Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2023

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Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2023
Tokyo, Japan (April 2 & 15)
VenueYokohama Budokan (March 26)
Light Cube Utsunomiya (April 1)
Korakuen Hall (April 2)
Yoyogi National Gymnasium (April 15)
AttendanceNight 1 (1,263)[1]
Night 2 (508)[2]
Night 3 (1,295)[3]
Night 4 (1,049)[4]
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The 2023 Stardom Cinderella Tournament (スターダムシンデレラトーナメント2023, Sutādamushindereratōnamento 2023) was the ninth annual professional wrestling single-elimination tournament promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom. The event took place between March 26 and April 15, 2023.[5]

Storylines

The show featured professional wrestling matches with scripted storylines, where wrestlers portray villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.[6] 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

Night 1 (March 26)

The first day of the event which took place on March 26, 2023, portraited the first-round tournament matches. The first two bouts were broadcast on Stardom's

Club Venus sub-unit.[8][9][10]

Night 2 (April 1)

The second day of the event portraited five tournament confrontations and four tag team side matches. Momo Watanabe and Mai Sakurai, Saki Kashima and Waka Tsukiyama, Xena and Mirai, and Natsuko Tora and Ami Sourei made it to the quarterfinals of the tournament.[11]

Night 3 (April 2)

The third day of the event saw the four matches of the quarterfinals from which Waka Tsukiyama, Mirai, Ami Sourei and Mai Sakurai emerged to the semifinals. Prominence (Risa Sera, Suzu Suzuki and Hiragi Kurumi) retained the Artist of Stardom Championship for the second time in a row in that respective reign against Queen's Quest's Utami Hayashishita, Saya Kamitani and AZM. Kairi brought Saori Anou into the promotion and they announced that the two of them alongside Natsupoi were going to challenge Sera, Suzuki and Kurumi for the Artist titles at Stardom All Star Grand Queendom on April 23, 2023. Furthermore, Konami reached out via video to challenge Syuri to a UWF rules match on the show from April 15, 2023. Himeka underwent one more of her retirement road bouts in which she teamed up with her independent scene tag team partner Miyuki Takase to defeat Natsupoi and Kakeru Sekiguchi.[12]

Night 4 (April 15)

The fourth and last day of the event featured the last two phases of the tournament. The first semifinal match in which

Mercedes Moné attacked Iwatani ahead of their confrontation for the IWGP Women's Championship from Stardom All Star Grand Queendom on April 23, 2023.[14]
Next up, Syuri defeated Konami in singles action. The semi main event of the night portraited the finals of the 2023 Cinderella Tournament edition. Mirai succeeded in defeating Mai Sakurai and winning the tournament for two years in a row, performance achieved only by Mayu Iwatani in the past, in 2015 and 2016.

In the main event,

Club Venus parted ways with Cosmic Angels and that they would act as an independent unit. More than that, Waka Tsukiyama was made to choose her unit given the events from the past months related to her losing streak coming to an end. Tsukiyama chose Club Venus in the process. Technically going down to three wrestlers (Nakano, Natsupoi and Unagi Sayaka who was still wandering the independent scene at the moment) and the sub unit of Color's (Saki, Rina Amikura, Hikari Shimizu and Yuko Sakurai), Cosmic Angels was saved by Saori Anou who stepped up into the last moment and joined the unit.[15][16][17]

The night closed off with the ceremony of the Cinderella winner Mirai who wore the traditional Cinderella dress as well as the winner trophy.[18]

No.ResultsStipulationsTimes
dark match
P – the match was broadcast on the pre-show

Participants

The tournament was the largest to its date, with 36 competitors entering it, including the champions.[19][20][21]

*Noted underneath are the champions who held their titles at the time of the tournament.

Wrestler Unit Notes
Ami Sourei
 God's Eye Future of Stardom Champion
AZM Queen's Quest High Speed Champion
Giulia
Donna Del Mondo
 World of Stardom Champion
Hanan Stars
Haruka Umesaki Oedo Tai Freelancer
New Blood Tag Team Champion
Hazuki Stars
Himeka
Donna Del Mondo
Hina Queen's Quest
Koguma
 Stars
Lady C Queen's Quest
Mai Sakurai Donna Del Mondo
Maika
Donna Del Mondo
Mariah May
Club Venus
Mayu Iwatani Stars
Mina Shirakawa
Club Venus
Mirai God's Eye Winner
Miyu Amasaki Queen's Quest
Momo Kohgo Stars
Momo Watanabe Oedo Tai
Nanae Takahashi
Neo Stardom Army
 Goddess of Stardom Champion
Natsuko Tora Oedo Tai
Natsupoi
Cosmic Angels
Rina Oedo Tai
Ruaka Oedo Tai
Saki Kashima Oedo Tai
Saya Iida Stars
Saya Kamitani Queen's Quest Wonder of Stardom Champion
Starlight Kid Oedo Tai
New Blood Tag Team Champion
Syuri God's Eye
Tam Nakano
Cosmic Angels
Thekla Donna Del Mondo
Tomoka Inaba God's Eye Freelancer
Utami Hayashishita Queen's Quest
Waka Tsukiyama[a]
Cosmic Angels
Yuna Mizumori
Neo Stardom Army
 Freelancer
Xena[b]
Club Venus
 Freelancer

