was a

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event promoted by

World Wonder Ring Stardom , is a Japanese ''joshi puroresu'' or women's professional wrestling professional wrestling promotion, promotion based in Nakano, Tokyo, Japan. Stardom was founded in September 2010 by former All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW) co-producer Ross ...

. It was the third annual Stardom Dream Queendom and took place on December 29, 2023, in

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, at the

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. It was the last

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organized by Stardom in 2023. Eight matches were contested at the event, including one on the pre-show, and four of Stardom's ten

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s were on the line. The main event saw Maika defeat

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to win the vacant

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. In other prominent matches,

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defeated Mirai to win the

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, and Giulia defeated

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to retain the

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Production

Background

The show featured

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that result from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portray

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, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.

Storylines

The event's press conference was broadcast live on Stardom's

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channel on December 12, 2023. Besides the matches scheduled for the pay-per-view, it was announced that

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would relinquish the

due to lingering injuries. A tournament was announced to take place on November 28, 2023, whose winner would face Grand Prix rightful challenger

for the vacant title at Dream Queendom on December 29, 2023.

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Momo Watanabe (born March 22, 2000) is a Japanese professional wrestler. She is signed to World Wonder Ring Stardom, where she is a member of H.A.T.E. Since Watanabe made her Stardom debut on November 16, 2014, she became a three-time Artist of Stardom Cha ...

Ami Sourei , better known by her ring name , is a Japanese professional wrestler. She is signed to World Wonder Ring Stardom, where she is a member of God's Eye (professional wrestling), God's Eye. She is currently out of action due to a torn ACL. Sohrei i ...

and Maika were announced as the participants. Maika would go on to win the tournament.

Event

The event started with the preshow bout which was broadcast live on Stardom's

channel.

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, Azusa Inaba and Yuzuki defeated Hanako, Kurara Sayaka and Ranna Yagami in six-woman tag team action. After the bout concluded,

came down to the ring to express her apologies for her sudden injury at the time, because of which she had to vacate the

earlier that year and that she would make an imminent comeback soon. In the first main event bout, Ami Sohrei and

Saki Kashima is a Japanese professional wrestler. She is signed to World Wonder Ring Stardom, where she is a member of God's Eye. Kashima was the inaugural and is a former five-time Artist of Stardom Champion, a title she held with multiple wrestlers throu ...

defeated

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and Lady C, two thirds of the

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and

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, and

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and

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in four-way tag team action. Next up, IWGP Women's Champion

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, New Blood Tag Team Champions Hanan and

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, and

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picked up a win over the team of

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, Ruaka, Future of Stardom Champion

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and Fukigen Death in eight-woman tag team competition. Next up,

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, Yuu and AZM picked up a victory over

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, Club Venus leader

and High Speed Champion

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in six-woman tag team action. In the fifth match,

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and

Saya Kamitani is a Japanese professional wrestler and former Japanese idol, idol. She is signed to World Wonder Ring Stardom, where she is the current World of Stardom Champion in her first reign and a member of H.A.T.E. (professional wrestling), H.A.T.E. In ...

defeated

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and

to secure the first defense of the

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in that respective reign. Next up,

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leader Giulia defeated

to secure the seventh consecutive defense of the

in that respective reign. After the bout concluded, Giulia received a title challenge via video message from Trish Adora as their bout was scheduled for ''Battle in the Valley'' event on January 13, 2024. In the semi main event,

defeated Mirai to win the

, ending the champion's reign at 180 days and three successful defenses. In the main event, Maika defeated

to win the vacant

Results

References

External links

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