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Tokyo Joshi Pro 7/9/22 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro ran their summer blowout event, SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ’22, today, featuring All Elite Wrestling participation and, more significantly, a lifting of the ban on vocal cheering by fans for the first time in over 2 years. All 3 titles were on the line to headline the event.

Today’s event was held at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English.

The announced paid attendance was 1130. With the vocal ban lifted, that meant 50% capacity max, so this represented about 70-75% of that reduced limit. Your Japanese hosts are Haruo Murata, Kagehiro Osano, Sayoko Mita and special guest Mikie Hara, a former longtime idol/pinup model who is now an actress & entertainer. Your English hosts are Chris Brookes & Baliyan Akki.

Match 1; Moka Miyamoto beat Juria Nagano by submission.

Match 2: Aja Kong, Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku beat Hyper Misao, Nao Kakuta, Neko Haruna & Kaya Toribami. Aino pinned Toribami after Venus DDT.

Match 3: Ryo Mizunami beat Miu Watanabe. This was to have been Willow Nightingale vs. Watanabe but Nightingale missed the event due to visa issues.

Match 4: Hikaru Shida & Hikari Noa beat Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu. Shida pinned Kiryu after Arawashi Driver.

Match 5: Mei Suruga & Suzume beat Riho & Arisu Endo. Suzume pinned Endo after Rong A Bell.

Match 6: Alex Windsor beat International Princess Champion Maki Itoh to win the title. Windsor becomes the 8th International Princess Champion. Hahaha. And even better, Windsor won after reportedly having her luggage lost by her airline. This suggests title will now continue to be defended outside Japan, the original intent for the title.

Match 7: Miyu Yamashita beat Thunder Rosa. OOOOOOOOH…this is not only a big upset, but based on pre-event presser commebts could set up a rematch for Rosa’s AEW Women’s World Championship.

Match 8: Saki Akai & Yuki Arai beat Princess Tag Team Champions Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki to win the titles. Akai & Arai become the 10th Princess Tag Team Champions. Akai pinned Mizuki after Double Rookie Award. To steal the former champs’ catchphrase after wind, HAPPY HAPPY! Not only has SKE48 member Arai won her first championship now, but even better is that bratty Mizuki was pinned. I love it. AA Eye Candy Champions.

Main Event: Princess Of Princess Champion Shoko Nakajima beat Rika Tatsumi to retain the title. V4 for Nakajima.

The next event is 7/16 at Ryogoku KFC Hall, the start of the 9th Tokyo Princess Cup Tournament. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Friday at 9 PM PT/midnight ET.

Some post-event thoughts having just watched the replay, which runs just over 4 hours:
First hearing the cheers and seeing the streamers in the first match was instant goosebumps. They’re such a big part of Japanese wrestling and some of these wrestlers were experiencing this for the first time in their careers. Everyone really soaked it all in and to see the emotions on their faces was something special. This is Japanese wrestling.
Because Yamashita beat Rosa, there almost certainly is going to be a rematch in All Elite Wrestling for the title. The question likely is when. That was per a challenge Rosa made in a pre-event press conference just before the event.
No challengers immediately emerged after any title match so who knows what’s next. Next up for Nakajima likely is the Tokyo Princess Cup winner, unless Nakajima wins. Itoh won last year.
The next big event will be GO GIRL 3 in mid-late August after the Cup.
US Independent wrestler Max The Impaler, who has recently appeared in AEW, was advertised for the 8/13 & 8/14 events. As the name would suggest, despite a male name she’s a woman and she physically is HUGE.

DDT Announces “Cutey Honey” TJPW Appearance

In announcing broadcast plans for SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ’22, DDT has announced a special guest for the Tokyo Joshi Pro event broadcast-legendary idol Mikie Hara, a former gravure/swimsuit/pinup model who was one of the most acclaimed and popular idols during a long and successful modeling career, who is now an actress & entertainer best known for her starring role as the live-action portrayal of popular manga/anime superheroine “Cutey Honey” on Japanese TV. She will join Japanese commentary alongside Haruo Murata, Kagehiro Osano & Sayoko Mita. The event will also have English commentary with DDT’s Chris Brookes and Baliyan Akki. Remember you can watch FOR FREE if you sign up for WRESTLE UNIVERSE for the first time with a 2 week free trial!
The event streams LIVE Friday at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.

