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Tokyo Joshi Pro holds their annual pre-Christmas special event today in Tokyo, featuring most of the roster in special single matches with only 7 minute time limits. All the matches were determined by fan drawing with those not participating being in tag matches instead. Those matches will feature champions & challengers for upcoming events as Pom Harajuku prepares to defend her newly-won SPW (Thailand) All-Asia Championship against Matcha, who she beat for the title, and the likely main event sees International Princess Champion Yuki Arai opposite challenger Suzume, with Miu Watanabe & Arisu Endo as their respective partners.

As previously announced, Kira Summer will miss the event as she is back home in Australia following the death of her father and is spending the holidays with family. She has occasionally posted on social media and thanked the fans for their continued support. She will be back after Christmas.

Today’s event will be held at Tama Mirai Messe in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE FOR FREE! No monthly paid subscription required! There will be no commentary. Even though there will be 12 matches none will go longer than 10 minutes, so the event won’t go longer than about 2 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Hyper Misao vs. Haru Kazashiro
Neko Haruna vs. Wakana Uehara (see below)
Yuki Kamifuku vs. Yuki Aino
Mahiro Kiryu vs. Yoshiko Hasegawa
Maki Itoh vs. Toga
Chika Nanase vs. Uta Takami
Rika Tatsumi vs. Shoko Nakajima
Miyu Yamashita vs. Mizuki
Shino Suzuki vs. Raku
Moka Miyamoto vs. Ivy Steele
Pom Harajuku & HIMAWARI vs. Matcha & Kaya Toribami
Miu Watanabe & Yuki Arai vs. Suzume & Arisu Endo Wakana Uehara (see below)

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Updates below will begin at 9 PM PT/midnight ET.

UPDATE: There are last-minute changes to the event because Arisu Endo & Neko Haruna are now off. The always vague poor health. Haruna-Wakana Uehara is now off and Uehara will replace Endo in the main event.

You also will be able to watch the entire event FOR FREE on YouTube. The YouTube broadcast is scheduled to begin at event time The WRESTLE UNIVERSE feed is scheduled to go live 15 minutes early.

8:45 PM PT UPDATE: The WRESTLE UNIVERSE livestream has begun. YouTube is scheduled to begin in 15 minutes.

8:57 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Tama Mirai Messe in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary. YouTube should join in a couple minutes. (YouTube started about 5 minutes early and is now live as well) Late FYI: No on demand replay on YouTube. Live only.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. The venue normally has a max capacity of 800-850 but has a much smaller setup today. I’m thinking the attendance will be closer to 350. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 356)

The matches should begin in 10-15 minutes.

The matches begin at 9:13 PM PT/12:13 AM ET. Remember all the single matches today have only a 7 minute time limit.

Match 1: Chika Nanase vs. Uta Takami. 7 minute time limit
Result: Chika Nanase beat Uta Takami by submission

Match 2: Moka Miyamoto vs. Ivy Steele. 7 minute time limit
Result: Moka Miyamoto beat Ivy Steele by submission

Match 3: Mahiro Kiryu vs. Yoshiko Hasegawa. 7 minute time limit
Result: Mahiro Kiryu beat Yoshiko Hasegawa

Match 4: Shino Suzuki vs. Raku. 7 minute time limit
Result: Raku beat Shino Suzuki

Match 5: Maki Itoh vs. Toga. 7 minute time limit
Result: Maki Itoh beat Toga by submission

Match 6: Yuki Kamifuku vs. Yuki Aino. 7 minute time limit
Result: Time Limit Draw

Match 7: Pom Harajuku & HIMAWARI vs. Matcha & Kaya Toribami. 10 minute time limit
Result: Matcha & Kaya Toribami beat Pom Harajuku & HIMAWARI. Matcha pinned Harajuku after a backdrop.

Match 8: Hyper Misao vs. Haru Kazashiro. 7 minute time limit
Result: Hyper Misao beat Haru Kazashiro

Quick break for ring repairs/maintenance.

Match 9: Rika Tatsumi vs. Shoko Nakajima. 7 minute time limit
Result: Time Limit Draw

Match 10: Miyu Yamashita vs. Mizuki. 7 minute time limit
Result: Time Limit Draw

Main Event: Miu Watanabe & Yuki Arai vs. Suzume & Wakana Uehara. 10 minute time limit
Result: Time Limit Draw. Post-match promo ended with Watanabe & Arai wishing everyone a Merry Christmas.

