Tokyo Joshi Pro began their fall house show tour today in Tokyo, which was changed this last week to include a retirement ceremony for Neko Haruna, the popular catgirl wrestler who has left the promotion and retired due to injuries.
Today’s event was held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.
The announced paid attendance was 284, a legit advance sellout.
There were last-minute changes to the card due to Toga being pulled off the event. The always-vague poor health.
During the opening announcements, it was announced that Yuki Kamifuku, who unbeknownst to us was actually competing as a freelancer these last several years, has officially joined the promotion.
Match 1: Mizuki beat Chika Nanase by submission.
Match 2: In a match where the winner was the first to answer a question about a certain country then find if on a globe within 10 second of a pinfall or rope escape wins, Hyper Misao beat Shino Suzuki.
Match 3: Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uheara beat Raku & Ren Konatsu. Uehara pinned Konatsu after Sushi Tornado.
Match 5: Shoko Nakajima, Miyu Yamashita & Kaya Toribami beat Yuki Arai, HIMAWARI & Mifu Ashida. Nakajima pinned Ashida with a Northern Lights suplex hold.
Main Event: Miu Watanabe, Arisu Endo & Uta Takami beat Yuki Aino, Haru Kazashiro & Kira Summer. Watanabe pinned Summer after Reverse Paradox.
Special Post-Main Event Match: Neko Haruna Retirement Match: Suzume & Mahiro Kiryu beat Rika Tatsumi & Pom Harajuku. Kiryu pinned Harajuku after a spinebuster. Neko Haruna was in the winners’ corner. Which led to…
Neko Haruna beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Mahiro Kiryu to win the title. Haruna becomes the 1769th Champion. Which would allow her to be a champion for the first time in her career. Which led to…
Mahiro Kiryu beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Neko Haruna to win the title. Kiryu becomes the 1770th Champion. Well, at least Haruna was champion for a couple minutes. This was followed by a retirement ceremony, 10 bell salute and final call for Neko Haruna, bringing her 7 year career to a close that unfortunately became derailed over the last 2-3 years due to a pair of serious knee injuries.
The next event is 10/4 at Club eX in Shinagawa Prince Hotel. Broadcast plans TBA but as of right now there may be no live broadcast.
UPDATE: The 10/4 event will be LIVE FOR FREE on YouTube, but only with an iPad so it may not go well (the first time they attempted this it actually had very few issues). No on demand. Live broadcast Friday at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.