Welcome to Part 2 of our Stardom Top 10s for 2022. In the first instalment of our list of top 10s (available at prowrestlingmusings.com/post/stardom-2022-top-tens-part-1-wins-losses-and-pins) we looked at some of the more basic wins and losses statistics together with details on who was picking up the actual pinfalls and who was being pinned (mostly Waka Tsukiyama for the latter). Today we'll look at some of the more specific areas of the statistics to see if that casts a dif

I think it's fair to say that 2022 was a banner year for Stardom. It was a year where the match quality was broadly fantastic. It was a year where they tried new things with the extension of the New Blood and Stardom in Showcase brands. And it was a year that ended in international recognition as Syuri topped the PWI Women's 150 and people began to fantasy book who Sasha Banks may face when she reached Japan. So what did that spectacular 12 months look like in numbers? What d

Hello Stardom fans! Hopefully you are all enjoying the 2022 version of the Stardom 5 Star Grand Prix as much as I am. However if your enjoyment comes in the way of reading nerdy tables rather than creating them, I've got you covered. Below are the updated standings after each night (or each couple of nights if I've been lazy) and I'll be doing my best to keep this updated as the tournament goes on. Just a quick note that I'll be updating once the matches have gone on Stardom

Introduction - Calm down a bit 2022 2022 has been a fairly crazy year for World Wonder Ring Stardom so far. It's seen the return of Kairi Sane (now KAIRI) to the place she made her name in. It's seen a change in the way Stardom's calendar operates with a Pay Per View event each month and the addition of both the 'New Blood' and 'Stardom in Showcase' brands. Perhaps most dramatically it has also seen talk of a potential linkup with AEW, a move which could potentially increase

...not only is the new men's singles World champion going on the DL, and the plan for an interim champ worth examination in its own right...

From day one, we have been told that "wins and losses matter" in AEW. In this series, I compare and discuss recent results and rankings...

...Yes, all of this was so that when I say that the Gunn Club sucks and didn't rate a title shot, I could back it up with math and stats...

I'm a nerd. Let's be honest if you're reading this, so are you. So let's all revel in our super awesome nerd-ness with some wrestling statistics! I have recently put up my Power Rankings for Stardom following the end of February 2022 (article available at Stardom Power Rankings - February 2022 (prowrestlingmusings.com)) and this companion piece attempts to explain some of the reasoning behind those decisions. The full stats that I have compiled so far are available at Stardom

2021 was quite a year for Stardom. It bore witness to Utami Hayashishita's incredible 409 day reign as World of Stardom Champion, during which she defended the title successfully 10 times before finally succumbing to the might of Syuri. It presented us with the greatest women's match in history (according to good old Dave Meltzer at least) when Utami and Syuri clashed on 12th June 2021, catapulting Stardom into the consciousness of many who had never watched before. It saw r

Quick Analysis: In what may be an unsurprising development, there was no movement in or out of the Top 10 on the Men’s and Women’s Rosters in the last week; this is because Combined Metrics is an all-time cumulative measure of AEW statistics, meaning it will be a while until the high-profile recent arrivals (Punk, Danielson, Cole, Soho, etc.) find their way into the upper tier. Even so, it stands as a good example how the overall total evolves on a weekly basis. Further, as i

“Wins and Losses Matter.” This straightforward four-word slogan, spoken by EVP Cody Rhodes at the initial AEW press conference in January 2019, quickly became the maxim and driving force for my interest in All Elite Wrestling. In the two-plus years and more than 2000 matches since, this has held up as true to varying degrees. About ten months ago I began developing a system that set out to prove or disprove the above guiding principle because it became clear from anyone who

An Elo rating is a number intended to calculate and represent the relative likelihood of winning between competitors in a pool that play

