Stardom New Blood Premium (スターダム ニューブラッド プレミアム, Sutādamu nyūburaddo puremiamu) was a professional wrestling event promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom. The event took place on March 25, 2023, in Yokohama, Japan at the Yokohama Budokan. The event saw the finals of the New Blood Tag Team Championship tournament to crown the inaugural New Blood Tag Team Champions.[2][3]
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| Promotion | World Wonder Ring Stardom | ||
| Date | March 25, 2023 | ||
| City | Yokohama, Japan | ||
| Venue | Yokohama Budokan | ||
| Attendance | 734[1] | ||
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Production
editBackground
editThe "New Blood" is a series of events that mainly focus on matches where rookie wrestlers, usually with three or fewer years of in-ring experience, evolve. Besides wrestlers from Stardom, various superstars from multiple promotions of the Japanese independent scene are invited to compete in bouts that are usually going under the stipulation of singles or tag team matches.[4]
The show featured nine 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 culminates in a wrestling match or series of matches.[5] During the Stardom New Blood 6 event, the New Blood Tag Team Championship were introduced alongside a tournament to crown the inaugural champions which was set to begin at New Blood 7 on January 20, and concluding at New Blood Premium in Yokohama Budokan on March 25.[6]
On the twelfth night of the Triangle Derby I from February 17, 2023, Stardom announced Hanako Ueda, Sakura Ishiguro and Komomo Minami as their newest trainees and they were all set to make their debuts at New Blood Premium on March 25, 2023.[7] At the event's press conference from March 7, their respective matches were announced alongside their new ring names. Ishiguro and Ueda would go under the names of Sakura Aya and Hanako, while Minami kept her original name.[8] Minami was scheduled to face Hazuki but suffered a legitimate injury while training and was pulled out of the card.
Event
editThe first two matches of the preshow were broadcast on Stardom's YouTube channel. In the first one, Hanan and Hina picked up a victory over Stars (Momo Kohgo and Saya Iida) and YoungOED (Rina and Ruaka), and in the second one, World of Stardom Champion Giulia defeated a debuting Sakura Aya.[9] The first main card bout saw Maika and Himeka picking up a victory over a debuting Hanako and Lady C. Next up, Mariah May dressed up a "Sexy Dynamite Princess" defeated Super Strong Stardom Machine in singles competition. The fifth match saw one of the semifinals of the inaugural New Blood Tag Team Championship tournament in which Mirai and Tomoka Inaba defeated stablemates Ami Sourei and Nanami to advance to the finals. In the sixth match, Starlight Kid and Karma defeated Mai Sakurai and Chanyota to secure the other spot in the tournament finals. In the eighth confrontation, Syuri defeated Miyu Amasaki in one of the latter's "triumph series" of matches. In the semi main event, Starlight Kid and Karma defeated Mirai and Tomoka Inaba to become the first-ever New Blood Tag Team Champions. They received a challenge from Lady C and Hanako right after the bout concluded.[10][11]
In the main event, Tam Nakano and Waka Tsukiyama defeated one half of the Goddesses of Stardom Champions Nanae Takahashi and Kairi. Tsukiyama succeeded in scoring a victory in almost two years.[12]
Matches
editNew Blood Tag Team Championship Inaugural Tournament
edit| Quarterfinals New Blood 7 (January 20)[15] | Semifinals New Blood Premium (March 25) | Finals New Blood Premium (March 25) | ||||||||||||
| Club Venus (Xia Brookside and Mariah May) | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Bloody Fate (Starlight Kid and Karma) | 12:26 | |||||||||||||
| Bloody Fate (Starlight Kid and Karma) | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Mai Sakurai and Chanyota | 7:05 | |||||||||||||
| Queen's Quest (Hina and Lady C[b]) | 9:05 | |||||||||||||
| Mai Sakurai and Chanyota | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Bloody Fate (Starlight Kid and Karma) | Pin | |||||||||||||
| God's Eye (Mirai and Tomoka Inaba) | 13:07 | |||||||||||||
| God's Eye (Ami Sourei and Nanami) | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Momo Kohgo and Momoka Hanazono | 11:53 | |||||||||||||
| God's Eye (Ami Sourei and Nanami) | 10:19 | |||||||||||||
| God's Eye (Mirai and Tomoka Inaba) | Sub | |||||||||||||
| God's Eye (Mirai and Tomoka Inaba) | Pin | |||||||||||||
| wing★gori (Saya Iida and Hanan) | 12:02 | |||||||||||||
Notes
edit- ^ Nakano previously gave an ultimatum to Tsukiyama to get a win otherwise she would get kicked out of Cosmic Angels. She offered to help Tsukiyama finally get the victory against Takahashi and a mystery partner which was later revealed to be Kairi.
- ^ Miyu Amasaki was initially scheduled to team with Hina but was replaced by Lady C on the day of the event.
References
edit- ^ a b Kreikenbohm, Philip (March 25, 2023). "Stardom New Blood Premium". cagematch.net. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
- ^ Stardom to introduce New Blood Tag Team Titles in 2023 - postwrestling.com
- ^ World Wonder Ring Stardom (January 24, 2023). 3・25『Fibreplex presents New Blood Premium』 第一弾・対戦カードが決定！. wwr-stardom.com (in Japanese). Retrieved January 24, 2023.
- ^ Garza (March 11, 2022). "STARDOM NEW BLOOD 1". thewrestlingrevolution.com. Retrieved September 29, 2023.
- ^ Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
- ^ Stardom To Introduce New Blood Tag Team Championship in 2023 - pwmania.com
- ^ Thompson, Andrew (February 17, 2023). "Stardom introduces three new wrestlers, one talent calls out Giulia". postwrestling.com. Retrieved February 17, 2023.
- ^ World Wonder Ring Stardom (March 7, 2023). 【生配信】3・25 『Fibreplex presents New Blood Premium』＆3・26『Cinderella Tournament 2023～開幕戦～記者会見【Stardom】. youtube.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 7, 2023.
- ^ World Wonder Ring Stardom (March 25, 2023). 【第0~1試合まで無料配信】3・25『 Fibreplex presents New Blood Premium 』神奈川・横浜武道館【#Stardom】. youtube.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 25, 2023.
- ^ Martínez, Sebastián (March 25, 2023). "Resultados Stardom New Blood Premium". solowrestling.com (in Spanish). Retrieved March 25, 2023.
- ^ Murray, Dylan (March 26, 2023). "Starlight Kid And Karma Crowned Inaugural Stardom New Blood Tag Team Champions". wrestlinginc.com. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
- ^ Edwards, Scott (March 25, 2023). "Stardom New Blood Premium Results (3/25/23): Waka Tsukiyama, Kairi, And More". fightful.com. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
- ^ Stardom to introduce New Blood Tag Team Titles in 2023
- ^ Black, Ethan (March 25, 2023). "Stardom New Blood Premium Results – March 25, 2023". pwmania.com. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
- ^ Edwards, Scott (January 20, 2023). "Stardom New Blood 7 Results (1/20/23): Tag Team Title Tournament Begins". fightful.com. Retrieved January 20, 2023.