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Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling “TJPW INSPIRATION” 9/11/22 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro is holding a special TJPW INSPIRATION event today, the latest in their series of occasional short events focused mostly on comedy matches and outside guest appearances. They’re on the short side with just 4 matches and they usually run only about an hour.

Today’s event will be held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There will be no commentary.

Today’s lineup:
Miyu Yamashita vs. Arisu Endo
Pom Harajuku vs. Neko Haruna
Shoko Nakajima & Moka Miyamoto vs. Dalys & Stephanie Beckel
Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki vs. Pokotan & Demonio Uno

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Updates below will begin at 11:30 PM ET/8:30 PM PT.

We are LIVE from Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary. This event video may be only from the hard camera perspective.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event.

The first match will begin shortly. During opening announcements ring announcer/MC Sayuri Namba brought out Suzume. They talked about topics including the next event, when Suzume will face Miu Watanabe for the next International Princess Championship challenger opportunity, and some of the talent today who is visiting from Mexico. If it’s who I think it is, that would be CMLL veteran Dalys. No Up Up Girls performance.

Match 1: Pom Harajuku vs. Neko Haruna. 15 minute time limit
Result: Pom Harajuku beat Neko Haruna

Match 2: Shoko Nakajima & Moka Miyamoto vs. Dalys & Stephanie Beckel (CMLL). 20 minute time limit
Resultt: Dalys & Stephanie Beckel beat Shoko Nakajima 7 Moka Miyamoto. Dalys pinned Miyamoto with La Magistral.

Match 3: Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki vs. Pokotan & Demonio Uno. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki beat Pokotan & Demonio Uno. Sakazaki pinned Uno after a diving body press.

Main Event: Miyu Yamashita vs. Arisu Endo. 20 minute time limit
Result: Miyu Yamashita beat Arisu Endo

If you skip the opening segment and Yamashita with microphone after the main event, the matches last just over an hour and alternate between comedy matches and serious wrestling. The first tag match with the CMLL women participating was very intense at times-Dalys taunted Nakajima by pulling her headgear off during her ring entrance. This could become quite a feud between Japan and Mexico. It’s a nice change of pace and easy to watch.

The next event is Friday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 155.

DDT News Dump 9/6/22

Lots of DDT Group news today:
First up, Tokyo Joshi Pro has announced the next challengers for Princess Tag Team Champions Yuki Arai & Saki Akai-Leah O’Reilly & Nightshade, both from Pro Wrestling EVE in England and both are heavyweights by women’s wrestling standards, so another literally huge test for AA Eye Candy. That match will happen at WRESTLE PRINCESS 3 on 10/9. Nightshade previously appeared in TJPW in 2019, challenging Maki Itoh for the International Princess Championship. O’Reilly spent time just before that in the Sendai Girls promotion.
A match to determine the next challenger for International Princess Champion Alex Windsor will happen on 9/16 at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. It will be Miu Watanabe vs. Suzume. The question then is will the winner go to England for the match like Hikari Noa did, or will Windsor return to Japan? Also, Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh will miss the 9/16 event. Both are headed overseas again.

Now for DDT: On 9/3 in Game Changer Wrestling in the US, Joey Janela successfully defended the DDT Extreme Championship in an 8-man Two Ring Ladder Scramble F**kfest match. V2 for Janela. The event is available as a PPV on FITE but the match likely will be on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at some point in the future.
All-Japan Pro Wresting announced Yukio Naya has been added to their 50th Anniversary event on 9/18 at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo. Naya is replacing Ren Ayabe, who is now off due to injury.
Ganbare Pro wrestler Takaki Iwasaki has been added to 10/15 & 10/16 in Hokkaido.
And finally, the details of LiLiCo’s insane “Full refund if boring” plan for the year-ending event at Tokyo Dome City Hall have been announced: The refund window will be up to one hour after the 12/29 event ends, with refunds provided at a special booth by DDT Vice President/wrestler Akito. Fans will have to present their ticket stub from that day and ID and fill out a questionnaire and will only get the ticket price back. If they bought seats that cane with any benefits/goods, those have to get returned too. Same for any giveaway items for WRESTLE UNIVERSE members. No refunds for 25th Anniversary Last Commemorative Seats, which will be a whopping 250,000 yen each (around $1900 US). Other seats will cost 5000-35,000 yen ($40-275 US). So if everyone that could request a refund does, they could lose maybe in the 6 digits US. Tickets go on sale September 18.

