10 Crazy Wrestling Scandals You've Never Heard Of
7. The Io Shirai Drugs Gate
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You wouldn't think Nailz and Io Shirai - two wrestlers of opposite quality - would have something in common.
But they do!
In an astonishing story, the details of which have recently resurfaced online, WWE's IYO SKY - then working under her old ring name of Io Shirai - was imprisoned for three weeks in 2012 after being, as it transpired, falsely accused of smuggling drugs into Japan from Mexico. She did technically smuggle 75 grams of cannabis, but she was an unwitting patsy.
Shirai was gifted two paintings alongside then-partner NOSAWA by "fans". Unbeknownst to her, the drugs were hidden between the painting and the frame. Adamant that she was innocent of any wrongdoing - because she was - the fandom didn't believe her. She was granted the opportunity to field a press conference three weeks after being held for a crime far more severe on that side of the pacific, in which she professed her innocence and refused to retire.
Shockingly, it was revealed by wrestler Takuyi Sugi that it was a quite literal frame job; Sugi disclosed that Masahiro Hayashi, a talent agent with a "personal vendetta" against Nosawa, had orchestrated the framing to which he agreed, in exchange for more work.
The confession convinced the police to drop all charges.