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Tokyo Joshi Pro “TJPW LIVE IN PHILLY” Results (4/5/24)

Tokyo Joshi Pro is in the US again as part of “The Collective” for a morning matinee today. This is one of two events for TJPW this weekend in the US, the other being a crossover event Saturday with the women of Game Changer Wrestling. 6 matches are on tap for today including participation from semi-regular outsiders and fan favorites including Riho, VertVixen and Viva Van.

There have been last-minute changes to the event because unfortunately Max The Impaler and Nao Kakuta are now off the events. Max is off due to coronavirus, which sadly deprives us of a Wasteland Pom Party reunion as they were to have teamed with Pom Harajuku to face Mizuki & VertVixen. Aja Kong is the replacement. Kakuta did not travel from Japan due to illness. She was to have teamed with Raku to face Yuki Kamifuku & Viva Van. Trish Adora is the replacement.

Today’s event will be held at Penns Landing Caterers in Philadelphia, PA and can be watched LIVE on TrillerTV/FITE in English only with a Triller+ subscription, available for $7.99/month or $69.99/year. You also get unlimited on demand replays. It will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. Because the early start time conflicts with my work schedule and I will have to watch the live stream on my phone due to it, results/updates may be delayed at times. With 6 matches and in spite of possibly no time limits, due to other events possibly at the venue I expect the event’s total running time to be just over 90 minutes, no more than 2 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Hyper Misao vs. Billie Starkz
Shoko Nakajima vs. Rhio
Yuki Kamifuku & Viva Van vs. Raku & Trish Adora
Suzume & Arisu Endo vs. Yuki Aino & Zara Zakher
Aja Kong & Pom Harajuku vs. Mizuki & Vertvixen
Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh vs. Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe

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Updates below will (hopefully) begin at 8 AM PT/11 AM ET.

8 AM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now…

We are LIVE from Penns Landing Caterers in Philadelphia, PA. No Sayuri Namba today, the regular GCW ring announcer is handling the duties. No commentary yet.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. It’s a legit advance sellout so based on yesterday’s events that should be 750. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was indeed 750)

Up Up Girls out first, just Miu Watanabe & Raku.

The matches begin at 8:10 AM PT/11:10 AM ET. Your hosts are Dave Prazak & Veda Scott. And we have STREAMERS!!!

Match 1: Suzume & Arisu Endo vs. Yuki Aino & Zara Zakher
Result: Suzume & Arisu Endo beat Yuki Aino & Zara Zakher. Suzume pinned Zakher with a rollup.

Match 2: Hyper Misao vs. Billie Starkz
Result: Billie Starkz beat Hyper Misao. Athena interference helped.

Match 3: Yuki Kamifuku & Viva Van vs. Raku & Trish Adora
Result: Yuki Kamifuku & Viva Van beat Raku & Trish Adora. Kamifuku pinned Raku after Fameasser.

Match 4: Aja Kong & Pom Harajuku vs. Mizuki & Vertvixen
Result: Mizuki & Vertvixen beat Aja Kong & Pom Harajuku. Mizuki pinned Harajuku with Cutie Special.

Match 5 Shoko Nakajima vs. Rhio (I unknowingly stated the wrong Riho earlier, this isn’t the Japan/AEW one but the UK one)
Result: Shoko Nakajima beat Rhio

Main Event: Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh vs. Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe
Result: Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh beat Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe. Yamashita pinned Tatsumi after Skull Kick.

Despite no Sayuri Namba and the missing wrestlers who were dearly missed, this was still a fun event that showcased what TJPW is all about. If you missed it, catch a replay on Triller+ if you subscribe, otherwise it will be on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at some point. The entire event ran 110 minutes.

End Show.

The next event is GCW vs. TJPW tomorrow, a crossover event with Game Changer Wrestling. Live streaming on Triller/FITE via the Triller+ subscription package will begin at 11:30 AM PT/2:30 PM ET. I plan to do live results but they may be delayed due to potential schedule conflicts (at worst I’ll join the event in progress and watch from the beginning).

