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 Promotional poster featuring variousStardom wrestlers for Kawasaki Super Wars | |||
| Promotion | World Wonder Ring Stardom | ||
| Date | November 3–December 18, 2021 | ||
| City | Kawasaki, Japan Tokyo, Japan Osaka, Japan | ||
| Venue | Kawasaki City Todoroki Arena Yoyogi National Gymnasium Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium | ||
| Attendance | Highest: Osaka Super Wars (1,222) | ||
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Stardom Super Wars (スターダムスーパーウォーズ,Sutādamusūpāu~ōzu) was a trilogy ofprofessional wrestlingevents promoted by theJapanese professional wrestling promotionWorld Wonder Ring Stardom. They took place beginning with November 3, 2021 and culminated on December 18, 2021, with a limited attendance for each event due in part to the ongoingCOVID-19 pandemic at the time.[1]
The making of various of the first main card's matches relate to previous events fromStardom 10th Anniversary Grand Final Osaka Dream Cinderellapay-per-view which took place on October 9, 2021. Moments after winning theFuture of Stardom Championship fromUnagi Sayaka with help fromOedo Tai stablemate Rina who intervened in the match, Ruaka received a title challenge fromLady C.[2]Syuri nominatedAZM as the next challenger for theSWA World Championship, Unagi Sayaka challengedTam Nakano for theWonder of Stardom Championship andHazuki announced she will form a tag team withKoguma in the 2021 edition of theGoddesses of Stardom Tag League.[2]
After Hayashishita successfully defended herWorld of Stardom Championship againstTakumi Iroha in the main event,Hazuki andMaika came to the ring to challenge her for a title match.Syuri also stepped up to remind the latter two that she is the rightful challenger for the red belt. It remained for Hazuki to challenge Hayashishita on November 3.[3]
| Kawasaki Super Wars | |
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| Promotion | World Wonder Ring Stardom |
| Date | November 3, 2021 |
| City | Kawasaki, Japan |
| Venue | Kawasaki City Todoroki Arena |
| Attendance | 906[4] |
The Kawasaki Super Wars was the first part of theStardom Super Wars Trilogy ofevents promoted byWorld Wonder Ring Stardom which took place on November 3, 2021.[5][6] The preshow matches were broadcast on Stardom'sYouTube channel.[7]
The show featured nineprofessional wrestling matches that resulted from scriptedstorylines, where wrestlers portrayedvillains,heroes, orless distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[8]
After Mai Sakurai clearly pinned Waka Tsukiyama to win the match, a mysterious masked silhouette walked down to the ring and attacked both. Following her first successful defense of theFuture of Stardom Championship againstLady C,Ruaka received a title challenge from both Waka Tsukiyama and Mai Sakurai which she accepted.Konami was initially scheduled to faceSaya Kamitani,Mina Shirakawa andMaika in afour-way match but was later pulled out of the bout due to not being yet cleared to compete after being hospitalized with food poisoning.[9]
Koguma issued a challenge forStarlight Kid'sHigh Speed Championship,Himeka stepped up forDonna Del Mondo stablemateSyuri'sSWA World Championship and World of Stardom Championship challenge rights certificate, once again aCosmic Angels memberMina Shirakawa challengedTam Nakano for theWonder of Stardom Championship and finallyUtami Hayashishita received the request fromMaika to a match for the "red belt".[10]
| Tokyo Super Wars | |
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 Promotional poster featuring various superstars | |
| Promotion | World Wonder Ring Stardom |
| Date | November 27, 2021 |
| City | Tokyo, Japan |
| Venue | Yoyogi National Gymnasium |
| Attendance | 1,119[12] |
The Tokyo Super Wars was the second part of theStardom Super Wars Trilogy ofevents promoted byWorld Wonder Ring Stardom which took place on November 27, 2021.[13] The preshow match was broadcast on Stardom'sYouTube channel.[14] The main sponsor of the event wasSchwarzkopf Professional.Giulia joined the commentary team only for the title matches.
The show featured eightprofessional wrestling matches that resulted from scriptedstorylines, where wrestlers portrayedvillains,heroes, orless distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.
After Ruaka successfully defended herFuture of Stardom Championship against Mai Sakurai and Waka Tsukiyama in the pre-show, the masked superstar which also made and appearance at Kawasaki Wars back on November 3, attacked again butStarlight Kid rushed down the ring to save Ruaka. Hanan later stepped up to challenge the latter to a match for the Future title at Dream Queendom on December 29 which Ruaka accepted. After Stars defeatedOedo Tai in thesix-woman tag team match, Rina challengedHazuki to a match in which the loser won't be allowed to wear black lipstick anymore. Rina said that is her rightfulgimmick. AfterStarlight Kid retained theHigh Speed Championship againstKoguma,AZM came down to challenge her for a title shot. Koguma said that even if she lost she wants to challenge again. Kid accepted thethree-way match for Dream Queendom on December 29. Following Nakano's successful defense against Shirakawa, Saya Kamitani who just became the number one contender earlier that night came down to challenge Tam for theWonder of Stardom Championship with the latter accepting in for December 29.
