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Post by Reine de la Ter on Sept 8, 2015 5:38:52 GMT -6
WWE® ANNOUNCES THE SIGNING OF KANA
STAMFORD, Conn., September 8, 2015 – WWE (NYSE: WWE) announced today the signing of international superstar Kanako Urai, aka Kana, to the NXT® division. Kana will officially report to the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida in late September.
Over the course of her 11-year career, Kana has become one of the most exciting women ever to compete in Japan. She has appeared in many organizations throughout the country and has held multiple championships. Last month, Kana made a surprise appearance at NXT Takeover: Brooklyn, sitting in the audience ringside next to WWE Hall of Famer “Nature Boy” Ric Flair®.
“We are very excited to have Kana join the NXT roster,” said Paul Levesque, WWE Executive Vice President of Talent, Creative and Live Events. “Her exciting in-ring style will make an immediate impact on the already impressive NXT women’s division.”
Congrats to Kana. Not gonna lie, I'm going to miss her in SHIMMER but I'm happy for her.
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Post by Woo on Sept 8, 2015 10:34:36 GMT -6
Great to see Kana get such a chance to make it big in the WWE. I hope she becomes huge. It's sad she's gone, but I hope it means we can see a Syuri, Arisa Nakajima, Io Shirai or my most wanted Kairi Hojo come to Shimmer. I really want Hojo just so we can see that beautiful elbow drop on a DVD.
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Post by ninjaskrzypek on Sept 10, 2015 6:03:39 GMT -6
Great to see Kana get such a chance to make it big in the WWE. I hope she becomes huge. It's sad she's gone, but I hope it means we can see a Syuri, Arisa Nakajima, Io Shirai or my most wanted Kairi Hojo come to Shimmer. I really want Hojo just so we can see that beautiful elbow drop on a DVD. I must see that live in person now. Thanks for sharing
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Post by Woo on Sept 10, 2015 10:37:08 GMT -6
Great to see Kana get such a chance to make it big in the WWE. I hope she becomes huge. It's sad she's gone, but I hope it means we can see a Syuri, Arisa Nakajima, Io Shirai or my most wanted Kairi Hojo come to Shimmer. I really want Hojo just so we can see that beautiful elbow drop on a DVD. I must see that live in person now. Thanks for sharing It's a think of beauty isn't it?
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Post by stevea21 on Sept 10, 2015 11:41:10 GMT -6
Crazy the way she gets her legs up so high. That might be the most exciting wrestling gif I have ever seen.
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Post by Woo on Sept 10, 2015 18:31:36 GMT -6
So the main event of the next NXT Takeover has been announced and it's Bayley vs Sasha Banks in a 30 Minute Ironwoman match. I bet Dave must be very proud of Davina Rose! Also Kana's name in NXT will be Asuka. I'm guessing the fact she's already started working NXT shows means she won't be at Shimmer?
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Post by Woo on Sept 11, 2015 18:14:48 GMT -6
So Athena has signed too it looks like!
Eeek, now I am worried that the WWE is actively targetting Shimmer. It always struck me as stupid on their part that they wouldn't cater for fans of serious womens wrestling as being the #1 company you'd think they would try to appeal to everyone, but now that they have Nattie, Davina, Rebecca, Tenille, Britani, KC, Jessie, Athena, Kana, Cat & Leva on their shows and Sara Del Rey & Sarah Stock as trainers it's like wow, bugger!
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Post by stareagle on Sept 11, 2015 20:24:08 GMT -6
So Athena has signed too it looks like! Eeek, now I am worried that the WWE is actively targetting Shimmer. It always struck me as stupid on their part that they wouldn't cater for fans of serious womens wrestling as being the #1 company you'd think they would try to appeal to everyone, but now that they have Nattie, Davina, Rebecca, Tenille, Britani, KC, Jessie, Athena, Kana, Cat & Leva on their shows and Sara Del Rey & Sarah Stock as trainers it's like wow, bugger! Look at that list! A few years ago, who could have imagined that Leva Bates, Cat Power, Kana and Davina Rose would be in NXT/WWE? SHIMMER has done an amazing job of building careers, and as much as I hate to see them leave, they are getting a huge career break.
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Post by ratetankmark on Sept 12, 2015 3:21:21 GMT -6
So Athena has signed too it looks like! Eeek, now I am worried that the WWE is actively targetting Shimmer. It always struck me as stupid on their part that they wouldn't cater for fans of serious womens wrestling as being the #1 company you'd think they would try to appeal to everyone, but now that they have Nattie, Davina, Rebecca, Tenille, Britani, KC, Jessie, Athena, Kana, Cat & Leva on their shows and Sara Del Rey & Sarah Stock as trainers it's like wow, bugger! They were also apparently impressed with Nikki Storm when she had a try-out match in Japan.
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Post by Stevie on Sept 12, 2015 8:21:06 GMT -6
So Athena has signed too it looks like! Eeek, now I am worried that the WWE is actively targetting Shimmer. "Now"? Where have you been? Also why are you worried? Sorry to break it to you but this is part of what SHIMMER is for.
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Post by mrblacksheep on Sept 12, 2015 13:27:43 GMT -6
I wonder how many scouts attend the shimmer shows?
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Post by SHIMMER office on Sept 12, 2015 16:33:30 GMT -6
Sara attended 48 of them.
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Post by Woo on Sept 12, 2015 20:53:52 GMT -6
So Athena has signed too it looks like! Eeek, now I am worried that the WWE is actively targetting Shimmer. "Now"? Where have you been? Also why are you worried? Sorry to break it to you but this is part of what SHIMMER is for. Well no ****. Just worried that they'll start trying to attack Shimmer the way they've started screwing over ROH.
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Post by Stevie on Sept 13, 2015 3:19:39 GMT -6
"Now"? Where have you been? Also why are you worried? Sorry to break it to you but this is part of what SHIMMER is for. Well no ****. Just worried that they'll start trying to attack Shimmer the way they've started screwing over ROH. Totally different. ROH is a touring company with television. SHIMMER runs two weekends a year. No need to worry.
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Post by mrblacksheep on Sept 14, 2015 15:29:26 GMT -6
Sara attended 48 of them. Well...that answers my question.
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