The second event of Tokyo Joshi Pro’s doubleheader today was a regular event called THE NIGHT BEFORE GRAND PRINCESS ’25, the finale before their biggest event of the year.
Today’s event was held at Kitazawa Town Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.
The announced paid attendance was 215. Unlike the earlier event which was women-only, this was open to all fans.
Match 1: Pom Harajuku beat Uta Takami.
Match 2: Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara beat Kira Summer & Chika Nanase. Kamifuku beat Nanase with Fujisawa Murder.
Match 3: Miu Watanabe beat Ivy Steele.
Match 4; Suzume, HIMAWARI & Shino Suzuki beat Moka Miyamoto, Yoshiko Hasegawa & Mifu Ashida. Suzume pinned Ashida after Ring A Bell.
Match 5: Mizuki & Arisu Endo beat Haru Kazashiro & Toga. Endo pinned Kazashiro after The Tenth Law.
Match 6: Hyper Misao 10th Anniversary Match: In a handicap match, Rika Tatsumi, Yuki Aino, Raku, Mahiro Kiryu & Neko Haruna beat Hyper Misao. Afterwards, what will be the third Hyper Misao Produced event was announced for 6/27.
Main Event: Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh beat Kaya Toribami & Shoko Nakajima. Itoh beat Toribami with Itoh Deluxe.
The next event is GRAND PRINCESS ’25, the promotion’s biggest annual event, on 3/16 at Ota City General Gym (the first time the event has not been held at Ryogoku Kokugikan). Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 3/15 at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET. It was also announced that Natsume Nakayama will be a special guest on commentary for the event, much to the delight of one Miu Watanabe who is a big fan of OCHA NORMA, the J-pop idol group Nakayama belongs to (this will be her 4th appearance on commentary).
Stardom begins March with another NEW BLOOD event today, the 19th installment of their sub-brand developmental series for younger & less experienced wrestlers, both from Stardom and other promotions. In addition to a New Blood Tag Team Championship match, there will also be a tournament to determine the next challengers for whoever emerges victorious in the title match. Said title match today is Waka Tsukiyama & HANAKO defending against the Diana duo of Nanami & Himiko.
Today’s event will be held at Belle Salle Shibuya in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE FOR FREE on YouTube. It will also be available on demand for free after the event. There will be no live or on demand broadcast on Stardom World. There currently are just 6 matches scheduled so the event will probably have a total running time of about 2 hours.
Today’s lineup (match order TBA): New Blood Tag Team Championship Next Challenger Tournament: Aya Sakura & Yuna Mizumori vs. Kaori Yoneyama (yes, as her real self and not Fukigen) & Rian Hina & Ranna Yagami vs. Yuria Hime & Akira Kurogame Finals: Sakura/Mizumori-Yoneyama/Rian winner vs. Hina/Yagami-Hime/Kurogame winner Sayaka Kurara vs. Miku Kano (?) Hanahomori & Miria Hikarime (?) vs. Rina & Ruaka New Blood Tag Team Champions Waka Tsukiyama & HANAKO vs. Nanami & Himiko for the titles
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Updates below will begin at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.
7:25 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has been set up on YouTube and will begin at event time. You can also watch below:
7:52 PM PT UPDATE; The live stream has begun. Will be in pre-show mode for another 5-7 minutes.
8 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.
We are LIVE from Belle Salle Shibuya in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary.
The paid attendance will be announced after the event. It’s a very small-looking setup, may not even be 100. It’s not fully sold out. They’ll probably overstate it but from what I see I’m going to guess about 80. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 178)
The matches will begin momentarily. The tournament matches are first. The title match is the main event.
The matches begin at 8:03 PM PT/11:03 PM ET.
Match 1: New Blood Tag Team Championship Next Challenger Tournament: Aya Sakura & Yuna Mizumori vs. Kaori Yoneyama (muted entrance music, darn copyrights) & Rian. No time limit Result: Aya Sakura & Yuna Mizumori beat Kaori Yoneyama & Rian. Sakura pinned Rian after a right high kick. As a result, Sakura & Mizumori will face the winners of the next match later today for the next title shot.
Match 2: New Blood Tag Team Championship Next Challenger Tournament: Hina & Ranna Yagami vs. Yuria Hime & Akira Kurogame. No time limit Result: Hina & Ranna Yagami beat Yuria Hime & Akira Kurogame. Hina pinned Hime. As a result, Hina & Yagami will face Sakura & Mizumori later today for the next title shot after today.
Match 3: Sayaka Kurara vs. Miku Kano (?). 15 minute time limit Result: Sayaka Kurara beat Miku Kano
Match 4: Hanaho Nori & Miria Mitsume (?) vs. Rina & Ruaka. 20 minute time limit Result: Rina & Ruaka beat Hanaho Nori & Miria Mitsume. Rina pinned Nori after Pink Devil. (After a Ruaka box shot behind the ref’s back) Afterwards, words were exchanged on microphone and they tried to continue to fight before it was quickly broken up.
