to usual as they found themselves down in that bottom nine. Mina Shirakawa who is now based in America wrestling for AEW unfortunately scored zero points, but at the same time I don’t think she had many opportunities to score any points that month.

Looking at November, the team stayed in the middle of the pack scoring only 157 which is seventh best in the league, once again making it hard for them to gain any ground on the teams ahead. Azusa Inaba led the way for the team with 25 points which is a pretty good showing considering the bit lower scoring pace for the league in general, and Konami was right behind her with 24 points earned, no doubt helped by her Wonder of Stardom Championship victory at the beginning of the month. Yuki Miyazaki and Marino Saihara were the only other two who scored 15 or more points.

Just like the month before, Dave’s team had nine wrestlers down at the bottom who scored less than 1o points, which can be attributed to why they lost more ground on the team that had just passed them for fourth place. Two surprising names down in that bottom group were VENY and Giulia who had both been having a good year overall thus far but had a bit of hiccup this time. Giulia’s bad month was even worse when you realize she literally scored zero points. Dave needs more from the cast and crew down there with names like Nagisa Nozaki, Unagi Sayaka, and Cherry who can all produce more if given the opportunity.

CURRENT POINTS

POSITION: 6th | TOTAL POINTS: 1661 | NOVEMBER POINTS: 167

October was a really strong month for Ryan and his team as they scored 182 points which was good enough for third place in the league. It’s nice to see them having a stronger month after quite a few of them had been a bit rough to say the least. After all, they were one of the teams that had injuries derail them the most this season. Their first pick overall Sareee was the big winner during the month scoring a strong 24 points. Syuri and Natsuko Tora weren’t too far behind with 20-plus points apiece as well. There were also strong efforts from Rea Seto and Shoko Nakajima who both eclipsed the 15-point mark.

Unfortunately, there were seven wrestlers who couldn’t hit double digits for points in October which held the team back from a possible top spot in monthly points in all honesty. While none of those wrestlers in the bottom seven had eclipsed the 100-point mark overall by the end of October, it’s still a bit sad to see a wrestler like Ryo Mizunami being down there when she had such a good start to the year. Normally you can count on Ryo to get quite a few wins during the year, but this year feels like a bit of a down year for her.

From there, we’ll move on to November where God’s Sigh was more so middle of the pack scoring 167 points as a team. They were led somewhat surprisingly by Yumi Ohka, the longtime WAVE veteran who scored 25 points! She may not wrestle a ton at her current age, but she did really put in the work during the month of November. Natsuko Tora came in second place with a nice even 20-point effort, and Shoko Nakajima was the last of the wrestlers to score over 15 points with her score of 18. To really start making ground, you have to have at least five or six wrestlers score 15-plus points, and unfortunately that wasn’t the case this time around.

If you look on the plus side, in November God’s Sigh only had five wrestlers who scored under 10 points, which is honestly a good number for just about any team in the league. Of course, one of those wrestlers, ACT Yasukawa came away with zero points, but other than that the other four gave you four to six points apiece which is not terrible. The thing that hurt the team a bit was the fact that there were seven wrestlers who scored between 14 and 10 points, which is good, but not great. If a couple of those wrestlers were able to pass 15 points, I think it would have made a pretty big difference, especially if one or two could have gotten up to 20 points from that group of seven. Still though, a lot of teams would kill for good depth scoring like that.

CURRENT POINTS

POSITION: 7th | TOTAL POINTS: 1638 | NOVEMBER POINTS: 177

October wasn’t overly kind to Scott and his team as they were only able to muster up 157 points as a team, however a lot of that can be attributed to the somewhat top-heavy nature of the way points were distributed. “Psycho Speed” Misa Matsui led the way for the team with 27 points which was good enough for sixth in the league overall and was no doubt helped by picking up the Marigold tag team titles on the big show at the end of the month. Right behind her was Sayaka Kurara who put up 26 points respectively, along with Victoria Yuzuki who scored an even 20 points. Ranna Yagami, Mayu Iwatani, and Seri Yamaoka all finished the month with 15-plus points as well.

