World Wonder Ring Stardom is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion founded in 2010. During the years, the promotion has held various notable pay-per-view events which feature professional wrestling matches that resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. [1]
| Tournament | Latest winner(s) | Date won | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5★Star Grand Prix | Maika | August 31, 2024 | Round-robin tournament with a head-to-head final match. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] |
| Cinderella Tournament | Hanan | March 20, 2024 | A single-elimination tournament, where the winner gets a wish fulfilled. From 2015-2020 held as a One-day event. [8] [9] [10] [11] |
| Goddesses of Stardom Tag League | Divine Kingdom (Maika & Megan Bayne) | November 12, 2023 | Tag team tournament held in a round-robin format in 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016–2021, [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] and in a single-elimination format in 2013 and 2015. [17] [18] |
| Rookie of Stardom | Yuzuki | January 3, 2024 | A tournament held at the end of the year and contested between wrestlers who made their debuts during the year. Has been held in various formats; in 2011, 2012, 2015 and 2016 as a single-elimination tournament, [12] [13] [19] [20] in 2013 and 2017 as one singles match, [21] [22] and in 2014 as a three-way tomoe-sen match. [23] |
| Event | Date | Location | Venue | Main Event | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2018 | April 30, 2018 | Tokyo, Japan | Korakuen Hall | Momo Watanabe vs. Bea Priestley in the 2018 Cinderella Tournament finals | [24] |
| Event | Date | Location | Venue | Main Event | Ref |
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| Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2019 | April 29, 2019 | Tokyo, Japan | Korakuen Hall | Arisa Hoshiki vs. Konami in the 2019 Cinderella Tournament finals | [25] |
| Event | Date | Location | Venue | Main Event | Ref |
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| New Blood 17 | December 26, 2024 | Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo New Pier Hall | H.A.T.E. (Rina and Azusa Inaba) (c) vs. Reckless Fantasy (Waka Tsukiyama and Hanako) for the New Blood Tag Team Championship | [114] |
| Dream Queendom 2024 | December 29, 2024 | Tokyo, Japan | Ryogoku Sumo Hall | Tam Nakano (c) vs Saya Kamitani for the World of Stardom Championship | [115] |
| Event | Date | Location | Venue | Main Event | Ref |
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| New Year Dream | January 3, 2025 | Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo Garden Theater | TBD |
Starting with 2020, Stardom began organizing exhibition matches as part of various events promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling in order for female talent to be promoted in men's federations. The bouts are preponderantly scripted as tag team matches in which Stardom's wrestlers (who compete as part of certain stables) are usually shuffled. NJPW and Stardom held their first co-promoted event on November 20, 2022. As of December21, 2024, Stardom has held a total of fifteen matches in eleven different NJPW pay-per-views.
| Event | Date | Location | Venue | Main Event | Ref |
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| Historic X-Over | November 20, 2022 | Tokyo, Japan | Ariake Arena | Mayu Iwatani vs. Kairi for the inaugural IWGP Women's Championship | [134] |
| Historic X-Over 2 | November 17, 2024 | Osaka, Japan | Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium | Zack Sabre Jr. and Maika vs. El Desperado and Starlight Kid | [135] |
| Wrestle Dynasty [136] | January 5, 2025 | Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo Dome | TBD |
Due to NJPW holding partnerships with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, Stardom began sending talent to compete in cross-over events starting with 2023.
| Event | Date | Location | Venue | Match | Ref |
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| Multiverse United 2 | August 20, 2023 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | 2300 Arena | Giulia (c) vs. Deonna Purrazzo vs. Gisele Shaw vs. Momo Kohgo for the Strong Women's Championship | [137] |
| Event | Date | Location | Venue | Match | Ref |
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| RevPro 12th Anniversary Show | August 24, 2024 | London, England, United Kingdom | Copper Box Arena | Dani Luna (c) vs. Mina Shirakawa for the Undisputed British Women's Championship | [138] |
| Global Wars UK 2024 | October 19, 2024 | Doncaster, United Kingdom | Doncaster Dome | AZM vs. Kanji | [139] |
| Mina Shirakawa (c) vs. Lizzy Evo for the Undisputed British Women's Championship | |||||
| Uprising 2024 | December 21, 2024 | London, England, United Kingdom | York Hall | Mina Shirakawa (c) vs. Dani Luna for the Undisputed British Women's Championship | [140] |
| Event | Date | Location | Venue | Match | Ref |
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| Supercard of Honor | April 5, 2024 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | The Liacouras Center | Mina Shirakawa, Maika, and Mei Seira vs. Saya Kamitani, Tam Nakano, and AZM | [141] |
| Event | Date | Location | Venue | Match | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forbidden Door | June 30, 2024 | Elmont, New York, United States | UBS Arena | Willow Nightingale and Tam Nakano vs. Kris Statlander and Momo Watanabe | [142] |
| "Timeless" Toni Storm (c) vs. Mina Shirakawa for the AEW Women's World Championship |
The Hana Kimura memorial shows are independent events produced annually by Kyoko Kimura to commemorate the death of her late daughter Hana who committed suicide on May 23, 2020. Various wrestlers from Stardom take part in these events, especially former members of Tokyo Cyber Squad or Oedo Tai, two of the units Kimura lead in the past.