Intermission.
The matches resume at 9:25 PM PT/12:25 AM ET (10 minute break).
Match 5: New Blood Tag Team Championship Next Challenger Tournament Finals: Aya Sakura & Yuna Mizumori vs. Hina & Ranna Yagami. No time limit Result: Aya Sakura & Yuna Mizumori beat Hina & Ranna Yagami to win the tournament. Sakura pinned Yagami. As a result, Sakura & Mizumori get the next New Blood Tag Team Championship shot after the main event. When is TBA but based on the current schedule it could be 3/27.
Main Event: New Blood Tag Team Champions Waka Tsukiyama & HANAKO vs. Nanami & Himiko (Diana) for the titles. 20 minute time limit Result: New Blood Tag Team Champions Waka Tsukiyama & HANAKO beat Nanami & Himiko to retain the titles. Tsukiyama pinned Himiko after a swanton bomb. V1 for the champs. Next up: As noted above, Sakura & Mizumori. Question now is when but I think it’ll be 3/27 after the Cinderella Tournament.
The next NEW BLOOD event is 3/27 at Shinagawa Intercity Hall in Tokyo and will stream live on YouTube at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.
The next event is tomorrow at TKP Garden City Chiba in Chiba. There will be no live broadcast.
For the next major event Monday at Korakuen Hall, that event will be live on Stardom World, and in an unusual move you will also be able to watch the main event (Tam Nakano vs. Saya Kamitani in a Loser Leaves Stardom match, this is a NON-TITLE match with regards to the World Of Stardom Championship held by Kamitani) LIVE FOR FREE on YouTube. That will be followed by the Cinderella Tournament 2025 on 3/8, 3/9 and 3/15. 3/9 will be live on Stardom World but 3/8 and 3/15 will be PPVs. In fact, there are a ridiculous FOUR PPVs this month which also includes 3/20 & 3/22 in Okinawa. Tomorrow is the only non-live event all month (3/29 & 3/30 are live, 3/27 will be YouTube for NEW BLOOD 20).
Tokyo Joshi Pro runs a house show doubleheader today in Tokyo, starting with “Go Girl 5”, their annual spring women-only event. That’s right-only female fans can attend as part of the promotion’s efforts to bring more female fans to events. The only male fans that can attend this event are preschool-age or younger. They’ll otherwise have to wait until the second event today. The first event will be a standard house show lineup with the more noteworthy stuff saved for the second event. I will be doing live results only for the first event today. After missing a couple weeks with a shoulder injury, HIMAWARI is scheduled to return to action today.
Today’s events will be held at Kitazawa Town Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There will be no commentary. While there’s plenty of time between start times if this first event runs long, I anticipate it only going around 2 hours.
Today’s lineup (match order TBA): Yuki Aino vs. Kira Summer Mahiro Kiryu, Neko Haruna & Chika Nanase vs. Yoshiko Hasegawa, Kaya Toribami & HIMAWARI Miu Watanabe & Uta Takami vs. Moka Miyamoto & Arisu Endo Yuki Kamifuku, Wakana Uehara & Mifu Ashida vs. Rika Tatsumi, Raku & Ivy Steele Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao vs. Pom Harajuku & Shino Suzuki Miyu Yamashita vs. Haru Kazashiro Mizuki & Suzume vs. Maki Itoh & Toga
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Updates below will begin at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 15 minutes before the event.
6:45 PM PT UPDATE; The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in just under 15 minutes.
6:58 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.
We are LIVE from Kitazawa Town Hall in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary.
The paid attendance will be announced after the event. It’s women-only and a small setup but the venue itself is very small, I think full capacity is only about 200. We can only see 3 sides of seating from the aerial hard camera, but it’s going to be smaller than normal because of only female fans. Maybe not even 100, I’ll guess around 75. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 145)
The matches should begin in 10-15 minutes.
The matches begin at 7:13 PM PT/10:13 PM ET.
Match 1: Yuki Aino vs. Kira Summer. 15 minute time limit Result: Yuki Aino beat Kira Summer. Just before the 5 minute mark there was a spot where Summer possibly botched a high-angle Boston Crab attempt.
Match 2: Mahiro Kiryu, Neko Haruna & Chika Nanase vs. Yoshiko Hasegawa, Kaya Toribami & HIMAWARI. 20 minute time limit Result: Yoshiko Hasegawa, Kaya Toribami & HIMAWARI beat Mahiro Kiryu, Neko Haruna & Chika Nanase. Hasegawa beat Nanase with a stretch muffler.A new (to me) referee debuted in this match, I like him, much different personality/style from Daisuke Kiso & Yukinori Matsui (also the regular DDT referees).
