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Giulia
Giulia in August 2018
Birth nameEimi Gloria Matsudo
Born (1994-02-21) 21 February 1994 (age 30)
London, England
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Giulia
Billed height162 cm (5 ft 4 in)[1]
Billed weight55 kg (121 lb)[2]
Billed fromTokyo, Japan
Trained byHideki Suzuki[3]
Milano Collection A. T.[3]
Mio Shirai[3]
Tsukasa Fujimoto[3]
Debut29 October 2017

Eimi Gloria Matsudo (松戸グロリア英美, Matsudo Guroria Eimi, born February 21, 1994), better known by her ring name Giulia (ジュリア, Juria), is an English-born Japanese professional wrestler. She is signed to WWE, where she performs on the NXT brand.

Matsudo is best known for her time in Stardom from 2019 to 2024, where she became a one-time World of Stardom Champion, one-time Wonder of Stardom Champion, one-time Goddesses of Stardom Champion, and two-time Artist of Stardom Champion. She is also known for her tenure in NJPW from 2020 to 2024.[4] She has also wrestled for Marigold and Ice Ribbon, becoming a one-time International Ribbon Tag Team Champion (alongside Tequila Saya) in the latter. She was the winner of the 2020 Cinderella Tournament and the 2022 5 Star Grand Prix, the founder and leader of the Stardom-based faction Donna Del Mondo, and the recipient of the 2020 Tokyo Sports Women's Wrestling Grand Prize.[5]

Early life

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Eimi Gloria Matsudo[6][7][8] was born in London, England,[9] on 21 February 1994[1] to a Japanese mother and an Italian father. When she was one year old, the family moved to Japan, where she was raised in Chiba Prefecture. She worked in her parents' Italian restaurant[10] before training as a professional wrestler with Ice Ribbon in 2017.[9] She was bullied as a child from elementary school to junior high due to her mixed race background, prompting her parents to put her in a private high school.[11][12]

Professional wrestling career

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Ice Ribbon (2017–2019)

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Matsudo debuted under the ring name Giulia in a tag team match at New Ice Ribbon #845, an event promoted by Ice Ribbon on 29 October 2017, teaming with Takako Inoue in a loss to Nao Date and Satsuki Totoro.[13] In November, she entered the Young Ice Tournament where she was eliminated by Totoro in the first round.[14] In April 2018, she wrestled Ice Ribbon's ace, Tsukasa Fujimoto, for the first time, losing in 39 seconds.[15] On 24 September, Giulia got her first singles victory when she defeated Asahi.[16] In the latter part of the year, Giulia began a feud with Tequila Saya, which eventually bought in male wrestlers Shinya Aoki and Hideki Suzuki, who acted as mentors for the female wrestlers and taught them new moves throughout their feud.[citation needed] After a match on 31 December where Tequila Saya and Hideki Suzuki were defeated by Giulia and Shinya Aoki, Giulia and Saya reconciled and formed a tag team known as Burning Raw.[17] At the end of the year, she was presented with Ice Ribbon's New Face award, the equivalent of winning rookie of the year.[citation needed] On 27 January 2019, Burning Raw unsuccessfully challenged Kyuri and Maika Ozaki for the International Ribbon Tag Team Championship.[18] After 17 February, Giulia announced she would be taking a month off from wrestling due to nerve damage in her hip.[citation needed] After returning, she began a feud with Maya Yukihi, which culminated in Giulia unsuccessfully challenging for the ICE Cross Infinity Championship on 25 May.[19] In July, Burning Raw defeated Maya Yukihi and Risa Sera to win the International Ribbon Tag Team Championship.[20] After 3 months as champions, Burning Raw lost the titles back to Yukihi and Sera on 23 September.[21] On 13 October, Giulia announced she would be leaving Ice Ribbon.[22][23]

Independent circuit (2017–2024)

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On 1 October 2017, Giulia was invited by Toshiaki Kawada to compete on one of his Holy War shows, where she was defeated by veteran Command Bolshoi.[24] Days later, Giulia was defeated by Aja Kong in a singles match for the Oz Academy promotion.[25] Giulia made several appearances for Big Japan Pro Wrestling in events where joshi puroresu was also promoted. The first one was a house show from 9 June 2018, where Giulia lost to Tequila Saya.[26] At Pro Wrestling Zero1's Tenka-Ichi Junior Tournament 2018 on 18 November, she picked up a victory against Mochi Miyagi.[27] At AWG Act In Osaka, an event promoted by Actwres girl'Z on 21 July 2019, Giulia unsuccessfully challenged Saori Anou for the AgZ Championship.[28]

World Wonder Ring Stardom (2019–2024)

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On 14 October 2019, Giulia announced that she had signed with World Wonder Ring Stardom.[9] On 8 December, she made her in-ring debut on Stardom where she defeated Hazuki.[29]

