Seadlinnng (stylised as SEAdLINNNG) is a Japanese women's professional wrestling promotion founded in 2015 by former Stardom wrestler and founder Nanae Takahashi. Their roster is predominantly made up of outside talent from other promotions such as Ice Ribbon, Gatoh Move Pro Wrestling and World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana, as well as veterans and freelancers.

Seadlinnng
AcronymSead
FoundedJune 12, 2015
StyleJoshi puroresu
HeadquartersKawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
Founder(s)Nanae Takahashi
Split fromWorld Wonder Ring Stardom
Websiteseadlinnng.com

History

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Seadlinnng founder Nanae Takahashi (seen here in 2020)

After 5 years with World Wonder Ring Stardom, founder Nanae Takahashi left the promotion in the wake of the in-ring incident between Yoshiko 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.[1][2] 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.[3][4][2] 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.[5] In September of the same year, Seadlinnng announced a partnership with American promotion Ring Of Honor's women's division, Women of Honor. This partnership lead to American wrestlers such as ODB and Veda Scott competing in Sead.[6] In January 2017, the promotion gained another signed wrestler in Arisa Nakajima, who had resigned from JWP the previous month.[7] One month later, World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana mainstay Sareee announced she too would sign with the promotion, however, she left and returned to Diana in September of the same year.[8]

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 show on December 29.[9]

Roster

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Wrestlers

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Ring name Real name Notes
Ayame Sasamura Ayame Sasamura Beyond the Sea Tag Team Champion
Itsuki Aoki Aika Aoki Freelancer
Beyond the Sea Tag Team Champion
Sareee[10] Sari Fujimura Beyond the Sea Champion
Asuka Unknown Freelancer
Amazon[11][circular reference] Ayesha Raymond
Makoto Unknown Freelancer
Misa Kagura Unknown Freelancer
Nagisa Nozaki Nagisa Nozaki Freelancer
Yoshiko[12] Yoshiko Hirano
Arisa Nakajima Unknown

Staff

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Ring name Real name Notes
Natsuki☆Taiyo[13] Natsumi Mizushima President
Referee
Managing Director

Alumni

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Ring name Real name Notes
Himeka Arita Himeka Arita
Honori Hana Honori Hana
Nanae Takahashi[14] Nanae Takahashi Founder
Former president
Left on December 29, 2021[9]
ODB Jessica Nora Kresa
Rin Kadokura Kazumi Sugiura
Sae Sae Nomura
Sakura Hirota Sakura Hirota
Sareee Sari Fujimura Left Seadlinnng in September 2017.[15]
Returned in 2020 and left in 2021 to work for WWE.[16]
Veda Scott Veda Scott
Riko Kaiju Riko Shirai Retired in 2023.

Notable alumni/guests

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Championships

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As of November 25, 2024

Championship Current champion(s) Reign Date won Days held Location Notes
Beyond the Sea Single Championship   Sareee 1 August 25, 2023 458+ Tokyo, Japan Defeated Arisa Nakajima at Seadlinnng 8th Anniversary.
Beyond the Sea Tag Team Championship  
 
Ayame Sasamura and Itsuki Aoki 1
(3, 1)
August 23, 2024 94+ Tokyo, Japan Defeated Makoto and Nagisa Nozaki at Seadlinnng 9th Anniversary: Arisa Nakajima Retirement.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "SEAdLINNNG News". July 3, 2015.
  2. ^ a b "女子プロレスの熱い試合が観戦できる!│SEAdLINNNG". October 29, 2015.
  3. ^ "SEAdLINNNG Let's Get Started « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
  4. ^ "女子プロレスの熱い試合が観戦できる!│SEAdLINNNG". December 2, 2015.
  5. ^ "世志琥(よしこ)". February 22, 2016.
  6. ^ "『アメリカ・WOHとの提携が決定/シードリング会見』". 女子プロレスマガジン-Joshi Puroresu magazine-.
  7. ^ "SEAdLINNNGに中島安里紗が入団決定!「1秒でも早く高橋奈七永を越え、新しい時代の扉をこじ開ける」と決意を語る". バトル・ニュース.
  8. ^ "【ディアナ】Sareeeが退団発表 2・26後楽園でラストマッチ – 東京スポーツ新聞社". 東スポWeb – 東京スポーツ新聞社.
  9. ^ a b Defelice, Robert (December 17, 2021). "King Woods Doesn't Mess With Panda Plushies, Nanae Takahashi Update, SmackDown Preview". Fightful. Retrieved February 12, 2022.
  10. ^ "中島安里紗(なかじま・ありさ) ARISA NAKAJIMA 選手". Seadlinnng (in Japanese).
  11. ^ "Amazon Ayesha". Seadlinnng.
  12. ^ "世志琥(よしこ) YOSHIKO 選手". Seadlinnng (in Japanese).
  13. ^ "南月たいよう(なつき・たいよう) TAIYO NATSUKI 取締役専務・レフェリー・選手コーチ". Seadlinnng (in Japanese).
  14. ^ "高橋奈七永(たかはし・ななえ) NANAE TAKAHASHI 代表取締役・選手". Seadlinnng (in Japanese).
  15. ^ プロレス-METAL (15 September 2017). "【SEAdLINNNG】Sareee選手、SEAdLINNNG退団。9.18に高橋奈七永 vs Sareeeシングルマッチ追加". Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  16. ^ Gibbons, Aidan (January 18, 2021). "WWE's Sareee Moving To United States After Final Bookings In Japan". Cultaholic. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
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