{"id":46751,"date":"2019-05-23T09:02:05","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T13:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=46751"},"modified":"2019-05-23T09:09:10","modified_gmt":"2019-05-23T13:09:10","slug":"alleliteweek-strong-hearts-invade-las-vegas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2019\/05\/23\/alleliteweek-strong-hearts-invade-las-vegas\/","title":{"rendered":"#AllEliteWeek: Strong Hearts Invade Las Vegas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>All Elite Wrestling (AEW)<\/strong> is bringing a lot of new ideas to the table this Saturday with <em><strong>Double or Nothing<\/strong><\/em> in Las Vegas as well as shining light on some older ones that aren&#8217;t as well known in North America. Their women&#8217;s division is <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2019\/05\/13\/match-point-aja-kong-emi-sakura-yuka-sakazaki-vs-riho-abe-hikaru-shida-ryu-mizunami\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">loaded with top\u00a0<em>joshi<\/em> stars<\/a>, they&#8217;ve got an all-inclusive roster <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2019\/02\/08\/all-inclusive-wrestling-nyla-rose-becomes-first-trans-wrestler-signed-to-major-contract\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">featuring members of the LGBTQ+ community<\/a>, and are offering opportunities to <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2019\/05\/20\/alleliteweek-casino-battle-royale-the-buy-in-aew\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">many of the emerging stars from around the world&#8217;s independent scene<\/a>. But there are three men coming to Las Vegas from Japan that are legends in the Orient, who have only briefly passed through the US in past years. The unit known as <strong>Strong Hearts<\/strong> &#8211; featuring <strong>CIMA, T-Hawk &amp; El Lindaman<\/strong> &#8211; are coming from <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2019\/01\/08\/oriental-wrestling-entertainment-is-this-all-elite-wrestlings-biggest-get\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">China&#8217;s <strong>Oriental Wrestling Entertainment (OWE)<\/strong><\/a> to face <strong>SoCal Uncensored (SCU)<\/strong>&#8216;s trio of <strong>Christopher Daniels, Frankie Kazarian<\/strong>, and <strong>Scorpio Sky<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AEW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AEW<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DoubleOrNothing?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#DoubleOrNothing<\/a><br \/>Sat, May 25th <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LasVegas?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#LasVegas<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MGMGrand?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@MGMGrand<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GardenArena?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#GardenArena<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SCU?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#SCU<\/a> vs <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ORIENTALWRESTL1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@orientalwrestl1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StrongHearts?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#StrongHearts<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AEWDoN?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AEWDoN<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oS4ttGLNdX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/oS4ttGLNdX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AEW\/status\/1126290689522905088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 9, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Strong Hearts Invade Las Vegas: CIMA<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46772\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/05\/95e64b3867a06d4c3f0850000336b39542ae4321_00.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"438\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/05\/95e64b3867a06d4c3f0850000336b39542ae4321_00.jpg 438w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/05\/95e64b3867a06d4c3f0850000336b39542ae4321_00-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/05\/95e64b3867a06d4c3f0850000336b39542ae4321_00-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/05\/95e64b3867a06d4c3f0850000336b39542ae4321_00-420x420.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 438px) 100vw, 438px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Nobuhiko Oshima, better known by his ring name CIMA, was a graduate of the first class of <strong>Ultimo Dragon<\/strong>&#8216;s <strong>Toryumon Dojo<\/strong> in Mexico, where he was trained by Ultimo Dragon and lucha legend <strong>Dos Caras\u00a0<\/strong>in 1997. He began his career in Mexico before returning to Japan to work for Michinoku Pro Wrestling (MPW) in 1998. As Ultimo Dragon&#8217;s student, he also worked briefly for WCW in 1998, under the ring name\u00a0<strong>Shiima Nobunaga<\/strong>, facing the likes of <strong>Perry Saturn, Ernest &#8220;The Cat&#8221; Miller, Disco Inferno<\/strong> and even Ultimo Dragon himself on <em><strong>WCW Monday Nitro, WCW Thunder<\/strong> <\/em>and <em><strong>WCW Saturday Night<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Shima Nobunaga vs The Cat WCW Nitro\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8iifbK-tZG0?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>While back home in Japan, he also wrestled for <strong>Toryumon Japan<\/strong>, it&#8217;s sister promotion. When Toryumon Japan separated from Toryumon Mexico in 2004 and rebranded as <strong>Dragon Gate<\/strong>, CIMA remained with the company becoming one of it&#8217;s biggest stars and greatest legends. In 2005, he founded the <strong>Blood Generation<\/strong> stable, that featured such US stars as <strong>Roderick Strong, Matt Sydal,<\/strong> and <strong>Jack Evans<\/strong>, as well as current NJPW star <strong>Shingo Takagi.<\/strong> In 2005, he made his US return, facing <strong>AJ Styles\u00a0<\/strong>at the\u00a0<strong>Ring of Honor\u00a0<\/strong><em><strong>Dragon Gate Invasion<\/strong><\/em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>event, before\u00a0working with <strong>Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG)<\/strong> the following year, when he entered the 2006 <em><strong>Battle of Los Angele<\/strong><\/em>s. He made the finals in his first year and returned in 2007 to win that year&#8217;s edition of the prestigious indie tournament. In February of 2009, he received a WWE dark match tryout against\u00a0<strong>Jamie Noble\u00a0<\/strong>prior to a taped edition of\u00a0<em><strong>Friday Night SmackDown,\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>but nothing more came of it.