{"id":30430,"date":"2018-11-08T22:31:39","date_gmt":"2018-11-09T03:31:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=30430"},"modified":"2018-11-08T22:31:39","modified_gmt":"2018-11-09T03:31:39","slug":"meiko-satomura-tells-yahoo-japan-shell-be-back-in-wwe-in-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2018\/11\/08\/meiko-satomura-tells-yahoo-japan-shell-be-back-in-wwe-in-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Meiko Satomura Tells Yahoo Japan She&#8217;ll Be Back in WWE in 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This past Wednesday, 38-year old\u00a0<em>joshi\u00a0<\/em>legend <strong>Meiko Satomura<\/strong>, founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2018\/08\/16\/sendai-girls-more-than-another-joshi-promotion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>SENDAI Girls<\/strong><\/a> promotion in Japan and one of the standout performers in this year&#8217;s <strong>Mae Young Classic<\/strong>, told Yahoo! Japan that she intends to return to the WWE in 2019.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u3010\uff37\uff37\uff25\u3011\u7d99\u7d9a\u53c2\u6226\u8868\u660e\u306e\u91cc\u6751\u660e\u8863\u5b50 \u300c\u30ed\u30f3\u30c0\u30fb\u30e9\u30a6\u30b8\u30fc\u3068\u6226\u3046\uff01\u300d\uff08\u6771\u30b9\u30ddWeb\uff09 &#8211; Yahoo!\u30cb\u30e5\u30fc\u30b9 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qDuvCfkcgE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/qDuvCfkcgE<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YahooNewsTopics?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@YahooNewsTopics<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u30bb\u30f3\u30c0\u30a4\u30ac\u30fc\u30eb\u30ba\u30d7\u30ed\u30ec\u30b9\u30ea\u30f3\u30b0-SENDAI GIRLS PROWRESTLING- (@senjo2006) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/senjo2006\/status\/1060145380946399238?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 7, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Meiko Satomura has a lot still to do in Japan &#8211; including fight the current Sendai Girls Champion\u00a0<strong>Chihiro Hashimoto<\/strong> at <em><strong>BIG SHOW in OSAKA<\/strong><\/em> on November 17 &#8211; plus she still works in the UK with <strong>Pro Wrestling EVE<\/strong> and <strong>Fight Club: PRO<\/strong> (where she&#8217;s the reigning FCP Champion).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30432\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30432\" style=\"width: 357px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30432\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/11\/AAF0E416-E2FD-4AE0-8605-4FC58B3663C9-731x1024-e1541733427383.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"357\" height=\"500\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30432\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Sendai Girls<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to the interview with Yahoo! Japan, Meiko Satomura was flown into New York last month to watch <em><strong>WWE Evolution<\/strong><\/em> with several of the other Mae Young Classic competitors, and after that she knew that she needed to come back to the WWE in 2019. &#8220;The scale and level are completely different,&#8221; she said. The fans are so noisy, I want to stand in that ring. I feel strongly that I cannot just stay in Japan.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VqpqIxEIsMw<\/p>\n<p>While she expressed interest in facing Raw Women&#8217;s Champion <strong>Ronda Rousey<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0saying she had &#8220;not seen a fighter who emitted such an aura&#8221; &#8211; she was most impressed with the match between Smackdown Women&#8217;s Champion <strong>Becky Lynch<\/strong> and <strong>Charlotte Flair<\/strong>, saying the whole match made her &#8220;whole body tremble.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eIBWu9zbZDQ<\/p>\n<p>Meiko Satomura also said that a full-time deal was never going to be in the cards &#8211; with her commitments as owner of SENDAI Girls and her obligations in other promotions around the world, it just wasn&#8217;t feasible &#8211; she did say that she left with an open door invite to return when she was able. And it&#8217;s something she seemingly intends to take advantage of. &#8220;If an opportunity comes up,&#8221; she said, &#8221; I will definitely make the trip across the ocean.&#8221;<\/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<p>Meiko Satomura stole the first few rounds of the Mae Young Classic, with solid displays against <strong>Killer Kelly<\/strong> in the first round, and an absolute classic against <strong>Mercedes Martinez<\/strong> in the second round. She ultimately lost to eventual winner <strong>Toni Storm<\/strong> in the semi finals, in yet another tournament stand out.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Toni Storm vs. Meiko Satomura - Semifinal Match: Mae Young Classic, Oct. 24, 2018\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mRHc6j5V1rE?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<p>No word where Satomura would be utilized, but it would more than likely be a run with either NXT or NXT UK, given the opponents she could more easily work with &#8211; although a match against <strong>Asuka<\/strong> would be something of epic proportions. Before she joined the WWE, Asuka (then known as <strong>Kana<\/strong>) was one of Meiko&#8217;s rivals across several promotions.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kana(WWE&#039;s ASUKA) vs Meiko Satomura\uff08\u83ef\u540dvs\u91cc\u6751\u660e\u8863\u5b50\uff09\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v0aC-dRO0Ek?start=47&#038;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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past Wednesday, 38-year old\u00a0joshi\u00a0legend Meiko Satomura, founder of SENDAI Girls promotion in Japan and one of the standout performers in this year&#8217;s Mae Young Classic, told Yahoo! Japan that she intends to return to the WWE in 2019. \u3010\uff37\uff37\uff25\u3011\u7d99\u7d9a\u53c2\u6226\u8868\u660e\u306e\u91cc\u6751\u660e\u8863\u5b50 \u300c\u30ed\u30f3\u30c0\u30fb\u30e9\u30a6\u30b8\u30fc\u3068\u6226\u3046\uff01\u300d\uff08\u6771\u30b9\u30ddWeb\uff09 &#8211; Yahoo!\u30cb\u30e5\u30fc\u30b9 https:\/\/t.co\/qDuvCfkcgE @YahooNewsTopics &mdash; \u30bb\u30f3\u30c0\u30a4\u30ac\u30fc\u30eb\u30ba\u30d7\u30ed\u30ec\u30b9\u30ea\u30f3\u30b0-SENDAI GIRLS PROWRESTLING- (@senjo2006) November 7, 2018 Meiko Satomura [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":649,"featured_media":30436,"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":[2,13,317,3],"tags":[896,2318,2842],"class_list":["post-30430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-international","category-women","category-wwe-universe","tag-mae-young-classic","tag-meiko-satomura","tag-sendai-girls"],"modified_by":"Jamie Greer","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30430","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=30430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30430\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}