Tokyo Joshi Pro ran a special WRESTLE UNIVERSE members-only event today, which was full of comedy matches and wrestlers appearing as other wrestlers.
Today’s event was held at Itabashi Green Hall in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Saturday. There was no live broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 220, a legit advance sellout.
Instead of the usual opening announcement routines, referee Fumitin did the opening announcements and normal ring announcer Rise Shirai filled in for Up Up Girls.
Match 1: Sakura Hattori beat Shion Kanzaki.
Match 2: Toga beat Rika Tatsumi & Ren Konatsu in a 3-way by double countout.
Match 3: Mr. Mahi Rock (Mahiro Kiryu) won a 5-person battle royal, last eliminating John Shino (Shino Suzuki). Other participants: Shinsuke Wakanakamura (Wakana Uehara), Kira Ripley (Kira Summer), The Ashida Taker (Mifu Ashida). You can easily guess which WWE wrestlers they were spoofing.
Match 4: In a 1 Count Falls match where the winning team them had a chance to earn a point by correctly answering an elementary-school level trivia question, Miu Watanabe & Chika Nanase beat Arisu Endo & Haru Kazashiro 2-1.
Match 5: In an Indian Poker match, Hyper Misao beat Miyu Yamashita, Shoko Nakajima & Yuki Aino in a 4-way elimination match. Basically each player kept drawing cards that listed a move they could not do in addition to normal rules and last one left wins.
Main Event: In a Costume Change match where all wrestlers dressed up as someone else, Yuki Arai (as HIMAWARI), Mizuki (as Suzume), Yuki Kamifuku (as Raku) & Raku (as Yuki Aino) beat Suzume (as Mahiro Kiryu), Pom Harajuku (as Toga), HIMAWARI (as Mifu Ashida) & Uta Takami (as Mizuki). Arai beat HIMAWARI with a scorpion deathlock.
If you like comedy matches or the fun that comes with wrestlers dressing up as other wrestlers, this is a must-watch replay when it becomes available.
The next event is YES! WONDERLAND, the annual Golden Week blowout event that returns after not happening last year, Monday at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE and ABEMA will begin Sunday at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.