DDT/TJPW Upcoming Event Updates

DDT announced several upcoming event details at a press conference today:
First on the Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling side, Willow Nightingale is now off Saturday’s SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ’22 event. Visa issues/timing (the process won’t be completed in time for travel). She was to have faced Miu Watanabe. Ryo Mizunami is the replacement, making her first appearance in TJPW. Nightingale will travel to Japan and appear at a later date once the visa is secured.

Konosuke Takeshita will return to DDT next month for his 10th Anniversary match on 8/10 against Daisuke Sasaki. He will also be at WRESTLE PETER PAN on 8/20. Takeshita is currently on an excursion to All Elite Wrestling.

NEW KO-D Openweight Champion Kazusada Higuchi appeared and reiterated his desire to defend against Tetsuya Endo on 8/20, but a decision will not be made until after Endo’s return match on 7/24.

2 new events were announced for September-9/13 at Asakusa Kageki Theater in Tokyo and 9/25 at Korakuen Hall. 9/25 will allow vocal cheering by fans although one section for non-vocal fans will be set up. The venue or at least the vocal section will be at 50% capacity.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 6/26/22 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro wrapped up their June schedule with the second half of their weekend CITY CIRCUIT doubleheader today, making their first trip to Fukuoka in 3 years.

Today’s event was held at Nishitetsu Hall in Fukuoka and should be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 270, a legit advance sellout.

Match 1: Moka Miyamoto beat Kaya Toribami by submission.

Match 2: In a One Spray OK Rule match, where a spray bottle attack could be used once by each competitor, Hyper Misao beat Arisu Endo.

Match 3: Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta beat Suzume & Neko Haruna. Noa pinned ? with a blizzard suplex hold.

Match 4: Rika Tatsumi beat Raku & Yuki Kamifuku in a 3-way by pinning Raku.

Match 5: Yuka Sakazaki, Mizuki & Mahiro Kiryu beat Miu Watanabe, Pom Harajuku & Yuki Arai. Sakazaki pinned Harajuku after Magical Merry-Go-Round.

Main Event: Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh beat Shoko Nakajima & Yuki Aino. Yamashita pinned Aino aftet Skull Kick.

The next event is SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ’22, their summer blowout event, on 7/9 at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo. The full card:
Moka Miyamoto vs. Juria Nagano
Aja Kong, Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku vs. Hyper Misao, Nao Kakuta, Neko Haruna & Kaya Toribami
Willow Nightingale (All Elite Wrestling/Ring Of Honor) vs. Miu Watanabe
Hikaru Shida (All Elite Wrestling) & Hikari Noa vs. Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu
International Princess Champion Maki Itoh vs. Alex Windsor for the title
Riho (All Elite Wrestling) & Arisu Endo vs. Mei Suruga & Suzume
Thunder Rosa (All Elite Wrestling) vs. Miyu Yamashita
Princess Tag Team Champions Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki vs. Yuki Arai & Saki Akai for the titles
Princess Of Princess Champion Shoko Nakajima vs. Rika Tatsumi for the title
Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 7/8 at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 6/25/22 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro continued their CITY CIRCUIT series of standalone events today with the first half of a doubleheader taking them to western Japan, making a stop in Kobe today.

Today’s event was held at Kobe Art Center in Kobe and should be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 258, a super full house/very near sellout.

Before the show began, a Kyoto KBS Hall event was announced for 11/13.

Match 1: Hikari Noa beat Mahiro Kiryu.

Match 2: Hyper Misao beat Kaya Toribami & Neko Haruna in a 3-way by beating Toribami.

Match 3: Maki Itoh beat Pom Harajuku by submission.

Match 4: Yuki Aino, Yuki Kamifuku & Yuki Arai beat Yuka Sakazaki, Raku & Arisu Endo. Aino pinned Endo after Venus DDT.

Match 5: Mizuki & Nao Kakuta beat Miyu Yamashita & Moka Miyamoto. Mizuki pinned Miyamoto after a diving foot stomp.

Main Event: Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe beat Shoko Nakajima & Suzume. Tatsumi beat Suzume with a dragon sleeper.

