Early career (1996–2005) The butterfly design on her
wrestling mask came from one of her trainers who said she would fly high like a
monarch butterfly. She decided on the name "Princesa Sujei" with "Sujei" being the name of a queen of the stars. She made her professional wrestling debut on September 22, 1996, in
Arena La Junta teaming up with Flor de Loto to face off against Reina Salvaje and La Intrusa in a
tag team match. In the years following her debut Princesa Sujei worked primarily for
Lucha Libre AAA World Wide (AAA), one of Mexico's largest wrestling promotions. In 1999 Princesa Sujei participated in AAA's first ever
Reina de Reinas ("Queen of Queens") tournament, losing to
Miss Janeth in the qualifying round. On November 23, 2001, Princesa Sujei teamed up with
Esther Moreno and
Estrellita to defeat
Martha Villalobos, Mujer Demente, and
Tiffany on the undercard of the 2001
Guerra de Titanes event. Princesa Sujei also worked for
Lucha Libre Feminil, a local promotion in her hometown of Monterrey where she held the LLF Extreme Championship, the LLF Juvenil Championship and the LLF Tag Team Championship along with Poly Star. She also participated in the
All Pro Wrestling-promoted "
ChickFight" tournament, defeating
Candice LeRae in the first round,
Nikki Roxx in the second round and
Cheerleader Melissa in the finals to win the first ChickFight tournament. In 2005, she participated in that year's
Reina de Reinas tournament alongside
Lady Apache, Tiffany,
Cynthia Moreno, Dark Angel, Estrellita,
Faby Apache, Golden Girl, La Chola, Martha Villalobos, Nikki Roxx, Poly Star,
Princesa Blanca, Simply Luscious, and Veronica in a
torneo cibernetico elimination match but was eliminated early in the match. She later participated in the "
ChickFight II" tournament, defeating
Luscious in the first round, but losing to
Mariko Yoshida in the second round. Princesa Sujei developed a storyline rivalry with
tecnica ("Good guy") Goddess, a strong rivalry that built to
Luchas de Apuestas, mask vs. mask match between the two in October 2008. The
Apuestas match is the most prestigious "prize" in Lucha Libre, even more than a championship match, a prize that Princesa Sujei claimed when she pinned Goddess and forced her to unmask. She was given several opportunities to travel to Japan and work for several Japanese wrestling promotions through her CMLL contacts. One such chance came in March 2010 when she appeared on the final
Fuka Matsuri event on March 28, 2010, where Sujei and
Hiroka lost to promotion owner
Tigre Fuka and
Leon. On June 14, 2010 Princesa Sujei defeated Lady Apache to win the PWR World Women's Champion on a CMLL promoted show in
Puebla, Puebla. Sujei held the championship for over a year, 454 days in total, before losing the championship back to Lady Apache. Over the years Princesa Blanca developed a professional relationship with Princesa Sujei and Hiroka, creating a group known as
Las Zorras ("The Foxes") and when Hiroka retired the two Princesas became known as
Las Ladies de Polanco, The ladies of
Polanco, an affluent neighborhood in
Mexico City. In June 2012
Los Ladies traveled to Japan to compete in a tournament for the vacant
Reina World Tag Team Championship, losing in the first round to eventual tournament winners "Muscle Venus" (
Hikaru Shida and
Tsukasa Fujimoto). On April 28, 2015, Sujei defeated
Narumiya to win the
CMLL-Reina International Championship. She lost the title back to Narumiya in a rematch in Tokyo on May 17. On February 25, 2017, Princesa Sujei defeated longtime rival
Zeuxis to win the Mexican National Women's Championship. On September 16, 2017, at the annual
CMLL 84th Anniversary Show, Sugehit lost her mask in a
lucha de apuestas two out of three falls against Zeuxis, revealing herself as Ernestina Sugehit Salazar Martinez with 21 years experience in the sport. On September 16, 2020, Sugehit announced that he would not be able to wrestler to
CMLL 87th Anniversary Show after testing positive for
COVID-19. On October 23, Sugehit defeated Marcela in a
Two-out-of-three falls match to win the World Women's Championship. On August 16, 2023, Sugehit was forced to relinquished her title after sustaining an injury, ending her reign at 1,027 days.
WWE (2017) On June 16, 2017,
WWE announced Sugehit as part of the
Mae Young Classic. On August 28, Sugehit defeated
Kay Lee Ray in the first round. On September 4, Sugehit was eliminated in the second round by
Mercedes Martinez. == Championships and accomplishments ==