Stardom Rookie of the Year

Stardom Rookie of the Year (スターダム新人王) 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. The event has been held annually between 2011 and 2019 with a four-year break until 2023. During time, the competition took place under single-elimination tournament rules or was decided by singles or gauntlet matches.

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

2012
The 2012 edition of the tournament took place on December 9 during the same year edition of the Goddesses of Stardom Tag League.

2013
The 2013 edition of the tournament took place under a singles bout on December 8.

2014
The 2014 edition of the tournament took place under a three-way match on December 7.

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

2016
The 2016 edition of the tournament took place on December 4.

2017
The 2017 edition of the tournament took place on December 10 place under a singles bout.

2018
The 2018 edition of the tournament took place under gauntlet match rules on December 12.

2019
The 2015 edition returned to the traditional single-elimination tournament rules and took place on December 8.

2023
The 2023 edition took place on January 3, 2024, at Stardom New Year Stars 2024.