The next event is tomorrow at Nishitetsu Hall in Fukuoka. There will be no live broadcast. The event is a legit advance sellout.

Tokyo Joshi: 9th Princess Cup Announced

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling has announced the 9th Tokyo Princess Cup, their annual singles tournament featuring the entire TJPW roster. Normally it features the entire roster, which is currently 22, but only 20 entrants are set for this year and it guarantees a new champion this year. That is because defending winner Maki Itoh is out because she was invited to participate in Game Changer Wrestling in the US on August 14, which is the same date as the Finals. Itoh will go to the US to contribute to TJPW by appearing overseas and will miss the tournament as a result. Rookie Juria Nagano will also not participate due to schedule reasons. That and recent history would suggest Mizuki will be the favorite going in-the only reason she may very well not have been going for a 4-peat this year is Itoh, who beat Mizuki in last year’s Semifinals to deny her a potential 3rd straight tournament win.

The schedule for this year’s tournament is as follows:
Rounds 1-2: 7/16, 7/17, 7/18 at Ryogoku KFC Hall & 7/23 at Shinjuku Face
Quarterfinals: 7/31 at Otemachi Mitsui Hall
Semifinals: 8/13 at Korakuen Hall
Finals: 8/14 at Korakuen Hall
Round 1 will have 4 matches over each of the first 2 events. Because of the number of participants, 4 will get a free pass to Round 2. After the Quarterfinals, there likely will be a random draw to set up the Semifinals. The eventual winner will likely earn a Princess Of Princess Championship match unless the current champion wins (that will be either Shoko Nakajima or Rika Tatsumi).

Tokyo Joshi Pro “Additional Attack ’22” 6/19/22 Results

With CyberFight Festival now in the past, Tokyo Joshi Pro begins the fast build to Summer Sun Princess ’22 tonight with Additional Attack, their monthly mid-major event. A Princess Tag Team Championship match is the main event, as current Princess Of Princess Champion Shoko Nakajima tries to add to her current title alongside former challenger Hyper Misao as they try to dethrone Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki. Emotions will come into play here as Nakajima beat Sakazaki last weekend to retain the title while Mizuki’s intentions to challenge Nakajima in July were derailed when she lost her chance by failing to win a 4-way (which was won by Rika Tatsumi).
On the undercard, AA Eye Candy is back together as DDT star (and budding skin care entrepreneur) Saki Akai returns to TJPW for her second pairing with SKE48 member Yuki Arai to face Miyu Yamashita & Moka Miyamoto, and Juria Nagano is in action against Miu Watanabe.
In related TJPW news the last couple days, All Elite Wrestling & Ring Of Honor rising star Willow Nightingale will make her TJPW debut at Summer Sun Princess, and Yuki Arai’s July-September participation schedule has been announced: 7/9 (Summer Sun Princess ’22), 7/16, 7/17, 7/18 (all at Ryogoku KFC Hall), 7/31 (Otemachi Mitsui Hall), 8/13, 8/14 (both at Korakuen Hall), and 9/4 (Nagoya Congress Center). As always this is subject to change and more dates could be added.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE and on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. Japanese commentary team will be Haruo Murata, Kagehiro Osano & Sayoko Mita. English commentary team will be DDT wrestler Chris Brookes & ChocoPro personality Baliyan Akki. Also, the opening and the first match will be streamed FOR FREE on YouTube.

Today’s lineup:
Arisu Endo vs. Kaya Toribami (YouTube broadcast ends after this match)
Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu vs. Nao Kakuta & Neko Haruna
Yuki Aino vs. Raku & Pom Harajuku in a 3-way
Miu Watanabe vs. Juria Nagano
Miyu Yamashita & Moka Miyamoto vs. Saki Akai & Yuki Arai
Rika Tatsumi & Suzume vs. Maki Itoh & Hikari Noa
Princess Tag Team Champions Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki vs. Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao for the titles

Refresh occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 10:30 PM ET/7:30 PM PT. I expect the event’s total running time to be just under 2 1/2 hours.

