Kaori Hōsako

The 2024 Backlash, also promoted as Backlash France, was a professional wrestling premium livestreaming event produced by WWE. It was the 19th Backlash event and took place on May 4, 2024, at the LDLC Arena in Décines-Charpieu in the Metropolis of Lyon, France. This was WWE's first livestreaming event to be held in France, and the first Backlash held outside of North America. The concept of the event was based around the backlash from WrestleMania XL.

Universal Champion Braun Strowman faces Bray Wyatt in a Wyatt Swamp Fight. Dolph Ziggler challenges Drew McIntyre for the WWE Championship. Women's Tag Team Champion Sasha Banks looks to add the Raw Women's Title to her collection when she faces Asuka. SmackDown Women's Champion Bayley takes on Nikki Cross.

The 2023 Crown Jewel was a professional wrestling pay-per-view and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It was the fifth annual Crown Jewel and took place on November 4, 2023, at Mohammed Abdu Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia as part of Riyadh Season. This was the second Crown Jewel held at this venue after the 2021 event, and the 10th event that WWE held in Saudi Arabia under a 10-year partnership in support of Saudi Vision 2030.

The 2024 Crown Jewel was the sixth Crown Jewel professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and live-streaming event produced by WWE. It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. The event took place on Saturday, November 2, 2024, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It was the 12th event that WWE held in Saudi Arabia under a 10-year partnership in support of Saudi Vision 2030.

The Road to WrestleMania begins at Royal Rumble, and the top Superstars in WWE are set to compete for a championship bout at WrestleMania. The matches will begin with two superstars in the ring. At equally timed intervals, a new superstar enters the fray. Elimination only occurs when a superstar has gone over the top rope and both feet have touched the floor. This continues until there is just one superstar left standing as the winner of the Royal Rumble Match. Also, AJ Styles will put his incredible career on the line against Gunther and Drew McIntyre will defend his WWE championship against Sami Zayn.

The first night of the 36th annual WrestleMania event being held at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida, hosted by former New England Patriots Tight End Rob Gronkowski.

The Undisputed WWE Universal Championship will be on the line when Roman Reigns defends his title against the winner of the 2024 Royal Rumble, Cody Rhodes. The Scottish Warrior Drew McIntyre will finally get his chance to win a world title in front of the masses as he faces World Heavyweight Champion Seth "Freakin" Rollins at The Showcase of the Immortals. Plus a big tag team match on night 1 where Cody Rhodes and World Heavyweight Champion Seth "Freakin" Rollins will go head to head with Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns in a match with huge WrestleMania implications. Bayley is hellbent on seizing the WWE Women's Champion when she goes to war against her former ally IYO SKY at WrestleMania. 'Mami' Rhea Ripley defends her Women's World Title against 'The Man' Becky Lynch in what should be a legendary championship fight and many more.

WWE Panelists share their reactions, and Superstars face the media immediately following WWE Evolution in Atlanta.

The 2024 Royal Rumble is the upcoming 37th annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It will be held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. The event will take place on Saturday, January 27, 2024, at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. It will be the second Royal Rumble to be held at the stadium after the 2021 event, though the first with ticketed fans in attendance. Traditionally, the Royal Rumble match winner receives a world championship match at that year's WrestleMania. For the 2024 event, the winners of both the men's and women's matches receive a choice of which championship to challenge for at WrestleMania XL. The men can choose to challenge for either Raw's World Heavyweight Championship or SmackDown's Undisputed WWE Universal Championship, while the women have the choice between Raw's Women's World Championship and SmackDown's WWE Women's Championship.

Stardom Flashing Champions 2022 was a professional wrestling event promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom, held on May 28, 2022 at Ota City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.

The 2023 Survivor Series was the 37th annual Survivor Series professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and live streaming event produced by WWE. It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. The event took place on Saturday, November 25, 2023, at the Allstate Arena in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont, Illinois, marking the third Survivor Series to be held at this arena after the 1989 and 2019 events. The event retained the WarGames theme utilised for the 2022 event.

Raw plays host to in-ring classics, jaw-dropping confrontations and shocking twists in this best of 2024 recap.

