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WWE President Nick Khan on an episode of Wheel of Fortune on December 25th, 2000.
Nick Khan was broke at that time and won $16,650 which was enough to take the bar exam and start his law career.
#WWE
#WWERaw
Triple H on Jordynne Grace and the "Forbidden Door":
"Jordynne Grace coming here from TNA, their champion. I want to thank them for allowing her to be here and participate in the Royal Rumble. I thought she had a spectacular showing tonight. She's an amazing talent and it's
[English subtitles] IYO SKY makes a surprise appearance and challenges Utami Hayashishita to a match at MARIGOLD SUMMER DESTINY 2024.
#pw_mg
#WWE
#STARDOM
#IyoSky
#林下詩美
In a HBO Real Sports interview in 2003, "Rowdy" Roddy Piper said, "What would you have me do at 49 when my pension plan, I can't take out till I'm 65. I'm not going to make 65. Let's just face facts, guys."
Piper died at the age of 61 on July 31, 2015.
#WWE
IYO SKY on using the Tombstone Piledriver against Utami Hayashishita:
"Today, I fought not as WWE superstar IYO SKY, but in a Japanese style.
In order to beat her (Hayashishita), I had no choice but to use the Tombstone before the finish. I think it was her power that brought
NJPW President Hiroshi Tanahashi says he is envious of the way WWE is able to develop talent:
"I guess one thing that is helpful is that it's open to both men and women, regardless of age. Also, the speed at which star wrestlers keep coming out, the speed of this turnover. This
[English subtitles] IYO SKY talks about the difference between American fans and Japanese fans:
"American fans make a lot of noise! They shout things like "yay" and "boo" and "holy s***", they raise their hands and use a lot of body language. I get the strong impression that
[English subtitles] IYO SKY explains why she wrestled differently in Marigold than she does in WWE:
"WWE is holding a Japan tour at the end of this month, so I was sure that people would come to see a WWE-style IYO SKY there. So I thought that if I didn't show something
[English subtitles] Utami Hayashishita reacts to getting to face IYO SKY at SUMMER DESTINY 2024:
"Is this real? Because... because I want to work with IYO-san! That's my biggest dream. Can we really do a singles match?
My dream, one of my big dreams will come true at Ryogoku
[English subtitles] Giulia on what she thought when she attended WWE WrestleMania XL:
"When 3,000 people come to a big match, I'm like, "Ah!". But after seeing that, I just couldn't be satisfied with it! I really felt that there is no end to what you can aim for, and that there
[English subtitles] Giulia is in tears backstage after her loss to Sareee and apologises to everyone for losing.
She is more motivated than ever to take the title away from Sareee.
#pw_mg
[English subtitles] Stephanie Vaquer talks about wrestling in Japan and learning English before her Japan tour only to find out that no one speaks English there.
#WWE
#STARDOM
[English subtitles] Sareee posted a video on her YouTube channel after winning the Marigold World Championship and announced the start of the "Summer of Sareee".
#pw_mg
#Sareee
[English subtitles] Utami Hayashishita talks backstage about how important it was to her to get to face IYO SKY:
"Ah! What should I say? It was really, really my biggest dream. I wanted to have a match with IYO-san, and that's why I decided on the path I would take as a
Shingo Takagi and Stephanie Vaquer count to 10 in each other's languages.
Shingo Takagi: "The Japanese phrase I often teach foreigners to say during a match is, "Urusee na konoyaro!" (Shut up, you bastard!) Won't you say it?"
Stephanie Vaquer: (shakes head) "No bad word."
▶️
Mina Shirakawa on her impressions of working in ROH:
"There were medical checks, and there were a lot of wrestlers waiting in the back who didn't have a match, so I felt a great sense of survival. The opponents were decided 30 minutes before the doors opened and preparations
Utami Hayashishita slams Sareee as the "woman who failed to take over the WWE":
“I understand that Sareee is an amazing person who has gone overseas and has had a long career, but… there’s no way a woman who failed to take over the world in WWE should be entrusted with being
[English subtitles] Iyo Sky grabs the mic from Jackie Redmond and gives a post-match comment in Japanese after defeating Shayna Baszler in the Queen of The Ring tournament on Raw.
