For their first visit to the US this year, Tokyo Joshi Pro is headed to Texas for the first time for a series called “TJPW TEXAS STAMPEDE”. It starts today with the first half of a doubleheader in Austin in the area where SXSW is held. On paper it’s mainly a house show lineup but will continue the build to 2 of the 3 GRAND PRINCESS ’26 title matches and, even better, our beloved former ring announcer Sayuri Namba will be at all the events as, between these and the Las Vegas event plus their Canada debut later this year, we’re going to see a lot more of her and we’re all very happy about that.
Today’s event will be held at Austin-Palmer Events Exhibit Center in Austin, TX and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English. However, they are warning of possible issues or even cancellation of streaming because of the stream originating from servers in Japan. There are 6 matches planned and if they stick to the usual time limits, that will probably keep the running time to “standard” house show length of about 2 hours.
Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Suzume vs. Uta Takami
Sakura Hattori (fka Kaya Toribami) vs. Shino Suzuki
Hyper Misao & Mifu Ashida vs. Raku & Pom Harajuku
Miyu Yamashita & Arisu Endo vs. Mizuki & Yuki Aino
Shoko Nakajima & Wakana Uehara vs. Jessie McKay & Cassie Lee
Miu Watanabe & Rika Tatsumi vs. Yuki Arai & Yuki Kamifuku
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Updates below will begin shortly.
5:02 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.
We are LIVE from Austin-Palmer Events Exhibit Center in Austin, TX. No commentary yet.
The paid attendance will be announced after the event. The setup is for about 1500 and an event-related website claims it’s a sellout but the crowd is still filing in and the bleachers we see are far from full, but other seating is. I’ll guess a little low and say around 1000.
We come in during Sayuri Namba’s introduction in English then right to Up Up Girls so the matches should begin in 5-10 minutes.
Technical issues begin as Up up Girls finishes. It looks like they were perhaps joined by Fumirin today (the promotion’s bilingual referee). (Fixed aft\er a refresh)
The matches begin at 5:10 PM PT/8:10 PM ET. Your hosts are Rich Bocchini & Veda Scott. Sounds like maybe no time limits today. All intros/announcements are in English.
Match 1: Suzume vs. Uta Takami
Result: Suzume beat Uta Takami
Match 2: Sakura Hattori (fka Kaya Toribami) vs. Shino Suzuki. Hattori is still masked but now has more of a kunoichi (female ninja) appearance and mask.
Result: Sakura Hattori beat Shino Suzuki
Match 3: Hyper Misao & Mifu Ashida vs. Raku & Pom Harajuku
Result: Raku & Pom Harajuku beat Hyper Misao & Mifu Ashida. Raku pinned Ashida after Doctor Yellow.
Match 4: Miyu Yamashita & Arisu Endo vs. Mizuki & Yuki Aino
Result: Miyu Yamashita & Arisu Endo beat Mizuki & Yuki Aino. Yamashita pinned Aino after Skull Kick.
Match 5: Shoko Nakajima & Wakana Uehara vs. Jessie McKay & Cassie Lee
Result: Jessie McKay & Cassie Lee beat Shoko Nakajima & Wakana Uehara. Both pinned Uehara.
Main Event: Miu Watanabe & Rika Tatsumi vs. Yuki Arai & Yuki Kamifuku
Result: Miu Watanabe & Rika Tatsumi beat Yuki Arai & Yuki Kamifuku. Watanabe pinned Arai after Teardrop.
After those initial issues at the beginning, the stream was smooth and stable the rest of the way. Hopefully that will be the case the rest of the week.
The second half of this doubleheader is tomorrow. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English will begin at 4 PM PT/7 PM ET. Due to work schedule conflicts with the earlier start time I will not be able to do live results.