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Stardom Flashing Champions 2023
was a professional wrestling event promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom. The event took place on May 27, 2023, in Tokyo at the Ota City General Gymnasium. Nine matches were contested at the event, including two on the pre-show, and five of Stardom's nine championships were on the line. The main event saw Tam Nakano defeat Mina Shirakawa to retain the World of Stardom Championship and win the Wonder of Stardom Championship in a Winner Takes All match. In other prominent matches, the Baribari Bombers ( Giulia, Thekla and Mai Sakurai) defeated REstart ( Kairi, Natsupoi and Saori Anou) to win the Artist of Stardom Championship, and Saki Kashima defeated AZM and Fukigen Death in a three-way match to win the High Speed Championship. Production Background The show featured nine professional wrestling matches that result from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portray villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that build tension and culminate i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Wonder Ring Stardom
World Wonder Ring Stardom (スターダム 女子プロレス), often referred to simply as Stardom (stylized as ST★RDOM), is a Japanese '' joshi puroresu'' or women's professional wrestling promotion based in Tokyo, Japan. Stardom was founded in September 2010 by former All Japan Women co-producer Rossy Ogawa, retired professional wrestler and mixed martial artist Fuka Kakimoto, and All Japan Women veteran professional wrestler Nanae Takahashi. Stardom is currently owned by Japanese card game company Bushiroad, making it the sister promotion of New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). Stardom quickly became one of the top ''joshi puroresu'' promotions, largely thanks to gravure idol Yuzuki Aikawa becoming the promotion's public face. Much like JDStar, Stardom also places heavy emphasis on the physical attractiveness of its workers, and publishes several modeling photobooks and calendars of its workers per year. Stardom's in-ring style takes influence from mixed martial arts with many ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giulia (wrestler)
is an English-born Italian- Japanese professional wrestler, currently signed to World Wonder Ring Stardom, where she is the current World of Stardom Champion in her first reign. She is also a former Wonder of Stardom Champion, Goddess of Stardom Champion and Artist of Stardom Champion. She is also the current and founding leader of the Donna Del Mondo stable. She formerly competed in Ice Ribbon, from her debut in 2017 up until October 2019. In Stardom, she is a one-time Wonder of Stardom Champion and a one-time Artist of Stardom Champion. Giulia was the recipient of the 2020 '' Tokyo Sports'' Women's Wrestling Grand Prize. Early life Giulia was born in London, England, to an Italian father and a Japanese mother, and was raised in Japan's Chiba Prefecture. She worked as a manager in an Italian restaurant before applying to train as a professional wrestler with Ice Ribbon in 2017. In an interview for '' Shūkan Bunshun'' in 2022, Giulia stated that she was a vic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Professional Wrestling Match Types
Many types of wrestling matches, sometimes called "concept" or "gimmick matches" in the jargon of the business, are performed in professional wrestling. Some gimmick matches are more common than others and are often used to advance or conclude a storyline. Throughout professional wrestling's decades long history, some gimmick matches have spawned many variations of the core concept. Singles match The singles match is the most common of all professional wrestling matches, which involves only two competitors competing for one fall. A victory is obtained by pinfall, submission, knockout, countout, or disqualification. Some of the most common variations on the singles match is to restrict the possible means for victory. Duchess of Queensbury Rules match A Duchess of Queensbury Rules match is a singles match contested under specific, often disclosed rules is replaced by a title usually meant to sound traditional for one combatant. A wrestler challenging another wrestler to a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Speed Championship
The is a women's professional wrestling Championship (professional wrestling), championship owned by the World Wonder Ring Stardom professional wrestling promotion, promotion. The title was originally created on May 5, 2009, in the NEO Japan Ladies Pro-Wrestling promotion, where Natsuki Taiyo, Natsuki☆Taiyo defeated Ray (wrestler), Ray to become the inaugural champion. As the name of the title suggests, it is meant for fast and Professional wrestling aerial techniques, 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 (Japanese wrestler), Leon to officially bring the title over to the promotion. Title history Names Reigns Natsuki Taiyo, Natsuki☆Taiyo was the first champion in the title's history. She also holds the records for most reigns, with four, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three-way Match
Many types of wrestling matches, sometimes called "concept" or "gimmick matches" in the jargon of the business, are performed in professional wrestling. Some gimmick matches are more common than others and are often used to advance or conclude a storyline. Throughout professional wrestling's decades long history, some gimmick matches have spawned many variations of the core concept. Singles match The singles match is the most common of all professional wrestling matches, which involves only two competitors competing for one fall. A victory is obtained by pinfall, submission, knockout, countout, or disqualification. Some of the most common variations on the singles match is to restrict the possible means for victory. Duchess of Queensbury Rules match A Duchess of Queensbury Rules match is a singles match contested under specific, often disclosed rules is replaced by a title usually meant to sound traditional for one combatant. A wrestler challenging another wrestler to a m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaori Yoneyama
is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working as a freelancer on the Japanese independent circuit. Yoneyama started her career in 1999, working with the JWP Joshi Puroresu promotion. During the following years, she became a one-time JWP Openweight Champion, a one-time JWP Junior Champion, a five-time JWP Tag Team Champion, a one-time Pure-J Openweight Champion and a three-time Daily Sports Women's Tag Team Champion. Notable titles she has held outside of JWP include All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling's AJW Championship and AJW Tag Team Championship, Ice Ribbon's International Ribbon Tag Team Championship and NEO Japan Ladies Pro Wrestling's High Speed Championship. In July 2011, Yoneyama announced that she would be ending her twelve-year career the following December. After a retirement tour, which took Yoneyama not only across the Japanese independent circuit, but also to the United States, she announced during her retirement ceremony that she had changed her mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AZM (wrestler)
