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Tokyo Joshi Pro wraps up their first US tour of the year today with the last event of their 4-event Texas series in Houston. The build to GRAND PRINCESS ’26 is pretty much over so this last event before that looks to be a regular house show on paper with some more fun matches before everyone heads back to Japan, although most of them will return in a few weeks for events in Las Vegas during WrestleMania week.

Today’s event will be held at Post Houston in Houston, TX and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English. There appear to be 6 matches currently planned so it will be another short house show with a runnign time of proabbly a little over 90 minutes.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Hyper Misao vs. Raku
Sakura Hattori vs. Mifu Ashida
Yuki Aino & VertVixen vs. Suzume & Shino Suzuki
Yuki Arai vs. Pom Harajuku
Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara vs. Miyu Yamashita & Kaylia Capri
Miu Watanabe, Rika Tatsumi & Arisu Endo vs. Shoko Nakajima, Mizuki & Uta Takami

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Updates below will begin at 1 PM PT/4 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 10 minutes before the event.

3:15 PM PT UPDATE: I got distracted and totally forgot to watch the event, so here are the results, my apologies for not doing live:

The announced paid attendance was 415, a legit sellout.

Match 1: Yuki Aino & VertVixen beat Suzume & Shino Suzuki. Aino pinned Suzuki after Venus DDT.

Match 2: Sakura Hattori beat Mifu Ashida,

Match 3: Hyper Misao beat Raku.

Match 4: Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara beat Miyu Yamashita & Kaylia Capri. Uehara beat Capri with Banana Pillow.

Match 5: Yuki Arai beat Pom Harajuku.

Main Event: Miu Watanabe, Rika Tatsumi & Arisu Endo beat Shoko Nakajima, Mizuki & Uta Takami. Watanabe pinned Takami after Teardrop.

The next event is GRAND PRINCESS ’26, the biggest event of the year, on 3/29 at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Saturday at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.

UPDATE: For 3/29, current DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Antonio Honda has been added to the card to defend the title in the scheduled battle royal. But, as always, subject to change (as it has several times). Which means someone beat GM Imabayashi’s Glasses to win the title then Honda beat that someone as he is the 1813th champion.

After a couple days off for travel and fun exploring Texas, Tokyo Joshi Pro begins the second half of their first US tour today in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area with the third of 4 events. The final push to GRAND PRINCESS ’26 continues today, specifically the Princess Of Princess Championship match between Miu Watanabe & Yuki Arai, and with an extra development yesterday-it already was announced that whoever leaves 3/29 as champion will defend on 4/16 in Las Vegas, NV and the promotion announced who they will defend against…J-Rod. She failed to beat Watanabe for the title before, but who will she face this time?

There have been some last-minute changes to today’s card due to Jada Stone being pulled off the event. Flight delays. Not going to make it in time (I think we can perhaps blame the current government shutdown because it’s made delays in some areas horrible, especially Texas and Atlanta, GA). She was to have faced Rika Tatsumi. What was to have been Mizuki vs. Hyper Misao will now be a 3-way with Tatsumi as a result.

Today’s event will be held at College Park Center at the University of Texas in Arlington, TX and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English. There also is the prior caveat about potential streaming issues due to the servers being in Japan-at the first event it was rough for the first few minutes then no issues after that, I didn’t watch the second event but hopefully all will go well. With the lineup change there are now only 6 matches and they do seem to be keeping to the time limits but now this card will be a little shorter than planned with a running time of probably about 100 minutes. WIth 7 matches it likely would’ve been about 2 hours.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Shino Suzuki vs. Mifu Ashida
Sakura Hattori vs. Uta Takumi
Mizuki vs. Hyper Misao & Rika Tatsumi in a 3-way
Suzume & Arisu Endo vs. Raku & Pom Harajuku
Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara vs. Yuki Aino & VertVixen
Miu Watanabe & Miyu Yamashita vs. Shoko Nakajima & Yuki Arai

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Updates below will begin at 1 PM PT/4 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 10 minutes before the event.

