10 Unnecessary AEW Details You Need To Know
7. Riho Began Wrestling At The Age Of 9
Wrestlers tend to benefit from starting out on this bumping path at a young age, with the hopeful guys and gals looking to make a splash in the industry being able to spend years and even decades honing their craft before finally maturing into a TV-ready top star of tomorrow.
But there's trying your hand at this wrasslin' stuff in your mid-to-late teens, and then there's deciding the wrestling life is for you... at just 9-years-old!
That's precisely what went down when it came to the inaugural AEW Women's World Champion, with the always mesmerising Riho training under fellow AEW regular Emi Sakura before making her official in-ring debut in an exhibition bout vs. Nanae Takahashi and appearing regularly on Sakura's Ice Ribbon promotion going forward.
This means that, despite still only being 25-years-old at this exact moment, Riho has already been performing in-between the ropes for over 15-years.
Other children, your writer included, were likely just figuring out how to get through a school day without scraping their knee as they approached the age of 10. Whereas the mighty Riho had already begun to perfect her signature bridging ability at that point.
Madness.