BITE-SIZE SHOW REPORT: Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2025 – Night 2 (Sunday, 9th March 2025)

Pre-Show Notes

• This is the 11th iteration of the Cinderella Tournament.
• Tournament Debutants: Tabata, Azusa Inaba, Yuria Hime, Aya Sakura, Akira Kurogane, Rian and Ranna Yagami.
• Hanan has the opportunity to become the third person to win back-to-back tournaments after Mayu Iwatani (2015 & 2016) and MIRAI (2022 & 2023).
• The reduced field of 16 is a return to a conventional single elimination tournament, and is the smallest field since the 2020 tournament.
• All first quarter-final matches will have a 15-minute time-limit, with victories occurring through all conventional methods and over the top rope.
• Double countouts or time-limit draws results in a double elimination.
• Due to Aya Sakura and HANAKO’s time-limit draw on the opening night of the tournament, both were eliminated. This means that Azusa Inaba has a bye into the semi-finals where she will take on either Ranna Yagami or Sayaka Kurura.
• Ami Sohrei will be absent from all cards as she begins the process of recovering from ACL and meniscus tears in her knee.
• Xena has suffered a ligament injury in her knee, and will be out of action for an undisclosed period of time.
• Matoi Hamabe will be missing missing from upcoming shows due to injury; no timetable is currently available for Matoi’s return to the ring.
• Momo Watanabe will not be present on this weekend’s cards due to her being in Los Angeles to take on Mercedes Mone for the TBS Championship at AEW Revolution.
• Hazuki and Koguma will not be present on the show on the 9th March due to them defending the OZ Academy Tag Team Championships at Shinjuku FACE against Momoka Hanazano and Itsuki Aoki.
• Saori Anou and Fukigen Death will also miss the show on the 9th March due to participation on the aforementioned OZ Academy show.
• Attendance Note: The announced attendance inside the Kariya City Industrial Promotion Center in Aichi was 678. This is the first time Stardom have run the venue and appears to be the first show run at the venue this calendar year. According to Cagematch, companies such as WAVE, FREEDOMS, Dragongate, Marvelous and Sendai Girls have all run the venue, but the 678 Stardom have drawn is easily a record for Kariya City Industrial Promotion Center among attendances that have been announced; comfortably beating the previous highest of 363 drawn by FREEDOMS in 2024.

Current Standings

Quick Results

• 6-Woman Tag Team Match: STARS (Mayu Iwatani, Saya Iida & Momo Kohgo) def. Cosmic Angels (Tam Nakano, Yuna Mizumori & Aya Sakura) w/ Lariat (10:45)
• Singles Match: Azusa Inaba def. Akira Kurogane w/ Beyond Azusa Inaba’s Older Sister (9:37)
• Singles Match: HANAKO def. Yuria Hime w/ Brainbuster (7:49)
• 8-Woman Tag Team Match: God’s Eye (Syuri, Saki Kashima, Hina & Tomoka Inaba) def. EXV (Maika, Mina Shirakawa, Waka Tsukiyama & Rian) w/ Super Hot (10:12)
• Cinderella Tournament 2025 Quarter-Final Match: Rina def. Tabata w/ Diving Double Knee Drop (7:40) (***1/4)
• Cinderella Tournament 2025 Quarter-Final Match: Hanan def. Miyu Amasaki w/ Back Drop Hold (7:19) (***1/2)
• Cinderella Tournament 2025 Quarter-Final Match: Sayaka Kurura def. Ranna Yagami w/ Tokimeki Falcon Arrow (11:44)
• 8-Woman Tag Team Match: NEO-GENESIS (Starlight Kid, Mei Seira, AZM & Suzu Suzuki) def. H.A.T.E (Saya Kamitani, Natsuko Tora, Konami & Ruaka) w/ Momo Latch (16:07)

Show Notes

• Following the finish of the opening 6-Woman Tag Team match, Saya Iida was joined in the ring by Hanan as the pair nominated the Peach Rock team of Mayu Iwatani and Momo Kohgo as their next challengers for the Goddesses of Stardom Championships. This match has now been made official for the second show of the Okinawa PPVs over the weekend of March 20th to the 22nd.
• Starlight Kid said that she wanted a singles match against Saya Kamitani, a special non-title match between the World of Stardom and Wonder of Stardom champions. The match has been agreed and will now take place during Stardom’s double header in Okinawa at the end of the month.

Standings After 9th March

You can check out the Stardom roster win/loss records for 2025 right here; https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/103h_Y27csTgcS-CcBwswaj-D7hVazTC_Wn0SPn0BZBM/edit

You can check out a comprehensive run down of the Stardom Championship Histories here; https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-Dk6T0ukSXm6R8eOTQU96i4rsfoy34wnz0-rKP5mwmQ/edit

Upcoming Shows

• Saturday 15th March – Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2025 – Night 3, Ota-Ward City Gymnasium, Tokyo (PPV)
• Thursday 20th March – Stardom Spring Vacation ~Hisai! Okinawa~ Night 1, Okinawa Convention Center, Okinawa (PPV)
• Saturday 22nd March – Stardom Spring Vacation ~Hisai! Okinawa~ Night 2, Okinawa Convention Center, Okinawa (PPV)
• Thursday 27th March – New Blood 20, Shinagawa Intercity Hall, Tokyo (LIVE/YouTube)
• Saturday 29th March – Stardom in Tokorozawa 2025 Mar., Japan Pavilion Hall A, Tokorozawa Sakurai Town, Saitama (LIVE)
• Sunday 30th March – Stardom in Hachioji 2025 Mar., Tokyo TamaFuture Messe, Hachioji City (LIVE)
• Wednesday 2nd April – Stardom Nighter 2025 in Korakuen Hall Apr., Korakuen Hall, Tokyo (LIVE)
• Sunday 6th April – Stardom Dream in Anjo ~Tam Nakano Triumphant Return~, Aichi Tosho Arena, Anjo (TBC)
• Thursday 10th April – Stardom in Osaka 2025 Apr., EDION Arena Osaka #2, Osaka (TBC)
• Friday 11th April – Stardom in Sakae 2025 Apr. – Night 1, Chunichi Hall, Aichi (TBC)
• Saturday 12th April – Stardom in Sakae 2025 Apr. – Night 2, Chunichi Hall, Aichi (TBC)
• Sunday 13th April – Stardom in Hamamatsu 2025, Act City Hamamatsu, Shizuoka (TBC)
• Thursday 17th April – American Dream 2025 in Sin City, Silverton Casino Lodge, Las Vegas, USA (PPV)
• Friday 18th April – American Dream 2025 in Neon City, Meet Las Vegas, Las Vegas, USA (PPV)
• Thursday 24th April – Stardom Nighter 2025 in Korakuen Hall Apr 2., Korakuen Hall, Tokyo (LIVE)
• Sunday 27th April – Stardom All-Star Grand Queendom 2025, Yokohama Arena, Kanagawa (PPV)