#WWE
#WWERaw
#IyoSky
#DamageCTRL
Maki Itoh on if she would wrestle in CMLL:
"No way! No, no, no, no! I can't do lucha libre so I can't go. I can't go Mexico. CMLL. No! I'm not good! I'm not good! I can't run. I can't jump."
#tjpw
#伊藤麻希
Giulia on Sareee saying she's going to teach real fighting:
"Sareee, I hear you're going to teach me real fighting, right? If you're going to tell people that they don't know about real fighting, for God's sake, don't bring your grandma's necklace!"
#Marigold
#Sareee
#ジュリア
[English subtitles] NHK did a feature on a Maika superfan.
Her room is full of Maika merch and she even makes some herself so that Maika would spot her during her match.
She tells how big of a fan she is and why she is a fan of Maika.
#STARDOM
Giulia on watching the WWE Hall Of Fame ceremony:
"I met (Hall of Fame inductee) Bull (Nakano) backstage and was overwhelmed. The entire waiting room was filled with the aura of all the superstars, and it felt like the room was going to explode. I thought that such a world
Giulia on watching Iyo Sky's match at WrestleMania XL against Bayley:
"Tears filled my eyes when I saw Iyo walking down the aisle and enter the venue amidst the cheers of 70,000 people. I feel like there's a lot of hard work and effort that goes into that, not just from when she
Sareee wants to show the WWE Universe a different side of herself in Marigold from her time as "Sarray":
"With IYO (SKY) appearing, the WWE Universe will be paying attention, and I think they'll watch the match (on stream). I also want to show the world a level-up version of
[English subtitles] IYO SKY and Utami Hayashishita comment during the press conference before their match at Marigold Summer Destiny 2024 tomorrow.
#pw_mg
#WWE
#林下詩美
#IYOSKY
Tam Nakano: "I won in AEW! I became friends with Willow. I want to help Willow again when she's having a hard time. I'll come back to Japan more powerful than ever! I'll take everyone and STARDOM to the top of the..." [1/2]
#STARDOM
#AEW
#ForbiddenDoor
[English subtitles] Giulia has a message for the fans, Kyoko Kimura, VENY and Hana Kimura for having to miss Hana Kimura Memorial Match Terimakasih due to injury.
Utami Hayashishita will take her place and Giulia will also be at the venue.
#pw_mg
#MARIGOLD
#ジュリア
Starlight Kid on being shocked by the size of the venue, the production, and the scale of WrestleMania:
"When I entered the venue, I was so moved by the scenery that I had never seen before and wondered, "Are there that many pro-wrestling fans out there?" I thought it would be
NJPW President Hiroshi Tanahashi:
"If a really good-looking wrestler comes in, someone who is super athletic, smart, and seems to be good at attracting girls, then the industry's popularity might rise to another level. New Japan also followed this trend and became popular due to
Utami Hayashishita:
"Hana Kimura, no, Hana-san, you were watching today too, weren't you? Utami Hayashishita, the super rookie who was just a name back then, has become so big."
#pw_mg
#STARDOM
#林下詩美 #木村花 #木村花テレマカシー
NJPW and STARDOM owner Takaaki Kidani expresses regret that Japanese promotions have become like American farms:
"From a business standpoint, as some fans have lamented, I think it is a little sad that Japanese promotions and Japanese mats have become like American farms, like
Maki Itoh on what other old men like Minoru Suzuki she would like to wrestle against:
"Old man? Eh... Jon Moxley! (laughs)
Yeah, but I like crazy old man. Like Nick Gage. (laughs) I like old, crazy man. (laughs)"
#tjpw
#伊藤麻希
[English subtitles] STARDOM released a few clips from the movie "Runaway Wrestler" based on the life of Mayu Iwatani.
Scenes include Mayu watching pro-wrestling for the first time, coming across an ad for STARDOM recruiting trainees, running away from home, her first impression
Sareee on her time with IYO SKY in NXT:
• Sareee and IYO SKY trained together at a gym in Orlando, Florida and even practiced together in the ring.