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"DGUSA.tv The Young Bucks vs. CIMA &amp; Yokosuka from Enter The Dragon\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6rqHn0EVYZw?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>He rebooted the Blood Generation stable (which dissolved in 2007) as <strong>Blood WARRIORS\u00a0<\/strong>in 2012, with new stars like <strong>Brodie Lee<\/strong> (WWE&#8217;s Luke Harper), <strong>Ricochet, Uhaa Nation<\/strong> (WWE&#8217;s Apollo Crews), <strong>Akira Tozawa<\/strong> and <strong>BxB Hulk<\/strong>, as well as Strong Heart&#8217;s T-Hawk.\u00a0In 2015, he started another huge army, the <strong>Over Generation<\/strong>, that featured another crop of stars, including current Strong Hearts team-mate El Lindman, as well as <strong>Eita, Gamma, Dragon Kid<\/strong> and more. In early 2018, he began working with OWE in China, acting as their trainer and President, and by the spring, announced that he was leaving Dragon Gate after 21 years to focus on OWE, that has since entered into partnerships with AEW (CIMA first brought the <strong>Young Bucks<\/strong> to Japan for the first time in Dragon Gate in 2008), <strong>Crash Lucha<\/strong> in Mexico, and <strong>Future Stars of Wrestling<\/strong>, also based in Las Vegas. CIMA left Dragon Gate as a 3x Open The Dream Gate (World Heavyweight) Champion, 5x Open The Twin Gate (Tag Team) Champion, and a 5x Open the Owari Gate (Comedy) Champion.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Strong Hearts Invade Las Vegas: T-Hawk<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46774\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/05\/T-Hawk-e1558566761805.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\"><\/p>\n<p>Takuya Onodera, more commonly known as T-Hawk, got his start training at Dragon Gate&#8217;s <strong>NEX Wrestling School<\/strong> in 2010. Initially billed as\u00a0<strong>Takuya Tomakomai<\/strong>, he later became <strong>Tomahawk T.T.<\/strong>, before it was ultimately shortened to just T-Hawk. A 6x Open The Twin Gate (Tag Team) Champion in Dragon Gate, he joined CIMA in OWE in 2018.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"OWE Showcase Match \u2014 CIMA vs. T-Hawk: Oriental Wrestling Entertainment\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0lxVeItSomE?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<h3><strong>Strong Hearts Invade Las Vegas: El Lindman<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46773\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/05\/ElLindamanVerserK-e1558566784848.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\"><\/p>\n<p>El Lindaman is the younger of the trio, debuting in Dragon Gate in 2014. In his second year, he joined CIMA&#8217;s Over Generation stable and has allied with him ever since, where he&#8217;s a former Open The Triangle Gate (6-Man Tag Team) Champion.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ze0dnSCVC_o<\/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<h2><strong>Check out our other #AllEliteWeek articles for more AEW news heading into Double or Nothing this Saturday!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2019\/05\/20\/alleliteweek-quick-guide-to-everything-elite\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Quick Guide to Everything Elite (5\/20\/19)<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2019\/02\/08\/all-inclusive-wrestling-nyla-rose-becomes-first-trans-wrestler-signed-to-major-contract\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>All Inclusive: Nyla Rose Becomes First Transgender Wrestler Signed to Major Contract (2\/8\/19)<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2019\/04\/09\/joshi-freelancer-hikaru-shida-joins-aew\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Joshi Freelancer Hikaru Shida Joins AEW (4\/9\/19)<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2019\/05\/13\/match-point-aja-kong-emi-sakura-yuka-sakazaki-vs-riho-abe-hikaru-shida-ryu-mizunami\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Match Point: Aja Kong, Emi Sakura &amp; Yuka Sakazaki vs. Riho, Hikaru Shida &amp; Ryu Mizunami (5\/13\/2019)<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2019\/05\/14\/the-zebras-are-coming-aew-announces-three-referee-signings-more\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>The Zebras Are Coming: AEW Announces Ref Signings (5\/14\/19)<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2019\/05\/15\/its-official-aew-signs-tv-deal-with-tnt-warnermedia\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>It\u2019s Official: AEW Signs TV Deal with TNT\/WarnerMedia (5\/15\/19)<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2019\/05\/20\/alleliteweek-casino-battle-royale-the-buy-in\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Casino Battle Royale &amp; The Buy-In (5\/20\/19)<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2019\/05\/21\/aew-debuts-first-match-hangman-page-vs-pac-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AEW Debuts First Match: PAC vs Hangman Page (5\/21\/19)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2019\/05\/21\/alleliteweek-shawn-spears-tye-dillinger-enters-aew-casino-battle-royale-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Shawn Spears (Tye Dillinger) Enters Casino Battle Royale (5\/21\/19)<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2019\/05\/21\/allelitewrestling-best-friends-hit-the-jackpot\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Best Friends Hit The Jackpot (5\/21\/19)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2019\/05\/22\/alleliteweek-the-young-bucks-and-the-road-to-aew-videos\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Young Bucks and the Road to AEW (5\/22\/19)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2019\/05\/22\/alleliteweek-dustin-rhodes-a-golden-opportunity\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Dustin Rhodes: A Golden Opportunity (5\/22\/19)<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2019\/05\/22\/aew-championship-plan-announced\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>AEW World Championship Plan Announced (5\/22\/19)<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2019\/05\/23\/cody-rhodes-aew\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Cody Rhodes Has Changed The Business in Three Years (5\/23\/19)<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2019\/05\/23\/alleliteweek-strong-hearts-invade-las-vegas\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Stong Hearts Invade Las Vegas (5\/23\/19)<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All Elite Wrestling (AEW) is bringing a lot of new ideas to the table this Saturday with Double or Nothing in Las Vegas as well as shining light on some older ones that aren&#8217;t as well known in North America. 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