{"id":74403,"date":"2020-08-12T22:06:38","date_gmt":"2020-08-13T02:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/?p=74403"},"modified":"2020-08-12T22:06:57","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T02:06:57","slug":"west-coast-indie-star-heather-monroe-makes-aew-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2020\/08\/12\/west-coast-indie-star-heather-monroe-makes-aew-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"West Coast Indie Star Heather Monroe Makes AEW Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Longtime WWE official <strong>Mike Chioda<\/strong> wasn&#8217;t the only one who made <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2020\/08\/12\/mike-chioda-aew\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">his All Elite Wrestling debut on Wednesday night<\/a>. In women&#8217;s action, AEW Women&#8217;s Champion <strong>Hikaru Shida<\/strong> faced off against another new face, as West Coast indie star <strong>Heather Monroe<\/strong> made her AEW debut as Shida&#8217;s unannounced opponent.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Your AEW Women&#39;s World Champion just laying HEAVY strikes to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Heatherisme?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Heatherisme<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Watch <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AEWDynamite?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AEWDynamite<\/a> NOW on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tntdrama?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@TNTDrama<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GdI7QAsxEP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/GdI7QAsxEP<\/a> for our International fans. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AEWonTNT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AEWonTNT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AEWonTNT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@AEWonTNT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rsIfD9Hczb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/rsIfD9Hczb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AEW\/status\/1293723824647811074?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 13, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Heather Monroe is a four-year pro who began her career in 2016 as a student with the <strong>Santino Brothers Wrestling School<\/strong>, before entering the West Coast indies in 2016 with the likes of <strong>Alternative Wrestling Show (AWS)<\/strong> and <strong>Maverick Pro<\/strong>, as well as making her debuts with <strong>SHIMMER Wrestling<\/strong> and <strong>RISE Wrestling<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zqslk2B3kZA&#038;t=304s<\/p>\n<p>Starting in 2017, she became a regular with Championship Wrestling From Hollywood and Bar Wrestling, where she was a regular tag team partner of Laura James in The Killer Baes, and expanded into other promotions like <strong>Hoodslam, Future Stars of Wrestling (FSW), All Pro Wrestling (APW)<\/strong>, and other West Coast promotions, as well as expanding nationally with the like of <strong>Reality of Wrestling (ROW)<\/strong> and <strong>Sabotage Wrestling<\/strong> in Texas, where she held the Sabotage Championship for 119-days.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"FREE MATCH | Heather Monroe vs. Taya Valkyrie (Franky Monet) | September 30, 2018 | FSWnetwork.com\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5p-SOnjnsKY?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>Heather Monroe has had small appearances for other major promotions, including an appearance on <em><strong>WWE Raw<\/strong><\/em> in 2017 against <strong>Nia Jax<\/strong>, dark matches with <strong>Ring of Honor<\/strong> (against <strong>Brandi Rhodes<\/strong> in 2018), and two showings with <strong>IMPACT Wrestling<\/strong> in 2018 against <strong>Su Yung<\/strong> and <strong>Allie<\/strong>. She&#8217;s also competed in Mexico with both <strong>AAA Lucha Libre<\/strong> and <strong>The Crash Lucha<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Women of Honor: Heather Monroe vs Brandi Rhodes\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XvEXyg6wmCg?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><em>Stay tuned to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" 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. You can catch AEW Dynamite Wednesday nights at 8 PM ET on TNT and AEW DARK Tuesday nights at 7 PM ET on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCFN4JkGP_bVhAdBsoV9xftA\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Longtime WWE official Mike Chioda wasn&#8217;t the only one who made his All Elite Wrestling debut on Wednesday night. In women&#8217;s action, AEW Women&#8217;s Champion Hikaru Shida faced off against another new face, as West Coast indie star Heather Monroe made her AEW debut as Shida&#8217;s unannounced opponent. 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