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling “City Circuit-Nagoya Performance” 9/4/22 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro continues their “City Circuit” series today as part of a busy weekend for wrestling in Nagoya, and since they are in the hometown of all-girl J-pop megagroup SKE48, the group that counts Yuki Arai among its members will have a big presence today. Arai herself will join 4 of her “teammates” for a special live mini-concert during the event, then she and Saki Akai will try and defend the Princess Tag Team Championship against Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu. Both challengers have beaten Arai in recent weeks so the momentum is not on the champions’ side. Can Arai’s teammates help lift AA Eye Candy to a first successful defense? And vocal support will be allowed too so hopefully the fans can cheer Arai on to victory!

Today’s event will be held at Nagoya Congress Center in Nagoya and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. The commentary team will be Haruo Murata & Kagehiro Osano, with Arai’s fellow SKE48 teammate Marika Tani as a special guest on commentary (she will also be a guest for DDT’s event after this one). Note that the SKE48 performance during the event will be available as part of the on demand replay for only one month after today. Since there is a DDT event shortly after this event it can’t run too long but it will be longer than usual-I anticipate the running time being around 2 1/2 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Maki Itoh vs. Arisu Endo
Yuki Aino vs. Nao Kakuta & Neko Haruna in a 3-way
Hikari Noa vs. Moka Miyamoto
Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao vs. Miyu Yamashita & Raku
Yuka Sakazaki, Mizuki & Pom Harajuku vs. Rika Tatsumi, Miu Watanabe & Suzume
Princess Tag Team Champions Yuki Arai & Saki Akai vs. Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu for the titles
SKE48 live performance featuring Yuki Arai and 4 other members. This will probably come around the middle of the event

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11:15 PM ET UPDATE: Live updates begin now.
We are LIVE from Nagoya Congress Center in Nagoya, Japan. Your hosts are Haruo Murata, Kagehiro Osano & Marika Tani (who is of course wearing a cute Yuki Arai t-shirt to support her SKE48 teammate).

The paid attendance will be announced after the event, but based on advance sales it could be a legit sellout. If not, it’ll be close, so possibly right around 1000. (It’s not a legit sellout, but looks like at least 95% full)

The first match should begin in 25-30 minutes.

The first match begins just after 11:40 PM ET.

Match 1: Maki Itoh vs. Arisu Endo. 15 minute time limit
Result: Maki Itoh beat Arisu Endo

Match 2: Yuki Aino vs. Nao Kakuta & Neko Haruna in a 3-way. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Aino beat Nao Kakuta & Neko Haruna in a 3-way by pinning Haruna.

Time for the SKE48 live mini-concert performance! The first song performed is their hit song “Finally”. No English title for the second song. The third song performed is called “Stand by you”. The vocal crowd is making this an AWESOME performance. I know they’re trying to keep the coronavirus in check but the increase in vocal support allowed at wrestling events in Japan is a big step towards normalcy and restoring an important tradition in the sport. Afterwards, the girls have some fun with ring announcer Sayuri Namba & Miu Watanabe, then Maki Itoh comes out. It’s well known that Itoh is not a fan of Arai in the ring. After this and photo ops for the ringside media, one more song. This concludes the performance, which went just over 20 minutes total. Remember you only have one month to watch this portion of the event on demand! (DDT’s website noted afterwards that Itoh will be MC for the SSKE48 14th Anniversary Festival on 9/25)

And now back to the wrestling…
Match 3: Hikari Noa vs. Moka Miyamoto. 15 minute time limit
Result: Hikari Noa beat Moka Miyamoto

Match 4: Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao vs. Miyu Yamashita & Raku. 20 minute time limit
Result: Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao beat Miyu Yamashita & Raku. Nakajima pinned Raku with a Northern Lights suplex hold.

