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Cinderella Tournament
is an annual single-elimination tournament created and promoted by the Japanese professional wrestling promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom. The event has been held since 2015 and aired domestically on Tokyo MX, Fighting TV Samurai and Nippon TV, and later as an internet pay-per-view Pay-per-view (PPV) is a type of pay television or webcast service that enables a viewer to pay to watch individual events via private telecast. Events can be purchased through a multichannel television platform using their electronic program ... on Stardom's streaming service Stardom World. The main gimmick of the tournament is that the winner is being granted ''a wish'', which usually turns up to be a championship match of their choice. Just as the real life fairytale of ''Cinderella'' depicting a girl who achieves fame after being obscure, the winner of the tournament transits from "neglected" to "famous", eventually moving up to a championship scene. Events As of 2024, there have been a to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2020
The was the Stardom Cinderella Tournament, sixth annual professional wrestling single-elimination tournament List of major World Wonder Ring Stardom events, promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom in Tokyo, Japan. The event took place on March 24, 2020, with a limited attendance due in part to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Japan, COVID-19 pandemic at the time. Storylines The show featured thirteen Cinderella Tournament Professional wrestling match types, matches and a dark match with scripted Narrative thread, storylines, where wrestlers portray Heel (professional wrestling), villains, Face (professional wrestling), heroes, or Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Tweener, 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 first-roun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2021
The , was the seventh annual professional wrestling single-elimination tournament promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom which took place beginning with April 10 and culminating on June 12 in the Ota City General Gymnasium. The tournament expanded out of the normal single night format to instead be determined over two separate dates with a limited attendance due in part to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic at the time. The tournament winner is awarded a wish that has prompted opportunities for the championship of their choice. Night 2 was postponed due to the Japanese government announcing a state of emergency for Tokyo lasting from April 25 until May 11. The rest of the tournament was rescheduled to May 14 and June 12, with the second-round and quarter-finals matches taking place on May 14. The semi-finals and finals were initially going to take place on May 29, but the extension of the state of emergency postponed the third night of the event to June 12. Storylines The show feature ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2019
The was the fifth annual professional wrestling single-elimination tournament promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom in Tokyo, Japan. The event took place on April 29, 2019. Storylines The show featured fourteen Cinderella Tournament matches and a dark match 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. 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 and Saya Iida defeated Hina and Leo Onozaki, and Rina and Ruaka in a three-way tag team match. The Cinderella Tournament had one draw between Kagetsu and Nakano who went into the 10-minute time limit which handed Arisa Hoshiki a walkover victory straight to the semi-finals. Hoshiki succeeded in winning the tourn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2018
The was the Stardom Cinderella Tournament, fourth annual professional wrestling single-elimination tournament List of major World Wonder Ring Stardom events, promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom in Tokyo, Japan. The event took place on April 30, 2018. Storylines The show featured fourteen Cinderella Tournament Professional wrestling match types, matches and a dark match with scripted Narrative thread, storylines, where wrestlers portray Heel (professional wrestling), villains, Face (professional wrestling), heroes, or Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Tweener, 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 (wrestler), Hanan, the High Speed Championship, High Speed Champion Mary Apa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2023
The was the Stardom Cinderella Tournament, ninth annual professional wrestling single-elimination tournament List of major World Wonder Ring Stardom events, promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom. The event took place between March 26 and April 15, 2023. Storylines The show featured Professional wrestling match types, professional wrestling matches with scripted Narrative thread, storylines, where wrestlers portray Heel (professional wrestling), villains, Face (professional wrestling), heroes, or Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Tweener, 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 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 w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2024
The was the tenth annual professional wrestling single-elimination tournament promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom. The event took place between March 9 and 20, 2024. 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. 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 9) The first day of the event which took place on March 9, 2024, portraited the first-round tournament matches. The first two bouts were broadcast on Stardom's YouTube channel. In the first one, Suzu Suzuki defeated Ami Sohrei, AZM, Hazuki, Mei Seira, Mai Sakurai, Mirai and Waka Tsukiyama in an eight-way match dedicated to the bye receivers in the tournament. In the second one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2022
