is a tournament
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by the
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World Wonder Ring Stardom
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in which rookies with less than one year of in-ring experience evolve. The event has been held annually between 2011 and 2019 with a four-year break until 2023. During time, the competition took place under
single-elimination tournament
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rules or was decided by
singles
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or
gauntlet matches.
List of winners
2011
The inaugural edition of 2011 took place as a one-day
single-elimination tournament
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on December 11.
2012
The 2012 edition of the tournament took place on December 9 during the same year edition of the
Goddesses of Stardom Tag League.
2013
The 2013 edition of the tournament took place under a singles bout on December 8.
2014
The 2014 edition of the tournament took place under a
three-way match on December 7.
2015
The 2015 edition returned to the traditional
single-elimination tournament
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rules and took place on December 6.
2016
The 2016 edition of the tournament took place on December 4.
2017
The 2017 edition of the tournament took place on December 10 place under a singles bout.
2018
The 2018 edition of the tournament took place under
gauntlet match rules on December 12.
2019
The 2015 edition returned to the traditional
single-elimination tournament
A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final matc ...
rules and took place on December 8.
2023
The 2023 edition took place on January 3, 2024, at
Stardom New Year Stars 2024.
Notes
References
External links
Page Stardom World
{{List of major World Wonder Ring Stardom events
World Wonder Ring Stardom tournaments
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Women's professional wrestling tournaments