Match 5: Yuka Sakazaki, Mizuki & Pom Harajuku vs. Rika Tatsumi, Miu Watanabe & Suzume. 20 minute time limit
Reslut; Rika Tatsumi, Miu Watanabe & Suzume beat Yuka Sakazaki, MiUki & Pom Harajuku. Watanabe pinned Harajuku after Teardop.

Main Event: Princess Tag Team Champions Yuki Arai & Saki Akai vs. Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu for the titles. 30 minute time limit
Result: Princess Tag Team Champions Yuki Arai & Saki Akai beat Mahiro Kiryu & Yuki Kamifuku to retain the titles. Arai pinned Kiryu after Finally. V1 for the champs. And all’s well that ends well in Nagoya today. And in a few hours, Akai will be back going for the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship in DDT. Next up: TBA. No challengers emerged and the crowd goes home happy. And best of all, Arai is still a champion.

The next event is a TJPW INSPIRATION event on 9/11 at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo, the latest in their series of occasional special events that feature mostly comedy matches and outsider participation and are much shorter events-this one has just 4 matches scheduled, so it will only go about an hour. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Saturday at 11:30 PM ET/8:30 PM PT.

UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 640, a legit sellout. Did I ever grossly overestimate! But they still were just a few empty seats from 100% full, I’d say pess than 20.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 9/3/22 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro began their seasonal Autumn/Fall 2022 House Show tour today with a small house show ahead of their big Nagoya event tomorrow.

Today’s event was held at Narimasu Act Hall in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 165.

During the opening, a WRESTLE UNIVERSE members-only event was announced for 10/24 at Kitazawa Town Hall. The Up Up Girls performance was a solo by Miu Watanabe because no Hikari Noa (returning from her first international excursion. She will be back tomorrow).

Match 1: Yuki Aino beat Moka Miyamoto.

Match 2: Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe beat Suzume & Neko Haruna. Tatsumi pinned Haruna after Twist Of Fate.

Match 3: Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu beat Shoko Nakajima & Arisu Endo. Kiryu pinned Endo.

Match 4: In a “Sour Sweet Citric Acid” 2 Count Match, where besides a 2 count pinfall to win there was also a special rule where after a 1 count or rope escape you had to drink a glass of concentrated lemon juice to continue, Nao Kakuta beat Hyper Misao.

Main Event: Miyu Yamashita, Maki Itoh & Raku beat Yuka Sakazaki, Mizuki & Pom Harajuku. Raku pinned Harajuku after Doctor Yellow. Very significant moment-this is Raku’s first career main event victory, at least one that she was directly responsible for.

The next event is tomorrow at Nagoya Congress Center in Nagoya. Vocal cheering by fans will be allowed (no streamers or support banners though). It will be headlined by Princess Tag Team Champions Yuki Arai & Saki Akai vs. Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu for the titles and a special SKE48 live mini-performance with Arai and 4 of her SKE48 teammates, which hopefully will be enough of a boost to lift AA Eye Candy to a successful title defense after Arai took tough losses to both challengers recently. SKE48 teammate Marika Tani will be on commentary for the event, and will stick around for the DDT event afterwards. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin TONIGHT at 11:30 PM ET/8:30 PM PT. LIVE RESULTS WILL BE POSTED. If you miss the live broadcast, the SKE48 performance will be available on demand for one month only, so don’t wait.

DEVELOPING: TJPW’s Noa Fails In EVE Title Match

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling star Hikari Noa is on her first international excursion, appearing earlier today in England’s Pro Wrestling EVE promotion as she attempted to win the International Princess Championship back from current champion Alex Windsor. Unfortunately for the TJPW faithful, Noa failed as Windsor won in just under 15 minutes to retain the title. V1 for Windsor.
Noa will miss Saturday’s TJPW event because of being at this event, but is expected back for Sunday. No word on when/if Windsor may be back to defend the title. Also, EVE announced earlier this summer that Hyper Misao will be headed there for an appearance in November, so TJPW stars headed to England for EVE and vice cersa could become a regular thing in the future.
The event can be watched on demand on the Pro Wrestling EVE YouTube channel, but the portion of the event with the match is behind a paywall. It probably will cost at least $10 to watch.