WWE, the world's largest professional wrestling organization, is said to be watched by over 1 billion people in more than 150 countries through television and streaming. The annual "WrestleMania" event attracts nearly 60,000 spectators, creating an excitement comparable to the American football "Super Bowl. "Only top wrestlers from around the world step into the ring. In 2018, a Japanese woman professional wrestler joined WWE. A former gymnast, she captivated audiences with her acrobatic moves, utilizing her flexibility and agility. And last year, she rose to become the WWE Women's World Champion. That's Iyo Sky. When Iyo appears in front of the venue, a huge cheer erupts. "IYO! IYO!". Autographs, high-fives, hugs, two-shot photos... Her popularity is soaring across America.

Gold Rush 2022 ~Gyōsan Stardom~ was a professional wrestling event promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom, held on November 19, 2022 at EDION Arena Osaka in Osaka, Japan. It featured the first "Moneyball" six-woman tag team tournament, the finals for which (a TLC match!) took place in the main event. The World and Wonder of Stardom Championships were also defended on the card, with Syuri taking on noted rival Utami Hayashishita and the long-awaited encounter between Saya Kamitani and KAIRI, respectively.

WWE Survivor Series: WarGames 2025 was held on November 29, 2025, at Petco Park in San Diego, California, and featured the biggest Men’s WarGames match ever as Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes, WWE World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk, Roman Reigns, Jey Uso, and Jimmy Uso battled Brock Lesnar, Drew McIntyre, Logan Paul, Bron Breakker, and Bronson Reed inside two rings surrounded by a roofless cage. The event also included the final WWE Premium Live Event match of John Cena’s career, where the 17-time world champion and reigning Intercontinental Champion put his title on the line against Dominik Mysterio. The most star-studded Women’s WarGames match ever also took center stage, featuring AJ Lee, Charlotte Flair, Alexa Bliss, Rhea Ripley, and IYO SKY against Becky Lynch, WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Asuka and Kairi Sane, Nia Jax, and Lash Legend. In addition, the event featured a WWE Women’s World Championship match where Stephanie Vaquer faced off against Nikki Bella for her title.

The 2025 Crown Jewel, also promoted as Crown Jewel: Perth, was a professional wrestling event produced by the American company WWE. It was the seventh Crown Jewel and took place on Saturday, October 11, 2025, at the RAC Arena in Perth, Western Australia, Australia. The event featured the crowning of the second men's and women's Crown Jewel Champions and was the first Crown Jewel held outside of Saudi Arabia, as all previous editions took place in Riyadh. It also marked John Cena's last appearance in Australia as an in-ring performer before his retirement at the end of 2025, and was headlined by Seth Rollins vs. Cody Rhodes in a Champions vs. Champions match for the men's Crown Jewel Championship.

All Star Grand Queendom 2023 was a professional wrestling event promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom, held on April 23, 2023, at Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan in front of over 5,500 fans. It was headlined by Giulia defending the World of Stardom Championship against long-time rival, Tam Nakano.

Get the latest breaking news, rivalry analysis from a panel of experts, and watch the Kabuki Warriors defend the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship against Candice LaRae & Australia's own Indi Hartwell before all of the action goes down at WWE Chamber live from Perth, Australia!

The Road to WrestleMania begins with Royal Rumble. Thirty men and 30 women compete in the Men’s and Women’s Royal Rumble Matches. Universal Champion “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt defends his title against Daniel Bryan, Asuka challenges Becky Lynch for the Raw Women’s Championship and much more.

World Climax 2022 ~The Top~ was a professional wrestling event promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom, held on March 27, 2022 at Ryōgoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan. The second show of a two-day event, it featured several championships on the line at both shows - for example, in the main event, Syuri defended the World of Stardom Championship against "The Icon of Stardom" Mayu Iwatani, after defeating her ex-stablemate Giulia the night before at ~The Best~.

Based on the life of Mayu Iwatani and her journey to becoming a wrestler.

5★STAR Grand Prix 2022 ~Opening Round: Day 1~ was a professional wrestling event promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom, held on July 30, 2022 at Ota City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan. It served as the first show for the company's annual round-robin singles tournament and included eight matches from the field of 26 competitors, main evented by Giulia taking on Hazuki as part of the Blue Stars block.

