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Stardom Dream Queendom 2
was a professional wrestling event promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom. The event took place on December 29, 2022, in Tokyo at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan with limited attendance due in part to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic at the time. It was also the last major pay-per-view hosted by Stardom in 2022. Background The show featured ten 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. The event's press conference took place on December 6, 2022, and was broadcast live on Stardom's YouTube channel. Event The preshow match was broadcast live on Stardom's YouTube channel. AZM retained the High Speed Championship against Hikari Shimizu, securing the ninth defense in a row and equalling the previous consecutive defenses record established by Mayu Iwatani. The first match of the main card s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syuri
is a Japanese professional wrestler, shoot boxer, kickboxer and mixed martial artist, better known simply as . Syuri formerly competed in Ultimate Fighting Championship. Syuri is currently working for World Wonder Ring Stardom, where she is the current World of Stardom Champion. She is a former SWA World Champion and formerly was one-half of the Goddesses of Stardom Champions with Giulia. Originally trained by Tajiri, she started her professional wrestling career in the Hustle promotion, where she worked under the ring name KG (Karate Girl). She later also worked for Hustle's two follow-up promotions; Smash, where she was the final Smash Diva Champion and Wrestling New Classic (WNC), where she was a two-time WNC Women's Champion. After WNC folded in June 2014, she remained affiliated with its sister promotion Reina Joshi Puroresu until March 2016, becoming a one-time Reina World Women's Champion and a one-time Reina World Tag Team Champion. Through Reina's relationshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Face (professional Wrestling)
In professional wrestling, a face (babyface) is a heroic, "good guy" or "fan favorite" wrestler, booked (scripted) by the promotion with the aim of being cheered by fans, and acts as a protagonist to the heels, who are the villainous antagonist or "bad guy" characters. Traditionally, they wrestle within the rules and avoid cheating (in contrast to the villains who use illegal moves and call in additional wrestlers to do their work for them) while behaving positively towards the referee and the audience. Such characters are also referred to as blue-eyes in British wrestling and ''técnicos'' in ''lucha libre''. The face character is portrayed as a hero relative to the heel wrestlers, who are analogous to villains. Not everything a face wrestler does must be heroic: faces need only to be clapped or cheered by the audience to be effective characters. When the magazine ''Pro Wrestling Illustrated'' went into circulation in the late 1970s, the magazine referred to face wrestlers as " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queen's Quest
is a professional wrestling stable, currently performing in the Japanese professional wrestling promotion, World Wonder Ring Stardom. The stable is led by Utami Hayashishita and also consists of AZM, Saya Kamitani, Lady C, Hina and Miyu Amasaki. History Formation and Io Shirai's leadership (2016–2018) At the final of the 2016 edition of the Goddesses of Stardom Tag League which took place on November 11, Io Shirai and Mayu Iwatani lost the decisive match to Kairi Hojo and Yoko Bito, which led to Shirai's frustration towards Iwatani, attacking her with the help of a returning Reo Hazuki (who went by HZK thereafter). Following Shirai's loss back from November 11 HZK started a feud for the Wonder of Stardom Championship against Kairi Hojo which culminated on December 9, 2016, on the fifth night of the ''Stardom Goddesses Of Stars'' event. Momo Watanabe joined the duo of Io Shirai and HZK nine days later together with the trio assuming the name Queen's Quest on November 27. O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IWGP Women's Championship
The is a women's professional wrestling world championship owned by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling promotion. The title is to be exclusively won and defended on shows promoted by NJPW, not only in Japan but worldwide, with talent from NJPW's sister promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom featuring as its primary contenders. The current and inaugural champion is Kairi. History Ever since New Japan Pro-Wrestling was founded in 1972, the company has never had a women's championship. On July 29, 2022, it was announced by Takaaki Kidani, owner of Stardom and former chairman of NJPW through parent company Bushiroad, that Stardom's roster will compete for NJPW's first-ever women's championship at the co-promoted event Historic X-Over, set to take place on November 20. It is managed by the IWGP Executive Committee. On August 23, at the press conference for Historic X-Over, the dates and venues for the inaugural tournament were announced. The tournament featured seven wrestlers, with four Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goddess Of Stardom Championship
The is a professional wrestling tag team championship owned by the World Wonder Ring Stardom promotion. Title history On August 2, 2011, Stardom held a press conference to announce the first ever Goddesses of Stardom Tag League, which would culminate in the crowning of the first Goddess of Stardom Champions. The finals of the tournament took place on November 27, 2011, and saw BY Hou (Yoko Bito & Yuzuki Aikawa) defeat Kawasaki Katsushika Saikyou Densetsu (Natsuki☆Taiyo & Yoshiko) to become the inaugural champions. The title belt was crafted by American company Top Rope Belts. Like most professional wrestling championships, the title is won as a result of a scripted match. There have been 25 reigns shared among 24 different teams consisting of 34 distinctive wrestlers. Cosmic Angels (Tam Nakano & Natsupoi) are the current champions in their first reign as a team as well as individually. Reigns Combined reigns As of , By team By wrestler See also *Internationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo Sports