DDT News & Updates for Nagoya-9/4/22

DDT & Tokyo Joshi Pro are running a doubleheader in Nagoya this Sunday, September 4 with mid-major shows for both. Here is a rundown of the steady stream of news coming out for each event:
First, TJPW…for the second time in the past year, all-girl J-Pop megagroup SKE48, which Yuki Arai is a member of, will have a live mini-concert during Sunday’s event. Arai will perform along with “teammates” (group members) Natsuki Kamata, Haruka Kumazaki, Nao Fukushi & Yoshiko Matsumoto. And while she is not performing, fellow teammate Marika Tani will be a guest on commentary for both the TJPW and DDT events. The performance will be part of the live broadcast on WRESTLE UNIVERSE, and you can watch on demand too but only for one month, so don’t miss it! Then after the performance Arai and Saki Akai defend the Princess Tag Team Championship against Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu. Arai has taken tough losses to both Kamifuku & Kiryu recently so here’s hoping her teammates can provide enough of a boost to lift AA Eye Candy to a win over the so-called Allies Of The Orient aka Special KK. (They come up with weird names for teams-take Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta, who are known as Free WiFi)
Here is the full card for Sunday:
Yuki Aino vs. Nao Kakuta & Neko Haruna in a 3-way
Hikari Noa vs. Moka Miyamoto
Maki Itoh vs. Arisu Endo
Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao vs. Miyu Yamashita & Raku
Yuka Sakazaki, Mizuki & Pom Harajuku vs. Rika Tatsumi, Miu Watanabe & Suzume
Princess Tag Team Champions Yuki Arai & Saki Akai vs. Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu for the titles
The event will stream LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE beginning Saturday at 11:30 PM ET/8:30 PM PT. LIVE RESULTS will be posted here.

DDT runs shortly after TJPW. As noted above, Marika Tani will be a guest on commentary for this event as well.
Because it’s DDT, the previously announced Electric Current Explosion Death Match will now have weapons including an electrified barbed wire bat, block toy bat (a favorite of The37KAMINA), mine board and, now of all things, the first ever electrified explosive current bazooka. Yes, explosive current bazooka. Drop the $6.56 US for a month of WRESTLE UNIVERSE or get the new subscriber 2-week free trial for this level of ridiculousness…and Atsushi Onita too, although you never know with “Mr. Liar”. And also to hear Marika Tani likely squealing like crazy on commentary.
The full card for Sunday:
Yusuke Okada vs. Takeshi Masada
Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno vs. Antonio Honda & Kazuki Hirata
Akito & Shinya Ishida vs. MAO & Yuki Ishida
Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Yuya Koroku vs. Yuki Ueno & Makoto Oishi
Chris Brookes vs. Asuka (Veny)
KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Pawl & KANON vs. Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani for the titles
KO-D Tag Team Champions Kazusada Higuchi & Naomi Yoshimura vs. HARASHIMA & Toru Owashi for the titles
Atsushi Onita, Shinya Aoki & Yukio Naya vs. Konosuke Takeshita, Shunma Katsumata & Youi Kojima in a Bunkhouse Scramble Current Blast Death Match
The event will stream live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Sunday at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET. So if you’re pulling an all-nighter to watch both events live there will be about a 2 hour break between the events.

Tokyo Joshi Pro “Go Girl 3-Women Only Entertainment” Results (8/28/22)

As part of the DDT Group’s efforts to get more female fans to attend their events, Tokyo Joshi Pro is holding a special women-only event today where only female fans can attend, and they can do so for free. While DDT usually sells out their Ladies’ Seats for events when available, not so much for TJPW, so they once in a while hold special events like this to get more women to attend. As for the rest of us, thankfully there is live streaming. One noteworthy item today is that the promotion will unveil a new logo for the first time in their history, or at least in a long time. Most of the roster will participate including SKE48 member Tuki Arai and DDT star Saki Akai also appearing, although AA Eye Candy won’t be teaming today.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. The Japanese commentary team will be Haruo Murata & Sayoko Mita with guests Yohei Azakami & Mako Morino. The English commentary team will be Chris Brookes & Drew Parker. The opening through the end of the first match will also stream FOR FREE on YouTube. Because there will be special post-match happenings at a nearby hotel, this may be a fast-paced event. I expect the total running time to be just under 2 hours.

