Yesterday Prestige Wrestling announced they have begun a working relationship with Tokyo Joshi Pro. They tweeted “Over the coming months & years we will bring many of their top stars to the United States!” Prestige has been around since 2017 but had not run any shows since 2019 because of the pandemic. 2022 is their re-launch and they have several shows booked in Oregon and California throughout springtime.
I don’t have much thought on this at the moment. The gap of time between Prestige’s last show to now is long enough that this may as well be a brand new indie so I have no idea what matches to think could happen. At least it’s a potential sign of international travel opening up for the TJPW roster and there might be more work in America available for them than just AEW. Fingers crossed it works out for both sides if it goes ahead.
TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TOKYO JOSHI 2022 WINTER”, 20/01/2022
Shinjuku FACE
1. Yuka Sakazaki, Mizuki, Haruna Neko & Kaya Toribami Vs Marika Kobashi, Raku, Pom Harajuku & Mahiro Kiryu
2. 2nd “Futari wa Princess” Max Heart Tournament – Round 2: Suzume & Arisu Endo Vs Moka Miyamoto & Yuki Arai
3. 2nd “Futari wa Princess” Max Heart Tournament – Round 2: Nodoka Tenma & Yuki Aino Vs Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta
4. 2nd “Futari wa Princess” Max Heart Tournament – Round 2: Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe Vs Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao
5. 2nd “Futari wa Princess” Max Heart Tournament – Round 2: Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh Vs Yuki Kamifuku & Asuka
The entire 2nd Round of the Max Heart Tournament takes place tomorrow. We’re getting 121000000 Vs VENYU, Daydream Vs Kyoraku Kyomei, The Bakuretsu Sisters Vs Free WiFi and Arisuzu Vs MokaYuki. There was concern last week when a member of staff from the venue tested positive for covid but nobody from TJPW was identified as a close contact. Everyone on the roster took PCR tests to be sure and all came back negative. So tomorrow’s show is going ahead as scheduled.
DDT “SWEET DREAMS! 2022 TOUR IN YOKOHAMA”, 22/01/2022
Yokohama Radiant Hall
1. 4 Way Match: Toru Owashi Vs Yuji Hino Vs Naomi Yoshimura Vs Kazuki Hirata
2. Danshoku “Dandy” Dieno & Yuki “Sexy” Iino Vs HARASHIMA & Akito
3. Jun Akiyama & Antonio Honda Vs Yukio Naya & Yuki Ishida
4. The 37KAMIINA Vs Eruption!: Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata & MAO Vs Yukio Sakaguchi, Kazusada Higuchi & Hideki Okatani
5. Chris Brookes & Saki Akai Vs Soma Takao & Maya Yukihi
6. DAMNATION T.A Vs Fujita Pro Wrestling School!: Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Paul Vs Minoru Fujita & Yasu Urano
7. The 37KAMIINA Vs BURNING!: Konosuke Takeshita & Toui Kojima Vs Tetsuya Endo & Yuya Koroku
Unfortunately Yumehito Imanari and Shota both tested positive after being identified as close contacts. Imanari has been pulled from this Saturday’s DDT show. Two matches on the undercard have been changed around as a result.
BASARA “BASARA 182 ~GLITTER~”, 25/01/2022
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
1. IRON FIST Tag Titles: Tsutomu Oosugi & Banana Senga (c) Vs FUMA & Yusuke Kubo
An update was given out from BASARA after a covid breakout happened to their roster last weekend. Ryota Nakatsu and Masato Kamino both got positive results. Nakatsu’s Union MAX Title match has been postponed until he has recovered. SAGAT is under quarantine until tomorrow for close contact reasons. Daiki Shimomura tested negative and has since returned to his normal activities. Yuya Okada had already tested positive last week and is at home getting treatment. BASARA will make decisions on upcoming shows based on medical advice once everyone is caught up on their current situations.
DDT “SWEET DREAMS! 2022 ~ULTIMATE TAG LEAGUE 2022 OPENING ROUND~”, 30/01/2022
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1. Sanshiro Takagi, Antonio Honda & Yusuke Okada Vs Toru Owashi, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Yuki Ishida
2. Kazusada Higuchi, Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani Vs Akito, Soma Takao, Toui Kojima & Yuya Koroku
3. Ultimate Tag League 2022 – B Block: Shunma Katsumata & MAO Vs Danshoku “Dandy” Dieno & Yuki “Sexy” Iino
4. Ultimate Tag League 2022 – B Block: HARASHIMA & Naomi Yoshimura Vs Chris Brookes & Masahiro Takanashi
5. Ultimate Tag League 2022 – A Block: Tetsuya Endo & Jun Akiyama Vs Yuji Hino & Yukio Naya
6. Ultimate Tag League 2022 – A Block: Konosuke Takeshita & Yuki Ueno Vs Shuji Kondo & Kazuki Hirata
7. DDT Universal Title: Daisuke Sasaki (c) Vs Minoru Fujita
Some good news is Yusuke Okada will be cleared to wrestle again in time for the Korakuen Hall show. He is cleared of covid and is just waiting out his remaining quarantine time at the moment.
Dramatic DDT 