Stardom World Climax 2022

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World Climax 2022
Stardom World Climax 2022 Official Poster.jpg
Promotional poster featuring Giulia, Syuri, and Mayu Iwatani
PromotionWorld Wonder Ring Stardom
DateMarch 26–27, 2022
CityTokyo, Japan
VenueRyōgoku Kokugikan
AttendanceNight 1: 2,712[1]
Night 2: 3,085[2]
Tagline(s)"The Best"
"The Top"
Event chronology
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The Stardom World Climax 2022 was a two-day professional wrestling event promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom. The event took place on March 26 and 27, 2022, in Tokyo, Japan at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan, with a limited attendance due in part to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic at the time.[3]

Event[]

The second night of the show featured an audience of 3,085 fans.

The show featured a total of seventeen professional wrestling matches (eight on the first night, nine on the second) 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.[4] The press conference for the event was held on March 3, 2022 and was broadcast on Stardom's YouTube channel, announcing and officializing all of the matches from both nights. For the second night, various rookie talent from other promotions from the Japanese independent scene who also competed in the New Blood 1 event on March 11, were announced to be part of the Cinderella rumble such as Tomoka Inaba & Aoi from Professional Wrestling Just Tap Out's "queen division", Haruka Umesaki & Nanami from World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana, Maria & Ai Houzan from Marvelous That's Women's Wrestling, and Mei Suruga & Yuna Mizumori from Gatoh Move Pro Wrestling's Choco Pro branch.[5]

Storylines[]

On February 28, 2022, Kairi Hojo returned to Stardom after working in WWE from 2017 until 2021 as Kairi Sane. It was announced Hojo would participate in World Climax, now under the name Kairi in all caps. At the press conference, Kairi was confronted by Unagi Sayaka and Tam Nakano, with the former challenging her to a tag team match at the event with Kairi expressing interest in teaming with Mayu Iwatani against Sayaka & Nakano. As Kairi was leaving she was attacked viciously by Oedo Tai's Natsuko Tora, Starlight Kid & Momo Watanabe.[6]

Matches[]

Moment from the 18-woman Cinderella Rumble match featuring various wrestlers.

The first night of the show took place on March 26 under the tagline of "The Best", with the preshow fight between the retaining Future of Stardom Champion Hanan against Rina being broadcast live on Stardom's YouTube channel.[7] The first show from the main card portraited the singles match between Saya Iida and Mirai, won by the latter as a result of a submission. The third match saw Donna Del Mondo's sub-unit of "Second MaiHimePoi" composed of Himeka, Natsupoi & Mai Sakurai (the first MaiHimePoi being composed of Maika instead of Sakurai) winning the six-woman tag team gauntlet match. Next, Prominence's Suzu Suzuki & Risa Sera picked up a victory against the SWA World Champion Thekla & Maika, and amplified the tensions between the independent stable and Donna Del Mondo. Next, Oedo Tai's sub-unit of Black Desire, composed of Starlight Kid & Momo Watanabe dethroned FWC (Hazuki & Koguma) to take the Goddess of Stardom Championship, first time for Kid, second for Watanabe as an individual. Next, the returning Kairi teamed up with Stars stable leader Mayu Iwatani to defeat Tam Nakano & Unagi Sayaka. In the seventh match of the night, Saya Kamitani successfully defended the Wonder of Stardom Championship against Queen's Quest stablemate Utami Hayashishita as a counterpart of their match from Stardom All Star Dream Cinderella on March 3, 2021 where Hayashishita successfully defended the World of Stardom Championship against Kamitani. The main event saw Syuri successfully defending the "red belt" against fellow stablemate Giulia. After she retained, Syuri said she wants to walk on her path and would tease the formation of a new stable, with a mysterious girl helping her out of the arena as the first announced member. The girl was later presented to be Ami Miura from Actwres girl'Z.[8]

From left to right: Prominence's (Risa Sera, Akane Fujita, Suzu Suzuki & Mochi Miyagi), moments before their confrontation with Donna Del Mondo.

