Aja Kong

Infobox Wrestler
name=Aja Kong
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Erika


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weight=103 kg (225 lb)
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resides=Tokyo, Japan
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nihongo|Erika Shishido|宍戸 江利花|Shishido Erika (born September 25, 1970) 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.cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/a/aja-kong.html|title=Aja Kong at Online World of Wrestling]

Early life

Shishido is of mixed Japanese and African American heritage. Her father was a military serviceman.

Career

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 1995. Kong also appeared on two episodes of Monday Night Raw and was victorious in both bouts, including one vicious bout where she broke the nose of Chaparita Asari. 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, called Double Kong, and held tag team championships in Japanese women's promotions AJW, GAEA, and Ladies Legend Pro Wrestling. On June 6, 2006, wrestling as Erika and Margaret, the team 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.

Presently, Aja wrestles for Mayumi Ozaki's promotion, Oz Academy. She has previously held the promotion's championship title and is currently leading a stable which includes AKINO, Manami Toyota, and Hiroyo Matsumoto. Kong and Toyota will be competing in the June tag team tournament for the newly-created Oz Academy Tag Team Championships.

In wrestling

*Finishing and signature moves
**"Uraken Fist" (Spinning backfist)
**Brainbuster
**Northern Lights superplex
**Package piledriver
**Powerbomb
**Back suplex
**Standing seated senton, as a counter to a sunset flip
**Piledriver

*Entrance theme
**"The Hellion/Electric Eye" by Judas Priest
**"Jungle Emperor"

Championships and accomplishments

*All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling:*AJW Championship (1 time):*AJW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Naboko Kimura:*All Pacific Championship (1 time):*WWWA World Heavyweight Championship (2 times):*WWWA World Tag Team Championship (4 times; Final champions) – with Grizzly Iwamoto (1), Bison Kimura (2), and Amazing Kong (1):*AJW Hall of Fame (1998) [cite web |url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/zenjo/hof.html |title=All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling Hall of Fame |accessdate=2007-10-09 |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year=2003 |month= |format= |work= |publisher=Puroresu Dojo |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= ] :*Japan Grand Prix (1992, 1996)

*ARSION:*Queen of ARSION (1 time):*Twin Star of ARSION (1 time) – with Mariko Yoshida

*GAEA Japan:*AAAW Singles 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

*Ladies Legend Pro Wrestling:*LLPW Tag Team Championship (1 time; First-ever champions) - with Amazing Kong

*Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards:*5 Star Match (1993) with Sakie Hasegawa, Kyoko Inoue, and Takako Inoue vs. Dynamite Kansai, Cutie Suzuki, Mayumi Ozaki, and Hikari Fukuoka on July 31:*5 Star Match (1994) vs. Manami Toyota on November 20:*Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 2006)

References

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NAME=Kong, Aja
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Shishido, Erika
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Japanese professional wrestler
DATE OF BIRTH=September 25, 1970
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