Triangle Derby I was the first annual round-robin six-woman tag team

tournament A tournament is a competition involving at least three competitors, all participating in a sport or game. More specifically, the term may be used in either of two overlapping senses: # One or more competitions held at a single venue and concentr ...

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 in ...

under the "Triangle Derby" branch. The event took place between January 3 and March 4, 2023, with limited attendance due in part to the ongoing

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at the time (until January 30). It also represented the first major event promoted by Stardom in 2023.

Tournament history

The Triangle Derby is a

professional wrestling tournament On various occasions in professional wrestling, a single-elimination tournament of varying match types are held, often to determine a championship or number-one contendership therein. It has been known for promotions to use title tournament that a ...

held annually by Stardom. It is currently disputed as a round-robin tournament with teams of three wrestlers split into two pools. Contrary to most round-robin style tournaments, teams from the same pool don't face each other. Instead, each team faces all teams from the opposite pool. Matches are fought with a 15-minute time limit. A win is worth two points and a draw is worth one point. The top two teams from each pool will advance to a final single-elimination bracket, consisting of semifinals and finals.

Storylines

The tournament featured professional wrestling matches that resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed

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, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. The event's official press conference took place on December 16, 2022, and was broadcast live on Stardom's

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channel.

Participants

This is a list of participants including the champions during the event. The tournament featured fourteen teams formed by a total of forty-two wrestlers, divided into two distinctive blocks with the two highest placed teams of their respective blocks moving on to the semifinals. ''*Noted underneath were the champions who held their titles at the time of the tournament.'' {, class="wikitable sortable" align="left-center" width:85%" , - !Wrestler !Unit !Notes , - , AZM ,

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, - ,

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World of Stardom Champion The is a women's world professional wrestling championship owned by the World Wonder Ring Stardom promotion. The title, which is situated at the top of Stardom's championship hierarchy, was introduced on June 26, 2011, and the inaugural champio ...

, - , Hanan ,

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, , - ,

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Oedo Tai (Stylized OEDotai, also known as "Oedo Corps" in Japanese) is a villanous professional wrestling stable, currently performing in the Japanese professional wrestling promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom, and formerly in the Japanese independent s ...

, Freelancer , - ,

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, , - , Himeka ,

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, , - , Lady C ,

, , - ,

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, , - , Maika ,

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, Rebel X Enemy , Freelancer , - ,

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, Cosmic Angels/Club Venus , One of the mystery trio participants , - ,

Maya Yukihi is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently competing as a freelancer. She is a former two-time ICE×60 Championship, five-time International Ribbon Tag Team Champion and one-time Triangle Ribbon Champion, making her the promotion's fourt ...

, Rebel X Enemy , Freelancer , - ,

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-tim ...

, , - ,

Mina Shirakawa is a Japanese professional wrestler and idol, currently signed to the Japanese professional wrestling promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom, where she is the leader of Club Venus. She is a former Artist of Stardom and Future of Stardom Champion. ...

Cosmic Angels is a professional wrestling stable, currently performing in the Japanese professional wrestling promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom. The stable currently consists of Tam Nakano, Unagi Sayaka, Mina Shirakawa, Waka Tsukiyama, Saki, Hikari Shimizu ...

, One of the mystery trio participants , - , Mirai ,

, , - ,

Momo Watanabe (born March 22, 2000) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to the World Wonder Ring Stardom promotion. Since making her debut on November 16, 2014, she became a two-time Artist of Stardom Championship, Artist of Stardom Champion, ...

, , - , Nanae Takahashi , Neo Stardom Army , Freelancer , - , Natsuko Tora ,

, , - ,

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, - ,

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, Rebel X Enemy , Freelancer , - ,

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, Cosmic Angels/Color's , Freelancer , -style="background: gold" ,

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Winner , - , Ruaka ,

, , - , Saki , Cosmic Angels/Color's , , - ,

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, , - ,

Saya Kamitani (born November 28, 1996) is a Japanese professional wrestler and former idol, currently signed to World Wonder Ring Stardom promotion. She is the current Wonder of Stardom Champion in her first reign. Kamitani is also a former one-time Goddes ...

, Wonder of Stardom Champion , - ,

Saya Iida (born May 19, 1997) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to World Wonder Ring Stardom promotion. She is a former one-time Future of Stardom Champion. Professional wrestling career World Wonder Ring Stardom (2019–present) ...

, , - ,

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, , - ,

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, - , Thekla ,

, , - ,

Utami Hayashishita (born September 14, 1998) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to World Wonder Ring Stardom promotion, Since making her debut on August 12, 2018, she became a one-time World of Stardom Champion, two-time Goddesses of Stardom Ch ...

, , - ,

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Xia Brookside Xia-Louise Brooks (born 16 October 1998) is an English professional wrestler and valet. She is best known for her time in WWE, where she performed on the NXT UK brand under the ring name Xia Brookside. She has also worked for World Wonder Ring ...