Match 3: Miu Watanabe & Uta Takami vs. Moka Miyamoto & Arisu Endo. 20 minute time limit Result: Moka Miyamoto & Arisu Endo beat Miu Watanabe & Uta Takami. Miyamoto beat Takami with Rashomon.
Match 4: Yuki Kamifuku, Wakana Uehara & Mifu Ashida vs. Rika Tatsumi, Raku & Ivy Steele. 20 minute time limit Result: Rika Tatsumi, Raku & Ivy Steele beat Yuki Kamifuku, Wakana Uehara & Mifu Ashida. Tatsumi pinned Ashida after Twist Of Fate.
Match 5: Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao vs. Pom Harajuku & Shino Suzuki. 20 minute time limit Result: Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao beat Pom Harajuku & Shino Suzuki. Nakajima pinned Suzuki with a Northern Lights suplex hold.
Match 6: Miyu Yamashita vs. Haru Kazashiro. 15 minute time limit Result: Miyu Yamashita beat Haru Kazashiro
Main Event: Mizuki & Suzume vs. Maki Itoh & Toga. 20 minute time limit Result: Mizuki & Suzume beat Maki Itoh & Tofa. Mizuki pinned Toga with Ciutie Special.
The next event is THE NIGHT BEFORE GRAND PRINCESS ’25 later today, which also will feature a Hyper Misao 10th Anniversary match. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 12:30 AM PT/3:30 AM ET.
New Japan wrapped up CMLL FANTASTICAMANIA 2025 today with the series finale in Tokyo.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.
The announced paid attendance was 1462, a legit advance sellout.
Match 1: Raider beat Max Star.
Match 2: KAMAITACHI, Mascara Kantansu Tomato, Zandokan Jr. & Titan beat Ninja Mack, Ryusuke Taguchi, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Xelhua. Tomato pinned Taguchi after Facil Vinegar.
Match 3: OKUMURA, Satoshi Kojima & Ultimo Guerrero beat Bone Soldier Jr., Stigma & Atlantis Jr. Guerrero pinned Stigma after a reverse Guerrero Special.
Match 4: Rugido, Magnus & Volador Jr. beat El Desperado, Neon & Templario. Volador Jr. pinned Templario.
Match 5: Hecicero beat Barbaro Cavernario by submission.
Match 6: Mascara Dorada beat Soberano Jr.
Main Event: MLW World Middleweight Champion Mistico beat Averno to retain the title.
The next event is the annual Anniversary Event Thursday at Ota City General Gym. Live streaming on New Japan World OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET. This will be a live & exclusive TV Asahi broadcast in Japan. (UPDATE: The start time has been moved up 15 minutes as there will be a memorial ceremony & 10 Bell salute for Gran Hamada and Osamu Nishimura before the event begins)
UPDATE: Later in the day in Mexico, NEVER Openweight Champion Konosuke Takeshita beat Angel De Oro in CMLL to retain the title. V4 for Takeshita.
Very sad news breaking from Japan: Weekly Pro reports longtime wrestler Osamu Nishimura has died. He was 53. It appears the cause of death is/was esophageal cancer, diagnosed last year after having been cancer-free since 2000. He most recently had been a freelancer. (I was unable to verify because the full article is paywalled and in Japanese)
Nishimura debuted in 1991 for New Japan, then headed to the US for his first training excursion in 1994 with the NWA and various other promotions. From 1995-2006 he split time between New Japan and the US, then from 2007-2021 he did the same split while based in All-Japan. Since 2015 he also was a politician, serving in the Tokyo Bunkyo Ward Assembly and was halfway through his fourth consecutive term. His final match came on August 28, 2024 when he & Dory Funk Jr. beat Atsushi Onita & Raijin Yaguchi.
In addition to various independent championships, Nishimura also was a 2-time IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champion in New Japan. He was also a highly respected veteran.
I join in sending my deepest condolences to the family, friends and fans of Osamu Nishimura.
New Japan ran the penultimate event of CMLL FANTASTICAMANIA 22025 today in Tokyo.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. This was also a Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.
The announced paid attendance was 1457, a legit advance sellout.
Match 1: KAMAITACHI & Titan beat Max Star & Xelhua. Titan pinned Xrgua after a diving foot stomp.
Match 2: Ninja Mack & Hechicero beat El Desperado & Barbaro Cavernario by DQ. Caverbario DQ’d. Mask removal from Hechicero.
Match 3: MLW World Tag Team Champions OKUMURA & Satoshi Kojima beat Rugido & Magnus to retain the titles. Kojima pinned Rugido after a lariat.
Match 4: Neon beat Zandokan Jr.
A memorial service was held for former wrestler Black Cat.
