(stylised as SEAdLINNNG) is a Japanese
women's professional wrestling
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promotion founded in 2015 by former
Stardom
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wrestler and founder
Nanae Takahashi
(born December 23, 1978) is a Japanese professional wrestler and the founder of Seadlinnng. She has wrestled for prominent Japanese promotions All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Sun, and is a two-time women's world champion in m ...
. Their roster is predominantly made up of outside talent from other promotions such as
Ice Ribbon
is a ''joshi puroresu'' (women's professional wrestling) promotion established in 2006 by Emi Sakura, after her split with Gatokunyan.
History
Ice Ribbon was founded by Emi Sakura, a professional wrestler who was active with IWA Japan and F ...
,
Gatoh Move Pro Wrestling and World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana, as well as veterans and freelancers.
History
After 5 years with
World Wonder Ring Stardom
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, founder
Nanae Takahashi
(born December 23, 1978) is a Japanese professional wrestler and the founder of Seadlinnng. She has wrestled for prominent Japanese promotions All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Sun, and is a two-time women's world champion in m ...
left the promotion in the wake of the in-ring incident between
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and
Act Yasukawa. A few months after leaving, Takahashi, along with retired wrestler
Natsuki☆Taiyo, announced the formation of her own promotion, to be known as Seadlinnng (stylised as SEAdLINNNG) on June 12, 2015.
The reasoning for the name was a combination between seedling, symbolising the new promotion, and "to cross the sea". The promotion's debut show, ''Let's Get Started'', took place on August 26, 2015 in
Korakuen Hall
is a famous sports arena in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan, which has hosted many notable boxing, professional wrestling, kickboxing, mixed martial arts and Lethwei matches.
History
On April 16, 1962, the Korakuen Hall was officially opened with a ...
.
In February 2016,
Yoshiko Hirano, a trainee of both Takahashi and Taiyo who retired from pro wrestling in 2015 following a legitimate in-ring incident with fellow wrestler
Act Yasukawa, announced she would be coming out of retirement to compete for Seadlinnng. In September of the same year, Seadlinnng announced a partnership with American promotion
Ring Of Honor
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's women's division,
Women of Honor. This partnership lead to American wrestlers such as
ODB and
Veda Scott
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competing in Sead. In January 2017, the promotion gained another signed wrestler in
Arisa Nakajima
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, who had resigned from
JWP the previous month. One month later, World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana mainstay
Sareee
is a Japanese professional wrestler. She is signed to WWE, where she performs on the NXT brand under the ring name Sarray.
She was trained by Kyoko Inoue and made her debut in April 2011 at the age of 15 where she wrestled under the ring name ...
announced she too would sign with the promotion, however, she left and returned to Diana in September of the same year.
On December 14, 2021, it was revealed that Takahashi would leave the promotion as a wrestler and as the president of the company after the
Korakuen Hall
is a famous sports arena in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan, which has hosted many notable boxing, professional wrestling, kickboxing, mixed martial arts and Lethwei matches.
History
On April 16, 1962, the Korakuen Hall was officially opened with a ...
show on December 29.
Roster
Wrestlers
Staff
Alumni
Notable guests
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Akane Fujita
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Aoi Kizuki
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Hanako Nakamori
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Hikari Shimizu
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Kaoru Ito
is a Japanese professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist currently working as a freelancer and is best known for her tenure with the Japanese promotions All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling and JWP Joshi Puroresu.
Professional wrestling c ...
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Mika Iwata
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Miyuki Takase
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working as a freelancer and is best known for her tenure with the Japanese promotions Pro Wrestling Wave and Pure-J.
Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2017-present)
Takase made ...
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Mochi Miyagi
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Suzu Suzuki
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working as a freelancer and is best known for her time in Ice Ribbon and Pure-J, two Japanese professional wrestling promotions.
Professional wrestling career
Independent circuit (2018–present) ...
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Thekla
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Totoro Satsuki
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Yuki Mashiro
is a Japanese retired professional wrestler and is best known for her time in the Japanese promotion Ice Ribbon where she is a former Triangle Ribbon Champion.
Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2020-2022)
Mashiro did some freel ...
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Yuu Yamagata
better known by her ring name is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working as a freelancer and is best known for her tenure with the Japanese promotions Kaientai Dojo and Pro Wrestling Wave.
Professional wrestling career Independe ...
Championships
As of ,
See also
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Professional wrestling in Japan
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List of professional wrestling promotions in Japan
This is a list of professional wrestling promotions in Japan which includes both national and independent puroresu and joshi companies from the post-World War II period up to the present day.
Major promotions Puroresu
Joshi
Independent prom ...
References
External links
Seadlinnng Official Website (in Japanese)
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Japanese women's professional wrestling promotions
Sport in Kawasaki, Kanagawa
2015 establishments in Japan