Riho left the Ice Ribbon promotion in September 2012 to join the Gatoh Move Pro Wrestling promotion, which was a promotion founded by Emi Sakura. In May 2019, Riho made AEW appearances. Riho would then defeat Nyla Rose to become the inaugural AEW Women’s World Champion, and held the ti...
Prior to this, the only engagement between the two women took place on the November 14, 2022 edition of DARK: ELEVATION when they teamed up to defeat Emi Sakura and Mei Suruga, a match that coincidentally also took place in Boston, just four miles away at Agganis Arena. ...
— TDE Wrestling (@tde_gif) February 15, 2022 Tay Conti, Anna Jay & Ruby Soho defeated Emi Sakura, The Bunny & Nyla Rose w/ Vickie Guerrero via Pinfall (3:41) Nyla tells Ruby she beat her and doesn't need to fight her so she tags out to Bunny and Ruby to Anna and they ...
but on this night it was mostly hits rather than misses. Proud and Powerful and The Young Bucks was a nice opener, Adam Page and Pac was a great match in its own right, and Riho and Emi Sakura gave an early example of the potential of women in AEW when they're given the ball....