There were eight wrestlers in the month of October who finished with less that 10 points scored, including two wrestlers who scored zero points, though both are excused because of injuries at least. Still though, getting a total of eight points from the likes of Chanyota, Suzu Suzuki, Maki Itoh, and Erina Yamanaka simply isn’t good enough to help this team move forward in the standings. Every single one of them is capable of more though a wrestler like Suzu Suzuki for instance has been dealing with some injury issues over the past few months, so that’s at least a little more understandable.

When we take a look at November, Scott’s team actually had a stronger month scoring 177 points and that was good enough for fourth place in the league. Scott’s team also had the number one wrestler in the entire league for the month as Sayaka Kurara bested the competition with 34 points scored on the back of a great Goddesses of Stardom Tag League win. Mayu Iwatani and Victoria Yuzuki also had a strong month with both of them scoring 18-plus points.

In November, there were only five wrestlers who scored under 10 points, and two of them were injured the entire time, so honestly, it’s a pretty good output for the team all things considered. Chanyota and Erina Yamanaka were both unfortunately down towards the bottom again, most likely due to not wrestling many matches more than anything and Yurika Oka was only one point away from hitting the 10-point mark, so all in all, not too bad. Much like the team above God’s Sigh, the thing that troubled Scott’s team was that he had seven wrestlers who scored between 10 and 15 points which is decent, but still not quite good enough. It is some pretty consistent scoring though at least which a lot of teams would kill for.

CURRENT POINTS

POSITION: 8th | TOTAL POINTS: 1545 | NOVEMBER POINTS: 141

In October, the rough year continued for Fernando and his team as they were only able to score 149points which was only two from last in the league and kept them stuck in eighth place overall in the league. Mei Suruga led the pack for the team with 23 points which is pretty good, but she was sadly the only wrestler who was able to get over the 20- point hump. Koguma and Tae Honma both scored above 15 points, though Tae also retired from pro wrestling halfway through the month as well, so the chances of getting points from her going forward has now passed.

There were seven wrestlers who scored under 10 points during the month of October, which is definitely more than Fernando would have liked, especially with some prominent names like Mika Iwata, Ibuki Hoshi, and Saki Kashima being down there. It’s been a tough year in general for Fernando and while there’s not really much chance to move up the rankings too much, his team is doing their best to do what they can, though if Fernando could have a redo on his draft, I think he’d probably make a few different selections.

In November, Casa Royale was down at the bottom again for team points, this time in ninth place out of 10 with a score of 141, another disappointing output for the team. Miyu Yamashita led the way for them with 24 points, which was good enough for a top 10 position in the league. Unfortunately, the tag team of Ober Eats, Yuki Kamifuku and Wakana Uehara, that Fernando has were the only others to eclipse the 15-point mark with 16 points apiece.

November brought more bad news for the team as eight of their wrestlers scored less than ten points, with two wrestlers scoring zero points, though the recently retired Tae Honma is excused at least. Ibuki Hoshi was the other who scored zero, though she might have been dealing with some injuries as well, I am not totally sure myself. Mei Suruga being down there surprised me a bit as she’s been having a pretty great year so far, and it normally towards the top of the standings for the team, but everyone has a down month every once in a while.

CURRENT POINTS

POSITION: 9th | TOTAL POINTS: 1505 | NOVEMBER POINTS: 128

October was another rough month for Alex as their team only scored 135 points which was barely good enough for ninth place in the league. Adding to that was the fact that they only had one wrestler score over 15 points and that was ZONES who lead the team with 19. It’s one of those months that you’d like to forget unfortunately.

