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BREAKING: TJPW Title Matches Added To US Event (Updated)

Tokyo Joshi Pro has just added 2 title matches to their US debut on 3/31 in Los Angeles, CA at WrestleCon: NEW Princess Tag Team Champions Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh vs. Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki for the titles and NEW International Princess Champion Rika Tatsumi vs. Billie Starkz for the title. That now makes 6 matches for the event on 3/31 at Noon PT/3 PM PT.

Reminder: In all likelihood the only way to watch this event will be via PPV on FITE. It IS NOT scheduled to be live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. It is available for pre-order on FITE for $19.99.

UPDATE: Confirmed on Twitter-No live broadcast on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. Only on FITE. Probably because the event is part of WrestleCon and I think they have a deal with FITE.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 3/18/23 Results

After a successful debut last year, Tokyo Joshi Pro ran the second installment of GRAND PRINCESS, their new biggest event of the year from a venue and importance standpoint today, with a blockbuster card featuring a little bit of everything as they ran Tokyo’s new Olympic venue for the first time.

Today’s event was held at Ariake Arena in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. You can also watch the pre-show and the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 1512. That’s not nearly as bad as it sounds because despite the easing of pandemic restrictions the venue was still limited to only 50% capacity and the layout reduced it even further. Also all but two levels of tickets sold out in advance. I did hope for more though.

Match 1: Suzume beat Arisu Endo.

Match 2: Haru Fujo & Runa Okubo Debut Match: Mahiro Kiryu, HIMAWARI, Wakana Uehara & Shino Suzuki beat Kaya Toribami, Touma, Haru Fujo & Runa Okubo. Kiryu pinned Toribami after a spinebuster. V1 for Suzuki in her young career!

Match 3: Hikari Noa, Nao Kakuta & Ram Kaichow (666) beat Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku. Noa pinned Harajuku aftet 5G.

Match 4: Ryo Mizunami (Independent/Freelancer) beat Moka Miyamoto.

Match 5: Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao beat Andre The Giant Panda & Neko Haruna. Nakajima pinned Haruna with a Northern Lights Suplex hold.

Match 6: Saki-Sama & May Saint-Michel (Saki Akai & Mei Suruga) beat Yuki Kamifuku & Billie Starkz. May pinned Kamifuku after La Revolution.

Match 7: Aja Kong beat Yuki Arai. Anticipated but still sad.

Match 8: Rika Tatsumi beat International Princess Champion Miu Watanabe by submission to win the title. Tatsumi becomes the 10th International Princess Champion. And what is believed to be the first to win all 3 TJPW titles at some point in her career (Miyu Yamashita & Yuka Sakazaki have never held this title and Maki Itoh has never been Princess Of Princess Champion). So maybe time to put Tatsumi in TJPW G.O.A.T. discussions.

Match 9: Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh beat Princess Tag Team Champions Heidi Howitzer & Max The Impaler to win the titles. Yamashita & Itoh become the 12th Princess Tag Team Champions. Itoh pinned Howitzer after Flying Big Head. Well, at least the disaster that was the foreigners winning the title from AA Eye Candy has been somewhat resolved.

Main Event: Mizuki beat Princess Of Princess Champion Yuka Sakazaki to win the title. Mizuki becomes the 12th Princess Of Princess Champion. Boooo..(there are only two TJPW wrestlers I do not like and passionately root against. Mizuki is one. The other who I will NEVER root/simp/etc for is Maki Itoh)

Among major announcements during the event were upcoming major events later this year: 7/8 at Ota City General Gym for what should be SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ’23 (the summer blowout event), 10/8 (not sure where) for what probably will be WRESTLE PRINCESS 3 (typically TJPW’s biggest/most important event of the year but I think GRAND PRINCESS has surpassed it), and 12/1 at Korakuen Hall for the TJPW 10th Anniversary event. Also announced before the event was Yuki Arai’s May & June participation schedule, which is subject to change-5/5 (Korakuen Hall), 5/13 (Act City Hamamatsu, Shizuoka), 5/20 (Otemachi Mitsui Hall, Tokyo), 6/11 (Korakuen), 6/24 (Kobe Art Center, Kobe), 6/25 Nishitetsu Hall, Fukuoka).

The next event is Wednesday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo to begin the Spring 2023 house show tour. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

BREAKING: TJPW Top Star In Impact Title Match at NJPW/Impact PPV

Ohhhhhhh yeah, this is gonna be a good one…Impact Wrestling just announced a HUGE Title Match for Impact/New Japan Multiverse United on 3/30 in Los Angeles: Impact Knockouts Champion Mickie James defends the title in a 4-way against Deonna Purrazzo, Gisele Shaw and…Miyu Yamashita! Tokyo Joshi Pro representation!

