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Tokyo Joshi Pro’s annual November quarterly major event, ALL RISE ’26, is coming up today. The last of their signature major events, it is headlined by the standard 3 title matches-first up, the youth movement tries to take another big step forward as Uta Takami challenges International Princess Champion Suzume for the title. Second, Yuki Aino & Haru Kazashiro defend the Princess Tag Team Championship against the tricky & wacky duo of Pom Harajuku & Raku. Finally, in the main event, it’s another one that will have me on edge as Yuki Arai defends the Princess Of Princess Championship against Shoko Nakajima. Arai has never beaten Nakajima in singles matches yet which obviously worries me, but hopefully today will be the first time. Earlier in the card there also is the NexGene Tournament Finals as Ren Konatsu faces Momo Sato, with the double-elimination rule meaning Sato has to beat Konatsu twice to win it all, and a pair of new wrestlers are welcomed aboard as J-Pop idol Shiori Futaba will make her debut along with fellow rookie Yui Musubi, both in tag matches.

Although it did not affect the card due to announcement timing, it was also announced that Miyu Yamashita, HIMAWARI & Sakura Hattori are all off the event. Schedule conflicts. In Yamashita’s case it’s more Pro Wrestling EVE participation in England, there was an event yesterday (11/6) I believe) so she may not have made it back in time even in best-case. Not sure about HIMAWARI & Hattori.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. Marika Tani will be making her semi-regular appearance on commentary for several matches as the host and voice actress Ayaka Shimizu will be a special guest on commentary. There are 8 matches planned so a little light for a Korakuen event and that along with the usual post-match fan event (which is at Ryogoku KFC Hall) should mean a “standard” Korakuen running time of about 2 1/2 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Yui Musubi Debut Match: Yui Musubi & Toga vs. Shion Kanzaki & Chieri Sakimori
Hyper Misao & Shino Suzuki vs. Mahiro Kiryu & Kira Summer
Shiori Futaba Debut Match: Shiori Futaba, Miu Watanabe & Rika Tatsumi vs. Mizuki, Wakana Uehara & Mifu Ashida
NexGene Tournament Finals: Ren Konatsu vs. Momo Sato. If Sato wins, there will be an immediate rematch because Sato must win twice to win the tournament (it’s double-elimination, Sato has lost once while Konatsu has not lost)
Yuki Kamifuku & Nagisa Nozaki vs. Arisu Endo & Chika Nanase
International Princess Champion Suzume vs. Uta Takami for the title
Princess Tag Team Champions Yuki Aino & Haru Kazashiro vs. Pom Harajuku & Raku for the titles
Princess Of Princess Champion Yuki Arai vs. Shoko Nakajima for the title

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Updates below will begin at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 20 minutes before the event. The opening announcements are scheduled to begin 10 minutes before the event.

UPDATE (Pre-show): The event start time has been DELAYED due to unforeseen circumstances affecting setup at the venue. The WRESTLE UNIVERSE live stream will now begin at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET. The opening announcements will follow about 10 minutes after that. This means the matches will now probably start shortly after 7 PM PT/10 PM ET.

6:15 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. It is saying we should be going to the venue in 10 minutes.

6:25 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your hosts are Haruo Murata, Kagehiro Osano, Sayoko Mita (who both forgot to turn their microphones on at first) and Ayaka Shimizu. Marika Tani will join later for some matches.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Due to the delays in setup the seating opened only 10 minutes ago so it will take time for the crowd to file in. It’s the usual reduced capaaity setup but advance sales were good so it sounds like they’ll get to at least 1000, maybe 1100. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 971)

The matches should begin in 25-30 minutes.

During opening announcements a new title was introduced, seems to somehow be related to social media. Referee Fumirin showed off the new title belt. Details via TJPW’s website: It’s called the Unlimited Princess Championship, which is a variation of the DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Championship. But it has some unique rules: It is a 24/7 title but a challenge or defense request must be made via SNS/texts/social media 24 hours beforehand along with rules. If the “tournament secretariat” approves the rules that will be posted on social media, and it doesn’t have to be a normal match (so in that sense like the DDT Extreme Championship). The full matches MUST be posted on social media. Determination battle royal to crown the first champion will be held on 12/26 but subject to change as details are still being worked out.

Rise Shirai then botched the Up Up Girls intro.

The matches begin at 6:56 PM PT/9:56 PM ET. And it’s Korakuen which means STREAMERS!!!

