More bad news for DDT & their sub-brands as the body count keeps rising, and as a result, this breaking news: The Tokyo Joshi Pro Princess Tag Team Championship is now VACANT. Previous champions HIkari Noa & Nao Kakuta have vacated the titles because Noa is now off the 1/4/24 event. The ever-vague poor health/poor physical condition. Out indefinitely. Kakuta attended the emergency press conference but Noa did not. They were to have defended the titles against Suzume & Ariseu Endo on 1/4. As a result, there will now be a 3-way between Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe, Suzume & Arisu Endo and Ryo Mizunami & Yuki Aino for the titles and Kakuta will now face Mizuki on 1/4.
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Tokyo Joshi Pro 12/24/23 Results
Tokyo Joshi Pro wrapped up their 2023 with their annual Christmas event, “Se-No, Merry Christmas!”
Today’s event was held at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.
The announced paid attendance was 365, a legit advance sellout.
There were last-minute changes to the card due to Hikari Noa being off the event (illness). Nao Kakuta also missed the event due to a scheduled stage performance.
During the opening announcements, it was announced that Runa Okubo will be temporarily leaving the promotion after the 1/4 event. High school entrance exams (students in Japan have to take and pass exams before they can begin high school, which typically is at age 15 or 16. Okubo is 15). She plans to return in March.
Match 1: Suzume beat Toga.
Match 2: Mahiro Kiryu beat Haru Kazashiro & Arisu Endo in a 3-way by pinning Kazashiro.
Match 3: Maki Itoh & Yuki Kamifuku beat Wakana Uehara & Shino Suzuki. Itoh beat Suzuki with Itoh Deluxe.
Match 4: In a Holy Night Miracle Rules Match, a comedy match with special rules requested from Santa in advance, Hyper Misao, Yuki Aino & Pom Harajuku beat Mizuki, HIMAWARI & Runa Okubo. Aino pinned HIMAWARI after Venus DDT. The special rules were a bell in a sock was placed in a corner and if it was rung during a Christmas song being played, those rules were lifted. The rules chosen by the teams were 2 count falls only for Mizuki’s team and no Mizuki participation for Misao’s team.
Main Event: Rika Tatsumi, Miu Watanabe, Raku & Moka Miyamoto beat Miyu Yamashita, Shoko Nakajima, Yuki Arai & Kaya Toribami. Miyamoto pinned Toribami after Korokan. Afterwards, all of today’s participants gathered in the ring for the final send-off and to wish all the fans a Merry Christmas.
This concludes 2023 for Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling, a year in which, just a few weeks ago, they celebrated their 10th Anniversary and successfully continued their expansion efforts outside Japan, including returns to the USA and other parts of Asia, which will continue into 2024 and beyond as they move into a brighter post-pandemic future.
The next event is “Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling ’24”, their 2024 opening event, on 1/4 at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English will begin on 1/3 at 5:45 PM PT/8:45 PM ET and live results will be posted. Despite more matches and a longer running time than planned, the event will be over in plenty of time for fans to get to, or prepare to watch, New Japan’s Tokyo Dome blowout event (starting at 11:30 PM PT/2:30 AM ET).
Tokyo Joshi Pro 12/17/23 Results
Tokyo Joshi Pro wrapped up the CITY CIRCUIT 2023 Tour today with their penultimate event of the year, their annual fan appreciation event. This event featured matches that were all determined by a fan lottery/drawing at the prior event.
Today’s event was held at Kasukabe Fureai Cube in Saitama and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 210.
Miyu Yamashita, Rika Tatsumi & Mizuki all missed the event due to remaining on overseas expeditions to the US and Nao Kakuta missed the event due to scheduling conflicts. All matches had a 7 minute time limit.
In opening announcements, Princess Tag Team Champions Nao Kakuta & Hikari Noa vs. Suzume & Arisu Endo for the titles was added to 1/4 at Korakuen Hall.
Match 1: Arisu Endo beat Haru Kazashiro.
Match 2; Suzume beat HIMAWARI.
Match 3: Shoko Nakajima beat Toga.
Match 4: Yuki Kamifuku beat Runa Okubo & Shino Suzuki in a 3-way by pinning Okubo.
Match 5: Raku vs. Juria Nagano went to a time limit draw.
