Jumping Bomb Angels

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Jumping Bomb Angels (Noriyo Tateno and Itsuki Yamazaki)


Statistics
Ring name(s)	Jumping Bomb Angels
Billed height	Both - 5' 5" (164 cm)
Billed weight	Tateno - 165 lb (75 kg) Yamazaki - 125 lb (57 kg)
Born	Tateno - December 1, 1965 Tateno - Ashikaga, Tochigi, Japan
Debut	Tateno - July 12, 1981 Yamazaki - 1980
Retired	Yamakazi - 1991

1 Career
2 Wrestling Facts
- 2.1 Finishing/Signature Moves
- 2.2 Championships and Accomplishments
3 References

[edit] Career

Jumping Bomb Angels were a female Japanese professional wrestling tag team. The members were Noriyo Tateno and Itsuki Yamazaki (also billed as Itzuki Yamazaki) and they wrestled in the World Wrestling Federation.

[edit] Japan

Noriyo Tateno and Itsumi Yamazaki formed one of the most exciting teams on the Japanese Woman's Wrestling circuit. On January 5, 1986, The Angels defeated Bull Nakano and Condor Saito to win the vacant WWWA World Tag Team Championship. Then on March 20, 1986, Lioness Asuka & Chigusa Nagayo, the Crush Gals, defeated The Angels to capture the WWWA Tag Team titles.

[edit] World Wrestling Federation

Tateno and Yamazaki were known as "The Jumping Bomb Angels" in the World Wrestling Federation. At the Survivor Series in 1987, The Jumping Bomb Angels were the sole survivors in the Women's division Survivor Series match. On January 24, 1988 at the Royal Rumble, The Angels beat The Glamour Girls in a best 2/3 Falls match to win the WWF Women's Tag Team Championship. On June 8, 1988, The Glamour Girls (Leilani Kai & Judy Martin) defeated The Angels to recapture the WWF Women's Tag Team Championship.

It was reported that in January 2004 the WWE approached Yamazaki for a recommendation of a Japanese woman wrestler they could use. She suggested that the WWE look at Takako Inoue. Nikkan Sport went on to report that Takako was very happy with the workout and said that she wants to be more than a sexy WWE Diva. If they want her only for her sex appeal she wouldn't be interested as she was a professional wrestler first and foremost.

Yamazaki is retired from wrestling and lives in New York where she owns the sushi restaurant GO.

[edit] World Championship Wrestling

Prior to her retirement, Yamazaki appeared in World Championship Wrestling in 1991. She wrestled at the WCW Wrestle War pay-per-view, teaming with Mami Kitimura to defeat Miki Handa and Miss A. She is often misidentified as Itsumi Yamazaki.