is a tournament promoted by the Japanese professional wrestling promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom 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 rules or was decided by singles or gauntlet matches.
List of winners Year Tournament Winner Runner-up Ref 2011 Yoshiko Arisa Hoshiki 2012 Yuhi Act Yasukawa 2013 Takumi Iroha Koguma 2014 Hazuki Kris WolfMomo Watanabe 2015 Jungle Kyona Hiromi Mimura 2016 Arisu Nanase Natsuko Tora 2017 Shiki Shibusawa Hanan 2018 Utami Hayashishita RinaHinaNatsumi 2019 Saya Kamitani Saya Iida 2023 Yuzuki Hanako 2026 Ema Maishima Kikyo Furusawa
2011 The inaugural edition of 2011 took place as a one-day single-elimination tournament 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 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 2019 edition returned to the traditional single-elimination tournament rules and took place on December 8.
2023 The 2023 edition took place on January 3, 2024, at Stardom New Year Stars 2024.
2026 The 2026 edition took place on April 11, 2026 at Korakuen Hall.
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External links Page Stardom World