1. Iyo Sky is signed to WWE, where she performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Iyo Sky and is the current Women's World Champion in her first reign.
22 Facts About Iyo Sky
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Iyo Sky is a member of Damage CTRL and a former two-time WWE Women's Tag Team Champion with fellow stablemate Dakota Kai, as well as a former Women's Money in the Bank contract holder and former WWE Women's Champion.
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Iyo Sky is best known for competing as Io Shirai in WWE's developmental brand NXT, where she was a former NXT Women's Champion and NXT Women's Tag Team Champion with Zoey Stark, and previously in World Wonder Ring Stardom, where she was a two-time World of Stardom Champion.
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Iyo Sky was recognized as the "ace" of Stardom, and was the recipient of the 2015,2016 and 2017 Tokyo Sports Joshi Puroresu Grand Prizes.
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Iyo Sky's run in Stardom coincides with the rise of her own stable, Queen's Quest, which carried on after Shirai's departure in 2018 until 2024.
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Iyo Sky won the promotion's top title, the World of Stardom Championship, in April 2013, later holding it twice, with each reign lasting for over a year.
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Iyo Sky worked for Stardom from 2011 until 2018, when she signed with WWE.
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Iyo Sky was later assigned to the NXT brand, where she had several high profile programs and matches in the respective women's division.
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Iyo Sky officially turned heel for the first time in her career in 2019, and won her first championship in WWE, the NXT Women's Championship, in June the following year.
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Iyo Sky made her debut on the main roster at the 2022 SummerSlam pay-per-view under the new name of Iyo Sky, and subsequently became a member of Bayley's Damage CTRL stable.
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In March 2025, Iyo Sky won WWE's Women's World Championship, making her the tenth WWE Women's Triple Crown Champion and the seventh WWE Women's Grand Slam Champion.
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Iyo Sky has been highly praised throughout her career, and has been called one of the best women's wrestlers in the world.
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Iyo Sky's tryout was not supposed to go public, but due to a communications issue, she was featured on WWE's official website in an article that was taken down shortly afterwards.
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On January 28,2023, Iyo Sky participated in the women's Royal Rumble match at the titular event, eliminating five wrestlers, four of which were done by her, Bayley, and Kai, before being eliminated by Lynch.
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In retaliation, Iyo Sky handcuffed Bayley and Becky Lynch together before grabbing the briefcase.
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At SmackDown: New Year's Revolution on January 5,2024, Iyo Sky defeated Mia Yim to retain her title.
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On February 1,2025, Iyo Sky entered the Women's Royal Rumble as the first entrant.
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Iyo Sky eliminated Sonya Deville, but was eliminated by Jax, lasting 1:06:45.
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Iyo Sky broke Bayley's 2024 record, but her record was broken by Liv Morgan and Roxanne Perez that same night.
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Iyo Sky became the first wrestler to become a Grand Slam champion in Japan and America.
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On Night 2 of WrestleMania 41, Iyo Sky defeated Ripley and Belair in a critically acclaimed triple threat match to retain the title.
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Odate as Io Shirai and Iyo Sky is a playable character in the video games WWE 2K20, WWE 2K22, WWE 2K23 and WWE 2K24.