She talked with Sports Illustrated about the last 18 months with the company. In 2015, Urai signed a developmental deal with WWE, making her the first Japanese female wrestler signed with the company in over 20 years. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 1.0k. The latest featured Raw Women's Champion Bianca Belair and Montez Ford . Asuka also owns a hair salon in Yokohama called Another Heaven. She is a professional wrestler who is best known for being signed with WWE Network and appears under the SmackDown brand in her ring name "Asuka.". Check out pics from the #KabukiWarriors ceremony at the link below! . Chief brand officer of WWE and occasional wrestler Stephanie McMahon is mom to three daughters with her husband Paul Levesque, better known as wrestler Triple H. The couple are . [201] She joined WWE's developmental territory NXT,[202][203] and adopted the ring name Asuka. She is a professional wrestler who is best known for being signed with WWE Network and appears under the SmackDown brand in her ring name Asuka.. [204] In her debut match on October 7 at NXT TakeOver: Respect, Asuka defeated Dana. She beat Bayley at TakeOver . [150] At WNC's second event, Starting Over on May 24, Kana submitted Makoto in a tag team match, where she teamed with Syuri and Makoto with Riho, a replacement for an injured Mio Shirai. [45] On October 29, Kana was elected the eighth president of 666, a small independent promotion for which she had wrestled for the past year. [120] The following weekend, Kana made her debut for Chikara, defeating Jessie McKay in her first match on October 7 in Burlington, North Carolina. Later that month, Nikki revealed that she is pregnant and the couple is expecting their . Veer Mahaan with The Miz as special referee", "WWE Raw report: Riddle gets serious, card subject to change, mixed tag action, and more", "Raw Women's Champion Bianca Belair def. In 2018, she was the inaugural winner of the Women's Royal Rumble match. [155][156] On July 15, Kana defeated Shirai in a singles match, after which she had another heated exchange with Makoto, who had been sidelined from in-ring action with a fractured wrist. . [282], Towards the end of November, Asuka won a battle royal to enter her way into the first-ever women's Tables, ladders, and chairs match against both Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair for the SmackDown Women's Championship. She renewed her rivalry with Becky Lynch after Lynch challenged Asuka to a Raw Women's Championship match at the Royal Rumble in a rematch from the previous year's event. The former WWE Grand Slam Champion recently lost to Bayley and Rhea Ripley, and this seems to have broken the 41-year-old. [94][95], Kana made her debut for Yoshihiro Tajiri's new Smash promotion on June 25, 2010, losing to Syuri in the main event of Smash.4. [271] On the May 15 episode of SmackDown, SmackDown general manager Paige interrupted Carmella, to announce that she would be defending the SmackDown Women's Championship against Asuka at Money in the Bank. [76][77] While continuing to badmouth JWP and its wrestlers, Kana also entered a storyline, where she began professing her love for Arisa Nakajima, much to the bewilderment of the former champion. [181][182] In early 2015, Kana launched her own stable, originally named Kana-gun (Kana Army), but later renamed Piero-gun (Clown Army) due to all members adopting Kana's clown makeup; members of the stable included native wrestlers Makoto and Rina Yamashita, foreigners Alex Lee, Cat Power and La Comandante and male wrestlers Hercules Senga and Yuko Miyamoto. As the daughter of Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart and a member of the legendary Hart family, wrestling is in Natalya's blood. Asuka currently resides in Florida US. . [90][91] Kana announced that she would go on an indefinite hiatus from professional wrestling[92][93] following KanaProMania: Pulse on September 15; in her last match she teamed with Hikaru Shida and Syuri in a winning effort against Arisa Nakajima, Rina Yamashita and Ryo Mizunami. When Asuka would open the details of her love life, we would definitely let you know. Has Asuka Gotten A NEW Boyfriend? [49], On March 11, 2012, Kana made her debut for the DDT Pro-Wrestling promotion, taking part in an eight-person ten-minute battle royal for the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship, which she won five minutes into the match by pinning Michael Nakazawa, before losing it with just 50 seconds remaining in the match to Antonio Honda, only to regain it via submission with just 22 seconds remaining in the match. She embraced Becky Lynch after the announcement and chanted her name, thus turning face in the process. Is Asuka married? See Asuka Dating Details, MAJOR UPDATE: WWE Star Asuka Can No Longer Stay Single? [232] In June, Asuka decisively defeated Nikki Cross in a Last Woman Standing match to retain her championship. [46][47] Kana Pro's second event on January 10, 2011, saw Kana and Yuki Ishikawa lose to Carlos Amano and Yoshiaki Fujiwara in the main event. [45] On the next Kana Pro event on June 16 at Korakuen Hall, Kana and Naomichi Marufuji were defeated by Meiko Satomura and Minoru Suzuki in an intergender main event tag team match. [14] They held the title for two months before losing it to Ayumi Kurihara and Yoshiko Tamura on December 31, 2009. 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Like her dad and her uncle Bret Hart, Natalya eventually made her way to WWE. The official announcement was made by the Twitter handle of WWE Japan. Asuka is the current WWE Women's Title holder. Asuka's billed height and weight stand at 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) and 62 kg (137 lb), respectively. [72][73] Kana made her first successful title defense on September 16 against the reigning JWP Junior and POP Champion Manami Katsu. WWE's chairman Vince McMahon planned to shift Asuka to the main roster in 2016 but Triple H (NXT Head) dissuaded him stating that NXT would bear a huge loss if they let Asuka go.. Asuka was assigned to the Raw brand which was revealed on September 11, 2017, episode of Raw. [85] On February 25, 2014, Kana produced an independent event titled KanaProMania in Korakuen Hall, which saw her defeat Meiko Satomura in the main event. 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The statement from Kairi Sane regarding her recent wedding reads as follows: To my dear fans, WWE Year-End Award for Women's Tag Team of the Year (2019)-with Kairi Sane; Personal Life of Asuka. [48] On November 5, Kana took part in the final event held by the Battlarts promotion, defeating Aki Shizuku in a singles match. See also: BREAKING NEWS: Former SmackDown GM Paige Is No Longer SingleAlready DATING AGAIN Check Out Paiges New Boyfriend SEE PHOTO, As the title holder of the first Womens Royal Rumble match, she was able to earn the name of Longest undefeated streak in WWE history.. [175], On August 30, 2014, Kana began working for Reina Joshi Puroresu as a storyline consultant. [185][192] On June 13, Kana made her third successful title defense against Yako Fujigasaki. 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