Tokyo Joshi Pro ran a pair of events today, the first being a Sanshiro Takagi Produced Bullet Train Wrestling special event, the second being a house show in Osaka.
The first event was held on a bullet train traveling from Tokyo to Shin-Osaka station in Osaka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Wednesday, possibly with Japanese commentary. There was no live broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 75, a legit sellout.
The first leg from Tokyo to Yokohama featured the opening announcements & Up Up Girls performance, albeit with some technical difficulties.
The match began en route from Yokohama to Hamamatsu as more wrestlers began boarding. Then en route from Hamamatsu to Nagoya the “train conductor” boarded, which actually was Minoru Suzuki. Then after all that and on the way to Nagoya and Osaka…
Main Event: Miyu Yamashita, Maki Itoh, Max The Impaler & Yuki Arai beat Mizuki, Aja Kong, Miu Watanabe & Raku. Yamashita pinned Raku after Crash Rabbit Heat. The match went just short of 45 minutes.
After that there was some fun downtime with Arai & Raku posing as train conductors and some other fun stuff. Which led to…
Raku beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Tetsu Inada to win the title. Raku becomes the 1731st Champion.
After they arrived in Osaka, today’s second event was held at Osaka Azalea Taisho in Osaka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 300, a legit advance sellout.
Before the event, it was announced a Golden Week Fan Appreciation Day event in Osaka will be held on 5/5 at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2.
Match 1: Moka Miyamoto beat Chika Nanase by submission.
Match 2: Pom Harajuku beat Uta Takami & Arisu Endo in a 3-way by pinning Takami.
Match 3: Yuki Aino, Yoshiko Hasegawa & Shino Suzuki beat Yuki Kamifuku, Kira Summer & Ivy Steele. Aino beat Steele with Full Nelson Of Love & Fire.
Match 4: Suzume & Haru Kazashiro beat Toga & Mifu Ashida. Suzume pinned Ashida after Ring A Bell.
Match 5: Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao beat Mahiro Kiryu & Neko Haruna. Misao pinned Haruna after Hypami Returns.
Match 6: Jada Stone & Kaya Toribami beat Rika Tatsumi & Wakana Uehara. Toribami pinned Uehara after Sweeping Bird Style.
Main Event: Miyu Yamashita, Maki Iroh, Max The Impaler & Yuki Arai beat Mizuki, Aja Kong, Miu Watanabe & DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Raku, with Yamashita pinning Raku to win the title. Yamashita becomes the 1732nd Champion. Afterwards, Itoh & Arai both immediately attempted to win the title but failed.
After all this and during backstage comments…
Mecha Fist beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Miyu Yamashita to win the title. Fist becomes the 1733rd Champion. Which led to…
Tetsu Inada beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Mecha Fist to win the title. Inada becomes the 1734th Champion.
The next event is 2/22 at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Friday at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.
