Stardom Mid Summer Champions (スターダム真夏のチャンピオン, Sutādamu manatsu no chanpion) was a two-night professional wrestling event promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom. The events took place on July 9 and 24, 2022, in Tokyo, Japan at the Tachikawa Stage Garden, and in Nagoya, Japan at the Nagoya Congress Center with a limited attendance due in part to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic at the time.[2]
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 Promotional poster featuring various wrestlers for the July 9 event | |||
| Promotion | World Wonder Ring Stardom | ||
| Date | July 9, 2022 | ||
| City | Tokyo, Japan | ||
| Venue | Tachikawa Stage Garden | ||
| Attendance | 1,204[1] | ||
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Mid Summer Champions in Tokyo edit
Stardom Mid Summer Champions in Tokyo was the first event of the Mid Summer Champions series and took place on July 9, 2022. The event's press conference took place on June 14, 2022 and was broadcast live on Stardom's YouTube channel.[3]
Background edit
The show featured eight 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.[4]
Event edit
The two preshow matches were broadcast on Stardom's YouTube channel. In the first one, Lady C picked a victory over Hina and Yuko Sakurai, and in the second one, Hanan successfully defended the Future of Stardom Championship for the eighth time in a row against Waka Tsukiyama.[5] The third match saw Ami Sourei & Mirai defeating Utami Hayashishita & Miyu Amasaki in a tag team match. The fifth match saw AZM successfully defending the High Speed Championship for the fifth time in a row against Momo Kohgo. In the sixth match, Tam Nakano, Unagi Sayaka, Mina Shirakawa, Saki & Hikari Shimizu challenged Giulia, Maika, Himeka, Natsupoi & Mai Sakurai in an elimination tag team match. Natsupoi betrayed Donna Del Mondo by attacking Giulia mid-match, attracting the latter's unit loss. She subsequently joined Cosmic Angels in the process. After Saya Kamitani marked her seventh successful title defense in a row of the Wonder of Stardom Championship over Starlight Kid, Nanae Takahashi returned as a self-proclaimed partner of Kairi. Lady C stepped up on the behalf of Kamitani, establishing a tag team match on further notice.[6]
The main event saw Syuri defeating Momo Watanabe to secure the sixth defense in a row with the World of Stardom Championship. Tam Nakano stepped up to challenge Syuri on further notice, which the God's Eye leader accepted.[7]
Results edit
Mid Summer Champions in Nagoya edit
| Stardom Mid Summer Champions in Nagoya | |||
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 Promotional poster featuring various wrestlers for the July 24 event | |||
| Promotion | World Wonder Ring Stardom | ||
| Date | July 24, 2022 | ||
| City | Nagoya, Japan | ||
| Venue | Nagoya Congress Center | ||
| Attendance | 1,064[10] | ||
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Stardom Mid Summer Champions in Nagoya was the second event of the Mid Summer Champions series and took place on July 24, 2022. The event's press conference took place on July 11, 2022 and was broadcast live on Stardom's YouTube channel.[11]
Background edit
The show featured eight 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.
Event edit
The first preshow match, in which Hanan and Saya Iida took on Mai Sakurai and Rina Amikura into a 10-minute time limit draw, was broadcast live on Stardom's YouTube channel.[12] In the first main card match, the SWA World Champion Mayu Iwatani and Momo Kohgo picked up a victory over Ruaka and Fukigen Death. The next bout saw AZM defending the High Speed Championship sixth time in a row against Rina. The fourth match portraited the victory of Prominence's Risa Sera, Hiragi Kurumi & Suzu Suzuki in a captain's fall match over Cosmic Angels' Mina Shirakawa, Unagi Sayaka & Hikari Shimizu and Queen's Quest's Lady C, Hina & Miyu Amasaki. Next, Oedo Tai's sub-group of Momo Watanabe, Starlight Kid & Saki Kashima marked their second defense of the Artist of Stardom Championship against Donna Del Mondo's Giulia, Maika & Himeka. The sixth match saw Hazuki and Koguma successfully defending the Goddess of Stardom Championship fourth time in a row against God's Eye's Ami Sourei and Mirai. In the semi main event, Saya Kamitani defended the Wonder of Stardom Championship successfully for the eighth time against Saki.[13]