10:23 PM ET UPDATE: Stream just began so updates begin now.
We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Looks like they are still using reduced capacity setup but it’s already getting close to a near-sellout. Your Japanese hosts are Haruo Murata, Kagehiro Osano & Sayoko Mita. Your English hosts are Chris Brookes & Baliyan Akki.
The pre-show announcements & housekeeping are underway now. The matches should begin in about 15 minutes.

The paid attendance will be announced tomorrow. For the limited capacity setup it looks close to a sellout so should be a good number.

There’s new theme music for the opening card announcement, I think it was composed by someone who did music for the “Final Fantasy” videogames. Admittedly I am not a fan of it. Anyway, moving on…

Match 1: Arisu Endo vs. Kaya Toribami. 15 minute time limit
Result: Kaya Toribami beat Arisu Endo

Match 2: Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu vs. Nao Kakuta & Neko Haruna. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu beat Neko Haruna & Nao Kakuta. Kamifuku pinned Haruna after Fameasser.

Match 3: Yuki Aino vs. Raku & Pom Harajuku in a 3-way. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Aino beat Raku & Pom Harajuku in a 3-way by pinning Harajuku.

Willow Mightingale vs. Miu Watanabe is announced for 7/9 at Ota City General Gym.

Match 4: Miu Watanabe vs. Juria Nagano. 15 minute time limit
Result: Miu Watanabe beat Juria Nagano by submission.

AEW Women’s World Champion Thunder Rosa vs. Miyu Yamashita is announced for 7/9.

Match 5: Miyu Yamashita & Moka Miyamoto vs. Saki Akai & Yuki Arai. 20 minute time limit
Result: Saki Akai & Yuki Arai beat Miyu Yamashita & Moka Miyamoto. Arai pinned Miyamoto after Finally.

Match 6: Rika Tatsumi & Suzume vs. Maki Itoh & Hikari Noa. 20 minute time limit
Result: Rika Tatsumi & Suzume beat Maki Itoh & Hikari Noa. Tatsumi pinned Noa after Missile Hip.

Main Event: Princess Tag Team Champions Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki vs. Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao for the titles. 30 minute time limit
Result: Princess Tag Team Champions Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki beat Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao to retain the titles. Sakazaki pinned Misao after Magical Merry Go Round. V5 for the champs. Next up: AA Eye Candy? Yuki Arai came out to make the challenge for herself and Saki Akai. When it will happen should be known soon, maybe tomorrow.

Post-event updates to follow tomorrow.

The next event is Saturday at Kobe Art Center in Kobe then Sunday at Nishitetsu Hall in Fukuoka. There will be no live broadcast for either event. After those two, the next event is SUMMER SUN PRINCESS on 7/9 at Ota City General Gym. Here is the current 7/9 lineup at the moment:
Willow Nightingale vs. Miu Watanabe
Thunder Rosa vs. Miyu Yamashita
Mei Suruga & Suzume vs. TBA
Princess Tag Team Champions Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki vs. Yuki Arai & Saki Akai for the titles
International Princess Champion Maki Itoh vs. TBA for the title (it will not be someone from TJPW)
Princess Of Princess Champion Shoko Nakajima vs. Rika Tatsumi for the title
Other participation: Hikaru Shida, Riho, Aja Kong, Yuki Arai, Juria Nagano
Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 7/9 at 1 AM ET/10 PM PT.

Post-show Update: The announced paid attendance was 525. Also, the Princess Tag Team Championship match of Mizuki/Sakazaki vs. Akai/Arai is now official. That match will happen on 7/9, meaning 3 title matches as the headliners. Sakazaki/Mizuki will be trying to tie the record for most successful defenses in a reign, which is 6, and is also a record they hold from their first reign.

CyberFight Festival ’22 Results (6/12/22)

What is being billed as the biggest wrestling event of the year in Japan, in both size and scope, and it likely will be outside of New Japan’s Tokyo Dome January spectacular, returns today with the 3rd installment of CyberFight Festival ’22, the annual showcase for the CyberFight Group’s owned promotions-DDT Pro Wrestling, Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling, Ganbare Pro Wrestling and Pro Wrestling NOAH. It will have a literal festival atmosphere with nearly a full day’s worth of events outside and inside the venue and 14 matches likely making up a 5-6 hour supershowcase that also will feature an appearance by WWE Hall Of Famer Rob Van Dam. A big announcement from Keiji Muto has been promised for before the event as well, and the double main event of Princess Of Princess Champion Shoko Nakajima vs. Yuka Sakazaki for the title then, in the main event, it’s GHC Heavyweight Champion Go Shiozaki vs. Satoshi Kojima of New Japan for the title.
There was a late change to the early card yesterday, as Ganbare star YuuRI is replacing TJPW star Raku in the second match. Raku is off due to what is being called “poor physical condition”.

