MEIKO SATOMURA

Meiko Satomura (里村 明衣子) is a 42-year-old Japanese wrestler currently signed to WWE’s NXT UK brand. She is the current NXT UK Women’s Champion in her first reign.

Satomura made her professional wrestling debut for Gaea Japan, an all female promotion, on April 15, 1995. She won her first match against Sonoko Kato. She teamed with Sonoko Kato in November 1996 and together they defeated Sugar Sato and Chikayo Nagashima to become the inaugural AAAW Tag Team Champions. Satomura won the AAAW Tag Team Championship two more times but with partners Ayako Hamada and Chikayo Nagashima. She also won the AAAW Singles Championship twice. Satomura main evented at Gaea Japan’s final show on April 10, 2005 where she defeated her trainer, Chigusa Nagayo.

Meiko Satomura Joins WCW

In 1996, Meiko Satomura started working for World Championship Wrestling (WCW). She participated in an eight-woman tournament for the inaugural WCW Women’s World Championship but was eliminated in the first round by the tournament’s winner, Akira Hokuto.

When WCW introduced its second women’s title, the WCW Women’s Cruiserweight Championship, she participated in the tournament to determine the inaugural champion but was knocked out of it in the first round as well.

Satomura Forms Sendai Girls’ Pro Wrestling

After Gaea Japan closed, Meiko Satomura and Jinsei Shinzaki formed the promotion, Sendai Girls’ Pro Wrestling. On September 23, 2009, Satomura participated in the Splash J & Running G tournament along with Kaoru and Tomoko Kuzumi. In the tournament’s semi-finals, Satumora’s team defeated the Dynamite Kansai, Makie Numao and Yasuko Kuragaki to advance to the final. They then defeated the team of Hikari Fukuoka, Kanako Motoya and Sonoko Kato to win the Splash J & Running G tournament.

A few years later, in May 2012, Satomura debuted for the promotion, Chikara. She also participated in the group’s premier tournament, King of Trios. In 2016, she teamed with Cassandra Miyagi and Dash Chisako to win the King of Trios tournament.

STATS

Birth name: Meiko Satomura
Born: November 17, 1979, Niigata, Japan
Height: 5 ft 2 in (157 cm)
Weight: 150 lb (68 kg)
Ring name(s): Meiko Satomura, Meiko Satomura Deluxe, Meiko Satomura DX
Current Roster: WWE NXT UK
Finishing Move(s): Death Valley Bomb, Scorpio Rising (Axe kick to a kneeling opponent while using their knee for leverage)

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