Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2024

2024 World Wonder Ring Stardom event

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

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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 Goddesses 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.

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Results

Stipulations

Times

Mayu Iwatani defeated Yuzuki

Singles match