Stardom Rookie of the Year

Stardom Rookie of the Year (スターダム新人王, Sutādamu shinjin-ō) 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.

During time, the competition took place under single-elimination tournament rules or was decided by singles or gauntlet matches.

[1] The inaugural edition of 2011 took place as a one-day single-elimination tournament on December 11.

[1][9] The 2015 edition returned to the traditional single-elimination tournament rules and took place on December 6.

[1][13] The 2019 edition returned to the traditional single-elimination tournament rules and took place on December 8.