Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2023

The 2023 Stardom Cinderella Tournament (スターダムシンデレラトーナメント2023, Sutādamushindereratōnamento 2023) is the ongoing ninth annual professional wrestling single-elimination tournament promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom. The event will take place between March 26 and April 15, 2023.[4]

Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2023
Promotional poster of the event
PromotionWorld Wonder Ring Stardom
DateMarch 26–April 15, 2023
CityYokohama, Japan (March 26)
Utsunomiya, Japan (April 1)
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]
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Storylines

The show will feature 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.[5] 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 YouTube channel. In the first one, Waka Tsukiyama, who was announced as one of the two mystery competitors of the edition, picked up a victory over Lady C as she began a winning spree following the events from Stardom New Blood Premium. In the second one, Saya Iida outmatched Miyu Amasaki.[6] A total of eighteen matches occured, five of them ending in draws generated by over the top rope eliminations or time limits, and the rest of thirteen concluding by pinfall or submission. Xena was presented as the second mystery competitor and was also announced as the newest member of the Club Venus sub-unit.[7][8][9]

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.[10]

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.[11]

Participants

The tournament will be the largest to its date, with 36 competitors entering it, including the champions.[12][13][14]

*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 Cosmic Angels/Club Venus
Mirai God's Eye
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[lower-alpha 1] Cosmic Angels
Yuna Mizumori Neo Stardom Army Freelancer
Xena[lower-alpha 2] Club Venus Freelancer

Brackets
Round 1
March 26[15][1] 		Round 1
March 26[1] 		Round 2
April 1[2] 		Quarterfinals
April 2[3] 		Semifinals
April 15 		Final
April 15
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[lower-alpha 3] Bye N/A
Hazuki 5:20[1] Mai Sakurai Elim
Mariah May 4:18[2]
Mariah May Pin
Rina 5:56[1]
Mai Sakurai
Waka Tsukiyama
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[lower-alpha 4]
Mayu Iwatani 3:49[1]
Waka Tsukiyama [2]
Bye N/A
Lady C 5:01[1]
Waka Tsukiyama Pin
 
 
Hina 4:47[1]
Xena Pin
Xena Pin
Thekla 6:38[2]
Koguma 6:53[1]
Thekla Pin
Xena 6:23[3]
Natsupoi Draw[lower-alpha 5] 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
Ami Sourei
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
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. Kamitani and Iwatani both went over the top rope, therefore they attracted a double elimination.
  5. Natsupoi and Shirakawa both went over the top rope, therefore they attracted a double elimination.

References
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  2. Kreikenbohm, Philip (April 1, 2023). "Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2023 - Tag 2". cagematch.net. Retrieved April 1, 2023.
  3. Kreikenbohm, Philip (April 2, 2023). "Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2023 - Tag 3". cagematch.net. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
  4. 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.
  5. Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
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  7. Thomas, Jeremy (March 26, 2023). "STARDOM Cinderella Tournament Night One Results 3.26.23: First Round Matches". 411mania.com. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  8. 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.
  9. Peterson, Karen (March 26, 2023). "STARDOM Cinderella Tournament 2023 Opener Event Report". postwrestling.com. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  10. Black, Ethan (April 1, 2023). "Stardom Cinderella Tournament Night 2 Results – April 1, 2023". pwmania.com. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
  11. Edwards, Scott (April 2, 2023). "STARDOM Cinderella Tournament Quarterfinals Results (4/2/23): KAIRI, MIRAI, And More". fightful.com. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
  12. Richards, Alex (February 4, 2023). "Stardom Announces Cinderella Tournament 2023 Participants". lastwordonsports.com. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
  13. Harris, Jeffrey (February 5, 2023). "STARDOM Announces Details, First Competitors for Cinderella Tournament". 411mania.com. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
  14. Murray, Dylan (February 4, 2023). "Participants In STARDOM's Cinderella Tournament Revealed". wrestlinginc.com. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
  15. Olmos, Pablo (March 26, 2023). "Resultados STARDOM Cinderella Tournament 2023 (noche 1)". turnheelwrestling.com. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
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