The event will be a live PPV on FITE on 3/30 at 11 PM ET/8 PM PT and is available for pre-order now for $24.99. Check out the Twitter announcement below for what is shaping ip to be an incredible event:

TJPW News: Yamashita EVE Title Match Tonight

Tokyo Joshi Pro star and Pro Wrestling EVE Champion Miyu Yamashita is back in England today for a title defense that was previously postponed. According to posts on Twitter she will defend the title against Lizzy Evo at tonight’s Pro Wrestling EVE event, which begins at 2:30 PM ET/11:30 AM PT and is available worldwide on YouTube. The first half of the event streams for free, but the second half will be behind a paywall for paying YouTube channel subscribers. Yamashita’s match is the main event so it’s behind the paywall.

More details below:

TJPW News: New Debuting Wrestlers Get Names

Ahead of their debuts at GRAND PRINCESS ’23, Tokyo Joshi Pro has announced the new names for the two wrestlers making their debuts at the event:

“Momo” will now be known as Runa (Ryuna?) Okubo. She will be the youngest active wrestler in TJPW-she is just 14 years old, standing about 5 feet tall, and was inapires by her parents and traveled to a dojo in Tokyo to train every day after school from her home in Saitama. Her hobbies and skills include cooking and dancing and her goal is to be like TJPW wrestler Yuki Kamifuku.

“Haru” will be known as either Haru Fujo or Haru Kazashiro. Almost as young as Okubo, she will turn 15 in 3 weeks, stands about 5’1″ and learned about TJPW via programs on the Japanese version of Amazon Prime Video. She is an anime fan who decided to become a wrestler after seeing Nodoka Tenma’s retirement match. And in a very exciting doubleheader of sorts for her, she will graduate from junior high school the day after GRAND PRINCESS.

In their Debut Match, they will team with Kaya Toribami & Touma (who just had her Debut Match yesterday) to face Mahiro Kiryo, Wakana Uehara, HIMAWARI & Shino Suzuki.

In other event news, another Japanese event tradition will return at GRAND PRINCESS as it has been announced that fans will be allowed to throw streamers/ticker tape/paper rolls into the ring during wrestler introductions. This was halted in 2020 by the pandemic as an infection control measure and has been allowed at only one or two events since.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 3/6/23 Results (Updated)

Tokyo Joshi Pro held “The Night Before GRAND PRINCESS ’23” today, the final event before their biggest event of the year in less than 2 weeks.

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

The announced paid attendance was 297, a full house/near sellout.

Match 1: Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao beat Wakana Uehara & HIMAWARI. Nakajima pinned Uehara.

Match 2: Rika Tatsumi beat Kaya Toribami.

Match 3: Shino Suzuki Debut Match: Miu Watanabe & Hikari Noa beat Raku & Shino Suzuki. Noa beat Suzuki with Blue Racer.

Match 4: Touma Debut Match: Miyu Yamashita beat Touma.

Match 5: Yuki Kamifuku, Nao Kakuta & Mahiro Kiryu beat Yuki Aino, Neko Haruna & Pom Harajuku. Kamifuku pinned Harajuku after Fameasser.

Main Event: Yuka Sakazaki, Yuki Arai & Suzume beat Mizuki, Moka Miyamoto & Arisu Endo. Sakazaki pinned Miyamoto after Magical Merry-Go-Round.

The build is now all but over…the next event is GRAND PRINCESS ’23, TJPW’s biggest event of the year, on 3/18 at Ariake Arena in Tokyo. There’s still time to get tickets but they are selling well. The venue will be at 50% capacity as it was set before pandemic restrictions were lifted-that means depending on the setup it’ll probably be a max capacity of around 4000-the venue’s normal full capacity is 12,000. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE on Japanese and English will begin at 2 AM ET/11 PM PT.

UPDATE: It’s now official-Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh vs. Heidi Howitzer & Max The Impaler on 3/18 will be for the Princess Tag Team Championship. V3 for the champs over the weekend in their latest defense so now it’s for the titles at Ariake Arena.

BREAKING: TJPW Full US Event Card Announced (3/31/23)

Tokyo Joshi Pro has just announced the full card for their US debut event on 3/31/23 in Los Angeles, CA as part of WrestleCon:
Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki vs. Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh
Shoko Nakajima & Miu Watanabe vs. Heidi Howitzer & Max The Impaler
Hyper Misao & Trish Adora vs. Yuki Aino & Raku
Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta vs. Suzume & Arisu Endo
Rika Tatsumi vs. Billie Starkz
Yuki Kamifuku vs. Janai Kai
Sayuri Namba will be ring announcer
With regards to the Princess Tag Team Championship, it’s expected whoever is champion at the time (if Yamashita/Itoh or Howitzer/Max) would be in a NON-TITLE match.

