Stardom Super Wars
Promotional poster featuring various Stardom wrestlers for Kawasaki Super Wars
PromotionWorld Wonder Ring Stardom
DateNovember 3–December 18, 2021
CityKawasaki, Japan
Tokyo, Japan
Osaka, Japan
VenueKawasaki City Todoroki Arena
Yoyogi National Gymnasium
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium
AttendanceHighest: 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 of professional wrestling events promoted by the Japanese professional wrestling promotion World 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 ongoing COVID-19 pandemic at the time.[1]

Storylines

The making of various of the first main card's matches relate to previous events from Stardom 10th Anniversary Grand Final Osaka Dream Cinderella pay-per-view which took place on October 9, 2021. Moments after winning the Future of Stardom Championship from Unagi Sayaka with help from Oedo Tai stablemate Rina who intervened in the match, Ruaka received a title challenge from Lady C.[2] Syuri nominated AZM as the next challenger for the SWA World Championship, Unagi Sayaka challenged Tam Nakano for the Wonder of Stardom Championship and Hazuki announced she will form a tag team with Koguma in the 2021 edition of the Goddesses of Stardom Tag League.[2]

After Hayashishita successfully defended her World of Stardom Championship against Takumi Iroha in the main event, Hazuki and Maika 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

Kawasaki Super Wars
PromotionWorld Wonder Ring Stardom
DateNovember 3, 2021
CityKawasaki, Japan
VenueKawasaki City Todoroki Arena
Attendance906[4]

The Kawasaki Super Wars was the first part of the Stardom Super Wars Trilogy of events promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom which took place on November 3, 2021.[5][6] The preshow matches were broadcast on Stardom's YouTube channel.[7]

Event

The show featured nine professional wrestling matches that resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less 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 the Future of Stardom Championship against Lady C, Ruaka received a title challenge from both Waka Tsukiyama and Mai Sakurai which she accepted. Konami was initially scheduled to face Saya Kamitani, Mina Shirakawa and Maika in a four-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 for Starlight Kid's High Speed Championship, Himeka stepped up for Donna Del Mondo stablemate Syuri's SWA World Championship and World of Stardom Championship challenge rights certificate, once again a Cosmic Angels member Mina Shirakawa challenged Tam Nakano for the Wonder of Stardom Championship and finally Utami Hayashishita received the request from Maika to a match for the "red belt".[10]

Results

No.Results[11]StipulationsTimes[4]
1PMai Sakurai defeated Waka TsukiyamaSingles match
Had Sakurai lost, she must have left the Cosmic Angels unit.		6:23
2PRuaka (c) defeated Lady CSingles match for the Future of Stardom Championship4:42
3I love HigashiSpo! (Saki Kashima and Fukigen Death) defeated Water & Oil (Hanan and Rina)2021 Goddesses of Stardom Tag League group stage match5:44
4Mina Shirakawa defeated Saya Kamitani and MaikaThree-way match7:38
5Donna Del Mondo (Himeka and Natsupoi) vs. Stars (Mayu Iwatani and Koguma) ended in a time-limit drawTag team match15:00
6Starlight Kid (c) vs. Momo Watanabe ended in a double count-outSingles match for the High Speed Championship11:50
7Syuri (c) defeated AZM by submissionSingles match for the SWA World Championship and World of Stardom Championship challenge rights certificate13:22
8Tam Nakano (c) defeated Unagi SayakaSingles match for the Wonder of Stardom Championship21:31
9Utami Hayashishita (c) defeated HazukiSingles match for the World of Stardom Championship25:24
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
P – the match was broadcast on the pre-show

Tokyo Super Wars

Tokyo Super Wars
Promotional poster featuring various superstars
PromotionWorld Wonder Ring Stardom
DateNovember 27, 2021
CityTokyo, Japan
VenueYoyogi National Gymnasium
Attendance1,119[12]

The Tokyo Super Wars was the second part of the Stardom Super Wars Trilogy of events promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom which took place on November 27, 2021.[13] The preshow match was broadcast on Stardom's YouTube channel.[14] The main sponsor of the event was Schwarzkopf Professional. Giulia joined the commentary team only for the title matches.

Event

The show featured eight professional wrestling matches that resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.

After Ruaka successfully defended her Future 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 but Starlight 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 defeated Oedo Tai in the six-woman tag team match, Rina challenged Hazuki to a match in which the loser won't be allowed to wear black lipstick anymore. Rina said that is her rightful gimmick. After Starlight Kid retained the High Speed Championship against Koguma, AZM came down to challenge her for a title shot. Koguma said that even if she lost she wants to challenge again. Kid accepted the three-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 the Wonder of Stardom Championship with the latter accepting in for December 29.

