| Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2025 | |||
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 Promotional poster of the event featuring various participants | |||
| Promotion | World Wonder Ring Stardom | ||
| Date | March 8–15, 2025 | ||
| City | Yokohama, Japan (March 8) Kariya, Japan (March 9) Tokyo, Japan (March 15) | ||
| Venue | Yokohama Budokan (March 8) Kariya City Industrial Promotion Center (March 9) Ota City General Gymnasium (March 15) | ||
| Attendance | Night 1 (1,830)[1] Night 2 (678)[2] Night 3 (1,378)[3] | ||
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The 2025 Stardom Cinderella Tournament (スターダムシンデレラトーナメント2025,Sutādamushindereratōnamento 2025) was theeleventh annualprofessional wrestlingsingle-elimination tournamentpromoted byWorld Wonder Ring Stardom. The event took place between March 8 and 15, 2025.[4]
The show featuredprofessional wrestling matches with scriptedstorylines, where wrestlers portrayvillains,heroes, orless distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.[5] The matches can be won by pinfall, submission or elimination over the top rope. A time-limit draw or a double elimination means a loss for each competitor.
The first day of the event which took place on March 8, 2025, portraited the first-round tournament matches. All eight of the first round matches were disputed in the first day, where Ranna Yagai picked up a victory overAkira Kurogane,Rina overYuria Hime,Azusa Inaba over Rian,Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL)'s Tabata overHina,Sayaka Kurara overRuaka,Miyu Amasaki overLady C, andHanan overTomoka Inaba, whileHanako time-limit drew against Aya Sakura, granting Azusa Inaba a walkover victory through the semifinals. Four routine matches were also contested into the first day whereLluvia defeatedFukigen Death,Koguma,Mei Seira andWaka Tsukiyama in a five-way bout,Hazuki andSaya Iida defeated the teams ofSaori Anou andYuna Mizumori, andAZM andSuzu Suzuki in three-way tag team competition,Mayu Iwatani andMomo Kohgo outmatchedNatsuko Tora andThekla via disqualification, andMaika andMina Shirakawa picked up a victory overStarlight Kid andTam Nakano.[6][7][8]
The second day of the event which took place on March 9, 2025 portraited the second-round tournament matches whereRina defeated Tabata,Hanan picked up a victory overMiyu Amasaki andSayaka Kurara defeated Ranna Yagami. Besides the tournament matches, five other bouts were also contested.Mayu Iwatani,Momo Kohgo andSaya Iida outmatched Aya Sakura,Tam Nakano andYuna Mizumori in six-woman tag team competition,Azusa Inaba defeatedAkira Kurogane, and Hanako defeated Yuria Hime in singles competitions,Hina,Saki Kashima,Syuri andTomoka Inaba picked up a victory overMaika,Mina Shirakawa, Rian andWaka Tsukiyama in eight-woman tag team action, andAZM,Mei Seira,Starlight Kid andSuzu Suzuki defeatedKonami,Natsuko Tora,Ruaka andSaya Kamitani in the main event.
The third day of the tournament took place on March 15, 2025 and started with two preshow confrontations. In the first oneFukigen Death defeated Rian in singles competition, and in the second one,Maika,Hanako andWaka Tsukiyama picked up a victory over Tabata,Akira Kurogane andYuria Hime in six-woman tag team competition.
In the first main card bout,Sayaka Kurara defeatedAzusa Inaba in the semifinals of the Cinderella Tournament. Next up,Rina outmatchedHanan in the second semifinal. Next up,Saya Kamitani,Natsuko Tora,Momo Watanabe andRuaka defeatedAZM,Suzu Suzuki,Mei Seira andMiyu Amasaki in eight-woman tag team action. The sixth bout sawSyuri,Saki Kashima,Lady C,Tomoka Inaba and Ranna Yagami outmatchingMayu Iwatani,Hazuki,Koguma,Saya Iida andMomo Kohgo in ten-woman tag team competition. After the bout concluded, Syuri challenged Iwatani for the latter'sIWGP Women's Championship in a bout set to take place atAll Star Grand Queendom on April 27, 2025. Next up,Tam Nakano andSaori Anou defeatedYuna Mizumori and Aya Sakura in tag team competition. After the bout concluded,Unagi Sayaka showed up to invite Anou to tag up with her in a match hosted in the independent scene. The eighth bout sawThekla defeatMina Shirakawa in singles competition. In the semi main event,Sayaka Kurara defeatedRina in the finals of the Cinderella Tournament.[9]
In the main event,Starlight Kid defeatedKonami to secure the second consecutive defense of theWonder of Stardom Championship in that respective reign.[10]
The tournament consisted of 16 participants, including several champions.[12]
*Noted underneath are the champions who held their titles at the time of the tournament.
| Wrestler | Unit | Notes |
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| Akira Kurogane | Unaffiliated | |
| Aya Sakura | Cosmic Angels | |
| Azusa Inaba | H.A.T.E. | Freelancer (Just Tap Out) |
| Hanako | Empress Nexus Venus | New Blood Tag Team Champion |
| Hanan | Stars | Goddesses of Stardom Champion |
| Hina | God's Eye | Future of Stardom Champion |
| Lady C | God's Eye | |
| Miyu Amasaki | Neo Genesis | Artist of Stardom Champion |
| Ranna Yagami | God's Eye | |
| Rian | Empress Nexus Venus | |
| Rina | H.A.T.E. | |
| Ruaka | H.A.T.E. | |
| Sayaka Kurara | Cosmic Angels | |
| Tabata | Unaffiliated | Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre |
| Tomoka Inaba | God's Eye | Freelancer (Just Tap Out) |
| Yuria Hime | Unaffiliated |
| Round 1 March 8[1] | Quarterfinals March 9 | Semifinals March 15 | Final March 15 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sayaka Kurara | Elim | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ruaka | 7:31[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sayaka Kurara | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ranna Yagami | 11:44[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Akira Kurogane | 6:50[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ranna Yagami | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sayaka Kurara | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Azusa Inaba | 13:13[3] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Aya Sakura | 15:00[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hanako | Draw | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Azusa Inaba | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
| Azusa Inaba | Sub | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rian | 8:03[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sayaka Kurara | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rina | 15:08[3] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hanan | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tomoka Inaba | 10:19[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hanan | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Miyu Amasaki | 7:19[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Miyu Amasaki | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lady C | 2:34[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hanan | 14:15[3] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rina | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rina | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Yuria Hime | 8:11[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rina | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tabata | 7:40[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hina | 5:56[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tabata | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
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