The main event portraited the victory of Syuri over Tam Nakano for the World of Stardom Championship, which marked Syuri's seventh defense of the red belt.[14]
Results edit
| No. | Results[15][16] | Stipulations | Times[10] | ||||
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| 1P | Stars (Hanan and Saya Iida) vs. Mai Sakurai and Rina Amikura ended in a time-limit draw | Tag team match | 10:00 | ||||
| 2 | Stars (Mayu Iwatani and Momo Kohgo) defeated Oedo Tai (Fukigen Death and Ruaka) | Tag team match | 4:48 | ||||
| 3 | AZM (c) defeated Rina | Singles match for the High Speed Championship | 8:04 | ||||
| 4 | Prominence (Risa Sera, Hiragi Kurumi and Suzu Suzuki) defeated Cosmic Angels (Mina Shirakawa, Unagi Sayaka and Hikari Shimizu) and Queen's Quest (Lady C, Hina and Miyu Amasaki) | Three-way tag team match | 11:42 | ||||
| 5 | Oedo Tai (Starlight Kid, Momo Watanabe and Saki Kashima) (c) defeated Donna Del Mondo (Giulia, Maika and Himeka) | Six-woman tag team match for the Artist of Stardom Championship | 12:56 | ||||
| 6 | FWC (Hazuki and Koguma) (c) defeated God's Eye (Ami Sourei and Mirai) | Tag team match for the Goddess of Stardom Championship | 18:45 | ||||
| 7 | Saya Kamitani (c) defeated Saki | Singles match for the Wonder of Stardom Championship | 13:22 | ||||
| 8 | Syuri (c) defeated Tam Nakano | Singles match for the World of Stardom Championship | 22:18 | ||||
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References edit
- ^ a b Kreikenbohm, Philip (July 9, 2022). "Stardom MidSummer Champions ~Kings Of MidSummer~". cagematch.net. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
- ^ World Wonder Ring Stardom (May 16, 2022). 2022.07.09 (土)［発売中］『STARDOM MidSummer Champions 2022〜真夏の王者たち〜』東京・立川ステージガーデン. stardom.com (in Japanese). Retrieved May 16, 2022.
- ^ World Wonder Ring Stardom (June 14, 2022). 【6/14 (火) 18:30 生配信】7・9『STARDOM MidSummer Champions 2022〜真夏の王者たち〜』記者会見【#STARDOM 】. youtube.com (in Japanese). Retrieved June 14, 2022.
- ^ Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 18, 2013. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
- ^ World Wonder Ring Stardom (July 9, 2022). 【第1試合まで無料配信！】７・９『STARDOM MidSummer Champions 2022 ～真夏の王者たち～』#STARDOM. youtube.com (in Japanese). Retrieved July 9, 2022.
- ^ Peterson, Karen (July 9, 2022). "Stardom MidSummer Champions Report – Syuri vs. Momo Watanabe; Saya Kamitani vs. Starlight Kid". postwrestling.com. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
- ^ Edwards, Scott (July 9, 2022). "STARDOM MidSummer Champions Results (7/9/22) / Syuri vs. Momo Watanabe And More". fightful.com. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
- ^ World Wonder Ring Stardom (June 9, 2022). 2022.07.09 (土)［発売中］『STARDOM MidSummer Champions 2022〜真夏の王者たち〜』東京・立川ステージガーデン. wwr-stardom.com (in Japanese). Retrieved June 9, 2022.
- ^ Daly, Wayne (July 9, 2022). "STARDOM Results: Midsummer Champions 2022 – Tachikawa, Japan (7/9)". wrestling-news.net. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
- ^ a b Kreikenbohm, Philip (July 24, 2022). "Stardom MidSummer Champions In Nagoya". cagematch.net. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
- ^ World Wonder Ring Stardom (July 11, 2022). 【7/11 (月) 18:00 生配信】7/24『STARDOM MidSummer Champions 2022 in NAGOYA』記者会見【#STARDOM 】. youtube.com (in Japanese). Retrieved July 11, 2022.
- ^ World Wonder Ring Stardom (July 24, 2022). 【第1試合まで無料配信！】7・24『STARDOM MidSummer Champions 2022 in NAGOYA』#STARDOM. youtube.com (in Japanese). Retrieved July 24, 2022.
- ^ Breward, Trent (July 25, 2022). "STARDOM Midsummer Champions in Nagoya Review". monthlypuroresu.com. Retrieved July 29, 2022.
- ^ Edwards, Scott (July 24, 2022). "STARDOM MidSummer Champions 2022 In Nagoya Results (7/24/22) / Syuri vs. Tam Nakano, More". fightful.com. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
- ^ World Wonder Ring Stardom (July 11, 2022). 2022.07.24 (日)［発売中］『STARDOM MidSummer Champions 2022 in NAGOYA』愛知・名古屋国際会議場イベントホール. wwr-stardom.com (in Japanese). Retrieved July 11, 2022.
- ^ Thomas, Jeremy (July 24, 2022). "STARDOM MidSummer Champions 2022 In Nagoya Results 7.24.22: Syuri Defends Title, More". 411mania.com. Retrieved July 24, 2022.