{"id":11206,"date":"2017-12-24T07:49:38","date_gmt":"2017-12-24T12:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=11206"},"modified":"2017-12-24T07:49:38","modified_gmt":"2017-12-24T12:49:38","slug":"nxts-kairi-sane-appears-stardom-yoko-bito-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2017\/12\/24\/nxts-kairi-sane-appears-stardom-yoko-bito-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"NXT&#8217;s Kairi Sane Appears at Stardom for Yoko Bito Retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At <strong>Stardom<\/strong>&#8216;s event to honor the retirement of <strong>Yoko Bito<\/strong>, NXT Superstars <strong>Kairi Sane<\/strong> appeared as part of the ceremony to pay respects to her former tag team partner.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WWE NXT Superstar Kairi Sane showed up to say goodbye to Bito! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2vLmFo0mup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/2vLmFo0mup<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; We Are Stardom (@we_are_stardom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/we_are_stardom\/status\/944904603455258624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 24, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/STARDOM?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#STARDOM<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%80%E3%83%A0?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#\u30b9\u30bf\u30fc\u30c0\u30e0<\/a><br \/>\u7f8e\u95d8\u967d\u5b50 \u5f15\u9000\u30bb\u30ec\u30e2\u30cb\u30fc<br \/>KAIRI SANE \u5b9d\u57ce\u30ab\u30a4\u30ea\u9078\u624b\u304c\u767b\u5834\uff01<br \/>\u5922\u306e\u7a7a\u9593\u3060\uff01 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2IP0Xz0L5R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/2IP0Xz0L5R<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u9031\u672b\u30ec\u30b9\u30c8\u30e9\u30f3\u30d4\u30a2\u30cb\u30b9\u30c8 \u3082\u3068\u3044 Motoi (@ms00001) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ms00001\/status\/944904999707983873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 24, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Kairi Sane, who, as <strong>Kairi Hojo<\/strong> was one of Stardom&#8217;s most beloved and decorated champions, left Japan early in 2017 to join WWE, where she became the darling of the Mae Young Classic, taking the tournament in a gripping finale against new NXT Superstar <strong>Shayna Baszler<\/strong>. She left a World of Stardom Champion (their top title), Wonder of Stardom Champion (the equivalent of their Intercontinental Champion), a 3x Goddesses of Stardom Champion (tag team titles) and 4x Artist of Stardom Champion (6-woman tag). One of her Goddesses of Stardom title reigns was beside Yoko Bito.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u967d\u5b50\u306f\u3093\u3002<br \/>\u4eca\u65e5\u3067\u5f15\u9000\u306a\u3093\u3066\u3001\u307e\u3060\u4fe1\u3058\u3089\u308c\u306a\u3044\u3051\u3069\u2026<br \/>\u30c1\u30fc\u30e0BY\u5b9d\u306e\u7d46\u306f\u6c38\u4e45\u4e0d\u6ec5\u3067\u3059\u3002<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/bestpartner?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#bestpartner<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/N1adx9wQuv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/N1adx9wQuv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kairi Sane (@KAIRI_official) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KAIRI_official\/status\/944742376966258688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 24, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Yoko Bito was part of Stardom&#8217;s first graduating class of students in 2010, alongside Sane <strong>Mayu Iwatani<\/strong>, but was forced to retire just two years later due to neck and back injuries. She took four years off to heal and made a surprise return in April of 2016, capturing the Wonder of Stardom title as well as teaming with Kairi Sane for tag team gold as well. Sadly, following her Wonder of Stardom title loss to <strong>Io Shirai<\/strong> this past November, Bito announced she would have to retire once again, this time for good, at the end of the year.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thank you, Yoko Bito. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zkdWtG3fxJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/zkdWtG3fxJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; We Are Stardom (@we_are_stardom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/we_are_stardom\/status\/944908145020747777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 24, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Sane&#8217;s appearance for Bito&#8217;s retirement marked the second early Christmas present for international fans from NXT, following <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2017\/12\/23\/ringkampf-reunion-wxw-two-nxt-superstars-appear\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the surprise appearance<\/a> of former wXw wrestlers <strong>Alexander Wolfe<\/strong> and <strong>Axel Dieter Jr.<\/strong> at <strong>wXw<\/strong>&#8216;s <em><strong>17th Anniversary<\/strong><\/em> event last night, ahead of the announced appearances of <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2017\/12\/16\/apollo-crews-preston-city-wrestling\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Apollo Crews<\/strong> in the UK with <strong>PCW<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2017\/12\/18\/nxts-oney-lorcan-appearing-beyond-wrestling\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Oney Lorcan<\/strong>&#8216;s appearance with <strong>Beyond Wrestling<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Stardom&#8216;s event to honor the retirement of Yoko Bito, NXT Superstars Kairi Sane appeared as part of the ceremony to pay respects to her former tag team partner. WWE NXT Superstar Kairi Sane showed up to say goodbye to Bito! pic.twitter.com\/2vLmFo0mup &mdash; We Are Stardom (@we_are_stardom) December 24, 2017 #STARDOM #\u30b9\u30bf\u30fc\u30c0\u30e0\u7f8e\u95d8\u967d\u5b50 \u5f15\u9000\u30bb\u30ec\u30e2\u30cb\u30fcKAIRI SANE \u5b9d\u57ce\u30ab\u30a4\u30ea\u9078\u624b\u304c\u767b\u5834\uff01\u5922\u306e\u7a7a\u9593\u3060\uff01 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":649,"featured_media":11211,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,13,317,323],"tags":[481,1428,480,1882],"class_list":["post-11206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-international","category-women","category-world-wonder-ring-stardom","tag-kairi-hojo","tag-kairi-sane","tag-stardom","tag-yoko-bito"],"modified_by":"Jamie Greer","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/649"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11206\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}