12:50 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in 5-10 minutes.

1 PM PT UPDATE: Waiting to go to the venue.

1:01 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from College Park Center at the University of Texas in Arlington, TX. Commentary will begin shortly.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. The venue map suggests a capacity of around 2000 but the initial camera shots indicate it won’t be near a sellout today. This could wind up being the lowest number of the tour so far (which has been very successful btw) so from what I’ve seen I’ll make an initial prediction of around 1250. (Actually from seeing more early crowd shots it looks smaller so I’m revising it down to 1000) (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1481. Typical late-arriving crowd)

Up Up Girls out first thing. Matches should begin in about 5 minutes.

The matches begin at 1:10 PM PT/4:10 PM ET. Your hosts are Rich Bocchini & Veda Scott.

Match 1: Shino Suzuki vs. Mifu Ashida
Result: Shino Suzuki beat Mifu Ashida by submission

Match 2: Sakura Hattori vs. Uta Takami
Result: Sakura Hattori beat Uta Takami by submission

Match 3: Suzume & Arisu Endo vs. Raku & Pom Harajuku
Result: Suzume & Arisu Endo beat Raku & Pom Harajuku. Endo pinned Harajuku after The 10th Law.

Match 4: Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara vs. Yuki Aino & VertVixen
Result: Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara beat Yuki Aino & VertVixen. Kamifuku pinned Aino after a middle-rope Fameasser.

Match 5: Mizuki vs. Hyper Misao & Rika Tatsumi in a 3-way
Result: Mizuki beat Hyper Misao & Rika Tatsumi in a 3-way by pinning Misao.

Main Event: Miu Watanabe & Miyu Yamashita vs. Shoko Nakajima & Yuki Arai
Result: Shoko Nakajima & Yuki Arai beat Miu Watanabe & Miyu Yamashita. Nakajima pinned Yamashita after a diving senton.

No streaming issues today aside from starting a minute or two late. Another fun event despite losing one match due to Jada Stone not able to make it, not her fault though. Today was the final Arai-Watanabe face-off as Arai is scheduled to face Pom tomorrow.

The tour finale is tomorrow at Post Houston in Houston, TX. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English will begin at 1 PM PT/4 PM ET.

Tokyo Joshi Pro ran their second US event of the week today in Austin, TX to finish up a doubleheader.

Today’s event was held at Austin-Palmer Event Center Exhibition Hall in Austin, TX and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English. I was unable to watch live or do live results due to work conflicts.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1561)

Match 1: Yuki Arai & Mifu Ashida beat Arisu Endo & Shino Suzuki. Arai pinned Suzuki after a deformed brainbuster.

Match 2: Sakura Hattori beat Hyper Misao.

Match 3: Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara beat Raku & Pom Harajuku. Kamifuku pinned Harajuku after Fameasser.

Match 4: Rika Tatsumi beat Yuki Aino by submission.

Match 5: Miyu Yamashita beat Shoko Nakajima.

Main Event: Miu Watanabe & Suzume beat Mizuki & Uta Takami. Watanabe pinned Takami after Teardrop.

The next event is Saturday at the University of Texas in Arlington, TX. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English will begin at 1 PM PT/4 PM ET.

UPDATE: After the event, Jessie McKay & Cassie Lee were added to 4/16 in Las Vegas, NV. If they win the Princess Tag Team Championship on 3/29, a title defense is planned for 4/16.

UPDATE 2: The 4/16 Princess Of Princess Championship match has been decided, namely who the 3/29 Miu Watanabe-Yuki Arai winner will defend against…J-Rod.

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. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1951. This may include some standing room seating that was not for sale but was shown as perhaps being for SXSW attendees)

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.