The next event is “TJPW Year-End Party 2024”, their final event of the year, on 12/29 at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

Tokyo Joshi Pro runs their first event of December today, “Winter Story”, starting a light month schedule-wise with just 3 events left this year. Despite the name and typical pattern for the promotion this is basically a house show but with more matches than usual as the focus shifts to the year-opening 1/4 major event. One match in particular is that focus as Miu Watanabe & Mizuki will face off that day for the Princess Of Princess Championship, and they’ll be on opposite sides of a 6-woman tag today. There’s also excitement because Pom Harajuku returns as a champion for the first time in her career, coming off winning the SPW (Setup Pro Wrestling Thailand) All-Asia Championship recently. She’ll defend in a few weeks in a rematch.

Although it won’t affect today’s lineup, it was also announced that Kira Summer is off the event, as well as the next one, due to family reasons (she posted a couple weeks ago on social media that her father died recently and she is back in her native Australia for services and to spend the holidays with her family).

Today’s event will be held at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There will be no commentary. Despite having 7 matches instead of the usual 5-6 there are no title matches that will keep the running time around a typical house show length of about 2 hours.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Suzume vs. Uta Takami
Yuki Kamifuku & Neko Haruna vs. Raku & Chika Nanase
Rika Tatsumi & Moka Miyamoto vs. Arisu Endo & Ivy Steele
Hyper Misao vs. Yoshiko Hasegawa
Pom Harjauku vs. HIMAWARI
Miyu Yamashita, Maki Itoh & Mahiro Kiryu vs. Shoko Nakaima, Yuki Aino & Kaya Toribami
Miu Watanabe, Haru Kazashiro & Toga vs. Mizuki, Wakana Uehara & Shino Suzuki

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Updates below will begin at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to launch 15 minutes before the event.

7:35 PM PT UPDATE: They apparently moved stream launch up to 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET and it’s now started. We should be going to the venue in about 25 minutes.

7:57 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Usually the venue is set up for around 300 for these events (full capacity is just under 400), I haven’t been able to see much seating-wise yet as it’s probably hard camera only but I’m guessing it’ll be around 225. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 223)

When we join Sayurti Namba is already in the ring helping fans in attendance with a lottery to determine matches for an upcoming event (this is for the 12/21 event, which will have 10 single matches). Once finished they get into the opening announcements. Also posted on the socials were the first 3 teams for the 2025 Futari-wa Princess Max Heart Tournament, the annual tag team tournament…and they announced the only one that matters to me and makes me very happy to report…WASTELAND POM PARTY!!! (Max The Impaler & Pom Harajuku)
Here are the 12/21 matches via the fan lottery: Moka Miyamoto vs. Ivy Steele, Shino Suzuki vs. Raku, Miyu Yamashita vs. Mizuki, Rika Tatsumi vs. Shoko Nakajima, Chika Nanase vs. Uta Takami, Maki Itoh vs. Toga, Mahiro Kiryu vs. Yoshiko Hasegawa, Yuki Kamifuku vs. Yuki Aino, Neko Haruna vs. Wakana Uehara, Hyper Misao vs. Haru Kazashiro.

The matches should begin around 8:15 PM PT/11:15 PM ET.

The matches begin at 8:17 PM PT/11:17 PM ET.

Match 1: Suzume vs. Uta Takami. 15 minute time limit
Result: Suzume beat Uta Takami

Match 2: Yuki Kamifuku & Neko Haruna vs. Raku & Chika Nanase. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Kamifuku & Neko Haruna beat Raku & Chika Nanase. Haruna pinned Nanase after Cat Scratch.

Match 3: Rika Tatsumi & Moka Miyamoto vs. Arisu Endo & Ivy Steele. 20 minute time limit
Result: Rika Tatsumi & Moka Miyamoto beat Arisu Endo & Ivy Steele. Miyamoto beat Steele with Rashomon. This was Steele’s TJPW debut (she is from Europe) and she was very well received by the fans. She was very excited too, almost too much during entrance.