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, Neo Stardom Army , Freelancer , - , Yuu , Neo Stardom Army , Freelancer

Results

Finals

Event

The finals night took place on March 4, 2023. First three pre-show bouts were broadcast live on Stardom's

channel. In the first of them, Rina picked up a victory over

's stablemates Miyu Amasaki and

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in a

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. Next up,

and Lady C defeated

and

in tag team action. Next up, Maika, Thekla and

picked up a victory over

and

. The first main card bout saw

's Natsuko Tora,

, Ruaka and Fukigen Death outmatching

members

, Momo Kohgo, Hanan and

in a Ten-woman tag team match. The fifth match of the night saw

, Mirai and

outlasting

and

and Saki in the Triangle Derby's first semifinal. Next up,

(

and Hiragi Kurumi) defeated Neo Stardom Army's Nanae Takahashi, Yuu and

in the other semifinal. After the bout concluded, Suzuki announced they put their Artist of Stardom Championship on the line against Syuri, Mirai and Sourei in the Triangle finals. In the seventh bout,

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defeated Himeka by submission in one of the latter's last matches before retirement. After the bout concluded, Hashimoto finally challenged

to a match at All Star Grand Queendom on April 23, 2023. In the eighth bout, Saya Kamitani secured the fifteenth consecutive defense of the

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against

. She nominated

as her next opponent for All Star Dream Queendom on April 23. Next up, AZM defeated

to secure the tenth consecutive defense of the

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, setting a record at the time. In the semi main event, Giulia drew with

for the

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as a result of a double count-out after they brought the fight outside the ring. After the bout concluded, Giulia received a title challenge from Tam Nakano for All Star Grand Queendom on April 23, 2023. In the main event,

and Hiragi Kurumi defeated

, Mirai and

to win the first edition of the Triangle Derby as well as retaining the Artist of Stardom Championship for the first time in that respective reign.

Results

Blocks

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!! 11 !! Abarenbo GE
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!! 8 , - !

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!! 8 !! Rebel&Enemy
!! 8 , - ! Unique Glare
!! 6 !! MaiHime with C
!! 4 , - ! Baribari Bombers
!! 6 !!

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!! 6 , - ! H&M's
!! 2 !!

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Yukihi !! Tsukiyama
Sakurai
Amikura !!

Iida !! Maika
Himeka
Lady C !!

Mirai
Sourei !!

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Sera

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Kashima , - ! Iwatani
Hanan
Kohgo , Kaicho
Ozaki
Yukihi
(10:30) , Iwatani
Hanan
Kohgo
(11:15) , Hazuki
Koguma
Iida
(9:11) , Maika
Himeka
Lady C
(11:34) , Syuri
Mirai
Sourei
(11:17) , Suzuki
Sera
Kurumi
(12:24) , Tora
Watanabe
Kashima
(9:29) , - !

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Umesaki
Ruaka , Kid
Umesaki
Ruaka
(10:55) , Kid
Umesaki
Ruaka
(12:36) , Hazuki
Koguma
Iida
(9:03) , Kid
Umesaki
Ruaka
(9:12) , Syuri
Mirai
Sourei
(12:06) , Suzuki
Sera
Kurumi
(6:06) , Tora
Watanabe
Kashima
(9:41) , - ! Giulia
Thekla
Sakurai , Kaicho
Ozaki
Yukihi
(14:38) , Giulia
Thekla
Sakurai
(9:05) , Giulia
Thekla
Sakurai
(12:37) , Giulia
Thekla
Sakurai
(11:50) , Syuri
Mirai
Sourei
(13:47) , Suzuki
Sera
Kurumi
(13:48) , Tora
Watanabe
Kashima
(12:25) , - ! Hayashishita
Kamitani
AZM , Hayashishita
Kamitani
AZM
(13:41) , Hayashishita
Kamitani
AZM
(11:39) , Hazuki
Koguma
Iida
(10:17) , Hayashishita
Kamitani
AZM
(12:10) , Draw
(15:00) , Hayashishita
Kamitani
AZM
(13:18) , Tora
Watanabe
Kashima
(11:06) , - ! Nakano

Saki , Nakano
Natsupoi
Saki
(11:55) , Nakano
Natsupoi
Saki
(14:58) , Nakano
Natsupoi
Saki
(11:42) , Maika
Himeka
Lady C
(11:20) , Nakano
Natsupoi
Saki
(12:44) , Suzuki
Sera
Kurumi
(13:25) , Nakano
Natsupoi
Saki
(9:29) , - !

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Yuu
Mizumori , Kaicho
Ozaki
Yukihi
(13:11) , Takahashi
Yuu
Mizumori
(13:01) , Takahashi
Yuu
Mizumori
(8:50) , Takahashi
Yuu
Mizumori
(11:56) , Draw
(15:00) , Takahashi
Yuu
Mizumori
(13:21) , Takahashi
Yuu
Mizumori
(12:10) , - ! Shirakawa

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, Kaicho
Ozaki
Yukihi
(13:39) , Shirakawa
Brookside
May
(9:02) , Shirakawa
Brookside
May
(10:03) , Shirakawa
Brookside
May
(12:33) , Syuri
Mirai
Sourei
(13:36) , Suzuki
Sera
Kurumi
(11:47) , Shirakawa
Brookside
May
(11:30) {, style="margin: auto" ,

Notes

References

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Results

Finals

Event

Results

Blocks

See also

Notes

References

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