With the first of 2 visits to North America ahead over the next month (multiple stops in the US and also their first visit to Canada, meaning we will get a lot of our beloved former ring announcer Sayuri Namba again as she has been confirmed for all those events), Tokyo Joshi Pro runs the de facto final event before GRAND PRINCESS ’26 today in Tokyo. The main event features (almost) all the champions on one side and will be the final face-off between Miu Watanabe & Yuki Arai ahead of the 3/29 main event. Additionally, fans will be able to get a first look at new title belts that will be introduced on 3/29, the first time TJPW’s championships have been refreshed (pics have already been posted on line). Today also marks Kaya Toribami’s final match in TJPW as, starting with the US events next week, she will be changing her name to Sakura Hattori but the question is will her appearance change and is the mask she’s always worn going away too?

Today’s event will be held at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There will be no commentary. There are 7 matches planned but with all only having 15-20 minute time limits this should wind up being a “normal” house show with a running time of about 2 hours.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Shino Suzuki & Uta Takami vs. Cbika Nanase & Shion Kanzaki
Kaya Toribami vs. HIMAWARI
Rika Tatsumi vs. Raku, Mahiro Kiryu & Mifu Ashida in a 4-way
Hyper Misao vs. Kira Summer
Mizuki vs. Pom Harajuku
Miyu Yamashita & Arisu Endo vs. Toga & Ren Konatsu
Miu Watanabe, Yuki Kamifuku, Wakana Uehara & Suzume vs. Yuki Arai, Shoko Nakajima, Yuki Aino & Haru Kazashiro

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Updates below will begin at 8:30 PM PT/11:30 PM PT. The live stream is scheduled to begin 10 minutes before the event.

8:20 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in 5-10 minutes.

8:28 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. What we can see on camera is mostly full but advance sales look to be average so it depends on how the cheaper seats sold. I’ll make an early guess of 250 (the venue’s max capacity is around 450). (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 350, a super full house/very near sellout)

The matches should begin in 10-15 minutes.

The matches begin at 8:40 PM PT/11:40 PM ET.

Match 1: Shino Suzuki & Uta Takami vs. Cbika Nanase & Shion Kanzaki. 20 minute time limit
Result: Shino Suzuki & Uta Takami beat Chika Nanase & Shion Kanzaki. Suzuki pinned Kanzaki after a belly-to-belly suplex.

Match 2: Hyper Misao vs. Kira Summer. 15 minute time limit
Result: Hyper Misao beat Kira Summer by submission

Match 3: Rika Tatsumi vs. Raku, Mahiro Kiryu & Mifu Ashida in a 4-way. 20 minute time limit
Result: Rika Tatsumi beat Raku, Mahiro Kiryu & Mifu Ashida in a 4-way by beating Kiryu. Afterwards, Kiryu with microphone. She had DDT GM Imabayashi brought in, who is the current DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion. But of course kiryu wanted the belt now. Which led to all the girls beating down Imabayashi…then Kiryu. Imabayashi then took off with all the girls after him with referee Fumirin in tow. Except Kiryu. Updates to follow if anything happens.

Match 4: Mizuki vs. Pom Harajuku. 15 minute time limit. Actually it’s…Andreza Giant Pom! HAHAHA!
Result: Mizuki beat Pom Harajuku. Harajuku wound up ditching the panda suit late in the match but it made for a really fun comedy match-Pom is at her humorous best when dressing up or doing ridiculous gimmicks like this. Afterwards, someone wearing an American-themed mask & outfit rushed the ring and stole Mizuki’s half-wand while possessing the stolen original. Apparently this “guy” was here on behalf of original thief Andreza Giant Panda. GRAND PRINCESS ’26 promo but the USA themed character was very poorly timed given what’s going on in the world right now. Not good and not funny at all.

Match 5: Kaya Toribami vs. HIMAWARI. 15 minute time limit
Result: Kaya Toribami beat HIMAWARI. And now we say goodbye to Toribami and await the arrival of Sakura Hattori.

Match 6: Miyu Yamashita & Arisu Endo vs. Toga & Ren Konatsu. 20 minute time limit
Result: Miyu Yamashita & Arisu Endo beat Toga & Ren Konatsu. Endo pinned Konatsu.

