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Stardom Sunshine 2023
was a professional wrestling event promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom. The event took place on June 25, 2023, in Tokyo, Japan, at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium. Seven matches were contested at the event, including two on the pre-show, and two of Stardom's nine championships were on the line. The main event saw Queen's Quest ( Lady C, Hina, AphrOditE ( Utami Hayashishita and Saya Kamitani) and 02line ( AZM and Miyu Amasaki)) defeat Oedo Tai (Gold Ship ( Natsuko Tora, Saki Kashima and Momo Watanabe) and YoungOED ( Starlight Kid, Ruaka and Rina)) in a Loser leaves unit cage match, resulting in Kashima leaving Oedo Tai. Production Background The show featured seven professional wrestling matches that result from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portray villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches. The event's press conference took place on June 6, 2023, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayu Iwatani
(born February 19, 1993) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to World Wonder Ring Stardom. Since making her debut in January 2011, she became a two-time World of Stardom Champion, two-time Wonder of Stardom Champion, one-time High Speed Champion, one-time SWA World Champion, two-time Goddess of Stardom Champion, and a five-time Artist of Stardom Champion, while also having won the Cinderella Tournament back to back in 2015 and 2016, and the 2018 5*Grand Prix. She also made appearances for Stardom's American partner Ring of Honor (ROH), where she is a former one-time Women of Honor World Champion. Dave Meltzer of the ''Wrestling Observer Newsletter'' has called Iwatani and fellow Japanese workers Io Shirai and Kairi Hojo "three of the best wrestlers in the world". Early life Iwatani grew up in the countryside of Mine, Yamaguchi with her family, which includes two older brothers. In primary school, she practiced judo and high jump, but in high school, she began ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hina (wrestler)
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for the Japanese promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom. Professional wrestling career World Wonder Ring Stardom (2017–present) Hina made her professional wrestling debut at the early age of 11 in World Wonder Ring Stardom, on the second night of the ''Stardom Shining Stars'' from June 11, 2017, where she teamed up with her twin sister Rina and fell short to Hanan in a 2-on-1 exhibition handicap match. At ''The Stardom Draft 2019'' on April 14, Hina defeated Rina in a singles match and then she took part in the drafts where she was hand picked by Kagetsu to join the Queen's Quest unit. At ''Stardom Yokohama Dream Cinderella 2021'' on April 4, Hina defeated AZM and Lady C in a three-way match. On the first night of the ''Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2021'' from April 10, she defeated Lady C in a singles match. On the second night from May 14, she teamed up with Momo Watanabe and AZM in a losing effort against Oedo T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glossary Of Professional Wrestling Terms
Professional wrestling has accrued a considerable amount of jargon throughout its existence. Much of it stems from the industry's origins in the days of carnivals and circuses. In the past, professional wrestlers used such terms in the presence of fans so as not to reveal the nature of the business. Into the 21st century, widespread discussion on the Internet has popularized these terms. Many of the terms refer to the financial aspects of professional wrestling in addition to in-ring terms. A B C D E F G H I J K L M mic work, mic skills, microphone work The ability to generate reaction from the audience using words, and generally by speak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Face (professional Wrestling)
In professional wrestling, a face (babyface) is a heroic, "good guy" or "fan favorite" wrestler, booked (scripted) by the promotion with the aim of being cheered by fans, and acts as a protagonist to the heels, who are the villainous antagonist or "bad guy" characters. Traditionally, they wrestle within the rules and avoid cheating (in contrast to the villains who use illegal moves and call in additional wrestlers to do their work for them) while behaving positively towards the referee and the audience. Such characters are also referred to as blue-eyes in British wrestling and ''técnicos'' in ''lucha libre''. The face character is portrayed as a hero relative to the heel wrestlers, who are analogous to villains. Not everything a face wrestler does must be heroic: faces need only to be clapped or cheered by the audience to be effective characters. When the magazine ''Pro Wrestling Illustrated'' went into circulation in the late 1970s, the magazine referred to face wrestlers as " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heel (professional Wrestling)
In professional wrestling, a heel (also known as a ''rudo'' in '' lucha libre'') is a wrestler who portrays a villain, "bad guy", or "rulebreaker", and acts as an antagonist to the faces, who are the heroic protagonist or "good guy" characters. Not everything a heel wrestler does must be villainous: heels need only to be booed or jeered by the audience to be effective characters, although most truly successful heels embrace other aspects of their devious personalities, such as cheating to win or using foreign objects. "The role of a heel is to get 'heat,' which means spurring the crowd to obstreperous hatred, and generally involves cheating and pretty much any other manner of socially unacceptable behavior that will get the job done." To gain heat (with boos and jeers from the audience), heels are often portrayed as behaving in an immoral manner by breaking rules or otherwise taking advantage of their opponents outside the bounds of the standards of the match. Others do not (or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narrative Thread
A narrative thread, or plot thread (or, more ambiguously, a storyline), refers to particular elements and techniques of writing to center the story in the action or experience of characters rather than to relate a matter in a dry "all-knowing" sort of narration. Thus the narrative threads experienced by different but specific characters or sets of characters are those seen in the eyes of those characters that together form a plot element or subplot in the work of fiction. In this sense, each narrative thread is the narrative A narrative, story, or tale is any account of a series of related events or experiences, whether nonfictional (memoir, biography, news report, documentary, travel literature, travelogue, etc.) or fictional (fairy tale, fable, legend, thriller (ge ... portion of a work that pertains to the world view of the participating characters cognizant of their piece of the whole, and they may be the villains, the protagonists, a supporting character, or a relatively di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Professional Wrestling Match Types
