Tokyo Joshi Pro ran their annual Golden Week event, “YES! Wonderland 2022-Spread the wings of your dreams” today, a major event that features two title matches and another appearance by All Elite Wrestling superstar Hikaru Shida.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. You can also watch the first match FOR FREE on YouTube.
The announced paid attendance was 695, a legit advance sellout.
Match 1: Princess Tag Team Champions Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki beat Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta to retain the titles. Mizuki pinned Noa with Cutie Special. V4 for the champs. This means they will have to find a replacement for Yuka Sakazaki for the special 8-person tag on Thursday because she is now headed back to the US to return to All Elite Wrestling. Next up: TBA (no challenges).
Video package for Reika Saiki. She debuted in TJPW in June 2016 and is a former Princess Of Princess Champion, Princess Tag Team Champion and Tokyo Princes Cup Winner so she won everything in TJPW (this was before the International Princess Championship was introduced).
Match 2: In an Exhibition Match, Reika Saiki vs. Arisu Endo went to a 3 minute time limit draw but there was no winner or loser because it was an exhibition. But Endo VERY NEARLY beat Saiki with a camel clutch.
Retirement ceremony for Saiki. Miyu Yamashita comes out to present cermonial flowers to Saiki. Yuka Sakazaki comes out to present a ceremonial keepsake to Saiki. Saiki then with microphone for brief comments. The roster gathers outside the ring for her comments. When she finishes, the cermonial 10 bell salute and final introductory sendoff is performed and, in a wonderful gesture, the roster throws blue streamers into the ring. Tradition Never Die.
After the ring is cleaned up, Ganbare Pro wrestler Yuna Manase is brought out. She is very emotional after Saiki’s retirement ceremony but soon settles down. Ganbare ran an event at Korakuen after TJPW.
Match 3: Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu beat Neko Haruna & Kaya Toribami. Kiryu beat Toribami with a Boston Crab. Manase watched this match from the timekeeper’s table.
Match 4: Suzume beat Juria Nagano.
Match 5: Rika Tatsumi, Miu Watanabe & Yuki Arai beat Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku. Arai pinned Harajuku after Finally.
Match 6: Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh beat Hikaru Shida (All Elite Wrestling) & Moka Miyamoto. Yamashita pinned Miyamoto after Skull Kick. This won’t count as part of Shida’s AEW record.
Main Event:Princess Of Princess Champion Shoko Nakajima beat Hyper Misao to retain the title. V2 for Nakajima. Next up: TBA. It probably will be either at CyberFight Festival in June or right after it at the next Korakuen on 6/19.
The next event is “GO GO DO IT” Thursday at Osaka Prefectural Gym #2 in Osaka. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Wednesday at 11:30 PM ET/8:30 PM PT.
The full card:
Yuki Aino vs. Neko Haruna
Hyper Misao vs. Kaya Toribami
Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta vs. Raku & Pom Harajuku
Yuna Manase vs. Mahiro Kiryu
Miyu Yamashita & Miu Watanabe vs. Saki Akai & Yuki Kamifuku
Shoko Nakajima, Maki Itoh, Mizuki & Rika Tatsumi (replacing Yuka Sakazaki) vs. Yuki Arai, Suzume, Moka Miyamoto & Arisu Endo in a 3 Falls Match. 1 Hour time limit
