Fight in the Top 2022: WrestleFile Historical Verdict

The 6:01 three-way is a compact opener built around wrestlers with very different positions on the card. Ruaka gets a clean result by pinning Waka Tsukiyama after the Freezer Bomb, which keeps Oedo Tai's younger heavyweight moving while Tsukiyama remains a logical fall-taker during her extended search for a breakthrough. Unagi Sayaka adds enough experience to keep the match from feeling purely developmental. It is not central to the cage concept, but it gives the event a quick start without consuming time needed by the long upper-card matches.

The official 8:59 tag gives STARS a useful undercard win and continues Miyu Amasaki's accelerated integration into Queen's Quest. Saya Iida submitting Lady C gives the returning Iida another meaningful result, while Momo Kohgo and Amasaki both receive time inside a major-event setting without needing to carry the finish. Secondary reports differ by six seconds on the match time, but Stardom's official archive controls the ledger. The bout is mostly developmental context, yet it reflects the depth-building work happening underneath the cage attractions.

The original STARDOM June 26, 2022 Nagoya Fight in the Top result confirms Himeka beating Mina Shirakawa at 10:05 with a deliberately imitated Glamorous Collection MINA hold, Shirakawa's own signature pinning move. The official event's sequence also describes Shirakawa working Himeka's painful leg with targeted kicks and a figure-four, before Himeka countered with power and the borrowed cradle. The aftermath was not a standard congratulatory handshake: Himeka offered peace, Shirakawa initially rejected it, then accepted the hand only to shove Himeka in frustration. Their relationship supplied a more personal story than an interchangeable singles opener, and the use of Mina's own technique as the decisive finish is a source-documented reason to Watch. It was a non-title match and did not decide either of the two subsequent steel-cage bouts. The existing A-minus/8.8 evaluation stays editorial and the participants/result remain original.

The 23-minute three-way elimination defense gives Oedo Tai's new Artist champions a substantial first test. Donna del Mondo brings Giulia, Maika and Mai Sakurai, while God's Eye fields Syuri, MIRAI and Ami Sourei, creating a match that touches nearly every major faction shift of the first half of 2022. The elimination rules allow the bout to change combinations repeatedly without reducing the finish to a single crowded pin. Saki Kashima pinning Ami Sourei with Kishikaisei in the final elimination also gives Kashima an important championship moment inside a trio filled with higher-profile names.

At 25:05, Tam Nakano and Natsupoi receive the time and setting needed to make Stardom's first singles cage match feel important. Their relationship had become increasingly tense, so the cage gives the conflict a physical boundary and a visual identity unlike their normal faction interactions. Nakano wins by escape rather than pinfall, which preserves some competitive ambiguity while still giving Tam the victory. The historical importance grows because Natsupoi's relationship with Cosmic Angels would soon change dramatically, making this match feel like a major point on the road to that transformation.

The 24:36 main event turns Stardom's first team cage match into a showcase for two of its strongest factions. STARS brings Mayu Iwatani, Hazuki and Koguma, while Queen's Quest answers with Utami Hayashishita, Wonder champion Saya Kamitani and High Speed champion AZM. The staggered escape structure creates a different challenge from the Tam-Natsupoi singles cage match and lets individual rivalries emerge as the number of wrestlers inside gradually shrinks. Even without a championship at stake, the combination of historical stipulation and elite roster depth makes the bout a legitimate major-event closer.