| Event | Date | Location | Venue | Match | Ref |
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| Hana Kimura Memorial Show 1 | May 23, 2021 | Tokyo, Japan | Korakuen Hall | Asuka, Syuri, Natsupoi, and Mio Momono vs. Oedo Tai (Kagetsu and Hazuki) and Tokyo Cyber Squad (Konami and Death Yama-san) | [143] |
| Hana Kimura Memorial Show 2 | May 23, 2022 | Rina vs. Sakura Hirota | [144] | ||
| Syuri vs. Asuka | |||||
| Hana Kimura Memorial Show 3 | May 23, 2023 | Asuka, Syuri and Natsupoi vs. Kaori Yoneyama, Konami and Rina | [145] | ||
| Hana Kimura Memorial Show 4 | May 23, 2024 | God's Eye (Syuri and Konami) and Saori Anou vs. Mika Iwata, Chihiro Hashimoto and Miyuki Takase vs. Kaori Yoneyama, Sareee and Mio Momono | [146] | ||
| Rina vs. Yuna |
The United Japan Pro-wrestling is a wrestling association formed in December 2023 which includes several wrestling promotions in Japan. Members of the UJP wrestling association are New Japan Pro-Wrestling, All Japan Pro Wrestling, Pro Wrestling Noah, World Wonder Ring Stardom, DDT Pro-Wrestling, Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling, Big Japan Pro Wrestling and Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestling.
| Event | Date | Location | Venue | Match | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Together | May 6, 2024 | Tokyo, Japan | Nippon Budokan | Mutual Love (Natsupoi and Starlight Kid) vs. 02line (AZM and Miyu Amasaki) | [147] |
| All Together | June 15, 2024 | Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan | Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center | AZM vs. Starlight Kid | [148] |
Kaori Yoneyama is a Japanese professional wrestler, working as a freelancer on the Japanese independent circuit. Yoneyama started her career in 1999, working with the JWP Joshi Puroresu promotion. During the following years, she became a one-time JWP Openweight Champion, a one-time JWP Junior Champion, a five-time JWP Tag Team Champion, a one-time Pure-J Openweight Champion and a three-time Daily Sports Women's Tag Team Champion. Notable titles she has held outside of JWP include All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling's AJW Championship and AJW Tag Team Championship, Ice Ribbon's International Ribbon Tag Team Championship, Big Japan Pro Wrestling's BJW Women's Championship, and NEO Japan Ladies Pro Wrestling's High Speed Championship. In July 2011, Yoneyama announced that she would be ending her twelve-year career the following December. After a retirement tour, which took Yoneyama not only across the Japanese independent circuit, but also to the United States, she announced during her retirement ceremony that she had changed her mind and decided to continue her career. In January 2013, Yoneyama quit JWP to become a freelancer, working for promotions such as Gatoh Move Pro Wrestling, Oz Academy, Union Pro Wrestling and World Wonder Ring Stardom.
World Wonder Ring Stardom, often referred to simply as Stardom, is a Japanese joshi puroresu or women's professional wrestling promotion based in Nakano, Tokyo, Japan. Stardom was founded in September 2010 by former All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW) co-producer Rossy Ogawa, retired professional wrestler and mixed martial artist Fuka Kakimoto, and former AJW veteran professional wrestler Nanae Takahashi. Since June 2024, Stardom is a subsidiary of New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW).
The Wonder of Stardom Championship is a women's professional wrestling championship owned by the World Wonder Ring Stardom promotion. The title, which in Stardom's championship hierarchy is situated as the secondary title behind the World of Stardom Championship, was introduced on June 26, 2011, and the inaugural champion was crowned on July 24, 2011, when Yuzuki Aikawa defeated Yoshiko in a decision match.
