Tokyo Joshi Pro kicked off the annual Tokyo Princess Cup today, the annual single tournament for all the promotion’s wrestlers. Today started the main bracket of 16 after qualifiers narrowed the 8 non-qualifiers so far down to 4.
Today’s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.
The announced paid attendance was 281.
There was a last-minute change to the card because Moka Miyamoto was a late removal from the event. The always-vague poor health. She was to have faced Miyu Yamashita in a Round 1 match. As a result, Yamashita wins by forfeit and advances.
Match 1: Kira Summer, Chika Nanase, Uta Takami & Ivy Steele beat Kaya Toribami, Toga, Shino Suzuki & Ren Konatsu. Steele pinned Konatsu after a pumphandle slam.
Match 2: Miyu Yamashita & Mahiro Kiryu beat Maki Itoh & Pom Harajuku. Yamashita pinned Harajuku after Attitude Adjustment.
Match 3: Rika Tatsumi, Yuki Kamifuku, Arisu Endo & HIMAWARI beat Shoko Nakajima, Hyper Misao, Yuki Arai & Haru Kazashiro. Tatsumi pinned Kazashiro after Twist Of Fate.
Tokyo Princess Cup:
Match 4: Wakana Uehara beat Suzume. As a result, Uehara advances to the Quarterfinals.
Match 5: Miu Watanabe beat Raku. As a result, Watanabe advances to the Quarterfinals.
Main Event: Mizuki beat Yuki Aino. As a result, Mizuki advances to the Quarterfinals.
Miyu Yamashita beat Moka Miyamoto by forfeit. As a result, Yamashita advances to the Quartefinals.
Today’s winners will face the winners of matches on 8/2. Watanabe will face HIMAWARI or Haru Kazashiro. Yamashita will face Arisu Endo or Hyper Misao. Mizuki will face Shoko Nakajima or Rika Tatsumi. Uehara will face Yuki Kamifuku or Yuki Arai.
The next event is Saturday at Act City Hamamatsu in Shizuoka. There will be no live broadcast. On demand Monday.
It was also announced that Ivy Steele will be leaving the promotion after the 8/9 event. She is returning home to the UK upon conclusion of a study-abroad program to Japan after one year to continue her studies at her home university. This was her own decision. Therefore her TJPW participation will end after about 8 months.