As part of the DDT Group’s efforts to get more female fans to attend their events, Tokyo Joshi Pro is holding a special women-only event today where only female fans can attend, and they can do so for free. While DDT usually sells out their Ladies’ Seats for events when available, not so much for TJPW, so they once in a while hold special events like this to get more women to attend. As for the rest of us, thankfully there is live streaming. One noteworthy item today is that the promotion will unveil a new logo for the first time in their history, or at least in a long time. Most of the roster will participate including SKE48 member Tuki Arai and DDT star Saki Akai also appearing, although AA Eye Candy won’t be teaming today.
Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. The Japanese commentary team will be Haruo Murata & Sayoko Mita with guests Yohei Azakami & Mako Morino. The English commentary team will be Chris Brookes & Drew Parker. The opening through the end of the first match will also stream FOR FREE on YouTube. Because there will be special post-match happenings at a nearby hotel, this may be a fast-paced event. I expect the total running time to be just under 2 hours.
Today’s lineup (in order):
Suzume & Arisu Endo vs. Pom Harajuku & Neko Haruna
Nao Kakuta & Mahiro Kiryu vs. Moka Miyamoto & Juria Nagano
Hyper Misao vs. Raku
Maki Itoh vs. Yuki Aino
Saki Akai vs. Hikari Noa
Yuki Arai vs. Yuki Kamifuku
Shoko Nakajima, Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe vs. Yuka Sakazaki, Mizuki & Miyu Yamashita
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Updates below will begin at 10:30 PM ET/7:30 PM PT.
Pre-show Update: Per the WRESTLE UNIVERSE event page for this stream, Kaya Toribami is again absent from this event due to scheduling issues. Also is out for one or both of next week’s events.
10:20 PM ET UPDATE: Live updates begin now.
We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your Japanese hosts are Haruo Murata & Sayoko Mita with guests Yohei Azakami & Mako Morino. Your English hosts are Chris Brookes & Drew Parker.
The opening proceedings should begin in just under 10 minutes.
The attendance will be announced after the event. Women only and all tickets were free. It’s a reduced capacity setup on the opposite-hard camera side with only seats in the middle, from first quick look I’m going to estimate around 450 will be the final number.
After an opening video before Sayuri Namba enters the ring for the first time, the new logo is unveiled: English capital letters “TJPW” with two squares atop the “W”. Simpler and clearner than the old logo, but otherwise…meh…
The matches should begin around 10:45 PM ET/7:45 PM PT.
After opening announcements, what appears to be two new debuting wrestlers are introduced. Names coming later. It looks like they will debut on 10/14 at Shinjuku Face. They look a lot like Yuki Kamifuku & Raku.
Match 1: Suzume & Arisu Endo vs. Pom Harajuku & Neko Haruna. 20 minute time limit
Reslut; Suzume & Arisu Endo beat Pom Harajuku & Neko Haruna. Sueume pinned Haruna after Ring A Bell.
Match 2: Nao Kakuta & Mahiro Kiryu vs. Moka Miyamoto & Juria Nagano. 20 minute time limit
Result: Nao Kakuta & Mahiro Kiryu beat Moka Miyamoto & Juria Nagano. Kakuta pinned Miyamoto after Shiden Kai.
Match 3: Hyper Misao vs. Raku. 15 minute time limit
Result: Hyper Misao beat Raku
Match 4: Maki Itoh vs. Yuki Aino. 15 minute time limit
Result: Maki Itoh beat Yuki Aino
Match 5: Saki Akai vs. Hikari Noa. 15 minute time limit
Result: Saki Akai beat Hikari Noa by submission
Match 6: Yuki Arai vs. Yuki Kamifuku. 15 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Kamifuku beat Yuki Arai
Main Event: Shoko Nakajima, Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe vs. Yuka Sakazaki, Mizuki & Miyu Yamashita. 30 minute time limit
Result: Shoko Nakajima, Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe beat Yuka Sakazaki, Mizuki & Miyu Yamashita. Nakajima pinned Mizuki after a diving senton. This went over 20 minutes.
It seemed like this had a good turnout and the many children & younger fans in attendance were allowed to be somewhat vocal at times, in particular during entrances which the wrestlers noticed and acknowledged, surely making them very happy. A fun event overall and it seemed to be successful although, initially, I’m not a big fan of the new logo. There is a bit of meaning behind it and DDT has already posted a news item about it on their website.
The next event is Saturday at Narimasu Act Hall in Tokyo, which will be the opening event of the Autumn/Fall Tour. There will be no live broadcast. The next broadcast will be a TJPW CITY CIRCUIT event on 9/4 at Nagoya Congress Center with Princess Tag Team Champions Saki Akai & Yuki Arai vs. Yuki kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu for the titles. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin next Saturday at 11:30 PM ET/8:30 PM PT.
Post-Show Update: The announced attendance was 500.
The introductions during the opening announcements are about a special event being put on by a new project form CyberFight Corporation, which currently has 3 inexperienced women wrestlers competing in some kind of tournament. The final portion of this competition is an exhibition match at Yume Pro Wrestling on 10/14.
And here’s the new logo:
