Tokyo Joshi Pro continues their Spring ’22 house show tour with the first event of a very busy week-3 events are scheduled over the next 6 days leading into their big Golden Week doubleheader the following week (Golden Week is a week-long holiday in Japan and is full of major events). One notable name who will not be present today is Shoko Nakajima-she was in England today for a match in Pro Wrestling EVE, one of the top women’s promotions in Europe. Her status for next week’s events will depend on current coronavirus re-entry protocols for Japanese citizens-if the mandatory isolation/quarantine period is longer than 3 days, she is probably out of both events but should be good for May unless she gets the virus.
Today’s event will be held at Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There will be no commentary. If you’re going to stay up late to watch, lots of single matches will make this a fast event-I anticipate the total running time being just under 2 hours (post-show update: Total event runtime was just 100 minutes).
Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Yuki Aino vs. Mahiro Kiryu
Rika Tatsumi vs. Kaya Toribami
Hyper Misao vs. Raku
Yuki Kamifuku & Neko Haruna vs. Suzume & Arisu Endo
Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh vs. Miu Watanabe & Pom Harajuku
Yuka Sakazaki, Mizuki & Yuki Arai vs. Hikaru Noa, Nao Kakuta & Moka Miyamoto
Updates below will begin at 11 PM ET/8 PM PT.
10:56 PM ET: Live stream has started.
We are LIVE from Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo, Japan.
The matches should begin in about 20 minutes.
The matches begin at 11:15 PM ET.
Match 1: Yuki Aino vs. Mahiro Kiryu. 15 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Aino beat Mahiro Kiryu.
Match 2: Rika Tatsumi vs. Kaya Toribami. 15 minute time limit
Result: Rika Tatsumi beat Kaya Toribami by submission.
Match 3: Yuki Kamifuku & Neko Haruna vs. Suzume & Arisu Endo. 20 minute time limit
Result: Suzume & Arisu Endo beat Yuki Kamifuku & Neko Haruna. Suzume pinned Haruna after Ring A Bell.
Match 4: Hyper Misao vs. Raku. 15 minute time limit
Result: Hyper Misao beat Raku by submission.
Match 5: Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh vs. Miu Watanabe & Pom Harajuku. 20 minute time limit
Result: Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh beat Miu Watanabe & Pom Harajuku. Itoh beat Harajuku with Iroh Perish.
Main Event: Yuka Sakazaki, Mizuki & Yuki Arai vs. Hikaru Noa, Nao Kakuta & Moka Miyamoto. 20 minute time limit
Result: Hikari Noa, Nao Kakuta & Moka Miyamoto beat Yuka Sakazaki, Miizuki & Yuki Arai. Noa pinned Mizuki with a bridge after whipping Mizuki into an exposed corner where Kakuta removed the turnbuckle padding.
This will be updated tomorrow with attendance. They may claim a legit sellout but opposite hard camera there were a couple empty seats.
The next event is Friday (4/29). Live broadcast on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Thursday (4/28) at 11 PM ET/8 PM PT.
Post-Show UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 205, a legit sellout, but probably was a little less in actuality.
Also, according to WRESTLE UNIVERSE the 5/3 major event at Korakuen Hall will have English commentary as well as Japanese.