Main Event: Miu Watanabe, Yuki Kamifuku, Wakana Uehara & Suzume vs. Yuki Arai, Shoko Nakajima, Yuki Aino & Haru Kazashiro. 20 minute time limit. Start may be briefly delayed by ring repairs/maintenance.
Result: Time Limit Draw. But Arai & Watanabe wanted to continue to fight. And they have at least one more chance before GRAND PRINCESS ’26.

The next event is TJPW TEXAS STAMPEDE Austin Day 1 Tuesday at Austin-Palmer Events Center Exhibit Hall in Austin, TX. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 5 PM PT/8 PM ET but they do caution there may be technical issues because the stream will originate from Japan, at least server-wise. Commentary is scheduled to be in English only.

UPDATE: Sakura Hattori will debut Tuesday against Shino Suzuki. Here is a sneak peek of her new persona from TJPW:

Also, after 3/29 all 3 titles will next/first be defended at the Las Vegas event on 4/16.

A strange breaking development that affects Tokyo Joshi Pro’s GRAND PRINCESS ’26 event on 3/29: Lei Ying Lee (fka Xia Li), who was previously confirmed for the event, is now off. Details are sketchy but it appears to be a decision made by TNA Wrestling, where Lee is currently signed to. TJPW tried to make things worked but couldn’t. TNA shared the following statement:

“TNA sincerely apologizes for Lei Ying Lee’s inability to participate in TJPW’s Ryogoku Sumo Hall show on March 29.
Neither Lee nor TJPW are at fault for this situation, and we thank TJPW for accommodating this change.
Once again, we apologize to TJPW, TJPW fans, as well as as Miyu Yamashita, Arisu Endo, and Sareee who were announced in this match with Lee, for the absence of Lei Ying Lee at the last minute for the Ryogoku Sumo Hall show which we know is very important for TJPW. We wish TJPW continued success and appreciated their partnership.”

After doing some research, one possible explanation for Lee being pulled is scheduling conflicts. TNA has their monthly PPV in the US on 3/27 (OK, technically it’s a PLE but it’s also a PPV. An el cheapo $9.99 PPV but still a PPV) and then a night of TV tapings on 3/28. If Lee is a part of those, there’s no way she can make it to Japan in time for the 3/29 event.

As for the card…she was to have teamed with Sareee to face Miyu Yamashita & Arisu Endo. Takumi Iroha is the replacement. This will apparently be the first time Iroha has appeared in TJPW.

First things first-this was a promotional stunt for GRAND PRINCESS ‘26 so don’t be too alarmed. Here’s what happened-as part of a “challenge” issued by event PR Ambassador Super Sasadango Machine, Tokyo Joshi Pro roomie Shion Kanzaki did a live street performance in the Shinjuku area of Tokyo where she performed her entrance theme. She did and received cheers & applause from some onlookers. Mission acocmplished. But then, a masked assailant attacked Representative President Tetsuya Koda, who was there, with a saber and beat him down. It was revealed to be Sumire Uesaka, a popular voice actress who sold out Ryogoku Kokugikan with a solo performance in 2016. Uesaka received word yesterday she is in the 10-person battle royal on 3/29 for the DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Championship currently held by Rika Tatsumi (POTENTIAL SPOILER ALERT-unfortunately Mahiro Kiryu is in it too) and attacked Koda as part of a promo until Kanzaki intervened.

In other words…Pro Wrestling Everybody!!!

The rest of the participants were announced last night along with the full card: Tatsumi, Kiryu, Raku, Mifu Ashida, Kira Sunmer, Chika Nanase, Sakura Hattori*, Matcha, Momo Sato, Minimo Chan (with Mari Haguchi). But as always with this title, Card Subject To Change.

The event will have 10 total matches with an intermission before the 3 title matches that will be the 8th-10th matches.

*-Soon-to-be fka Kaya Toribami after this Sunday’s event. Since last weekend’s event she announced a new name and video clips have surfaced online related to this. They can be viewed on TJPW’s YouTube channel.

