World of Stardom Championship

World of Stardom Championship
Io Shirai with the World of Stardom Championship belt in April 2014
Details
Promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom
Date established June 26, 2011[1]
Current champion(s) Kagetsu
Date won June 9, 2018[2]

The World of Stardom Championship (ワールド・オブ・スターダム選手権, Wārudo Obu Sutādamu Senshuken) is a women's professional wrestling championship owned by the World Wonder Ring Stardom promotion. The title, which is situated at the top of Stardom's championship hierarchy, was introduced on June 26, 2011, and the inaugural champion was crowned on July 24, 2011, when Nanae Takahashi defeated Yoko Bito in the finals of a four-woman tournament.[1] The title is often referred to simply as the "Red Belt", a name famously used by All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW) to refer to its WWWA World Single Championship (of which Takahashi had been the last titleholder back in 2006).[1][7][8] The title belt was crafted by American company Top Rope Belts,[9] with a conscious decision to imitate the AJW title belt in terms of its color, with Stardom president Rossy Ogawa referring to the promotion's heyday as the "Golden Age of Joshi Puroresu".[10] The title has also been defended in Mexico and France.[11][12][13]

Like most professional wrestling championships, the title is won as a result of a scripted match. There have been ten reigns shared among nine wrestlers. Kagetsu is the current champion in her first reign.

Title history

Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
Defenses Number of successful defenses
+ Current reign is changing daily
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign DaysDefenses
1 Nanae Takahashi July 24, 2011 Stardom × Stardom 2011 Tokyo 1 6027[14] Takahashi defeated Yoko Bito in the finals of a four-woman tournament to become the inaugural champion [1][15]
2 Alpha Female March 17, 2013 Stardom the Highest 2013 Tokyo 1 430[16] [14][17]
3 Io Shirai April 29, 2013 Ryōgoku Cinderella Tokyo 1 46810[18] [16][19][20]
4 Yoshiko August 10, 2014 Stardom × Stardom 2014 Tokyo 1 1993[21][Note 1] [18][22]
— Vacated February 25, 2015 — Tokyo — —— Yoshiko was stripped of the title and suspended indefinitely for legitimately beating and injuring Act Yasukawa in a title defense on February 22 [23][24][25]
5 Kairi Hojo March 29, 2015 Stardom the Highest 2015 Tokyo 1 1193[26] Hojo defeated Io Shirai in the finals of a four-woman tournament to win the vacant title [27][28]
6 Meiko Satomura July 26, 2015 Stardom × Stardom 2015: Manatsu no Saiten Tokyo 1 1501[29] [26][30][31][32]
7 Io Shirai December 23, 2015 Stardom Yearend Climax 2015: Nenkan Saishū Kessen Tokyo 2 54614[33] [29][34]
8 Mayu Iwatani June 21, 2017 Galaxy Stars 2017 Tokyo 1 952[2] [33][35][36]
9 Toni Storm September 24, 2017 5☆Star GP 2017 × Champions in Nagoya Nagoya 1 2583 This title change was unplanned as Iwatani legitimately dislocated her elbow, prompting the referee to stop the match and award the title to Storm [2][37][38]
10 Kagetsu June 9, 2018 Stardom Shining Stars 2018 Nagoya 1 131+4

Combined reigns

As of October 18, 2018

† Indicates the current champion
Rank Wrestler No. of reigns Combined
defenses		 Combined
days
1 Io Shirai 2 24 1,014
2 Nanae Takahashi 1 7 602
3 Toni Storm 1 3 258
4 Yoshiko 1 3 199
5 Meiko Satomura 1 1 150
6 Kagetsu † 1 4 131+
7 Kairi Hojo 1 3 119
8 Mayu Iwatani 1 2 95
9 Alpha Female 1 0 43

