{"id":65196,"date":"2020-03-20T09:13:23","date_gmt":"2020-03-20T13:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/?p=65196"},"modified":"2020-03-20T09:13:23","modified_gmt":"2020-03-20T13:13:23","slug":"stardom-cinderella-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2020\/03\/20\/stardom-cinderella-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: Stardom – Cinderella Tournament (3\/24\/20)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stardom<\/a> returns to some normality when they run Korakuen Hall on March 24th.\u00a0 There will be fans in attendance, and they will host the Cinderella Tournament.\u00a0 This tournament has the stipulation that matches have a 10-minute time limit and victory can come by pinfall, submission or by throwing your opponent over the top rope.\u00a0 And as an added kicker if a match ends in a draw both competitors are OUT! The stipulations throw up the possibility for upsets and for some talent outside the main event scene to have a chance at winning.\u00a0 The winner of the tournament earns one wish, that so far has always been used for a title shot, and wears a beautiful dress when she’s awarded the trophy.\u00a0 The first round matches will stream live on YouTube<\/a> for free but the rest of the tournament is only available on Stardom World.<\/p>\n

Momo Watanabe vs Starlight Kid<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\"Cinderella<\/p>\n

This match more than any other stands out as a possible upset.\u00a0 Watanabe’s current storyline is that her and Queen’s Quest aren’t doing very well so what better way to compound than by being eliminated by Starlight Kid in the first round.\u00a0 The win would be a big moment for SLK and with her athleticism being her key strength it wouldn’t be a shock for her to find a way to get Watanabe over the top rope.<\/p>\n

Jungle Kyona vs Giulia<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Tokyo Cyber Squad and Donna Del Mondo clash in the opening round.\u00a0 These two built some tension back at\u00a0No People Gate\u00a0<\/em>after Kyona pinned\u00a0Maika\u00a0<\/strong>giving DDM their first loss in Stardom.\u00a0 Chance are this one ends in a draw with both women being eliminated and setting up another singles match in the near future.\u00a0 Jungle Kyona loses a lot though so it wouldn’t be too surprising for them to have her lose to Giulia here.<\/p>\n

Konami vs AZM<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\"Cinderella<\/p>\n

Konami battles her former tag team partner AZM.\u00a0 AZM is the kind of competitor that can pull of upsets in tournaments like this thanks to her high speed prowess but Konami seems to do well in tournaments so expect her to come away with the win.<\/p>\n

Syuri vs Jamie Hayter<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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The hard-hitting Syuri takes on the powerful Jamie Hayter in a match that is sure to leave both competitors bruised afterward.\u00a0 With Syuri’s DDM faction still getting over in Stardom it’d make sense to give her the win here over Hayter and could possibly build to a title match down the line.<\/p>\n

Tam Nakano vs Saki Kashima<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\"Cinderella<\/p>\n

Tam was our early favourite to walk away from this tournament as the winner.\u00a0 She has a tough draw though and is on the same side of the bracket as a couple of people that Stardom are pushing.\u00a0 That said, she probably wins here to avoid Saki facing her faction leader Tora in the next round<\/p>\n

Natsuko Tora vs Saya Kamitani<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Tora is currently in the midst of a push following Kagetsu passing her the torch and anointing her as the new leader of Oedo Tai which means she is probably going to beat Saya Kamitani here.\u00a0 Stardom clearly likes Kamitani but for someone to beat a faction leader, even in this tournament, just months after their debut would be incredible.<\/p>\n

Utami Hayashishita vs Maika<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\"Cinderella<\/p>\n

A rematch from January when Hayashishita defended her Future Of Stardom title against Maika.\u00a0 Maika is the pin eater for DDM and will likely lose here against the woman that beat her just two months ago.<\/p>\n

Mayu Iwatani vs Hana Kimura<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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The headline match of the first round sees Mayu Iwatani take on Hana Kimura.\u00a0 Kimura winning could set her up for a future title match but Iwatani winning this tournament opens up some really interesting options regarding what she could use her wish for.<\/p>\n

Predictions<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Our early favorite was Tam Nakano winning and using her wish to challenge Arisa Hoshiki\u00a0<\/strong>for the Wonder Of Stardom title but with Nakano’s tough draw and Hoshiki’s status currently up in the air, Stardom may go elsewhere.\u00a0 Giulia is a viable option to win as Stardom has made her a focal point of their product and a match between her and Mayu would be a good main event for Ota Ward.\u00a0 Our BOLD\u00a0<\/strong>picks are Utami Hayashishita and Mayu Iwatani.\u00a0 Hayashishita winning and using her wish to get a tag title shot would play into her current story.\u00a0 Iwatani winning would allow her to challenge Arisa Hoshiki to a huge title unification match at Ota Ward Gymnasium.<\/p>\n

Stay tuned to the\u00a0Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.\u00a0 And make sure to subscribe to\u00a0Stardom World<\/a>\u00a0to watch some Stardom and don\u2019t forget\u00a0Cinderella Tournament<\/em> first-round matches will air on Stardom\u2019s YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Stardom returns to some normality when they run Korakuen Hall on March 24th.\u00a0 There will be fans in attendance, and they will host the Cinderella Tournament.\u00a0 This tournament has the stipulation that matches have a 10-minute time limit and victory can come by pinfall, submission or by throwing your opponent over the top rope.\u00a0 And […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2013,"featured_media":65220,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13,5302],"tags":[2675,5900,3874,2897,3241,1450,2676,480],"class_list":["post-65196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","category-joshi","tag-cinderella-tournament","tag-giulia","tag-hana-kimura","tag-joshi","tag-jungle-kyona","tag-mayu-iwatani","tag-momo-watanabe","tag-stardom"],"modified_by":"Alex Richards, LWOF Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2013"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65196\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}