Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2024

Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2024
Promotional poster of the event
Promotion	World Wonder Ring Stardom
Date	March 9–20, 2024
City	Yokohama, Japan (March 9) Tokyo, Japan (March 10) Himeji, Japan (March 16) Maibara, Japan (March 17) Nagoya, Japan (March 20)
Venue	Yokohama Budokan (March 9) Korakuen Hall (March 10) Akurie Himeji Exhibition Hall (March 16) Shiga Event Hall (March 17) Nagoya Congress Center (March 20)
Attendance	Night 1 (1,555) Night 2 (1,344) Night 3 (398) Night 4 (344) Night 5 (994) Total: 4,365
Event chronology
← Previous Supreme Fight 2024 Next → American Dream 2024
Cinderella Tournament chronology
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The 2024 Stardom Cinderella Tournament (スターダムシンデレラトーナメント2024, Sutādamushindereratōnamento 2024) was the tenth annual professional wrestling single-elimination tournament promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom. The event took place between March 9 and 20, 2024.

Storylines

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. 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.

Event

Night 1 (March 9)

The first day of the event which took place on March 9, 2024, portraited the first-round tournament matches. The first two bouts were broadcast on Stardom's YouTube channel. In the first one, Suzu Suzuki defeated Ami Sohrei, AZM, Hazuki, Mei Seira, Mai Sakurai, Mirai and Waka Tsukiyama in an eight-way match dedicated to the bye receivers in the tournament. In the second one, Starlight Kid defeated Yuzuki in the first rounds of the tournament. A total of thirteen matches occurred, three of the ending by way of disqualification, submission and by over the top rope elimination, the rest of thirteen concluding by pinfall or submission. Besides Cinderella Tournament bouts, Rina defeated Diana's Miran to secure the seventh consecutive defense of the Future of Stardom Championship.

Night 2 (March 10)

The second day of the event portraited four tournament confrontations five tag team side matches. In the main event, Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL)'s Stephanie Vaquer defeated Giulia to win the Strong Women's Championship, ending the latter's reign at 249 days and nine successful defenses.

Night 3 (March 16)

The third night of the event saw four of the second round matches taking place with AZM, Ruaka, Xena and Miyu Amasaki advancing to the quarterfinals of the competition.

Night 4 (March 17)

The fourth night of the event portraited the four quarterfinal bouts from which Ruaka, AZM, Ami Sohrei and Hanan emerged victorious and moved to the semifinals of the competition.

Night 5 - Finals (March 20)

The finals night started with a preshow confrontation broadcast live on Stardom's YouTube channel in which IWGP Women's Champion Mayu Iwatani defeated Stars stablemate Yuzuki in singles competition.

In the first main card bout, Mina Shirakawa, Waka Tsukiyama, Hanako and Xena picked up a victory over Syuri, Saki Kashima, Mirai and Ranna Yagami in eight-woman tag team action. Next up, Hanan defeated Ruaka in the first semifinal bout of the tournament. In the third bout, Ami Sohrei defeated AZM in the second semifinal match. Next, Suzu Suzuki and Mei Seira and Mai Sakurai outmatched the teams of Saya Kamitani, Miyu Amasaki and Lady C, and Hazuki, Koguma and Saya Iida in three-way tag team action. After the bout concluded, FWC (Hazuki and Koguma) and Crazy Star's Suzu Suzuki and Mei Seira brifely confronted Saya Kamitani as they teased a multi-team challenge for the Goddess of Stardom Championship. Next up, Giulia and Tam Nakano fought into a time-limit draw in one of Giulia's last matches in Stardom. Next up, Natsuko Tora, Starlight Kid, Momo Watanabe, Rina and Fukigen Death defeated Wonder of Stardom Champion Saori Anou, Natsupoi, Yuna Mizumori, Sakura Aya and Kurara Sayaka in ten-woman tag team action. In the semi main event, Hanan defeated Ami Sohrei to win the Cinderella Tournament.

In the main event, Maika defeated Utami Hayashishita to secure the second consecutive defense of the World of Stardom Championship in that respective reign. After the bout concluded, Momo Watanabe laid a challenge for Maika's title, however Maika denied Watanabe's challenge and appointed Megan Bayne as the number one contender instead, in what was seemingly set to take place at the American Dream 2024 event on April 4.

The night closed off with the ceremony of the Cinderella winner Hanan who wore the traditional Cinderella dress as well as the winner trophy.