Injury Report: Wasteland Pom Party Cancelled (Updated x2)

Unfortunately the relentless injury/illness bug has followed Japan to “The Collective” in Philadelphia and it’s resulted in very disappointing news for Tokyo Joshi Pro fans-Max The Impaler has announced they are off the weekend’s events and that includes tomorrow’s Tokyo Joshi Pro event. Coronavirus. Max was to have teamed with Pom Harajuku to face Mizuki & VertVixen. Replacement TBA. Max has apologized to the fans on Twitter and asked them to “PLEASE TAKE CARE OF MAX’S POM”, and understandably is very sad that there will be no reunion of the very popular Wasteland Pom Party tomorrow.

More as it becomes available.

UPDATE: Nao Kakuta is now off both events as well. Illness. Did not travel to the US. Updates to come.

UPDATE 2 Aja Kong is the replacement for Max The Impaler. Trish Adora is the replacement for Kakuta and will team with Raku wi face Yuki Kamifuku & Viva Van.

Injury Report: TJPW US Card Now A Wreck

It may be April Fools Day but this is not much more than a bad pun…but it’s also true. The Tokyo Joshi Pro “GCW vs. TJPW” event this week just had changes made because Sawyer Wreck, part of the GCW side, is now off. Unspecified injury. She was to have teamed with Allie Katch to face Mizuki & Nao Kakuta. That match is now Katch vs. Mizuki and what had been a Suzume vs. Pom Harajuku match will now be Suzume & Harajuku vs. Kakuta & SAKI.

The event is scheduled for Saturday at 2:30 PM ET/11:30 AM PT and can be watched live and on demand on TrillerTV/FITE with a Triller+ subscription ($7.99/month or $79.99/year).

Tokyo Joshi Pro 3/31/24 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro’s biggest event of the year, GRAND PRINCESS ’24, is now in the books.

Today’s event was held at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English.

The announced paid attendance was 2349. Given the setup (this is only the second time they’ve run the venue-the first was during the pandemic in 2022, they held this event at Ariake Arena last year), and the lower half of the venue was set up for only about 15% of normal capacity, this is actually very good. (The Kokugikan’s lower level box seats normally hold 4-6 people for sumo tournaments, but they used them as single person seats, plus the setup took away one of the 4 sections) The lower level was almost completely sold out.

Match 1: Haru Kazashiro, Runa Okubo & Uta Takami beat Chika Nanase, Kira Summer & Shino Suzuki. Kazashiro pinned Nanase with a fisherman’s suplex hold.

Match 2: Ami Yumoto Debut Match: Nao Kakuta & Ami Yumoto beat Mahiro Kiryu & HIMAWARI. Kakuta pinned HIMAWARI after Shiden Kai. Yumoto is a member of all-girl J-Pop group AKB48, the parent group of the numerous spinoffs like SKE48, and the Guinness World Record holder for biggest music/idol group in terms of members.

Match 3: Raku & Pom Harajuku beat Andreza Giant Panda & Kaya Toribami. Raku pinned Toribami after Doctor Yellow. Panda & Toribami were seconded by Neko Haruna, who is out long-term due to injuries.

An SKE48 mini-live performance was held, featuring Yuki Arai and Marika Tani, who was a special guest on Japanese commentary for WRESTLE UNIVERSE. Tani is about to leave the group so this was one of her final performances with them if not the last (she is what the Japanese call graduating, a polite way of usually saying not fired or retiring, but moving on in her career). (This portion will probably be removed from on demand in about a month, so watch it quickly if you missed it live)

Match 4: Moka Miyamoto & Juria Nagano beat Wakana Uehara & Toga. Miyamoto pinned Toga after Norokan.

Match 5: Masha Slamovich (TNA Wrestling) beat Rika Tatsumi.

Match 6: Aja Kong (OZ Academy) & Max The Impaler beat Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao. Kong pinned Misao after a diving elbow drop.

