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WWE announced on June 30th 2018 on a live event held at the Ryogoku Sumo Hall that they had signed the spearhead of World Wonder Ring STARDOM, Io Shirai, to a contract with the Connecticut based promotion.
This announcement shocked the entire wrestling world, and it especially shocked a young aspiring wrestler of what would now be Shirai's former promotion, who dreamt about wrestling the 2x World of STARDOM champion.
Unfortunately for Utami Hayashishita, Io Shirai left just two months before she was able to make her professional debut, leaving her hopes of wrestling the former STARDOM ace in the dust.