High Speed Championship

The High Speed Championship (ハイスピード王座, Hai Supīdo Ōza) is a women's professional wrestling championship owned by the World Wonder Ring Stardom promotion. The title was originally created on May 5, 2009, in the NEO Japan Ladies Pro-Wrestling promotion, where Natsuki☆Taiyo defeated Ray to become the inaugural champion.[1] As the name of the title suggests, it is meant for fast and high-flying wrestlers.[7] On November 19, 2010, Stardom acquired the rights to the High Speed Championship from NEO, which had announced it would be folding after December 31.[8] On July 24, 2011, Natsuki☆Taiyo, now affiliated with Stardom, defeated JWP Joshi Puroresu's Leon to officially bring the title over to the promotion.[3]

High Speed Championship
Natsuki☆Taiyo, the inaugural and record four-time High Speed Champion
Details
PromotionNEO Japan Ladies Pro Wrestling (2009–2010)
World Wonder Ring Stardom (2010–present)
Date establishedMay 5, 2009[1]
Current champion(s)AZM
Date wonJuly 26, 2020[2]
Other name(s)
NEO High Speed Championship[1]

Like most professional wrestling championships, the title is won as a result of a scripted match. There have been nineteen reigns shared among fourteen different wrestlers. AZM is the current champion in her first reign.[2]

Reigns

Natsuki☆Taiyo was the first champion in the title's history.[1] She also holds the records for most reigns, with four,[1][3][9][10] and the longest reign in the title's history at 679 days, achieved on her third reign. Koguma's only reign of 84 days is the shortest in the title's history. Overall, there have been 19 reigns shared among 14 different wrestlers. AZM is the current champion in her first reign.

Title history

Names
Name Years
NEO High Speed Championship May 2009 – December 2010
High Speed Championship December 2010 – present

Reigns
Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
Defenses Number of successful defenses
+ Current reign is changing daily
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign DaysDefenses
NEO Japan Ladies Pro-Wrestling
1 Natsuki☆Taiyo May 5, 2009 May History 09 Tokyo, Japan 1 1382[11] Taiyo defeated Ray in a decision match to become the inaugural champion. [1]
2 Kaori Yoneyama September 20, 2009 Beat Up 09 Tokyo, Japan 1 1751[9] [11]
3 Natsuki☆Taiyo March 14, 2010 Road to Maniax 2010: OCC League Kawasaki, Japan 2 2583[12] [9]
4 Leon November 27, 2010 5Passion Kawasaki, Japan 1 2393[3] [12]
World Wonder Ring Stardom
5 Natsuki☆Taiyo July 24, 2011 Stardom × Stardom 2011 Tokyo, Japan 3 6794[13] [3]
6 Kaori Yoneyama June 2, 2013 Stardom Golden Age Tokyo, Japan 2 2102[10] [13][14]
7 Natsuki☆Taiyo December 29, 2013 Stardom Yearend Climax 2013 Tokyo, Japan 4 1283[10] [10][15]
8 Io Shirai May 6, 2014 Golden Week Stars 2014 Tokyo, Japan 1 2921[16] [17][18]
9 Koguma February 22, 2015 Queen's Shout 2015 Tokyo, Japan 1 841[19] [16][20]
10 Star Fire May 17, 2015 Gold May 2015 Tokyo, Japan 1 1291[21] [19][22]
11 La Rosa Negra September 23, 2015 5★Star GP2015 Tokyo, Japan 1 180[23] [21]
12 Mayu Iwatani October 11, 2015 Appeal the Heat 2015 Tokyo, Japan 1 5019[24] [23]
13 Kris Wolf February 23, 2017 Stardom of Champions 2017 Tokyo, Japan 1 1434[25] This was a three-way match, also involving Kagetsu. [24]
14 Shanna July 16, 2017 Stardom × Stardom 2017 Tokyo, Japan 1 280[26] [25]
15 Mary Apache August 13, 2017 Midsummer Champions 2017 Tokyo, Japan 1 4984[27] [26][28]
16 Hazuki December 24, 2018 Stardom Year End Climax Tokyo, Japan 1 2088[29] [27]
17 Death Yama-san July 20, 2019 Stardom World Big Summer in Osaka Osaka, Japan 3 210[30] This was a three-way match also involving AZM. Death Yama-san was formerly known as Kaori Yoneyama. [29]
18 Riho August 10, 2019 Stardom X Stardom 2019 Tokyo, Japan 1 3511[31] This was a three-way match, also involving Starlight Kid. [30][32]
19 AZM July 26, 2020 Cinderella Summer in Tokyo Tokyo, Japan 1 196+4 This was a three-way match, also involving Starlight Kid. [2]

Combined reigns

As of February 7, 2021

† Indicates the current champion
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns		 Combined
defenses		 Combined
days
1 Natsuki☆Taiyo4121,203
2 Mayu Iwatani19501
3 Mary Apache14498
4 Death Yama-san/Kaori Yoneyama33406
5 Riho11351
6 Io Shirai11292
7 Leon13239
8 Hazuki18208
9 AZM †14196+
10 Kris Wolf14143
11 Star Fire11129
12 Koguma1184
13 Shanna1028
14 La Rosa Negra1018

See also

References
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