Today’s lineup (in order):
Suzume & Arisu Endo vs. Pom Harajuku & Neko Haruna
Nao Kakuta & Mahiro Kiryu vs. Moka Miyamoto & Juria Nagano
Hyper Misao vs. Raku
Maki Itoh vs. Yuki Aino
Saki Akai vs. Hikari Noa
Yuki Arai vs. Yuki Kamifuku
Shoko Nakajima, Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe vs. Yuka Sakazaki, Mizuki & Miyu Yamashita

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Updates below will begin at 10:30 PM ET/7:30 PM PT.
Pre-show Update: Per the WRESTLE UNIVERSE event page for this stream, Kaya Toribami is again absent from this event due to scheduling issues. Also is out for one or both of next week’s events.

10:20 PM ET UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your Japanese hosts are Haruo Murata & Sayoko Mita with guests Yohei Azakami & Mako Morino. Your English hosts are Chris Brookes & Drew Parker.

The opening proceedings should begin in just under 10 minutes.

The attendance will be announced after the event. Women only and all tickets were free. It’s a reduced capacity setup on the opposite-hard camera side with only seats in the middle, from first quick look I’m going to estimate around 450 will be the final number.

After an opening video before Sayuri Namba enters the ring for the first time, the new logo is unveiled: English capital letters “TJPW” with two squares atop the “W”. Simpler and clearner than the old logo, but otherwise…meh…

The matches should begin around 10:45 PM ET/7:45 PM PT.

After opening announcements, what appears to be two new debuting wrestlers are introduced. Names coming later. It looks like they will debut on 10/14 at Shinjuku Face. They look a lot like Yuki Kamifuku & Raku.

Match 1: Suzume & Arisu Endo vs. Pom Harajuku & Neko Haruna. 20 minute time limit
Reslut; Suzume & Arisu Endo beat Pom Harajuku & Neko Haruna. Sueume pinned Haruna after Ring A Bell.

Match 2: Nao Kakuta & Mahiro Kiryu vs. Moka Miyamoto & Juria Nagano. 20 minute time limit
Result: Nao Kakuta & Mahiro Kiryu beat Moka Miyamoto & Juria Nagano. Kakuta pinned Miyamoto after Shiden Kai.

Match 3: Hyper Misao vs. Raku. 15 minute time limit
Result: Hyper Misao beat Raku

Match 4: Maki Itoh vs. Yuki Aino. 15 minute time limit
Result: Maki Itoh beat Yuki Aino

Match 5: Saki Akai vs. Hikari Noa. 15 minute time limit
Result: Saki Akai beat Hikari Noa by submission

Match 6: Yuki Arai vs. Yuki Kamifuku. 15 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Kamifuku beat Yuki Arai

Main Event: Shoko Nakajima, Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe vs. Yuka Sakazaki, Mizuki & Miyu Yamashita. 30 minute time limit
Result: Shoko Nakajima, Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe beat Yuka Sakazaki, Mizuki & Miyu Yamashita. Nakajima pinned Mizuki after a diving senton. This went over 20 minutes.

It seemed like this had a good turnout and the many children & younger fans in attendance were allowed to be somewhat vocal at times, in particular during entrances which the wrestlers noticed and acknowledged, surely making them very happy. A fun event overall and it seemed to be successful although, initially, I’m not a big fan of the new logo. There is a bit of meaning behind it and DDT has already posted a news item about it on their website.

The next event is Saturday at Narimasu Act Hall in Tokyo, which will be the opening event of the Autumn/Fall Tour. There will be no live broadcast. The next broadcast will be a TJPW CITY CIRCUIT event on 9/4 at Nagoya Congress Center with Princess Tag Team Champions Saki Akai & Yuki Arai vs. Yuki kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu for the titles. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin next Saturday at 11:30 PM ET/8:30 PM PT.

