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 ...

. The event took place on November 19, 2022, in

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at the Edion Arena Osaka with limited attendance due in part to the ongoing

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at the time.

Production

Background

The show featured nine

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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 was broadcast live on Stardom's

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channel on November 8, 2022.

Event

The two preshow matches were broadcast live on Stardom's YouTube channel. In the first one,

Natsuko Tora is a Japanese professional wrestler. She is signed to World Wonder Ring Stardom, where she is the leader of H.A T.E. Tora is a former two-time Artist of Stardom Champion, a one-time Goddesses of Stardom Champion and a one-time World of Sta ...

& Ruaka picked up a victory over Lady C &

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and

Saya Iida is a Japanese professional wrestler. She is signed to World Wonder Ring Stardom, where she is one half of the current Goddesses of Stardom Champions alongside Hanan and a member of Stars. Iida is also a former one-time New Blood Tag Team ...

Momo Kohgo better known by her ring name is a Japanese professional wrestler. She works for World Wonder Ring Stardom, where she is a member of Stars. A former model and actress, Kohgo is also known for her time in P's Party and Actwres girl'Z. Profess ...

. In the second one, AZM successfully defended the

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for the eighth consecutive time against Momoka Hanazono. The first main card match saw Giulia,

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picking up a victory over

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Natsupoi , better known by her ring name , is a Japanese professional wrestler and singer. She is currently signed to World Wonder Ring Stardom where she is the assumed defacto leader of Cosmic Angels, along with Saori Anou. Natsupoi is a former two-time ...

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in the first rounds of a "Moneyball Tournament". The other first-round match presented

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 Sta ...

, Hazuki &

Koguma 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 wi ...

also advancing over Mirai, Future of Stardom Champion

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. In the fifth match, two-thirds of the

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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 ...

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defeated other third of the artist champions

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& Fukigen Death to secure two points in the 2022 edition of the Tag League. Maika &

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also scored additional two points in the tag league by defeating

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& Yuu. The seventh match saw

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successfully defending the

Wonder of Stardom Championship The is a women's professional wrestling Championship (professional wrestling), championship owned by the World Wonder Ring Stardom professional wrestling promotion, promotion. The title, which in Stardom's championship hierarchy is situated as t ...

for the eleventh consecutive time after going into a time-limit draw against Kairi, concluding a rescheduled match which Kairi was initially meant to have at Stardom x Stardom: Nagoya Midsummer Encounter on August 21, 2022 but needed to pull out due to COVID issues. The semi-main event saw

Syuri , better known simply as , is a Japanese professional wrestler, shoot boxer, kickboxer and mixed martial artist. She is signed to World Wonder Ring Stardom, where she is the leader of God's Eye as well as the current IWGP Women's Champion in ...

defending the

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for the tenth time in a row against

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. After the match, Giulia came down to the ring to remind Syuri about their match at ''Dream Queendom'' on December 29. The main event portrayed the confrontation between

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(Mayu Iwatani, Hazuki & Koguma) and

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(Giulia, Thekla & Mai Sakurai) in a Tables, ladders & chairs match in which a plastic ball full of money was suspended over the ring. Hazuki & Iwatani succeeded in grabbing the money and winning the match.

Matches

References

External links

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