Tokyo Joshi Pro begins the 5th Futari-wa Princess Max Heart Tournament today in Tokyo as part of a doubleheader with DDT. This is the promotion’s now-hopefully-annual tag team tournament which should reward the eventual winners with a Princess Tag Team Championship opportunity, possibly at GRAND PRINCESS ’25. Most of the roster participates with several exceptions this year-Rika Tatsumi, Mizuki & Yuki Arai are not participating for various reasons while Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh are not because Itoh is on another excxursion to the US until mid-February, plus it’s been announced Yamashita & Itoh will defend the titles in early February at an event in Santiago, Chile. So they may not even be champions when it wraps up but this still is an exciting opportunity for them and the promotion as it continues to expand outside Japan. Today features Round 1 of the tournament with 4 matches including the fan-favorite Wasteland Pom Party, as Max The Impaler returns to TJPW to team with Pom Harajuku to re-form the Internet’s favorite wrestling odd couple and my pick to win it all, despite the face the reunited Suzume & Arisu Endo have to be favorites too.
Today’s event will be held at Club eX in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There will be no commentary. There should be no time limit for the tournament matches and 7 matches in all are scheduled, but the DDT event afterwards will keep them on a bit of a tight clock and should keep this event time limited to 2 1/4 to 2 1/2 hours at most.
Today’s lineup (match order TBA [Pre-show Update: This is the tentative order except for matches 4 & 5 which are reversed from what is listed below):
Rika Tatsumi, Mahiro Kiryu & Neko Haruna vs. Yuki Aino, Raku & Moka Miyamoto
Miyu Yamashita & Yoshiko Hasegawa vs. Yuki Arai & Shino Suzuki
Mizuki & HIMAWARI vs. Jada Stone & Kaya Toribami
Max Heart Tournament Round 1:
Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao vs. Mifu Ashida & Chika Nanase
Haru Kazashiro & Toga vs. Ivy Steele & Kira Summer
Miu Watanabe & Uta Takami vs. Max The Impaler & Pom Harajuku
Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara vs. Suzume & Arisu Endo
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Updates below will begin at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 15 minutes before the event.
6:25 PM PT UPDATE; Live updates begin now.
We are LIVE from Club eX in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary.
The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Crowd still filing in but most seating I can see initially is full. The setup is probably for 400-450 , I’ll go with an initial guess of around 350.
The matches should begin in 10-15 minutes. During Sayuri Namba’s opening announcements, she confirmed the tournament winner will get a Princess Tag Team Championship shot at GRAND PRINCESS.
The matches begin at 6:47 PM PT/9:47 PM ET.
Match 1: Rika Tatsumi, Mahiro Kiryu & Neko Haruna vs. Yuki Aino, Raku & Moka Miyamoto. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Aino, Raku & Moka Miyamoto beat Rika Tatsumi, Mahiro Kiryu & Neko Haruna. Raku beat Haruna with a guillotine choke.
Match 2: Miyu Yamashita & Yoshiko Hasegawa vs. Yuki Arai & Shino Suzuki. 20 minute time limit
Result: Miyu Yamashita & Yoshiko Hasegawa beat Yuki ARai & Shino Suzuki. Hasegawa beat Suzuki with a kneebar.
Match 3: Mizuki & HIMAWARI vs. Jada Stone & Kaya Toribami. 20 minute time limit
Result: Jada Stone & Kaya Toribami beat Mizuki & HIMAWARI. Stone pinned HIMAWARI after a double backflip cutter.
Futari-wa Princess Max Heart Tournament Round 1:
Match 4: Haru Kazashiro & Toga vs. Ivy Steele & Kira Summer. No time limit
Result: Haru Kazashiro & Toga beat Ivy Steele & Kira Summer. Kazashiro pinned Summer with a fisherman’s suplex hold. As a result, Kazashiro & Toga advance to the Quarterfinals tomorrow to face HIMAWARI & Shino Suzuki.
Match 5: Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao vs. Mifu Ashida & Chika Nanase. No time limit
Result: Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao beat Mifu Ashida & Chika Nanase. Misao beat Ashida with a chicken wing. As a result, Nakajima & Misao advance to the Quarterfinals tomorrow to face Yoshiko Hasegawa & Kaya Toribami.
Quick break for ring repairs/maintenance.
Match 6: Miu Watanabe & Uta Takami vs. Max The Impaler & Pom Harajuku. No time limit
Result: Max The Impaler & Pom Harajuku beat Miu Watanabe & Uta Takami. Max pinned Takami after a piledriver. As a result, Wasteland Pom Party advance to the Quarterfinals tomorrow to face Yuki Aino & Raku.
Main Event: Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara vs. Suzume & Arisu Endo. No time limit
Result: Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara beat Suzume & Arisu Endo. Uehara beat Endo with an armbar. UPSET ALERT!!! Suzume & Endo out already? SHOCKING!!! As a result, Kamifuku & Uehara advance to the Quarterfinals tomorrow to face Neko Haruna & Mahiro Kiryu. Easily one of Uehara’s biggest career wins so far if not the biggest.
The Quarterfinals are tomorrow. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET.
