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The biggest annual day of the year in Japanese pro wrestling, and biggest in the world outside of WrestleMania Weekend-is finally here…HAPPY TOKYO DOME DAY! It kicks off with Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling’s annual pre-Dome morning matinee, the year-opening “Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling ’25” blowout event. All 3 of the promotion’s titles are on the line today-first up, Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh have a very big task ahead, literally, when they defend the Princess Tag Team Championship against Zara Zakher & Masha Slamovich. In the Semifinal, Yuki Arai celebrates one year as International Princess Champion today and will try to keep her record-setting reign going against Suzume. And in the main event, Miu Watanabe will look to retain the Princess Of Princess Championship against Mizuki, who will try to become a 2-time champion. Elsewhere, former TJPW icon Yuka Sakazaki makes a one-day-only return and the annual Shoko Nakajima-Hyper Misao match will be a wacky death match with former DDT wrestler Poison Sawada JULIE as special referee.

There have been last-minute changes to the card because both Haru Kazashiro and Uta Takami are now off the event. The always-vague poor health. HIMAWARI & Shino Suzuki were moved to other matches and a planned 6-woman tag match is now a tag match. After missing most of December due to a death in her family, Kira Summer will also return to action today.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. Actress Mai Asada will be a special guest on Japanese commentary. Fans will be able to throw streamers/paper tape in the ring during entrances. The final card settled on 9 matches after expecting to be as many as 10, and one match is no time limit but since this is a blowout event for TJPW I would anticipate the event’s running time being about 3 hours. It can’t go much longer due to a post-event party next door, and that will still leave plenty of time to get ready for Tokyo Dome.

Today’s lineup:
HIMAWARI & Mifu Ashida vs. Toga & Chika Nanase
Ryo Mizunami, Kaya Toribami & Yoshiko Hasegawa vs. Matcha, Ivy Steele & Kira Summer
Aja Kong, Mahiro Kiryu & Neko Haruna vs. Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku
Shoko Nakajima vs. Hyper Misao in a Lumber Snake Death Match. Rules TBA. Poison Sawada JULIE is special referee
Yuka Sakazaki & Moka Miyamoto vs. Arisu Endo & Shino Suzuki
Yuki Kamifuku & Lei Ying Lee (Xia Li) vs. Rika Tatsumi & Wakana Uehara
International Princess Champion Yuki Arai vs. Suzume for the title
Princess Tag Team Champions Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh vs. Zara Zakher & Masha Slamovich for the titles
Princess Of Princess Champion Miu Watanabe vs. Mizuki for the title

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Updates below will begin at 5:30 PM PT/8:30 PM ET. The opening announcements are scheduled to begin at 5:50 PM PT/8:50 PM ET. (The official event start time is 6 PM PT/9 PM ET)

5:30 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue shortly.

5:45 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 & Mai Asada. Your English hosts are Baliyan Akki & Mr. Haku.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Advance ticket sales seemed about average and it’ll be about 15 minutes before we have a good estimate as the crowd is still filing in, but they want them in before the opening announcements. From what I can see at that time, it looks like around 1000. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1483, a legit sellout. So a very strong walk-up crowd)

The opening announcements will begin in about 5 minutes.

After the announcements, which included this event happening again next year at the same date & time (1/4/26), Sanshiro Takagi comes out. He announces a Bullet Train Pro Wrestling event on 2/15 to take place on a Japanese bullet train. That’ll be fun! The match? Miu Watanabe, Mizuki, Raku (of course-she is a noted train enthusiast and fan of the Japanese train system) & Aja Kong vs. Miyu Yamashita, Maki Itoh, Yuki Arai & Max The Impaler. Quite a matchup but I’d take one of Yamashita/Itoh/Arai out for Pom Harajuku instead.

Up Up GIrls performance. No Uta Takami today so Hyper Misao comes out to fill in. Actually not.

The matches begin at 6:15 PM PT/9:15 PM ET.

Match 1: HIMAWARI & Mifu Ashida vs. Toga & Chika Nanase. 20 minute time limit
Result: Toga & Chika Nanase beat HIMAWARI & Mifu Ashida. Toga pinned Ashida after Rock Bottom.