Match 4: Hyper Misao vs. Yoshiko Hasegawa. 15 minute time limit
Result: Hyper Misao beat Yoshiko Hasegawa. Afterwards, Misao with microphone. Promo seemed to be about DDT & TJPW together, and went on until she was interrupted by Super Sasadango Machine. Seems to be leading to a potential comedy match in DDT as I heard Machine mention Antonio Honda. Possibly could happen at Ultimate Party 2024 later this month at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo for DDT’s year-end blowout event. They went on until Rika Tatsumi snuck in and neck pinched Machine to stun him for a beatdown by Misao & Tatsumi. Some unlucky guy in a suit-Tetsuya Koda actually-then got sent into the ring for a Machine beatdown which brought Misao & Tatsumi back out…to beat down poor Koda more. Machine then left as Misao & Tatsumi finished the promo. Sounds like potentially them vs. Machine & Honda at Ryogoku. Updates to follow. Classic DDT comedy segment. Went long enough to all but insure the event hits the “normal” about 2 hour house show runtime.

Match 5: Pom Harjauku vs. HIMAWARI. 15 minute time limit
Result: Pom Harajuku beat HIMAWARI. During her intro, Harajuku accidentally dropped her title belt into the floor below. Even as a champion, Pom Still Gonna Pom. But we still love her nonetheless.

Match 6: Miyu Yamashita, Maki Itoh & Mahiro Kiryu vs. Shoko Nakaima, Yuki Aino & Kaya Toribami. 20 minute time limit
Result: MIyu Yamashita, Maki Itoh & Mahiro Kiryu beat Shoko Nakajima, Yuki Aino & Kaya Toribami. Yamashita pinned Toribami after Attitude Adjustment (after inadvertently Skull Kicking Kiryu)..

Main Event: Miu Watanabe, Haru Kazashiro & Toga vs. Mizuki, Wakana Uehara & Shino Suzuki. 20 minute time limit
Result: Miu Watanabe, Haru Kazashiro & Toga beat Mizuki, Wakana Uehara & Shino Suzuki. Watanabe pinned Suzuki after a double Teardrop on Suzuki & Mizuki..

The next event is “Se-no, Merry Christmas! 2024” on 12/21 at Tama Mirai Messe in Tokyo. In addition to the 10 single matches determined today, which all have 7 minute time limits, there will be 2 tag matches with 10 minute time limits. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 12/20 at 9 PM PT/midnight ET.

UPDATE: The DDT-TJPW match for 12/28 is now official. It will be Machine. Honda & Toru Owashi vs. Misao, Tatsumi & Harajuku.

In a post made on her social media accounts a short time ago, and confirmed in a brief card update by Tokyo Joshi Pro, Kira Summer is leaving the promotion temporarily, probably for the rest of the month. Her father died recently (sudden and unexpected) and she will be returning to Australia for the funeral and to spend Christmas with her family. She will miss the remainder of this month’s TJPW events as a result. In announcing the 12/14 card, TJPW stated her absence is due to family reasons. Summer said she will moss the next 2 events so she could be back for either 12/29 or 1/4, both at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. She also intends to talk more about the situation later.

I join in sending condolences & prayers to Kira in this very difficult time.

Following her announcement of her leaving SKE48 at the end of March, Tokyo Joshi Pro announced an update that has me breathing easier-after that separation it was decided that Yuki Arai will continue her wrestling career. She will remain active with the promotion and under her current management by the Zest Corp. talent agency. Arai is approaching one year as International Princess Champion, a milestone she will reach at her next defense on 1/4.

Tokyo Joshi Pro celebrates their 11th birthday/anniversary today with an event in Tokyo on the day they began as a DDT sub-brand in 2013, and appropriately this kicks off a doubleheader with DDT following. The event will also feature a title match main event as, after winning the NEXGENE Tournament in a bit of an upset, Haru Kazashiro earned a title shot of her choice and chose the Princess Tag Team Championship with Toga, who she beat to win the tournament, so they will face current champions Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh for the titles headlining the card. The likely semi-final match features all the Up Up Girls together in an 8-woman tag.
The promotion has already announced that Pom Harajuku will miss the event due to having competed in Thailand today, where she won the SETUP Thailand All-Asia Women’s Championship for her first career championship. I’m sure Max The Impaler is very proud of Pom too!

