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Arsion

Japanese women's professional wrestling promotion

Field	Value
name	Arsion
established	1997
folded	2003
style	Joshi Puroresu
location	Japan
founder	Aja Kong
split	All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling
successor	AtoZ

Arsion (full official name Hyper Visual Fighting Arsion; frequently styled as ARSION) was a joshi puroresu (women's professional wrestling) promotion established in Japan in 1997 by Aja Kong. The first event took place on February 18, 1998 and was called "Virgin".

History

In its initial conception, the major key figures in the company were founder Aja Kong, president, ex-AJW businessman Hiroshi "Rossy" Ogawa, manager Sakie Hasegawa and trainer Mariko Yoshida. Arsion's first event, entitled Virgin, took place in front of a sell-out crowd in Tokyo on February 18, 1998.

Arsion's wrestlers were trained at the promotion's dojo daily and attended Pancrase and Battlarts dojo events weekly, learning the styles of professional wrestling, lucha libre and shoot wrestling. The following year, in an attempt to boost audience numbers, Arsion put wrestlers Ai Fujita, AKINO, Ayako Hamada and Candy Okutsu together to form a pop group called Cazai. The act was an attempt to recreate the success of previous teams such as the Beauty Pair and Crush Gals, but in the end failed, leading to Arsion splitting the members up. Arsion then made another attempt to atttract audience by pushing former Cazai member Hamada to the top of the promotion with her defeating Aja Kong for the Queen of Arsion Championship in late 2000.

In 2001, Aja Kong left Arsion following a disagreement with management over the promotion's direction and subsequently sued president Ogawa for falsely advertising her for upcoming events. Kong's departure was followed by Ogawa signing Lioness Asuka as the promotion's new booker. Asuka proceeded to push herself, Etsuko Mita, Mima Shimoda and Gami into major storylines. In 2002, Ayako Hamada quit Arsion over internal politics within the promotion, feeling that she had been blamed for Arsion's recent problems and pushed down the card since Asuka took over the booking. Hamada joined Aja Kong at the Gaea Japan promotion. Arsion finally folded during the summer of 2003, after which Yumiko Hotta took over the promotion and renamed it AtoZ.

Championships

Championship:	Final champion(s):	Date won:
Queen of Arsion Championship	Mariko Yoshida	August 24, 2003
Sky High of Arsion Championship	Mika Akino	February 17, 2003
Twin Star of Arsion Championship	Rie Tamada and Takako Inoue	December 17, 2002

Tournaments

Tournament:	Final champion(s):	Date won:
ARS	Lioness Asuka	April 29, 2002
Sky High Tournament	Fabi Apache	October 27, 2001
Twin Stars of Arsion League	Gami and Rie Tamada	December 8, 2001
ZION Tournament	Mariko Yoshida	October 7, 2002

Alumni

Ai Fujita
Aja Kong
Mika Akino
Alda Moreno
Azumi Hyuga
April Hunter
Ayako Hamada
Candy Okutsu
Chaparita Asari
Debbie Malenko
Etsuko Mita
Faby Apache
Hiromi Yagi
Jessie Bennett
Kaori Yoneyama
Lady Metal
Linda Starr
Mari Apache
Mariko Yoshida
Melissa
Michiko Omukai
Mima Shimoda
Mikiko Futagami
Natsumi Nakazawa
Piko
Princesa Sujei
Reggie Bennett
Rie Tamada
Sakie Hasegawa
Yumi Fukawa

References

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