Video – DDT “EMERGENCY ROJO PRO WRESTLING IN NARAHA TOWN SUMMER FESTIVAL 2025”

August 28, 2025


DDT “EMERGENCY ROJO PRO WRESTLING FOR THE NARAHA TOWN IMMIGRATION AMBASSADOR IN NARAHA TOWN SUMMER FESTIVAL 2025”, 26/07/2025
Fukushima Naraha Town Tenjinmisaki Sports Park
??? Fans – Unannounced

1. Falls Count Anywhere Match: Yuki Ueno & To-y Vs Takeshi Masada, Yuki Ishida & Yoshihiko (w/ Yuzutaro)


Maki Itoh’s Contract With TJPW Expires

August 26, 2025

It was announced today that Maki Itoh’s contract with Tokyo Joshi Pro had expired on 23rd August and after much discussions between the two sides, her contract was not renewed. Therefore the match she had on Saturday was her last appearance in TJPW. Itoh wrote two comments about the news, one in Japanese and one in English. Her Japanese comment includes mention of the first time she gave Sanshiro Takagi a headbutt during an Idol Lumberjack Death Match in DDT back in 2013 that started this entire journey. Below is the comment she wrote in English.

“With the Korakuen Hall show on August 23, 2025, my contract with TJPW has come to and end.

Back when I was struggling as an idol, it was Takagi who discovered me.

I wasn’t good at singing or dancing, and I was never that popular – but the one thing I was ever praised for was pro wrestling.

Thanks to TJPW, I was able to spend 8 years and 7 months growing and living alongside this company.

It’s all because of TJPW and everyone I’ve met along the way.

I’ll continue wrestling, so I’m sure we’ll meet again somewhere down the road!

I’ll never forget the gratitude I feel toward everyone who has supported me, and I’ll keep treasuring the experience and knowledge I gainsed here as I move forward.

From the bottom of my heart, thank you fuck you all!”

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I should have known something was up after Itoh’s match on Saturday when she lost clean to Yuki Arai in what was only their second ever singles match together. In TJPW it is uncommon for a kohai to beat their senpai in their second attempt but given how hard Arai is pushed I figured this was an exception to the rule. That made me ignore all of the other red flags that were raised. Miyu Yamashita looked upset while she helped Itoh walk to the back. Then Itoh’s post-match comments backstage was very brief. All she said was she gave it her all and everyone should be able to think for themselves. That kind of short but ominous promo after a big loss is usually the act of somebody who is about to leave the territory. The other big sign that completely went over my head was the pinky swear Itoh gave Arai instead of the middle finger. I didn’t realise this until I came across this tweet. When was the last time Itoh offered a pinky swear to someone? To Natsumi Maki after one of Maki’s final TJPW matches before she left to become Natsupoi in Stardom.

As for the actual news, it is an end that fans have been expecting for quite some time. Like for the last two or three years Itoh would spend good chunks of the year wrestling in North America and Europe instead of Japan. It meant whenever she was back in Japan she was mostly directionless wrestling in TJPW. Other than setting up 121000000 with Yamashita to take over the tag team division for a while, she never reached the same heights of 2021. Which brings me to explain something that Itoh’s biggest supporters never wanted to hear. Itoh “finished her story” in TJPW when she won the 2021 Tokyo Princess Cup. That was the end of her character arc. Even in the company canon that tournament victory was presented as the happy ending for her wrestling career because she finally found success under her own abilities. Everything afterwards is her either living “Happily Ever After” in Japan or adapting the Rated R remake of her gimmick in America. So for those who wished and waited for the day Itoh would win the Princess Of Princess Title, it was never going to happen barring any emergency decisions over injuries.

And it’s her success in America that probably led to this news becoming a reality. She has never kept it secret in English language interviews that she would love to sign a deal with one of the major American wrestling companies. It is also assumed by everyone by this point that the money she made overseas is more than what she makes with TJPW in Japan even if it’s just because of the Yen becoming weak against other currencies. According to TJPW’s side of the story they couldn’t come to terms with Itoh over a new deal and decided to part ways with her. In the immediate aftermath we’re seeing a lot of people like Takagi and the TJPW roster publicly wishing her the best and saying how much they will miss her. So at least on the surface this split doesn’t seem to have created any bad blood between the two sides. Time will tell that story.