Match 1: Yui Musubi Debut Match: Yui Musubi & Toga vs. Shion Kanzaki & Chieri Sakimori. 20 minute time limit. No ring entrance music for Musubi yet, came out to Toga’s music
Result: Shion Kanzaki & Chieri Sakimori beat Yui Musubi & Toga. Kanzaki beat Musubi with an armbar.

Match 2: Hyper Misao & Shino Suzuki vs. Mahiro Kiryu & Kira Summer. 20 minute time limit
Result: Hyper Misao & Shino Suzuki beat Mahiro Kiryu & Kira Summer. Misao pinned Summer after Hypami Returns.

Match 3: Shiori Futaba Debut Match: Shiori Futaba, Miu Watanabe & Rika Tatsumi vs. Mizuki, Wakana Uehara & Mifu Ashida. 20 minute time limit. No music for Futaba yet, they came out to Tatsumi’s music
Result: Shiori Futaba, Miu Watanabe & Rika Tatsumi beat Mizuki, Wakana Uehara & Mifu Ashida. Watanabe pinned Ashida after Teardrop.

Marika Tani joins commentary.

Match 4: NexGene Tournament Finals: Ren Konatsu vs. Momo Sato. 30 minute time limit. If Konatsu wins, she wins the tournament. If Sato wins, there will be an immediate rematch
Result: Ren Konatsu beat Momo Sato to win the tournament

Match 5: Yuki Kamifuku & Nagisa Nozaki (Independent/Freelancer) vs. Arisu Endo & Chika Nanase. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Kamifuku & Nagisa Nozaki beat Arisu Endo & Chika Nanase. Kamifuku pinned Nanase after a middle rope Fameasser.

Match 6: International Princess Champion Suzume vs. Uta Takami for the title. 30 minute time limit
Result: International Princess Champion Suzume beat Uta Takami to retain the title. V5 for Suzume.

Match 7: Princess Tag Team Champions Yuki Aino & Haru Kazashiro vs. Pom Harajuku & Raku for the titles. 30 minute time limit
Result: Princess Tag Team Champions Yuki Aino & Haru Kazashiro beat Pom Harajuku & Raku to retain the titles. Kazashiro pinned Harajuku. V1 for the champs.

Main Event: Princess Of Princess Champion Yuki Arai vs. Shoko Nakajima for the title. 30 minute time limit
Result: Shoko Nakajima beat Princess Of Princess Champion Yuki Arai to win the title. Nakajima becomes the 18th Princess Of Princess Champion. Beyond gutted & heartbroken. Arai’s first title reign has ended but hopefully it’s not her last. Nakajima joins Miyu Yamashita & Yuka Sakazaki as 3-time champions. Now I will root very hard for whoever will be the first challenger…and it’s revealed right away…Watanabe. Unless they do it in the US next month, it sounds like it’ll happen at Ittenyon aka 1/4…but wait a second…Misao interrupts! She wants a title shot too! And went as far as to attack Watanabe! To Be Continued…until then, I’m going to drown out my sorrows over this match.

The next event is 11/15 at Chunichi Hall in Nagoya. There will be no live broadcast. On demand 11/18.

UPDATE: Nakajima will defend the title on 1/4 but not in a 3-way. It will be against either Misao or Watanabe, which will be decided on 11/15 by a match between them.
As her prize for winning the NexGene Tournament, Konatsu got to make a match request and she made a “selfish” request…a match against Arai. That match will happen on 11/15.

Tokyo Joshi Pro kicked off their November with a house show today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 357, a super full house/very near sellout)

Match 1: NexGene Tournament: Momo Sato beat Shion Kanzaki. As a result, Kanzaki is eliminated and Sato advances to the Finals to face Ren Konatsu.

Match 2: Sakura Hattori & Ren Konatsu beat Wakana Uehara & Chieri Sakimori. Konatsu beat Sakimori with Shoulder Bites.

Match 3: HIMAWARI & Shino Suzuki beat Arisu Endo & Chika Nanase. HIMAWARI pinned Nanase after Robin Goodfellow.

Match 4: Rika Tatsumi beat Kira Summer.

Match 5: Miyu Yamashita, Miu Watanabe & Mifu Ashida beat Mizuki, Mahiro Kiryu & Toga. Yamashita pinned Kiryu after Skull Kick.

Match 6: Hyper Misao beat Yuki Kamifuku.

