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35-401: On August 25, 2019, Natsumi Maki was crowned the inaugural champion by defeating Gisele Shaw at Brand New Wrestling 3: Stronger Than Anyone!. On September 16, 2019, Maki dropped the title to Yuna Manase after sustaining an injury. On October 7, 2020, then-champion Thunder Rosa relinquished the championship as she was unable to travel to Japan due to COVID-19 restrictions. A new champion

70-564: A 17-woman battle royal , facing notable opponents such as Kayoko Haruyama , Yumiko Hotta , Jaguar Yokota and Command Bolshoi . Maki also competed in Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling , promotion for which she made her debut at TJPW Tokyo Joshi Pro '19 on January 4, 2019, where she teamed up with Millie McKenzie, falling short to Bakuretsu Sisters (Nodoka Tenma and Yuki Aino). She made sporadic notable appearances such as at TJPW Pinano Pipipipi Graduation Special where she competed in

105-569: A Cinderella Tournament First-round match . At Stardom 5 Star Grand Prix 2021 , Maki fought in the "Red Stars" block where she scored a total of 9 points. At Stardom in Nagoya on October 3, 2021, Maki teamed up with Donna Del Mondo stablemates Maika and Himeka to defeat Cosmic Angels (Tam Nakano, Mina Shirakawa and Unagi Sayaka) for the Artist of Stardom Championship . At Stardom 10th Anniversary Grand Final Osaka Dream Cinderella on October 9, they scored

140-499: A gauntlet battle royal also involving the winner Hikari Noa , Yuka Sakazaki , Shoko Nakajima and Mizuki . At TJPW Yes! Wonderland 2019 on May 3, Maki teamed up with Hikari Noa to unsuccessfully challenge Mizuki and Yuka Sakazaki for the Princess Tag Team Championship . The most notable match she had in the promotion was at TJPW Brand New Wrestling 3 from August 25, 2019, where she defeated Gisele Shaw for

175-677: A six-man tag team match . She scored a notable work in the 5STAR Grand Prix 2016 Tournament starting with August 21, placing herself in the Block A, competing against Hiromi Mimura, Kay Lee Ray , Mayu Iwatani , Yoko Bito , Toni Storm and Blue Nikita. One of her appearances in JWP Joshi Puroresu was at JWP Pure Dream 2016 on November 3, where she unsuccessfully challenged Hana Kimura for both JWP Junior Championship and Princess of Pro Wrestling Championship . At JWP Fly High In The 25th Anniversary Party on April 2, 2017, Maki competed in

210-606: A 1999 house show in Toronto . If there is a title change, the title usually changes back during the same show or at another show on the loop before another televised event, like several titles changes of the WWE Hardcore Championship or when Booker T and Chris Benoit traded the WCW World Television Championship back-and-forth on several house shows, with Booker (the official champion) always having

245-609: A couple of matches for Reina, one of them at REINA Year End Battle In Korakuen 2015 on December 26, where she teamed up with Tae Honma in a losing effort to Saori Anou and her trainer Yuna Manase. She participated at Kyoko Kimura Retirement Produce Last Afro on January 22, 2017, where she competed in a 20-man battle royal also involving other popular superstars such as Takashi Sasaki, Munenori Sawa , Yuki Miyazaki , Yuko Miyamoto , Hercules Senga and others. While competing in All Japan Pro Wrestling , she participated at

280-419: A crowd. In late 2011, WWE invested US$ 1.5 million in production improvements, which included three LED -lit entrance stages (one each for Raw and SmackDown , and one backup) featuring a ramp and video display, and leveraging venues' existing AV equipment for multimedia such as entrances . As of 2021, a new stage was introduced that closer-resembles the stages used by televised events at the time. During

