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Ever since New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) was founded in 1972, the company had never had a women's championship. On July 29, 2022, it was announced by Takaaki Kidani, owner of World Wonder Ring Stardom and former chairman of NJPW through parent company Bushiroad, that Stardom's roster would compete for NJPW's first-ever women's championship, the IWGP Women's Championship, at the co-promoted ...
The most notable annual events in AJW were the Japan Grand Prix and Tag League the Best.The Japan Grand Prix was held each summer, from 1985 to 2004, and was a tournament to determine the number one contender for the WWWA World Single Championship, similar to the G1 Climax or Champion Carnival seen in the men's promotions New Japan Pro-Wrestling and All Japan Pro Wrestling, respectively.
The Sukeban World Championship is a women's world professional wrestling world championship created and promoted by the Sukeban promotion.The title, which is situated at the top of Sukeban's championship hierarchy, was introduced on September 22, 2023, [9] [10] and the inaugural champion was crowned on December 6, 2023 when Commander Nakajima defeated Ichigo Sayaka to become the inaugural ...
On May 29, an audition was held for four young wrestlers to form a wrestling/idol group to be known as the "Up-Up Girls". On July 20, four women were picked and began training to wrestle shortly after. On December 4, the Up-Up Girls debuted with an idol performance, but didn't appear in ring until January 4, 2018.
Stardom Dream Queendom 2023 (スターダム ドリームクイーンダム 2023, Sutādamu dorīmukuīndamu 2023) was a professional wrestling event promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom. It was the third annual Stardom Dream Queendom and took place on December 29, 2023, in Tokyo, Japan, at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan.
The United States closed the gap on Japan in women’s wrestling at the Paris Olympics. The Japanese won four of the six gold medals for the third straight Olympics and claimed two bronze medals ...
Kennedy Blades was one match away from achieving her dream of wrestling for the United States at the Olympics. For the dream to come true, the 20-year-old needed to get past Adeline Gray — a six ...
All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling was the only women's professional wrestling promotion prior to 1986. All Japan Women's was experiencing a boom period due to the Crush Gals of Lioness Asuka and Chigusa Nagayo as was Onyanko Club, a Japanese idol music group. Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling was imagined to be a wrestling version of Onyanko Club. [3]