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22-401: On July 29, 2010, Kyoko Inoue , who had left NEO Japan Ladies Pro-Wrestling , established World Women's Pro-Wrestling Diana Co., Ltd. with the aim of launching a professional wrestling organization. Kaoru Ito , who at the time was a junior at All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling , organized the first event of the promotion, the "Diana Debut Show" on April 14, 2011. Furthermore, Ayako Sato joined

44-621: A six-woman tag team match. Kong returned to the United States on April 11, 2015, working for Shimmer Women Athletes . Kong was brought in as a surprise to take part in Tomoka Nakagawa's retirement event. On November 11, 2017, Kong returned to Shimmer Women Athletes joining the Trifecta heel stable with Mercedes Martinez and Nicole Savoy to replace the recently departed (for WWE) Shayna Baszler and appeared in matches

66-541: A training base) to Kawasaki city, Kanagawa Prefecture . In 2012, it was announced that the dojo would be relocated. In the background, the Komazawa World Arena was jointly owned by Inoue and Kagoo, the director who resigned in June (the top page of the Komazawa World Arena official website specified "Kagoo and Inoue" as contact information). The opening of the new dojo was announced at the end of September, but

88-723: Is Nanami . Kyoko Inoue Kyoko Inoue ( 井上 京子 , Inoue Kyōko , born April 22, 1969) is a Japanese female professional wrestler currently signed to World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana . She has held the WWWA World Single Championship three times, and is the first woman to win a men's title in Japan . Inoue is the founder of NEO Japan Ladies Pro-Wrestling . After leaving NEO in May 2010, Inoue founded World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana in January 2011. Inoue

110-603: Is affiliated with the Jungle Jack 21 stable. She has also held the promotion's championship. In December 2011, Kong took part in American promotion Chikara 's JoshiMania weekend, losing to Sara Del Rey in the main event of night one on December 2. The following day, Kong defeated Ayako Hamada in the main event. On the third and final night of the tour, Kong teamed with Mio Shirai and Tsubasa Kuragaki to defeat Hanako Nakamori , Manami Toyota and Sawako Shimono in

132-664: The Japanese independent circuit and for Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling (TJPW). She is the founder of the Arsion all-women professional wrestling promotion and has won several championships in both singles and tag-team divisions throughout her career, primarily while with All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling . Born Erika Shishido, her mother is Japanese and her father, the late Henry Manigault, an African-American , who worked for US Army at Tachikawa Airfield . Although her parents were de facto married, they were forced to divorce when Erika

154-612: The WWWA World Single Championship during the early 1990s. She failed in several attempts before finally achieving her goal on November 15, 1992, ending Nakano's three-year reign. In 1995, Kong made an appearance in the American World Wrestling Federation (WWF) as the sole survivor of a women's elimination match at the pay-per-view Survivor Series by pinning all 4 members of her opposing team, including WWF Women's Champion , Alundra Blayze . Kong also appeared on two episodes of Monday Night Raw and

176-399: The "Takeshiba Colosseum " and shoot boxing gyms. Over the years, the promotion has established partnerships with various promotions from the Japanese independent scene . They started a professional relationship with World Wonder Ring Stardom at the beginning of 2022, sending various wrestlers from the roster to compete in rookie-based pay-per-views promoted by the latter promotion under

198-554: The 17:05 mark ahead of her anticipated title match with Alundra Blayze at Wrestlemania XI (it would instead happen on the April 3rd edition of Raw ). She has worked for many women's promotions in Japan. Aja Kong Erika Shishido ( 宍戸 江利花 , Shishido Erika , born September 25, 1970) is a Japanese professional wrestler better known by her ring name Aja Kong ( アジャ・コング , Aja Kongu ) . She currently makes appearances on

220-434: The belt into a garbage can. In 1997, Kong left AJW and started the independent promotion Hyper Visual Fighting Arsion (usually referred to as simply Arsion ). She led the organization until February 12, 2001, when she walked out of a tag team match and announced she was quitting. On April 30, 2004 at the joshi promotion Gaea Japan 's event Limit Break , Kong wrestled Amazing Kong in the latter's Japanese debut. Later in

242-507: The brand of "New Blood". Diana was first represented by Nanami and Haruka Umesaki at Stardom New Blood 1 on March 11, 2022. This is a list of professional wrestlers who currently wrestle for the company. Alumni and notable guest superstars are also included. As of November 28, 2024. The World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana Crystal Championship is the tertiary singles women's professional wrestling championship promoted by World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana. The current and inaugural champion