The second night of the event occurred on March 27 under the tag line of "The Top" and started with Hanan successfully defending the Future of Stardom Championship against Mai Sakurai. At the end of the match, a returning Hina came out to challenge her for the championship. The preshow, on the first day, was broadcast on Stardom's YouTube channel.[9] After winning the 18-woman cinderella rumble, Mei Suruga issued a challenge for AZM's High Speed Championship. The third match saw Utami Hayashishita, who lost the Wonder of Stardom Championship confrontation against Saya Kamitani the previous night defeating Mirai by submission. The fourth match portrayed Momo Watanabe defeating Hazuki, pointing to their past match from Stardom Dream Queendom on December 29, 2021 against Mayu Iwatani & Takumi Iroha in which Watanabe dumped Hazuki by leaving the ring and attracted a loss. In the fifth match, AZM successfully defended the High Speed Championship for the first time in her second reign against Natsupoi and Koguma. Next, Kairi defeated Starlight Kid in a singles match. However, it was reported that Kairi suffered a legitimate ruptured eardrum.[10] Next, Donna Del Mondo's Giulia, Himeka, Maika & Thekla succeeded in defeating Prominence's Risa Sera, Suzu Suzuki, Akane Fujita & Mochi Miyagi. Despite their loss, Suzu Suzuki stated that she was not finished with Giulia and that she will continue to chase the latter in various future confrontations until she succeeds in defeating the Donna Del Mondo leader. Next, Saya Kamitani defended the Wonder of Stardom successfully against Tam Nakano, making the second defense for Kamitani in less than twenty-four hours.[11]

The main event portraited the confrontation between Syuri and Mayu Iwatani with the World of Stardom Championship at stake. Syuri succeeded in defending and as Saya Kamitani, scored a second defense in less than twenty-four hours.

Results[]

~The Best~ (March 26)
No. Results[12][13] Stipulations Times[1]
1P Hanan (c) defeated Rina Singles match for the Future of Stardom Championship 7:05
2 Mirai defeated Saya Iida by submission Singles match 10:23
3 Donna Del Mondo (Himeka, Natsupoi, and Mai Sakurai) defeated Queen's Quest (AZM, Lady C & Miyu Amasaki), Cosmic Angels (Waka Tsukiyama & Mina Shirakawa) & Momo Kohgo, and Oedo Tai (Saki Kashima, Fukigen Death & Ruaka) Six-woman tag team gauntlet match 9:58
4 Prominence (Risa Sera & Suzu Suzuki) (with Hiragi Kurumi) defeated Donna Del Mondo (Maika & Thekla) Tag team match 10:27
5 Black Desire (Momo Watanabe & Starlight Kid) defeated FWC (Hazuki & Koguma) (c) Tag team match for the Goddess of Stardom Championship 14:08
6 Mayu Iwatani & Kairi defeated Cosmic Angels (Tam Nakano & Unagi Sayaka) Tag team match 17:36
7 Saya Kamitani (c) defeated Utami Hayashishita Singles match for the Wonder of Stardom Championship 27:11
8 Syuri (c) defeated Giulia Singles match for the World of Stardom Championship 26:54
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
  • P – indicates the match took place on the pre-show
~The Top~ (March 27)
No. Results[14][15] Stipulations Times[2]
1P Hanan (c) defeated Mai Sakurai Singles match for the Future of Stardom Championship 6:20
2 Mei Suruga won by last eliminating Miyu Amasaki[a] 18-women Cinderella Rumble match 25:24
3 Utami Hayashishita defeated Mirai by submission Singles match 11:22
4 Momo Watanabe defeated Hazuki Singles match 12:19
5 AZM (c) defeated Koguma and Natsupoi Three-way match for the High Speed Championship 8:10
6 Kairi defeated Starlight Kid Singles match 17:51
7 Donna Del Mondo (Giulia, Himeka, Maika & Thekla) defeated Prominence (Risa Sera, Suzu Suzuki, Akane Fujita & Mochi Miyagi) (with Hiragi Kurumi) Eight-woman tag team match 16:03
8 Saya Kamitani (c) defeated Tam Nakano Singles match for the Wonder of Stardom Championship 23:10
9 Syuri (c) defeated Mayu Iwatani by submission Singles match for the World of Stardom Championship 28:57
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
  • P – indicates the match took place on the pre-show

Notes[]

  1. ^ The remaining Rumble participants were Unagi Sayaka, Mina Shirakawa, Lady C, Saki Kashima, Ruaka, Saya Iida, Momo Kohgo, Waka Tsukiyama, Rina, Tomoka Inaba, Aoi, Haruka Umesaki, Nanami, Maria, Ai Houzan, and Yuna Mizumori.

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  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Kreikenbohm, Philip (March 28, 2022). "Stardom World Climax - Tag 2: The Top". cagematch.net. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
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