Main Event: Shoko Nakajima, Raku, Pom Harajuku & Uta Takami beat Yuki Arai, Yuki Aino, Haru Kazashiro & Suzume. Nakajima pinned Arai after a diving senton. Ominous…I hope not.

The next event is ALL RISE ’26 on 11/8 at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Saturday at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET.

Tokyo Joshi Pro resumes the (I thought it was over but it isn’t) fall house show tour today in Saitama. NEAR LIVE results will be posted below when/if they become available.

Today’s event will be held at Kasukabe Fureai Cube in Saitama and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Monday. There is no live broadcast. But they MAY upload the show earlier than planned given the nature of the show (DDT participation, namely Danshoku Dieno [yikes] and Super Sasadango Machine).

There are some last-minute changes to the card due to Arisu Endo being pulled off the event. Unspecified injury treatment. She was to have teamed with Yuki Arai, Suzume & HIMAWARI to face Shoko Nakajima, Sakura Hattori, Chika Nanase & Uta Takami. Hattori has been removed from the match to make it a 6-woman tag instead and what was a Mizuki vs. Mifu Ashida match is now a 3-way with Hattori added.

Before the event begins, there will be a public signing ceremony for the Princess Tag Team Championship match on 11/8 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, which will have champions Yuki Aino & Haru Kazashiro and challengers Pom Harajuku & Raku.

The event is scheduled to begin at 8:30 PM PT/11:30 PM ET.

(As of 9:20 PM PT there have been no updates so sounds like no results until after the event is over. This will thus be updated tomorrow morning with results)

UPDATE: Full results below.

The announced paid attendance was 279, a full house/near sellout.

Match 1: NexGene Tournament: Momo Sato beat Chieri Sakimori by submission. The first career win for Sato! As a result, Sakimori is eliminated with 2 losses.

Match 2: NexGene Tournament: Ren Konatsu beat Shion Kanzaki by submission. As a result, Konatsu advances to the Finals and will face the upcoming Sato-Kanzaki winner that eliminates the loser (both have one loss, it’s a double-elimination tournament).

Match 3: Danshoku Dieno & Super Sasadango Machine (DDT) beat Miyu Yamashita & Yuki Kamifuku. Dieno pinned Kamifuku after Danshoku Driver. Before the match, Dieno & Machine priposed the promotion’s name having to be changed to Tokyo Oji Pro Wrestling if they won but there was also a “butt ban”, which meant none of Dieno’s usual NSFW antics. The name change probably won’t stick.

Match 4: Mizuki beat Sakura Hattori & Mifu Ashida in a 3-way by pinning Ashida.

Match 5: Hyper Misao, Walana Uehara & Toga beat Miu Watanabe, Rika Tatsumi & Kira Summer. Uehara pinned Summer after Sushi Tornado.

Match 6: Raku, Pom Harajuku & Mahiro Kiryu beat Yuki Aino, Haru Kazashiro & Shino Suzuki. Harajuku pinned Kazashiro after Pomu. Do. Justis.

Main Event: Shoko Nakajima, Uta Takami & Chika Nanase beat Yuki Arai, Suzume & HIMAWARI. Takami pinned Suzume.

The next event is 11/1 at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 10/31 at 8:30 PM PT/11:30 PM ET.

Tokyo Joshi Pro held the first Noto Genki Pro Wrestling event today, visiting part of Ishikawa that was devastated by the Noto Peninsula earthquake in 2024.

Today’s event was held at Wadauchi Sports Center in Ishikawa and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Tuesday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 625, a legit sellout.

Match 1: HIMAWARI beat Chieri Sakimori.

Match 2: Rika Tatsumi & Ren Konatsu beat Mahiro Kiryu & Chika Nanase. Tatsumi beat Nanase with a dragon sleeper.

Match 3: Raku beat Mifu Ashida.

Match 4: Suzume & Sakura Hattori beat Toga & Shion Kanzaki. Suzume pinned Kanzaki after Ring A Bell.

Match 5: Yuki Aino & Haru Kazashiro beat Miyu Yamashita & Kira Summer. Aino pinned Summer after Venus DDT.

Match 6: Aja Kong (OZ Academy) & Yuki Kamifuku beat Miu Watanabe & Pom Harajuku. Kamifuku pinned Harajuku after Fameasser.

Main Event: Yuki Arai, Mizuki & Uta Takami beat Shoko Nakajima, Wakana Uehara & Shino Suzki. Arai beat Suzuki with a scorpion deathlock.

