History YMMV / WorldWonderRingStardom

** Mercedes Mone (AKA SashaBanks) split the base heavily during her run with the promotion; while most would at least admit she made sense business wise, whether she was up to the standard of the rest of the roster or was a case of trying to invoke JustHereForGodzilla at the expense of the regular roster can be a contentious subject.

** Hana Kimura's entrance gear and ring gear as a "[[JerkAss pure]]" heel and "{{p|luckygirl}}ure" baby face were all around praised. The clothing and paint she wore as the AntiVillain leader of Tokyo Cybersquad was panned for taking "the sexy but dangerous" gimmick too far however.
* HarsherInHindsight: Hana Kimura's theme was Music/KnifeParty's "Internet Friends", which includes the line "You blocked me on Facebook, and now you're going to die". In 2020, she committed suicide due to cyberbullying.

* RonTheDeathEater: Yoshiko's gang shifting their focus from eliminating the older wrestlers of STARDOM to humbling the arrogant Act Yasukawa was ''supposed'' to be a HeelFaceTurn, and it was for everyone but Yoshiko herself, who was the one personally humiliating Yasukawa in exchange for a World Of Stardom title shot. Forget that Yasukawa's FaceHeelTurn was [[EtTuBrute also]] Yoshiko's StartOfDarkness to begin with. Yoshiko was a stout, delinquent gaijin imitator with [[FaceOfAThug barely visible eyebrows]] who [[TheUnSmile rarely smiled]] and had "[[FourIsDeath death]]" in her name. She was always [[NominalHero a face by default]] to most of the audience and a "violence gorilla" to a particularly vocal segment of it. And forget Yasukawa ever having a heel turn, because to a large portion of the audience she was just a baby face who ''[[MagneticHero attracted]]'' a gang of heels and was awesome for [[BadBoss keeping them under control]]. Plus she was so much [[EvilIsBigger smaller]] than big, mean Yoshiko.

** Bea Priestley is hated by everyone, with just as much [[LoveToHate right heat]] as she does [[XPacHeat wrong heat]]. She's a subscription killer for using moves without permission, causing injuries through botches and being related to Wrestling/WillOspreay while she's also a subscription bringer for doing moves no one else will, having an inflated ego that's just begging to be popped, and being related to Will Ospreay. Basically Priestley must lose versus Priestly must never be seen again.

* DracoInLeatherPants: Act Yasukawa had a sheltered upbringing that lead to her being mercilessly bullied as a child. She had a degenerative disease that robbed her of sight in one eye and eventually broke down her thyroid. She put a potentially successful career in film on hold to try professional wrestling and came down with another illness that made it impossible unless she took a medication that made her sterile, which it did. All of this makes her a sympathetic underdog. She patterns herself after several renowned samurai with her [[OrnamentalWeapon sheathed swords]], FacialMarkings, {{eye patch|of power}} and rum bottles, which made her "cool", and despite being functionally blind in one eye she was pretty good in the sport of kendo, which made her legit. She hung around the company working merchandise sales and maintaining the ring while sick or injured, which made her familiar. She put up a lot of youtube videos about how evil she was, but there were also a lot of videos on the website [[SheCleansUpNicely with her face washed]] taking [[VillainsOutShopping care of]] her [[CutenessProximity pet bunny]], which made her adorable. Factor in that she wrestled exclusively of STARDOM, which made her "loyal", and you now know why fans refused to see her as anything but a baby {{face}}, no matter what she tried to do to convince them otherwise.

* BaseBreaker
** STARDOM decided to ignore the fan polls, which favored familiar faces or more high flying rookies in favor of pushing Utami Hayashishita into the main event with the stated goal of winning every belt in the company in her first year, which naturally upset fans who felt like their votes were for nothing. It also reignited the common PrejudicedForPecs accusations, even though Hayashishita wasn't actually the largest rookie of her class. What was surprising is that a lot came to her defense, praising STARDOM for trying something different and suggested Hayashishita could bring in new fans. Still, STARDOM did slow down her push a bit, keeping Momo Watanabe as the Queen's Quest leader, keeping the World Of belt on Iwatani and giving the Wonder Of to Arisa Hoshiki.
** Bea Priestley is hated by everyone, and it is a mix of bad heat and good heat. She's a subscription killer for using moves without permission, causing injuries through botches and being related to Wrestling/WillOspreay while she's also a subscription bringer for doing moves no one else will, having an inflated ego that's just begging to be popped, and being related to Will Ospreay.

* DracoInLeatherPANTS: Act Yasukawa had a sheltered upbringing that lead to her being mercilessly bullied as a child. She had a degenerative disease that robbed her of sight in one eye and eventually broke down her thyroid. She put a potentially successful career in film on hold to try professional wrestling and came down with another illness that made it impossible unless she took a medication that made her sterile, which it did. All of this makes her a sympathetic underdog. She patterns herself after several renowned samurai with her [[OrnamentalWeapon sheathed swords]], FacialMarkings, {{eye patch|of power}} and rum bottles, which made her "cool", and despite being functionally blind in one eye she was pretty good in the sport of kendo, which made her legit. She hung around the company working merchandise sales and maintaining the ring while sick or injured, which made her familiar. She put up a lot of youtube videos about how evil she was, but there were also a lot of videos on the website [[SheCleansUpNicely with her face washed]] taking [[VillainsOutShopping care of]] her [[CutenessProximity pet bunny]], which made her adorable. Factor in that she wrestled exclusively of STARDOM, which made her "loyal", and you now know why fans refused to see her as anything but a baby {{face}}, no matter what she tried to do to convince them otherwise.