Today’s event will be held at Club eX in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. The event is a legit advance sellout. There will be no commentary. With 6 matches and a bit of a time limit due to DDT following them I don’t see this event running longer than the potential limit if everything went the distance, meaning it should be just under 2 hours. The longest it could go is just over 2 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Rika Tatsumi vs. Kaya Toribami & Chika Nanase in a 3-way
Moka Miyamoto vs. Kira Summer
Hyper Misao & Neko Haruna vs. Mahiro Kiryu & HIMAWARI
Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara vs. Shoko Nakajima & Yuki Aino
Miu Watanabe, Raku, Shino Suzuki & Uta Takami vs. Mizuki, Suzume, Arisu Endo & Yoshiko Hasegawa
Princess Tag Team Champions Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh vs. Haru Kazashiro & Toga for the titles

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Updates below will begin at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 15 minutes before the event.

6:15 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in about 15 minutes.

6:30 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Club eX in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. It’s a legit advance sellout so it will depend on the setup which I’m thinking will be 450-500. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 333, a legit advance sellout. A smaller setup than anticipated)

The matches should begin in about 10 minutes. During the opening announcements one match was announced for 1/4 at Korakuen Hall, which is Shoko Nakajima vs. Hyper Misao. Must be a tradition because it’s happening on that date for the 6th straight year. Then a new trainee was introduced (a foreigner). She spoke pretty good Japanese though. Then she spoke in English-she is originally from Manchester, England. When DDT hopefully posts more on their website a little later I’ll edit this with more about her. And they already have…Her name is Ivy Steele, she is 25 and currently is an exchange student. She will be changing her ring name, possibly to her original ring name FiFi. She has been wrestling for almost 7 years (debuted in February 2018) and attended & passed the TJPW fall auditions. Her TJPW debut will be on 12/14 at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama.

The matches begin at 6:50 PM PT/9:50 PM ET.

Match 1: Moka Miyamoto vs. Kira Summer. 15 minute time limit
Result: Moka Miyamoto beat Kira Summer by submission

Match 2: Rika Tatsumi vs. Kaya Toribami & Chika Nanase in a 3-way. 20 minute time limit
Result: Rika Tatsumi beat Kaya Toribami & Chika Nanase in a 3-way by pinning Nanase.

Match 3: Hyper Misao & Neko Haruna vs. Mahiro Kiryu & HIMAWARI. 20 minute time limit
Result: Hyper Misao & Neko Haruna beat Mahiro Kiryu & HIMAWARI. Misao pinned HIMAWARI after Hypami Returns.

Match 4: Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara vs. Shoko Nakajima & Yuki Aino. 20 minute time limit
Result: Shoko Nakajima & Yuki Aino beat Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara. Nakajima beat Uehara with a front neck & arm lock after reversing out of an armbar.

Match 5: Miu Watanabe, Raku, Shino Suzuki & Uta Takami vs. Mizuki, Suzume, Arisu Endo & Yoshiko Hasegawa. 20 minute time limit
Result: Mizuki, Suzume, Arisu Endo & Yoshiko Hasegawa beat Miu Watanabe, Raku, Shino Suzuki & Uta Takami. Mizuki pinned Suzuki with Cutie Special. Mizuki promo post-match, if anything of note I’ll edit later as I began simulcasting a Stardom live broadcast so audio was muted. (Update: Princess Of Princess Championship challenge. That match will happen on 1/4 at Korakuen Hall)

Main Event: Princess Tag Team Champions Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh vs. Haru Kazashiro & Toga for the titles. 30 minute time limit
Result: Princess Tag Team Champions Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh beat Haru Kazashiro & Toga to retain the titles. Itoh beat Kazashiro with Itoh Punish/Deluxe/Whatever. V2 for the champs. Next up: TBA but Yamashita issued an open challenge for 1/4/

The next event is “Winter Story” on 12/14 at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 12/13 at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.

Tokyo Joshi Pro continued their fall house show tour today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo (DDT’s results page incorrectly says Korakuen Hall) and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 429, a super full house/very near sellout.

