{"id":3016,"date":"2017-03-09T15:52:26","date_gmt":"2017-03-09T20:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/?p=3016"},"modified":"2017-03-09T15:52:26","modified_gmt":"2017-03-09T20:52:26","slug":"stardoms-kairi-hojo-coming-to-wwe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2017\/03\/09\/stardoms-kairi-hojo-coming-to-wwe\/","title":{"rendered":"Stardom’s Kairi Hojo Coming To WWE"},"content":{"rendered":"

At 28 years old,\u00a0Kairi\u00a0Hojo\u00a0<\/strong>has been considered one of the three best wrestlers (male or female) in the world. Since her debut in 2012 she has been lighting up the rings of World Wonder Ring Stardom<\/strong> in classic matches against the likes of Nixon Newell, Santana Garrett, Mayu Iwantani, \u00a0lo Shirai, Viper, Deonna Purrazzo, Kagetsu, Jungle Kyona<\/strong> among others.<\/p>\n

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Photo: Stardom<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

She is a three time Artist of Stardom champion (with three sets of partners),\u00a0 three time Goddess of Stardom Champion (with two different partners), a one time World of Stardom champion, and the current Wonder of Stardom Champion.<\/p>\n

For someone who initially aspired to be an actress, Kairi Hojo has already carved out an impressive and legendary career in both her young life and time spent inside a professional wrestling ring.<\/p>\n

Now, per a report from the Wrestling Observer’s Dave Meltzer<\/strong>,\u00a0 Hojo will be bringing her elite abilities and unbridled passion to be the very best to World Wrestling Entertainment.<\/p>\n

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This is both a major success and signing for the company.\u00a0 They had been actively pursuing Hojo and Stardom’s top star (and ACE) Shirai since last October. Both gave thought to signing but ultimately decided to remain with Stardom which would have been devastated by losing their two best talents.<\/p>\n

Five months later and Hojo has come to terms with the top wrestling company in the United States for the next three years.<\/p>\n

At the March 5 Stardom event, she and Yoko Bito dropped the Goddess of Stardom Championships to Hiroyo Matsumoto and Jungle Kyona in only their second defense of the titles.\u00a0 Presumably she will drop the Wonder of Stardom by the end of the current tour before headed for the US.<\/p>\n

Outlook:<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The timing of her deciding to sign with WWE comes at a great time it seems.<\/p>\n

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Photo: Stardom<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When the former Kana<\/strong> signed in 2015 to become Asuka<\/strong>, there were questions on how she would fare competing at the “WWE style” and if the other talents could rise to her level of wrestling.<\/p>\n

Right off the bat she\u00a0 had a really solid match against raw rookie Dana Brooke<\/strong> and has since had strong outings and some classics against the likes of Emma, Bayley, Nia Jax, Mickie James, Peyton Royce, Billie Kay<\/strong>, and Nikki Cross<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

She took to WWE like a duck in water because she was already accustomed to adjusting to different levels of experience, ability, and style.<\/p>\n

Hojo has followed that same career path. As fate would have it, Stardom’s General Manager Fuka watched her performance at a theater where she portrayed a pro wrestling villain and invited her to\u00a0a Stardom show.\u00a0She immediately fell in love with the colorful sport and began her training. Like Asuka in NXT, she quickly adapted to the squared circle as if she’d been doing it her whole life.\u00a0 In five short years, she has won numerous awards and accolades for her work.<\/p>\n