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 took place on December 2, 2023, in

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, at the

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. Nine matches were contested at the event, including two on the pre-show, and three of Stardom's ten

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s were on the line. The main event saw

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defeat Hazuki to challenge Maika for the vacant

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at Dream Queendom 3.

Production

Background

The show featured nine

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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 November 20, 2023. Besides the matches scheduled for the pay-per-view, it was announced that

Tam Nakano , better known by her ring name is a Japanese singer, former idol, dancer, and retired professional wrestler. She is best known for her time in World Wonder Ring Stardom, where she was the leader of the Cosmic Angels stable. Nakano began her ca ...

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 "red belt" at ''Dream Queendom 3'' 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 ...

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and Maika were announced as the participants.

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also announced that she would give up her half of the Goddess of Stardom Championship due to injuries.

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had to vacate her part subsequently, therefore the both championships were declared vacant. A tournament for the secondary contender team was announced to take place November 28, 2023, whose winner would face Tag League winners and rightful challengers Maika and

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for the vacant titles on the night of the event.

Event

The event started with two confrontations broadcast live on Stardom's

channel. In the first one,

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and Hanako defeated

and Yuzuki in tag team action, and in the second one,

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defeated Ruaka in singles competition. In the first main card bout,

and

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defeated New Blood Tag Team Champions Hanan and

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. Next up,

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defeated

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to secure the second consecutive defense of the

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in that respective reign. Next up,

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and

picked up a win over

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and Mirai. After the bout concluded,

demanded another challenge for Mirai's

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following their time-limit draw bout from

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the previous month. The rematch was scheduled to take place at Queendom 3 on December 29, 2023. In the sixth bout,

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defeated Aliss Ink in an UWF Rules match. Next up, one third of the

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Giulia defeated AZM to secure the sixth consecutive defense of the

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in that respective reign. In the semi main event,

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and

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defeated Maika and

to win the vacant Goddess of Stardom Championship. Kamitani and Hayashishita became the second team to win the titles on two separate occasions. After the bout concluded, they received a challenge from

and

for the titles in what was scheduled to take place at Dream Queendom 3. In the main event, Grand Prix winner

defeated Hazuki to remain the rightful challenger for the

at Dream Queendom 3, where she was scheduled to face Maika for the vacant title.

Results

References

External links

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