Match 7: Minoru Suzuki beat Maki Itoh by ref stoppage (technical submission). Post-match, Suzuki continued “breaking” Itoh’s fingers until she apologized for her behavior backstage.

Match 8: Yuka Sakazaki (All Elite Wrestling) & Mizuki beat Emi Sakura (All Elite Wrestling) & Chris Brookes (DDT). Mizuki pinned Sakura after Aquamarine. This was a one-time return for Sakazaki, who left TJPW in December to continue her career internationally, which unfortunately hadn’t really happened yet due to injuries (concussion).

Intermission (15 minutes). It was also announced that the summer blowout event, SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ’24, will be held on 7/20 at Korakuen Hall.

Match 9: International Princess Champion Yuki Arai beat Yuki Kamifuku to retain the title. V2 for Arai. The right Yuki won, which makes me very happy.

Match 10: Suzume & Arisu Endo beat Princess Tag Team Champions Yuki Aino & Ryo Mizunami to win the titles. Suzume & Endo become the 16th Princess Tag Team Champions. Suzume pinned Mizunami after Ring A Bell. They lost their prior best chance at the titles due to other wrestler injuries and got put into a 3-way instead that cost them a fair shot at the titles. Now they get redemption.

Main Event: Miu Watanabe beat Princess Of Princess Champion Miyu Yamashita to win the title. Watanabe becomes the 14th Princess Of Princess Champion. TRIPLE CROWN! Watanabe has now become only the second wrestler in TJPW history to win all 3 of the promotion’s titles in her career-the other one is Rika Tatsumi. Her dream has come true…this is also an incredibly big win for Up Up Girls, the promotion’s mini-music group Watanabe is the unofficial leader of. Just wonderful on so many levels, an exciting future to look forward to as TJPW prepares to enter it’s 11th year. Afterwards, all the wrestlers gathered on stage for the closing group photo as Watanabe thanked the fans for coming. Yamashita is now leaving for another extended tour of the US and will not return until at least mid-June.

The next event is TJPW LIVE IN PHILLY Friday at Penns Landing Caterers in Philadelphia, PA, part of Game Changer Wrestling’s “The Collective” taking place over WrestleMania week this next week in the city. Live streaming will be only on Triller+, the paid subscription service of TrillerTV fka FITE, available worldwide for $7.99/month or $79.99/year, beginning at 8 AM PT/11 AM ET. It will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. The event is a legit advance sellout. I will try to do live results but will not be able to watch live due to work conflicts. After this TJPW will participate in GCW with a co-branded GCW vs. TJPW event Saturday, also available only on Triller+, at the same venue with that event beginning at 11:30 AM PT/2:30 PM ET. Live results are tentatively scheduled (I have some potential schedule conflicts that morning but hopefully those will be out of the way in time).

Tokyo Joshi Pro 3/22/24 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro ran a special joint event today with Ganbare Women, possibly the last event for GanJo for the time being with the promotion becoming independent at the end of the month and some of their women’s talent leaving the promotion (namely Yoshiko Hasegawa & Riara).

Today’s event was held at Ueno Park Outdoor Stage in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Monday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 137.

Match 1; Mahiro Kiryu & Haru Kazashiro beat Toga & Chika Nanase. Kiryu pinned Nanase after a spinebuster.

Match 2: Rika Tatsumi, Runa Okubo & Uta Takami beat Moka Miyamoto, Wakana Uehara & Kira Summer. Tatsumi pinned Summer after Twist OF Fate.

Match 3: HARUKAZE & Kaya Toribami beat Raku & Shino Suzuki. HARUKAZE pinned Suzuki after Wind Spear.

Match 4: Yuki Kamifuku & YuuRI beat HIMAWARI & Riara. Kamifuku pinned Riara after Fameasser.

Main Event: Yuna Manase & Nao Kakuta beat Shoko Nakajima & Yoshiko Hasegawa. Manase pinned Hasegawa after Suzuki Dynamic.