Match 6: In a match where you had to answer a trivia question right after a 2 count or submission to win, and you could lose on a 1 count while a song was playing after a wrong answer, Hyper Misao beat Kaya Toribami.
Match 7: Mahiro Kiryu vs. Wakana Uehara went to a time limit draw.
Match 8: Yuki Aino beat Pom Harajuku.
Match 9: Maki Itoh vs. Hikari Noa went to a time limit draw.
Main Event: Miu Watanabe beat Moka Miyamoto.
The next event is “Se-No, Marry Christmas! 2023”, their final event of the year, on 12/24 at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo. Yuki Arai participation has been announced but Nao Kakuta will miss the event due to a stage performance. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Saturday at 10:15 PM PT/1:15 AM ET but the actual start time is subject to change as that is 45 minutes before the event begins (streams normally start 30 minutes before an event, sometimes 15 minutes if there are pre-show matches).
News: United Japan Pro Wrestling Industry Group Formed
Just after Mitsuharu Misawa formed Pro Wrestling NOAH in 2000, he would spearhead the creation of an alliance to attempt to better facilitate cooperation between Japanese promotions. Today a new such alliance was formed to modernize those efforts-the United Japan Pro Wrestling Industry Group.
The initial membership will consist of the following promotions: New Japan Pro Wrestling, All-Japan Pro Wrestling, Pro Wrestling NOAH, Dragon Gate Pro Wrestling, Big Japan Pro Wrestling, DDT Pro Wrestling and its affiliated sub-brands (Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling & Ganbare Pro Wrestling) and Stardom. Seiji Sakaguchi is the founding chairman with the executive offices based at New Japan Pro Wrestling HQ and New Japan Chairman Naoki Sugabayashi serving as executive chief.
The biggest thing for fans to get excited about here is a joint event scheduled for 5/6/24 at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo under the United Japan Pro Wrestling banner. More details forthcoming.
New Japan’s English website has posted a press release with much more about this new alliance, read the full statement here:
Tokyo Joshi Pro 12/14/23 Results (Updated)
COMBAT PRINCESS USA, Tokyo Joshi Pro’s US return co-promoted with Prestige Wrestling, is now in the books.
Today’s event was held at the Vermont Hollywood in Los Angeles, CA and cam be watched on demand as a PPV on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English (additional purchase required, around $20 US). There were technical issues during the live broadcast so it may be unavailable while a better quality replacement is put up.
The paid attendance has not yet been announced. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 400, a super full house/very near sellout)
Match 1: Max The Impaler & Pom Harajuku beat Rika Tatsumi & Amira. Harajuku pinned Amira after Wasteland War Justis.
Match 2: Trish Adora beat Moka Miyamoto.
Match 3: Mizuki beat Sandra Moon.
Match 4: Miu Watanabe beat Hyan.
Match 5: Princess Tag Team Champions Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta beat Janai Kai & Shazza McKenzie to retain the titles. Noa pinned McKenzie with a blizzard suplex hold. V3 for the champs.
Match 6: Taya Valkyrie beat Shoko Nakajima.
Main Event: Masha Slamovich & Killer Kelly beat Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh. Slamovich pinned Yamashita after a jumping piledriver.
The next event is Sunday at Kasukabe Fureai Cube in Saitama. All the matches were determined by fan lottery at a recent event, thefe will be 11 matches with a 7 minute time limit for each. Yamashita, Mizuki & Tatsumi will miss this event due to remaining overseas while Kakuta will moss the event due to scheduling conflicts. There will be no live broadcast.
Tokyo Joshi Pro 12/10/23 Results
Tokyo Joshi Pro held a special aquarium-thened comedy event recently that was premiered for viewing earlier today. This was a previously recorded standalone event.
This event was held at Hakkeijima Sea Paradise in Yokohama and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE as a PPV (separate purchase required). It should be available for all monthly subscribers without additional purchase in a few months.
This was a closed venue event with no fans in attendance.
The format was a best-of-3 match series between teams of 6 led by Yuka Sakazaki & Yuki Arai. Matches were held inside an actual aquarium and were Falls Count Anywhere with no actual ring aka Street Fights, similar to how DDT does their Street Pro Wrestling events.
Match 1: Miu Watanabe & Arisu Endo beat Shoko Nakajima & HIMAWARI. Watanabe beat HIMAWARI with a Canadian backbreaker.
