Giulia | |
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![]() Giulia in September 2024 | |
Birth name | Eimi Gloria Matsudo |
Born | London, England | 21 February 1994
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Giulia |
Billed height | 163 cm (5 ft 4 in)[1] |
Billed weight | 55 kg (121 lb)[2] |
Billed from | Tokyo, Japan |
Trained by | Hideki Suzuki[3] Milano Collection A. T.[3] Mio Shirai[3] Tsukasa Fujimoto[3] |
Debut | 29 October 2017 |
Eimi Gloria Matsudo (松戸グロリア英美, Matsudo Guroria Eimi, born February 21, 1994), better known by her ring name Giulia (ジュリア, Juria), is a Japanese professional wrestler. She is signed to WWE, where she performs on the NXT brand and is the current NXT Women's Champion in her first reign.
Matsudo is best known for her time in World Wonder Ring Stardom from 2019 to 2024, where she became a one-time World of Stardom Champion, one-time Wonder of Stardom Champion, one-time Goddesses of Stardom Champion, two-time Artist of Stardom Champion, and was also the winner of the 2020 Cinderella Tournament, the 2022 5 Star Grand Prix, the founder and leader of the Stardom-based faction Donna Del Mondo, and the recipient of the 2020 Tokyo Sports Women's Wrestling Grand Prize.[4] She is also known for her tenure in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) from 2020 to 2024 due to its working partnership with Stardom, and won the Strong Women's Championship there.[5] Matsudo has also performed for Ice Ribbon and Dream Star Fighting Marigold, becoming a one-time International Ribbon Tag Team Champion (alongside Tequila Saya) in the former.