• On their days off, IYO would take her to Disney World and Universal Studios.
• Sareee left WWE when her contract expired in
AJ Styles: "I think this is showing the Triple H era of what WWE is all about. 'Cause I'm not the only one that is wrestling in Japan tomorrow night. IYO SKY is also wrestling along with myself."
#noah_ghc
#pw_mg
#WWE
#DESTINATION2024
#IYOSKY
[English subtitles] Iyo Sky talks about getting approached for pictures on the streets in America.
She also talks about an incident after SummerSlam 2023 where she was asked for pictures in Japan from foreign tourists more than from Japanese people.
#WWE
#IYOSKY
#DamageCTRL
IYO SKY tells the story of Utami Hayashishita joining STARDOM, turning down Utami's request to meet her:
"I heard that she had come to STARDOM because she admired me, and shortly after she joined, someone said to me, 'There's a girl I want you to meet, Io-san,' and 'She wants to
[English subtitles] A teary-eyed Natsupoi was in the middle of an emotional promo when a heckler interrupted it and Mika Iwata and Natsupoi told him to shut up.
#STARDOM
#安納サオリ
#natsupoi
Sareee on competing in the main event of Marigold's first ever show:
"The first show is something that will last forever. In the main event, I will humiliate both Marigold and Rossy Ogawa and scar them for life."
#pw_mg
#Sareee
[English subtitles] Starlight Kid found Natsupoi at a stairway and confronted her about their tag team match at All Together.
Starlight Kid was filming Natsupoi with her phone, so Natsupoi decided to pull out her phone and film Kid too.
#STARDOM
#SLK
#なつぽい
#ALLTOGETHER
Marika Kobashi:
"On March 31, I won the main event title match at New Korea Pro-Wrestling to become the 3rd New Korea Women's Champion.
However, due to an accident, I suffered a concussion and was rushed to the hospital immediately after the match.
We wrestlers put our lives
[English subtitles] Giulia says unlike her bad girl image, Thekla is the most decent out of everyone in Donna Del Mondo.
She even quit drinking and takes Japanese language lessons every Monday night via Zoom.
#STARDOM
Mina Shirakawa: "Toni Storm, in STARDOM, you were a legend. In AEW, you became a star. But as champion, you got soft! You got weak! Everybody says, "We want Mina"! Nobody wants you!
At Forbidden Door, I'll take your title and my girl."
#AEW
#STARDOM
Saya Kamitani on attending WWE WrestleMania XL:
"The cheers and the scale of the matches were amazing. 80,000 people. I saw the set and other things of a different dimension."
#STARDOM
#WWE
#上谷沙弥
Mayu Iwatani says she had thought about going to Marigold; why she ultimately decided against it:
"I myself even thought about transferring at one point. On top of that, I had many conversations with Ogawa-san and the current president, (Taro) Okada-san. The answer I finally
Mina Shirakawa:
"When I'm alone in a hotel in America, I sometimes feel intense pressure and anxiety 😅
At times like that, I always contact Maika and tell her I miss her. Just contacting her calms me down lol
Thank you for everything!
Let's go eat sushi 🍣🫶🏻Maika's treat."
[English subtitles] Giulia announces her participation in Hana Kimura's memorial show Terimakasih on 23rd May.
Giulia: "I'm so excited to finally be able to participate in my sister-in-arms' memorial show."
#pw_mg
#マリーゴールド
#HanaKimura
#ジュリア
#VENY
#木村花テレマカシー
[English subtitles] Starlight Kid talks about her new unit making the cover of Weekly Pro Wrestling magazine without even having a name or members decided yet.
#STARDOM
Mayu Iwatani on wrestling in America:
"It was so fun. Even during my entrance they went, "Waah!" like, "Mayu! Mayu!" I'm really thankful. The tickets too were sold out very early on. STARDOM doesn't come often but they looked it up."
