{"id":27594,"date":"2018-10-08T01:10:26","date_gmt":"2018-10-08T05:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=27594"},"modified":"2018-10-17T13:28:21","modified_gmt":"2018-10-17T17:28:21","slug":"the-year-of-meiko-continues-meiko-satomura-wins-wxw-femme-fatales-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2018\/10\/08\/the-year-of-meiko-continues-meiko-satomura-wins-wxw-femme-fatales-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"The Year of Meiko Continues: Meiko Satomura Wins wXw Femme Fatales Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The year 2018 has seen a resurgence in the 23 year career of\u00a0<em>joshi<\/em> icon <strong>Meiko Satomura<\/strong> and it continued over the weekend. In Germany, Meiko Satomura was part of the 2018 <strong>Femme Fatales<\/strong> tournament with <strong>Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw)<\/strong> and after defeating <strong>Wesna<\/strong> in the first round and <strong>Millie McKenzie<\/strong> in the semi-final, she defeated another women&#8217;s pioneer in Canadian indie legend <strong>LuFisto<\/strong> to win the annual wXw event.<\/p>\n<h1>Meiko Satomura Wins wXw Femme Fatales Tournament<\/h1>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Congratulations <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/satomurameiko?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@satomurameiko<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/wXwWTTL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#wXwWTTL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/p6P1E9VXZ2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/p6P1E9VXZ2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 wXw Germany (@wXwGermany) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wXwGermany\/status\/1048587529505701889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 6, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It caps off an amazing year for Meiko Satomura, the co-founder of\u00a0<em>joshi<\/em> promotion Sendai Girls, that has seen her capture the <strong>Fight Club: PRO<\/strong> Championship in the UK and the KO-D Openweight Championship with Japan&#8217;s <strong>Dramatic Dream Team (DDT) Pro<\/strong> and have some of the best matches of the 2018 WWE <strong>Mae Young Classic,<\/strong> including an absolute clinic against <strong>Mercedes Martinez<\/strong> last week.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mercedes Martinez vs. Meiko Satomura - Second-Round Match: Mae Young Classic, Oct. 3, 2018\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JPF6WwefHc4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Thank you very much.<br \/>\nI won the tournament.<br \/>\nI had three matches today day. I wanted to give up, but I endured and pushed through.<br \/>\nA strong heart is necessary.<br \/>\nFans, thank you for your support. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/wXwFemmesFatales?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#wXwFemmesFatales<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/wXwWTTL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#wXwWTTL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E4%BB%99%E5%A5%B3?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#\u4ed9\u5973<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/wXwFemmesFatles?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#wXwFemmesFatles<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E3%83%89%E3%82%A4%E3%83%84?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#\u30c9\u30a4\u30c4<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/p4K8LAENFX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/p4K8LAENFX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u91cc\u6751\u660e\u8863\u5b50 meiko satomura (@satomurameiko) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/satomurameiko\/status\/1048596785378328576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 6, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Stay tuned to Last Word on Pro Wrestling for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The year 2018 has seen a resurgence in the 23 year career of\u00a0joshi icon Meiko Satomura and it continued over the weekend. 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