Stardom continues the 2025 Cinderella Tournament today with the Quarterfinals. The field started with 16 hopefuls but is now down to 6 and, because of 2 extra eliminations due to time limit draws, there’s already one in the Semifinals as Azusa Inaba got a free pass because both early favorite HANAKO & Aya Sakura got kicked out due to said draw. But Inaba will still be in non-tournament action as part of 5 other matches in addition to the 3 Quarterfinals. Defending tournament winner Hanan will also look to keep her repeat bid alive and advance to the Semifinals.
Today’s event will be held at Kariya City Industrial Promotion Center Aioi Hall in Aichi and can be watched LIVE on Stardom World. There probably will be no commentary. After a 13-match marathon yesterday there are only 8 matches scheduled today so I anticipate a total running time of around 2 1/2 hours.
Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Mayu Iwatani, Saya Iida & Momo Kohgo vs. Tam Nakano, Yuna Muzmori & Aya Sakura
Azusa Inaba vs. Akira Kurogame
HANAKO vs. Yutia Hime
Syuti, Saki Kashima, Hina & Tomoka Inaba vs. Maika, Mina Shirakawa, Waka Tsukiyama & Rian
AZM, Starlight Kid, Suzu Suzuki & Mei Seira vs. Saya Kamitani, Natsuko Tora, Konami & Ruaka
Cinderella Tournament Quarterfinals:
Sayaka Kurara vs. Ranna Yagami
Hanan vs. Miyu Amasaki
Tabata vs. Rina
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Updates below will begin at 9 PM PT/midnight ET.
UPDATE (Pre-show): You will also be able to watch the first match FOR FREE on YouTube. It looks like that will be the 6-woman tag.
9 PM PT UPDATE: For now there’s no live Stardom World feed so we may only have the first match via YouTube for now. So unless this is promptly fixed, no live results.
9:05 PM PT UPDATE: No live results due to issues with Stardom World not having live broadcast as advertised. I think I’m going to be cancelling my subscription after this month, their so-called “upgrade/rebirth/whatever” at the start of the year has not made the service any better. Compared to sister service New Japan World it’s awful.
9:20 PM PT UPDATE: Live stream was delayed until now due to connection problems and has been restored. However, I will not be joining in progress.
UPDATE (Post-event): Here are the full results:
The announced paid attendance was 678.
Match 1: Mayu Iwatani, Saya Iida & Momo Kohgo beat Tam Nakano (Independent/Freelancer), Yuna Mizumori & Aya Sakura. Iida pinned Mizumori after a lariat.
Match 2: Azusa Inaba beat Akira Kurogame.
Match 3: HANAKO beat Yuria Hime.
Match 4: Syuri, Saki Kashima, Hina & Tomoka Inaba beat Maika, Mina Shirakawa, Waka Tsukiyama & Rian. Kashima pinned Rian.
Cinderella Tournament Quarterfinals:
Match 5: Rina beat Tabata.
Match 6: Hanan beat Miyu Amasaki.
Match 7: Sayaka Kurara beat Ranna Yagami.
As a result, the Semifinals will be Kurara vs. Azusa Inaba and Rina vs. Hanan (little sister vs. big sister). If Hanan beats Ring she will make the Finals for the second straight year-she won the tournament last year.
Main Event: Starlight Kid, MeI Seira, AZM & Suzu Suzuki beat Saya Kamitani, Natsuko Tora, Konami & Ruaka. Kid pinned Konami.
The Finals are Saturday at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo. Live streaming on Stardom World will begin at 12:30 AM PT/3:30 AM ET-further details are TBA because it will be another PPV.
