Stardom kicked off the 2024 Cinderella Tournament today with the first half of a major weekend doubleheader.
Today’s event was held at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama and can be watched on demand on PPV via Pia Stream in Japanese for 4400 Japanese yen (around $30 US). You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube. The entire event should be available on Stardom World Wednesday (The PPV viewing window is until Tuesday).
The announced paid attendance was 1555.
Match 1: Suzu Suzuki beat Mai Sakurai, MIRAI, Ami Sohrei, Mei Seira, HAZUKI, AZM & Waka Tsukiyama in an 8-way by pinning Sakurai.
Match 2: Future Of Stardom Champion Rina beat Miran (Diana) to retain the title. V7 for Rina.
Match 3: Cinderella Tournament Round 1: Starlight Kid beat Yuzuki. As a result, Kid advances to Round 2 and will face Suzu Suzuki.
Match 4: Cinderella Tournament Round 1; Sayaka Kurara beat Natsuko Tora by DQ. Ref assault. As a result, Kurara advances to Round 2.
Match 5: Cinderella Tournament Round 1: Yuna Mizumori beat Lady C. As a result, Mizumori advances to Round 2 and will face Ami Sohrei.
Match 6: Cinderella Tournament Round 1: Gina beat Momo Kohgo. As a result, Gina advances to Round 2 and will face Waka Tsukiyama.
Match 7: Cinderella Tournament Round 1: Miyu Amasaki beat Ranna Yagami. As a result, Amasaki advances to Round 2.
Match 8: Cinderella Tournament Round 1: Ruaka beat Koguma by over the top rope. As a result, Ruaka advances to Round 1.
Match 9: Cinderella Tournament Round 1: Saya Iida beat Saki Kashima. As a result, Iida advances to Round 2 and will face Mei Seira.
Match 10: Cinderella Tournament Round 1: Hanan beat HANAKO by submission. As a result, Hanan advances to Round 2 and will face MIRAI.
Match 11: Konami, Syuri & Giulia beat Fukigen, Stephanie Vaquer & Momo Watanabe. Syuri beat Fukigen with White Tiger.
Match 12: Natsupoi Return Match: Chihiro Hashimoto (Sendai Girls) & Sareee (Independent/Freelancer) beat Saori Anou & Natsupoi. Sareee pinned Natsupoi after a wrist clutch deformed back toss.
Main Event: Mina Shirakawa & Maika beat Saya Kamitani & AZM and Mayu Iwatani & Tam Nakano in a 3-way when Maika pinned AZM. This was to have been Utami Hayashishita teaming with Kamitani but Hayashishita is off this weekend due to the ever-vague poor physical condition/ill health. AZM was the replacement. Afterwards, Sareee came out again and challenged Iwatani for the IWGP Women’s Championship.
The next event is tomorrow (tonight US time) at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. It will be a live PPV broadcast on Pia Stream for 2200 yen (around $15 US) and will begin TONIGHT at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET. The likely main event is STRONG Women’s Champion Giulia vs. Stephanie Vaquer for the title. It should be available on demand on Stardom World Thursday. There will be no commentary for this event.
In other news, the 5 STAR GP Tournament was announced for later this year. It will start on 8/10 at Yokohama Budokan and end on 8/31 at Musashino Forest Sports Plaza Main Arena in Tokyo. More details TBA. Also announced was a major doubleheader for 7/27 & 7/28 at Chateraise Gateau Kingdom Sapporo in Hokkaido.
