Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2023

The show featured professional wrestling matches with scripted storylines, where wrestlers portray villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.{{cite web |url=http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/pro-wrestling.htm |title=How Pro Wrestling Works |last=Grabianowski |first=Ed |access-date=August 21, 2017 |work=HowStuffWorks, Inc. |publisher=Discovery Communications |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131129050844/http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/pro-wrestling.htm |archive-date=November 29, 2013 }} 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 26, 2023, portraited the first-round tournament matches. The first two bouts were broadcast on Stardom's YouTube channel. In the first one, Waka Tsukiyama, who was announced as one of the two mystery competitors of the edition, picked up a victory over Lady C as she began a winning spree following the events from Stardom New Blood Premium. In the second one, Saya Iida outmatched Miyu Amasaki.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51WrE4XkJYU|script-title=ja:【2試合まで無料配信】3・26『 CINDERELLA TOURNAMENT 2023～開幕戦～ 』神奈川・横浜武道館【#STARDOM】|work=youtube.com|author=World Wonder Ring Stardom|language=Japanese|date=March 26, 2023|access-date=March 26, 2023}} A total of eighteen matches occurred, five of them ending in draws generated by over the top rope eliminations or time limits, and the rest of thirteen concluding by pinfall or submission. Xena was presented as the second mystery competitor and was also announced as the newest member of the Club Venus sub-unit.{{cite web|url=https://411mania.com/wrestling/stardom-cinderella-tournament-night-one-results-3-26-23-first-round-matches/|title=STARDOM Cinderella Tournament Night One Results 3.26.23: First Round Matches|work=411mania.com|first=Jeremy|last=Thomas|date=March 26, 2023|access-date=March 26, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/results/stardom-cinderella-tournament-first-round-results-32623-giulia-mayu-iwatani-and-more|title=STARDOM Cinderella Tournament First Round Results (3/26/23): Giulia, Mayu Iwatani, And More|work=fightful.com|first=Scott|last=Edwards|date=March 26, 2023|access-date=March 26, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.postwrestling.com/2023/03/27/stardom-cinderella-tournament-2023-opener-event-report/|title=STARDOM Cinderella Tournament 2023 Opener Event Report|work=postwrestling.com|first=Karen|last=Peterson|date=March 26, 2023|access-date=March 26, 2023}}

The second day of the event portraited five tournament confrontations and four tag team side matches. Momo Watanabe and Mai Sakurai, Saki Kashima and Waka Tsukiyama, Xena and Mirai, and Natsuko Tora and Ami Sourei made it to the quarterfinals of the tournament.{{cite web|url=https://www.pwmania.com/stardom-cinderella-tournament-night-2-results-april-1-2023|title=Stardom Cinderella Tournament Night 2 Results – April 1, 2023|work=pwmania.com|first=Ethan|last=Black|date=April 1, 2023|access-date=April 2, 2023}}

The third day of the event saw the four matches of the quarterfinals from which Waka Tsukiyama, Mirai, Ami Sourei and Mai Sakurai emerged to the semifinals. Prominence (Risa Sera, Suzu Suzuki and Hiragi Kurumi) retained the Artist of Stardom Championship for the second time in a row in that respective reign against Queen's Quest's Utami Hayashishita, Saya Kamitani and AZM. Kairi brought Saori Anou into the promotion and they announced that the two of them alongside Natsupoi were going to challenge Sera, Suzuki and Kurumi for the Artist titles at Stardom All Star Grand Queendom on April 23, 2023. Furthermore, Konami reached out via video to challenge Syuri to a UWF rules match on the show from April 15, 2023. Himeka underwent one more of her retirement road bouts in which she teamed up with her independent scene tag team partner Miyuki Takase to defeat Natsupoi and Kakeru Sekiguchi.{{cite web|url=https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/results/stardom-cinderella-tournament-quarterfinals-results-4223-kairi-mirai-and-more|title=STARDOM Cinderella Tournament Quarterfinals Results (4/2/23): KAIRI, MIRAI, And More|work=fightful.com|first=Scott|last=Edwards|date=April 2, 2023|access-date=April 2, 2023}}