Many types of wrestling matches, sometimes called "concept" or " gimmick matches" in the jargon of the business, are performed in professional wrestling. Some gimmick matches are more common than others and are often used to advance or conclude a storyline. Throughout professional wrestling's decades long history, some gimmick matches have spawned many variations of the core concept. Singles match The singles match is the most common of all professional wrestling matches, which involves only two competitors competing for one fall. A victory is obtained by pinfall, submission, knockout, countout, or disqualification. Some of the most common variations on the singles match is to restrict the possible means for victory. Duchess of Queensbury Rules match A Duchess of Queensbury Rules match is a singles match contested under specific, often disclosed rules is replaced by a title usually meant to sound traditional for one combatant. A wrestler challenging another wrestler to a ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steel Cage Match
Many types of wrestling matches, sometimes called "concept" or " gimmick matches" in the jargon of the business, are performed in professional wrestling. Some gimmick matches are more common than others and are often used to advance or conclude a storyline. Throughout professional wrestling's decades long history, some gimmick matches have spawned many variations of the core concept. Singles match The singles match is the most common of all professional wrestling matches, which involves only two competitors competing for one fall. A victory is obtained by pinfall, submission, knockout, countout, or disqualification. Some of the most common variations on the singles match is to restrict the possible means for victory. Duchess of Queensbury Rules match A Duchess of Queensbury Rules match is a singles match contested under specific, often disclosed rules is replaced by a title usually meant to sound traditional for one combatant. A wrestler challenging another wrestler to a mat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rina (wrestler)
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for the Japanese promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom. Professional wrestling career World Wonder Ring Stardom (2017–present) Rina made her professional wrestling debut at the early age of 11 in World Wonder Ring Stardom, on the second night of the ''Stardom Shining Stars'' from June 11, 2017, where she teamed up with her twin sister Hina and fell short to Hanan in a 2-on-1 exhibition handicap match. At '' Stardom Yokohama Cinderella 2020'' on October 3, 2020, Rina had to search for a new unit since Tokyo Cyber Squad disbanded after Oedo Tai's Natsuko Tora and Saki Kashima defeated Jungle Kyona and Konami in a Losing unit must disband match. She alongside Kyona, Ruaka and Death Yama-san received invitations for joining the Stars stable leaded by Mayu Iwatani which they accepted. Three weeks later however, on October 28, 2020, Rina would quit Stars to join Oedo Tai. At '' Stardom Yokohama Dream Cinderella 2021'' on Ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruaka (wrestler)
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for the Japanese promotions World Wonder Ring Stardom where she is a former one-time Future of Stardom Champion Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2017-present) She competed for one time in Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling in a dark exhibition match which took place at a house show from April 6, 2017 where she fell short to Manami. World Wonder Ring Stardom (2016-present) Ruaka made her professional wrestling debut at the early age of 12, at ''Goddesses Of Stars'', an event promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom on November 20, 2016 where she teamed up with Arisu Nanase in a losing effort to AZM and Natsuko Tora. She is known for competing in various of the promotion's signature events such as the Stardom All Star Dream Cinderella from March 3, 2021 where she competed in a 24-women Stardom All Star Rumble featuring superstars from the company's past such as Yuzuki Aikawa, Kyoko Inoue, Miho Wakizawa, Chigusa Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Starlight Kid
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to World Wonder Ring Stardom, where she is a former High Speed Champion. She became the first wrestler to wear her mask full-time in Stardom as part of her ''luchadora'' persona. Greatly influenced by ''Lucha libre'', Starlight Kid has followed Mexican tradition for masked wrestlers, so her real name is not a matter of public record. Professional wrestling career World Wonder Ring Stardom (2015-present) Starlight Kid debuted on October 11, 2015 at ''Goddesses of Stardom'' in a three-way match with Kaori Yoneyama and Momo Watanabe. On November 8, she competed in her first major Stardom tournament, teaming up with Hiromi Mimura to compete in the 2015 Goddesses of Stardom Tournament. The team lost in the first round to Watanabe & Datura. After that, she would team up with Miura very often. Kid spent most of her matches losing to other, more experienced wrestlers, which would help put over other wrestlers while at the same time g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saki Kashima
is a Japanese people, Japanese Professional wrestling, professional wrestler currently working for the Japanese professional wrestling promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom where she is a former Artist of Stardom Championship, Artist of Stardom Champion. Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2011-present) Kashima worked a couple of matches for Tokyo Gurentai, one of them being at ''Tokyo Love II ~Another Chance~'' from September 28, 2011, where she fell short to Io Shirai and Nanae Takahashi in a triple threat match. The other one took place eight years later, at ''Tokyo Gurentai Lucha Libre Fiesta'', an event produced by World Wonder Ring Stardom, Stardom in partnership with Tokyo Gurentai, where she participated in a Professional wrestling match types, four-way tag team elimination match, teaming up with Starlight Kid and Tam Nakano as STARS and going against Oedo Tai (Andras Miyagi, Hazuki (wrestler), Hazuki and Kagetsu), JAN (Jungle Kyona, Natsuko Tora and Saya Iid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
