was a

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event promoted by

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. The event took place on May 28, 2022, in

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at the

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, with a limited attendance due in part to the ongoing

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at the time. Ten matches were contested at the event, including two on the pre-show, and all seven of Stardom's

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s were on the line. The main event saw

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successfully defend the

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against

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in a No count-out knockout and submission match. In other prominent matches,

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defeated Mirai to retain the

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, and

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(

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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 ...

and

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) defeated MaiHimePoi ( Maika,

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and

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) to win the

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Production

Storylines

After winning the

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edition of the

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, Mirai expressed her granted wish as being a

match on further notice. At Stardom Golden Week Fight Tour on May 5, 2022, Saya Kamitani defended the "white belt" successfully against Maika and later confronted Mirai who challenged her for the May 28 pay-per-view. Before founding

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in late March and while still being a Donna Del Mondo member, Syuri, alongside her other stablemates engaged in a war against Prominence stable. On February 21, 2022, she teamed up with Giulia and went into a time-limit draw against

and

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. Syuri took the heat into stating that she would like to defend the

against Sera somewhere in the future, and further than the 2022 Climax, with the match being subsequently officialized for May 28.

Event

The show featured a total of ten

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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 event's press conference took place on May 17, 2022 at the Tokyo Culture Culture venue and was broadcast live on Starsom's

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channel.

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joined the commentary table for the night. The preshow portraited two matches. The first one saw Momo Kohgo, Saya Iida & Lady C picking a victory over Ami Sourei, Rina & Hina in a shuffled-unit six-woman tag tea match which was broadcast live on Stardom's YouTube channel. The second one saw Hanan retaining the

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against Ruaka.

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from

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, the then-time Sendai Girls Junior Champion stepped up to challenge Hanan for her title which the latter accepted. The third match portraited the confrontation of Prominence's Suzu Suzuki, Akane Fujita & Mochi Natsumi and Cosmic Angels' Unagi Sayaka, Mina Shirakawa & Waka Tsukiyama. The latter lost the confrontation after Suzuki scored the pinfall over Tsukiyama. The fourth match saw AZM securing the fourth successful defense of the

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against Thekla. Momo Kohgo stepped up to challenge AZM on further notice for the title. In the fifth match, Stars unit leader Mayu Iwatani successfully scored her first defense of the

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against Fukigen Death. The next match saw Tam Nakano and a returning Kairi defeating Utami Hayashishita & Miyu Amasaki. Next, Hazuki & Koguma successfully defended the

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for the first time in their second reign against Giulia & Mai Sakurai. Next, Saki Kashima, Momo Watanabe & Starlight Kid captured the

from Maika, Himeka & Natsupoi. The semi-main event saw Saya Kamitani successfully defending the

against the

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winner Mirai and then getting challenged by Starlight Kid. In the main event, Syuri defeated Risa Sera via submission to retain the

due to the rest of the Prominence throwing in a towel. Syuri secured her fifth defense in a row. Momo Watanabe stepped up to challenge her for the "red belt" at

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on June 26.

Results

References

External links

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