Brackets

Winner of the 2023 Cinderella Tournament, Mirai.
Round 1
March 26[22][1] 		Round 1
March 26[1] 		Round 2
April 1[2] 		Quarterfinals
April 2[3] 		Semifinals
April 15[4] 		Final
April 15[4]
Utami Hayashishita Draw
Nanae Takahashi 10:00[1]
Bye N/A
Momo Watanabe [2]
Maika 5:50[1]
Momo Watanabe Elim
Momo Watanabe 4:58[3]
Giulia 5:46[1] Mai Sakurai Pin
Mai Sakurai Elim Mai Sakurai
AZM Draw[c] Bye N/A
Hazuki 5:20[1] Mai Sakurai Elim
Mariah May 4:18[2]
Mariah May Pin
Rina 5:56[1]
Mai Sakurai Pin
Waka Tsukiyama 5:52[4]
Syuri Sub
Tomoka Inaba 6:54[1]
Syuri 6:21
Saki Kashima Pin[2]
Momo Kohgo 4:46[1]
Saki Kashima Pin
Saki Kashima 4:44[3]
Waka Tsukiyama Pin
Saya Kamitani Draw[e]
Mayu Iwatani 3:49[1]
Waka Tsukiyama [2]
Bye N/A
Lady C 5:01[1]
Waka Tsukiyama Pin
Mai Sakurai 13:12
Mirai Pin[4]
Hina 4:47[1]
Xena Pin
Xena Pin
Thekla 6:38[2]
Koguma 6:53[1]
Thekla Pin
Xena 6:23[3]
Natsupoi Draw[d] Mirai Pin
Mina Shirakawa 6:15[1] Bye N/A
Saya Iida Pin Saya Iida
Miyu Amasaki 6:34[1] Saya Iida 5:13
Mirai Pin[2]
Mirai Pin
Hanan 7:44[1]
Mirai Pin
Ami Sourei 11:12[4]
Natsuko Tora Pin
Ruaka 5:41[1]
Natsuko Tora Elim
Tam Nakano 6:34[2]
Tam Nakano Pin
Himeka 9:06[1]
Natsuko Tora 4:39[3]
Ami Sourei Elim
Ami Sourei
 		Elim
Yuna Mizumori 5:33[1]
Ami Sourei [2]
Bye N/A
Starlight Kid Draw[f]
Haruka Umesaki 5:47[1]

Notes

  1. ^ Revealed as the first mystery competitor.
  2. ^ Revealed as the second mystery competitor.
  3. ^ Hazuki and AZM both went over the top rope, therefore they attracted a double elimination.
  4. ^ Natsupoi and Shirakawa both went over the top rope, therefore they attracted a double elimination.
  5. ^ Kamitani and Iwatani both went over the top rope, therefore they attracted a double elimination.
  6. ^ Kid and Umesaki both went over the top rope, therefore they attracted a double elimination.

References

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  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Kreikenbohm, Philip (April 1, 2023). "Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2023 - Tag 2". cagematch.net. Retrieved April 1, 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Kreikenbohm, Philip (April 2, 2023). "Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2023 - Tag 3". cagematch.net. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Kreikenbohm, Philip (April 15, 2023). "Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2023 - Tag 4". cagematch.net. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
  5. ^ World Wonder Ring Stardom (February 10, 2023). 2023.03.26 (日)［発売中］『CINDERELLA TOURNAMENT 2023～開幕戦～』神奈川・横浜武道館. wwr-stardom.com (in Japanese). Retrieved February 16, 2023.
  6. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original
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  8. ^ Thomas, Jeremy (March 26, 2023). "STARDOM Cinderella Tournament Night One Results 3.26.23: First Round Matches". 411mania.com. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  9. ^ Edwards, Scott (March 26, 2023). "STARDOM Cinderella Tournament First Round Results (3/26/23): Giulia, Mayu Iwatani, And More". fightful.com. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  10. ^ Peterson, Karen (March 26, 2023). "STARDOM Cinderella Tournament 2023 Opener Event Report". postwrestling.com. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  11. ^ Black, Ethan (April 1, 2023). "Stardom Cinderella Tournament Night 2 Results – April 1, 2023". pwmania.com. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
  12. ^ Edwards, Scott (April 2, 2023). "STARDOM Cinderella Tournament Quarterfinals Results (4/2/23): KAIRI, MIRAI, And More". fightful.com. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
  13. ^ World Wonder Ring Stardom (April 15, 2023). 【第1試合まで無料配信】4・15『 CINDERELLA TOURNAMENT 2023～優勝決定戦～ 』東京・国立代々木競技場第二体育館【#STARDOM】. youtube.com (in Japanese). Retrieved April 15, 2023.
  14. ^ Tokyo Sports (April 15, 2023). 【スターダム】ＩＷＧＰ女子王者モネ 岩谷麻優を再び急襲「ケンカを売った代償は高くつくわよ」. tokyo-sports.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved April 15, 2023.
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  18. ^ Peterson, Karen (April 15, 2023). "STARDOM Cinderella Tournament Final Report: Winner is crowned". postwrestling.com. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
  19. ^ Richards, Alex (February 4, 2023). "Stardom Announces Cinderella Tournament 2023 Participants". lastwordonsports.com. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
  20. ^ Harris, Jeffrey (February 5, 2023). "STARDOM Announces Details, First Competitors for Cinderella Tournament". 411mania.com. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
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  22. ^ Olmos, Pablo (March 26, 2023). "Resultados STARDOM Cinderella Tournament 2023 (noche 1)". turnheelwrestling.com. Retrieved March 26, 2023.

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