#STARDOM
#岩谷麻優
[English subtitles] Saya Kamitani, STARDOM's "walking information leaker", reveals that Momo Watanabe sleeps in the hallway until the very last minute before her match and eats onigiri even after her entrance music has started playing.
#STARDOM
[English subtitles] Kenoh confronts AZM about the Valentine's Day article where she said that he is "not her type".
Kenoh reveals that he has been a fan of AZM since she was in high school.
#STARDOM
#noah_ghc
[English subtitles] Starlight Kid found Natsupoi depressed backstage after her loss to Ami Sohrei and tried to cheer her up before their tag team match at All Together.
Starlight Kid wants to learn "the dance".
#STARDOM
Momo Kohgo with Kairi Sane and Anna Hirai on set during the filming of "Runaway Wrestler" wearing the old STARDOM jersey.
#STARDOM
#KairiSane
#平井杏奈 #家出レスラー
Rossy Ogawa on Giulia's relationship with WWE:
"Isn’t that for them to announce?"
On if WWE and Marigold will have a close relationship:
"Including this, I don't know how things will turn out... but they are really good. I went this time at their invitation, and in that sense,
Giulia: "I haven't had a single good experience since coming to Marigold. If things continue like this, I'll be left wondering why I came here. Everyone is posting on social media, "I want to fight Giulia." That's not what I want."
#pw_mg
#ジュリア
Sareee reflects on her time with IYO SKY in NXT and her success in WWE today:
"She was like an older sister to me. I thought IYO-san was really amazing because she was doing it all by herself. I saw her going through some tough times, like not being able to get into matches very
IYO SKY on how she felt performing in front of the Japanese fans again:
"It gave me courage. The way they said, 'Welcome back' and every single pause between the cheers was completely different from America, and I felt a deep fondness for it, thinking, 'This is Japan. I'm
More details on how the dream match between IYO SKY and Utami Hayashishita came about:
The footage of IYO SKY's challenge to Utami Hayashishita was taken after her appearance on Raw on the 10th (11th Japan time), and the announcement was made suddenly because the footage was
Starlight Kid on seeing WWE Women's Champion Iyo Sky at WrestleMania XL:
"It was the first time I saw it with my own eyes, so I came to the realization that she had become Iyo Sky. I think it was amazing that we were able to have a singles match before (Iyo) went overseas."
Giulia travels to the United States for WWE's WrestleMania
Giulia who left the women's pro-wrestling promotion STARDOM, made an emergency trip to the United States on the 3rd.
Giulia showed up at the airport with a large bag, and when she saw this reporter, she looked
Saki Kashima talks about her experience in America, difference between foreign fans and Japanese fans:
"It was super fun, seriously. It's nice, overseas. You know, overseas... how do I say it. Just standing there, they're like "Woah"! Generally, let me just say this, Japanese
[English subtitles] Giulia sends a scathing message to the Marigold roster as the countdown begins:
"You guys having fun doing pro-wrestling, don't think you'll get to the top doing that! If you want to get to the top, I'll be here! I don't know how long I'll be here!"
#pw_mg
Rossy Ogawa, who returned to Japan alone, on the whereabouts of Giulia:
"Apparently there was something else she wanted to see. We went our separate ways, so I was the only one who returned home first."
#ロッシー小川 #ジュリア
A 23-year-old
@BULLNAKANO_
talks about her leg drop off the top of the cage:
"I was scared at first. With this technique, you end up on your pelvis and you may end up paralysed. That's what they told me when I first used it. It's the third time I did something like this. The
Suzu Suzuki: "Giulia, I love you! I've never once disliked you. It's true, I've loved you for a long, long time. I will definitely fulfill the promise I made here and now, and I'll stand in front of you again just..." [1/2]
#STARDOM
#鈴季すず #ジュリア
[English subtitles] Mayu Iwatani says that the reason she first tried out to be a pro-wrestler was to be able to date one of the male pro-wrestlers.
#STARDOM
Giulia: "Young wrestlers often don't fully understand the pace of a match. It's difficult to create a memorable match unless you can learn to enjoy the quiet moments."