The main event saw Utami Hayashishita defeating Maika to successfully defend the World 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 at Dream Queendom on December 29.[15]

Results

No.Results[16]StipulationsTimes[12]
1PRuaka (c) defeated Mai Sakurai and Waka TsukiyamaThree-way match for the Future of Stardom Championship4:50
2MOMOAZ (AZM and Momo Watanabe) defeated Unagi Sayaka and Lady CTag team match9:36
3Stars (Mayu Iwatani, Hazuki and Hanan) defeated Oedo Tai (Saki Kashima, Fukigen Death and Rina)Six-woman tag team match8:48
4Saya Kamitani defeated Natsupoi and HimekaThree-way match to determine the #1 contender for the Wonder of Stardom Championship7:52
5Starlight Kid (c) defeated KogumaSingles match for the High Speed Championship8:33
6Syuri (c) defeated KonamiUWF rules match for the SWA World Championship and World of Stardom Championship challenge rights certificate13:06
7Tam Nakano (c) defeated Mina ShirakawaSingles match for the Wonder of Stardom Championship17:12
8Utami Hayashishita (c) defeated MaikaSingles match for the World of Stardom Championship23:43
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
P – the match was broadcast on the pre-show

Osaka Super Wars

Osaka Super Wars
Promotional poster featuring various superstars belonging to Oedo Tai and Queen's Quest
PromotionWorld Wonder Ring Stardom
DateDecember 18, 2021
CityOsaka, Japan
VenueOsaka Prefectural Gymnasium
Attendance1,222[17]

The Osaka Super Wars was the third and final part of the Stardom Super Wars Trilogy of events promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom which took place on December 18 2021.[18][19] The only preshow match was broadcast on Stardom's YouTube channel.[20]

Storylines

The show featured five professional wrestling matches that resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less 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 see Queen's Quest taking on Oedo 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.

Event

The preshow match saw Syuri defeating Lady C, Mai Sakurai and Waka Tsukiyama in a 3-on-1 handicap gauntlet 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 between Queen's Quest and Oedo Tai in the elimination 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 former Queen's Quest leader declared that she would be Oedo Tai's black peach (reference to her real Japanese name Momo (モモ) meaning peach).[22] The main event saw MaiHimePoi defeat Mayu Iwatani, Hazuki and Koguma to win the 10 million yen prize and also to retain the Artist 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 from Cosmic Angels' Unagi Sayaka, Mina Shirakawa and Mai Sakurai for Stardom Dream Queendom on December 29 which the Donna Del Mondo subgroup accepted.[23]

Results

No.Results[24][25]StipulationsTimes
1PSyuri defeated Mai Sakurai, Waka Tsukiyama and Lady C3-on-1 handicap gauntlet match7:15
2MaiHimePoi (Maika, Natsupoi and Himeka) (c) defeated Marvelous (Takumi Iroha, Rin Kadokura and Maria)Six-woman tag team match for both the ¥10 Million Unit Tournament semi-final and Artist of Stardom Championship15:25
3Stars (Mayu Iwatani, Hazuki and Koguma) defeated Cosmic Angels (Tam Nakano, Mina Shirakawa and Unagi Sayaka)Six-woman tag team match for the ¥10 Million Unit Tournament semi-final13:49
4Oedo Tai (Starlight Kid, Saki Kashima, Konami and Ruaka) defeated Queen's Quest (Momo Watanabe, AZM, Saya Kamitani and Utami Hayashishita)Eight-woman elimination tag team match
Momo Watanabe eliminated herself to join Oedo Tai. Had Kid lost she would have been forced to unmask.		19:06
5MaiHimePoi (Maika, Natsupoi and Himeka) (c) defeated Stars (Mayu Iwatani, Hazuki and Koguma)Six-woman tag team ladder match for the ¥10 Million Unit Tournament briefcase and Artist of Stardom Championship18:42
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
P – the match was broadcast on the pre-show

