Osaka Super Wars 2021: WrestleFile Historical Verdict

Syuri's opening gauntlet lasts only a little more than seven minutes across three falls, so the goal is presentation rather than sustained drama. She defeats Waka Tsukiyama with a high kick, Mai Sakurai with a sleeper hold and Lady C with a figure-four leglock, giving each opponent a different finish while reinforcing Syuri's versatility. Stardom's own report makes clear that her World-title challenge rights are not actually transferable here, which lowers the competitive stakes but keeps the December 29 championship match visible. As a final showcase before Dream Queendom, the sequence does its job efficiently. Stardom's official report also records a separate incident immediately after Syuri submitted Lady C with the figure-four leglock at 2:57: two unidentified masked attackers appeared and assaulted Lady C. Their identities were not established in the official account, so that ambush should not be treated as another gauntlet result or assigned to a named faction without further evidence.

The 15:25 tournament match benefits from the presence of Takumi Iroha, Rin Kadokura and Maria because the Marvelous trio gives Donna del Mondo opponents outside Stardom's normal unit rotation. Himeka pins Maria after a powerbomb, allowing the champions to advance while recording a second successful Artist title defense. The match also gives the tournament real championship consequence instead of treating the 10 Million Yen prize as a separate novelty. Its placement establishes Donna del Mondo as the team to beat before the later ladder final and gives the show a strong conventional six-woman match before the more unusual stipulations take over.

STARS and Cosmic Angels get 13:49 to determine Donna del Mondo's opponent in the final. Hazuki pins Mina Shirakawa with the Hazukistral, a finish that fits Hazuki's strong run after returning to Stardom and gives STARS a decisive route into the tournament's closing match. The bout has fewer championship implications than the first tournament match, but the faction identities make it easy to understand and the winner immediately matters later on the same card. It is an efficient bridge between the early title defense and the event's two major stipulation matches.

Starlight Kid, Konami, Saki Kashima and Ruaka defeated Momo Watanabe, Utami Hayashishita, Saya Kamitani and AZM in the Loser Leaves Unit Captain's Fall Elimination Match at Osaka Super Wars. The stipulation placed the identity of Queen's Quest and Oedo Tai at stake rather than only a routine eight-person team result. As the match progressed through eliminations, Watanabe abruptly betrayed her former side, using a chair against AZM and the referee. That action handed Oedo Tai the disqualification victory and led to Watanabe embracing the rival unit.

The result cannot be understood merely by reading the winning side of the match. Watanabe's betrayal, rather than superior teamwork alone, changed the meaning of the captain's-fall stipulation and reshaped both groups' leadership positions. Queen's Quest lost an established figure, and Oedo Tai gained an important recruit. The A+ grade recognizes this as a historically consequential faction turn whose impact lasted beyond the Osaka event.

Donna del Mondo retained the Artist of Stardom Championship and won the 10-million-yen unit tournament final in 18:42. Stardom's original December 18, 2021 result identifies Maika, Himeka and Natsupoi as the 26th champions making their third successful defense against Mayu Iwatani, Hazuki and Koguma. The elimination-ladder stipulation cannot be treated as a conventional single pinfall: Mayu pinned Maika following a moonsault at 10:19, Himeka pinned Koguma after a lariat at 15:20, and Natsupoi secured the suspended prize to conclude the match at 18:42.

This order explains why the titleholders could lose one member early yet still retain the championships. Natsupoi ended the ladder final by taking the suspended prize, rather than by pinning Hazuki. The championship and tournament outcomes were the same, but they weren't separate title matches. The Artist-title retention and the unit's cash prize finished a show whose earlier Momo Watanabe betrayal carried a different faction consequence; the result is a useful example of Stardom integrating a championship with a special unit tournament without inventing a title switch.