Tokyo Joshi Pro is closing in on GRAND PRINCESS ‘26, their biggest event of the year, with the final major push beginning earlier this week with press conferences, posters going up around Tokyo and now an event today. In the ring the main focus now is on the upcoming match between Miu Watanabe & Yuki Arai for the Princess Of Princess Championship and they’ll continue trading shots & more today. Additionally, it was announced today that TJPW founder/somewhat-owner Sanshiro Takagi will be at the event today and will greet the fans before the matches begin.

Also, while not possibly mentioned, Miyu Yamashita will not be at today’s event due to competing in England for the Pro Wrestling EVE promotion this weekend.

Today’s event will be held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. The event is a legit advance sellout. There will be no commentary. There are 6 matches planned so it probably will still be a “normal” house show with a running time of about 2 hours.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Rika Tatsumi vs. Mahiro Kiryu & Ren Konatsu in a 3-way
Hyper Misao & Mifu Ashida vs. Suzume & Arisu Endo
Kaya Toribami vs. Shion Kanzaki
Shoko Nakajima, Yuki Aino & Haru Kazashiro vs. Mizuki, Raku & Pom Harajuku
Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara vs. Kira Summer & Chika Nanase
Miu Watanabe, Toga & Uta Takami vs. Yuki Arai, HIMAWARI & Shino Suzuki

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Updates below will begin at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 10 minutes before the event.

6:20 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in 5-10 minutes.

6:27 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. It’s a legit advance sellout so that should mean the post-pandemic “new normal” of 337. The venue’s full pre-pandemic capacity is/was 600. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance, a legit advance sellout, was 284)

The matches should begin in 15-20 minutes. During the opening announcements a new match was added to GRAND PRINCESS ’26 on 3/29: A battle royal for the DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Championship. Anything to put it back on Mahiro Kiryu, I guess. After this, they bring out Sanshiro Takagi. He is here on behalf of event PR Ambassador Super Sasadango Machine and introduces a new idol who apparently will be there (at first glance she looks like a taller version of Raku), didn’t catch her name as the volume on her microphone was too low. Perhaps a match involving DDT wrestler Daichi Sato. Updates to follow. Also, TJPW will have the pre-show match at the DDT Anniversary Event on 3/22 at Korakuen Hall-HIMAWARI, Haru Kazashiro & Chika Nanase vs. Toga, Ren Konatsu & Shion Kanzaki. Which may mean the event Update: The idol is Momo Sato, who is Daichi Sato’s sister.

The matches begin at 6:45 PM PT/9:45 PM ET.

Match 1: Kaya Toribami vs. Shion Kanzaki. 15 minute time limit
Result: Kaya Toribami beat Shion Kanzaki by submission. Afterwards, Toribami with microphone. Updates on what she said to follow. Update: Her final match, at least as Kaya Toribami, will be on 3/15 at Ryogoku KFC Hall. Sounds like a potential gimmick change or maybe removing her mask. (UPDATE 2: She will be changing her name to Sakura Hattori)

Match 2: Rika Tatsumi vs. Mahiro Kiryu & Ren Konatsu in a 3-way. 20 minute time limit. And as it turns out, Tatsumi is the current DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion so during entrances Kiryu ran backstage to try and win the title bur failed.
Result: Rika Tatsumi beat Mahiro Kiryu & Ren Konatsu in a 3-way by pinning Konatsu.

Match 3: Hyper Misao & Mifu Ashida vs. Suzume & Arisu Endo. 20 minute time limit
Result: Suzume & Arisu Endo beat Hyper Misao & Mifu Ashida. Endo pinned Ashida.

Match 4: Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara vs. Kira Summer & Chika Nanase. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara beat Kira Summer & Chika Nanase. Uehara beat Nanase with Banana Pillow.

