Bull Nakano Keiko Nakano ( January 8 , 1968 ) , better known as Bull Nakano , is a Japanese professional golfer and former professional wrestler . She began competing in All Japan Women ' s Pro - Wrestling ( AJW ) as a teenager under the ring name Bull Nakano . As a wrestler she was a villain , who often teamed with her mentor Dump Matsumoto . In Japan , she held several of AJW ' s singles and tag team championships . After being phased out by the company in the early 1990s , she traveled to North America , where she first competed in Mexico ' s Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre ( CMLL ) , becoming its first World Women ' s Champion . In 1994 , she made her way to the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) , where she had a feud — a scripted rivalry — with Alundra Blayze over the WWF Women ' s Championship . After holding the title once , she also competed in World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) . In 1998 , Nakano began competing as a professional golfer , and in 2006 , she joined a tour with the Ladies Professional Golf Association ( LPGA ) . Professional wrestling career . Japan ( 1983 – 1992 ) . Nakano ' s career as a professional wrestler began in All Japan Women ' s Pro - Wrestling ( AJW ) organization in Japan when she was 15 years old . After winning the AJW Junior Championship at the age of 16 in 1984 , her ring name was changed to Bull Nakano . In July 1985 , she won the AJW Championship , which she held for the next three years . Meanwhile , she teamed with Dump Matsumoto — who was also her mentor — as a pair of villains . With Matsumoto as her partner , Nakano won the WWWA World Tag Team Championship in August 1986 . Nakano and Matsumoto briefly wrestled for the World Wrestling Federation in 1986 against the team of Velvet McIntyre and Dawn Marie Johnston . After Matsumoto ' s retirement , Nakano won the WWWA World Tag Team Championship a second and third time , with Condor Saito in 1987 and Grizzly Iwamoto in 1988 . As a singles wrestler , she won the 1988 Japan Grand Prix tournament in June . One year later in June 1989 , she also defeated Mitsuko Nishiwaki to win AJW ' s All Pacific Championship , which she lost to Noriyo Tateno in November . Several months later in January 1990 , Nakano won a tournament final to win the vacant WWWA World Heavyweight Championship . She held the title for nearly three years , before dropping it to Aja Kong in November 1992 . Afterward , AJW ' s use of Nakano in storylines and matches decreased . North America ( 1992 – 1995 ) . After she stopped working for AJW , Nakano traveled to Mexico in June 1992 , where she was a finalist in a 12 - woman battle royal and later defeated Lola González to become Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre ' s first World Women ' s Champion . She lost the title to Xóchitl Hamada in March 1993 . She then made her way to the United States and competed for the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) once again . Debuting as an associate of Luna Vachon , Nakano competed against the WWF Women ' s Champion , Alundra Blayze in August 1994 at SummerSlam , but failed to win the title . Nakano , however , eventually defeated Blayze for the title on November 27 , 1994 in Tokyo . Nakano held the title for approximately five months , until losing it back to Blayze on the April 3 , 1995 episode of " Raw " . The WWF had planned on bringing in Bertha Faye to feud with Nakano while Blayze got plastic surgery on her nose and breasts , but Nakano was found in possession of cocaine and quickly fired from the company . In 1995 , Nakano also traveled to North Korea , where she was part of the New Japan Pro Wrestling event in Pyongyang that set a record for attendance at a professional wrestling event with 150 , 000 spectators . At the event , Nakano and Akira Hokuto defeated Manami Toyota and Mariko Yoshida . Later that year , she competed at World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) ' s World War 3 pay - per - view event , teaming with Akira Hokuto to defeat the team of Cutie Suzuki and Mayumi Ozaki . Nakano — with Sonny Onoo as her manager — continued her feud with Blayze , who was now known as Madusa , at WCW ' s Hog Wild event in August 1996 ; Madusa defeated Nakano in the match with the stipulation that she was then allowed to destroy Nakano ' s motorcycle . In subsequent years , Madusa called Nakano " a good - hearted person " and an " incredible talent " , with whom she had some of her best matches . Although she retired from professional wrestling in 1997 , Nakano teamed with Dump Matsumoto in wrestling matches in 2001 . Golf career . Nakano became a professional golfer in 1998 . In November 2004 , Nakano played in the Futures Tour Qualifying Tournament in Florida , but ended the tournament in 250th place of 251 . The following year , she ended the tournament in 261st place of 271 . As a result , she failed to qualify for the Ladies Professional Golf Association ( LPGA ) . Nakano later qualified for the LPGA and joined the Duramed Futures Tour in January 2006 .