Match 2: Rika Tatsumi & Suzume beat Yuki Arai & Raku. Tatsumi pinned Raku.
Main Event: Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki vs. Hyper Misao & Nao Kakuta went to a no contest. Ref assault by both teams. Draw. Which led to…
Impromptu Match: Yuka Sakazaki, Mizuki, Rika Tatsumi, Suuzume, Shoko Nakajima & HIMAWARI beat Yuki Arai, Raku, Miu Watanabe, Arisu Endo, Hyper Misao & Nao Kakuta. Sakazaki pinned Endo after a running elbow butt. Sakazaki gets sent off with a giant stuffed animal.
TJPW News: US Independent Participation Results (12/7/23)
At US independent promotion Major League Wrestling’s (MLW) latest live event last night, Tokyo Joshi Pro participation in 2 title matches were among the highlights of the event. Here’s what happened:
Miyu Yanashita successfully defended the Princess Of Princess Championship against Delmi Exo. V2 for Yamashita. The champ is on her latest international excursion ahead of her next scheduled defense in Japan on 1/4/24 against Masha Slamovich.
Maki Itoh lost to indy standout and occasional TJPW/All Elite Wrestling participant Janai Kai by submission as Kai retained the MLW Women’s World Featherweight Championship. Kai choked out Itoh after a missed diving headbutt following outside interference and other shenanigans.
Also in action was Satoshi Kojima, as the Japanese legend and inaugural MLW World Champion beat Tom Lawlor, and was serenaded by the Bread Club fans in attendance-yes, they actually threw slices of bread in the ring. Kojima noted on the socials he wanted to bring Japanese bread with him but couldn’t take it through US Customs.
The event is available on demand on FITE with a FITE+ subscription for $7.99/month or $69.99/year.
Tokyo Joshi Pro 12/6/23 Results
Tokyo Joshi Pro finished their 10th Anniversary celebration by returning to where it all began-the site of their very first event-but it also marked an ending as they said farewell to original roster member Yuka Sakazaki, who had been with the promotion since Day 1. Sakazaki is leaving to continue her career outside Japan.
Today’s event was held at Kitazawa Town Hall in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Monday. There was no live broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 204, a super full house/very near sellout.
The event opened with a random lottery draw for the card for the annual fan lottery match event on 12/17. Those matches include Wakana Uehara vs. Aja Kong and also on 1/4/24 it will be International Princess Champion Max The Impaler defending against…Yuki Arai! I’m both excited and scared for my girl Arai, just surviving against the Non-Binary Nightmare will not be easy.
Match 1: In an I Quit Match, Yuka Sakazaki & Rika Tatsumi beat Antonio Honda (DDT) & Trans-Am⭐️Hiroshi by making Honda say “I Quit”, which was the only way to win.
Match 2: Wakana Uehara, Shino Suzuki & Runa Okubo beat HIMAWARI, Toga & Haru Kazashiro. Uehara beat Kazashiro with a sleeper hold.
Match 3: Miu Watanabe, Suzume & Arisu Endo beat Yuki Kamifuku, Mahiro Kiryu & Kaya Toribami. Watanabe pinned Toribami after Teardrop.
Match 4: Hikari Noa, Nao Kakuta, Mizuki & Moka Miyamoto beat Hyper Misao, Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku. Mizuki pinned Harajuku with Cutie Special.
Main Event: Yuka Sakazaki Farewell Match: In a No Time Limit match, Yuka Sakazaki beat Miyu Yamashita & Shoko Nakajima in a 3-way by pinning Nakajima. Which led to…
Impromptu Match: Yuka Sakazaki vs. Mizuki went to a 3 minute time limit draw.
Sakazaki farewell ceremony closed the event. In Japanese culture they call it Graduation when one leaves a group/promotion for reasons other than being fired or retiring. It had its usual weird moments such as Tatsumi ceremonially b*tch slapping Sakazaki (they’re weird customs), traditional gift and flower presentations, group hugs and photos and lots of tears flowing as Sakazaki’s 10 years in TJPW came to a close. While it’s not entirely clear where Sakazaki will go next beyond outside Japan, the common thought is she will return to All Elite Wrestling, as she has been part of their roster since Day 1 and was pushed early on, including handing Britt Baker her first AEW loss. Unfortunately the pandemic and global travel restrictions halted that push early on but once restrictions eased she was able to return for a few appearances. Such a move would also keep the door open for independent and other international appearances, including potential special returns to Japan.
