{"id":73688,"date":"2020-08-05T12:59:24","date_gmt":"2020-08-05T16:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/?p=73688"},"modified":"2020-08-05T12:59:24","modified_gmt":"2020-08-05T16:59:24","slug":"yokohama-cinderella-2020-day-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2020\/08\/05\/yokohama-cinderella-2020-day-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: Stardom &#8211; Yokohama Cinderella 2020 Day 1 (8\/22\/20)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stardom runs the brand new Yokohama Budokan for back to back days with two of the most stacked lineups in Stardom history for\u00a0<em>Yokohama Cinderella 2020<\/em>.\u00a0 These events also take place in the middle of Stardom&#8217;s annual<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2020\/07\/27\/5star-grand-prix-2020-primer\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> 5STAR Grand Prix<\/a> meaning August is a very exciting time to be a Stardom fan.\u00a0 Let&#8217;s jump into this preview for day one of Yokohama Cinderella 2020.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>STARS (Hanan &amp; Itsuki Hoshino) vs Hina &amp; Rina<\/strong><\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"tl\" dir=\"ltr\">Yokohama Cinderella 2020<br \/>\u25a0 Day 1 August 22<br \/>\u25c6Tag Match<br \/>Hanan &amp; Itsuki Hoshino vs Hina &amp; Rina<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; We Are Stardom (@we_are_stardom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/we_are_stardom\/status\/1289411716900560896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 1, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Hanan makes her return to action after a year of inactivity caused by lumbar spondylosis.\u00a0 \u00a0She teams with the retiring Hoshino for the first time ever to take on her younger twin sisters Rina and Hina.\u00a0 Rina and Hina have improved leaps and bounds while their sister has been injured but you have to imagine bi sister will get the last laugh here and come away with the win.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>AZM vs Saya Iida<\/strong><\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"in\" dir=\"ltr\">Yokohama Cinderella 2020<br \/>\u25a0Day 1 August 22<br \/>\u25c6Singles Match<br \/>AZM vs Saya Iida<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; We Are Stardom (@we_are_stardom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/we_are_stardom\/status\/1289411778082770944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 1, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>New High Speed Champion AZM takes on Saya Iida in singles action.\u00a0 Given her new title and the fact AZM is taking part in the 5STAR GP this is likely going to end in a win for AZM but it is sure to be a good match between two talented performers.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Tokyo Syber Squad (Jungle Kyona, Konami &amp; DEATH Yama-San) vs Oedo Tai (Natsuko Tora, Saki Kashima &amp; Natsu Sumire)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"tl\" dir=\"ltr\">Yokohama Cinderella 2020<br \/>\u25a0Day 1 August 22<br \/>\u25c6TCS vs Oedo Tai<br \/>Jungle Kyona, Konami &amp; DEATH Yama vs Natsuko Tora, Saki Kashima &amp; Natsu Sumire<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; We Are Stardom (@we_are_stardom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/we_are_stardom\/status\/1289411842847076353?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 1, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>On day 2 these two factions will also meet in tag team action so on day 1 we get a trios preview.\u00a0 Kyona and Tora renewing their grudge always leads to a good match as they go hard against one another.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Tam Nakano, Starlight Kid &amp; Riho vs Mima Shimoda, Yuna Manase &amp; Super Strong Stardom Machine<\/strong><\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"tl\" dir=\"ltr\">Yokohama Cinderella 2020<br \/>\u25a0Day 1 August 22<br \/>\u25c66 Woman Tag Match<br \/>Tam Nakano, Starlight Kid &amp; Riho vs Mima Shimoda, Yuna Manase &amp; Super Strong Stardom Machine<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; We Are Stardom (@we_are_stardom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/we_are_stardom\/status\/1289411955556376576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 1, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>What a match huh.\u00a0 Yuna Manase returns to Stardom to team with Joshi legend Mima Shimoda and the\u00a0<em>No People Gate\u00a0<\/em>battle royal winner Super Strong Stardom Machine.\u00a0 They take on the kind of STARS but not totally STARS trio of Tam Nakano, Starlight Kid, and Riho (Riho isn&#8217;t officially in STARS despite teaming with them 90% of the time).\u00a0 Nakano and Kid have big matches on day 2 so expect one of them to pick up the win<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Utami Hayashishita vs Himeka<\/strong><\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"tl\" dir=\"ltr\">Yokohama Cinderella 2020<br \/>\u25a0Day 1 August 22<br \/>\u25c6Singles Match<br \/>Utami Hayashishita vs Himeka<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; We Are Stardom (@we_are_stardom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/we_are_stardom\/status\/1289412008958255106?