No.	Results	Stipulations	Times
1P	Mayu Iwatani defeated Yuzuki	Singles match	7:46
2	Empress Nexus Venus (Mina Shirakawa, Waka Tsukiyama, Hanako and Xena) defeated God's Eye (Syuri, Saki Kashima, Mirai and Ranna Yagami)	Eight-woman tag team match	9:36
3	Hanan defeated Ruaka	Cinderella tournament semi-finals match	9:18
4	Ami Sohrei defeated AZM	Cinderella tournament semi-finals match	11:35
5	Crazy Star (Suzu Suzuki and Mei Seira) and Mai Sakurai defeated Queen's Quest (Saya Kamitani, Miyu Amasaki and Lady C) and Classmates (Hazuki, Koguma and Saya Iida)	Three-way tag team match	10:28
6	Giulia vs. Tam Nakano ended in a time-limit draw	Singles match	15:00
7	Oedo Tai (Natsuko Tora, Starlight Kid, Momo Watanabe, Rina and Fukigen Death) defeated Cosmic Angels (Saori Anou, Natsupoi, Yuna Mizumori, Sakura Aya and Kurara Sayaka)	Ten-woman tag team match	13:05
8	Hanan defeated Ami Sohrei	Cinderella tournament finals	10:59
9	Maika (c) defeated Utami Hayashishita	Singles match for the World of Stardom Championship	29:41
(c)  – the champion(s) heading into the match P  – the match was broadcast on the pre-show

Participants

The tournament consisted of 24 participants, including several champions. Several competitors got walkover victories in the first rounds due to previous performances. Suzu Suzuki received her bye for winning the 2023 Grand Prix, Mirai for being the previous year Cinderella Tournament winner, Ami Sohrei, Mai Sakurai and Waka Tsukiyama for making it to the last semifinals of the previous edition, and AZM, Hazuki and Mei Seira for being picked by Stardom.

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

Wrestler	Unit	Notes
Ami Sohrei	God's Eye	Artist of Stardom Champion
AZM	Queen's Quest
Hanako	Empress Nexus Venus
Hanan	Stars	New Blood Tag Team Champion Winner
Hazuki	Stars
Koguma	Stars
Kurara Sayaka	Cosmic Angels
Lady C	Queen's Quest
Mai Sakurai	Unaffiliated
Mei Seira	Unaffiliated	High Speed Champion
Mirai	God's Eye	Artist of Stardom Champion
Miyu Amasaki	Queen's Quest
Momo Kohgo	Stars
Natsuko Tora	Oedo Tai
Ranna Yagami	God's Eye
Ruaka	Oedo Tai
Saki Kashima	God's Eye
Saya Iida	Stars	New Blood Tag Team Champion
Starlight Kid	Oedo Tai
Suzu Suzuki	Unaffiliated
Waka Tsukiyama	Empress Nexus Venus
Xena	Empress Nexus Venus
Yuna Mizumori	Cosmic Angels
Yuzuki	Stars

Brackets

Winner of the 2024 Cinderella Tournament, Hanan.

Round 1 March 9

Round 2 March 10, 16

Quarterfinals March 17

Semifinals March 20

Final March 20

Hanan

Sub

Hanako

6:30

Hanan

Pin

Mirai

10:17

Hanan

Pin

Starlight Kid

9:27

Starlight Kid

8:21

Yuzuki

Pin

Starlight Kid

Elim

Suzu Suzuki

12:36

Hanan

Pin

Ruaka

9:18

Xena

Pin

Momo Kohgo

3:39

Xena

Pin

Waka Tsukiyama

5:32

Xena

6:39

Ruaka

Pin

Koguma

5:16

Ruaka

Elim

Ruaka

Elim

Hazuki

6:57

Hanan

Pin

Ami Sohrei

10:59

Saki Kashima

4:47

Saya Iida

Pin

Saya Iida

4:45

Mei Seira

Pin

Mei Seira

6:31

Ami Sourei

Elim

Yuna Mizumori

Pin

Lady C

5:04

Yuna Mizumori

6:09

Ami Sourei

Pin

Ami Sourei

Pin

AZM

11:35

Kurara Sayaka

DQ

Natsuko Tora

3:52

Kurara Sayaka

7:14

AZM

Pin

AZM

Pin

Miyu Amasaki

8:50

Miyu Amasaki

Pin

Ranna Yagami

4:30

Miyu Amasaki

Pin

Mai Sakurai

6:56

External links

• Page Stardom World