315-678: A losing effort to Rika Tatsumi and The Bakuretsu Sisters (Nodoka Tenma and Yuki Aino). She once competed for Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling , at a house show which took place on February 16, 2020, where she teamed up with Sareee in a losing effort to Dash Chisako and Meiko Satomura . Maki made her debut in World Wonder Ring Stardom on the fifth night of the Stardom 5th Anniversary which took place on February 21, 2016, where she teamed up with Saori Anou and Starlight Kid , getting defeated by Azumi , Haruka Kato and Kaori Yoneyama in

350-646: A no contest as a result of a comedic Cosmic Rule Three-Way Match . On April 23, 2023, at All Star Grand Queendom , Natupoi alongside Kairi and Saori Anou, also known as REStart , defeated Prominence ( Hiragi Kurumi , Risa Sera and Suzu Suzuki) to win the Artist of Stardom Championship. On May 27, at Flashing Champions , REStart lost their title to the Baribari Bombers (Giulia, Mai Sakurai and Thekla ), ending their reign at 34 days. At Stardom x Stardom: Osaka Summer Team on August 13, Natsupoi and Saori Anou won

385-575: Is a Japanese professional wrestler and singer. She is currently signed to World Wonder Ring Stardom where she is the Wonder of Stardom Champion in her first reign, and a member of Cosmic Angels . Natsupoi is a former two-time Artist of Stardom Champion , one-time Goddesses of Stardom Champion and one-time High Speed Champion . Maki is considered one of the founding pillars of Actwres Girl'Z where she debuted in 2015. Maki would go on to perform numerous times for Actwres girl'Z until 2018. Maki wrestled

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420-558: The AJPW Jun Akiyama & Takao Omori 25th Anniversary event from October 21, 2017, where she teamed up with Saori Anou, picking up a victory against Haruka Kato and Saki. At Oz Academy 's AKINO Produce 20th Anniversary , an event from on July 8, 2018, which portraited the 20th career anniversary of Mika Akino , she fell short to Mayumi Ozaki . Maki wrestled for DDT Pro-Wrestling at Wrestle Peter Pan 2019 on July 15, where she teamed up with Unagi Sayaka and Yuna Manase in

455-592: The Artist of Stardom Championship to Oedo Tai (Saki Kashima, Momo Watanabe and Starlight Kid). At Stardom Fight in the Top on June 26, 2022, Maki unsuccessfully challenged Tam Nakano in a Steel cage match . On January 5, 2021, in the second night of New Japan Pro Wrestling 's Wrestle Kingdom 15 , Maki teamed up with Maika and Himeka competing in an exhibition match, losing to Queen's Quest ( AZM , Saya Kamitani and Utami Hayashishita ). At Mid Summer Champions in Tokyo ,

490-658: The Goddesses of Stardom Championship . Maki won her first title in the promotion, the High Speed Championship at the 10th Anniversary Of Stardom from March 3, 2021, where she defeated AZM . At Stardom Yokohama Dream Cinderella 2021 from April 4, she unsuccessfully challenged Tam Nakano for the Wonder of Stardom Championship . On the first night of the Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2021 from April 10, Maki fell short to fellow stablemate Syuri in

525-764: The WCW Cruiserweight Championship on an unspecified house show (thereby giving the title to Psychosis), after WCW management was forced to drop Lane's gimmick that was perceived as offensive by the GLAAD . The phrase has been used to pejoratively describe WWE pay-per-views intended primarily for specific markets, including UK-only pay-per-views such as Insurrextion and Rebellion , and WWE's events in Saudi Arabia . In 2019, Shawn Michaels defended his one-off return at WWE's 2018 Crown Jewel pay-per-view in Saudi Arabia (reuniting D-Generation X to participate in

560-494: The Goddesses of Stardom Championship by defeating Rose Gold . House show A house show is a professional wrestling event produced by a major promotion that is not televised, though they can be recorded. Promotions use house shows mainly to cash in on the exposure that they and their wrestlers receive during televised events, as well as to test reactions to matches, wrestlers, and gimmicks that are being considered for

