{"id":44189,"date":"2019-04-15T16:01:14","date_gmt":"2019-04-15T20:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=44189"},"modified":"2019-04-18T10:49:50","modified_gmt":"2019-04-18T14:49:50","slug":"aew-signs-cima-full-time-hints-at-two-other-signings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2019\/04\/15\/aew-signs-cima-full-time-hints-at-two-other-signings\/","title":{"rendered":"AEW Signs CIMA Full Time, Hints At Two Other Signings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Being The Elite episode 147 they announced that\u00a0<strong>CIMA\u00a0<\/strong>has signed a full-time deal with\u00a0<strong>All Elite Wrestling\u00a0<\/strong>(AEW) and they also hinted at the signing of\u00a0<strong>Super Smash Bros (Evil Uno &amp; Stu Grayson)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u201cSpellbound\u201d - Being The Elite Ep. 147\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L4KTiQVq_v4?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>Japanese\u00a0legend and innovator CIMA has been wrestling since 1997.\u00a0 For the first few years of his career, he mainly wrestled for\u00a0<strong>Toryumon Japan\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Michinoku Pro Wrestling<\/strong>.\u00a0 He also made some appearances for lucha\u00a0giants <strong>CMLL\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>AAA<\/strong>, <strong>World Championship Wrestling (WCW)<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>WA-R\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>New Japan Pro Wrestling\u00a0<\/strong>among others.\u00a0 In 2004 Toryumon would make way for a new promotion known as\u00a0<strong>Dragon Gate<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0CIMA would go on to become synonymous with Dragon Gate for years as he helped them to develop an eye-catching, highly athletic Junior Heavyweight style that became popular all over the indies in the mid-2010s.\u00a0 During his run on top of DG he would become a bonafide draw and heavily decorated as he left the company in 2017 as a former\u00a0<em>Open The Dream Gate\u00a0<\/em>Champion, a five-time\u00a0<em>Open The Owarai Gate\u00a0<\/em>Champion, three-time\u00a0<em>Open The Brave Gate\u00a0<\/em>Champion, five-time\u00a0<em>Open The Twin Gate\u00a0<\/em>Champion, twelve-time, (Yes TWELVE)\u00a0<em>Open The Triangle Gate\u00a0<\/em>Champion and a three-time\u00a0<em>Open The Dream Gate\u00a0<\/em>Champion.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_44192\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44192\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-44192\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/04\/WON-e1555357796918.jpg\" alt=\"AEW Signs CIMA\" width=\"600\" height=\"375\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44192\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: F4wonline<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 2017 CIMA left his home promotion of Dragon Gate to join\u00a0Chinese company <strong>Oriental Wrestling Entertainment<\/strong><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>(OWE) and form the faction STRONGHEARTS who toured the world and tore the house down everywhere they went.\u00a0 He helped to bring his high paced style to OWE as he trained a whole new set of wrestlers in the eye-catching\u00a0style he had perfected for over a decade.\u00a0 While touring the world he reminded everyone of why he was such a big name in Japan as he had great matches and star power everywhere he went.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_44191\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44191\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-44191\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/04\/CIMA-PWG-e1555357858846.png\" alt=\"AEW Signs CIMA\" width=\"600\" height=\"334\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44191\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: PWG<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The other signing hinted at was that of the Super Smash Bros. tag team.\u00a0 The Canadian tag team was one of the\u00a0<strong>Young Bucks<\/strong> biggest rivals in their time in\u00a0<strong>Pro Wrestling Guerrilla\u00a0<\/strong>(PWG) as the two teams had some insanely good tag matches.\u00a0 The team had some visa issues that prevented working in the US for a bit, but they continue to be major players in Canada with <strong>Smash Wrestling<\/strong> and have worked in the UK with <strong>IPW, ATTACK!,<\/strong>\u00a0and <strong>Tidal Championship Wrestling<\/strong>. The SSB would be a big get for AEW as they are a talented tag team that can be babyfaces, heels, comedic, serious and everything in between.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_44193\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44193\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-44193\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/04\/toronto-bucks-e1555358304996.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44193\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: ROH<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for 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>On Being The Elite episode 147 they announced that\u00a0CIMA\u00a0has signed a full-time deal with\u00a0All Elite Wrestling\u00a0(AEW) and they also hinted at the signing of\u00a0Super Smash Bros (Evil Uno &amp; Stu Grayson). 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