The next event is Saturday at Kasukabe Fureai Cube in Saitama to resume the (I thought it was over but it’s not) fall house show tour. The matches could also set up the finals of the NexGene Tournament depending on results. There will be no live broadcast. On demand 10/26.

UPDATE: After the event, added to 11/8 at Korakuen Ball in Tokyo was what will be the Shiori Futaba Debut Match: Shiori Futaba, Miu Watanabe & Rika Tatsumi vs. Mifu Ashida, Wakana Uehara & Mizuki. The current card suggests either it’s now final at 7 matches or there may be one more match added.

Tokyo Joshi Pro ran their latest TJPW INSPIRATION event today, continuing the usually-quarterly series of shorter events focused on comedy matches and match types & wrestlers rarely seen in the promotion.

Today’s event was held at Tokyo Square in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 202, a super full house/very near sellout.

Match 1: Nexgene Tournament: Shion Kanzaki beat Chieri Sakimori by submission. This is double-elimination so Sakimori is out with another loss.

Match 2: MIRAI (Michinoku Pro) beat Momo Sato.

Match 3: Great Wakabayashi-kun aka Rika Tatsumi beat Pom Harajuku & HIMAWARI in a 3-way by pinning HIMAWARI.

Match 4: Yuki Kamifuku & Zac (Battle Mode) beat Shoko Nakajima & Pocotan Kamifuku pinned Pocotan after Fameasser. Zac was a full-size costumed version of Kamifuku’s actual pet dog, which she brought to the ring with her. Almost certainly the only time given the dog is 13 and Kamifuku has about 70 days left until retirement.

Main Event: Suzume & Arisu Endo vs. Haru Kazashiro & Uta Takami went to a 20 minute time limit draw. Afterwards, Takami issued an International Princess Championship challenge to Suzume. That match will happen on 11/8 at Korakuen Hall once it is made official. So we’ve got our 3 title matches for the next signature event.

The next event is Sunday at Wadanai Sports Center in Ishikawa. There will be no live broadcast. On demand 10/20.

UPDATE: It’s now official. Suzume-Takami has just been announced for 11/8.

Tokyo Joshi Pro held a Shion Kanzaki hometown event for the first time today in Chiba, with pre-event festivities including Raku & Shino Suzuki serving as special train conductors for a train headed to the event.

Today’s event was held at Inubosaki Hotel Banquet Hall in Chiba and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Wednesday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 279, a legit sellout.

Match 1: Nexgene ‘26 Tournament: Ren Konatsu beat Momo Sato. This is a double-elimination format tournament so Sato is out with another loss.

Match 2: Mahiro Kiryu & Salura Hattori beat Rika Tatsumi & Chieri Sakimori. Hattori pinned Sakimori.

Match 3: Hyper Misao beat Mifu Ashida.

Match 4: Suzume & HIMAWARI beat Yuki Kamifuku & Kira Summer. Suzume pinned Summer after Ring A Bell.

Match 5: Mizuki, Raku & Pom Harajuku beat Yuki Aino, Haru Kazashiro & Chika Nanase. Raku pinned Aino. Afterwards, Raku issued a Princess Tag Team Championship challenge with Harajuku as her partner. That match will happen on 11/8 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. So now we just need a challenger for Suzume and the International Princess Championship.

Match 6: Miyu Yamashita, Wakana Uehara & Toga beat Yuki Arai, Arisu Endo & Shino Suzuki. Yamashita pinned Suzuki after Attitude Adjustment.

Main Event: Shoko Nakajima & Uta Takami beat Miu Watanabe & Shion Kanzaki. Nakajima pinned Kanzaki with a Northern Lights suplex hold. Wait, isn’t the hometown wrestler supposed to win in the main event? That’s usually how it goes so this feels wrong.

The next event is a TJPW INSPIRATION event Wednesday at Tokyo Square in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

Since the weather cooperated, Tokyo Joshi Pro was able to hold a special outdoor Rooftop Gardn Pro Wreslting & BBQ event today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Gran Hammer Floor 8 in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Tuesday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 108, a legit advance sellout.

The event began with a special Rakugo (storytelling) performance by referee Fumirin.

After this, a talk event was held with Yui, a new trainee who will debut on 11/8 at Korakuen Hall. Ring name TBA.

Match 1: Yuki Aino & Haru Kazashiro beat Yuki Kamifuku & Chieri Sakimori. Kazashiro beat Sakimori with 16 Nights.