Match 2: Ryo Mizunami (Independent/Freelancer), Kaya Toribami & Yoshiko Hasegawa vs. Matcha, Ivy Steele & Kira Summer. 20 minute time limit
Result: Ryo Mizunami, Kaya Toribami & Yoshiko Hasegawa beat Matcha, Ivy Steele & Kira Summer. Mizunami pinned Steele after a spear.

All Elite Wrestling referee Bryce Remsburg is the referee for our next match.

Match 3: Aja Kong (OZ Acadxemy), Mahiro Kiryu & Neko Haruna vs. Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku beat Aja Kong, Mahiro Kiryu & Neko Haruna. Aino pinned Haruna after Venus DDT.

Match 4: Shoko Nakajima vs. Hyper Misao in a Lumberjack Death Match. Rules TBA. Poison Sawada JULIE (DDT) is special referee. 15 minute time limit. Before entrances we see a video of Nakajima preparing backstage and drinks a bottle of something. It doesn’t go well as poor Chika Nanase soon discovers…Nakajima comes out face painted along with Toga, Yoshiko Hasegawa, HIMAWARI & JULIE. And actually, she’s now Shoko NAKAJAMA!
Result: Hyper Misao beat Shoko Nakajima. Really fun comedy match.

Quick break for ring repairs/maintenance.

The first match for 1/4/26 is announced…and it’s…what else? Shoko Nakajima vs. Hyper Misao of course!

Match 5: Yuka Sakazaki & Moka Miyamoto (she’s gone blonde!) vs. Arisu Endo & Shino Suzuki. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuka Sakazaki & Moka Miyamoto beat Arisu Endo & Shino Suzuki. Sakazaki pinned Suzuki after Magical Girl Splash.

Match 6: Yuki Kamifuku & Lei Ying Lee (Xia Li) vs. Rika Tatsumi & Wakana Uehara. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Kamifuku & Lei Ying Lee beat Rika Tatsumi & Wakana Uehara. Lee pinned Uehara after Thunder Strike.

Match 7: International Princess Champion Yuki Arai vs. Suzume for the title. 30 minute time limit
Result: Suzume beat International Princess Champion Yuki Arai to win the title. Suzume becomes the 13th International Princess Champion. Obviously heartbreaking for me as Arai’s year-long record-setting reign is over, but I’m so very proud of her for how far she has come and how impresssive a champion she was. Bigger and better things are coming.

Match 8: Princess Tag Team Champions Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh vs. Zara Zakher & Masha Slamovich for the titles. 30 minute time limit
Result: Princess Tag Team Champions Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh beat Zara Zakher & Masha Slamovich to retain the titles. Yamashita pinned Zakher after Crash Rabbit Heat. V3 for the champs.

Main Event: Princess Of Princess Champion Miu Watanabe vs. Mizuki for the title. 30 minute time limit
Result: Mizuki beat Princess Of Princess Champion Miu Watanabe to win the title. Mizuki becomes the 15th Princess Of Princess Champion. UNHAPPY UNHAPPY. I was hoping Watanabe would at least be champion to GRAND PRINCESS ’25. But no…of all people to beat her it had to be that bratty snob Mizuki…oh well, life goes on…

The next event is 1/11 at Kobe Art Center in Kobe to start the NEW YEAR CIRCUIT 2025 tour. There will be no live broadcast.

UPDATE: The next Princess Of Princess challenger will be determined by a 6 woman battle royal on 1/11. Participants will be Yuki Aino, Shoko Nakjaima, Pom Harajuku, Rika Tatsumi, Arisu Endo & Hyper Misao.

In announcements made on social media and YouTube within the last hour, Tokyo Joshi Pro announced wrestler Mifu Ashida is joining the promotion effective today (1/1 Japan time). From what I saw on her social media accounts, Ashida is also an actress & entertainer before getting into wrestling, and most recently was with Ice Ribbon and just finished up with them today.