References

  1. ↑ Richards, Alex (October 19, 2021). "Preview: Stardom – Kawasaki Super Wars (11/3/21)". lastwordonsports.com. Retrieved October 19, 2021.
  2. 1 2 "2021年10月9日　『10th Anniversary GRAND FINAL OSAKA DREAM CINDERELLA 2021 ～大阪めっちゃスターダム～』". World Wonder Ring Stardom. October 9, 2021. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
  3. ↑ McCrudden, Amber (October 9, 2021). "Returning Star challenges Utami Hayashishita for the World of Stardom Championship". sportskeeda.com. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
  4. 1 2 Kreikenbohm, Philip (November 3, 2021). "Stardom Kawasaki Super Wars ~ Kawasaki Super Women's War". cagematch.net. Retrieved November 4, 2021.
  5. ↑ World Wonder Ring Stardom. 2021.11.03 (水)［発売中］『KAWASAKI SUPER WARS ～川崎超女大戦～』神奈川・川崎市とどろきアリーナ. stardom.com (in Japanese). Retrieved October 12, 2021.
  6. ↑ Jeff M (November 2, 2021). "STARDOM: Kawasaki Super Wars 2021 Preview". twm.news. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
  7. ↑ STARDOM OFFICIAL (November 3, 2021). 【第1試合まで無料配信】11・3『 KAWASAKI SUPER WARS ～川崎超女大戦～ 』【川崎市とどろきアリーナ】. youtube.com (in Japanese). Retrieved November 3, 2021.
  8. ↑ Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
  9. ↑ スターダム✪STARDOM (November 3, 2021). "KAWASAKI SUPER WARS RESULTS Stardom (English) 3.11.2021". twitter.com (in Japanese). Retrieved November 3, 2021.
  10. ↑ Peterson, Kate (November 3, 2021). "STARDOM's Kawasaki Super Wars Report: Utami Hayashishita vs. Hazuki". postwrestling.com. Retrieved November 4, 2021.
  11. ↑ "2021年11月3日　『KAWASAKI SUPER WARS ～川崎超女大戦～』". World Wonder Ring Stardom. November 4, 2021. Retrieved November 4, 2021.
  12. 1 2 Kreikenbohm, Philip (November 27, 2021). "Stardom Tokyo Super Wars ~ Toyko Super Women's War". cagematch.net. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
  13. ↑ World Wonder Ring Stardom. 2021.11.27 (土)［発売中］『TOKYO SUPER WARS ～東京超女大戦～』東京・国立代々木競技場 第二体育館. stardom.com (in Japanese). Retrieved October 12, 2021.
  14. ↑ STARDOM OFFICIAL (November 27, 2021). 【第1試合まで無料配信】11・27『 TOKYO SUPER WARS ～東京超女大戦～ 』【東京・国立代々木競技場第二体育館】. youtube.com (in Japanese). Retrieved November 27, 2021.
  15. ↑ Peterson, Karen (November 27, 2021). "Stardom Tokyo Super Wars Report: Utami Hayashishita vs. Maika, Nakano vs. Shirakawa". postwrestling.com. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
  16. ↑ Richards, Alex (November 12, 2021). "Preview: Stardom – Tokyo Super Wars (11/27/21)". lastwordonsports.com. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
  17. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (December 18, 2021). "Stardom Osaka Super Wars ~ Osaka Super Women's War". cagematch.net. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
  18. ↑ World Wonder Ring Stardom. 2021.12.18 (土)［発売中］『OSAKA SUPER WARS ～大阪超女大戦～』エディオンアリーナ大阪第１競技場. stardom.com (in Japanese). Retrieved November 29, 2021.
  19. ↑ World Wonder Ring Stardom. 2021.12.18 (土)［発売中］『OSAKA SUPER WARS ～大阪超女大戦～』エディオンアリーナ大阪第１競技場. stardom.com (in Japanese). Retrieved October 12, 2021.
  20. 1 2 World Wonder Ring Stardom (December 18, 2021). 【第1試合まで無料配信】12・18『 OSAKA SUPER WARS ～大阪超女大戦～ 』【大阪・エディオンアリーナ大阪第1競技場】. youtube.com (in Japanese). Retrieved December 18, 2021.
  21. ↑ スターダム✪STARDOM (November 3, 2021). "Starlight Kid has been provoking Momo Watanabe, saying she wants their November 3 singles match at Kawasaki Super Wars to be a High Speed title match". twitter.com. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
  22. ↑ Richards, Alex (December 18, 2021). "Momo Watanabe Joins Oedo Tai". lastwordonsports.com. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
  23. ↑ WrestlingwithDemons (December 18, 2021). "12/18 STARDOM OSAKA SUPER WARS PPV REPORT". pwinsider.com. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
  24. ↑ World Wonder Ring Stardom. 【対戦カード発表】12・18『OSAKA SUPER WARS ～大阪超女大戦～』1,000万円賞金争奪ユニット・トーナメント開催！ほか全カード 定！. stardom.com (in Japanese). Retrieved November 29, 2021.
  25. ↑ Purolove (December 18, 2021). "Stardom "OSAKA SUPER WARS ~ OSAKA SUPER WOMEN'S WAR", 12/18/2021 (PPV) Osaka Edion Arena". purolove.com. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
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