Match 2: Shoko Nakajima, Hyper Misao & Wakana Uehara beat Suzume, Arisu Endo & Shion Kanzaki. Nakajima pinned Kanzaki with a fisherman’s suplex hold.

Match 3: Miu Watanabe, Rika Tatsumi & Toga beat Miyu Yamashita, Sakura Hattori & Chika Nanase. Watanabe pinned Nanase after Daydream Carousel (Tatsumi Missile Hip during Watanabe’s Giant Swing).

Main Event: Mizuki, Raku & Pom Harajuku beat Yuki Arai, HIMAWARI & Shino Suzuki. Mizuki pinned Suzuki.

The next event is Monday at Inubosaki Hotel in Chiba for a Shion Kanzaki hometown event. There will be no live broadcast. On demand Wednesday.

In other news, the schedule for the 7th Max Heart Tournament, the promotion’s annual tag team tournament, was announced. It’s a single-elimination bracket format event. It will be held on 1/16/27 at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama, 1/24/2027 at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo, 1/30/2027 at Osaka Azalea Taisho in Osaka and wrap up on 2/13/27 at Korakuen Hall.

Tokyo Joshi Pro hasn’t yet announced much for ALL RISE ‘26, the next Korakuen Hall event, aside from Yuki Arai vs. Shoko Nakajima, but they did announce several absences for the event-Miyu Yamashita, Sakura Hattori & HIMAWARI are all off the event. Yamashita-another international excursion, which I’m guessing is back to England for Pro Wrestling EVE for a defense of the EVE International Championship. Hattori & HIMAWARI-scheduling conflicts. It’s not yet known if Yamashita will miss additional events due to this excursion but it seems unlikely as the events just before and just after 11/8 are a week before and after. I’m thinking no but we’ll see.

WRESTLE PRINCESS 7, Tokyo Joshi Pro’s second biggest but perhaps still most important event of the year, is now in the books.

Today’s event was held at Ebara Wave Arena Ota/Ota City General Gym in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 1357.

Match 1: Uta Takami beat Ren Konatsu by submission.

Match 2: Chieri Sakamori Debut Match: HIMAWARI, Shino Suzuki & Mifu Ashida beat Chieri Sakamori, Shion Kanzaki & Momo Sato. HIMAWARI beat Sakamori with Robin GoodFellow.

Match 3: Raku & Rakuga (?) beat Pom Harajuku & Pocotan and Mahiro Kiryu & Tama in a 3-way when Raku pinned Harajuku.

Match 4: Aja Kong (OZ Academy), Sakura Hattori & O-MENZ Kumadori (DDT) beat Chris Brookes (DDT), Kira Summer & Chika Nanase. Hattori pinned Nanase. Kumadori was joined by all members of O-MENZ for his entrance performance.

Match 5: Yuki Kamifuku & Veny beat Wakana Uehara & Toga. Kamifuku pinned Uehara after Fameasser. This was billed as the last time Kamifuku & Veny would team before Kamifuku retires at the end of the year.

Match 6: Mizuki beat Hyper Misao. Jushin Thunder Liger was special referee.

Match 7: SETUP All-Asia Women’s Champion Shoko Nakajima beat Zara Zakher to retain the title.

After the Intermission here, it was announced that Shiori Futaba, currently a J-Pop idol, will debut at ALL RISE ’26 on 11/8 at Korakuen Hall.

Match 8: Pro Wrestling EVE International Champion Miyu Yamashita beat Arisu Endo to retain the title.

Match 9: Yuki Aino & Haru Kazashiro beat Princess Tag Team Champions Miu Watanabe & Rika Tatsumi to win the titles. Aino & Kazashiro become the 22nd Princess Tag Team Champions. Aino beat Tatsumi with Full Nelson Of Love & Flame. Definitely at least a mild upset in part because of Kazashiro, who gets her first championship at only 18 AND they beat Daydream to do so.

Main Event: Princess Of Princess Champion Yuki Arai beat Suzume to retain the title. V5 for Arai. And once again all is well in the world for a little longer. This was not a double title match as the International Princess Championship held by Suzume was not on the line. Next up: Nakajima. Arai has never beaten Nakajima in a single match to date so hopefully that will change. That match will happen on 11/8.

The next event is 10/10 at Gran Hammer 8F in Tokyo. This is an outdoor event and is subject to cancellation in case of bad weather, which has been a constant lately in Tokyo. If the event goes on as planned, there will be no live broadcast.