In the opening announcements, it was announced that all 3 of the signature events next year-GRAND PRINCESS, SUMMER SUN PRINCESS, WRESTLE PRINCESS 6-will all be at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo. They will be on 3/16, 7/21 and 9/20, respectively. GRAND PRINCESS had been held at Ryogoku Kokugikan in each year of its existence, which started during the pandemic.

Match 1; HIMAWARI, Shino Suzuki & Uta Takami beat Wakana Uehara, Kira Summer & Chika Nanase. HIMAWARI beat Nanase with a single leg Boston crab.

Match 2; Pom Harajuku beat Mahiro Kiryu & Neko Haruna in a 3-way by pinning both simultaneously.

Match 3: Zara Zakher & Yuki Aino beat Mizuki & Kaya Toribami. Zakher pinned Toribami after Control Z.

Match 4: Miu Watanabe, Raku, Suzume & Moka Miyamoto beat Miyu Yamashita, Maki Itoh, Yuki Kamifuku & Yoshiko Hasegawa. Suzume pinned Hasegawa after Ring A Bell.

Match 5: Hyper Misao Return Match: Rika Tatsumi & Arisu Endo beat Hyper Misao & Shoko Nakajima. Tatsumi beat Misao with White Dragon Sleeper.

Match 6: NEXGENE Tournament ’24 Finals: Haru Kazashiro beat Toga to win the tournament. As a result, Kazashiro gets a future title shot of her choice…and immediately chose Princess Tag Team Championship with Toga as her partner. That match will happen on 12/1 at Club eX in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo. The result definitely is an upset in my book as I had Toga winning it all.

Main Event: International Princess Champion Yuki Arai beat Shazza McKenzie to retain the title. V6 for Arai. Next up: Suzume. That match will happen at the year-opening event on 1/4 at Korakuen Hall, the traditional Tokyo Dome appetizer. This also means that, if she holds the title until then, Arai will also have the longest reign to date as 1/4 would be exactly one year.

The next event is “TJPW 11th BIRTHDAY” on 12/1 at Club eX in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 11/30 at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET.

In other news, while the field for the upcoming Futari-wa Princess Max Heart Tournament in early 2025 isn’t yet set, the promotion confirmed Arai will not be part of it next year. When her January & February participation schedule was announced earlier this week it was reported she will not compete on 2/8 at Korakuen, which will be the Finals, due to schedule conflicts (likely with SKE48). She will participate on 1/4, 1/18 (Club eX), 1/25 (Shinjuku Face) and 2/22 (Ryogoku KFC Hall). But as always, her schedules are subject to change.

Tokyo Joshi Pro is running their big monthly event, The Mountain Top ’24, right now in Osaka. Below are in-progress NEAR LIVE results.

Today’s event is being held at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There is no live broadcast, but they did try to live stream the main event via the service’s new UNIVERSE CAST feature, which is like a live vlog for the wrestlers (frequently used multiple times daily by Miu Watanabe).

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 384)

Match 1: Yoshiko Hasegawa beat Chika NAnase by submission.

Match 2: Shoko Nakajima beat Neko Haruna & Kaya Toribami in a 3-way by pinning Haruna.

Match 3: Maki Itoh, Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu beat Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku. Itoh beat Harajuku with Itoh Deluxe.

Match 4: NEXGENE Tournament Semifinals: Toga beat Kira Summer.

Match 5: NEXGENE Tournament Semifinals: Haru Kazashiro beat Wakana Uehara.
As a result, the Finals will be Toga vs. Kazashiro. The winner gets a future title shot of their choice. (Probably going to be Toga, who was my pick before the tournament) That match will happen Friday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo.

Match 6: Shazza McKenzie & Moka Miyamoto beat Rika Tatsumi & HIMAWARI. McKenzie pinned JIMAWARI after Shazzastick Stunner.

Match 7: Yuki Arai, Suzume & Arisu Endo beat Mizuki, Shino Suzuki & Uta Takami. Arai beat ? (results don’t say exactly who yet but I’m betting Takami) with a scorpion deathlock.

Main Event: Princess Of Princess Champion Miu Watanabe beat Zara Zakher to retain the title. V5 for Watanabe.

