The Jumping Bomb Angels were a female Japanese

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tag team. The members were

Noriyo Tateno (born December 1, 1965) is a retired Japanese professional wrestler who is best known as one half of the tag team Jumping Bomb Angels with Itsuki Yamazaki. She worked in All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling, WWF and has been working in Ladies Le ...

and

Itsuki Yamazaki is a retired Japanese professional wrestler who is best known as one half of the tag team Jumping Bomb Angels with Noriyo Tateno. Debuting in 1981, she worked with All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling, the World Wrestling Federation, World Champion ...

History

Japan

Noriyo Tateno and Itsuki Yamazaki formed one of the most well-known teams on the Japanese Woman's Wrestling circuit. On January 5, 1986, the Angels defeated

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and Condor Saito to win the vacant

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. Then on March 20, 1986,

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, the Crush Gals, defeated The Angels to capture the WWWA Tag Team titles.

World Wrestling Federation

Tateno and Yamazaki entered the

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in mid-1987 known as the "Jumping Bomb Angels". At the Survivor Series 1987, the Jumping Bomb Angels were the survivors in a women's

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. On January 24, 1988 at the

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, the Angels beat

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(

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and Judy Martin) in a

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to win the

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. On June 8, 1988, the Glamour Girls defeated The Angels to recapture the WWF Women's Tag Team Championship.

Championships and accomplishments

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( 1 time) *

( 1 time) * Independent ** Women's World Tag Team Championship (1 time)

References

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