Erika Shishido is a professional wrestler, better known by the stage name Aja Kong, and the founder of the ARSION all-women professional wrestling promotion. Shishido has won several championships in both singles and tag team divisions throughout her career, primarily while with All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling.
Shishido was trained by AJW, and graduated as part of their class of 1986. She made her debut that summer, and immediately joined Dump Matsumoto's heel stable the Atrocious Alliance, along with fellow classmate and tag team partner Nobuko Kimura. After the stable dissolved in 1988 due to Matsumoto's retirement, Shishido and Kimura went their separate ways, but re-formed in 1990 as Jungle Jack. Now called Aja Kong and Bison Kimura, they entered a two-year feud against their former allies Bull Nakano and her heel stable Gokumon-to. During their partnership they won the WWWA World Tag Team Championship twice, and participated in some memorable matches. The most famous of these was a hair vs. hair match on January 11, 1991, which was lost by Jungle Jack, resulting in both women being shaved bald.
Kong herself also pursued Nakano for the WWWA World Heavyweight Championship during the early 1990s. She failed in several attempts before finally achieving her goal on November 15, 1992, ending Nakano's three-year reign.
Kong made a notable wrestling appearance in the United States. She was the sole survivor of a women's elimination match at the World Wrestling Federation pay per view Survivor Series in 1995. Kong also appeared on two episodes of Monday Night Raw and was victorious in both bouts. Kong was being built up as a challenger for the WWF Women's Championship, which was held at the time by Alundra Blayze (also known as Madusa). Kong was scheduled to face Blayze at the Royal Rumble pay per view in 1996, but Blayze was fired before this match up could occur.
In 1997, Kong left AJW and started the independent promotion Hyper Visual Fighting ARSION (usually referred to as simply ARSION). She led the organization until 2001, when, on February 12, she walked out of a tag team match, and announced she was quitting ARSION. This dramatic event was televised.
Shishido continues to wrestle as a freelancer for various promotions in Japan. Recently she formed a tag team with Amazing Kong/Margaret. On June 6, 2006, Erika and Margaret defeated Wataru Sakata and Ryoji Sai for the HUSTLE Super Tag Team Championship. They lost the titles on October 9, 2006 to American tag team Bubba Ray and Devon in a three-way match which also included the team of Sodom and Gamora. She has also made recent appearances in the Chicago based all women promotion SHIMMER.
All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling
AJW Champion (1 time)
AJW Tag Team Champion (1 time) - with Naboko Kimura
All Pacific Champion (1 time)
Japan Grand Prix (1992)
Japan Grand Prix (1996)
WWWA World Heavyweight Champion (2 times)
WWWA World Tag Team Champion (4 times) - with Grizzly Iwamoto (1), Bison Kimura (2), and Amazing Kong (1)
ARSION
Queen of ARSION (1 time)
Twin Star of ARSION (1 time) - with Mariko Yoshida
GAEA Japan
AAAW Championship (3 times)
AAAW Tag Team Championship (3 times) - with Mayumi Ozaki (1), Devil Masami (1), and Amazing Kong (1)
HUSTLE
HUSTLE Super Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Margaret (Amazing Kong)
Wrestling Observer Newsletter
member of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (inducted in 2006)
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Shishido was trained by AJW, and graduated as part of their class of 1986. She made her debut that summer, and immediately joined Dump Matsumoto's heel stable the Atrocious Alliance, along with fellow classmate and tag team partner Nobuko Kimura. After the stable dissolved in 1988 due to Matsumoto's retirement, Shishido and Kimura went their separate ways, but re-formed in 1990 as Jungle Jack. Now called Aja Kong and Bison Kimura, they entered a two-year feud against their former allies Bull Nakano and her heel stable Gokumon-to. During their partnership they won the WWWA World Tag Team Championship twice, and participated in some memorable matches. The most famous of these was a hair vs. hair match on January 11, 1991, which was lost by Jungle Jack, resulting in both women being shaved bald.
Kong herself also pursued Nakano for the WWWA World Heavyweight Championship during the early 1990s. She failed in several attempts before finally achieving her goal on November 15, 1992, ending Nakano's three-year reign.
Kong made a notable wrestling appearance in the United States. She was the sole survivor of a women's elimination match at the World Wrestling Federation pay per view Survivor Series in 1995. Kong also appeared on two episodes of Monday Night Raw and was victorious in both bouts. Kong was being built up as a challenger for the WWF Women's Championship, which was held at the time by Alundra Blayze (also known as Madusa). Kong was scheduled to face Blayze at the Royal Rumble pay per view in 1996, but Blayze was fired before this match up could occur.
In 1997, Kong left AJW and started the independent promotion Hyper Visual Fighting ARSION (usually referred to as simply ARSION). She led the organization until 2001, when, on February 12, she walked out of a tag team match, and announced she was quitting ARSION. This dramatic event was televised.
Shishido continues to wrestle as a freelancer for various promotions in Japan. Recently she formed a tag team with Amazing Kong/Margaret. On June 6, 2006, Erika and Margaret defeated Wataru Sakata and Ryoji Sai for the HUSTLE Super Tag Team Championship. They lost the titles on October 9, 2006 to American tag team Bubba Ray and Devon in a three-way match which also included the team of Sodom and Gamora. She has also made recent appearances in the Chicago based all women promotion SHIMMER.
All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling
AJW Champion (1 time)
AJW Tag Team Champion (1 time) - with Naboko Kimura
All Pacific Champion (1 time)
Japan Grand Prix (1992)
Japan Grand Prix (1996)
WWWA World Heavyweight Champion (2 times)
WWWA World Tag Team Champion (4 times) - with Grizzly Iwamoto (1), Bison Kimura (2), and Amazing Kong (1)
ARSION
Queen of ARSION (1 time)
Twin Star of ARSION (1 time) - with Mariko Yoshida
GAEA Japan
AAAW Championship (3 times)
AAAW Tag Team Championship (3 times) - with Mayumi Ozaki (1), Devil Masami (1), and Amazing Kong (1)
HUSTLE
HUSTLE Super Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Margaret (Amazing Kong)
Wrestling Observer Newsletter
member of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (inducted in 2006)
technorati tags: wrestling ,pro wrestling,wrestling news,woman wrestling,female wrestling,japanese wrestling
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