Stardom New Year Dream | |||
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Promotion | World Wonder Ring Stardom | ||
Date | January 3, 2025 | ||
City | Tokyo, Japan | ||
Venue | Tokyo Garden Theater | ||
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Stardom New Year Dream is an upcoming professional wrestling event promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom. It will take place on January 3, 2025, in Tokyo, Japan at the Tokyo Garden Theater. It will be the first major event organized by Stardom in 2025.
On July 3, 2024, Stardom's parent company New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) announced that New Year Dream would take place on January 3, 2025. [1] [2]
The show will feature several 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]
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