Meiko Satomura vs Toni Storm - Mae Young Classic
Added 2024-09-27 21:00:07 +0000 UTCWatch: https://streamable.com/pwo7b8
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It was one of the Attitude Era/Monday Night War docs
''Watch Me Whip Watch Me'' Nanae Takahashi
2024-09-29 17:49:48 +0000 UTCAt some point she decided to put more focus on running her promotion in Japan, but still gets checks from WWE
''Watch Me Whip Watch Me'' Nanae Takahashi
2024-09-29 17:48:37 +0000 UTCSatomura is still signed to WWE. We just don’t know what she’s doing.
Steamed Ham Champion Dillon Haggett
2024-09-28 08:52:35 +0000 UTCThe other semifinal match is Rhea vs Io Shirai. Both were intruded to wwe audiences by this tournament
Karen
2024-09-28 03:42:44 +0000 UTCThe 2 years tournament introduced a lot of the current wwe female superstars. And almost didn't happen before the first year started Vince almost pulled the plug on it because he felt some of the woman didn't meet his appearance standards for the divas.
Karen
2024-09-28 03:31:04 +0000 UTCMeiko went on to be the woman's champion in NXT UK and has wrestled a few times on NXT. I believe Mercedes went to Japan and studied with her after leaving wwe.
Karen
2024-09-28 03:25:30 +0000 UTCI gotta find that again lol
Dport
2024-09-28 02:58:54 +0000 UTCWhen did I ask that? lol
Dport
2024-09-28 02:58:33 +0000 UTCIt would be super cool to find a way to do a tournament watch through for the Mae Young classic tournaments and the Cruiserweight Classics. They mainly consisted of NXT talent and independent stars, quite a few that may be familiar to you now.
Jeremy Brooks
2024-09-28 02:52:38 +0000 UTCAnd she apparently waited to be power bombed by bubba off the cage lmaooo bad ass woman 🔥🔥🔥
Phillyman!!
2024-09-28 00:50:19 +0000 UTCSince your question wasn't answered in the video, Mae Young was a legendary female wrestler who got her start in the 1940s and had occasional appearances in WWE up to 2013 (including being power bombed through a table by Bubba Ray Dudley when she was in her 70s.
Adam Nelson
2024-09-28 00:43:20 +0000 UTCRemember when you ask,"Who Grandma did they powerbomb?" That was Mae Young.
Arome 64
2024-09-28 00:36:08 +0000 UTCYeah, if only Dakota and Tegan could keep their legs from getting hurt. They both have a history of that.
Adam Nelson
2024-09-28 00:13:06 +0000 UTCNice. That was on my list to recommend at some point too, but I probably wasn't going to get to it until early next year.
Adam Nelson
2024-09-28 00:07:32 +0000 UTCWait till next month, Bailey vs Meiko from the Japan tour this summer
Karen
2024-09-27 23:50:28 +0000 UTCShe is 44 years old and can still go with the top group
Karen
2024-09-27 23:48:00 +0000 UTCFor the 2 years they did the Mae Young Classic and the cruiserweight classic, they mainly used either indie talent or nxt talent. So short answer, No, meiko has not been in WWE before this
Matthew Harvey
2024-09-27 22:43:41 +0000 UTCThis was during the era before WWE was on peacock. At the time they had all their content on a service they ran called the WWE Network. NXT and NXT UK ran weekly on it alongside shows like 205 Live and etc. I think they produced quite a few tournaments and events specifically for the service. They had a lot more wrestlers on the roster back then, So I guess this was a way to showcase them. Though in the case of the Mae Young Classic and the Cruiseweight Classic they allowed wrestlers who weren't signed to compete.
JayDVDV
2024-09-27 22:30:51 +0000 UTCMeiko's career actually goes all the way back to even appearing in WCW! It's certainly a shame we didn't see her more in WWE TV now that she's retiring, she has actually been signed for years now but she has her own promotion in Japan which is what I assume has kept her appearances sparse (she actually wrestled Bayley for the WWE Title a couple of months ago in their tour to Japan!!!). Plus, she was originally "The Final Boss" before The Rock was named that in his feud with Cody haha. On a small correction, Michael Cole actually got her finisher's name wrong🤓☝️it's Scorpio Rising, not Scorpion Kick, the latter being Dakota Kai's signature move
Flair
2024-09-27 21:59:56 +0000 UTCThat scorpion kick was sick. Whenever Dakota comes back, I gotta keep an eye out for it
Tallywags
2024-09-27 21:44:31 +0000 UTChttps://youtu.be/-jPUQB_Moj4?si=xwlAtxutI410moA6 yeah
Diruroru
2024-09-27 21:32:12 +0000 UTCMeiko is so good. Even the way she wrenches in the headlock is better than what we see from most. Both were awesome here. Would be cool if toni brought back her version of the STF aswell. Looked great. Great match. I think Dakota kai does a version of the scorpion kick but it's from a standing position. I think it's called that anyways
Diruroru
2024-09-27 21:30:44 +0000 UTCYour Vince comment had me rolling
BazMan01
2024-09-27 21:05:51 +0000 UTC
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