Asuka wwe moves pro#
Asuka wwe moves professional#

On NXT, she became the longest-reigning champion within a single run in history.

At NXT Takeover: Dallas, the first big show of 2016's WrestleMania weekend, she defeated Bayley for the NXT Women's Championship. However, this would be misdirection, as she signed with WWE the following month, later taking on the ring name Asuka when she officially debuted on the NXT developmental brand.

Asuka wwe moves professional#

In July 2015, Kana revealed her plans to retire from professional wrestling and try new things after an upcoming Kana-Pro event in September. In contrast to the majority of her Japanese work, much of her time in America was spent working as a face. She has also frequently traveled abroad to the United States to compete for SHIMMER and CHIKARA, often chasing after the SHIMMER Tag Team Championship with LuFisto but never obtaining. She became was a one-time JWP Openweight Champion, one-time Reina World Tag Team Champion with Arisa Nakajima, and one-time Reina World Women's Champion during this time.

Asuka wwe moves pro#

She has also made rare appearances for Pro Wrestling NOAH and All Japan Pro Wrestling. During her time in these promotions she became the inaugural and first two-time SMASH Diva Champion, a two-time Wave Tag Team Champion note with Triple Tails teammates Ayumi Kurihara and Mio Shirai, and five-time DDT Ironman Heavymetalweight Champion note a parody of the 24/7 championship concept, whose 'champions' have included inanimate objects such as ladders, toy dolls, and even the title belt itself.Īside from staying with Wave, Kana continued to find work through other joshi promotions such as JWP Joshi Puroresu, Ice Ribbon, and Reina Joshi Puroresu, as well as her own Kana-Pro and Triple Tails.S shows.

When SMASH folded in 2012 to be replaced by Wrestling New Classic, Kana signed a home promotion contract with WNC, ostensibly ending her days as a freelancer, though this didn't work out in practice - not only did she appear several times for Dramatic Dream Team in addition to her Wave commitments and Kana-Pro events, and she wound up quitting WNC at the end of the year due to late payment issues. She quickly developed an arrogant, power-hungry character in which she became the top heel first for SMASH, then for joshi puroresu in general, as well as the leader of a stable called Triple Tails in both SMASH and Pro Wrestling Wave, which she joined following the folding NEO at the end of the year. In April, she held the first of several Kana Pro self-produced events, and by summer 2010 she began working regularly for SMASH, Yoshihiro Tajiri's follow-up replacement for Fighting Opera HUSTLE. She eventually found a home with the Passion Red stable and NEO Japan Ladies Pro Wrestling promotion, winning her first professional wrestling title via the NEO Tag Team Championship which she and Nanae Takahashi held for two months in 2009, until she quit the stable at the start of 2010. A year and a half and a graphic design agency later, however, Kana returned to the ring as a freelancer, working for several joshi puroresu (Japanese women's pro wrestling) promotions as well as Pro Wrestling ZERO1.

After training with Yuki Ishikawa, she debuted for the all-female promotion AtoZ in June 2004 as Kana, spending nearly two years there before suddenly retiring in March 2006 due to chronic nephritis. Originally working as a designer, Urai turned to wrestling when she was inspired by many of the great wrestlers of her time, including the likes of Keiji Mutoh, Akira Maeda and Minoru Suzuki amongst many others. Kanako Urai (浦井佳奈子, Urai Kanako, born September 26, 1981) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, where she performs under the ring name Asuka, although she's also worked as a gravure idol, video game journalist, entrepreneur, graphic designer and mocap actor.