Stardom The Conversion

Stardom The Conversion
Promotional poster of the event
Promotion	World Wonder Ring Stardom
Date	June 22, 2024
City	Tokyo, Japan
Venue	Yoyogi National Gymnasium
Attendance	1,654[1]
Event chronology
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Stardom The Conversion (スターダム・ザ・コンバージョン, Sutādamu za konbājon) was a professional wrestling event promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom. The event took place on June 22, 2024, in Tokyo at Yoyogi National Gymnasium.^[2]

Nine matches were contested at the event, including one on the pre-show, and three of Stardom's ten championships were on the line. The main event saw Maika defeat Xena to retain the World of Stardom Championship. In another prominent match, Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling's Mika Iwata defeated Saori Anou to win the Wonder of Stardom Championship.

Production

Background

The show featured professional wrestling matches that result from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portray villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.^[3]

Event

Thr event started with the preshow singles confrontation between Rian and Fukigen Death solded with the victory of the latter. In the second match, Hazuki and Koguma defeated stablemates and New Blood Tag Team Champions Hanan and Saya Iida to secure the second consecutive defense of the Goddess of Stardom Championship in that respective reign. After the bout concluded, Hazuki and Koguma nominated Syuri and Konami as their next challengers in a match which was set to occure one week after the event. The third bout saw Starlight Kid picking up a victory over Mei Seira in signles competition. All the three first matches were broadcast live on Stardom's YouTube channel.^[4]

The fourth match saw one third of the Artist of Stardom Champions Mina Shirakawa and Hanako outmatching Natsupoi and Yuna Mizumori in tag team competition. Next up, Saki Kashima, Ranna Yagami and Tomoka Inaba) defeated Tam Nakano, Sakura Aya and Kurara Sayaka in six-way tag team action. Next up, IWGP Women's Champion Mayu Iwatani and Momo Kohgo wrestled into a time-limit draw against Syuri and Ami Sohrei. In the seventh bout, Natsuko Tora, Thekla, Rina, Momo Watanabe and Ruaka defeated Saya Kamitani, AZM, Lady C, Hina and Miyu Amasaki in a Ten-woman elimination tag team match. Per the stipulation, since Kamitani was the last wrestler eliminated, AZM, Hina, Lady C, and Amasaki all had to leave Queen's Quest, assenting Kamitani to remain the sole member of the unit in the process, thus taking the leadership of the stable. After the bout concluded, the whole God's Eye unit and Crazy Star's Suzu Suzuki, Mei Seira and their newest member Starlight Kid tried to make a joining offer to the rest of the ex-Queen's Quest's members but the latters declined. In the semi main event, Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling's Mika Iwata defeated Saori Anou to win the Wonder of Stardom Championship, ending the latter's reign at 176 days and three defenses. Iwata became the first wrestler not signed by Stardom to win one of the two main singles titles in the promotion since Santana Garrett back in 2015.^[5]

In the main event, Maika defeated Empress Nexus Venus stablemate Xena to secure the fifth defense of the World of Stardom Championship in that respective reign. After the bout concluded, Maika received a challenge from JTO's Tomoka Inaba.^[6][7][8][9]

Results

References

External links

• Stardom World

This page was last edited on 27 June 2024, at 17:30