During January 2020, Giulia formed a new unit named Donna Del Mondo, recruiting Maika and Syuri to the stable in the process.[30] On 8 February, Donna del Mondo defeated Queen's Quest (AZM, Momo Watanabe, and Utami Hayashishita) to win the Artist of Stardom Championship.[31] On 24 March, Giulia defeated Jungle Kyona, Momo Watanabe, fellow Donna del Mondo stablemate Syuri, and finally Natsuko Tora to be crowned the 2020 Cinderella Tournament winner.[32] In July, a feud began between Giulia and Tam Nakano, initially for the Wonder of Stardom Championship, that would continue intermittently for several years.[33][34] On 26 July at Cinderella Summer in Tokyo, Giulia defeated Tam Nakano in the finals of a four-woman tournament to win the vacant Wonder of Stardom Championship.[35] On 3 October, Giulia had her first successful title defense where she defeated Nakano in a rematch.[36] In October and November, Giulia and Maika competed in the Red Goddesses block of the 2020 Goddesses of Stardom Tag League under the team name Crazy Bloom. They reached the finals of the tournament, in which they lost to MOMOAZ.[37] On 14 November, Donna del Mondo lost the Artist of Stardom Championship to Oedo Tai (Bea Priestley, Saki Kashima and Natsuko Tora).[38] At Sendai Cinderella 2020 on 15 November, Giulia successfully defended the Wonder of Stardom Championship against Konami.[39] On 20 December, Giulia defended the Wonder of Stardom Championship in a title vs. title match against fellow Donna del Mondo member Syuri who defended the SWA World Championship.[40] The match ended in a time-limit draw, with both titleholders retaining their titles in the process.[40]

On 3 March 2021, at All Star Dream Cinderella, Giulia was defeated by Tam Nakano in a hair vs. hair match for the Wonder of Stardom Championship, ending her reign at 220 days. Post-match, she had her head partially shaved in the ring, with the rest cut off backstage.[41] At Yokohama Dream Cinderella 2021 on 4 April, Giulia teamed up with Syuri to win the Goddesses of Stardom Championship from fellow Donna Del Mondo members Maika and Himeka after an inter-stable clash. Giulia and Syuri would later name their tag team Alto Livello Kabaliwan, often shortened to ALK, meaning High Level Madness.[42] Giulia made it to the second round of the 2021 Cinderella Tournament on 14 May, where she lost to Maika.[43] At Yokohama Dream Cinderella 2021 in Summer on 4 July, ALK successfully defended their Goddesses of Stardom Championship against Stars (Mayu Iwatani and Koguma).[44] Giulia took part in the 2021 5 Star Grand Prix, competing in the Red Stars block, but pulled out of the tournament after three matches due to dealing with several injuries.[45] She made her in-ring return on 29 December at Dream Queendom where she successfully picked up a victory against Konami, who was departing from Stardom.[46][47]

Giulia in 2022

On 3 January 2022, Giulia revealed Thekla from Ice Ribbon and Mirai from Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling as the two masked superstars who kept attacking various other wrestlers at the end of 2021. All three of them teamed up to defeat Cosmic Angels (Tam Nakano, Mai Sakurai and Unagi Sayaka) in a six-woman tag team match.[48] At Nagoya Golden Fight on 29 January, Giulia battled Mayu Iwatani into a time-limit draw in a number one contendership match for the World of Stardom Championship, which awarded both of them an opportunity to challenge for the championship at World Climax 2022.[49] On the first night of the World Climax 2022 from March 26, Giulia unsuccessfully challenged Syuri for the World of Stardom Championship. After their match, Syuri announced she will leave Donna Del Mondo to walk on her path and form another stable, later revealed to be God's Eye.[50] On the second night from March 27, Giulia teamed up with Maika, Himeka and Thekla to take out Prominence's Risa Sera, Suzu Suzuki, Akane Fujita and Mochi Miyagi, with whom all the Donna Del Mondo members had been in a feud. However, Suzu Suzuki stated that she was not finished with Giulia despite her unit's loss, which meant that the feud was still standing.[51] At the 2022 Cinderella Tournament, Giulia reached the second rounds on 10 April, where she lost to Koguma.[52] At Flashing Champions on 28 May, Giulia teamed up with Mai Sakurai to unsuccessfully face FWC for the Goddesses of Stardom Championship.[53] At Fight in the Top on 26 June, Giulia, Maika, and Mai Sakurai unsuccessfully challenged Oedo Tai (Saki Kashima, Momo Watanabe and Starlight Kid), and God's Eye (Syuri, Mirai and Ami Sourei) in a three-way match for the Artist of Stardom Championship.[54] Giulia was announced compete in the 2022 5 Star Grand Prix on 30 July.[55] She won the whole competition on the last day of the tournament from October 1 by defeating Tam Nakano in the finals.[56] On 29 December at Dream Queendom 2, Giulia defeated Syuri to win the World of Stardom Championship for the first time in her career.[57]

On 4 February 2023, at Stardom Supreme Fight, Giulia had her first successful title defense of the World of Stardom Championship by defeating Suzu Suzuki.[58][59] On 4 March, Giulia's second title defense, against Maya Yukihi, ended in a double countout.[60] It was later reported that the reason for the match ending in a double countout was due to real-life heat between the two.[61] On 23 April at All Star Grand Queendom, Giulia lost the title to Tam Nakano, ending her reign at 115 days.[62] On 27 May, at Flashing Champions, Giulia, Mai Sakurai and Thekla, together known as the Baribari Bombers, defeated the Artist of Stardom Champions REStart (Kairi, Natsupoi and Saori Anou) to win the titles.[63]

