New Blood Tag Team Championship

The New Blood Tag Team Championship (ニュー・ブラッド・タッグ王座, Nyū Buraddo Taggu Ōza) is a women's professional wrestling tag team championship owned by the World Wonder Ring Stardom promotion and acts as a developmental championship in the "New Blood" branch of events.[1] The current champions are H.A.T.E. (Rina and Azusa Inaba), who are in their first reign as a team. They defeated previous champions wing★gori (Saya Iida and Hanan) at Stardom Nighter in Korakuen II on July 23, 2024, in Tokyo, Japan.

New Blood Tag Team Championship
Current design of the belts (2023 – present)
Details
PromotionWorld Wonder Ring Stardom
Date establishedDecember 16, 2022[1]
Current champion(s)Devil Princess
(Rina and Azusa Inaba)
Date wonJuly 23, 2024
Statistics
First champion(s)Bloody Fate
(Karma and Starlight Kid)
Longest reignwing★gori
(Saya Iida and Hanan) (299 days)
Oldest championSaya Iida (26 years, 133 days)
Youngest championAzusa Inaba (16 years, 237 days)
Heaviest championHanan (130 lbs)
Lightest championStarlight Kid (99 lbs)

Title history

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Despite first being mentioned in December 2022, the official design of the titles was revealed on March 7, 2023, during a press conference. They are inspired by the designs of New Japan Pro Wrestling's Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship, having the front larger plate and straps identically with them.[2] On January 20, at New Blood 7, an eight-team tournament to crown the inaugural champions has begun.[3] At New Blood Premium on March 25, Oedo Tai (Karma and Starlight Kid) defeated God's Eye (Mirai and Tomoka Inaba) in the tournament finals to become the first titleholders.[4] Following the match, Karma and Starlight Kid declared they would adopt the team name Bloody Fate.[5]

Inaugural tournament

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Quarterfinals
New Blood 7
(January 20)[3]
Semifinals
New Blood Premium
(March 25)[4]
Finals
New Blood Premium
(March 25)[4]
         
Club Venus
(Mariah May and Xia Brookside)
Pin
Bloody Fate
(Karma and Starlight Kid)
12:26
Bloody Fate
(Karma and Starlight Kid)
Pin
Chanyota and Mai Sakurai 7:05
Queen's Quest
(Hina and Lady C[a])
9:05
Chanyota and Mai Sakurai Pin
Bloody Fate
(Karma and Starlight Kid)
Pin
God's Eye 13:07
God's Eye
(Ami Sourei and Nanami)
Pin
Momo Kohgo and Momoka Hanazono 11:53
God's Eye
(Ami Sourei and Nanami)
10:19
God's Eye
(Mirai and Tomoka Inaba)
Sub
God's Eye
(Mirai and Tomoka Inaba)
Pin
wing★gori
(Hanan and Saya Iida)
12:02

The first defense of the title was Bloody Fate's successful defense against the team of Hanako and Lady C on May 12, 2023, during New Blood 8.[6]

Reigns

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As of December 1, 2024, there have been a total of three reigns shared between three different teams consisting of six distinctive champions. Bloody Fate (Karma and Starlight Kid) were the inaugural champions. The current champions are H.A.T.E. (Rina and Azusa Inaba), who are in their first reign as a team. They defeated previous champions wing★gori (Saya Iida and Hanan) at Stardom Nighter in Korakuen II on July 23, 2024, in Tokyo, Japan.

Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific team—reign numbers for the individuals are in parentheses, if different
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 Days Defenses
1 Bloody Fate
(Karma and Starlight Kid)
March 25, 2023 New Blood Premium Yokohama, Japan 1 188 2 Defeated God's Eye (Mirai and Tomoka Inaba) in the finals of an eight-team tournament to become the inaugural champions. [4][5]
2 wing★gori
(Hanan and Saya Iida)
September 28, 2023 New Blood 11 Tokyo, Japan 1 299 4 This was a three-way tag team match, also involving 02line (AZM and Miyu Amasaki). [7]
3 Devil Princess
(Rina and Azusa Inaba)
July 23, 2024 Stardom Nighter in Korakuen II Tokyo, Japan 1 131 2 Rina and Inaba initially won the championships as part of the Oedo Tai unit which dissolved at Stardom Sapporo World Rendezvous on July 28, 2024. Since the date, they transferred to the newly created stable of H.A.T.E.. [8]

Combined reigns

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As of December 1, 2024.

Indicates the current champion

By team

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Rank Team No. of
reigns
Combined
defenses
Combined
days
1 wing★gori
(Hanan and Saya Iida)
1 4 299
2 Bloody Fate
(Karma and Starlight Kid)
1 2 188
3 Devil Princess
(Rina and Azusa Inaba)
1 2 131

By wrestler

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Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns
Combined
defenses
Combined
days
1 Hanan 1 4 299
Saya Iida 1 4 299
3 Karma 1 2 188
Starlight Kid 1 2 188
5 Rina 1 2 131
Azusa Inaba 1 2 131

Notes

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  1. ^ Miyu Amasaki was initially scheduled to team with Hina but was replaced by Lady C on the day of the event.

References

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  1. ^ a b Thompson, Andrew (December 17, 2022). "STARDOM to introduce New Blood Tag Team Titles in 2023". POSTWrestling. Archived from the original on December 30, 2022. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
  2. ^ World Wonder Ring Stardom (March 7, 2023). 【生配信】3・25 『FIBREPLEX presents NEW BLOOD Premium』&3・26『CINDERELLA TOURNAMENT 2023~開幕戦~記者会見【STARDOM】. YouTube (in Japanese). Archived from the original on March 11, 2023. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
  3. ^ a b Edwards, Scott (January 20, 2023). "STARDOM NEW BLOOD 7 Results (1/20/23): Tag Team Title Tournament Begins". Fightful. Archived from the original on January 20, 2023. Retrieved January 20, 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d Edwards, Scott (March 25, 2023). "STARDOM NEW BLOOD Premium Results (3/25/23): Waka Tsukiyama, KAIRI, And More". Fightful. Archived from the original on March 25, 2023. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
  5. ^ a b Murray, Dylan (March 26, 2023). "Starlight Kid And KARMA Crowned Inaugural STARDOM New Blood Tag Team Champions". Wrestling Inc. Archived from the original on March 26, 2023. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  6. ^ Edwards, Scott (May 12, 2023). "STARDOM NEW BLOOD 8 Results (5/12/23): Tam Nakano vs. Tam Nakano, and More". Fightful. Archived from the original on August 11, 2023. Retrieved December 12, 2023.
  7. ^ Edwards, Scott (September 29, 2023). "STARDOM NEW BLOOD 11 (9/29/23): Hanan, Starlight Kid, Mei Seira & More". Fightful. Archived from the original on October 26, 2023. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
  8. ^ Pantoja, Kevin (July 25, 2024). "Pantoja's STARDOM Nighter in Korakuen Review 7.23.24". 411Mania. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
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