The next event is COMBAT PRINCESS USA on 12/14 in Los Angeles, CA. Although the Globe Theater is listed as the venue, co-promoter Prestige Wrestling announced late yesterday it will be moved to The Vermont Hollywood. This will be a live PPV on WRESTLE UNIVERSE for 3000 yen (around $20 US) in English, and a paid monthly subscription is not required to buy the PPV. There also will be support content packs available for 1500 yen (around $10). The PPV can be purchased now until 12/20 and includes on demand replays until 1/30/24. The live broadcast begins on 12/14 at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET.
There also is another pre-taped PPV that will be available on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Sunday, this is an Aquarium Pro Wrestling event at Halkeijima Sea Paradise in Yokohama. It will premiere Sunday at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET and can be purchased until 12/19, with replays available until 2/28/24. This PPV also costs 3000 yen (around $20).
BREAKING: TJPW Title Match Added To US Event (Updated x2)
Another big change was just made for Tokyo Joshi Pro’s COMBAT PRINCESS USA event in Los Angeles, CA later this month: An already announced match between Nao Kakuta & Hikari Noa and Janai Kai & Shazza McKenzie has just been changed to be for the Princess Tag Team Championship held by Noa & Kakuta. This will be the 3rd defense for the champs.
The event will be held on 12/14 and it also was announced that it will be broadcast on PPV but I don’t know where (it likely will not be WRESTLE UNIVERSE or FITE).
UPDATE: PPV will be on WRESTLE UNIVERSE for 3000 yen, or around $20 US. Will be in English. Pre-sales begin Thursday.
UPDATE 2: And more potential headaches for the event…co-host Prestige Wrestling just announced the event has been moved from the Globe Theater to the Vermont Hollywood in Los Angeles, CA due to ongoing issues with the former. First The Globe was going to close, then it wasn’t, and now this with the event just 9 days away.
Tokyo Joshi Pro 12/1/23 Results
Tokyo Joshi Pro celebrated their 10th Anniversary today with an event highlighting how far they have cone from humble beginnings as part of a DDT event to a growing spinoff that continues its worldwide expansion, even as it prepares to say goodbye to original member Yuka Sakazaki next week.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE on Japanese and English.
The announced paid attendance was 714.
At the start they announced the 12/14 USA event will be a PPV.
Match 1: Kaya Toribami, Toga & Runa Okubo beat Juria Nagano, Shino Suzuki & Haru Kazashiro. Toga pinned Kazashiro after Rock Bottom.
Match 2: In a Random Official Weapons Rules Match, Yuki Aino & Raku beat Hyper Misao & Mahiro Kiryu. Aino pinned Kiryu after Venus DDT.
At this point it was announced they would be part of The Collective with a 4/5 event in Philadelphia, PA. There also will be an Aquarium Wrestling PPV later this month.
Match 3: NextGen Tournament Finals: Wakana Uehara beat HIMAWARI by submission to win the tournament.
Match 4: Queen Of Asia Champion Yuki Kamifuku beat VIVA VAN to retain the title. V1 for Kamifuku.
Match 5: Princess Tag Team Champions Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta beat Max The Impaler & Pom Harajuku to retain the titles. Kakuta pinned Harajuku after Shiden Kai. V2 for the champs.
Main Event: In a 3 Falls Match, Miyu Yamashita, Shoko Nakajima, Yuka Sakazaki, Rika Tatsumi & Mizuki beat Miu Watanabe, Yuki Arai, Moka Miyamoto, Suzume & Arisu Endo 2-1. Fall 1: Endo pinned Nakajima. Fall 2: Sakazaki pinned Miyamoto after Magical Merry-Go-Round. Fall 3: Yamashita pinned Watanabe after Skull Kick.
The next event is the official 10th Anniversary event Wednesday at Kitazawa Town Hall in Tokyo, the exact date of the promotion’s 10th Anniversary at the location of their very first event. It will be headlined by Sakazaki’s final TJPW match, where she will face Yamashita & Nakajima in a 3-way. While plans may change, at this time there will be no live broadcast.