The main event sawUtami Hayashishita defeatingMaika to successfully defend theWorld of Stardom Championship for the ninth time in a row. After the match.Syuri came down to shake hands with Hayashishita, therefore officializing their World of Stardom Championship match atDream Queendom on December 29.[15]
| No. | Results[16] | Stipulations | Times[12] | ||||
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| 1P | Ruaka (c) defeatedMai Sakurai andWaka Tsukiyama | Three-way match for theFuture of Stardom Championship | 4:50 | ||||
| 2 | MOMOAZ (AZM andMomo Watanabe) defeatedUnagi Sayaka andLady C | Tag team match | 9:36 | ||||
| 3 | Stars (Mayu Iwatani,Hazuki andHanan) defeatedOedo Tai (Saki Kashima,Fukigen Death andRina) | Six-woman tag team match | 8:48 | ||||
| 4 | Saya Kamitani defeatedNatsupoi andHimeka | Three-way match to determine the #1 contender for theWonder of Stardom Championship | 7:52 | ||||
| 5 | Starlight Kid (c) defeatedKoguma | Singles match for theHigh Speed Championship | 8:33 | ||||
| 6 | Syuri (c) defeatedKonami | UWF rules match for theSWA World Championship andWorld of Stardom Championshipchallenge rights certificate | 13:06 | ||||
| 7 | Tam Nakano (c) defeatedMina Shirakawa | Singles match for theWonder of Stardom Championship | 17:12 | ||||
| 8 | Utami Hayashishita (c) defeatedMaika | Singles match for theWorld of Stardom Championship | 23:43 | ||||
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| Osaka Super Wars | |
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 Promotional poster featuring various superstars belonging toOedo Tai andQueen's Quest | |
| Promotion | World Wonder Ring Stardom |
| Date | December 18, 2021 |
| City | Osaka, Japan |
| Venue | Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium |
| Attendance | 1,222[17] |
The Osaka Super Wars was the third and final part of theStardom Super Wars Trilogy ofevents promoted byWorld Wonder Ring Stardom which took place on December 18 2021.[18][19] The only preshow match was broadcast on Stardom'sYouTube channel.[20]
The show featured fiveprofessional wrestling matches that resulted from scriptedstorylines, where wrestlers portrayedvillains,heroes, orless distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. The event will host a four-team tournament in which the winner unit will receive a prize of ten million yen.
The event was scheduled to seeQueen's Quest taking onOedo Tai in an elimination tag team match with Momo Watanabe and Starlight Kid as captains of their own teams with the match set to culminate a feud between Watanabe and Starlight Kid which began at Kawasaki Super Wars and was part of Oedo Tai's strategy to try to gain more recruits into their unit.[21] The captain of the losing team would forced to join the enemy unit in the process.
The preshow match sawSyuri defeatingLady C, Mai Sakurai and Waka Tsukiyama in a3-on-1 handicapgauntlet match. After Syuri left the venue, two masked silhouettes rushed to the ring to attack Sakurai, Tsukiyama and C.[20] The fourth match of the event was disputed betweenQueen's Quest andOedo Tai in theelimination tag team match. While down to Kid versus Watanabe, the latter betrayed the stable and attacked AZM with a steel chair to get herself disqualified in a shocking manner to join the enemy team. The formerQueen's Quest leader declared that she would beOedo Tai's black peach (reference to her real Japanese nameMomo (モモ) meaning peach).[22] The main event saw MaiHimePoi defeatMayu Iwatani,Hazuki andKoguma to win the 10 million yen prize and also to retain theArtist of Stardom Championship for the second time on the same night after picking up a victory against Marvelous'Takumi Iroha,Rin Kadokura and Maria earlier. They received a challenge fromCosmic Angels'Unagi Sayaka,Mina Shirakawa and Mai Sakurai forStardom Dream Queendom on December 29 which theDonna Del Mondo subgroup accepted.[23]
| No. | Results[24][25] | Stipulations | Times | ||||
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| 1P | Syuri defeatedMai Sakurai,Waka Tsukiyama andLady C | 3-on-1 handicapgauntlet match | 7:15 | ||||
| 2 | MaiHimePoi (Maika,Natsupoi andHimeka) (c) defeated Marvelous (Takumi Iroha,Rin Kadokura andMaria) | Six-woman tag team match for both the¥10 Million Unit Tournament semi-final andArtist of Stardom Championship | 15:25 | ||||
| 3 | Stars (Mayu Iwatani,Hazuki andKoguma) defeatedCosmic Angels (Tam Nakano,Mina Shirakawa andUnagi Sayaka) | Six-woman tag team match for the¥10 Million Unit Tournament semi-final | 13:49 | ||||
| 4 | Oedo Tai (Starlight Kid,Saki Kashima,Konami andRuaka) defeatedQueen's Quest (Momo Watanabe,AZM,Saya Kamitani andUtami Hayashishita) | Eight-woman elimination tag team match Momo Watanabe eliminated herself to join Oedo Tai. Had Kid lost she would have been forced tounmask. | 19:06 | ||||
| 5 | MaiHimePoi (Maika,Natsupoi andHimeka) (c) defeatedStars (Mayu Iwatani,Hazuki andKoguma) | Six-woman tag teamladder match for the¥10 Million Unit Tournament briefcase andArtist of Stardom Championship | 18:42 | ||||
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