The next event is GRAND PRINCESS ’24, TJPW’s biggest event of the year, on 3/31 at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 3/30 at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 3/16/24 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro continues their spring house show tour today with an event in Yokohama. While there is one more event after this before GRAND PRINCESS ’24, this essentially will be the final build for the biggest event of the year as the next event is a separate standalone crossover with Ganbare Women. So today is the last time Moyu Yamashita & Miu Watanabe will be on opposite teams before their 3/31 main event, same for Yuki Aino and Suzume & Arisu Endo (no Ryo Mizunami today. Also no Yuki Arai). It also begins the road to the end of Nao Kakuta’s career as she announced earlier this week she will retire in July to focus on other activities.

There were unannounced last-minute changes for today’s event due to no Hyper Misao. Acute back pain. Status uncertain for 3/31.

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. This looks like a standard quick-paced house show and should have a total running time of just under 2 hours, even with the presumptive main event likely to go the full 20 minutes, but roughly 2 hours tops.

Today’s lineup:
Rika Tatsumi vs. Mahiro Kiryu & Uta Takami in a 3-way
Kaya Toribami vs. Kira Summer
Maki Itoh & Shino Suzuki vs. Moka Miyamoto & Chika Nanase
Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku vs. Suzume, Arisu Endo & HIMAWARI
Wakana Uehara & Toga vs. Haru Kazashiro & Runa Okubo
Miyu Yamashita, Mizuki & Shoko Nakajima vs. Miu Watanabe, Yuki Kamifuku & Nao Kakuta

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

7:58 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. Looks like a good crowd so far as the closest seats to the ring are all sold out and sounds good too. Not sure if a sellout or not but I’m thinking 275-300. A legit full capacity sellout would maybe be 350-375. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 277, a legit sellout. So closer to 75% capacity)

The matches should begin in 10-15 minutes. Hard camera only view with the position such that the ropes slightly obstruct view. They had very few announcements and quickly went to Up Up Girls so we’ll be starting matches by 8:10 PM PT.

The matches begin at 8:10 PM PT/11:10 PM PT.

Match 1: Kaya Toribami vs. Kira Summer. 15 minute time limit
Result: Kaya Toribami beat Kira Summer by submission

Match 2: Rika Tatsumi vs. Mahiro Kiryu & Uta Takami in a 3-way. 20 minute time limit
Result: Rika Tatsumi beat Mahiro Kiryu & Uta Takami in a 3-way by beating Takami.

Match 3: Wakana Uehara & Toga vs. Haru Kazashiro & Runa Okubo. 20 minute time limit
Result: Wakana Uehara & Toga beat Haru Kazashiro & Runa Okubo. Uehara beat Okubo with a sleeper hold.

Match 4: Maki Itoh & Shino Suzuki vs. Moka Miyamoto & Chika Nanase. 20 minute time limit
Result: Maki Itoh & Shino SUzuki beat Moka Miyamoto & Chika Nanase. Itoh beat Nanase with Itoh Punish.

Quick break for ring repairs/maintenance. Only about a minute or so.

Match 5: Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku vs. Suzume, Arisu Endo & HIMAWARI. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yuki AIno, Raku & Pom Harajuku beat Suzume, Arisu Endo & HIMAWARI. Aino pinned Suzume after UBV. Final shots fired before thee Princess Tag Team Championship match at GRAND PRINCESS ’24 and they favor the champs.

Main Event: Miyu Yamashita, Mizuki & Shoko Nakajima vs. Miu Watanabe, Yuki Kamifuku & Nao Kakuta. 20 minute time limit
Result: Miyu Yamashita, Mizuki & Shoko Nakajima beat Miu Watanabe, Yuki Kamifuku & Nao Kakuta. Yamashita pinned Kakuta after Skull Kick. Yamashita immediately posed & taunted Watanabe afterwards. 15 days to go. It’s all over but the shouting and, presumably, final pre-event press conference. On to their biggest event of the year! But first…

The next event is 3/22 at Ueno Park Outdoor Stage in Tokyo for a crossover event with Ganbare Women. There will be no live broadcast.

