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Inspired by previous works: https://www.instagram.com/wrespresso
This ranking covers women’s wrestling matches from the first half of 2026 (January–June) based on a manually compiled Top 100 list of Cagematch-rated matches.

The goal is to measure in-ring performance quality during the first half of the year, not overall career status or booking strength.
Methodology:

Only matches from Jan–Jun 2026

• Dataset: Top 100 highest-rated women’s matches
• Wrestlers must have 3+ appearances in the dataset
• Ranking is based on the average of their 3 highest-rated matches
• Tag team and multi-person matches count for all participants

This is what a real team looks like

https://x.com/chocobi1228rina/status/2057839581836562793

Kurara winning at All Star Grand Queendom was a great moment. The underdog story worked, the crowd reaction was real, and it instantly made people care about her more. But honestly, I still think she’s too inexperienced right now to fully carry the role of Stardom’s ace.

A shocking first defense loss could actually help both wrestlers long term.

For Maki, it would immediately establish her as a legitimate Stardom main eventer instead of feeling like a special attraction crossing over from outside the company. And realistically, Maki as red belt champion for even a short run is money.

For Kurara, losing early opens the door for a much deeper character story. You could do so much with her relationship with Aya Sakura, her connection with Natsupoi, the pressure of failing after such a huge emotional win, and the idea that her first title reign happened before she was truly ready.

Then later, when she wins the red belt again, it doesn’t feel like a surprise Cinderella run anymore. It feels earned. Not an underdog miracle, but a fully realized main event wrestler finally reaching that level for real.

I made a tier list for the current Stardom roster for 2026.

I tried to rank based on performance, consistency, and current importance in the company. There’s definitely some bias in there, but I think that’s kind of unavoidable with Stardom at this point.

I’d like to see how other people would rank the roster too since things change pretty fast and opinions usually differ a lot.

Feel free to post your own list or tell me where you think I got it wrong.

For me it’s Miyu Yamashita. Her kicks just look the most brutal and real to me, like they actually end matches instead of just looking flashy.