BITE-SIZE STARDOM SHOW REPORT: Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2026 – Night 3 (08/03/2026)

Pre-Show Notes

• This is the eleventh annual Cinderella Tournament, with the first taking place in 2015 as the Cinderella Champion’s Fiesta.
• There have been 9 different winners of the tournament, and only two to ever win it twice; Mayu Iwatani (2015 & 2016), Toni Storm (2017), Momo Watanabe (2018), Arisa Hoshiki (2019), Giulia (2020), Saya Kamitani (2021), MIRAI (2022 & 2023), Hanan (2024) & Sayaka Kurara (2025)
• With a bracket of 32 competitors, this make the 2026 tournament the largest ever in terms of participants.
• The show will take place over five days. Nights 1 and 2 will emanate from Chunichi Hall in Nagoya on the 6th and 7th March, night 3 which house the second round matches will take place at Korakeun Hall on March 8th with the quarter-finals handing on night 4 on March 11th – also at Korakuen Hall. The semi-finals and final will take place on March 15th at Yokohama Budokan.
• The rules for the tournament are as follows;
  • Fifteen minute time-limits for round 1 and round 2 matches, unlimited time limits for quarter-finals and beyond.
  • Matches can be won via pinfall, submission, countout, disqualification or by over the top rope. A time-limit draw, double countout or double elimination will result in both competitors being eliminated from the tournament.
• Saya Kamitani continues to be absent from Stardom shows after undergoing surgery on the fingers she broke during her match with Starlight Kid at Stardom Supreme Fight 2026 in Osaka on 7th February. At the time of writing, no timetable for her return has been announced.
• Bozilla continues to be absent from Stardom shows due to an ACL injury sustained on the 11th January. At the time of writing, no timetable for her return has been announced.
• Matoi Hamabe continues to be absent from Stardom shows after sustaining a knee injury during the second of the 3rd January Shinjuku FACE shows. At the time of writing, no timetable for her return has been announced.
• Koguma continues to be absent from Stardom shows due to an injury sustained on the 10th January. At the time of writing, no timetable for her return has been announced.
• Ema Maishima continues to be absent from Stardom shows through poor physical health. At the time of writing, no timetable for her return has been announced.
• Momo Watanabe continues to be absent from Stardom shows through poor physical health. At the time of writing, no timetable for her return has been announced.
• AZM and Syuri will not be in the tournament or on the first three cards due to their participation on Pro-Wrestling: EVE’s Wrestle Queendom 8 show.
• Maika, Starlight Kid and Mei Seira will not be in the tournament or on the first three cards due to their participation at CMLL shows in Mexico.
• Attendance Notes: The announced attendance inside Korakuen Hall in Tokyo was 1097. Though a 38.48% decrease on the previous Korakuen Hall event Stardom ran (a sell-out of 1,601 on the 28th February featuring Konami vs. Hina for the White Belt), and this being the lowest Korakuen Hall attendance since night 6 of the 5Star Grand Prix in August 2025, it is still an impressive number considering the talent missing from the show and the focus being on wrestlers lower on the card. This show is now the twenty-seventh Korakuen Hall show in a row, the thirty-first of the last thirty-two, to surpass the 1000 mark.

The Bracket

Pre-Show

Quick Results

• 10-Woman Tag Team Match: Bea Priestley, Momo Kohgo, Yuria Hime, India Sioux & Tabata def. Hazuki, HANAKO, Xena, Rina Yamashita & Akira Kurogane w/ Plan Bea (6:40)
• Three-Way 9-Woman Tag Team Match: Cosmic Angels (Saori Anou, Yuna Mizumori & Aya Sakura) def. Saki Kashima, Lady C & Anne Kanaya & Maki Itoh, Kikyo Furusawa & Fuwa-chan w/ Sakura Latch (6:55)
• Cinderella Tournament 2026 Round 2 Match: Hanan def. Ranna Yagami w/ Back Drop Hold (7:43)
• Cinderella Tournament 2026 Round 2 Match: Rian def. Natsupoi via Over the Top Rope Elimination (10:40)
• Cinderella Tournament 2026 Round 2 Match: Hina def. Azusa Inaba w/ Mad Splash (12:51)
• Cinderella Tournament 2026 Round 2 Match: Sayaka Kurara def. Tomoka Inaba w/ Falcon Arrow (12:44)
• Cinderella Tournament 2026 Round 2 Match: Rina def. Ami Sourei w/ Jackknife Pin (13:10)
• Cinderella Tournament 2026 Round 2 Match: Miyu Amasaki def. Saya Iida w/ Amanohashidate (9:52)

Current Standings

Backstage Comments

You can check out the Stardom roster win/loss records for 2026 right here; https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/103h_Y27csTgcS-CcBwswaj-D7hVazTC_Wn0SPn0BZBM/edit

You can check out a comprehensive run down of the Stardom Championship Histories here; https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-Dk6T0ukSXm6R8eOTQU96i4rsfoy34wnz0-rKP5mwmQ/edit

Upcoming Shows

• Wednesday 11th March, Cinderella Tournament 2026 ~Quarter Finals~, Korakuen Hall, Tokyo (LIVE)
• Sunday 15th March, Cinderella Tournament 2026 ~Finals~, Yokohama Budokan (TBA)
• Wednesday 25th March, NEW BLOOD 30, Shin-Kiba 1st RING, Tokyo (TBA)
• Saturday 28th March, Stardom in Sendai 2026 Mar., Yume Messe Miyagi West Building, Miyagi (TBA)
• Tuesday 31st March, Stardom Nighter in Korakuen 2026 Mar. 2, Korakuen Hall, Tokyo (LIVE)