was a

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event promoted by

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. The event took place on June 26, 2022, in

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at the Nagoya International Conference Hall, with a limited attendance due in part to the ongoing

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at the time.

Production

Background

The show featured six

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that resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed

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, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. The press conference for the event was held on June 7, 2022 and was broadcast on Stardom's

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channel.

Event

The preshow match was broadcast on Stardom's

channel. Ruaka defeated

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' Unagi Sayaka and Waka Tsukiyama in a

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. During the preshow transmission, a masked silhouette was shown attacking Saya Kamitani and Rossy Ogawa in a hallway. The second match saw Momo Kohgo and Saya Iida defeating Lady C & Miyu Amasaki in a tag team match. The third match had Himeka picking a victory over Mina Shirakawa. Saki Kashima, Momo Watanabe & Starlight Kid retained the

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in the three-way elimination tag team match against Donna Del Mondo's Giulia, Maika & Mai Sakurai, and God's Eye's

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Syuri, Ami Sourei & Mirai. The fifth match saw Tam Nakano and Natsupoi fighting in the first-ever

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held by Stardom, continuing a feud that started long ago at Stardom Yokohama Dream Cinderella 2021 on April 4 when Natsupoi unsuccessfully challenged Nakano for the

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. The main event had the

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Mayu Iwatani and the

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Koguma & Hazuki taking on Utami Hayashishita, the

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Saya Kamitani, and the High Speed Champion AZM in a

in which the last member to fail to escape the cage was AZM who attracted her team's loss. After their victory, Iwatani, Koguma & Hazuki challenged Starlight Kid, Momo Watanabe & Saki Kashima for the

on further notice. Kid came out to accept the challenge.

Results

Notes

References

External links

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