595-558: The Rougeau's home town of Montreal. This change (and the eventual "decision reversal") was only ever mentioned during segments taped specifically for and shown in the Montreal market. A fictional house show can be used to explain a sudden vacation or change of a title caused due to backstage issues on television. For example, on October 4, 1999 edition of WCW Monday Nitro , the commentators stated that Psychosis had defeated Lenny Lane for

630-609: The WWF Championship from Bob Backlund in 1994 at a live event in Madison Square Garden . There have also been occasions when title changes occur but are not recognized by the promotion. Some notable house show title changes include an August 10, 1987 match where The Rougeau Brothers ( Raymond and Jacques ) won over the champion Hart Foundation ( Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart ) to take the WWF Tag Team championship in

665-419: The advent of WWE Network , WWE has televised portions of what are otherwise house shows as hour-long specials on the service, such as Starrcade —an event that shares the name with the flagship pay-per-view of the now-defunct WCW (whose assets were acquired by WWE), and The Shield's Final Chapter —a special which featured Dean Ambrose 's final WWE appearance with his stable The Shield before his departure from

700-490: The advent of closed-circuit television , and later pay-per-view , these became televised events as well. Later on in the 1990s, the advent of weekly shows such as WWF's Monday Night Raw and WCW Monday Nitro , where competitive matches between upper level talent and storylines play out as they happen in front of a live audience, and with the increase in number of pay-per-view events held by promotions, angles are now typically developed during weekly shows, and resolved during

735-588: The branding of a former WWE television series ) and "Sunday Night Stunner". Because house shows are not televised, sometimes controversial things occur during them (although this is rare) which might not happen on a televised show. For example, on May 19, 1996, the MSG "Curtain Call" , which was also a rare example of a shoot , occurred at a house show taped at Madison Square Garden . At the same show, The Bodydonnas lost their WWF Tag Team Championship to The Godwinns . With

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770-590: The first brand extension , each WWE tour was exclusive to either the Raw or SmackDown brand. This remained the case through 2012, even after the first brand extension ended in 2011 on televised programming. In 2013, the shows were rebranded as "WWE Live", with NXT house shows subsequently branded as "NXT Live". After WrestleMania 38 in April 2022, WWE began to brand house shows held on weekends as "Saturday Night's Main Event" (reviving

805-525: The first event of the Stardom Mid Summer Champions series which took place on July 9, 2022, Maki teamed up with Donna Del Mondo stablemates Giulia, Maika, Himeka and Mai Sakurai to face Cosmic Angels (Tam Nakano, Unagi Sayaka, Mina Shirakawa, Saki and Hikari Shimizu ) in a 10-woman elimination tag team match . Maki betrayed Donna Del Mondo by attacking Giulia mid-match, attracting the latter's unit loss. She subsequently joined Cosmic Angels in

840-431: The first successful defense by defeating Queen's Quest (Momo Watanabe, AZM and Saya Kamitani). At Tokyo Super Wars on November 27, she fell short to Saya Kamitani and Himeka in a three-way match to determine the number one contender for the Wonder of Stardom Championship . At Osaka Super Wars , the last event from December 18, Maki teamed up with Maika and Himeka and took part in a ¥10 Million Unit Tournament which

875-434: The main televised programming and upcoming pay-per-views . As house shows are not televised, all matches are technically dark matches , though that term is usually reserved for non-televised matches at otherwise televised events. House shows are also often scripted to make the face wrestlers win most matches, largely to send the crowd home happy. If a heel defends a title, the face may win by disqualification, preventing

910-402: The next pay-per-view (or, on occasion, a special episode of the series), rendering house shows to be mostly minor events with no long-term story significance. Since house shows are not televised, promotions do not usually deploy the same setup for staging or pyrotechnics used for their television counterparts. In the past, a WWE house show would consist mainly of a ring, essential lighting, and