Today’s event will be held at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan and can be watched LIVE EXCLUSIVELY on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. And because they are now offering a 2-week trial for new subscribers, you have the chance to watch FOR FREE! The Japanese commentary will feature several guests: Kendo Kobayashi, Yui Okada, Tina Matsuki and SKE48 member Marika Tani. English commentary is TBA but I expect it to include regular NOAH English commentary team Stewart “BANG!” Fulton & Mark Pickering.

Today’s lineup:
Pre-show:
Rob Van Dam Press Conference
Keiji Muto Press Conference
Muscle Sakai & Yukio Naya vs. Takao Soma & Kazuki Hirata
Hyper Misao, Yuki Aino, YuuRI, Pom Harajuku & Neko Haruna vs. Nao Kakuta, Mahiro Kiryu, Moka Miyamoto, Arisu Endo & Kaya Toribami
Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani vs. Ken Ohka, Yuna Manase & Mizuki Watase

Main Show:
Kinya Okada & Kai Fujimura vs. Toui Kojima & Yuya Koroku
Miyu Yamashita, Maki Itoh & Juria Nagano vs. Hikari Noa, Suzume & Yuki Arai
Yuki Iino, Danshoku Dieno, Yumehito Imanari & Akito Nishigaki vs. Sanshiro Takagi, Kendo Ka Shin, Shinya Aoki & Yumiko Hotta
Rika Tatsumi vs. Mizuki, Yuki Kamifuku & Miu Watanabe in a 4-way for a Princess Of Princess Championship match at the 7/9/22 TJPW event
Takashi Sugiura, Kazuyuki Fujita, Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba & Shuhei Taniguchi vs. Michael Elgin, Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Rene Dupree, Simon Gotch & Timothy Thatcher
HARASHIMA, Naomi Yoshimuram Chris Brookes & Masa Takanashi vs. Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata, MAO & Asuka (Veny)
Rob Van Dam, Yoshinari Ogawa & HAYATA vs. Kaito Kiyomiya, Daisuke Harada & YO-HEY
Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Kazusada Higuchi vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima, Atsushi Kotoge & Yoshiki Inamura
Kenoh vs. Daisuke Sasaki in a No DQ Hardcore Match
Princess Of Princess Champion Shoko Nakajima vs. Yuka Sakazaki for the title
GHC Heavyweight Champion Go Shiozaki vs. Satoshi Kojima for the title
Refresh occasionally for the latest results.
Updates below will begin at 11:30 PM ET/8:30 PM PT. If NWA Always Ready ends in time, the pre-show press conferences will be covered, although they will likely be in Japanese only. Those should begin at 10:45 PM ET/7:45 PM PT.
If you’re coming just for match results, the matches will begin at midnight ET/9 PM PT. Also, a post-event talk show/recap special will air on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Monday at 5 AM PT/8 AM ET.
8:45 PM PT UPDATE: A pre-event talk show is underway featuring guest participants in tonight’s event including Yuki Arai.The main live stream is now up and running and will begin with the pre-show matches at midnight ET/9 PM PT. Stand by for updates.

9 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.
We are LIVE from the Saitama SUper Arena in Saitama, Japan. Commentary is available in Japanese and English. Stewart Fulton is joined by some new voices on the English side (no Mark Pickering)-Sebastian Cescon & Christelle Ciari. Your Japanese hosts are Haruo Murata & Kagehiro Osano and a full complement of guests-Kendo Kobayashi, Yui Okada, Rina Matsuki & Marika Tani.
The paid attendance will be announced tomorrow. The crowd will still be filing in over the next hour-plus.
Match 1: Muscle Sakai & Yukio Naya vs. Takao Soma & Kazuki Hirata. 15 minute time limit
Result: Muscle Sakai & Yukio Naya beat Takao Soma & Kazuki Hirata. Naya pinned Hirata after a backdrop.