Alex had seven wrestlers score under 10 points, with only one of them scoring zero which was Yoshiko Hasegawa who retired a few months ago but still takes a roster spot on the team for some reason. While Mayumi Ozaki the wrestler might be pretty cool, she’s been a pretty horrible first round pick considering the fact that she regularly only scores in the single digits each month if she even gets any points at all. Yuki Arai has also continued to be a disappointment as she once again found herself down in that bottom seven only scoring five points during the month.

Sadly, things didn’t get a lot better in November with Alex’s team scoring the least number of points with 128, a whole 13 points behind the next best team for ninth. They did have two wrestlers score 20 or more points at least with Ayame Sasamura scoring 22 and Sonoko Kato scoring 20. The unfortunate part is the fact that Kato just retired this month, so she won’t be getting more points going forward.

There were nine wrestlers who found themselves scoring less than 10 points in November with the obvious one being Yoshiko Hasegawa who’s retired. Some of the pretty strong performers for the team so far this year Mari, ZONES, Rydeen Hagane, and YuuRI unfortunately found themselves towards the bottom this time around which is not what Alex was looking for, that’s for sure.

CURRENT POINTS

POSITION: 10th | TOTAL POINTS: 1441 | NOVEMBER POINTS: 170

October was another rough month for Hart and his team as they came in last place in terms of team points with a meager 127. While he did have the third best wrestler of the month YUU who scored a very strong 30 points, there was quite a bit fall off after that with no other wrestlers on the team even hitting the 15-point plateau.

Hart had a high of 10 wrestlers who weren’t able to score 10 or more points in the month of October which is a big contributing factor to why they finished last for the month. Having so many wrestlers with a low point total is a big reason why they find themselves last in the standings overall for the year as well. Maria, Riko Kawahata, Bozilla, and Raku all underperformed during the month, and honestly at this time of the year, you simply expect more from them.

In November, things turned around a bit for the team as Fart Editing had the fifth best point total for a team during the month with 170. It was nice to see the team finding some success after having such a rough year overall, and while they are still too far from ninth place to really make up too much ground, it’s good for a moral victory at least. YUU who is nearing her retirement at the end of the year once again put together a good performance in points by securing 26, which was good enough for fifth place in the league. Hart also got a really good month out of Mari Manji who scored 22 points and Kaya Toribami who scored 20. It was probably the first time in a while that Hart had three wrestlers all eclipse the 20-point mark.

Hart only had six wrestlers score less than ten points during the month of November, which is a much better total than the month before. The great tag team Magenta continue to be a bit of a disappointment overall as both Maria and Riko Kawahata found themselves down in the proverbial basement again only getting 2 or 3 points. I know Marvelous doesn’t run shows as often as a lot of other promotions, but still, you’d expect a bit more out of the those two.

CURRENT POINTS

FREE AGENTS

In October, we actually had one free agent wrestler get into the top 10 in monthly points as MARU had a really good month scoring 26 points! Another shining star in the free agents list was Uta Takami who won the TJPW Next Generation tournament and rode that to an impressive 19 points scored. There were four other wrestlers who scored 15 or more points in the month include Yukina Uehara, Momo Tani, Debbie Keitel, and Komomo Minami.

In November, we had two wrestlers pick up championships for the first time in Miya Yotsuba and Saran who both got up to a whopping 21 points as free agents. Rhythm from JTO had another solid month scoring 17 points, and she was followed closely by Bea Priestley who scored 16. Momo Kohgo also had a pretty good month scoring 15 points as she’s one of the highest overall point getters in the league as a free agent so far this year.

TOP 5 IN OVERALL POINTS (FREE AGENTS)

We’re in the home stretch now with only one month left to go and a lot of points up for grabs. Will Dylan and his team be able to keep their lead, or will they be overtaken by second or third place after having a rough month? There’s a lot of things that could happen, and you’ll have to stay tuned to see what the final standings will end up.

I should also have some fun extra statistics to give in next month’s edition as well, just like I did at the midpoint of the year.

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