was a

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event promoted by

World Wonder Ring Stardom World Wonder Ring Stardom (スターダム女子プロレス), often referred to simply as Stardom (stylized as ST★RDOM), is a Japanese '' joshi puroresu'' or women's professional wrestling promotion based in Tokyo, Japan. Stardom was founded i ...

. The event took place on March 11, 2022, in

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at the Shinagawa Intercity Hall, with a limited attendance due in part to the ongoing

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at the time.

Event

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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. The press conference for the event was held on March 1, 2022 and was broadcast on Stardom's

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channel.

Storylines

The event featured various competitors from other promotions (

Gatoh Move Pro Wrestling , lead=yes, often referred to simply as Gatoh Move is a Japanese ''Joshi puroresu'' (women's professional wrestling) promotion established in 2012, by Emi Sakura. The promotion is most known for hosting shows in Tokyo at ''Ichigaya Chocolate Squar ...

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, Marvelous That's Women Pro Wrestling and World Woman Pro Wrestling Diana) which at the time of it, several of them were still in their rookie years of

. The show also portraited the return of

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who was sidelined with injury for almost one year. Another special featuring of the event was the in-ring debut of Miyu Amasaki (real name Miyu Matsuda) who had her first-ever confrontation against Utami Hayashishita. All the matches of the

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have been broadcast live on YouTube. The show began with the confrontation between Stars stable member Momo Kohgo and Sayaka from Gatoh Move Pro Wrestling which concluded with the victory of Kohgo as the preshow match. The following bout portrayed Ai Houzan & Maria from Marvelous picking a victory over Cosmic Angels' members Unagi Sayaka & Waka Tsukiyama. Their encounter ended with Maria having a grudge over Sayaka, leaving them to engage in a brief altercation. The third match saw Saya Kamitani & Lady C going into a 15-minute time-limit draw against Mirai & Mai Sakurai. The fourth match captioned a returning Saya Iida teaming up with Stars stablemate, the then-time Future of Stardom Champion Hanan defeating JTO's Aoi & Tomoka Inaba. The moment concluded with a brief staredown between Hanan and the then-time Sendai Girls Junior Champion Inaba who raised their belts following their staredown. The fifth match depicted Oedo Tai's Starlight Kid & Ruaka successfully battling Diana's Nanami and one half of the World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana Tag Team Champions, Haruka Umesaki. The main event portraited the showdown between Utami Hayashishita and the debuting Miyu Amasaki. Despite the latter's loss, Hayashishita was impressed by Amasaki's performance and invited her to join Queen's Quest, request which Amasaki accepted.

Results

References

External links

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