{"id":143737,"date":"2022-07-29T08:30:17","date_gmt":"2022-07-29T13:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=143737"},"modified":"2022-07-29T08:30:17","modified_gmt":"2022-07-29T13:30:17","slug":"stardom-announces-creation-of-an-iwgp-womens-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/07\/29\/stardom-announces-creation-of-an-iwgp-womens-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Stardom announces creation of an IWGP Women&#8217;s Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3238570514\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>Stardom will create an IWGP Women&#8217;s Championship.<\/p>\n<p>The company announced the news in a post on social media. The company says the decision was made during a strategy session.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Just announced in today&#8217;s Stardom 2022 Strategy Meeting: The IWGP Women&#8217;s Championship! NJPW and Stardom are creating this title for defenses not only in Japan but also in the US on New Japan Pro Wrestling events, appealing to the world with the rich IWGP history.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just announced in today&#39;s Stardom 2022 Strategy Meeting:<br \/>\u272a The IWGP Women&#39;s Championship!<br \/>\u2605 NJPW and Stardom are creating this title for defenses not only in Japan but also in the US on New Japan Pro Wrestling events, appealing to the world with the rich IWGP history!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; We Are Stardom (@we_are_stardom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/we_are_stardom\/status\/1552866122256764928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 29, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>New Japan Pro Wrestling has not had an IWGP Women&#8217;s Championship before now. The company did not indicate when the title would begin being defended, who the first champion might be, and how the company will go about crowning the first champion.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>CATCH-UP:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/07\/28\/7-27-new-japan-g1-climax-results-day-7-heydorns-report-on-hirooki-goto-vs-aaron-henare-ospreay-in-action-more\/\">7\/27 NEW JAPAN G1 CLIMAX RESULTS DAY 7: Heydorn\u2019s report on Hirooki Goto vs. Aaron Henare, Ospreay in action, more<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-4286339720\"><div id=\"pwtor-1836387240\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Stardom will create an IWGP Women&#8217;s Championship. 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