{"id":26929,"date":"2018-09-26T23:48:10","date_gmt":"2018-09-27T03:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=26929"},"modified":"2019-06-10T13:41:36","modified_gmt":"2019-06-10T17:41:36","slug":"joshi-kakumei-io-shirai-solidifies-womens-revolution-from-the-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2018\/09\/26\/joshi-kakumei-io-shirai-solidifies-womens-revolution-from-the-east\/","title":{"rendered":"Joshi Kakumei: Io Shirai Solidifies Women’s Revolution from the East"},"content":{"rendered":"

On tonight’s episode of the WWE<\/a> Mae Young Classic<\/strong>, Japanese\u00a0joshi\u00a0<\/em>sensation Io Shirai<\/strong> made her televised WWE debut, facing off against 19-year old Xia Brookside. The match was predominantly Io Shirai in control, beating a merciless Brookside who barely amounted much in offense. But Io Shirai’s savagery was at the same time a thing of grace, and a violent act in honor and respect. Io Shirai moved with the grace of a gymnast and hit with the power of an Amazon, solidifying what\u00a0joshi\u00a0<\/em>fans have known for years. Io Shirai is the real deal. Her arrival in the WWE Universe, plus a few special guests in this year’s Mae Young Classic, has effectively showed solid\u00a0joshi<\/em> wrestling to a rather mainstream audience.\u00a0Joshi\u00a0<\/em>obviously is more involved and in-depth in promotions like Stardom<\/strong> or Sendai Girls<\/strong>, but the\u00a0joshi\u00a0<\/em>that NXT has displayed over the past few months (and years) is far closer to a Stardom match than Shinsuke Nakamura<\/strong>‘s “Strong Style” in the WWE has been in comparison to his “glory days” in New Japan. And the\u00a0kakumei –\u00a0<\/em>revolution – was started with the first soldier, feared\u00a0joshi\u00a0<\/em>striker Kana<\/strong>, who would enter the WWE Universe as Asuka<\/strong>, in 2015.<\/p>\n

Joshi Invasion: Io Shirai Solidifies Women’s Revolution<\/h2>\n