"I would say that I prefer to watch carefully and get excited when the action is exciting. Younger girls, in
[English subtitles] IYO SKY talks right after her match at the WWE Osaka show and tells the fans in Tokyo to be loud at their next show.
#WWE
#WWEOsaka
#IYOSKY
#DamageCTRL
Saya Kamitani on why she switched to red ring gear:
"I chose red to symbolize that I carry Utami-san's feelings on my shoulders and that I haven't given up on the Red Belt yet. And most of all, it represents my desire to stand at the forefront of QQ and lead it. For that reason,
Starlight Kid, who does not belong to a unit, says she might even take off the mask:
"In the worst-case scenario, I might come back from my learning excursion and find that my mask is gone. Maybe if I think I'm going to be buried in STARDOM or something, I might have to change
IYO SKY on her return match in Japan being with Marigold and not WWE:
"It feels like a long-awaited dream. I thought that the first match I would have in Japan would be a WWE show in Japan, so I didn't think that my first triumphant return match after moving to the US would be a
[English subtitles] Io Shirai and Mayu Iwatani announce for the first time the name of their tag team for the 2012 Goddesses of STARDOM Tag League, "Thunder Rock".
They also explain the meaning behind the name "Thunder Rock".
#STARDOM
#WWE
#IYOSKY
#岩谷麻優
Starlight Kid talks about taking off her mask:
"Up until now, I've been negative about doing things with my real face, but what do the fans think? Especially Tam-chan, who said, "Kid-chan's real face is the cutest after Tam." So, does this mean that Cosmic Angels who sell their
[English subtitles] Saya Iida says that almost everyone in STARDOM thought that Mayu Iwatani was going to go to Marigold.
She also says that there were some girls that said they would follow Mayu if she were to leave, including her.
#STARDOM
.
@MickieJames
meets up with
@BULLNAKANO_
backstage at HER in Ballarat, Australia.
Mickie James presented Bull Nakano with a HER ring made by
@mckenzienmitch
's Headline by MM.
Bull Nakano: "I forgot to bring my Hall of Fame ring!"
Utami Hayashishita reveals that Saya Kamitani told her not to quit STARDOM:
"I spoke with Kamitani and AZM before I quit, and Kamitani in particular told me until the very end, "Please don't quit," but in the end she happily sent me off."
#STARDOM
#MARIGOLD
#林下詩美 #上谷沙弥
[English subtitles] May 31st also marks Natsupoi's 9th anniversary as a professional wrestler.
Here is Natsupoi imitating Saori Anou's self-introduction before her pro-wrestling debut in 2015.
#STARDOM
Giulia on this being her first hospitalization and surgery in her life:
"Right now, I'm not too worried. I'll be away from home for three nights and four days, so I imagine it's the same as going on a regional tour. Since I won't be able to move much, I'll be spending time
When Rossy Ogawa reported to Kairi that he was launching a new promotion, she promised her support, saying, "All the WWE wrestlers are on Ogawa-san's side."
#Marigold
#WWE
#KairiSane
Sareee: "This is Sareee, the sun god of pro-wrestling. This is my first time participating in STARDOM. Since my first match was the return match of my best friend Natsupoi, I received an offer and I accepted immediately." [1/2]
#STARDOM
#なつぽい
#Sareee
[English subtitles] Mina Shirakawa tells the story of how she ended up wearing the black outfit on AEW Dynamite and her experience backstage wearing it.
#STARDOM
#AEW
#ForbiddenDoor
Giulia and Utami Hayashishita are on a "united front" for the time being: "We have to drink until the morning"
Giulia: "I came here with similar determination and big decisions as Utami. We'll have to join forces, so for now we'll have to drink until morning. However, over the
[English subtitles] May 31st marks Saori Anou's 9th anniversary as a professional wrestler.
Here is Saori Anou's self-introduction video before her pro-wrestling debut in 2015.
#STARDOM
IYO SKY on what she had said when Utami Hayashishita said that she wanted to face IYO before she went to the US:
"I can't remember if she said this directly to me or through someone around me, but I remember hearing her say, "I admired you, so I wanted to fight you before going