LadySports ::: LLF September 24

Text and Pics - Roberto de J Figueroa S

Most fans don't realize that this exciting young lady was born in México, but when she was a baby moved with her family to Japan, and as a teenager began training to wrestle there.

Hamada admitted that while she was growing up, her father did not want her to become a wrestler, but she was determined. She studied at the Dai Nihon Dojo, where trainer Ricky Santana not only instructed her in the Japanese style, but also in Lucha techniques. She was greatly inspired by the legendary Aja Kong, who was helpful to Hamada early in her career.

She finally returned to the land of her birth recently when she made her Lucha Libre Femenil debut in Monterrey. She teamed with Emy Tojo to take on the duo of Princess Sugey and Polly Star. And although Hamada and Tojo lost, they mightily impressed the fans with their skills, and earned the respect of the LLF luchadoras.

Ayako made her singles match debut the following day against the masked American Angel, and immediately after that exhausting battle rushed to a radio station for an interview.

On Sunday September 26, at Arena Coliseo Monterrey, the oldest and largest arena in the city, fans again got to see Hamada in action, this time in a Four Way Dance against her erstwhile partner, Emy Tojo, as well as American Angel and Princess Sugey, with the winner to receive the coveted 2004 Monterrey Trophy. The first woman to be eliminated was Tojo by American Angel with a stunning suplex. After that, the masked Los Angeles native was herself eliminated by Princess Sugey with a variant of the camel clutch. This left Sugey and Ayako alone in the ring with final victory on the line. The two unleashed an awesome struggle against each other, with the end only coming after Hamada hit the Princess with a power bomb and put her shoulders to the mat, giving Ayako her first triumph in her native country!