The fourth and last day of the event featured the last two phases of the tournament. The first semifinal match in which Mai Sakurai defeated Waka Tsukiyama was broadcast live on Stardom's YouTube channel.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b4dbN4RfSM|script-title=ja:【第1試合まで無料配信】4・15『 CINDERELLA TOURNAMENT 2023～優勝決定戦～ 』東京・国立代々木競技場第二体育館【#STARDOM】|work=youtube.com|author=World Wonder Ring Stardom|language=Japanese|date=April 15, 2023|access-date=April 15, 2023}} Hanako and Sakura Aya faced each other into a time-limit draw in a dark match which took place before the broadcast. In the first match of the main card, Mirai defeated Ami Sourei to advance in the Cinderella Tournament finals. Next up, Mariah May, Xena and Jessie picked up a victory over Hazuki, Koguma and Momo Kohgo. In the fifth match of the night, Natsuko Tora, Starlight Kid, Momo Watanabe, Saki Kashima, Ruaka and Rina defeated Utami Hayashishita, Saya Kamitani, AZM, Lady C, Hina and Miyu Amasaki in a full-unit war. In the sixth bout, Nanae Takahashi, Yuu and Yuna Mizumori defeated Mayu Iwatani, Hanan and Saya Iida. After the match, Mercedes Moné attacked Iwatani ahead of their confrontation for the IWGP Women's Championship from Stardom All Star Grand Queendom on April 23, 2023.{{cite web|url=https://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/articles/-/260336|script-title=ja:【スターダム】ＩＷＧＰ女子王者モネ 岩谷麻優を再び急襲「ケンカを売った代償は高くつくわよ」|work=tokyo-sports.co.jp|author=Tokyo Sports|language=Japanese|date=April 15, 2023|access-date=April 15, 2023}} Next up, Syuri defeated Konami in singles action. The semi main event of the night portraited the finals of the 2023 Cinderella Tournament edition. Mirai succeeded in defeating Mai Sakurai and winning the tournament for two years in a row, performance achieved only by Mayu Iwatani in the past, in 2015 and 2016.

In the main event, Donna Del Mondo's Giulia, Maika, Himeka Arita and Thekla defeated Cosmic Angels's Tam Nakano, Natsupoi, Mina Shirakawa and Saki in an elimination tag team match as the second last match of Himeka before her retirement. After the match concluded, Giulia and Tam Nakano have held some grudges ahead of their confrontation for the World of Stardom Championship from Stardom All Star Grand Queendom on April 23, 2023. On the same spot, Mina Shirakawa announced that Club Venus parted ways with Cosmic Angels and that they would act as an independent unit. More than that, Waka Tsukiyama was made to choose her unit given the events from the past months related to her losing streak coming to an end. Tsukiyama chose Club Venus in the process. Technically going down to three wrestlers (Nakano, Natsupoi and Unagi Sayaka who was still wandering the independent scene at the moment) and the sub unit of Color's (Saki, Rina Amikura, Hikari Shimizu and Yuko Sakurai), Cosmic Angels was saved by Saori Anou who stepped up into the last moment and joined the unit.{{cite web|url=https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/results/stardom-cinderella-tournament-championship-battle-results-41523-mirai-waka-tsukiyama-and-more|title=STARDOM Cinderella Tournament Championship Battle Results (4/15/23): MIRAI, Waka Tsukiyama, And More|work=fightful.com|first=Scott|last=Edwards|date=April 15, 2023|access-date=April 15, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.pwmania.com/stardom-cinderella-tournament-night-4-results-april-15-2023-finals|title=Stardom Cinderella Tournament Night 4 Results – April 15, 2023 (Finals)|work=pwimania.com|first=Ethan|last=Black|date=April 15, 2023|access-date=April 15, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://411mania.com/wrestling/stardom-results-4-15-2023-mirai-wins-cinderella-tournament/|title=STARDOM Results 4.15.2023: MIRAI Wins the Cinderella Tournament, Mercedes Mone Appears|work=411mania.com|first=Jeffrey|last=Harris|date=April 15, 2023|access-date=April 15, 2023}}