Tickets for the event are almost sold out (only a few standing room tickets remain). It will not be available on WRESTLE UNIVERSE as a live broadcast at this time, however it will be available in the US as a PPV on FITE. You can pre-order now for $19.99, which includes the live broadcast and unlimited on demand replays. It will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later time/date. If you buy the live event on FITE, be aware that it’s a Friday 3 PM ET/12 PM PT start (3/31 is a holiday in California).

Tokyo Joshi Pro 3/4/23 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro continued the CITY CIRCUIT Tour today with a visit to Yokohama as they wind down the build to GRAND PRINCESS ’23 in 2 weeks.

Today’s event was held at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 194.

Match 1: Suzume & Arisu Endo beat Wakana Uehara & HIMAWARI. Suzume pinned HIMAWARI after Ring A Bell.

Match 2: Yuki Aino beat Kaya Toribami & Hikari Noa in a 3-way by pinning Toribami.

Match 3: Mizuki beat Pom Harajuku by submission.

Match 4: Yuka Sakazaki beat Raku.

Match 5: Myu Yamashita & Moka Miyamoto beat Shoko Nakajima & Mahiro Kiryu. Yamashita pinned Kiryu after Attitude Adjustment.

Main Event: Rika Tatsumi, Hyper Misao & Nao Kakuta beat Miu Watanabe, Yuki Kamifuku & Neko Haruna. Tatsumi pinned Haruna after Twist Of Fate.

The next event is “The Night Before GRAND PRINCESS ’23” Monday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo, the final event before Ariake Arena. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

TJPW News: Shino Debut Information, Tag Title Update (Updated)

Tokyo Joshi Pro announced more details regarding new trainee Shino, the newest Up Up Girls member who will have her Debut Match on 3/6:

She has decided that her ring name will be Shino Suzuki. She is 24 (birthday is in July), standing about 5’1″, is from Shizuoka Prefecture and her special skill is providing tourist information. Her ring outfit is predominantly green with white arms/wrists featuring gold trim and white leggings. She will team with Raku to face Miu Watanabe & Hikari Noa in her first match, an Up Up Girls special tag match, which will happen on 3/6.

Also provided was another Princess Tag Team Championship Update: Heidi Howitzer & Max The Impaler beat Jody Threat & Blair Onyx in the US yesterday to retain the titles. V2 for the champs. Next up: Trish Adora & Jordyn Blade. That match is set for Saturday in independent promotion Enjoy Wrestling.

UPDATE: TJPW also announced that trainee Toga has chosen her ring name and will be known as Touma. She just celebrated her 20th birthday yesterday (Japan time), is/will be one of the taller wrestlers in TJPW at about 5’6″, and will debut on 3/6 against Miyu Yamashita. She has been a wrestling fan since elementary school and credits DDT wrestler Saki Akai for making her want to become a pro wrestler.

TJPW News: GRAND PRINCESS ’23 Full Card Announced (Updated)

During today’s DDT event, Tokyo Joshi Pro announced the full card for GRAND PRINCESS ’23 on 3/18 at Ariake Arena in Tokyo. The lineup is as follows (in order):
Suzume vs. Arisu Endo
4 new wrestlers Debut Match: Mahiro Kiryu, Wakana Uehara, HIMAWARI & Shino (name subject to change) vs. Kaya Toribami, Toga, Haru & Momo (names subject to change)
Hikari Noa, Nao Kakuta & Ram Kaichow vs. Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku
Ryo Mizunami vs. Moka Miyamoto
Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao vs. Neko Haruna & Andre The Giant Panda
Saki-Sama & May Saint-Michel (Saki Akai & Mei Suruga) vs. Yuki Kamifuku & Billie Starkz
Yuki Arai vs. Aja Kong
International Princess Champion Miu Watanabe vs. Rika Tatsumi for the title
Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh vs. Max The Impaler & Heidi Howitzer (currently this is a NON-TITLE match with regards to the Princess Tag Team Championship)
Princess Of Princess Champion Yuka Sakazaki vs. Mizuki for the title

The event will be broadcast LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese beginning at 2 AM ET/11 PM PT. Natsuki Nakayama of J-Pop group OCHA NORMA will be a special guest on commentary.

UPDATE: THPW has announced on Twitter that if Max The Impaler & Heidi Howitzer are still Princess Tag Team Champions at match time, the match will be changed and it WILL be for the titles.

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