At least for now, but it’s still tough news…the still-relatively-young independent promotion Kitsune Women’s Wrestling, based in the US but also featuring a lot of Japanese talent, announced today it was suspending operations effective immediately. It’s a one-man operation and he announced the promotion is shutting down for now due to family & personal reasons. The promotion’s Kitsune Women’s Championship and title belt will remain in Japan with current champion Yuna Manase.
The promotion was launched in 2023 in California and ran its latest events on June 7 & 8. Besides Manase, other notable wrestlers from Japan featured in the promotion included Miyu Yamashita, Tae Honma and Sayaka Unagi as well as independent US wrestlers. I didn’t really get a chance to see much of it but it has a devoted fanbase and did help bring their Japanese wrestlers over to the US a little more (as well as being step in Yamashita’s continuing path to world domination as she continues to represent Tokyo Joshi Pro worldwise). Hopefully the owner/promoter can bring it back someday but it’s too soon to say. Also, for now at least the promotion’s store on Pro Wrestling Tees is still up (it has 7 shirts available).