The night closed off with the ceremony of the Cinderella winner Mirai who wore the traditional Cinderella dress as well as the winner trophy.{{cite web|url=https://www.postwrestling.com/2023/04/15/stardom-cinderella-tournament-final-report-winner-is-crowned/|title=STARDOM Cinderella Tournament Final Report: Winner is crowned|work=postwrestling.com|first=Karen|last=Peterson|date=April 15, 2023|access-date=April 15, 2023}}

{{Professional wrestling results table

|times =

|results =

|match1 = Hanako vs. Aya Sakura ended in a time-limit draw

|stip1 = Singles match

|time1 = 5:00

|note1 = dark

|match2 = Mai Sakurai defeated Waka Tsukiyama

|stip2 = Cinderella tournament semi-finals match

|time2 = 5:52

|note2 = pre

|match3 = Mirai defeated Ami Sourei

|stip3 = Cinderella tournament semi-finals match

|time3 = 11:12

|match4 = Club Venus (Mariah May, Xena and Jessie) defeated Stars (Hazuki, Koguma and Momo Kohgo)

|stip4 = Six-woman tag team match

|time4 = 9:54

|match5 = Oedo Tai (Natsuko Tora, Starlight Kid, Momo Watanabe, Saki Kashima, Ruaka and Rina) defeated Queen's Quest (Utami Hayashishita, Saya Kamitani, AZM, Lady C, Hina and Miyu Amasaki)

|stip5 = Twelve-woman tag team match

|time5 = 10:47

|match6 = Neo Stardom Army (Nanae Takahashi, Yuu and Yuna Mizumori) defeated Stars (Mayu Iwatani, Hanan and Saya Iida)

|stip6 = Six-woman tag team match

|time6 = 11:46

|match7 = Syuri defeated Konami

|stip7 = Singles match

|time7 = 10:02

|match8 = Mirai defeated Mai Sakurai

|stip8 = Cinderella tournament final

|time8 = 13:12

|match9 = Donna Del Mondo (Giulia, Maika, Himeka and Thekla) defeated Cosmic Angels (Tam Nakano, Natsupoi, Mina Shirakawa and Saki) score (2-1)

|stip9 = Eight-woman tag team elimination match

|time9 = 14:43

}}

The tournament was the largest to its date, with 36 competitors entering it, including the champions.{{cite web|url=https://lastwordonsports.com/prowrestling/2023/02/04/stardom-cinderella-tournament-2023-participants/|title=Stardom Announces Cinderella Tournament 2023 Participants|work=lastwordonsports.com|first=Alex|last=Richards|date=February 4, 2023|access-date=February 16, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://411mania.com/wrestling/stardom-announces-details-first-competitors-for-cinderella-tournament/|title=STARDOM Announces Details, First Competitors for Cinderella Tournament|work=411mania.com|first=Jeffrey|last=Harris|date=February 5, 2023|access-date=February 16, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.wrestlinginc.com/1188971/participants-in-stardoms-cinderella-tournament-revealed/|title=Participants In STARDOM's Cinderella Tournament Revealed|work=wrestlinginc.com|first=Dylan|last=Murray|date=February 4, 2023|access-date=February 16, 2023}}

*Noted underneath are the champions who held their titles at the time of the tournament.

{| class="wikitable sortable" align="left center"

|-

!Wrestler

!Unit

!Notes

|-

|Ami Sourei

|God's Eye

|Future of Stardom Champion

|-

|AZM

|Queen's Quest

|High Speed Champion

|-

|Giulia

|Donna Del Mondo

|World of Stardom Champion

|-

|Hanan

|Stars

|

|-

|Haruka Umesaki

|Oedo Tai

|Freelancer
New Blood Tag Team Champion

|-

|Hazuki

|Stars

|

|-

|Himeka

|Donna Del Mondo

|

|-

|Hina

|Queen's Quest

|

|-

|Koguma

|Stars

|

|-

|Lady C

|Queen's Quest

|

|-

|Mai Sakurai

|Donna Del Mondo

|

|-

|Maika

|Donna Del Mondo

|

|-

|Mariah May

|Club Venus

|

|-

|Mayu Iwatani

|Stars

|

|-

|Mina Shirakawa

|Cosmic Angels/Club Venus

|

|-style="background: gold"