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 1, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Donna Del Mondo vs Queen&#8217;s Quest match one of the night as Utami Hayashishita takes on Himeka in a match that has this writer very excited.\u00a0 These two women will meet on day 2 in a Goddesses Of Stardom Championship match and this should give us another preview of what&#8217;s to come.\u00a0 Expect a draw as both are booked fairly well although Himeka beating Hayashishita would make her look like a real threat,<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Future Of Stardom Championship: Maika (C) vs Saya Kamitani<\/strong><\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"tl\" dir=\"ltr\">Yokohama Cinderella 2020<br \/>\u25a0Day 1 August 22<br \/>\u25c6Future of Stardom Title Match<br \/>(Champion) Maika vs Saya Kamitani<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; We Are Stardom (@we_are_stardom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/we_are_stardom\/status\/1289412079082856450?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 1, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In the match where Maika won the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2020\/07\/17\/maika-future-of-stardom-championship\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Future Of Stardom title<\/a>, she and Kamitani had some very entertaining exchanges.\u00a0 Not only that but they will also meet in tomorrow&#8217;s goddesses title match which adds some more stakes to this match.\u00a0 As well as that there is the brewing faction war between DDM and QQ where both sides want as many titles as possible so both women will want to take the belt for their faction and get some momentum ahead of their title match the next day.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Giulia vs Momo Watanabe<\/strong><\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"tl\" dir=\"ltr\">Yokohama Cinderella 2020<br \/>\u25a0Day 1 August 22<br \/>\u25c6Singles Match<br \/>Giulia vs Momo Watanabe<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; We Are Stardom (@we_are_stardom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/we_are_stardom\/status\/1289412290001788928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 1, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A special singles match that could main event any show of the year.\u00a0 Also, we have DDM vs QQ for a third time on this show as the two faction leaders face off.\u00a0 While normally this sort of match would likely end in a draw both women will want to deal a crushing blow in the faction war by getting the win.\u00a0 For what it&#8217;s worth Giulia eliminated Watanabe from the Cinderella Tournament earlier this year, albeit that was by over the top rope elimination rules.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>World Of Stardom Championship: Mayu Iwatani (C) vs Syuri<\/strong><\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"tl\" dir=\"ltr\">Yokohama Cinderella 2020<br \/>\u25a0Day 1 August 22<br \/>\u25c6World of Stardom Title Match<br \/>(Champion) Mayu Iwatani vs Syuri<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; We Are Stardom (@we_are_stardom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/we_are_stardom\/status\/1289412339993722880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 1, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This should be a pretty good match as Iwatani excels when she&#8217;s in there with a performer that can beat her up and allowed her to sell and Syuri is fantastic at that part of wrestling.\u00a0 Syuri likely won&#8217;t win as she isn&#8217;t signed to Stardom and that will always limit someone&#8217;s potential in the company but this will live up to the main event spot.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Last 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<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stardom-world.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0Stardom World<\/a> to see all the action from Yokohama Cinderella 2020 Day 1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stardom runs the brand new Yokohama Budokan for back to back days with two of the most stacked lineups in Stardom history for\u00a0Yokohama Cinderella 2020.\u00a0 These events also take place in the middle of Stardom&#8217;s annual 5STAR Grand Prix meaning August is a very exciting time to be a Stardom fan.\u00a0 Let&#8217;s jump into this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2013,"featured_media":73690,"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":[13,5302,317,323],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","category-joshi","category-women","category-world-wonder-ring-stardom"],"modified_by":"Alex Richards, LWOF Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73688","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=73688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73688\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}