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promoted by

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, 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

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, 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

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defeated AZM, Leo Onozaki,

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, 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 10-minute time limit draw in the semifinal, feature which handed both Momo Watanabe and Bea Priestley walkover victories straight to the finals. Watanabe succeeded in winning the tournament with her granted wish being a match for the

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against the then-time champion

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Participants

The tournament was composed by 16 competitors including the champions. It was an event to conclude in a single day. ''*Noted underneath were the champions who held their titles at the time of the tournament.''

Brackets

Notes

References

External links

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