So what now for Itoh’s future? She will continue to wrestle and since her departure is over a contract expiration, the word “graduation” was never used to describe what’s going on. More international bookings is the obvious answer. Her last tour was cancelled but the only bookings announced were two GCW shows that took place the same weekend that her contract expired. The timing of that explains why it got cancelled in order to give Itoh some kind of farewell match in TJPW. She has a booking in Italy happening this November and Yamashita will be there too. The promoters SAJ Wrestling are advertising that it will be her only European appearance but didn’t specify for what period of time.

Something that also caught my eye while digging into this story is Itoh has a booking with Kyushu Pro happening on 19th October in her hometown of Ogori City, Fukuoka. This was announced on 14th August and she was listed as a TJPW wrestler in the show’s marketing. This might just be a coincidence given how close the event is happening to Itoh’s home. But as former TJPW talent like Yuu, Sayaka Unagi and Marika Kobashi have shown there is a massive collection of indies out there in Japan to get bookings for even if they get way more obscure the further you move away from Tokyo.

But what if Itoh has eyes on getting to stages bigger than TJPW? Does she have a route that can lead her to Stardom, Marigold or some of the other known joshi promotions? AEW has ignored her for years now but if they eventually saw the light to sign Yamashita to a some kind of deal then there might always be that chance Itoh gets the call, even if it’s just for a one night ROH appearance. As for WWE they keep going back and forth over what kind of talent scouting they want to prioritize. They would get brownie points online for signing Itoh to even just a WWE ID deal but what is that worth really? A bunch of blue tick accounts pretending to know Itoh’s career highlights along with a new entrance song being produced by Def Rebel? Come on, she’s worth more than that.

One thing I want to end on is another story of timing. The same day Itoh has her last TJPW match was when we found out about Yamashita’s new leadership role that supposedly makes her now fully committed to the company. Yamashita is another person who it has been argued has grown out of TJPW and could go off to do other things. But while Itoh is now out of the company, Yamashita has taken the opposite path and will become even more entrenched, maybe even planting seeds to one day take on bigger management roles behind the scenes just like how Akito did it in DDT. I can’t help but wonder if such an opportunity could have ever been on the table for Itoh given her own seniority with the promotion. That probably isn’t her style though. Making money is what she wants and if TJPW couldn’t give that to her, that’s their problem. And it might be a bit alarming if it is their problem.


GANBARE☆PRO “MIZUKI WATASE 10TH ANNIVERSARY – IT’S A SUMMER FILM 2025” Results

August 26, 2025

GANBARE☆PRO “MIZUKI WATASE 10TH ANNIVERSARY – IT’S A SUMMER FILM 2025”, 26/08/2025
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
707 Fans

1. Sentaro Motoshima Debut Match: Rukiya, Kazumasa Yoshida & Takeru Inoue defeated Munetatsu Nakamura, Shota Kawakami & Sentaro Motoshima when Yoshida submitted Motoshima with a Crab Hold (11:29).
2. Yuna Manase & YuuRI defeated Moeka Haruhi & Hanako Nakamori when YuuRI pinned Haruhi with the Swanton Bomb (7:48).
3. GanPro Vs FREEDOMS: Takashi Sasaki, Toru Sugiura & Dragon Libre defeated Ken Ohka, Shuichiro Katsumura & Shinichiro Tominaga when Sugiura pinne Tominaga with the Swift Driver (8:26).
4. Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Takuya Wada defeated Fuminori Abe, MAO & Tyson Maeguchi when Ishii pinned Maeguchi with the High-Angle Double Arm DDT (9:12).
5. Double Main Event I ~ Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Title: Masaaki Mochizuki defeated Yumehito Imanari (c) with a Dragon Suplex (12:49).
*Yumehito Imanari fails in V6. Masaaki Mochizuki becomes the 9th Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Champion!
6. Double Main Event II ~ Mizuki Watase 10th Anniversary Match – Fluorescent Lighttube Death Match: Jun Kasai defeated Mizuki Watase with the Cross-Arm Stimulation (19:24).