New Blood Premium was a professional wrestling event promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom, held on March 25, 2023, at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. It featured the semi-final and final matches in the tournament to crown the inaugural Stardom New Blood Tag Team Champions.

The 2025 Evolution was a women's professional wrestling premium live event produced by WWE. It was the second Evolution event and took place on Sunday, July 13, 2025, at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. This was the first Evolution and the first all-women's professional wrestling event to broadcast on both Netflix and Peacock, and the first Evolution since the inaugural 2018 event seven years prior.

World Climax 2022 ~The Best~ was a professional wrestling event promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom, held on March 26, 2022 at Ryōgoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan. The first show of a two-day event, it featured several championships on the line at both shows - for example, in the main event, Syuri defended the World of Stardom Championship against ex-stablemate Giulia, with the winner facing "The Icon of Stardom" Mayu Iwatani the following night at ~The Top~.

5★STAR Grand Prix 2022 ~Opening Round: Day 2~ was a professional wrestling event promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom, held on July 31, 2022 at Ota City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan. It served as the second show for the company's annual round-robin singles tournament and included seven matches from the field of 26 competitors, main evented by World of Stardom champion Syuri fighting Utami Hayashishita in the Red Stars block, their first encounter since their world-famous series of matches in 2021.

Historic X-Over is a professional wrestling event co-promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and World Wonder Ring Stardom (Stardom). The event took place on November 20, 2022, at the Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan.

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Battle in the Valley 2023 was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). It took place on February 18, 2023, at San Jose Civic in San Jose, California, and was headlined by Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.

Stardom Flashing Champions 2023 was a professional wrestling event promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom, held on May 27, 2023, at Ota City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.

Nagoya Golden Fight 2023 ~Kinshachi Miracle~ was a professional wrestling event promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom, held on October 5, 2024 at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium (Dolphins Arena) in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. In the main event, Tam Nakano defended the World of Stardom Championship against Natsuko Tora.

Wrestle Kingdom 17 - Night 1 was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling promotion. The event took place on January 4, 2023, at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan.

Dream Queendom 2022 was a professional wrestling event promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom, held December 29, 2022 at Ryōgoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan, with limited attendance due to the then-ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In the main event, Syuri defended the World of Stardom Championship against 2022 5★STAR GP winner, and her former Donna del Mondo stablemate and tag team partner, Giulia.

Stardom Sunshine 2023 was a professional wrestling event promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom, held on June 25, 2023 at Yoyogi National Stadium No.2 Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.

Dream Tag Festival 2023 was a professional wrestling event promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom, held on September 10, 2023 at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. It featured non-canon alignments of the company's wrestlers in traditional tag team matches, including putting arch rivals and former partners together, with some teams even being based on puns.

12th Goddesses of Stardom Tag League ~Opening Round~ was a professional wrestling event promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom, held on October 23, 2022 at Arena Tachikawa Tachihi in Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan. It primarily served as the first event for the company's annual round-robin tag team tournament, but also featured the semi-final matches for the inaugural IWGP Women's Championship tournament, the finals for which occurred the next month at NJPW×Stardom Historic X-over.

The 2024 NXT Roadblock was a professional wrestling television special produced by WWE for the promotion's NXT brand division.

WrestleMania 35 is the thirty-fifth annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event and WWE Network event produced by WWE for their Raw, SmackDown, and 205 Live brands. It took place on April 7, 2019 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The event featured the first-ever women's main event match in the show's history.

Kyoto Stars 2017 was a professional wrestling event promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom, held on February 4, 2017 at KBS Hall in Kyōto, Japan.

Universal Champion Bray Wyatt vs. The Miz; Roman Reigns vs. King Corbin; Rusev vs. Bobby Lashley.

Taking place at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois, this is the 33rd annual event under the Survivor Series chronology. This is the first time in the history of the event that the NXT brand will be featured.

The 30th anniversary of Royal Rumble will come to the WWE Universe from the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia tonight and you can get your tickets now! Relive incredible past Royal Rumble events on the award-winning WWE Network, and don’t miss out when Royal Rumble returns to Philadelphia.

The 2019 Royal Rumble was a professional wrestling pay-per-view and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It was the 32nd annual Royal Rumble and took place on January 27, 2019, at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona. During the event, WWE reported there were 48,193 people in attendance.

