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) Mayu Iwatani
Date won June 21, 2017[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 eight reigns shared among seven wrestlers. Mayu Iwatani is the current champion in her first reign.[2]

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 × Stardom 2011 7[14] Takahashi defeated Yoko Bito in the finals of a four-woman tournament to become the inaugural champion. [1][15]
2 Alpha Female 1 March 17, 2013 43 Tokyo Stardom the Highest 2013 0[16] [14][17]
3 Io Shirai 1 April 29, 2013 468 Tokyo Ryōgoku Cinderella 10[18] [16][19][20]
4 Yoshiko 1 August 10, 2014 199 Tokyo Stardom × Stardom 2014 3[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 1 March 29, 2015 119 Tokyo Stardom the Highest 2015 3[26] Hojo defeated Io Shirai in the finals of a four-woman tournament to win the vacant title. [27][28]
6 Meiko Satomura 1 July 26, 2015 150 Tokyo Stardom × Stardom 2015: Manatsu no Saiten 1[29] [26][30][31][32]
7 Io Shirai 2 December 23, 2015 546 Tokyo Stardom Yearend Climax 2015: Nenkan Saishū Kessen 14[2] [29][33]
8 Mayu Iwatani 1 June 21, 2017 67+ Tokyo Galaxy Stars 2017 1[34] [2][35][36]

Combined reigns

As of August 27, 2017

† 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 Yoshiko 1 3 199
4 Meiko Satomura 1 1 150
5 Kairi Hojo 1 3 119
6 Mayu Iwatani † 1 1 67+
7 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 4 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.
  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. ↑ 【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.
  34. ↑ 【スターダム】岩谷麻優が王座初防衛　二段階式飛龍原爆固めで美闘下す. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). July 16, 2017. Retrieved July 16, 2017.
  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.
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