Injury Report: They Best Not Need A Hero

Tokyo Joshi Pro has announced the latest Japan injury casualty today…they hopefully won’t need a hero anytime soon because the sidelined one this time is Hyper Misao. Acute back pain. Out tomorrow. Status beyond that is uncertain but since she is not on the next event after this, that gives her 2 weeks to recover before GRAND PRINCESS ’24…assuming she is in good enough shape to he a hero opposite Max The Impaler and Aja Kong. I’d ride that Hyper Bike straight out of Ryogoku Kokugikan.

More as it becomes available.

BREAKING: TJPW Wrestler Retiring This Summer

At a press conference earlier today, Tokyo Joshi Pro wrestler Nao Kakuta announced she will retire at the end of July. Kakuta attended with Representative Tetsuya Koda and made it sound like she wanted to focus on other work she has outside wrestling, including possibly her work as an actress (she regularly performs in theater). A specific retirement date and match are TBA.

More as it becomes available.

Tokyo Joshi Pro 3/10/24 Results

Tokyo Joshi Pro continued their spring house show tour today with an event in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Itabashi Green Hall in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date (probably Wednesday). There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 206, a full house/near sellout.

Match 1: Toga beat Chika Nanase.

Match 2: Yuki Aino beat Kira Summer by submission.

Match 3: Mizuki beat Uta Takami by submission.

Match 4: Mahiro Kiryu & HIMAWARI beat Nao Kakuta & Haru Kazashiro. HIMAWARI pinned Kazashiro.

Match 5: Rika Tatsumi, Miu Watanabe & Shino Suzuki vs. Raku & Pom Harajuku was changed as it was supposed to begin. Which led to…
Match 5 (again): In a handicap match, Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe beat Raku, Pom Harajuku & Shino Suzuki. Watanabe pinned Suzuki after Teardrop.

Match 6: Yuki Kamfuku beat Wakana Uehara.

Main Event: Shoko Nakajima, Suzume & Arisu Endo beat Miyu Yamashita, Moka Miyamoto & Kaya Toribami. Suzume pinned Toribami after Ring A Bell.

The next event is Saturday at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Friday at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET. Live results are scheduled.

DEVELOPING: TJPW Full 3/31 Card Announced

Tokyo Joshi Pro has just announced the full card for GRAND PRINCESS ’24, their biggest event of the year, on 3/31 at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. 5 matches were already announced but now the 11 match lineup is official:
Shino Suzuki, Chika Nanase & Kira Summer vs. Haru Kazashiro, Runa Okubo & Uta Takami
Nao Kakuta & Ami Yumoto (AKB48) vs. Mahiro Kiryu & HIMAWARI
Andreza Giant Panda & Kaya Toribami (with Neko Haruna) vs. Raku & Pom Harajuku
Moka Miyamoto & Juria Nagano vs. Wakana Uehara & Toga
Rika Tatsumi vs. Masha Slamovich (TNA Wrestling)
Aja Kong & Max The Impaler vs. Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao
Minoru Suzuki vs. Maki Itoh
Yuka Sakazaki (All Elite Wrestling) & Mizuki vs. Chris Brookes (DDT) & Emi Sakura (All Elite Wrestling)
International Princess Champion Yuki Arai vs. Yuki Kamifuku for the title
Princess Tag Team Champinos Yuki Aino & Ryo MIzunami vs. Suzume & Arisu Endo for the titles
Princess Of Princess Champion Miyu Yamashita vs. Miu Watanabe for the title
An SKE48 mini-live performance will also be held with 5 members including Yuki Arai and Marika Tani, who will be a guest on commentary for WRESTLE UNIVERSE. The event will stream live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE on 3/30 beginning at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET and is expected to run around 4 hours.

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