10 Best Nicknames In Modern Wrestling
3. High Speed Bomb Girl (AZM)
High Speed Bomb Girl! High Speed Bomb Girl! HIGH SPEED BOMB GIRL!
*Ahem*
Apologies, but there's something about this nickname that is ridiculously appealing. The second you hear it, you have to stop everything and check out the wrestler it's attached to just so you can see what a High Speed Bomb Girl actually is.
Turns out she's an athletically gifted 19-year-old called AZM who's already won a number of titles in her native Japan. Not bad for a wrestler who's not even old enough to drink in her home country!
AZM's nickname comes from both her high-octane wrestling style, and her run with Stardom's quixotically named High Speed Championship - essentially the company's cruiserweight belt. And just like Rey Mysterio became the perfect exemplar of WCW's legendary cruiserweight division, AZM's athleticism, speed and surprising level of technical prowess made her the ideal fit for the High Speed Championship. Little wonder she paid homage to the man with her "Mysteriorana" manoeuvre.
There are a number of terrible puns we've considered to finish this entry - "Talk about an explosive wrestler!", or "AZM is blowing up!" - but frankly, no joke could match the giddy joy of knowing that there is a wrestler legitimately called HIGH SPEED BOMB GIRL.