Stardom Year-End Awards#Special Merit Award (特別賞, Tokubetsu-shō)
{{short description|Professional wrestling award}}
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| presenter = World Wonder Ring Stardom
| country = Japan
| year = {{start date and age|2011|12|25}}
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The Stardom Year-End Awards is a concept used by World Wonder Ring Stardom where awards, similar to the Academy and Grammy Awards, are given to professional wrestlers at the end of the year who have performed on Stardom. The first award ceremony took part on December 25, 2011.{{cite web | url = http://wwr-stardom.p-kit.com/page193092.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130402160004/http://wwr-stardom.p-kit.com/page193092.html | title = Season4~ | archive-date=April 2, 2013 | url-status = dead | access-date=June 9, 2016 | work=World Wonder Ring Stardom | language=ja}}
Active awards
= Best Match Award =
This award was originally named the Best Bout Award, from 2011 to 2012.
= Best Tag Team Award =
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!Year !Team |
2012
|Natsuki☆Taiyo and Yoshiko |
2013 |
2014
|7Kairi |
2015
|Thunder Rock |
2016
|BY Ho |
2017
|Hana Kimura and Kagetsu |
2018 |
2019
|Tokyo Cyber Squad |
2020
|AphroditE |
2021 |
2022
|meltear |
2023
|REStart |
2024 |
= Best Technique Award =
{{multiple images
|image1 = STARDOM AZM.jpg
|image2 = Iwatani mayu.jpg
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|width2 = 150
|footer = AZM (left) and Mayu Iwatani (right) are two-time winners of the category
}}
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!Year !Wrestler |
2012 |
2013 |
2014
|rowspan="2"|Mayu Iwatani |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019
|AZM |
2020 |
2021 |
2022
|AZM (2) |
2023 |
2024 |
= Best Unit Award =
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!Year !Unit |
2018 |
2019 |
2020
|Donna Del Mondo |
2021
|Oedo Tai (2) |
2022
|Stars (2) |
2023
|Queen's Quest |
2024
|Cosmic Angels |
= Fighting Spirit Award =
File:安川惡斗.JPG is a two-time winner of the category]]
The Fighting Spirit Award is given to a wrestler who remained active throughout the year.
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!Year !Wrestler |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015
|Act Yasukawa (2) |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024
|Momo Watanabe (2) |
= MVP Award =
File:Io Shirai World of Stardom Champion.jpg is a three-time winner of the category]]
The MVP Award is given to a wrestler who shined the most throughout the year.
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!Year !Wrestler |
2011 |
2012 |
2013
|rowspan="2"|Io Shirai |
2014 |
2015 |
2016
|Io Shirai (3) |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
= Outstanding Performance Award =
File:STARDOM WORLD CLIMAX 2022 IMG 6853.jpg is a two-time winner of the category]]
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!Year !Wrestler |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015
|Kairi Hojo (2) |
2016
|Yoko Bito (2) |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
= Shining Award =
= {{nihongo|Special Merit Award|特別賞|Tokubetsu-shō}} =
See also
References
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{{World Wonder Ring Stardom}}
Category:Professional wrestling awards
Category:Awards established in 2011