is a Japanese daily sports newspaper founded in 1960. See also * Tokyo Sports Film Award * Tokyo Sports Puroresu Awards The are Japanese professional wrestling, or ''puroresu'', awards that have been handed out by the ''Tokyo Sports'' magazine annually since 1974. The most publicized awards in Japanese professional wrestling, they are recognized by all the major pr ... References External links * http://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp Official website 1960 establishments in Japan Daily newspapers published in Japan Publications established in 1960 Sports newspapers published in Japan Newspapers published in Tokyo Japanese-language newspapers {{Asia-newspaper-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Club Venus
is a Japanese stable currently performing in the Japanese professional wrestling promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom. Led by Mina Shirakawa, the stable also consists of Xia Brookside, Mariah May, Xena, Jessie and Waka Tsukiyama. Club Venus was formerly a sub-unit of Cosmic Angels before proclaiming itself an independent stable. History Formation (2022–2023) At Stardom's Dream Queendom 2, the returning Xia Brookside and the debutant Mariah May made their appearances by accompanying Mina Shirakawa to the ring. Shirakawa and Unagi Sayaka who represented Cosmic Angels went on defeating Donna Del Mondo's Mai Sakurai and Thekla in a tag team match. Following the bout, Shirakawa slapped Unagi, and announced the formation of her own trio featuring herself, May, and Brookside with the three to be known as Club Venus. The newly formed announced themselves as the mystery team to compete in the Triangle Derby I tournament as part of the "Red Triangle Block" where they scored a total ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cosmic Angels
is a professional wrestling stable, currently performing in the Japanese professional wrestling promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom. The stable currently consists of Tam Nakano, Unagi Sayaka, Mina Shirakawa, Waka Tsukiyama, Saki (wrestler), Saki, Hikari Shimizu, Yuko Sakurai and Natsumi Maki, Natsupoi. They are often known by their catchphrase '. History Formation The stable initially debuted as a sub-group of the Stars (professional wrestling), Stars stable led by Mayu Iwatani on November 14, 2020 after Tam Nakano brought Mina Shirakawa from Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling, teaming up with her to defeat Iwatani and Starlight Kid, subsequently convincing Iwatani to accept Shirakawa in the stable. Shortly after Shirakawa joining the Stardom, Nakano recruited Unagi Sayaka into the sub-group who also came from TJPW. At Stardom Sendai Cinderella 2020 on November 15, Nakano, Sayaka and Shirakawa defeated Natsuko Tora, Rina and Saki Kashima. 2020 Split from Stars; under Nakano's leadershi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariah May
Mariah May Mead (born 4 August 1998) is an English professional wrestler, model and actress, currently signed to World Wonder Ring Stardom, where she is a member of Club Venus. She goes by the ring name “The Glamour” Mariah May and is best known for her work with various independent promotions including Revolution Pro Wrestling, having won multiple championships in the country. Professional wrestling career Early career (2018–2020) Before officially stepping into the ring, Mariah began her career as a ring announcer where she would perform on multiple shows over the course of 2018. On 2 February 2019, she would make her in-ring debut as a professional wrestler facing NXT UK's Nina Samuels. While initially unsuccessful in her efforts, the two would have a series of matches crossing over multiple promotions. Their third and final match, taking place at South West Wrestling's Wrestleversary, ultimately saw the Glamour overcome her adversary and score a victory against Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xia Brookside
Xia-Louise Brooks (born 16 October 1998) is an English professional wrestler and valet. She is best known for her time in WWE, where she performed on the NXT UK brand under the ring name Xia Brookside. She has also worked for World Wonder Ring Stardom and All Star Wrestling. Early life Xia-Louise Brooks was born in Leicester on 16 October 1998. She is the daughter of professional wrestler Robbie Brookside. Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2014–2017) Brookside was trained by her father, as well as Robbie Dynamite and Dean Allmark. In 2015, she made her in-ring debut for All Star Wrestling in her father's native Liverpool, teaming with El Ligero to defeat Kay Lee Ray and Sammy D. In February 2016, she lost a three-way match for the ICW Women's Championship against Kay Lee Ray and Carmel Jacob. In May 2016, she took part in the Empress Pro Invitational, defeating Toni Storm in the semi-finals and Kay Lee Ray in the tournament finals. On 26 June 2016, Brooksid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stardom Gold Rush
was a professional wrestling event promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom. The event took place on November 19, 2022, in Osaka at the Edion Arena Osaka with limited attendance due in part to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic at the time. Background The show featured nine 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. The event's press conference was broadcast live on Stardom's YouTube channel on November 8, 2022. Event The two preshow matches were broadcast live on Stardom's YouTube channel. In the first one, Natsuko Tora & Ruaka picked up a victory over Lady C & Miyu Amasaki and Saya Iida & Momo Kohgo. In the second one, AZM successfully defended the High Speed Championship for the eighth consecutive time against Momoka Hanazono. The first main card match saw Giulia, Thekla & ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Speed Championship
The 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. Title history Names Reigns Natsuki☆Taiyo was the first champion in the title's history. She also holds the records for most reigns, with four, and the longest reign in the title's history at 679 days, achieved on her third reign. Koguma's only reign of 84 days is the shortest in the title's history. Overall, there have been 22 r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
