, also known as Stardom 10th Anniversary ~Hinamatsuri All-Star Dream Cinderella~, was a

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event promoted by

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. It was the second from the promotion's 10th Anniversary celebration line of events. It took place on March 3, 2021 in

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, at the

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with a limited attendance due in part to the ongoing

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at the time.

Storylines

The show featured eight

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that resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed

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, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.

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held a press conference on February 23, 2021 at the Ichigaya Grand Hill hotel where they announced all the final matches of the official card of the

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. On July 26, 2020, Giulia won her first

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by defeating

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in a singles match at Cinderella Summer in Tokyo after

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vacated the title due to retirement. On February 7, 2021, the

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achieved a degree of revenge in defeating Donnal Del Mondo in a tag team match, with

pinning the stable’s latest recruit Natsupoi. After the match, Nakano issued a challenge to Giulia, which was quickly countered with the condition of a Hair vs Hair match with Giulia having calculated this to be off-putting to Nakano, given her background as an Idol in

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. Surprisingly, Nakano accepted, with the match set for the March 3rd show at the Budokan, provided Giulia still has the Wonder of Stardom title in her possession.

Event

The event featured two matches on which wrestlers from the Japanese independent scene took on Stardom competitors. In the first one, veteran Nanae Takahashi defeated Momo Watanabe and in the second one

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leader Mayu Iwatani defeated long time enemy Yoshiko. The main event was a Hair vs Hair match in which Giulia defended the

against

. The main stipulation of the match was to shave the loser's head bald. Nakano refused to trim Giulia's hair as a specially was hired barber to do the job instead. Giulia got all of her hair shaved backstage. After the match, Nakano became a double champion, also being a part of the

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alongside

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and Mina Shirakawa.

Results

Notes

References

External links

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