SWA World Championship
SWA World Championship | |||||||||||||||||
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![]() Io Shirai, the inaugural SWA World Champion | |||||||||||||||||
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Promotion | World Wonder Ring Stardom | ||||||||||||||||
Date established | May 21, 2016[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Current champion(s) | Toni Storm | ||||||||||||||||
Date won | July 24, 2016[2] | ||||||||||||||||
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The SWA World Championship (SWA世界選手権 SWA Sekai Senshuken) is a women's professional wrestling championship promoted by the Japanese World Wonder Ring Stardom promotion. It was created on May 21, 2016, during Stardom's three-day European tour, as the flagship title for a newly established international alliance called the Stardom World Association (SWA) (スターダム・ワールド・アソシエーション Sutādamu Wārudo Asoshiēshon).[1][5] Promotions in the alliance include Stardom, British Empire Wrestling (BEW), the French Association Biterroise de Catch (ABC), the Mexican Women Wrestling Stars (WWS) and the Spanish Revolution Championship Wrestling (RCW).[6]
Like most professional wrestling championships, the title is won as a result of a scripted match. The rules of the championship state that only wrestlers from countries other than the reigning champion can challenge for it. For example, as long as the title had a Japanese champion, no other Japanese wrestler could challenge for it.[7] There have been two reigns shared among two wrestlers. New Zealander Toni Storm is the current champion in her first reign.[2]
Title history
# | Order in reign history |
Reign | The reign number for the specific wrestler listed |
Event | The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the title was won |
Successful defenses | The number of successful defenses the champion had during her reign |
— | Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign |
+ | Indicates the current reign is changing daily |
# | Wrestler | Reign | Date | Days held |
Location | Event | Successful defenses |
Notes | Ref(s) |
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1 | Io Shirai | 1 | May 21, 2016 | 64 | Barcelona, Spain | Stardom & RCW Show | 2[2] | Shirai defeated Toni Storm in the finals of a nine-woman tournament to become the inaugural champion. | [1][5] |
2 | Toni Storm | 1 | July 24, 2016 | 148+ | Osaka, Japan | Stardom×Stardom 2016: Osaka Manatsu no Saiten | 2[8] | [2][9][10] |
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 2016年5月21日 ヨーロッパツアー4日目. World Wonder Ring Stardom (in Japanese). May 22, 2016. Archived from the original on May 23, 2016. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 2016年7月21日 Stardom×Stardom2016~大阪真夏の祭典~. World Wonder Ring Stardom (in Japanese). July 25, 2016. Archived from the original on July 25, 2016. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
- 1 2 〜天空の逸女〜 紫雷イオ. World Wonder Ring Stardom (in Japanese). May 21, 2014. Archived from the original on July 19, 2016. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
- 1 2 5★Star GP2016参戦外国人選手. World Wonder Ring Stardom (in Japanese). July 4, 2014. Archived from the original on July 26, 2016. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
- 1 2 紫雷イオ世界制覇へ!各国で防衛戦構想. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). June 2, 2016. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
- ↑ "The Stardom World Association (SWA) is an alliance between the promoters of Stardom, WWS, RCW, ABC Catch and BEW.". We Are Stardom. Twitter. May 21, 2016. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
- ↑ Meltzer, Dave (July 11, 2016). "July 11, 2016 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: Preview for massive UFC weekend, including UFC 200, plus tons of news". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Campbell, California: 55. ISSN 1083-9593.
The rules of the SWA title are that the champion can only defend against wrestlers from other countries. So if Shirai is champion, nobody from Japan can get a shot. If Storm wins, nobody from New Zealand can get a shot.
- ↑ 2016年9月22日 5★Star GP2016~スターダム最強シングルの祭典~. World Wonder Ring Stardom (in Japanese). September 22, 2016. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
- ↑ <スターダム>イオV3ならず 小川社長は長期欠場勧告も示唆. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). July 25, 2016. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
- ↑ "Daily Update: Bayley at Battleground, Ronaldo meets McGregor, Hendo vs. Bisping 2". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. July 25, 2016. Retrieved July 26, 2016.