At New Years Stars 2024 on 3 January 2024, Baribari Bombers participated in the 2024 Triangle Derby. After reaching the finals and deciding to defend the Artist of Stardom Championship, they lost the match and titles to Abarenbo GE.[64]

On February 27, 2024, Tokyo Sports reported that Giulia would be leaving Stardom at the conclusion of her contract.[65] Giulia had her last match in Stardom on April 12, teaming with Syuri against Mayu Iwatani and Hanan.[66]

New Japan Pro-Wrestling (2020–2024)

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Giulia has taken part in exhibition matches organized by New Japan Pro-Wrestling in relationship with World Wonder Ring Stardom to promote female talent.[67] In her first match, Giulia teamed up with Hana Kimura in a losing effort to Mayu Iwatani and Arisa Hoshiki on the first night of Wrestle Kingdom 14 on 4 January 2020.[68] On 5 January 2021, the second night of Wrestle Kingdom 15, Giulia teamed up with fellow Donna Del Mondo stable member Syuri to defeat Mayu Iwatani and Tam Nakano.[69][70] On the second night of the Wrestle Grand Slam in MetLife Dome from September 4, Giulia teamed up with Syuri to defeat Momo Watanabe and Saya Kamitani.[71] At Historic X-Over on 20 November 2022, Giulia teamed up with Zack Sabre Jr. and defeated Syuri and Tom Lawlor in a mixed tag team match.[72]

At NJPW Independence Day on 5 July 2023, Giulia defeated Willow Nightingale to become the second Strong Women's Champion.[73][74] On 20 August at Multiverse United 2, Giulia wrestled in the United States for the first time in her career, where she successfully defended the Strong Women's Championship against Deonna Purrazzo, Gisele Shaw, and Momo Kohgo.[75] Giulia lost the Strong's Women's Championship to Stephanie Vaquer on night 2 of Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2024.

WWE (2024–present)

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On 5 April 2024, Giulia was spotted taking photos with fans at the WWE World convention. The next day, it was rumored that Giulia had signed with WWE and would start in their developmental brand NXT once she was done with all of her planned appearances in Japan.[76] At NXT Stand & Deliver she was shown in the crowd sitting with Vice President of Global Talent Development William Regal and Rossy Ogawa. On 11 April, in an interview with Tokyo Sport, Giulia said she could not confirm any reports but would make an announcement "in the not too distant future".[77] On 1 September, Giulia made her official debut at NXT No Mercy, confronting NXT Women's Champion Roxanne Perez after Perez's successful defense of the title.[78] She made her WWE in-ring debut on the 10 September episode of NXT, where she defeated Chelsea Green.[79][80] At Week 1 of NXT's CW premier on 1 October, Giulia failed to win the title from Perez after interference from the returning Cora Jade.[81] On the following week, Giulia aligned herself with former rival Stephanie Vaquer to take out Perez and Jade.[82] On the 15 October episode of NXT, Giulia saved Vaquer from a beatdown by Perez and Jade after Vaquer's in-ring debut, and it was later announced that the four will take on each other in a tag team match at NXT Halloween Havoc, which they won.[83][84] At NXT Deadline on December 7, Giulia won the women's Iron Survivor Challenge to earn an NXT Women's Championship match at NXT: New Year's Evil.[85]

Dream Star Fighting Marigold (2024)

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On 15 April 2024, Rossy Ogawa held a press conference to announce his new promotion Dream Star Fighting Marigold, with Giulia being one of the initial members of the roster.[86][87][88][89] On 20 May, she participated in the main event of Marigold's debut production, Marigold Fields Forever, tag-teaming with Utami Hayashishita in a losing effort against Sareee and Bozilla. At the end of the event, Giulia and Sareee were scheduled for a singles match at Marigold Summer Destiny on 13 July 2024.[90] However, the next day, it was announced by Marigold that Giulia had suffered a wrist fracture, with her near-term matches cancelled, and putting her Marigold Summer Destiny match against Sareee for the inaugural Marigold World Championship in doubt. In the end, the bout took place, with Giulia coming unsuccessful.[91] Giulia then announced that her final match for Marigold before moving to WWE would be on 19 August against Mai Sakurai at Marigold Summer Gold Shine 2024.[92] At the event, Giulia defeated Sakurai.[93]

Professional wrestling style and persona

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Giulia was nicknamed "Beautiful Madness" during her time in Stardom and the nickname was carried into WWE.[94] One of her signature wrestling maneuvers is a variation of the scissored armbar crossface, which she calls simply Bianca.[94] She also uses a knee lift as her finisher, which she calls Arrivederci.

Other media

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On August 23, 2024, Matsudo released her own autobiography named My Dream, describing her wrestling journey.[95]

Championships and accomplishments

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Luchas de Apuestas record

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Winner (wager) Loser (wager) Location Event Date Notes
Tam Nakano (hair) Giulia (hair) Tokyo, Japan All Star Dream Cinderella 3 March 2021 [41]

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