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264-474: The company for the first event. In the process Diana accepted two new trainees and they also recruited athletes from abroad, even contracting American wrestlers. In the beginning, their business was going well but athletes and trainees who belonged to other promotions left one after another. Their training base, "Komazawa World" arena was closed down and they had to reconsider their tour style and relocating. In April 2018, they moved their dojo (a martial arts gym and

286-514: The following night as well. On May 25, 2019, Kong made her All Elite Wrestling (AEW) debut, as she teamed with Emi Sakura and Yuka Sakazaki where they unsuccessfully challenged the team of Hikaru Shida , Riho , and Ryo Mizunami . In February 2021, Kong was announced as a participant in a tournament for the AEW Women's World Championship as part of the Japanese bracket. Kong made it to

308-512: The night, the duo formed a tag team called W Kong. The duo defeated Chigusa Nagayo and Lioness Asuka for the AAAW Tag Team Championship on May 5. The team defended the championship all summer, eventually losing to Manami Toyota and Carlos Amano on September 20. They also held tag team championships in Japanese women's promotions AJW and Ladies Legend Pro-Wrestling . On June 6, 2006, wrestling as Erika and Margaret,

330-518: The scheduled date has passed without any new information. After that, instead of the canceled "Arena Match", the Kitazawa Town Hall was used as the main venue, and the performance was held once a month from December. Even after Diana withdrew, Komazawa World Arena remained and there was talk of holding a performance, but it was closed without being realized. Affiliated players who lost their dojo were practicing at Pro Wrestling Zero1 's dojo,

352-591: The stable dissolved in 1988 due to Matsumoto's retirement, Shishido and Kimura went their separate ways, but re-formed in 1990 as Jungle Jack. Now called Aja Kong and Bison Kimura, they entered a two-year feud against their former allies Bull Nakano and her heel stable Gokumon-to. During their partnership they won the WWWA World Tag Team Championship twice. They lost a hair versus hair match on January 11, 1991, resulting in both women being shaved bald. Kong herself also pursued Nakano for

374-491: The team defeated Wataru Sakata and Ryoji Sai for the Hustle Super Tag Team Championship . They lost the titles on October 9, 2006 to American tag team Bubba Ray and Devon in a three-way match which also included the team of Sodom and Gamora . On August 26, 2015, Kong reformed the W Kong tag team with Amazing Kong. Kong also wrestled for Mayumi Ozaki 's promotion, Oz Academy where she

396-559: The team of Blayze in the traditional Survivor Series elimination match . Blayze's team lost, as Aja Kong remained the sole survivor of the opposing team. On the November 27th episode of Monday Night Raw , Inoue alongside Blayze lost to Kong and Tomoko Watanabe. On March 26, 1995, as part of AJW 's Wrestling Queendom Victory event, Inoue challenged Bull Nakano for her WWF Women's Championship - who had held it since Big Egg Wrestling Universe in November 1994. Nakano retained at

418-423: Was five years old, due to her father's sudden repatriation , and grew up in a single-mother family. Her mother was ostracized by all her relatives who did not like her relationship with Erika's father. Erika and her mother moved from Tachikawa to Akishima, Tokyo when Erika was in the 5th grade of elementary school. Erika started learning karate at the recommendation of her mother from elementary school. Erika

440-557: Was teased for her " mixed blood " and had fights almost daily, and she continued to suffer from serious bullying up until she graduated from junior high school. She was part of the volleyball club in her junior high school. Shishido was trained by All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW) and graduated as part of their class of 1986. She made her debut that summer against Noriyo Toyoda . She immediately joined Dump Matsumoto 's heel stable Gokuaku Domei ("Atrocious Alliance"), along with classmate and tag team partner Nobuko Kimura. After

462-527: Was trained by famous Japanese wrestler, Jaguar Yokota . Inoue made her debut on October 11, 1988. From 1991 to 1992 she worked for CMLL in Mexico. On May 11, 1994, Inoue made her first appearance on World Wrestling Federation (WWF) during a live event in Japan, where she unsuccessfully challenged Alundra Blayze for the WWF Women's Championship . On November 19, 1995, at Survivor Series , Inoue joined

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484-536: Was victorious in both bouts. During one bout, she broke the nose of Chaparita Asari. Kong was being built up as a challenger for the WWF Women's Championship held by Alundra Blayze. Kong was scheduled to face Blayze at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view in January 1996, but the company elected to end its women's division after Alundra Blayze showed up on WCW Monday Nitro with the WWF Women's championship and threw

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