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Stardom Cinderella Tournament
is an annual single-elimination tournament created and promoted by the Japanese professional wrestling promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom. The event has been held since 2015 and aired domestically on Tokyo MX, Fighting TV Samurai and Nippon TV, and later as an internet pay-per-view on Stardom's streaming service Stardom World. The main gimmick of the tournament is that the winner is being granted ''a wish'', which usually turns up to be a championship match of their choice. Just as the real life fairytale of ''Cinderella'' depicting a girl who achieves fame after being obscure, the winner of the tournament transits from "neglected" to "famous", eventually moving up to a championship scene. Events As of 2022, there have been a total of eight events. The first one was presented under the name of "Cinderella Champions Fiesta", and later on the series began being known simply as the "Cinderella Tournament". Until 2021, the event used to be a one-day pay-per-view but later switched ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2020
The was the sixth annual professional wrestling single-elimination tournament promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom in Tokyo, Japan. The event took place on March 24, 2020, with a limited attendance due in part to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic at the time. Storylines The show featured thirteen Cinderella Tournament matches and a dark match with scripted storylines, where wrestlers portray villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches. The matches can be won by pinfall, submission or elimination over the top rope. A time-limit draw or a double elimination means a loss for each competitor. Event The first-round matches were broadcast live on Stardom's YouTube channel. The preshow included a dark match in which Sumire Natsu and Hina defeated Itsuki Hoshino and Rina. The tournament had two draws, one between Utami Hayashishita and Maika, and the other one between Hana Kimu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2021
The , was the seventh annual professional wrestling single-elimination tournament promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom which took place beginning with April 10 and culminating on June 12 in the Ota City General Gymnasium. The tournament expanded out of the normal single night format to instead be determined over two separate dates with a limited attendance due in part to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic at the time. The tournament winner is awarded a wish that has prompted opportunities for the championship of their choice. Night 2 was postponed due to the Japanese government announcing a state of emergency for Tokyo lasting from April 25 until May 11. The rest of the tournament was rescheduled to May 14 and June 12, with the second-round and quarter-finals matches taking place on May 14. The semi-finals and finals were initially going to take place on May 29, but the extension of the state of emergency postponed the third night of the event to June 12. Storylines The show feature ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2019
The was the fifth annual professional wrestling single-elimination tournament promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom in Tokyo, Japan. The event took place on April 29, 2019. Storylines The show featured fourteen Cinderella Tournament matches and a dark match with scripted storylines, where wrestlers portray villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches. The matches can be won by pinfall, submission or elimination over the top rope. A time-limit draw or a double elimination means a loss for each competitor. Event The preshow included a dark match in which Hanan and Saya Iida defeated Hina and Leo Onozaki, and Rina and Ruaka in a three-way tag team match. The Cinderella Tournament had one draw between Kagetsu and Nakano who went into the 10-minute time limit which handed Arisa Hoshiki a walkover victory straight to the semi-finals. Hoshiki succeeded in winning the tourn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2018
The was the fourth annual professional wrestling single-elimination tournament promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom in Tokyo, Japan. The event took place on April 30, 2018. Storylines The show featured fourteen Cinderella Tournament matches and a dark match with scripted storylines, where wrestlers portray villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches. The matches can be won by pinfall, submission or elimination over the top rope. A time-limit draw or a double elimination means a loss for each competitor. Event The preshow included a dark match in which Hanan, the High Speed Champion Mary Apache, Nao Yamaguchi, Natsumi and the Future of Stardom Champion Starlight Kid defeated AZM, Leo Onozaki, Natsuko Tora, Ruaka and Shiki Shibusawa as a result of a ten-woman tag team match. The Cinderella tournament had one draw between Io Shirai and Mayu Iwatani who went on a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2023
The was the ninth annual professional wrestling single-elimination tournament promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom. The event took place between March 26 and April 15, 2023. Storylines The show featured professional wrestling matches with scripted storylines, where wrestlers portray villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches. The matches can be won by pinfall, submission or elimination over the top rope. A time-limit draw or a double elimination means a loss for each competitor. Event Night 1 (March 26) The first day of the event which took place on March 26, 2023, portraited the first-round tournament matches. The first two bouts were broadcast on Stardom's YouTube channel. In the first one, Waka Tsukiyama, who was announced as one of the two mystery competitors of the edition, picked up a victory over Lady C as she began a winning spree following the events from St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2022
The was the eighth annual professional wrestling single-elimination tournament promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom in Tokyo and Osaka. The event took place between April 3 and April 29, 2022, with a limited attendance due in part to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic at the time. Storylines The show featured professional wrestling matches with scripted storylines, where wrestlers portray villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches. The matches can be won by pinfall, submission or elimination over the top rope. A time-limit draw or a double elimination means a loss for each competitor. Event Night 1 (April 3) The first day of the event which took place on April 3, 2022, portraited the first-round tournament matches and started with a returning Hina who fell short to Unagi Sayaka and Waka Tsukiyama quickly getting rolled up by Saki Kashima. These two matches were broadcast on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toni Storm