Premium Stars 2016 was a professional wrestling event promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom, held on June 16, 2016 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

War Games returns again, as the superstars of NXT fight each other, for the chance to be called, the best in the world.

Hell in a Cell (2019) is a professional wrestling pay-per-view and WWE Network event produced by WWE for their Raw and Smackdown brands.

NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn IV is an upcoming professional wrestling show and WWE Network event that will take place on August 18, 2018, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The event is produced by WWE for the NXT brand that will streamed live on the WWE Network.

It will be the first pay-per-view in WWE history to be comprised entirely of women's matches. All of WWE's women's championships will be defended at the event. It will also feature the finals of the 2018 Mae Young Classic tournament

The Highest 2017 was a professional wrestling event produced by World Wonder Ring Stardom, held on March 20, 2017 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. In the main event, Io Shirai defended the World of Stardom Championship against Kairi Hojo.

Every week, the women of Raw and SmackDown Live are breaking barriers while stealing the show at WWE events all over the globe. Now, see how it all began with Then, Now, Forever: The Evolution of WWE’s Women’s Division. From trailblazers like Alundra Blayze and Chyna, to pioneers like Lita and Trish Stratus, all the way to today’s awe-inspiring athletes such as Charlotte Flair, Sasha Banks, Bayley, Alexa Bliss, and Asuka, the revolution was indeed televised, and you get to witness it all right here with some of the greatest and most groundbreaking women’s matches of all time. From Wendi Richter to Ivory to Becky Lynch to Ronda Rousey, see how these amazing women helped shape the landscape of WWE today.

NXT TakeOver: New York was a professional wrestling show and WWE Network event produced by WWE for their NXT brand. The event took place on April 5, 2019, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

NXT TakeOver is where new Superstars make their name, rivalries escalate, and the audience can't stop chanting, "THIS IS AWESOME". In 2018, the NXT Universe witnessed some of the greatest matches in NXT TakeOver history.

NXT TakeOver: WarGames is a professional wrestling show in the NXT TakeOver series that took place on November 18, 2017 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. The event was produced by WWE for its NXT brand and streamed live on the WWE Network. The event's name is derived from the match of the same name that was originally used in the National Wrestling Alliance and later, World Championship Wrestling.

Stardom closes out their year with Year-End Climax.

Stardom and Sendai Girls battle from Korakuen Hall.

3/20/12 Tokyo Korakuen Hall Generation Struggle 1st: Natsumi Showzuki vs. Saki Kashima Generation Struggle 2nd: Act Yasukawa vs. Eri Susa Generation Struggle 3rd: Kairi Hojo vs. Mayu Iwatani Generation Struggle 4th: Arisa Hoshiki vs. Yuuri Haruka Stardom the Bright: Kaori Yoneyama & Io Shirai vs. Hiroyo Matsumoto & Miho Wakizawa Goddesses of Stardom Title: Yuzuki Aikawa & Yoko Bito vs. Natsuki*Taiyo & Yoshiko World of Stardom Title: Nanae Takahashi vs. Meiko Satomura Osaka Starlight 2012 3/25/12 Osaka Matsushita IMP Hall Natsumi Showzuki vs. Yuuri Haruka Miho Wakizawa vs. Eri Susa Arisa Hoshiki & Mayu Iwatani vs. Kairi Hojo & Saki Kashima Yoko Bito & Yuzuki Aikawa vs. Act Yasukawa & Yoshiko Nanae Takahashi vs. Hiroyo Matsumoto NEO High Speed Title Match: Natsuki*Taiyo vs. Io Shirai

Stardom Year-End Climax 2014 took place at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. The event took place on December 23, 2014.

What is Stardom's Cinderella Tournament? The Cinderella Tournament is an annual one night tournament held by Stardom every spring since 2015. What is the format of the tournament? This is a single elimination 4 round tournament. Matches in the first 3 rounds have time limits. The exact time limit varies from round to round. The final match has no time limit. Victory is possible via pinfall, submission, time limit draw, count out or over the top rope eliminations. Like all Stardom matches, disqualifications are unlikely since referees tend to let the action go as far as possible. In case of a draw, both wrestlers are knocked out of the tournament.