2022 World Wonder Ring Stardom event
Stardom Fight in the Top (トップのスターダムファイト , Toppu no sutādamufaito ) was a professional wrestling event promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom . The event took place on June 26, 2022, in Nagoya, Japan at the Nagoya International Conference Hall , with a limited attendance due in part to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic at the time.[ 2]
Production
Background
The show featured six professional wrestling matches that resulted from scripted storylines , where wrestlers portrayed villains , heroes , or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[ 3] The press conference for the event was held on June 7, 2022 and was broadcast on Stardom's YouTube channel.[ 4]
Event
The preshow match was broadcast on Stardom's YouTube channel. Ruaka defeated Cosmic Angels ' Unagi Sayaka and Waka Tsukiyama in a three-way match . During the preshow transmission, a masked silhouette was shown attacking Saya Kamitani and Rossy Ogawa in a hallway.[ 5] The second match saw Momo Kohgo and Saya Iida defeating Lady C & Miyu Amasaki in a tag team match. The third match had Himeka picking a victory over Mina Shirakawa. Saki Kashima, Momo Watanabe & Starlight Kid retained the Artist of Stardom Championship in the three-way elimination tag team match against Donna Del Mondo's Giulia, Maika & Mai Sakurai, and God's Eye's World of Stardom Champion Syuri, Ami Sourei & Mirai. The fifth match saw Tam Nakano and Natsupoi fighting in the first-ever steel cage match held by Stardom, continuing a feud that started long ago at Stardom Yokohama Dream Cinderella 2021 on April 4 when Natsupoi unsuccessfully challenged Nakano for the Wonder of Stardom Championship .
The main event had the SWA World Champion Mayu Iwatani and the Goddesses of Stardom Champions Koguma & Hazuki taking on Utami Hayashishita, the Wonder of Stardom Champion Saya Kamitani, and the High Speed Champion AZM in a steel cage match in which the last member to fail to escape the cage was AZM who attracted her team's loss. After their victory, Iwatani, Koguma & Hazuki challenged Starlight Kid, Momo Watanabe & Saki Kashima for the Artist of Stardom Championship on further notice. Kid came out to accept the challenge.[ 6] [ 7]
Results
Notes
^ A certain wrestler must pin their opponent to be allowed to climb and escape the steel cage.
References
^ a b Kreikenbohm, Philip (June 26, 2022). "Stardom Fight In The Top ~Nagoya Summit Battle~" . cagematch.net . Retrieved June 26, 2022 .
^ World Wonder Ring Stardom . [発売中]『STARDOM Fight in the Top 2022~名古屋でら頂上決戦~』愛知・名古屋国際会議場イベントホール . Stardom (in Japanese). Retrieved June 6, 2022 .
^ Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works" . HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications . Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved August 21, 2017 .
^ World Wonder Ring Stardom (June 7, 2022). 【6/7 (火) 18:00 生配信】6・26『STARDOM Fight in the Top 2022~名古屋でら頂上決戦~』記者会見【#STARDOM 】 . stardom.com (in Japanese). Retrieved June 7, 2022 .
^ World Wonder Ring Stardom (June 26, 2022). 【第1試合まで無料配信!】6・26『STARDOM Fight in the Top 2022~名古屋でら頂上決戦~』#STARDOM . youtube.com (in Japanese). Retrieved June 26, 2022 .
^ NoPrimaDonna (June 26, 2022). "FIRST-EVER STARDOM STEEL CAGE MATCHES: 6/26 STARDOM FIGHT IN THE TOP REPORT FROM NAGOYA, JAPAN" . pwinsider.com . Retrieved June 27, 2022 .
^ Peterson, Karen (June 27, 2022). "Stardom Fight in the Top Report: Six-Woman Tag Cage Match, Tam Nakano vs. Natsupoi" . postwrestling.com . Retrieved June 30, 2022 .
^ World Wonder Ring Stardom (June 7, 2022). 6・26名古屋・『STARDOM Fight in the Top 2022~名古屋でら頂上決戦~』の全対戦カード発表記者会見 . wwr-stardom.com (in Japanese). Retrieved June 8, 2022 .
^ World Wonder Ring Stardom [@we_are_stardom] (June 5, 2022). "Mayu Iwatani, Hazuki & Koguma vs Utami Hayashishita, Saya Kamitani & AZM - Cage Match, June 26 Nagoya ppv "Stardom Fight in the Top 2022." " (Tweet ). Retrieved June 6, 2022 – via Twitter .
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