To celebrate ten years of being a pro wrestler Mizuki Watase dared to challenge Jun Kasai to a Lighttube Death Match. The reason for this was in 2016 Watase challenged Kasai to a Hardcore match at a DNA show and in the aftermath Watase wanted to challenge Kasai to a rematch with death match rules! The two lived up to their promise and Kasai quipped about how these matches aren’t easy while he was cutting up Watase with the lighttubes. He also dug some skewers into Watase’s head then sat down on a chair asking Watase to give the fans something exciting to watch. Watase then dug a bunch of skewers into Kasai’s head. Watase kicked out of the Pearl Harbor Splash as well as a Headbutt through lighttubes and also the Reverse Tiger Driver. Kasai had to pull out the Cross-Arm Stimulation Piledriver to finally get the three count on Watase.

After the match Kasai told fans the story about their DNA match. At the time he turned down the rematch because he didn’t want to see a young wrestler like Watase rush through his life. But Kasai is 50 now and is hitting his ceiling. He completely forgot about the death match request until Watase approached him to remind him of it. It impressed Kasai that Watase remembered it in a world where there are people who easily break promises to others. Since 23rd August is the anniversary of Watase’s pro wrestling debut, Kasai declared that 26th August will become the anniversary of Watase’s death match debut! When Watase heard that he quickly came up with a request to wrestle at the FREEDOMS show in Korakuen Hall happening in two days time. His request was accepted so Watase then called over to Michiyoshi Mishima and asked him to get Ganbare☆Pro four dates at Korakuen for next year instead of just three. Watase closed the show telling everyone that so many people had helped him in his first ten years. With the start of his eleventh year it is now his turn to help others.

Yumehito Imanari’s reign as Spirit Of Ganbare World Champion has come to an end at the hands of Masaaki Mochizuki. Everything that worked for Imanari in his recent matches from Lariats to Tiger Drivers to Lou Thesz Presses couldn’t put the Dragongate wrestler away. He was able to kick out of the Twister at one but and also block the Triangle Kick with a Lariat but a missed charge led to Mochizuki pinning Imanari with a Dragon Suplex. Mochizuki said he expected to win more easily but he understands how carrying the weight of a promotion on your shoulders makes you stronger. He then said as the new champion he is open to any challenge but he already has a first opponent in mind, Shuichiro Katsumura! However when Katsumura accepted the challenge, Ken Ohka entered the ring pleading to challenge Mochizuki first. Mochizuki called him stupid because he already beat Ohka back in April. He then said out loud that Ohka would at least need to beat Katsumura first to be considered for a title shot. Ohka took that statement to heart and said he will fight Katsumura and the winner will become Mochizuki’s first challenger!

The GanPro and FREEDOMS teams kept brawling with each other after Match #3 ended. That included Yuna Manase who was at ringside as GanPro’s flag bearer.

The debuting rookie Sentaro Motoshima is feeling nothing but regret over how his first match went. He knew he had a high wall to climb but he wanted to win and instead he tapped out to a Crab Hold. But he has an image of what kind of pro wrestler he wants to be. Since Munetatsu Nakamura and Shota Kawakami use flashy moves, Motoshima wants to go the opposite direction and wrestle a strong style similar to Riki Choshu or Genichiro Tenryu.


Video – Ueno/MAO Vs Sabre/Brookes

August 25, 2025


DDT “APRIL FOOL 2024”, 07/04/2024
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,334 Fans – Super No Vacancy

7. Dramatic Dream Tag Match: Yuki Ueno & MAO Vs Zack Sabre Jr. & Chris Brookes


Watase’s 10th Anniversary, Kazato Picks Ishijima, Princess Vs Monster Again

August 25, 2025

GANBARE☆PRO “MIZUKI WATASE 10TH ANNIVERSARY – IT’S A SUMMER FILM 2025”, 26/08/2025
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Sentaro Motoshima Debut Match: Munetatsu Nakamura, Shota Kawakami & Sentaro Motoshima Vs Rukiya, Kazumasa Yoshida & Takeru Inoue
2. Yuna Manase & YuuRI Vs Moeka Haruhi & Hanako Nakamori
3. GanPro Vs FREEDOMS: Ken Ohka, Shuichiro Katsumura & Shinichiro Tominaga Vs Takashi Sasaki, Toru Sugiura & Dragon Libre
4. Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Takuya Wada Vs Fuminori Abe, MAO & Tyson Maeguchi
5. Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Title: Yumehito Imanari (c) Vs Masaaki Mochizuki
6. Mizuki Watase 10th Anniversary Match – Fluorescent Lighttube Death Match: Mizuki Watase Vs Jun Kasai

Tomorrow is Mizuki Watase’s big day!

