{"id":130206,"date":"2021-12-03T17:52:03","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T23:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/recovery\/?p=130206"},"modified":"2021-12-18T23:35:45","modified_gmt":"2021-12-19T05:35:45","slug":"io-shirai-discusses-move-to-the-main-roster-talent-shed-like-to-face-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/12\/03\/io-shirai-discusses-move-to-the-main-roster-talent-shed-like-to-face-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Io Shirai discusses move to the main roster, talent she&#8217;d like to face"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-682269185\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>NXT&#8217;s Io Shirai is ready for a run on the WWE main roster.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Sports Illustrated ahead of NXT War Games on Sunday, Shirai spoke about the move, said she was ready, and even had some potential opponents in mind.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Of course, I would be open to a move to SmackDown or Raw,&#8221; Shirai said. \u201cThe opportunity would present new goals and encounters different from what I have achieved and experienced in NXT. I would like a rematch with Sasha Banks as soon as possible. I also heard Bayley say she wanted to have a match with me, and I would definitely relish my first confrontation with her. If it is a title match, even better.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Shirai is a former NXT Women&#8217;s Championship and lost the championship to Raquel Gonzalez over the summer. Shirai is a member of Team Gonzalez against Toxic Attraction in a War Games match on Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p>CATCH-UP: Beth Phoenix announces she\u2019s leaving NXT<\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-679694771\"><div id=\"pwtor-2601852061\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>NXT&#8217;s Io Shirai is ready for a run on the WWE main roster. In an interview with Sports Illustrated ahead of NXT War Games on Sunday, Shirai spoke about the move, said she was ready, <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/12\/03\/io-shirai-discusses-move-to-the-main-roster-talent-shed-like-to-face-2\/\" title=\"Io Shirai discusses move to the main roster, talent she&#8217;d like to face\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":128865,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,13,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-prowrestlingnews","category-news_nxt","category-news_wwe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2021\/10\/NXT-Hits-Misses-211019-Io-Shirai-Zoey-Stark.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130206"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":130207,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130206\/revisions\/130207"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}