Match 2: Hyper Misao, Yuki Aino, YuuRI (Ganbare Pro Wrestling), Pom Harajuku & Neko Haruna vs. Nao Kakuta, Mahiro Kiryu, Moka Miyamoto, Arisu Endo & Kaya Toribami. 15 minute time limit
Result: Nao Kakuta, Mahiro Kiryu, Moka Miyamoto, Arisu Endo & Kaya Toribami beat Hyper Misao, Yuki Aino, YuuRI, Pom Harajuku & Neko Haruna. Kiryu pinned Harajuku.
Match 3: Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani vs. Ken Ohka, Yuna Manase & Mizuki Watase. 15 minute time limit
Result: Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani beat Ken Ohka, Yuna Manase & Mizuki Watase by ref stoppage. Sakaguchi beat Watase with a sleeper hold. After the match, Watase tried to cut off his hair before Ohka & Manase stopped him.
Updates will resume at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET (about 15 minutes).

Match 4: Kinya Okada & Kai Fujimura vs. Toui Kojima & Yuya Koroku. 20 minute time limit
Result: Kinya Okada & Kai Fujimura beat Toui Kojima & Yuya Koroku. Okada beat Kojima with a Boston Crab.
Match 5: Miyu Yamashita, Maki Itoh & Juria Nagano vs. Hikari Noa, Suzume & Yuki Arai. 20 minute time limit
Result: Miyu Yamashita, Maki Itoh & Juria Nagano beat Yuki Arai, Suzume & Hikari Noa. Yamashita pinned Suzume after Skull Kick.

Match 6: Yuki Iino, Danshoku Dieno, Yumehito Imanari & Akito Nishigaki vs. Sanshiro Takagi, Kendo Ka Shin, Shinya Aoki & Yumiko Hotta. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Iino, Danshoku Dieno, Yumehito Imanari & Akito Nishigaki beat Sanshiro Takagi, Kendo Ka Shin, Shinya Aoki & Yumiko Hotta. Akito beat Takagi.

Match 7: Rika Tatsumi vs. Mizuki, Yuki Kamifuku & Miu Watanabe in a 4-way for a Princess Of Princess Championship match at the 7/9/22 TJPW event. 30 minute time limit
Result: Rika Tatsumi beat Mizuki, Yuki Kamifuku & Miu Watanabe in a 4-way by pinning Watanabe. As a result, Tatsumi will face the Princess Of Princess Champion for the title on 7/9.

Match 8: Takashi Sugiura, Kazuyuki Fujita, Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba & Shuhei Taniguchi vs. Michael Elgin, Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Rene Dupree, Simon Gotch & Timothy Thatcher. 30 minute time limit
Result: Michael Elgin, Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Rene Dupree, Simon Gotch & Timothy Thatcher beat Takashi Sugiura, Kazuyuki Fujita, Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba & Shuhei Taniguchi. Elgin pinned Inaba after Elgin Bomb.

Match 9: HARASHIMA, Naomi Yoshimura, Chris Brookes & Masa Takanashi vs. Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata, MAO & Asuka (Veny). 30 minute time limit
Result: HARASHIMA, Naomi Yoshimura, Chris Brookes & Masa Takanashi vs. Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata, MAO & Asuka. HARASHIMA pinned Katsumata after Blue Sword.

Match 10: Rob Van Dam, Yoshinari Ogawa & HAYATA vs. Kaito Kiyomiya, Daisuke Harada & YO-HEY. 45 minute time limit
Result: Rob Van Damn, Yoshinari Ogawa & HAYATA beat YO-HEY, Daisuke Harada & Kaito Kiyomiya. Van Dam pinned Harada after 5 Star Frog Splash.

“Halftime Performance” by Cyber Japan Dancers.

Match 11: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Kazusada Higuchi vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima, Atsushi Kotoge & Yoshiki Inamura. 34 minute time limit
Result: Katsuhiko nakajima, Atsushi Kotoge & Yoshiki Inamura beat Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Kazusada Higuchi by ref stoppage (KO). Nakajima KO’d Endo with an EPIC b*tch slap. This went just 5 minutes. DAMN! Akiyama & Nakajima had quite a conversation as Endo was tended to.

