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Stardom New Blood 2

2022 World Wonder Ring Stardom event

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Source revisionApr 19, 2026
Entity authorityQ111942238 ↗
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Stardom New Blood 2 (スターダムニューブラッド2, Sutādamunyūburaddo 2) was a professional wrestling event promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom. The event took place on May 13, 2022, in Tokyo, Japan at the Tokyo New Pier Hall, with a limited attendance due in part to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic at the time.

Six matches were contested at the event, including one on the pre-show. The main event saw Cosmic Angels (Mina Shirakawa and Unagi Sayaka) and Haruka Umesaki defeat YoungOED (Starlight Kid, Ruaka and Rina).

Event

The "New Blood" is a series of events which mainly focus on matches where rookie wrestlers, usually with three or less 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.

Background

The show featured a total of six 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. The press conference for the event was held on April 20, 2022 and was broadcast on Stardom's YouTube channel. The entire event was broadcast on Stardom's YouTube channel.

Storylines

In the preshow, Gatoh Move Pro Wrestling's Yuna Mizumori picked up a victory against Queen's Quest's Lady C. The next match saw Stars member Hanan teaming up with Queen's Quest's Hina and going into a time-limit draw against JTO's Tomoka Inaba and Aoi.

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