World of Stardom Championship

World of Stardom Championship

Io Shirai with the World of Stardom Championship belt in April 2014
Details
Current champion(s) Kairi Hojo
Date won March 29, 2015[1]
Date established June 26, 2011[2]
Promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom

The World of Stardom Championship is a 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.[2] 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 Championship.[2][6] The title belt was crafted by American company Top Rope Belts,[7] 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".[8] The title has also been defended in Mexico.[9][10]

Like most professional wrestling championships, the title is won as a result of a scripted match. There have been five reigns shared among five wrestlers. Kairi Hojo is the current champion in her first reign.[1]

Title history

# Order in reign history
Reign The reign number for the specific wrestler listed
Event The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the title was won
Successful defenses The number of successful defenses the champion had during her reign
— Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
+ Indicates the current reign is changing daily
# Wrestler Reign Date Days
held		 Location Event Successful
defenses		 Notes Ref(s)
1 Nanae Takahashi 1 July 24, 2011 602 Tokyo Stardom X Stardom 2011 7[11] Takahashi defeated Yoko Bito in the finals of a four-woman tournament to become the inaugural champion. [2][12]
2 Alpha Female 1 March 17, 2013 43 Tokyo Stardom the Highest 2013 0[13] [11][14]
3 Io Shirai 1 April 29, 2013 468 Tokyo Ryōgoku Cinderella 10[15] [13][16][17]
4 Yoshiko 1 August 10, 2014 199 Tokyo Stardom × Stardom 2014 3[18][Note 1] [15][19]
— 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. [20][21][22]
5 Kairi Hojo 1 March 29, 2015 12+ Tokyo Stardom the Highest 2015 0 Hojo defeated Io Shirai in the finals of a four-woman tournament to win the vacant title. [1][23]

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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "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.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Season2~". World Wonder Ring Stardom (in Japanese). Archived from the original on April 29, 2013. Retrieved November 6, 2012.
  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. ↑ "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.
  7. ↑ Jackson, Randy (December 15, 2011). "World of Stardom Championship Title". Top Rope Belts. Retrieved January 7, 2013.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ "Result". World Wonder Ring Stardom (in Japanese). Archived from the original on May 18, 2014. Retrieved February 25, 2015.
  10. ↑ Boutwell, Josh (May 24, 2014). "Viva la Raza! Lucha Weekly 5/24/14". Wrestleview. Retrieved February 25, 2015.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Season11~". World Wonder Ring Stardom (in Japanese). Archived from the original on April 29, 2013. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
  12. ↑ 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.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 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.
  14. ↑ 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.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 "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.
  16. ↑ 紫雷イオが新王者／スターダム. Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). April 29, 2013. Retrieved November 4, 2013.
  17. ↑ 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.
  18. ↑ "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.
  19. ↑ 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.
  20. ↑ 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.
  21. ↑ 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.
  22. ↑ 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.
  23. ↑ 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.

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