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As PWInsider.com broke several weeks ago, there will be a new promotion launching this September featuring Japanese women’s wrestlers with the first event scheduled for New York City.
PWInsider.com has confirmed the first names involved in the project beyond legendary former All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling and WWE star Bull Nakano, who will be actively involved for it behind the scenes as well as featured in an “on camera role."
*Arisa Nakajima - Seadlinnng star who is also a four-time JWP Openweight Champion as well as a former JWP Junior and Princess of Pro-Wrestling Champion. There are a lot of Japanese women's wrestling fans who consider Nakajima one of the best in the world right now. Here are cliips of Nakajima vs. Kana aka WWE's Asuka:
*Tomoka Inaba - 20 year old star who wrestles for TAKA Michinoku's Just Tap Out promotion and Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling. She has held the Queen of JTO Championship several times as well as Sendai Girls' Junior Championship. From an in-ring standpoint, she's considered one of the finest younger talents in the world but has never wrestled here in the States. Here is Inaba vs. Lady C:
There's also been talk of a former STARDOM star coming out of retirement for the promotion over the last few days.
As we've reported, the project is something that has actually been planned and worked on for several years. We have also confirmed that some of the point people behind the new promotion were actually consultants for Bushiroad, the parent company of New Japan Pro Wrestling and STARDOM for a number of years.
More as we confirm.
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