Ashida, 27, is in her second year as a wrestler, having debuted in Ice Ribbon in August 2023 and was a cheerleader in high school, even competing in the largest competition in the US where she finished 3rd. After being a Miss Teen Japan 2013 finalist, she went into the entertainment industry and was also a JAPAN AMBASSADOR 2024 runner-up. Her wrestling debut came following an audition for a pro wrestling-themed movie.

At this time she is not scheduled for TJPW’s year-opening event Saturday but with “8-10 matches scheduled” and 8 already set there is a possibility she is a late addition, or at the very least will appear to greet the fans. (Correction: She will be at the event on 1/4)

Tokyo Joshi Pro wrapped up their 2024 today with their year-end “TJPW Year-End Party 2024” event, which primarily was about special matches focusing on fun and ending the year on a high note.

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

The announced paid attendance was 720.

During the opening announcements, events for 3/39 & 3/30 were announced to coincide with Yuki Arai’s final performances as a member of SKE48 (now that she’s past age 25 apparently she’s too old for the group and has outgrown them so it’s time to move on). 3/30 may feature an SKE48 performance. Arai’s last day with the group will be 3/31, after that she will continue her wrestling career with TJPW which I am happy about.

Match 1: Ivy Steele beat Chika Nanase.

Match 2: What was a 5-on-5 elimination match series with 2 count falls & 5 minute time limits went like this (if time limit draws happened, matches continued with no time limits and 1 count falls):
1-Shoko Nakajima beat Yoshiko Hasegawa.
2-Nakajima beat Uta Takami.
3-Shino Suzuki beat Nakajima.
4-Suzuki beat Toga.
5-Moka Miyamoto beat Suzuki.
6-Miyamoto vs. Suzume went to a time limit draw. Which led to…
Continuation-Suzume beat Miyamoto.
7-Suzume vs. Arisu Endo went to a time limit draw. Which led to…
Continuation-Endo beat Suzume.
8-Mizuki beat Arisu Endo.
Final-Mizuki vs. Haru Kazashiro went to a time limit drae. Which led to…
Continuation-Mizuki beat Haru Kazashiro.
Mizuki/Suzume/Suzuki/Takami/Hasegawa win and receive sponsor prizes consisting of a gift card and fresh meat.

Match 3: SETUP Pro Wrestling All-Asia Women’s Champion Pom Harajuku beat Matcha to retain the title. V1 for Harajuku.

Match 4: Queen Of Asia & VPW Women’s Champion Yuki Kamifuku beat Lei Ying Lee (fka Xia Li in WWE) to retain the titles. V5 & V3 for Kamifuku, respectively.

Main Event: Miu Watanabe won a 20 person battle royal (eliminations by pinfall, submission, over the top rope), last eliminating Yuki Aino. Order of elimination: Yuna Manase, Poison Sawada JULIE, Hyper Misao, Antonio Honda, Miyu Yamashita, Kira Summer, Maki Itoh, HIMAWARI, Pocotan, Mahiro Kiryu, Wakana Uehara, Neko Haruna, Kaya Toribami, Aja Kong, Rika Tatsumi, Ryo Mizunami, Yuki Arai, Raku, Aino. As a result, Watanabe wins various sponsor prizes including 6+ pounds of mochi. It should be noted Aino was the first entrant and lasted a very impressive 37+ minutes. I believe #2 was Tatsumi. Kong & Mizunami were mystery entrants not revealed in advance. Afterwards, everyone gathered in the ring for the traditional year-end group photos.

TJPW made continued strides forward in their 11th year in 2024, including a pair of successful returns to the US, and with a US return set for WrestleMania week events in Las Vegas in April, 2025 promises bigger & better. And moat importantly, more Yuki Arai and soon the return of Wasteland Pom Party! (One of their best stories of the year as Harajuku & Max The Impaler became the best odd couple in wrestling and completely won the internet over)

The next event is “Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling ’25”, the annual year-opening blowout event and Tokyo Done morning matinee/appetizer, Saturday. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Friday at 6 PM PT/9 PM ET.

UPDATE: There has been a change to 1/4: The Shoko Nakajima-Hyper Misao match is now a Lumberjack Deathmatch with Poison Sawada JULIE as special referee. Rules TBA on event day.

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.