Match 5: Shoko Nakajima, Yuki Aino & Haru Kazashiro vs. Mizuki, Raku & Pom Harajuku. 20 minute time limit
Result: Mizuki, Raku & Pom Harajuku beat Shoko Nakajima, Yuki AIno & Haru Kazashiro almost immediately when all 3 rolled up all 3 losers. Which led to…
Match 5 (again): Shoko Nakajima, Yuki Aino & Haru Kazashiro vs. Mizuki, Raku & Pom Harajuku. 20 minute time limit
Result: Mizuki, Raku & Pom Harajuku beat Shoko Nakajima, Yuki Aino & Haru Kazashiro. Harajuku pinned Nakajima after Pomu. Do. Justis. Huge win for Pom!

Main Event: Miu Watanabe, Toga & Uta Takami vs. Yuki Arai, HIMAWARI & Shino Suzuki. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Arai, HIMAWARI & SHino Suzuki beat Mio Watanabe, Toga & Uta Takami. Arai beat Watanabe with a modified scorpion deathlock. Arai used her free hand to trap Watanabe’s left hand and apply extra pressure to force the tapout. Very unique! This round goes to the challenger which makes me very happy. But still 3 weeks until the one that matters most.

This was a much shorter event than I expected with the matches clocking in at just 90 minutes. I was thinking the main event would perhaps go the distance but it didn’t.

The next event is 3/15 at Ryogoku KFC Hall. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 3/14 at 8:30 PM PT/11:30 PM ET.

UPDATE: Regarding the Iron Man Battle Royal at WRESTLE PRINCESS, it will be an 11 person staggered entry match with Tatsumi defending the title assuming she is still champion at the time. Momo Sato is the first confirmed challenger, the rest are TBA. Actually Tatsumi is being billed as “AKA Great Wakabayashi Kun” for this match and the English machine translation of the new item on TJPW’s website is hilarious just because it says “The current king, Rika Tatsumi, is fucked!” I love Bing translation.

Tokyo Joshi Pro finished up their February today with an event in Aichi.

Today’s event was held at Kariya City Industrial Promotion Center in Aichi and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Tuesday. There was no live broadcast.

THe hnnounced paid attendance was 299.

Match 1: Toga beat Chika Nanase by submission.

Match 2: Hyper Misao beat Uta Takami & Kira Summer in a 3-way by pinning Summer.

Match 3: Suzume & Ren Konatsu beat HIMAWARI & Shion Kanzaki, Konatsu pinned Kanzaki after Aries Comet.

Match 4: Mizuki beat Mahiro Kiryu.

Match 5: Yuki Kamifuku, Wakana Uehara & Mifu Ashida beat Rika Tatsumi, Raku & Pom Harajuku. Kamifuku pinned Harajuku after Fameasser.

Match 6: Miyu Yamashita & Kaya Toribami beat Shoko Nakajima & Sarah Phoenix. Yamashita pinned Phoenix after Skull Kick.

Main Event: Miu Watanabe, Yuki Aino & Haru Kazashiro beat Yuki Arai, Arisu Endo & Shino Suzuki. Watanabe beat Arai with Canadian Backbreaker.

The next event is 3/7 at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Friday at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET.

In more good news for North American Tokyo Joshi Pro fans, the promotion has announced it will be returning to the US again in April for a WrestleMania week event on 4/16 at The Pearl at The Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, NV. 17 roster members have been announced as participating, basically all except Ren Konatsu, Shion Kanzaki, Kira Summer & Chika Nanase. Since Pom Harajuku is coming again I now eagerly await confirmation of Max The Impaler participating so we can go Viva Wasteland Pom Party!

The event will be an 11 AM PT/2 PM ET start time, since that’s the day I go back to work after spring vacation I won’t be able to watch live. Tickets on sale soon and broadcast plans TBA but I’m thinking it will be live on Triller/FITE with the Triller+ subscription package ($8/month) then on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE several weeks later. There also will be a meet & greet there on 4/17 which will be free to attend.

UPDATE: In other US news, it has been announced that all 4 Texas events in March will be broadcast LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. No PPVs. The event schedule is as follows:
3/17-5 PM PT/8 PM ET
3/18-4 PM PT/7 PM ET
3/21 & 3/22-1 PM PT/4 PM ET