Post-Show Update: The announced attendance was 500.
The introductions during the opening announcements are about a special event being put on by a new project form CyberFight Corporation, which currently has 3 inexperienced women wrestlers competing in some kind of tournament. The final portion of this competition is an exhibition match at Yume Pro Wrestling on 10/14.

And here’s the new logo:

Tokyo Joshi Pro “TJPW PERFECTION” Results (8/27/22)

Tokyo Joshi Pro runs the second half of their TJPW PERFECTION doubleheader, and it’s the last one before a big makeover…based on new clips on YouTube, this will be the final time we see the promotion with their current logo-a new one will be unveiled tomorrow at Korakuen Hall, this coming a few weeks after their new theme music debuted (as much as I like Final Fantasy-type music, as a wrestling theme I am not a fan of it). Today is another standard house show on paper.
Kaya Toribami will miss this event due to scheduling issues. No card changes as it was announced on advance.

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. I anticipate the event’s total running time will be about 1 hour, 45 minutes.

Today’s lineup:
Mizuki vs. Hyper Misao & Yuki Aino in a 3-way
Maki Itoh & Moka Miyamoto vs. Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu
Rika Tatsumi & Neko Haruna vs. Nao Kakuta & Hikari Noa
Yuka Sakazaki vs. Raku
Miyu Yamashita vs. Pom Harajuku
Shoko Nakajima & Miu Watanabe vs. Suzume & Arisu Endo

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Updates below will begin at 11:30 PM ET/8:30 PM PT.

11:27 PM ET UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

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

The paid attendance will be announced after the show but it looks even smaller than last time, lots of empty ringside seats. I’m estimating 150-175, which even with reduced capacity is low for the venue.

The matches will begin in about 15 minutes.

We also seem to be short ringside video equipment. Only hard camera today.

Match 1: Miyu Yamashita vs. Pom Harajuku. 15 minute time limit
Result: Miyu Yamashita beat Pom Harajuku by submission

Match 2: Rika Tatsumi & Neko Haruna vs. Nao Kakuta & Hikari Noa. 20 minute time limit
Result: Nao Kakuta & Hikari Noa beat Rika Tatsumi & Neko Haruna. Noa pinned Haruna with a blizzard suplex hold.

Match 3: Mizuki vs. Hyper Misao & Yuki Aino in a 3-way. 20 minute time limit
Result; Mizuki beat Hyper Misao & Yuki Aino in a 3-way by pinning Aino.

Match 4: Yuka Sakazaki vs. Raku. 15 minute time limit
Result: Yuka Sakazaki beat Raku

Match 5: Maki Itoh & Moka Miyamoto vs. Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu. 20 minute time limit
Result; Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu beat Maki Itoh & Moka Miyamoto. Kamifuku pinned Miyamoto after Fameasser.

Quick break for ring repairs.

Main Event: Shoko Nakajima & Miu Watanabe vs. Suzume & Arisu Endo. 20 minute time limit

Result: Shoko Nakajima & Miu Watanabe beat Suzume & Arisu Endo. Nakajima pinned Endo with a Northern Lights suplex hold.

Indeed a very fast event checking in at just under 100 minutes from start to finish, and very heavy on comedy matches today.

The next event is tomorrow at Korakuen Hall, a special women-only event that will also feature the reveal of the promotion’s new logo. Only women will be admitted to the event and they get in for free. For everyone else, live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 10:30 PM ET/7:30 PM PT. Live results are scheduled although due to other live events scheduled, they may be on an up to 30 minute delay.

UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 146. Also, it appears yesterday marked the 5th anniversary of the launch of Up Up Girls by TJPW, which has had a number of members in its history, most notably former top star Reika Saiki in her prime. The 3 current members (Miu Watanabe, Raku, Hikari Noa) all debuted in TJPW on 1/4/2018.

Tokyo Joshi Pro Upcoming Cards, Notes

Tokyo Joshi Pro today announced this weekend’s card and more details regarding Hikari Noa’s first international excursion, which was announced at this past weekend’s event:
As revealed Sunday, Noa is headed to England for an International Princess Championship match against current Champion Alex Windsor. That match will happen during the Pro Wrestling Eve event on Thursday, September 1 at 229 The Venue in London. The event starts at 8 PM BST, which is 3 PM ET/Noon PT, in Japan that’s (I believe) on 9/2 at 4 AM JST. It will be streamed live on YouTube, but in all likelihood it will be behind a paywall so to see most of the event you’ll have to pay. I don’t know how much yet. This will be the first title defense for Windsor.