|Mirai

|God's Eye

|Winner

|-

|Miyu Amasaki

|Queen's Quest

|

|-

|Momo Kohgo

|Stars

|

|-

|Momo Watanabe

|Oedo Tai

|

|-

|Nanae Takahashi

|Neo Stardom Army

|Goddesses of Stardom Champion

|-

|Natsuko Tora

|Oedo Tai

|

|-

|Natsupoi

|Cosmic Angels

|

|-

|Rina

|Oedo Tai

|

|-

|Ruaka

|Oedo Tai

|

|-

|Saki Kashima

|Oedo Tai

|

|-

|Saya Iida

|Stars

|

|-

|Saya Kamitani

|Queen's Quest

|Wonder of Stardom Champion

|-

|Starlight Kid

|Oedo Tai

|New Blood Tag Team Champion

|-

|Syuri

|God's Eye

|

|-

|Tam Nakano

|Cosmic Angels

|

|-

|Thekla

|Donna Del Mondo

|

|-

|Tomoka Inaba

|God's Eye

|Freelancer

|-

|Utami Hayashishita

|Queen's Quest

|

|-

|Waka Tsukiyama{{efn|Revealed as the first mystery competitor.}}

|Cosmic Angels

|

|-

|Yuna Mizumori

|Neo Stardom Army

|Freelancer

|-

|Xena{{efn|Revealed as the second mystery competitor.}}

|Club Venus

|Freelancer

{{BundleEnd}}

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{{#invoke: Team bracket | main

|rounds=6|byes=1|compact=yes

| RD1=Round 1
March 26{{cite web|url=https://turnheelwrestling.com/resultados-stardom-cinderella-tournament-2023-noche-1|title=Resultados STARDOM Cinderella Tournament 2023 (noche 1)|work=turnheelwrestling.com|first=Pablo|last=Olmos|date=March 26, 2023|access-date=March 26, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=363661|title=Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2023 - Tag 1|work=cagematch.net|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|date=March 26, 2023|access-date=March 26, 2023}}

| RD2=Round 1
March 26

| RD3=Round 2
April 1{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=364050|title=Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2023 - Tag 2|work=cagematch.net|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|date=April 1, 2023|access-date=April 1, 2023}}

| RD4=Quarterfinals
April 2{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=364057|title=Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2023 - Tag 3|work=cagematch.net|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|date=April 2, 2023|access-date=April 2, 2023}}

| RD5=Semifinals
April 15{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=365239|title=Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2023 - Tag 4|work=cagematch.net|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|date=April 15, 2023|access-date=April 15, 2023}}

| RD6=Final
April 15

| team-width=

| score-width=

| RD1-team09= Giulia

| RD1-score09= 5:46

| RD1-team10= Mai Sakurai

| RD1-score10= Elim

| RD1-team11= AZM

| RD1-score11= Draw{{efn|Hazuki and AZM both went over the top rope, therefore they attracted a double elimination.}}

| RD1-team12= Hazuki

| RD1-score12= 5:20

| RD1-team41= Natsupoi

| RD1-score41= Draw{{efn|Natsupoi and Shirakawa both went over the top rope, therefore they attracted a double elimination.}}

| RD1-team42= Mina Shirakawa

| RD1-score42= 6:15

| RD1-team43= Saya Iida

| RD1-score43= Pin

| RD1-team44= Miyu Amasaki

| RD1-score44= 6:34

| RD2-team01= Utami Hayashishita

| RD2-score01= Draw

| RD2-team02= Nanae Takahashi

| RD2-score02= 10:00

| RD2-team03= Maika

| RD2-score03= 5:50

| RD2-team04= Momo Watanabe

| RD2-score04= Elim

| RD2-team05= Mai Sakurai

| RD2-score05=

| RD2-team06= Bye

| RD2-score06= N/A

| RD2-team07= Mariah May

| RD2-score07= Pin

| RD2-team08= Rina

| RD2-score08= 5:56

| RD2-team09= Syuri

| RD2-score09= Sub

| RD2-team10= Tomoka Inaba

| RD2-score10= 6:54

| RD2-team11= Momo Kohgo

| RD2-score11= 4:46

| RD2-team12= Saki Kashima

| RD2-score12= Pin

| RD2-team13= Saya Kamitani

| RD2-score13= Draw{{efn|Kamitani and Iwatani both went over the top rope, therefore they attracted a double elimination.}}