Toni Rossall (born 19 October 1995), better known by the ring name Toni Storm, is a New Zealand-Australian professional wrestler. She is currently signed to AEW, where she is a former AEW Women's World Champion. She previously worked for WWE, where she was a former NXT UK Women's Champion. Storm first gained attention in WWE from her 2017 and 2018 performances in the Mae Young Classic tournament. She progressed to the tournament's semi-finals in 2017, and won it in 2018 at Evolution, WWE's first all-female PPV. She then performed on the NXT UK, NXT, and SmackDown brands before her release in 2021. Beyond WWE, she has performed in Japanese promotion Stardom, where she became the first non-Japanese wrestler to hold the World of Stardom Championship. She also held Stardom's SWA World Championship for a record-setting reign of 612 days. In the British promotion Progress Wrestling, she held the Progress Women's Championship. In the German promotion wXw, she held the wXw Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Io Shirai
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, where she performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Iyo Sky (stylized in all caps). She is a member of Damage CTRL and one-half of the current WWE Women's Tag Team Champions with fellow stablemate Dakota Kai in their second reign. She previously wrestled in WWE's developmental brand NXT under the ring name ( ), where she was a former NXT Women's Champion and NXT Women's Tag Team Champion. She is also known for her time in World Wonder Ring Stardom (Stardom), where she was a former two-time Wonder of Stardom Champion, six-time Artist of Stardom Champion, two-time World of Stardom Champion, the inaugural SWA World Champion, one-time Goddess of Stardom Champion, and one-time High Speed Champion. She was recognized as the "ace" of Stardom, and was the recipient of the 2015, 2016 and 2017 ''Tokyo Sports'' Joshi Puroresu Grand Prizes. Making her debut in March 2007, she spent several years working as a tag team wrest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Momo Watanabe
(born March 22, 2000) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to the World Wonder Ring Stardom promotion. Since making her debut on November 16, 2014, she became a two-time Artist of Stardom Champion, one-time Goddess of Stardom Champion and one-time Wonder of Stardom Champion. Professional wrestling career World Wonder Ring Stardom Early career (2014–2016) On November 16, 2014, Watanabe made her professional wrestling debut at World Wonder Ring Stardom where she unsuccessfully challenged Takumi Iroha. On December 6, 2016, Watanabe received her first title match where she teamed with Io Shirai and Mayu Iwatani to challenge for the vacant Artist of Stardom Championship, which was won by Hyper Destroyers (Evie, Hiroyo Matsumoto and Kellie Skater) in a three-way tag team match, which also involved Oedo Tai (Act Yasukawa, Kris Wolf and Kyoko Kimura). Queen's Quest (2016–2021) Entering 2016, Jungle Kyona and Watanabe teamed together under the name "JKGReeeeN". O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kairi Hojo
is a Japanese professional wrestler and actress currently working for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and World Wonder Ring Stardom under the ring name Kairi (stylized in all caps). Housako is also known for her work with WWE as . She is the current and inaugural IWGP Women's Champion. From 2012 to 2017, she wrestled for the Japanese promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom under the ring name . Embodying a "Pirate Princess" persona, she became a one-time World of Stardom Champion, a one-time Wonder of Stardom Champion, a three-time Goddess of Stardom Champion and a four-time Artist of Stardom Champion. She also won the 2015 5-Star GP and the 2016 Goddesses of Stardom Tag League. In 2017, she signed with WWE, where she adopted the ring name Kairi Sane. She won the inaugural Mae Young Classic tournament the same year, and was then assigned to the NXT brand. She captured the NXT Women's Championship in 2018 and subsequently won the 2018 NXT Year-End Awards for Female Competitor of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Of Stardom Championship
The is a women's world professional wrestling championship owned by the World Wonder Ring Stardom promotion. The title, which is situated at the top of Stardom's championship hierarchy, was introduced on June 26, 2011, and the inaugural champion was crowned on July 24, 2011, when Nanae Takahashi defeated Yoko Bito in the finals of a four-woman tournament. History On July 24, 2011, Nanae Takahashi defeated Yoko Bito in the finals of a four-woman tournament to become the inaugural champion. On February 22, 2015, during a title match between the current champion Yoshiko and Act Yasukawa, the two began shooting on each other with Yoshiko getting the advantage, legitimately injuring Yasukawa, as the match had to be ended prematurely. Yasukawa was diagnosed with fractured cheek, nasal and orbital bones, which would require surgery. Three days later, Yoshiko was stripped of the title. On March 29, Kairi Hojo defeated Io Shirai in the finals of a four-woman tournament to win the va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koguma (wrestler)
is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working for the Japanese promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom where she is a former two-time Goddess of Stardom Champion with Hazuki and a former High Speed Champion. Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2015-present) Koguma is known for making brief appearances outside of Stardom. She worked in a couple of matches for Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling, one of them taking place on April 18, 2014 at a house show of the promotion where she teamed up with Nanae Takahashi in a losing effort to Meiko Satomura and Sareee. World Wonder Ring Stardom (2013-2015) Koguma made her professional wrestling debut on the November 4, 2013 event of ''Stardom Season 14 Goddesses In Stars'' where she unsuccessfully challenged Natsuki Taiyo in a singles match. She continued to make sporadic appearances until her first notable victory at ''Stardom Takumi Iroha Triumphant Return'' from March 30, 2014, where she won a 14-person battle royal also in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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