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 October 19, 2022, in

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at the Shinjuku Sumitomo Hall, with limited attendance due in part to the ongoing

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at the time. Six matches were contested at the event. In the main event,

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defeated Hanan to win the

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Background

The ''"New Blood"'' is a series of events that mainly focus on matches where rookie wrestlers, usually with three or less years of in-ring experience, evolve. Besides wrestlers from Stardom, various superstars from multiple promotions of the Japanese independent scene are invited to compete in bouts that are usually going under the stipulation of singles or tag team matches. The show featured six

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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 event's press conference took place on August 3, 2022, and was broadcast live on Stardom's

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channel.

Event

The entire show was broadcast free on Stardom's

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. The first match saw

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picking up a victory upon JTO's Rhythm. The second bout portrayed

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& Shinsyu Girls Pro Wrestling (SGP)'s Ancham defeating Lady C &

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. Next, Rina,

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& Linda successfully faced

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. The fourth match saw

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, Mirai &

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's Nanami defeated by

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, Ruaka &

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. Haruka joined Oedo Tai and changed her gimmick name to "Karma". She would only use this gimmick while strictly fighting in Stardom matches, whilst going under her real name in other promotions. After the match, Nanami was presented as God's Eye's newest member. The next bout saw

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picking up a victory over P.P.P. Tokyo's Chanyota. The main event portrayed the bout between

and Hanan for the

. God's Eye's rookie succeeded in defeating Stars' stable member, ending the latter's reign at 294 days and at a record of ten successful consecutive defenses.

Results

References

External links

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