{"id":8810,"date":"2021-08-23T15:32:03","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T15:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsnewsforyou.com\/?p=8810"},"modified":"2021-08-23T15:32:03","modified_gmt":"2021-08-23T15:32:03","slug":"wwe-officially-announces-the-signing-of-japanese-star-io-shirai-video-of-shirai-at-nxt-tokyo-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=8810","title":{"rendered":"WWE Officially Announces The Signing of Japanese Star Io Shirai, Video of Shirai at NXT Tokyo Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<div >\n<div >\n<div  ><\/div>\n<p>WWE.com has announced the following, officially announcing the signing of Japanese star Io Shirai:<\/p>\n<p>WWE has announced that it has signed Io Shirai, one of the most decorated women\u2019s wrestlers in the world, as its newest Superstar.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement was made at today\u2019s WWE Live Event at Tokyo\u2019s Ry\u014dgoku Sumo Hall, where Shirai was introduced to members of the WWE Universe as the newest signee to WWE NXT.<\/p>\n<p>A ring veteran of more than 10 years, Shirai has accomplished more than virtually anyone in the modern history of Japanese women\u2019s wrestlers. Tokyo Sports, a national daily sports newspaper, named her the country\u2019s top female grappler in each of the past three years.<\/p>\n<p>Boasting an exciting and technical in-ring style that combines speed and force, Shirai is renowned for her devastating strikes and suplexes. Nicknamed the \u201cGenius of the Sky,\u201d Shirai also packs a wide arsenal of high-flying moves, including an eye-popping Asai moonsault.<\/p>\n<p>Shirai most recently competed with Tokyo-based World Wonder Ring Stardom, the same organization where NXT Superstar and inaugural Mae Young Classic winner\u00a0Kairi Sane\u00a0first made her name. A fixture of Stardom, Shirai was a multi-time champion there and enjoyed two reigns with the promotion\u2019s top title, the World of Stardom Championship.<\/p>\n<p>Click Here: <a href='https:\/\/www.jerstores.com\/new-zealand-rugby\/crusaders-rugby' title='crusaders rugby jerseys'>crusaders rugby jerseys<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Will it be long before the WWE Universe witnesses Shirai\u2019s spectacular ability in a WWE ring?<\/p>\n<div >\n<div >\n<div ><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p >Welcome #WWE\u2019s newest signee, #IoShirai! #WWETokyo<\/p>\n<p >A post shared by  WWE (@wwe) on <time  datetime=\"2018-06-30T14:31:25+00:00\">Jun 30, 2018 at 7:31am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div  >\n<div ><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WWE.com has announced the following, officially announcing the signing of Japanese star Io Shirai: WWE has announced that it has signed Io Shirai, one of the most decorated women\u2019s wrestlers in the world, as its newest Superstar. The announcement was made at today\u2019s WWE Live Event at Tokyo\u2019s Ry\u014dgoku Sumo Hall, where Shirai was introduced&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8810\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}