| Stardom 5Star Special in Hiroshima | |
| Promotion: | World Wonder Ring Stardom |
| Date: | September 3, 2023 |
| City: | Hiroshima, Japan |
| Venue: | Hiroshima Sun Plaza |
| Attendance: | 825[1] |
| Liveevent: | Y |
| Lastevent: | Midsummer Festival |
| Nextevent: | Dream Tag Festival |
was a professional wrestling event promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom. The event took place on September 3, 2023, in Hiroshima, Japan at the Hiroshima Sun Plaza. It was a pay-per-view held amidst the 2023 edition of the 5 Star Grand Prix tournament, serving as one of the major evenings besides the inaugural night and the finals night.[2]
Nine matches were contested at the event, including two on the pre-show, and four of Stardom's ten championships were on the line. In the main event, Giulia defeated Risa Sera to retain the Strong Women's Championship.
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 culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.[3] The event's press conference took place on August 18, 2023, and was broadcast live on Stardom's YouTube channel.[4]
The preshow matches were broadcast live on Stardom's YouTube channel. In the first one, Ami Sourei, Yuna Mizumori and one third of the Artist of Stardom Champions Thekla picked up a victory over Lady C, AZM and Miyu Amasaki in six-woman tag team action. In the second one, Megan Bayne and Donna Del Mondo's Maika defeated Mina Shirakawa and Mariah May.[5]
In the first main card event, Utami Hayashishita defeated Momo Watanabe in a five star grand prix match. Same did Tam Nakano against Oedo Tai's Starlight Kid in the fifth bout and God's Eye's leader Syuri against the time's IWGP Women's Champion Mayu Iwatani. In the sixth bout, Saki Kashima defended the High Speed Championship for the third time consecutive in that respective reign against Momo Kohgo. In the seventh bout, Natsupoi and Saori Anou successfully retained the Goddesses of Stardom Championship for the first time in that respective reign against Suzu Suzuki and Mei Seira. After the match, Saki Kashima came down to the ring to officially accept Seira's challenge for the High Speed title the latter issued a couple of weeks prior to the event. Utami Hayashishita and AZM also came down to challenge Anou and Natsupoi for the tag titles. In the semi main event, Mirai defeated a briefly returning Konami to secure the first defense of the Wonder of Stardom Championship in that respective reign. After the bout concluded, Mina Shirakawa came down to challenge Syuri to a UWF rules match which was scheduled to take place at Nagoya Golden Fight on October 9, 2023.[6] [7]
In the main event, Giulia defeated Prominence's leader Risa Sera to secure the third consecutive defense of the Strong Women's Championship in that respective reign.[8] [9]