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Following Yoshiko's suspension the result of her third successful title defense was retroactively changed to a no contest.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Season2~". World Wonder Ring Stardom (in Japanese). Archived from the original on April 29, 2013. Retrieved November 6, 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 2017年9月24日　5☆Star GP×Champions in Nagoya. World Wonder Ring Stardom (in Japanese). September 25, 2017. Archived from the original on September 24, 2017. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Alpha Female". Pro-Wrestling: EVE. Archived from the original on March 17, 2013. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Stars". World Wonder Ring Stardom (in Japanese). Archived from the original on April 29, 2013. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  5. ↑ 宝城カイリ. World Wonder Ring Stardom (in Japanese). Archived from the original on March 29, 2015. Retrieved March 29, 2015.
  6. ↑ 岩谷麻優. World Wonder Ring Stardom (in Japanese). May 21, 2014. Archived from the original on June 21, 2017. Retrieved June 21, 2017.
  7. ↑ "全日本女子プロレス 『The Future ～創立35周年記念大会～』". Sports Navi (in Japanese). Yahoo!. May 11, 2003. Archived from the original on June 21, 2003. Retrieved November 6, 2012.
  8. ↑ "What is Stard✪m?". We Are Stardom. World Wonder Ring Stardom. Archived from the original on June 13, 2015. Retrieved June 13, 2015.
  9. ↑ Jackson, Randy (December 15, 2011). "World of Stardom Championship Title". Top Rope Belts. Retrieved January 7, 2013.
  10. ↑ Ogawa, Rossy. "2011年Rossy's Eye". World Wonder Ring Stardom (in Japanese). Archived from the original on June 15, 2013. Retrieved January 7, 2013.
  11. ↑ "Result". World Wonder Ring Stardom (in Japanese). Archived from the original on May 18, 2014. Retrieved February 25, 2015.
  12. ↑ Boutwell, Josh (May 24, 2014). "Viva la Raza! Lucha Weekly 5/24/14". Wrestleview. Retrieved February 25, 2015.
  13. ↑ 2016年5月21日　ヨーロッパツアー3日目. World Wonder Ring Stardom (in Japanese). May 21, 2016. Archived from the original on May 21, 2016. Retrieved May 21, 2016.
  14. 1 2 "Season11~". World Wonder Ring Stardom (in Japanese). Archived from the original on April 29, 2013. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
  15. ↑ 15周年高橋奈苗が初代王者／スターダム. Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). July 24, 2011. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
  16. 1 2 ゆずポン、最後はシンデレラとなって引退！イオと宝翔がベルトを取り戻す！. World Wonder Ring Stardom (in Japanese). April 29, 2013. Archived from the original on April 29, 2013. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  17. ↑ フィーメル新王者！奈苗完敗／スターダム. Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). March 17, 2013. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
  18. 1 2 "2014年8月10日　Stardom × Stardom2014". World Wonder Ring Stardom (in Japanese). August 10, 2014. Archived from the original on August 10, 2014. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
  19. ↑ 紫雷イオが新王者／スターダム. Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). April 29, 2013. Retrieved November 4, 2013.
  20. ↑ 王座奪還！紫雷イオ「ポスト・ゆずポンは私」. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). April 30, 2013. Retrieved November 4, 2013.
  21. ↑ "2015年2月22日　Queen's Shout2015～女王たちの叫び～". World Wonder Ring Stardom (in Japanese). February 22, 2015. Archived from the original on February 22, 2015. Retrieved February 22, 2015.
  22. ↑ 世Ⅳ虎ついにスターダム王座奪取. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). August 11, 2014. Retrieved August 11, 2014.
  23. ↑ 2015年2月25日　2・22後楽園大会についての記者会見. World Wonder Ring Stardom (in Japanese). February 25, 2015. Archived from the original on February 25, 2015. Retrieved February 25, 2015.
  24. ↑ 凄惨マッチの世ＩＶ虎が涙浮かべ陳謝　王座剥奪＆無期限出場停止処分. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). February 25, 2015. Retrieved February 25, 2015.
  25. ↑ 世IV虎は無期限出場停止 安川を見舞いに. Daily Sports Online (in Japanese). Kobe Shimbun. February 25, 2015. Retrieved February 25, 2015.
  26. 1 2 2015年7月26日　Stardom×Stardom2015~真夏の祭典～. World Wonder Ring Stardom (in Japanese). July 26, 2015. Archived from the original on July 26, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
  27. ↑ 2015年3月29日　Stardom the Highest2015. World Wonder Ring Stardom (in Japanese). March 29, 2015. Archived from the original on March 29, 2015. Retrieved March 29, 2015.
  28. ↑ スターダム新王者・宝城カイリ“世IV虎さん、リングで待ってます”. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). March 30, 2015. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
  29. 1 2 2015年12月23日　Stardom Yearend Climax2015～年間最終決戦～. World Wonder Ring Stardom (in Japanese). December 23, 2015. Archived from the original on December 23, 2015. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
  30. ↑ 里村明衣子が赤いベルトを奪取！. Daily Sports Online (in Japanese). Kobe Shimbun. July 26, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
  31. ↑ 里村が宝城カイリからスターダム王座強奪. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). July 27, 2015. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
  32. ↑ Meltzer, Dave (July 27, 2015). "Mon update: More Hulk Hogan, HOF questions, WWE looking for replacement for Lee, WWE stock falls". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Archived from the original on August 15, 2015. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
  33. 1 2 2017年6月21日　Galaxy Stars2017. World Wonder Ring Stardom (in Japanese). June 22, 2017. Archived from the original on June 22, 2017. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
  34. ↑ 【スターダム】紫雷イオが王座返り咲き. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). December 24, 2015. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
  35. ↑ スターダム・岩谷が赤いベルト初戴冠で史上初の赤白２冠！イオはＶ１５失敗. Daily Sports Online (in Japanese). Kobe Shimbun. June 21, 2017. Retrieved June 21, 2017.
  36. ↑ 【スターダム】ワールド王座陥落 イオ長期欠場へ「人生リセットしたい」. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). June 22, 2017. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
  37. ↑ スターダム岩谷麻優、悪夢の左肘脱臼で無冠転落. Daily Sports Online (in Japanese). Kobe Shimbun. September 24, 2017. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
  38. ↑ Meltzer, Dave (September 24, 2017). "Daily Update: No Mercy odds, Mayu Iwatani injury, Jeff Hardy". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
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