2024 World Wonder Ring Stardom event
Stardom Flashing Champions 2024 (スターダム フラッシング チャンピオンズ Sutādamu furasshingu chanpionzu 2024 was a professional wrestling event promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom . The event took place on May 18, 2024, in Yokohama at Yokohama Budokan.[2]
Background [ edit ] Storylines [ edit ] The event featured nine 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 event started with three preshow confrontations broadcast live on Stardom's YouTube channel. In the first one, a returning Hina went into a time-limit draw against Ranna Yagami in singles competition, in the second one Natsupoi and Starlight Kid wrestled Suzu Suzuki and Mei Seira also into a draw, and in the third one, World of Stardom Champion Maika defeated stablemate Hanako in singles competition.[4]
In the first main card bout, Rina , Fukigen Death and JTO 's Azusa Inaba picked up a victory over two thirds of the [[Artist of Stardom Championship|Artist of Stardom Champions Mina Shirakawa and Xena who teamed up with stablemate Waka Tsukiyama . Next up, Momo Watanabe , Natsuko Tora and Thekla won a Gauntlet tag team match for the number one contendership for the Artist of Stardom Championship , bout which also consisted of the teams of Stars (Hazuki , Koguma and Momo Kohgo ), Queen's Quest (AZM , Miyu Amasaki and Lady C ), God's Eye (Syuri , Konami and Saki Kashima ) and Cosmic Angels (Yuna Mizumori , Sakura Aya and Sayaka Kurara). The sixth bout saw Saya Kamitani defeating Saya Iida to secure the first defense of the High Speed Championship in that respective reign. Next up, Ice Ribbon 's Tsukasa Fujimoto and Seadlinnng 's Arisa Nakajima defeated IWGP Women's Champion and one half of the New Blood Tag Team Champions Hanan in tag team competition. After the bout concluded, Fujimoto was nominated as the next challenger for Iwatani's title. In the semi main event, All Elite Wrestling 's Willow Nightingale successfully defended the AEW TBS Championship against Tam Nakano .
In the main event, Saori Anou defeated Ami Sohrei to secure the third consecutive defense of the Wonder of Stardom Championship in that respective reign. After the bout ended, she received a challenge from Cosmic Angels stablemate Natsupoi .[5] [6]
Results [ edit ] References [ edit ]
^ a b Kreikenbohm, Philip (May 18, 2024). "Stardom Flashing Champions 2024" . cagematch.net . Retrieved May 18, 2024 . ^ World Wonder Ring Stardom. 2024.05.18 (土)［発売中］『STARDOM Flashing champions 2024』神奈川・横浜武道館 wwr-stardom.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 27, 2024 . ^ Grabianowski, Ed (January 13, 2006). "How Pro Wrestling Works" . HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications . Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved March 10, 2024 . ^ World Wonder Ring Stardom (May 18, 2024). 【第2試合まで 無料配信】5・18『STARDOM Flashing champions 2024』 ※PPVで全試合LIVE配信！ youtube.com (in Japanese). Retrieved May 18, 2024 . ^ Brennan, Corey (May 18, 2024). "STARDOM Flashing Champions 2024 Results (5/18): Willow Nightingale Faces Tam Nakano" . Retrieved May 18, 2024 . ^ Ravens, Andrew (May 18, 2024). "STARDOM Flashing Champions 2024 Results (5/18): Willow Nightingale Defends TBS Title" . ewrestlingnews.com . Retrieved May 18, 2024 . ^ Faliani, R. (May 8, 2024). "Arisa Nakajima and Tsukasa Fujimoto Reunite Against Mayu Iwatani and Hanan" . monthlypuroresu.com . Retrieved May 10, 2024 .
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