AZM, shortened from is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently signed to the Japanese professional wrestling promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom. Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2013-present) Besides Stardom, Azumi is known for her appearances in the independent circuit, working for different independent promotions. At the August 8, 2017 house show of the Marvelous That's Women Pro Wrestling promotion, Azumi teamed up with HZK to defeat New-Tra (Rin Kadokura and Takumi Iroha). She competed at ''Kagetsu Retirement Show ~ Many Face'', a freelance event which portraited the last match of Kagetsu from February 24, 2020, where she defeated Kaho Kobayashi and Mei Suruga in a three-way match. At ''Estrella Executive Committee/Stardom/Tokyo Gurentai '', a cross-over event produced by World Wonder Ring Stardom in partnership with Tokyo Gurentai on March 14, 2019, Azumi competed in a four-way elimination tag team match, where she teamed up with Momo Watanabe and Uta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saki Kashima
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for the Japanese professional wrestling promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom where she is a former Artist of Stardom Champion. Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2011-present) Kashima worked a couple of matches for Tokyo Gurentai, one of them being at ''Tokyo Love II ~Another Chance~'' from September 28, 2011, where she fell short to Io Shirai and Nanae Takahashi in a triple threat match. The other one took place eight years later, at ''Tokyo Gurentai Lucha Libre Fiesta'', an event produced by Stardom in partnership with Tokyo Gurentai, where she participated in a four-way tag team elimination match, teaming up with Starlight Kid and Tam Nakano as STARS and going against Oedo Tai (Andras Miyagi, Hazuki and Kagetsu), JAN ( Jungle Kyona, Natsuko Tora and Saya Iida), and Queen's Quest ( AZM, Momo Watanabe and Utami Hayashishita). World Wonder Ring Stardom (2011-2013) Kashima made her professional wrestling d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artist Of Stardom Championship
The is a professional wrestling six-woman tag team championship owned by the World Wonder Ring Stardom promotion. The title was first announced during Stardom's year-end event on December 24, 2012, and two days later its name was revealed as the "Artist of Stardom Championship", with a four-team one night single-elimination tournament announced to determine the inaugural champions. Title history On January 14, 2013, Kawasaki Katsushika Saikyou Densetsu ( Act Yasukawa, Natsuki☆Taiyo & Saki Kashima) defeated Team Shimmer ( Kellie Skater, Portia Perez & Tomoka Nakagawa is a Japanese retired professional wrestler. After being trained by Taka Michinoku, she started her career in his Kaientai Dojo promotion in September 2004. After leaving Kaientai Dojo in 2007, Nakagawa briefly joined Ibuki, where she underw ...) in the finals of the tournament to become the inaugural champions. Like most professional wrestling championships, the title is won as a result of a scripted ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saori Anou
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working as a freelancer and is best known for her tenure with the Japanese promotion Actwres girl'Z and her freelance appearances in promotions such as Oz Academy and Ice Ribbon. She is the current ICE Cross Infinity Champion in Ice Ribbon. Professional wrestling career Actwres girl'Z (2015–2019) Saori Anou debuted as a professional wrestler at the inaugural Actwres girl'Z show, ''AgZ Prologue'' on May 31, 2015. Until her departure from the company in December of 2019, Anou was one of AgZ's biggest and most important stars for the promotion. On November 15, 2018, Anou defeated SAKI in the finals of the AgZ Title Tournament and became the promotion's first champion. Anou would go on to lose the title to Reika Saiki on August 19, 2019. Anou would make two appearances in AgZ in 2021, including Act Yasukawa's return match. Independent circuit (2015–present) As a freelancer, Anou is known for competing in various promotions. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natsupoi
, better known by her ring name , is a Japanese professional wrestler. She is currently signed to World Wonder Ring Stardom. Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2015–present) Maki wrestled a couple of matches for Reina, one of them at ''REINA Year End Battle In Korakuen 2015'' on December 26, where she teamed up with Tae Honma in a losing effort to Saori Anou and her trainer Yuna Manase. She participated at ''Kyoko Kimura Retirement Produce Last Afro'' on January 22, 2017, where she competed in a 20-man battle royal also involving other popular superstars such as Takashi Sasaki, Munenori Sawa, Yuki Miyazaki, Yuko Miyamoto, Hercules Senga and others. While competing in All Japan Pro Wrestling, she participated at the ''AJPW Jun Akiyama & Takao Omori 25th Anniversary'' event from October 21, 2017, where she teamed up with Saori Anou, picking up a victory against Haruka Kato and Saki. At Oz Academy's ''AKINO Produce 20th Anniversary'', an event from on July 8, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kairi Hojo
is a Japanese professional wrestler and actress currently working for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and World Wonder Ring Stardom under the ring name Kairi (stylized in all caps). Housako is also known for her work with WWE as . She is the current and inaugural IWGP Women's Champion. From 2012 to 2017, she wrestled for the Japanese promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom under the ring name . Embodying a "Pirate Princess" persona, she became a one-time World of Stardom Champion, a one-time Wonder of Stardom Champion, a three-time Goddess of Stardom Champion and a four-time Artist of Stardom Champion. She also won the 2015 5-Star GP and the 2016 Goddesses of Stardom Tag League. In 2017, she signed with WWE, where she adopted the ring name Kairi Sane. She won the inaugural Mae Young Classic tournament the same year, and was then assigned to the NXT brand. She captured the NXT Women's Championship in 2018 and subsequently won the 2018 NXT Year-End Awards for Female Competitor of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