| RD2-team14= Mayu Iwatani

| RD2-score14= 3:49

| RD2-team15= Lady C

| RD2-score15= 5:01

| RD2-team16= Waka Tsukiyama

| RD2-score16= Pin

| RD2-team17= Hina

| RD2-score17= 4:47

| RD2-team18= Xena

| RD2-score18= Pin

| RD2-team19= Koguma

| RD2-score19= 6:53

| RD2-team20= Thekla

| RD2-score20= Pin

| RD2-team21= Bye

| RD2-score21= N/A

| RD2-team22= Saya Iida

| RD2-score22=

| RD2-team23= Mirai

| RD2-score23= Pin

| RD2-team24= Hanan

| RD2-score24= 7:44

| RD2-team25= Natsuko Tora

| RD2-score25= Pin

| RD2-team26= Ruaka

| RD2-score26= 5:41

| RD2-team27= Tam Nakano

| RD2-score27= Pin

| RD2-team28= Himeka

| RD2-score28= 9:06

| RD2-team29= Ami Sourei

| RD2-score29= Elim

| RD2-team30= Yuna Mizumori

| RD2-score30= 5:33

| RD2-team31= Starlight Kid

| RD2-score31= Draw{{efn|Kid and Umesaki both went over the top rope, therefore they attracted a double elimination.}}

| RD2-team32= Haruka Umesaki

| RD2-score32= 5:47

| RD3-team01= Bye

| RD3-score01= N/A

| RD3-team02= Momo Watanabe

| RD3-score02=

| RD3-team03= Mai Sakurai

| RD3-score03= Elim

| RD3-team04= Mariah May

| RD3-score04= 4:18

| RD3-team05= Syuri

| RD3-score05= 6:21

| RD3-team06= Saki Kashima

| RD3-score06= Pin

| RD3-team07= Waka Tsukiyama

| RD3-score07=

| RD3-team08= Bye

| RD3-score08= N/A

| RD3-team09= Xena

| RD3-score09= Pin

| RD3-team10= Thekla

| RD3-score10= 6:38

| RD3-team11= Saya Iida

| RD3-score11= 5:13

| RD3-team12= Mirai

| RD3-score12= Pin

| RD3-team13= Natsuko Tora

| RD3-score13= Elim

| RD3-team14= Tam Nakano

| RD3-score14= 6:34

| RD3-team15= Ami Sourei

| RD3-score15=

| RD3-team16= Bye

| RD3-score16= N/A

| RD4-team01= Momo Watanabe

| RD4-score01= 4:58

| RD4-team02= Mai Sakurai

| RD4-score02= Pin

| RD4-team03= Saki Kashima

| RD4-score03= 4:44

| RD4-team04= Waka Tsukiyama

| RD4-score04= Pin

| RD4-team05= Xena

| RD4-score05= 6:23

| RD4-team06= Mirai

| RD4-score06= Pin

| RD4-team07= Natsuko Tora

| RD4-score07= 4:39

| RD4-team08= Ami Sourei

| RD4-score08= Elim

| RD5-team01= Mai Sakurai

| RD5-score01= Pin

| RD5-team02= Waka Tsukiyama

| RD5-score02= 5:52

| RD5-team03= Mirai

| RD5-score03= Pin

| RD5-team04= Ami Sourei

| RD5-score04= 11:12

| RD6-team01= Mai Sakurai

| RD6-score01= 13:12

| RD6-team02= Mirai

| RD6-score02= Pin

}}

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