Match 12: Kenoh vs. Daisuke Sasaki in a No DQ Hardcore Match. No time limit
Result: Kenoh beat Daisuke Sasaki

Quick break for ring cleaning.

Keiji Muto comes out. With microphone. (I switched commentary to English for translation) He is retiring next spring. 5 more matches. More to come…O.M.F.G. The Living Legend has reached the end of the road after nearly 4 decades…

Match 13: Princess Of Princess Champion Shoko Nakajima vs. Yuka Sakazaki for the title. 30 minute time limit
Result: Princess Of Princess Champion Shoko Nakajima beat Yuka Sakazaki to retain the title. V2 for Nakajima. Next up: Because of earlier today, Rika Tatsumi. That match will happen on 7/9.

Main Event: GHC Heavyweight Champion Go Shiozaki vs. Satoshi Kojima (New Japan Pro Wrestling) for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Satoshi Kojima beat GHC Heavyweight Champion Go Shiozaki to win the title. Kojima becomes the 39th GHC Heavyweight Champion. Between Bullet & Bread, it was a great day for the Clubs in New Japan. No Go today…but another no could be next in line…Kenoh. The title is not in NOAH anymore, which in the eyes of the Kongo leader means WAR. And challenge issued. Some breif comedy in response from Kojima before finishing his post-match victory promo to bring CyberFight Festival ’22 to a close.

End Show.

POST-SHOW UPDATRS:
The announced paid attendance was 4896. Based on how the arena was set up, this probably was a little under half capacity (the venue’s maximum capacity is about 17,000 but it appears at least 1/4 of the seats were blocked off).
After being KO’d in Match 11, Tetsuya Endo has been diagnosed with a concussion. He is out indefinitely.
Following the double main event, the two expected title matches are now official. Nakajima-Tatsumi for the Princess Of Princess Championship is set for 7/9 at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo, while Kojima-Kenoh for the GHC Heavyweight Championship will happen on 7/16 at Nippon Budokan.

The next events for the promotions are as follows:
NOAH-6/19 at Kobe Sambo Hall. Will be on demand only on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date
DDT-Wednesday at Shinjuku Face. LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET
Tokyo Joshi Pro-6/19 at Korakuen hall. LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Saturday at 10:30 PM ET/7:30 PM PT
Ganbare Pro-6/29 at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring

Tokyo Joshi Pro 6/4/22 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro made their Hamamatsu are debut today with their first visit to Shizuoka this year, also serving as their final event before CyberFight Festival ’22.

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

The announced paid attendance was 219, a super full house.

During pre-match announcements, the next Nagoya event is announced for 9/4 at Nagoya Congress Center. Miyu Yamashita missed this event due to still being on an overseas excursion. She will be back this next week. The next participant for Sunmer Sun Princess ’22 in July was also revealed-the return of Riho! The former All Elite Wrestling Women’s World Champion will make her first TJPW appearance in a while, she made a few appearances during the pandemic when travel restrictions kept her from going to the US for AEW events.

Match 1: Miu Watanabe beat Kaya Toribami by submission.

Match 2: Yuki Aino & Raku beat Yuki Kamifuku & Neko Haruna. Aino pinned Haruna after Venus DDT. Apparently the results page on DDT’s website incorrectly says Pom Harajuku was in this match instead of Neko Haruna

Match 3: Nao Kakuta beat Mahiro Kiryu.

Match 4: Rika Tatsumi & Suzume beat Hikari Noa & Pom Harajuku. Tatsumi pinned Harajuku after Twist Of Fate.

Match 5: Yuka Sakazaki, Mizuki & Arisu Endo beat Shoko Nakajima, Hyper Misao & Moka Miyamoto. Sakazaki pinned Miyamoto after Magical Merry-Go-Round.

Main Event: International Princess Champion Mako Itoh beat “The Unbreakable” Rio to retain the title. V4 for Itoh.

The next event is CyberFight Festival ’22 on 6/12 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama. The next standalone TJPW event is “Additional Attack ’22” on 6/19 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. This will be a 6/18 event in the US.

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