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The Crush Gals were a professional wrestling tag team consisting of Lioness Asuka and Chigusa Nagayo. Formed in 1983 in the All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW) promotion, the Crush Gals would become an extremely popular and influential unit throughout the 1980s, helping to propel both themselves and AJW into mainstream popularity in Japan.
[1] [2] [3] Wrestling Journalist and historian Dave Meltzer has stated that in the 1980s, the Crush Gals reached a level of popularity in Japan equatable to Hulk Hogan in the United States in the same period, [3] and thereafter Chigusa Nagayo was the most popular woman in wrestling for an extended period until her first retirement in 1989.
She came to prominence as one of the leading female wrestlers in All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW) during the 1980s. The longtime leader of the Atrocious Alliance stable, which included Crane Yu, Condor Saito and Bull Nakano, she was one of the main rivals of the popular tag team the Crush Gals. Their long-running feud would become ...
The Women of Wrestling (WOW) is an American women's professional wrestling promotion. WOW personnel consists of professional wrestlers, commentators, ring announcers and various other positions. Executive officers are also listed.
[2] [3] The celebrities involved with WrestleMania events have come from a range of occupations, including singing, acting, sports, and modeling, and have been used in a variety of roles, such as live musical performances, backstage segments, ringside managers, and on some occasions, competing in a wrestling match.
Orange Is the New Black creator Jenji Kohan is looking to move from women's prison into the wrestling ring. 'Orange Is the New Black' creator sets '80s women's wrestling comedy series 'GLOW' at ...
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An icon turns 66 today! Born Madonna Louise Ciccone, in Bay City, Michigan, Madonna changed the pop culture landscape as soon as she came out with her eponymous debut album back in 1983.