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2019 World Wonder Ring Stardom event
The 2018 Stardom Cinderella Tournament (スターダムシンデレラトーナメント2018 Sutādamushindereratōnamento 2019 was the fourth annual professional wrestling single-elimination tournament promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom in Tokyo , Japan . The event took place on April 30, 2018.[ 2]
The show featured fourteen Cinderella Tournament matches and a dark match 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.[ 3]
The preshow included a dark match in which Hanan , the High Speed Champion Mary Apache , Nao Yamaguchi, Natsumi and the Future of Stardom Champion Starlight Kid defeated AZM , Leo Onozaki, Natsuko Tora , Ruaka and Shiki Shibusawa as a result of a ten-woman tag team match . The Cinderella tournament had one draw between Io Shirai and Mayu Iwatani who went on a 10-minute time limit draw in the semifinal, feature which handed both Momo Watanabe and Bea Priestley walkover victories straight to the finals. Watanabe succeeded in winning the tournament with her granted wish being a match for the Wonder of Stardom Championship against the then-time champion Io Shirai .[ 4] [ 5] [ 6]
The tournament was composed by 16 competitors including the champions. It was an event to conclude in a single day.[ 7]
*Noted underneath were the champions who held their titles at the time of the tournament.
Winner of the 2018 Cinderella Tournament, Momo Watanabe .
^ Shirai and Iwatani went into a time-limit draw, therefore both getting disqualified from the tournament.
^ Watanabe and Priestley were scheduled to face in the semifinals but since Shirai and Iwatani were out of the tournament, the match was moved directly to the finals.
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