Match 5: Hiroshi Tanahashi, Mascara Dorada, Stigma & Mistico beat Taiji Ishimori, Raider, Soberano Jr. & Averno. Stigma pinned Raider.
Match 6: Atlantis Jr. beat Ultimo Guerrero.
Main Event: Volador Jr. beat Templario.
The tour-ender is tomorrow. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.
In other news which was inadvertently omitted earlier, also announced today was this year’s edition of BEST OF THE SUPER JUNIOR, the annual prestigious Jr. Heavyweight showcase tournament. This year’s edition will feature 13 events on its usual May timeframe: 5/10-YohaS Arena, Chiba 5/11-Iwanami Municipal Gym, Miyagi 5/14-Korakuen Hall 5/15-Korakuen Hall 5/17-Yoyogi National Gym 2, Tokyo 5/18-Esforta Arena Hachioji, Tokyo 5/20-G Messe Gunma, Gunma 5/22-Osaka Prefectural Gym 2, Osaka 5/24-Atelier Himeji, Hyogo 5/25-Port Messe Nagoya, Nagoya 5/27-Kira Messe Numazu, Shizuoka 5/29-Region Plaza Joetsu, Niigata 6/1-Ota City General Gym, Tokyo (Finals)
Participants/format TBA but expect it to be the usual round-robin format.
Ganbare Pro ran their latest house show Monday in Tokyo, a “Men’s Wrestlers Association Box Office” event so no women’s matches this time.
Monday’s event was held at Takashimadaira Community Center in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.
The announced paid attendance was 101.
At the start of the event, it was announced that Mizuki Watase, who has been out long-term due to injury, will return on 4/11.
Match 1: PSYCHO & Rekka beat Uasu Urano & Takeshi Okada. PSUCHO pinned Okada after God Trap.
Match 2: Keisuke Ishii beat Daisuke®.
Match 3: AKIRA & Ricky Fuji beat Ken Ohka & Zhao Yunzilong. AKIRA pinned Ohka after Musasabi Press.
Match 4: Takuya Wada beat Tyson Maeguchi.
During a break here, it was announced that Munetatsu Nakamura will challenge KFC Junior Champion Yuya Susumu for the title at a Freedoms event on 3/19 at Korakuen Hall.
Match 5: Shodai Kawakami vs. Shuichiro Katsumura went to a double countout.
Main Event: Yumehito Imanari & Shinichiro Tominaga beat Toru Sugiura & Munetatsu Nakamura. Tominaga pinned ? (didn’t say clearly).
The next event is 3/16 with Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Champion Yumehito Imanari vs. Fuminori Abe for the title. Broadcast plans TBA, I would expect no live broadcast with on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE to follow a few days later.
New Japan continued the CMLL FANTASTICAMANIA 2025 Tour today in Chiba.
Today’s event was held at Makuhari Messe Industrial Exhibition Hall 11 in Chiba and, after a late change of plans, was broadcast live on New Japan World, but there is no on demand broadcast. They made it sound like they were doing some experiments.
The announced paid attendance was 830.
Match 1: Ninja Mack, Ryusuke Taguchi & Max Star beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Sho & Raider. Star pinned Raider after Phoenix Splash.
Match 2: KAMAITACHI, Mascara Kantansu Tomato, Tetsuya Naito & Zandokan Jr. beat Daiki Nagai, Master Wato, Yoh & Neon. KAMAITACHI pinned Nagai after A Move Called The Maji Manji.
Match 3: Hiroshi Tanahashi, Hechicero & Mascara Dorada beat Yujiro Takahashi, Barbaro Cavernario & Soberano Jr. by DQ. Soberano Jr. DQ’d. Mask removal from Dorada.
Match 4: Faction Tournament 3rd Place Match: OKUMURA & Satoshi Kojima beat Xelhua & Stigma. OKUMURA pinned Stigma with a fisherman’s buster.
Match 5: Faction Tournament Finals; BUSHI & Titan beat Rugido & Magnus to win the tournament. Titan pinned Magnus.
Main Event: Bone Soldier Jr., Templario, Atlantis Jr. & Mistico beat El Depserado, Averno, Ultimo Guerrero & Volador Jr. Mistico pinned Guerrero with La Mistica.
The next event is tomorrow at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET. This will also be a live Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.
It seems like GLEAT often has injuries to report after major events recently and today was no exception coming out of their big event this past weekend-Takanori Ito is now out after emergency surgery for an injury. Elbow. Out indefinitely and off the upcoming Lidet UWF Ver. 5 event. Replacement TBA. It’s not yet known how long Ito will be out.
Developing story from DDT: The KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship is now VACANT. Previous champions Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON have vacated the titles because it would be difficult to defend in the future after KANON was kicked out of Damnation T.A. this past weekend. No word yet on future title plans.