The next event is Friday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo with the NEXGENE Tournament Finals and Arai vs. McKenzie for the International Princess Championship. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

The Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling members who are not in the US this weekend are part of an event in Tokyo today, which is likely going to be a comedy-themed event as it has a Raku Army vs. Pom Harajuku Army theme. The 16 participants have been divided into 2 teams of 8 and will compete in a variety of matches, which we won’t know the format of in advance, and they will be determined today by exchange of member lists. The winning team will get to share 10 kilos (22 pounds) of grilled eel made with love as a prize from event sponsor Yamada Suisan Co Ltd.. If nothing else, this event should be a lot of fun and worth the split-screen streaming opposite the DDT event in the US at the same time.

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. It’s hard to predict anything because we won’t even know the format until after the event gets underway but it probably will be a standard house show with a running time of between 1 1/2 & 2 hours. I’m thinking there will be a total of 4 or 5 matches. (Pre-show Update: According to WRESTLE UNIVERSE, 6 matches. 4 single matches and 2 tag matches)

Today’s lineup:
TBA at event/match time. We only know the teams are the Raku Army of Raku, Yuki Arai, HIMAWARI, Shino Suzuki, Haru Kazashiro, Chika Nanase, Ryo MIzunami & Ram Kaichow and the Pom Army of Pom Harajuku, Mahiro Kiryu, Neko Haruna, Kaya Toribami, Toga, Kira Summer, Uta Takami & Yoshiko Hasegawa. Sadly no Max The Impaler, at least on paper…

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Updates below will begin at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 15 minutes prior to the event.

7:30 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

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

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Advance sales were unusually strong for a KFC Hall event and almost sold out ahead of time. The crowd is still filing in but based on normal full capacity and advance sales it could be right around 400 for a sellout but I’m going with a guess of a near-sellout 375. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 361, a legit sellout)

The event should begin momentarily.

The event starts with team captains Raku & Pom Harajuku coming out with envelops containing their lineups. Harajuku gets the comedy started quickly by trying to take the envelops away from ring announcer Sayuri Namba. Opening announcements follow during which an event in Las Vegas, NV is announced for April 18, 2025. I’d try to go but it’s right before I take off for a cruise in Japan! That’s also shortly before WWE WrestleMania 41 in Vegas. Up Up Girls then come out, sans Miu Watanabe of course because she’s in the US.

The matches begin at 7:50 PM PT/10:50 PM ET. The participants aren’t announced so we won’t know until they come out and their entrance music plays.

Match 1: Kaya Toribami (Pom Army) vs. Chika Nanase (Raku Army). 15 minute time limit
Result: Kaya Toribami beat Chika Nanase by submission

Match 2: Yoshiko Hasegawa (Pom Army) vs. Shino Suzuki (Raku Army). 15 minute time limit
Result: Yoshiko Hasegawa beat Shino Suzuki by submission

Match 3: Kira Summer & Neko Haruna (Pom Army) vs. Raku & Ram Kaichow (Raku Army). 20 minute time limit
Result: Raku & Ram Kaichow beat Kira Summer & Neko Haruna. Raku pinned Haruna.

Match 4: Mahiro Kiryu (Pom Army) vs. HIMAWARI (Raku Army). 15 minute time limit
Result: Mahiro Kiryu beat HIMAWARI

Match 5: Pom Harajuku (Pom Army) vs. Ryo Mizunami (Raku Army). 15 minute time limit
Result: Ryo Mizunami beat Pom Harajuku by submission

Which means the last match will be…
Main Event: Toga & Uta Takami (Pom Army) vs. Yuki Arai & Haru Kazashiro (Raku Army). 20 minute time limit
If Toga/Takami win, Pom Army wins. If Arai/Kazashiro win, tie.
Result: Yuki Arai & Haru Kazashiro beat Toga & Uta Takami. Arai beat Takami with a scorpion deathlock.

That means…TIE. 3-3. There must be a tiebreaker! Which led to…
Impromptu Match: Raku vs. Pom Harajuku in a 1 Count match. Only 1 count for pinfalls
Result: Raku beat Pom Harajuku. It only lasted a few seconds. As a result, Raku Army wins the event and the sponsor prize.

The next event is “The Mountain Top ’24” Saturday at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka with Miu Watanabe vs. Zara Zakher for the Princess Of Princess Championship and more. Unfortunately, unless plans change before then, there will be no live broadcast.