Stardom Cinderella Tournament


Stardom Cinderella Tournament is an annual single-elimination tournament created and promoted by the Japanese professional wrestling promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom. The event has been held since 2015 and aired domestically on Tokyo MX, Fighting TV Samurai and Nippon TV, and later as an internet pay-per-view on Stardom's streaming service Stardom World.
The main gimmick of the tournament is that the winner is being granted a wish, which usually turns up to be a championship match of their choice. Just as the real life fairytale of Cinderella depicting a girl who achieves fame after being obscure, the winner of the tournament transits from "neglected" to "famous", eventually moving up to a championship scene.

Events

As of 2024, there have been a total of ten events. The first one was presented under the name of "Cinderella Champions Fiesta", and later on the series began being known simply as the "Cinderella Tournament". Until 2021, the event used to be a one-day pay-per-view but later switched to a multi-day event.
No.EventDateCityVenueAttendanceRef
Stardom Ryogoku Cinderella Champions Fiesta 2015April 23, 2015Tokyo, JapanKorakuen Hall925
Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2016April 29, 2016Tokyo, JapanKorakuen Hall1,050
Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2017April 30, 2017Tokyo, JapanKorakuen Hall1,150
Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2018April 30, 2018Tokyo, JapanKorakuen Hall987
Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2019April 29, 2019Tokyo, JapanKorakuen Hall1,050
Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2020March 24, 2020Tokyo, JapanKorakuen Hall538
Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2021April 10 – June 12, 2021VariousVariousHighest: Night 3 – 1,240
Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2022April 3 – 29, 2022VariousVariousHighest: Night 4 – 2,017
Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2023March 26 – April 15, 2023VariousVariousHighest: Night 3 – 1,295
Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2024March 9 – 20, 2024VariousVariousHighest: Night 1 – 1,555
Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2025March 8 – 15, 2025VariousVariousHighest: Night 3 – 1,378

Stats

List of winners

Record

All-time participants list

As of the 2025 edition, there have been a total of 84 participants who entered the tournament. Mayu Iwatani and Mirai are the only two wrestlers who won the competition on two separate occasions. Iwatani shares the record for the most appearances with Momo Watanabe at 8. Koguma is the only competitor to be a two-time runner up. Mayu Iwatani, Giulia, Toni Storm and Hanan won the tournament while holding other titles, respective the Artist of Stardom Championship, the SWA World Championship, the Goddesses of Stardom Championship and the New Blood Tag Team Championship.

Legend

  • W – Winner
  • F – Finals
  • SF – Semi-finals
  • QF – Quarter-finals
  • R2 – Round 2
  • R1 – Round 1
  • – Deceased