Momo Watanabe

Momo Watanabe (渡辺桃, Watanabe Momo) (born March 22, 2000)[3] is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to the World Wonder Ring Stardom promotion. Since making her debut on November 16, 2014, she became a two-time Artist of Stardom Champion,[4][5] one-time Goddess of Stardom Champion[6] and one-time Wonder of Stardom Champion.[7]

Momo Watanabe
Watanabe in 2019
Born (2000-03-22) March 22, 2000
Sagamihara, Kanagawa
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Momo Watanabe
Billed height156 cm (5 ft 1 in)
Billed weight55 kg (121 lb)
Trained byFuka[1]
DebutNovember 16, 2014[2]

Professional wrestling career

World Wonder Ring Stardom (2014–present)

On November 16, 2014, Watanabe made her professional wrestling debut at World Wonder Ring Stardom where she unsuccessfully challenged Takumi Iroha.[2] On December 6, 2016, Watanabe received her first title match where she teamed with Io Shirai and Mayu Iwatani to challenge for the vacant Artist of Stardom Championship, which was won by Hyper Destroyers (Evie, Hiroyo Matsumoto and Kellie Skater) in a three-way tag team match, which also involved Oedo Tai (Act Yasukawa, Kris Wolf and Kyoko Kimura).[8][9]

Entering 2016, Jungle Kyona and Watanabe teamed together under the name "JKGReeeeN".[2] On January 10, JKGReeeeN challenged Thunder Rock (Iwatani and Shirai) for the Goddesses of Stardom Championship, but were unsuccessful.[10] JKGReeeeN continued to wrestle through 2016 and even participated in the Goddesses of Stardom Tag League, alhough, unsucceeded making it to the finals.[2] shortly after the Tag League, Watanabe turned on Kyona to join Shirai's unit "Queen's Quest".[11]

On January 7, 2017, Watanabe, along with HZK and Shirai, defeated Kagetsu, Kyoko Kimura and Viper, who replaced Hana Kimura due to injury, to win the Artist of Stardom Championship.[4] The trio held the championship until April 9, where the title was vacated as Watanabe was sidelined with an injury.[12] After 10 months of injury, Watanabe returned on November 4, where she defeated Wolf.[13]

On February 18, 2018, Watanabe challenged the leader of Queen's Quest Shirai for the Wonder of Stardom Championship in the main event at the Korakuen Hall, but was unsuccessful.[14] On April 30, Watanabe won the Cinderella Tournament after defeating Bea Priestley in the finals.[15] For winning the tournament, Watanabe challenged Shirai again for the Wonder of Stardom Championship.[15] On May 23, Watanabe defeated Shirai to win the Wonder of Stardom Championship, becoming the youngest wrestler to hold the title at the age of 18.[7] On November 4, Watanabe, along with fellow Queen's Quest member Utami Hayashishita won the Goddess of Stardom Tag League after defeating Chardonnay and Priestley in the finals.[16] On November 23, Hayashishita and Watanabe defeated J.A.N. (Jungle Kyona and Natsuko Tora) to win the Goddesses of Stardom Championship.[6]

On April 5, 2019, Watanabe participated in Stardom's first event at the United States in New York City, where she successfully defended the Wonder of Stardom Championship against her tag team partner Hayashishita.[17] On May 16, Watanabe lost the Wonder of Stardom Championship to Arisa Hoshiki, ending her reign at 358 days, and setting a record with most successful title defenses, at 13.[18] On July 15, Hayashishita and Watanabe lost the Goddesses of Stardom Championship to Tokyo Cyber Squad (Jungle Kyona and Konami).[19] On November 23, Watanabe, along with AZM and Hayashishita, won the Artist of Stardom Championship after they defeated Andras Miyagi, Kagetsu and Natsu Sumire.[5]

On January 19, 2020, during the main event of Stardom 9th Anniversary, Watanabe challenged Iwatani for the World of Stardom Championship, but was unsuccessful.[20] On February 8, AZM, Hayashita and Watanabe lost the Artist of Stardom Championship to Donna del Mondo (Giulia, Maika and Syuri).[21] On November 8, Watanabe, along with AZM, won the Goddesses of Stardom Tag League when they defeated Giulia and Maika in the finals.[22] After winning the Tag League, AZM and Watanabe challenged Hayashishita and Saya Kamitani on November 14 for the Goddesses of Stardom Championship, but were unsuccessful.[23] On December 20, Watanabe challenged Hayashishita for the World of Stardom Championship, but was unsuccessful.[24]

Championships and accomplishments

References
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