About
Hiroyo Matsumoto
Overview
is Japanese professional wrestler. Emi Sakura gave her the nickname of Lady Destroyer (破壊する女 Hakai Suru Onna) because Matsumoto broke a wall in the Ichigaya arena during her Ice Ribbon debut. She graduated from Hiratsuka Konan High School in the Kanagawa Prefecture. On March 10, 2013, Matsumoto and Tomoka Nakagawa defeated Mayumi Ozaki and Yumi Ohka to win the Oz Academy Tag Team Championship for the second time. On April 24, Matsumoto and Nakagawa lost the title to Aja Kong and Hikaru Shida. On August 11, Matsumoto and Nakagawa regained the Oz Academy Tag Team Championship from Kong and Shida. On October 19, Matsumoto returned to Shimmer and on Volume 59 unsuccessfully challenged Cheerleader Melissa for the Shimmer Championship.On October 25, Matsumoto made her debut for Shimmer's sister promotion, Shine Wrestling, unsuccessfully challenging Rain for the Shine Championship in the main event On December 29, Matsumoto won her first title in Stardom, when she, Mayu Iwatani and Miho Wakizawa defeated the Kimura Monster-gun (Alpha Female, The Female Predator "Amazon" and Kyoko Kimura) for the Artist of Stardom Championship.
On August 10, 2014, Matsumoto, Iwatani and Wakizawa lost the Artist of Stardom Championship to Hatsuhinode Kamen, Kaori Yoneyama and Tsubasa Kuragaki in their fifth defense. On August 31, Matsumoto and Tomoka Nakagawa vacated the Oz Academy Tag Team Championship due to Matsumoto being sidelined with a knee injury.
Matsumoto returned from her knee injury on April 12, 2015, at a Shimmer Women Athletes event. She returned early in order to take part in Tomoka Nakagawa's second to last match, where she, Nakagawa, Kellie Skater and Misaki Ohata were defeated by Aja Kong, Dynamite Kansai, Kyoko Kimura and Mayumi Ozaki. Matsumoto's official return match took place at her self produced event on June 28, where she was defeated by Arisa Nakajima. On December 6, Matsumoto won her first title since her return, when she, Evie and Kellie Skater captured the vacant Artist of Stardom Championship.
On February 28, 2016, Matsumoto, Evie and Skater lost the Artist of Stardom Championship to Io Shirai, Kairi Hojo and Mayu Iwatani in their third defense.[39] On November 13, at Oz Academy's 20th anniversary event, Matsumoto defeated Sonoko Kato to win the Oz Academy Openweight Championship for the first time.
WWE (2018)
Matsumoto was announced to take part in the 2018 Mae Young Classic.She appeared as a villainess and defeated Rachel Evers in the first round. In the second round, Matsumoto was eliminated by Toni Storm.