Giulia (wrestler)

Giulia (ジュリア, Juria, born February 21, 1994) is an English-born Italian-Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to World Wonder Ring Stardom. She is best known for her time in Ice Ribbon, where she competed from her debut in 2017 up until October 2019.

Giulia
Giulia in August 2018
Born (1994-02-21) February 21, 1994[1]
London, England[2]
ResidenceChiba, Japan[2]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Giulia
Billed height162 cm (5 ft 4 in)[1]
Trained byMio Shirai
DebutOctober 29, 2017

Early life

Giulia was born in London, England to Italian and Japanese parents, and was raised in Japan's Chiba Prefecture. She worked as a manager in an Italian restaurant before applying to train as a professional wrestler with Ice Ribbon in 2017.[2]

Career

Ice Ribbon (2017–2019)

Giulia made her Ice Ribbon debut in October 2017, teaming with the legendary Takako Inoue in a loss to Nao Date and Satsuki Totoro.[3] In November, she entered the Young Ice Tournament where she was eliminated by Totoro in the first round.[4] In April, she wrestled Ice Ribbon ace Tsukasa Fujimoto for the first time, losing in 39 seconds.[5] On September 24, she defeated Asahi for her first singles victory.[6] On October 1, she was invited by the legendary Toshiaki Kawada to compete on one of his "Holy War" produce shows, where she was defeated by veteran Command Bolshoi.[7] Days later, she was defeated by Aja Kong in a singles match for the Oz Academy promotion.[8] In the latter part of the year, she began a feud with Tequila Saya, which eventually bought in male wrestlers Shinya Aoki and Hideki Suzuki, who acted as mentors for the female wrestlers and taught them new moves throughout their feud. After a match on December 31 where Saya and Suzuki were defeated by Giulia and Aoki, the two women reconciled and formed a tag team known as "Burning Raw".[9] At the end of the year, she was presented with Ice Ribbon's "New Face" award, the equivalent of winning rookie of the year. On January 27, Burning Raw unsuccessfully challenged Kyuri and Maika Ozaki for the International Ribbon Tag Team Championship.[10] After February 17, she announced she would be taking a month off from pro wrestling due to nerve damage in her hip. After returning, she began a feud with Maya Yukihi, which culminated in Giulia unsuccessfully challenging for the ICE Cross Infinity Championship on May 25.[11] In July, Burning Raw defeated Yukihi and Risa Sera to win the International Ribbon Tag Team Championship.[12] After 3 months as champions, they dropped the titles back to Yukihi and Sera on September 23.[13] In a surprise announcement on October 13, Giulia announced she would abruptly be leaving Ice Ribbon.[14][15]

World Wonder Ring Stardom (2019–present)

On October 14, 2019, Giulia announced that she had signed with World Wonder Ring Stardom.[2] On January 4, 2020, Giulia and Hana Kimura were defeated by Mayu Iwatani and Arisa Hoshiki in a Stardom Special tag team match at New Japan Pro-Wrestling's Wrestle Kingdom 14 event.[16] On March 24, Giulia defeated Jungle Kyona, Momo Watanabe, fellow Donna Del Mondo stablemate Syuri, and finally Natsuko Tora to be crowned the 2020 Cinderella Tournament winner.

Championships and accomplishments

References
  1. "女子プロレス－アイスリボン－official site". iceribbon.com.
  2. "アイスリボン退団のジュリアがまさかのスターダム登場 電撃参戦に観客騒然 – 東京スポーツ新聞社". 東スポＷeb – 東京スポーツ新聞社.
  3. "Ice Ribbon New Ice Ribbon #845 ~ Oktober Ice Ribbon Fest 2017 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
  4. "Ice Ribbon New Ice Ribbon #849 ~ Yokohama Ribbon 2017 ~November~ « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
  5. "Ice Ribbon New Ice Ribbon #879 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
  6. "Ice Ribbon New Ice Ribbon #910 ~ Yokohama Ribbon 2018 ~Fall~ « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
  7. "Toshiaki Kawada Produce Holy War Vol. 3 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
  8. "OZ Academy You Might Think « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
  9. "Ice Ribbon New Ice Ribbon #930 ~ RibbonMania 2018 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
  10. "Ice Ribbon New Ice Ribbon #938 ~ Nagoya Ribbon 2019 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
  11. "Ice Ribbon New Ice Ribbon #962 ~ Osaka Ribbon 2019 II « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
  12. "Ice Ribbon New Ice Ribbon #971 ~ Yokohama Ribbon 2019 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
  13. "Ice Ribbon New Ice Ribbon #994 ~ Yokohama Ribbon 2019 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
  14. "突然の発表となりますが10月13日付けで、アイスリボンを退団しました。 選手の皆様、スタッフの皆様、ファンの皆様の暖かいご指導ご支援を頂き、ここまで成長することが出来ましたことを、この場をお借りしまして、お礼申し上げます。 私はこれから新しい未来に向かって、まい進して行きます！pic.twitter.com/yd2ADcgWcs". October 13, 2019.
  15. "【アイスリボン】ジュリアがSNSで突然の退団を発表". October 14, 2019.
  16. Jeremy Lambert (December 24, 2019). "Stardom Talent To Compete At NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14". Fightful. Retrieved December 24, 2019.
  17. Michael, Casey. "New Artist Of STARDOM Champions Crowned". Squared Circle Sirens. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
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