It’s the sad end of an era in Japanese wrestling beginning today as Shinjuku Face, the small but iconic Tokyo venue that has hosted pro wrestling for 21 1/2 years, closes in just 4 days. It’s time for the remaining promotions running there to say goodbye, starting today with Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling’s final event there ahead of DDT’s event later today. But it’s also the last event before WRESTLE PRINCESS 7 and thus the last build before their annual other biggest event of the year.

Today’s event will be held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. The event is a legit advance sellout. There will be no commentary. There are 7 matches planned and they’ll probably run a little longer than usual with being the final event at the venue, but not too long due to the DDT event afterwards. I anticipate it going around 2 1/4 hours.

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

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

Also on a related note, WRESTLE UNIVERSE is selling pre-orders of special PPV content for WRESTLE PRINCESS 7-a special package that will include taped day-of-camera footage and special match footage for Yuki Arai & Suzume. Each purchase also will get you an autographed digital wallpaper of the respective wrestler you purchase. The PPV pre-orders are $19.99 US and are available until 10/26. The PPV will be released a few days after the event.

6:50 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in 10 minutes.

6:53 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Shinjuku Face in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. It’s a legit advance sellout, originally the setup was for about 350 but they added standing room only tickets which also sold out so unless they expanded to full capacity, which is 500, that will probably put the final number around 400. If they went full capacity, then 550. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance, a legit advance sellout with standing room tickets sold out too, was 500. That’s normal max capacity for the venue)

The matches should begin in 15-20 minutes.

The matches begin at 7:10 PM PT/10:10 PM ET.

Match 1: Shoko Nakajima vs. Momo Sato. 15 minute time limit
Result: Shoko Nakajima beat Momo Sato. Borderline glorified squash.

Match 2: HIMAWARI & Mifu Ashida vs. Ren Konatsu & Shion Kanzaki. 20 minute time limit
Result: HIMAWARI & Mifu Ashida beat Ren Konatsu & Shion Kanzaki. Ashida pinned Kanzaki.
As they were leaving the ring area, I noticed something besides Rise Shirai at her table…a Tojojo!

Match 3: Mizuki vs. Raku & Pom Harajuku in a 3-way. 20 minute time limit
Result: Raku beat Mizuki & Pom Harajuku in a 3-way by pinning Harajuku. Comedy match of course. At least Mizuki didn’t win.

Before the next match Rise Shirai announces new rules. Apparently this is going to be another comedy match.
Match 4: Hyper Misao, Shino Suzuki & Uta Takami vs. Mahiro Kiryu, Toga & Kira Summer. 20 minute time limit
Result: Hyper Misao, Shino Suzuki & Uta Takami beat Mahiro Kiryu, Toga & Kira Summer. Misao pinned Summer after I Am A Hero.

Match 5: Yuki Kamifuku vs. Wakana Uehara. 15 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Kamifuku beat Wakana Uehara. Kamifuku clearly came to fight and saved the pleasantries & hugs for post-match outside of throwing Uehara out of the ring one last time with a Stone Cold Salute. Maybe the last time Ober Eats share the ring either as partners or foes.

Match 6: Miu Watanabe, Rika Tatsumi & Sakura Hattori vs. Yuki Aino, Haru Kazashiro & Chika Nanase. 20 minute time limit
Result: Miu Watanabe, Rika Tatsumi & Sakura Hattori beat Yuki Aino, Haru Kazashiro & Chika Nanase. Tatsumi pinned Nanase after Daydream.

Main Event: Yuki Arai & Miyu Yamashita vs. Suzume & Arisu Endo. 20 minute time limit
Result: Suzume & Arisu Endo beat Yuki Arai & Miyu Yamashita. Suzume pinned Arai after Ring A Bell. Hopefully not an omen for next time…after the closing promo, the entire roster gathered in the ring for the final commemorative photos and to say their final goodbye to Shinjuku Face. Fitting the event’s subtitle today was “THERE’S NO WAY I’LL CRY, I’M NOT GOING TO CRY”. Arai & Suzume shared one more handshake and posted for the media to end the show.

The next event is WRESTLE PRINCESS 7, the not-counting-GRAND PRINCESS biggest event of the year, Saturday at Ebara Wave Arena Ota/Ota City General Gym. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Friday at 9:30 PM PT/12:30 AM ET.

UPDATE: As of 11:15 PM PT/2:15 AM ET the on demand replay is unavailable. Release will be delayed.