** STARDOM decided to ignore the fan polls, which favored familiar faces or more high flying rookies in favor of pushing Utami Hayashishita into the main event with the stated goal of winning every belt in the company in her first year, which naturally upset fans who felt like their votes were for nothing. It also reignited the common PrejudicedForPecs accusations, even though Hayashishita wasn't actually the largest rookie of her class. What's was surprising is that a lot of fans came to her defense, praising STARDOM for trying something different and suggested Hayashishita could bring in new fans. Still, STARDOM did slow down her push a bit, keeping Momo Watanabe as the Queen's Quest leader, keeping the World Of belt on Iwatani and giving the Wonder Of to Arisa Hoshiki.

* ComedyGhetto: The Artist Of Stardom is the least respected of the promotion's original three title belt sets because matches where it is the focus in any way pretty much always have a comedy spot somewhere in them, and are occasionally silly from bell to bell. There were some people who thumbed their noses at STARDOM as whole, counting it among the sillier joshi feds of the 2010s, but it also was the most violent joshi fed aside from perhaps Oz Academy or LLPW, so the promotion as a whole gets more of a pass on this front.

* DracoInLeatherPANTS: Act Yasukawa had a sheltered childhood that lead to her being mercilessly bullied as a child. She had a degenerative disease that robbed her of sight in one eye and eventually broke down her thyroid. She put a potentially successful career in film on hold to try professional wrestling and came down with another illness that made it impossible unless she took a medication that made her sterile, which it did. All of this makes her a sympathetic underdog. She patterns herself after several renowned samurai with her [[OrnamentalWeapon sheathed swords]], FacialMarkings, {{eye patch|of power}} and rum bottles, which made her "cool", and despite being functionally blind in one eye she was pretty good in the sport of kendo, which made her legit. She hung around the company working merchandise sales and maintaining the ring while sick or injured, which made her familiar. She put up a lot of youtube videos about how evil she was, but there were also a lot of videos on the website [[SheCleansUpNicely with her face washed]] taking [[VillainsOutShopping care of]] her [[CutenessProximity pet bunny]], which made her adorable. Factor in that she wrestled exclusively of STARDOM, which made her "loyal", and you now know why fans refused to see her as anything but a baby {{face}}, no matter what she tried to do to convince them otherwise.

* DracoInLeatherPANTS: Act Yasukawa had a sheltered childhood that lead to her being mercilessly bullied as a child. She had a degenerative disease that robbed her of sight in one eye and eventually broke down her thyroid. She put a potentially successful career in film on hold to try professional wrestling and came down with another illness that made it impossible unless she took a medication that made her sterile, which it did. All of this makes her a sympathetic underdog. She patterns herself after several renowned samurai with her [[OrnamentalWeapon sheathed swords]], FacialMarkings, {{eye patch|of power}} and rum bottles, which made her "cool", and despite being functionally blind in one eye she was pretty good in the sport of kendo, which made her legit. She hung around the company working merchandise sales and maintaining the ring while sick or injured, which made her familiar. She put up a lot of youtube videos about how evil she was, but there were also a lot of videos on the website [[SheCleansUpNicely with her face washed]] taking [[VillainsOutShopping care of her pet bunny]], which made her adorable. Factor in that she wrestled exclusively of STARDOM, which made her "loyal", and you now know why fans refused to see her as anything but a baby {{face}}, no matter what she tried to do to convince them otherwise.

* RonTheDeathEater: Yoshiko's gang shifting their focus from eliminating the older wrestlers of STARDOM to humbling the arrogant Act Yasukawa was ''supposed'' to be a HeelFaceTurn, and it was for everyone but Yoshiko herself, who was the one personally humiliating Yasukawa in exchange for a World Of Stardom title shot. Forget that Yasukawa's FaceHeelTurn was what started Yoshiko's StartOfDarkness to begin with. Yoshiko was a stout, delinquent gaijin imitator with [[FaceOfAThug barely visible eyebrows]] who [[TheUnSmile rarely smiled]] and had "[[FourIsDeath death]]" in her name. She was always [[NominalHero a face by default]] to most of the audience and a "violence gorilla" to a particularly vocal segment of it. And forget Yasukawa ever having a heel turn, because to a large portion of the audience she was just a baby face who ''attracted'' a gang of heels and was awesome for [[BadBoss keeping them under control]]. Plus she was so much [[EvilIsBigger smaller]] than big, mean Yoshiko.

* RonTheDeathEater: Yoshiko's gang shifting their focus from eliminating the older wrestlers of STARDOM to humbling the arrogant Act Yasukawa was ''supposed'' to be a HeelFaceTurn, and it was for everyone but Yoshiko herself, who was the one personally humiliating Yasukawa in exchange for a World Of Stardom title shot. Forget that Yasukawa's FaceHeelTurn was what started Yoshiko's StartOfDarkness to begin with. Yoshiko was a stout, delinquent gaijin imitator with [[FaceOfAThug barely visible eyebrows]] who [[TheUnSmile rarely smiled]] and had "[[FourIsDeath death]]" in her name. She was always [[NominalHero a face by default]] to most of the audience and a "violence gorilla" to a particularly vocal segment of it. And forget Yasukawa ever having a heel turn, because to a large portion of the audience she was just a baby face who ''attracted'' a gang of heels and was awesome for [[BadBoss keeping them under control]].