World of Stardom Championship
The current design of the title (2020–present)
Details
PromotionWorld Wonder Ring Stardom
Date establishedJune 26, 2011[1]
Current champion(s)Maika
Date wonDecember 29, 2023
Statistics
First champion(s)Nanae Takahashi[1]
Most reignsIo Shirai and Mayu Iwatani
(2 reigns)
Longest reignNanae Takahashi
(602 days)
Shortest reignAlpha Female
(43 days)
Oldest championMeiko Satomura
(35 years, 251 days)
Youngest championYoshiko
(21 years, 15 days)
Heaviest championAlpha Female
(95 kg (209 lb))[2]
Lightest championIo Shirai, Kairi Hojo and Mayu Iwatani
(52 kg (115 lb))[3][4][5]

The World of Stardom Championship (ワールド・オブ・スターダム王座, Wārudo Obu Sutādamu Ōza) is a women's professional wrestling world 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]

History

Io Shirai with the previous design of the title (2011–2020)

Inaugural tournament (2011)

On July 24, 2011, Nanae Takahashi defeated Yoko Bito in the finals of a four-woman tournament to become the inaugural champion.[1]

Semifinals Finals
    
Mika Nagano Pin
Yoko Bito 9:10
Yoko Bito
Nanae Takahashi 13:17
Mercedes Martinez
Nanae Takahashi 12:21

2015 tournament

On February 22, 2015, during a title match between the current champion Yoshiko and Act Yasukawa, Yoshiko began shooting on Yasukawa, legitimately injuring her, with the match having to be ended prematurely. Yasukawa was diagnosed with fractured cheek, nasal and orbital bones, which would require surgery.[6] Three days later, Yoshiko was stripped of the title.[7] On March 29, Kairi Hojo defeated Io Shirai in the finals of a four-woman tournament to win the vacant championship.[8]

Semifinals Finals
    
Io Shirai Pin
Takumi Iroha 17:43
Io Shirai 18:46
Kairi Hojo Pin
Kairi Hojo Pin
Kyoko Kimura 12:24

On September 24, 2017, during a match between the current champion Mayu Iwatani against Toni Storm, the title changed hands which was unplanned, as Iwatani legitimately dislocated her elbow, prompting the referee to stop the match and award the championship to Storm.[9]

Origin and belt design

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][10][11] The title belt was crafted by American company Top Rope Belts,[12] 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".[13] The title has also been defended in Mexico and France.[14][15][16]

Reigns

As of April 15, 2024, there have been 17 reigns between 15 champions and two vacancies. Nanae Takahashi was the inaugural champion, as well as the longest reign at 602 days. Alpha Female has the shortest reign at 43 days. Io Shirai and Mayu Iwatani has the most reigns at two. Meiko Satomura is the oldest champion at 35 years old, while Yoshiko is the youngest at 21 years old.

Maika is the current champion after defeating Suzu Suzuki for the vacant title at Stardom Dream Queendom 2023.[17]

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 Days Defenses
1 Nanae Takahashi July 24, 2011 Stardom × Stardom 2011 Tokyo, Japan 1 602 7[18] Defeated Yoko Bito in the finals of a four-woman tournament to become the inaugural champion. [1][19]
2 Alpha Female March 17, 2013 Stardom the Highest 2013 Tokyo, Japan 1 43 0[20] [18][21]
3 Io Shirai April 29, 2013 Ryōgoku Cinderella Tokyo, Japan 1 468 10[22] [20][23][24]
4 Yoshiko August 10, 2014 Stardom × Stardom 2014 Tokyo, Japan 1 199 3[25][Note 1] [22][26]
— Vacated February 25, 2015 — Tokyo, Japan — — — Yoshiko was stripped of the championship and suspended indefinitely for legitimately beating and injuring Act Yasukawa in her fourth title defense on February 22. [7][27][28]
5 Kairi Hojo March 29, 2015 Stardom the Highest 2015 Tokyo, Japan 1 119 3[29] Defeated Io Shirai in the finals of a four-woman tournament to win the vacant championship. [8][30]
6 Meiko Satomura July 26, 2015 Stardom × Stardom 2015: Manatsu no Saiten Tokyo, Japan 1 150 1 [29][31][32][33]
7 Io Shirai December 23, 2015 Stardom Yearend Climax 2015: Nenkan Saishū Kessen Tokyo, Japan 2 546 14[34] [35]
8 Mayu Iwatani June 21, 2017 Galaxy Stars 2017 Tokyo, Japan 1 95 2[9] [34][36][37]
9 Toni Storm September 24, 2017 5☆Star GP 2017 × Champions in Nagoya Nagoya, Japan 1 258 3[38] This title change was unplanned as Mayu Iwatani legitimately dislocated her elbow, prompting the referee to stop the match and award the championship to Storm. [9][39][40]
10 Kagetsu June 9, 2018 Stardom Shining Stars 2018 Yokohama, Japan 1 329 8[41] [38][42]
11 Bea Priestley May 4, 2019 Golden Week Stars 2019 Queen's Quest Produce Tokyo, Japan 1 184 5[43] [41][44]
12 Mayu Iwatani November 4, 2019 Best Of Goddess 2019 Tokyo, Japan 2 377 5[45] [43]
13 Utami Hayashishita November 15, 2020 Sendai Cinderella Sendai, Japan 1 409 9[46] [45]
14 Syuri December 29, 2021 Dream Queendom Tokyo, Japan 1 365 10[47] This was a Winner Takes All match in which Syuri's SWA World Championship was also on the line. [48]
15 Giulia December 29, 2022 Dream Queendom 2 Tokyo, Japan 1 115 2 [49]
16 Tam Nakano April 23, 2023 All Star Grand Queendom Yokohama, Japan 1 211 3 [50]
— Vacated November 20, 2023 — Tokyo, Japan — — — The championship was vacated after Tam Nakano was sidelined with injury. [51][52]
17 Maika December 29, 2023 Dream Queendom 3 Tokyo, Japan 1 108+ 3 Defeated Suzu Suzuki to win the vacant championship. [53][17]

Combined reigns

As of April 15, 2024.

Record tying two-time champion Mayu Iwatani, wearing the old design of the title, as well as the Wonder of Stardom Championship (right).
† 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 Mayu Iwatani 2 7 472
4 Utami Hayashishita 1 9 409
5 Syuri 1 10 365
6 Kagetsu 1 8 329
7 Toni Storm 1 3 258
8 Tam Nakano 1 3 211
9 Yoshiko 1 3 199
10 Bea Priestley 1 5 184
11 Meiko Satomura 1 1 150
12 Kairi Hojo 1 3 119
13 Giulia 1 2 115
14 Maika † 1 3 108+
15 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

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