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World of Stardom Championship

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Date established
  
June 26, 2011

Date won
  
December 23, 2015

Most reigns
  
Io Shirai (2 reigns)

Current champion(s)
  
Io Shirai

First champion(s)
  
Nanae Takahashi

World of Stardom Championship

Promotion
  
World Wonder Ring Stardom

The World of Stardom Championship (ワールド・オブ・スターダム選手権, Wārudo Obu Sutādamu Senshuken) is a women's professional wrestling 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. 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 Championship (of which Takahashi had been the last titleholder back in 2006). The title belt was crafted by American company Top Rope Belts, 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". The title has also been defended in Mexico and France.

Like most professional wrestling championships, the title is won as a result of a scripted match. There have been seven reigns shared among six wrestlers. Io Shirai is the current champion in her second reign.

Combined reigns

As of April 6, 2017

References

World of Stardom Championship Wikipedia