The second round of the Cinderella Tournament between Hanami and Amasaki Mitsuyoshi. Hanami defeated Inaba Tomomi and Amasaki defeated Lady C and advanced to the second round. The Goddess of Stardom Champion Hannan is aiming for a second consecutive victory, and the former Future of Stardom Champion and current Artist of Stardom Champion Amasaki will be playing one-on-one. A card that could not be surprising in the finals clashed in the second round. The winner will make a big step towards winning.
Amasaki holds out his hand, and when Hanami responds, Amasaki pulls back and aims for the throw. When Hanami cuts back, Amasaki drives him onto the rope and sends him out to the apron. Hanami returns and drops at the counter and knee attacks from behind. Hannan is a body slam and sleeper. Amasaki escapes and elbows, and Hanami provokes him, "Come, come, come!" and stands. Amasaki stops DDT and Hanami stops the continuous hits. However, Amasaki decides the DDT. The returned Amasaki goes to the submission. When Hanami escapes, he stops Amasaki's swing DDT target and then moves his hips and runs elbow smash. When Amasaki returns, Hanami aims for a blockbuster. Amasaki turns around, but Hanami reads first and elbows, Amasaki is unable to swing by the rope and swings DDT, and Hanami slams Amasaki onto the mat, both of them are in a down position. Amasaki is back elbow, Fisherman. When Hanami responded, Amasaki declared a finish and set out for DDT. Hanami cuts back to Blockbuster. When Hanami is returned, she screams "Let's go!" and aims for a backdrop. When Amasaki turns around, he pulls the rope. Hanami appears on the apron and gets a drop kick and a DDT. Hannan grabs the rope, and when he returns, he rolls it up and then gets a famma. He declared a finish and Hanami aimed for a backdrop. Amasaki rounds it up but it's two counts. Hanami scores a backdrop and then hits another shot. I held it and got a 3 count. Hannan enters the semi-finals.