The was the eighth annual professional wrestling single-elimination tournament promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom in Tokyo and Osaka. The event took place between April 3 and April 29, 2022, with a limited attendance due in part to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic at the time. 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. 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 (April 3) The first day of the event which took place on April 3, 2022, portraited the first-round tournament matches and started with a returning Hina who fell short to Unagi Sayaka and Waka Tsukiyama quickly getting rolled up by Saki Kashima. These two matches were broadcast on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kairi Hojo
is a Japanese professional wrestler and actress. she is signed to WWE, where she performs on the Raw brand under the ring name . From 2012 to 2017, she wrestled for the Japanese promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom under the ring name . Embodying a "Pirate Princess" persona, she became a one-time World of Stardom Champion, a one-time Wonder of Stardom Champion, a three-time Goddesses of Stardom Champion and a five-time Artist of Stardom Champion. She also won the 2015 5Star Grand Prix Tournament and the 2016 Goddesses of Stardom Tag League. In 2017, she signed with WWE, where she adopted the ring name Kairi Sane. She won the inaugural Mae Young Classic tournament the same year, and was then assigned to the NXT brand. She captured the NXT Women's Championship in 2018 and subsequently won the 2018 NXT Year-End Awards for Female Competitor of the Year and for Overall Competitor of the Year. In 2019, she debuted on WWE's main roster, where she became a one-time and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroyo Matsumoto
is a Japanese Professional wrestling, professional wrestler, currently working as a freelancer. Emi Sakura gave her the nickname of because Matsumoto broke a wall in the Ichigaya arena during her Ice Ribbon debut. She is best known with other wrestling promotions such as Oz Academy and Seadlinnng. She graduated from Hiratsuka Konan High School in the Kanagawa Prefecture. Professional wrestling career Career beginnings and Japan (2006–present) On March 19, 2006, Matsumoto had a pre-debut 5-minute exhibition match in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring against Mai Ichii. On July 16, Matsumoto had her official debut match against Hanako Kobayashi in Shinjuku Face, winning in 6:38 with a Body Slam. On May 5, 2007, Matsumoto teamed with Shuu Shibutani to face veterans Mariko Yoshida and Meiko Satomura. She scored the pinfall against mentor Mariko Yoshida with her Backdrop Driver finisher. On October 7, Matsumoto teamed with fellow Ibuki worker Tomoka Nakagawa to debut in Ice Ribbon, with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koguma (wrestler)
is a Japanese professional wrestler. She currently works for World Wonder Ring Stardom. Koguma is a former two-time Goddesses of Stardom Champion, one-time Artist of Stardom Champion, and one-time High Speed Champion. Koguma is one of the winners of the 2021 Goddesses of Stardom Tag League. Professional wrestling career World Wonder Ring Stardom (2013-2015) Koguma made her professional wrestling debut at a World Wonder Ring Stardom event on the November 4, 2013, where she unsuccessfully challenged Natsuki Taiyo in a singles match. Koguma got her first notable victory on March 30, 2014, where she won a 14-person battle royal. At the 2014 Goddesses of Stardom Tag League, Koguma teamed up with Miho Wakizawa and fought in the Blue block, where they scored a total of two points. Koguma lost the High Speed Championship to Star Fire on May 17, 2015, which was her last match before retiring from professional wrestling. Independent circuit (2014) Koguma worked in a couple o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayu Iwatani
(born February 19, 1993) is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently signed to Dream Star Fighting Marigold, where she is the current Marigold Super Fly Champion in her first reign. She is best known for her tenure with World Wonder Ring Stardom, where she was the leader of Stars (professional wrestling), Stars. She also wrestled for New Japan Pro Wrestling, where she is a former IWGP Women's Champion, which was the longest reign in the title's history. Since making her debut in January 2011, she became a two-time World of Stardom Champion, two-time Wonder of Stardom Champion, one-time High Speed Champion, one-time SWA World Champion, two-time Goddesses of Stardom Champion, and a five-time Artist of Stardom Champion, while also having won the Cinderella Tournament back to back in 2015 and 2016, and the Stardom 5Star Grand Prix Tournament#2018, 2018 5Star Grand Prix. She also made appearances for Stardom's American partner Ring of Honor, where she is a former one-time Women of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2025
The was the eleventh annual professional wrestling single-elimination tournament promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom. The event took place between March 8 and 15, 2025. 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. 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 8) The first day of the event which took place on March 8, 2025, portraited the first-round tournament matches. All eight of the first round matches were disputed in the first day, where Ranna Yagai picked up a victory over Akira Kurogane, Rina over Yuria Hime, Azusa Inaba over Rian, Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL)'s Tabata over Hina, Sayaka Kurara over Ruaka, Miyu Amasa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