WEEK 5 Welcome to Week 5 of 2021. This week we had the 1st WWE Network Special event, WWE Superstar Spectacular. The wrestlers that made their WWE debut will be listed as NXT wrestlers since they are training there. Next week is the 1st PPV of 2021, the WWE Royal Rumble, so check out the Royal Rumble Preview here. Also, next week will begin February, so stay tuned for our 1st Month in Review of 2021, with a look at January. Now without further ado, here are the Win-Loss Recor

WEEK 4 Welcome to Week 4 of 2021. Next week, we have our 1st Network Exclusive Special, WWE Superstar Spectacle, & this will be followed by the 1st PPV of 2021, WWE Royal Rumble, so check out the Royal Rumble PPV History here & if you just want the History of the Royal Rumble Match, then check it out here. Now without further ado, here are the Win-Loss Records for this week, followed by the results of the week that was. Please send all feedback comments to my Twitter Account

WEEK 3 Welcome to Week 3 of 2021. Starting this week, I decided if a wrestler wrestles on both 205 Live & NXT, they will be listed as being part of both rosters. If they only wrestle on 1 & not the other, then they will be listed by the brand that they wrestle on. Now without further ado, here are the Win-Loss Records for this week, followed by the results of the week that was. Please send all feedback comments to my Twitter Account (@hbkid718) & to review all of this week’s

WEEK 2 Welcome to Week 2. This week was the first full week of 2021. To see everything that happened last year, 2020, check out the Year In Review here. Now without further ado, here are the Win-Loss Records for this week, followed by the results of the week that was. Please send all feedback comments to my Twitter Account (@hbkid718) & to review all of this week’s Tweets, Search “#DBWL”. Thanks. OVERALL RANKINGS WRESTLER (BRAND) (W-L-D) Big E (SD) 3-0-0 Curt Stallion (205)

Welcome to Week 53. This was the final week of 2020. Smackdown & 205 Live was Week 1 of 2021. For the complete December in Review, go here. The entire Year In Review is too long to post here, so I invited you to check it on my site here. Instead of doing the entire W/L Records for 2020, which you can see in the Year in Review, I will just include the 2021 W/L Records. Also, starting now, I will be changing my format for my site. Let me know what you think about it. Now w

MILESTONE MATCHES: 1250th MATCH: Jake Atlas VS Isaiah Scott (12/9/20 NXT) 1300th MATCH: Jeff Hardy & Riddle VS The Hurt Business (12/22/20 RAW) 100th 205 LIVE Match: The Bollywood Boyz VS Ariya Daivari & Tony Nese (12/11/20) 100th ME Match: Lince Dorado S Akira Tozawa (12/24/20) 350th RAW Match: Keith Lee VS Sheamus (12/28/20) DEC TOTAL TOTAL MATCHES 116 1333 RAW MATCHES 28 356 NXT MATCHES 29 300 NXT UK MATCHES 11 93 MAIN EVENT MATCHES 8 102 SMACKDOWN MATCHES 17 224 205 LIV

WEEK 52 Welcome to Week 52. This is the final full week of 2020, as the year ends after NXT UK & Main Event on Thursday, December 31 & 2021 begins with Smackdown & 205 Live on Friday, January 1. So, look for not only the December in Review, but the full look at 2020 & what a crazy year it was. Also, this week was our final PPV of 2020, with WWE TLC, so check out the TLC PPV Page here, the entire History of Tables, Ladders, Chairs, & TLC Matches here, & since The Miz cashed in

WEEK 51 Welcome to Week 51. Next week is the final WWE PPV of 2020 with WWE TLC. So check out the TLC Preview here. Now without further ado, here are the Win-Loss Records for this week, followed by the results of the week that was. Please send all feedback comments to my Twitter Account (@hbkid718) & to review all of this week’s Tweets, Search “#DBWL”. Thanks. OVERALL RANKINGS WRESTLER (BRAND) (W-L-D) 1. Drew McIntyre (WWE) 32-5-2 2. Bobby Lashley (WWE) 29-12-0 3. Angelo Daw