The full card for Saturday at Ryogoku KFC Hall (Friday night US time) has been announced:
Miu Watanabe & Shoko Nakajima vs. Suzume & Arisu Endo
Miyu Yamashita vs. Pom Harajuku
Yuka Sakazaki vs. Raku
Rika Tatsumi & Neko Haruna vs. Nao Kakuta & Hikari Noa
Maki Itoh & Moka Miyamoto vs. Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu
Mizuki vs. Hyper Misao & Yuki Aino in a 3-way
Kaya Toribami is off this event and 9/4 at Nagoya Congress Center due to scheduling issues. Status is unknown for 9/3 (Narimasu Act Hall, Tokyo) and currently is not on the 8/28 (Korakuen Hall) card.

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling 8/21/22 Results

With the Tokyo Princess Cup now behind us, Tokyo Joshi Pro is filling the time between that and the upcoming Fall 2022 tour with a couple of standalone events, beginning today with a “TJPW PERFECTION” doubleheader. This will be a standard house show that may start the build to the WRESTLE PRINCESS 3 main event in October when Shoko Nakajima will again defend the Princess Of Princess Championship against Yuka Sakazaki. Maki Itoh is also back from the US for this event, as is Mizuki from an overseas event.

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. Based on the card and time limits today’s event likely will run a little under 2 hours, so you’re not pulling an all-nighter in the US to watch. (it wound up running about 1 hour, 45 minutes)

Today’s lineup:

Hyper Misao vs. Moka Miyamoto

Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh vs. Yuki Aino & Raku

Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta vs. Suzume & Neko Haruna

Rika Tatsumi vs. Kaya Toribami

Miu Watanabe vs. Pom Harajuku

Shoko Nakajima, Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu vs. Yuka Sakazaki, Mizuki & Arisu Endo

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Updates below will begin at 11:30 PM ET/8:30 PM PT.

11 PM ET UPDATE: The stream is now up and running in pre-show mode. The live broadcast will begin in about 30 minutes.

11:28 PM ET UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

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

The paid attendance will be announced after the event, while the crowd is still filing in it looks smaller than usual for a Sunday matinee. Maybe 200 although as low as 175 wouldn’t surprise me.

The matches should begin in about 15 minutes.

During her opening announcements Sayuri Namba brings out Hikari Noa. It sounds like Noa will soon be headed to England to compete in Pro Wrestling EVE, possibly challenging International Princess Champion Alex Windsor for the title. (Update: That will happen on 9/1) Also…Max The Impaler returns on 10/9 at WRESTLE PRINCESS 3…

Match 1: Kaya Toribami vs. Rika Tatsumi. 15 minute time limit

Result: Rika Tatsumi beat Kaya Toribami

Match 2: Hyper Misao vs. Moka Miyamoto. 15 minute time limit
Result: Hyper Misao beat Moka Miyamoto

Match 3: Hikari Now & Nao Kakuta vs. Neko Haruna & Suzume. 20 minute time limit
Result: Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta beat Neko Haruna & Suzume. Noa pinned Haruna with a Blizzard suplex hold.

Match 4: Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh vs. Yuki Aino & Raku. 20 minute time limit
Result: Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh beatYuki Aino & Raku. Yamashita pinned Raku after Attitude Adjustment.

Match 5: Miu Watanabe vs. Pom Harajuku. 15 minute time limit
Result: Miu Watanabe beat Pom Harajuku

Main Event: Shoko Nakajima, Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu vs. Yuka Sakazaki, Mizuki & Arisu Endo. 20 minute time limit
Result: Shoko Nakajima, Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu beat Yuka Sakazaki, Mizuki & Arisu Endo. Nakajima pinned Endo with a Northern Lights suplex hold.

The next event is Saturday. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Friday at 11:30 PM ET/8:30 PM PT.

Post show Updatw: The announced paid attendance was 180. That’s low for KFC Hall.

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