945-490: The process. At the Stardom 5 Star Grand Prix 2022 , Maki fought in the "Blue Goddess" block where she scored a total of 12 points. At Stardom x Stardom: Nagoya Midsummer Encounter , Maki teamed up with Tam Nakano and defeated Hazuki and Koguma to win the Goddesses of Stardom Championship . At Stardom in Showcase vol.2 on September 25, 2022, Maki and Nakano fought Saki and Hikari Shimizu and Mina Shirakawa and Unagi Sayaka into

980-583: The promotion. Starting in March 2023, All Elite Wrestling launched a series of house shows under the "House Rules" brand. Most major promotions try to develop their angles only during televised shows and will rarely book a major development (such as a title change) for house shows. House show title changes can occur both to gauge how fans would react to a certain outcome, and allow for outcomes that would appeal to local fans—such as Edge winning his first WWF Intercontinental Championship over Jeff Jarrett at

1015-532: The title back in time for Nitro . Edge similarly lost the aforementioned Intercontinental Championship back to Jarrett at Fully Loaded the next evening in Buffalo . Even rarer is the top title of a promotion changing hands. This has occurred relatively few times, notable occurrences include Bret Hart winning the then- WWF Championship from Ric Flair in 1992 at a live event in Saskatchewan and Diesel winning

1050-408: The title from changing hands. Until the 1990s, most televised professional wrestling programs were taped weeks in advance in small studios and featured primarily matches with lesser-known wrestlers while interviews revolved around feuds between upper level talent that were to be settled at an upcoming major show at the promotion's flagship venues. Prior to the 1980s, these were house shows, though with

1085-629: The titles again against Cosmic Angels (Mina Shirakawa, Unagi Sayaka and Mai Sakurai ). At Stardom Cinderella Journey on February 23, 2022, Maki unsuccessfully challenged Saya Kamitani for the Wonder of Stardom Championship . On the second night of the World Climax 2022 from March 27, she unsuccessfully challenged AZM and Koguma for the High Speed Championship . At Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2022 , Maki made in to he semifinals from April 29 where she fell short to Mirai . At Stardom Flashing Champions on May 28, 2022, Maki, Himeka and Maika dropped

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1120-568: The vacant International Princess Championship . Maki resigned from TJPW on September 21, 2020, leaving for Stardom . Maki returned to World Wonder Ring Stardom at Stardom Yokohama Cinderella on October 3, 2020, where she defeated Death-yama san and was revealed to be the newest recruit of the Donna Del Mondo stable led by Giulia . At Stardom Nippon Budokan Great Eve on January 31, 2021, she teamed up with Himeka to unsuccessfully challenge Oedo Tai 's Bea Priestley and Konami for

1155-481: Was also contested for the Artist of Stardom Championship by first defeating Marvelous ( Takumi Iroha , Rin Kadokura and Maria ) in the semi-finals, and eventually Mayu Iwatani, Hazuki and Koguma in the finals on the same night as a result of a Six-woman tag team ladder match to both retain the titles and win the money prize. At Stardom Dream Queendom on December 29, 2022, Maki alongside Maika and Himeka defended

1190-439: Was crowned on November 7, at Wrestle Princess , where Yuki Kamifuku won the vacant title by defeating Hikari Noa in the finals of an eight-woman single-elimination tournament . On March 18, 2023, Rika Tatsumi defeated the previous champion Miu Watanabe to win the title, thus becoming TJPW's first Grand Slam Champion . As of November 29, 2024, there have been 12 reigns between 11 champions and one vacancy . Natsumi Maki

1225-644: Was the inaugural champion. Maki Itoh holds the record for most reigns at two. Thunder Rosa has the longest reign at 276 days, while Natsumi Maki has the shortest at 22 days. Rosa is the oldest champion at 33 years old, while Hikari Noa is the youngest at 23 years old. Yuki Arai is the current and longest champion in her first reign. She defeated Max the Impaler at TJPW Tokyo Joshi Pro '24. As of November 29, 2024. Natsumi Maki Natsumi Maki ( 万喜なつみ , Maki Natsumi , born July 19, 1995) , better known by her ring name Natsupoi ( なつぽい , Natsupoi ) ,

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