The Goddesses of Stardom Championship is a women's professional wrestling tag team championship created and promoted by the World Wonder Ring Stardom promotion.
The High Speed Championship is a women's professional wrestling championship owned by the World Wonder Ring Stardom promotion. The title was originally created on May 5, 2009, in the NEO Japan Ladies Pro-Wrestling promotion, where Natsuki☆Taiyo defeated Ray to become the inaugural champion. As the name of the title suggests, it is meant for fast and high-flying wrestlers. On November 19, 2010, Stardom acquired the rights to the High Speed Championship from NEO, which had announced it would be folding after December 31. On July 24, 2011, Natsuki☆Taiyo, now affiliated with Stardom, defeated JWP Joshi Puroresu's Leon to officially bring the title over to the promotion.
The Artist of Stardom Championship is a professional wrestling six-woman tag team championship owned by World Wonder Ring Stardom. The title was first announced during Stardom's year-end event on December 24, 2012, and two days later its name was revealed as the "Artist of Stardom Championship", with a four-team one night single-elimination tournament announced to determine the inaugural champions. The current champions are Cosmic Angels who are in their first reign as a team.
Yuka Yasukawa, better known by the ring name Act Yasukawa, and currently performing under the mononym Act, is a Japanese professional wrestler. She currently wrestles for Actwres girl'Z.
Mayu Iwatani is a Japanese professional wrestler. She is signed to World Wonder Ring Stardom, where she is the leader of Stars. She also wrestles for New Japan Pro Wrestling, where she is the current IWGP Women's Champion in her first reign which is the longest in the title's history.
The Goddesses of Stardom Tag League is a professional wrestling round-robin tag team tournament held annually by the Japanese professional wrestling promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom. It was created in 2011.
Stardom 10th Anniversary Grand Final Osaka Dream Cinderella was a professional wrestling event promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom. It took place on October 9, 2021, in Osaka at the Osaka-jō Hall with a limited attendance due in part to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic at the time. The pay-per-view marked the last event under the "10th Anniversary" tagline.
Waka Tsukiyama is an American-born Japanese professional wrestler. She works for World Wonder Ring Stardom, where she is a member of Empress Nexus Venus.
The 2022 Stardom Cinderella Tournament was the eighth annual professional wrestling single-elimination tournament promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom in Tokyo and Osaka. The event took place between April 3 and April 29, 2022, with a limited attendance due in part to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic at the time.
Stardom New Blood 2 was a professional wrestling event promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom. The event took place on May 13, 2022, in Tokyo, Japan at the Tokyo New Pier Hall, with a limited attendance due in part to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic at the time.
Stardom Cinderella Tournament is an annual single-elimination tournament created and promoted by the Japanese professional wrestling promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom. The event has been held since 2015 and aired domestically on Tokyo MX, Fighting TV Samurai and Nippon TV, and later as an internet pay-per-view on Stardom's streaming service Stardom World.
Stardom 5 Star Grand Prix 2022, often stylized as 5★Star GP 2022 was the eleventh annual professional wrestling tournament under the Stardom 5Star Grand Prix Tournament branch promoted by the Japanese promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom. It took place between July 31 and October 1, 2022, with limited attendance due in part to the COVID-19 pandemic at the time.
The IWGP Women's Championship is a women's professional wrestling world championship owned by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling promotion. The title is defended on shows promoted by NJPW in Japan, with talent from NJPW's sister promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom featuring as its primary contenders. The inaugural champion was Kairi. The current champion is Mayu Iwatani, who is in her first reign.
Stardom New Blood is a series of professional wrestling events promoted by the Japanese professional wrestling promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom. They have been held since 2022 and slowly became a developmental sub-brand of the promotion, which mainly focus on matches where rookie wrestlers, usually with three or less years of in-ring experience, evolve.
Stardom Halloween Dark Night was a professional wrestling event promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom. The event took place on October 29, 2023, in Tokyo, Japan at the Tachikawa Stage Garden. The event was dubbed as a non-canon show, similar to the Stardom in Showcase shows.
Stardom Supreme Fight is an annual professional wrestling event promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom. Since its inception in 2023, Stardom Supreme Fight has been held on February 4 in Osaka, at the Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium.
The Stardom in Showcase is an annual professional wrestling event promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom. The inaugural event took place on July 23, 2022. The Stardom in Showcase is a series of pay-per-views which mainly focuses on a diversity of gimmick matches, only different from the singles match stipulation. Billed as respiro shows, the main tagline of these events is "Anything can happen".
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