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “HOLY LIGHT RANBU ~KYOTO GLASS CHAPTER~”, 30/08/2025
Kyoto KBS Hall

1. Shoko Nakajima & Uta Takami Vs Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara
2. Mizuki, Haru Kazashiro & Toga Vs Miu Watanabe, HIMAWARI & Shino Suzuki
3. Miyu Yamashita & Kaya Toribami Vs Yuki Arai & Mifu Ashida

The road to “WRESTLE PRINCESS VI” begins in Kyoto where Yuki Arai & Mifu Ashida will be teaming up in their hometown. Also Mizuki and Miu Watanabe begin their series of prelim matches leading up to the big show.

BASARA “BASARA 287 ~TAKAGARI 29~”, 31/08/2025
Tokyo Takashimadaira Kumin Center

1. Takeru Inoue Vs Shota Kawakami
2. Daichi Kazato 15th Anniversary Match: Daichi Kazato Vs Guts Ishijima
3. Isami Kodaka & Keisuke Ishii Vs Lil’ Kraken & Munetatsu Nakamura
4. 4 Way Match: SAGAT Vs Daiki Shimomura Vs Takato Nakano Vs Yasu Urano
5. 4 Vs 4 Elimination Match: Ryota Nakatsu, Ryuichi Sekine, FUMA & Takumi Tsukamoto Vs Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi, Masato Kamino, Tsutomu Oosugi & Banana Senga

The mystery man coming to fight Daichi Kazato is Guts Ishijima! Even though Kazato turned pro 15 years ago under Union Pro’s watch, he had done some amateur indy stuff prior to that on events that were associated with Ishijima’s promotion Guts World.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “WRESTLE PRINCESS VI”, 20/09/2025
Tokyo Ota Ward Gymnasium

1. Princess Tag Team Titles: Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao (c) V Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara
2. Princess Of Princess Title: Mizuki (c) Vs Miu Watanabe

The Princess and The Monster are going to war over the Princess Of Princess Title again! Miu Watanabe has won this year’s Tokyo Princess Cup and has quickly marked Mizuki so she can take back the title she lost to her on 4th January.

A second chance has also been given to Ober Eats because they are going to challenge Kyoraku Kyomei for the Princess Tag Team Titles again. Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao were victorious when the two teams clashed in Las Vegas this past April but Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara have grown as a tag team since then. Uehara even has a pinfall win over Misao which is what got Ober Eats the rematch.

Priscilla Kelly returns to Tokyo Joshi Pro on this show for the first time since 2018.


TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TOKYO PRINCESS CUP” Results

August 23, 2025

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TOKYO PRINCESS CUP”, 23/08/2025
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
742 Fans

-. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Arm Wrestling Showdown: Ram Kaichow defeated Juri Suzue (c) (11:43 am).
*Ram Kaichow becomes the 1,763rd champion.
1. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Staggered Entry Battle Royal: Juri Suzue (c) defeated Miyu Yamashita, Raku, Mahiro Kiryu, Shino Suzuki, Kira Summer, Chika Nanase and Ram Kaichow (13:37).
1a. Raku and Ram Kaichow (c) eliminated Chika Nanase with the Cake Cutting Ceremony (4:22).
1b. Mahiro Kiryu eliminated Ram Kaichow (c) with a Backslide Pin (5:41).
*Mahiro Kiryu becomes the 1,764th champion.
1c. Miyu Yamashita eliminated Kira Summer by Ring Out (7:14).
1d. Juri Suzue eliminated Shino Suzuki after a Penalty Kick from Miyu Yamashita (12:10).
1e. Juri Suzue eliminated Mahiro Kiryu (c) after a Penalty Kick from Miyu Yamashita (12:10).
*Juri Suzue becomes the 1,765th champion.
1f. Juri Suzue (c) liminated Miyu Yamashita and Raku by Double Ring Out (13:37).
*V1 for Juri Suzue.
2. Yuna Manase defeated Toga with the Short-Range Lariat (8:37).
3. Yuki Aino, Haru Kazashiro & Uta Takami defeated Rika Tatsumi, Suzume & Ren Konatsu when Aino pinned Konatsu with the Venus DDT (9:51).
4. Mizuki defeated Pom Harajuku with the Diving Foot Stomp (9:20).
5. Special Single Match: Yuki Arai defeated Maki Itoh with the Finally (15:11).
6. Aja Kong, Yuki Kamifuku, Wakana Uehara & Mifu Ashida defeated Shoko Nakajima, Hyper Misao, Kaya Toribami & HIMAWARI when Uehara pinned Misao with a Jackknife Pin (11:46).
7. 12th Tokyo Princess Cup – Final: Miu Watanabe defeated Arisu Endo with the Tear Drop (20:20).

The heartbreak of three years ago have now been washed away because Miu Watanabe has won the Tokyo Princess Cup after her second appearance in the final! Now it is Arisu Endo who must carry the feelings of making it so far only to fall at the last hurdle. She found her spots to hit the Tsuruga Castle knee drop and then place Watanabe in the Camel Clutch. Watanabe’s power became an invaluable weapon as the match went on because she kept blocking the Ju no Okite and also picked Endo up over her shoulders and twisted her around into a Dragon Sleeper style Giant Swing! Endo got some shots back with the Waterwheel Drop and Super Kick but Watanabe batted her away and pinned her with the Tear Drop to win the tournament.

After receiving her trophy, Watanabe spoke about losing the Princess Cup final to Yuka Sakazaki three years ago. She then said she is happy from the bottom of her heart that Endo was her opponent today because she shines bright and is always strong. The final she lost to Sakazaki was the first year the current trophy was used so for her to finally hold it after so long has washed away the regret from three years ago. Now that she’s reached the top there is one more thing she wants to do this summer and that is win the Princess Of Princess Title back from Mizuki! She invited Mizuki down to the ring. Mizuki came down and told Watanabe she is an incredible princess and also still a monster. Watanabe said the value of the Princess Title has increased because of Mizuki and now that Watanabe is a “Princess” again she is ready to surpass it. The two agreed to have a Princess Title match at “WRESTLE PRINCESS VI” on 20th September and they curtsied to each other afterwards.

Backstage Endo was coming to terms over how her summer has ended. She made it all the way to the final and headlined a Korakuen Hall show. So even though she lost she realises how much stronger she has gotten recently and has the confidence to win the tournament next year! She called this the best and hottest summer ever, so much so that she has now come to love this time of year. The fans chanting for her throughout the match gave her strength and she believes it pushed her forward to make it this far under her own merits.

A second big title match was made for “WRESTLE PRINCESS VI” over the result of the semi-main event. Aja Kong came by to visit for a match but Kyoraku Kyomei are the current Princess Tag Team Champions and they weren’t going to let anyone push them out of the spotlight today. Hyper Misao even stepped up to start the match off with Kong one on one but she immediately sprayed her in the face instead then sent Kong outside to get wrapped up in the ring apron and taped against the corner post. Kong was able to escape though and poor HIMAWARI became the target of Kong’s team from that point on. Mifu Ashida choked her on the ring apron with the Y-Shaped Guillotine while both Ober Eats members shoved their boots into HIMAWARI’s face and Kong pulled at her braids. Kaya Toribami tagged in to start a comeback until Kong gave her the Back Drop. Toribami got her back with a Spin Kick and a dive from Shoko Nakajima out of the ring found Kong as its target. However that left Misao on her own against Ober Eats and Yuki Kamifuku gave her a Reverse Famouser while Misao was trying to block a roll up from Wakana Uehara. The move did enough damage for Uehara to pin Misao with a Jackknife Pin for the upset win.

Uehara quickly grabbed a microphone after the match and called for Kyoraku Kyomei to give Ober Eats a second shot at the Princess Tag Titles! Even Kamifuku didn’t expect to see her partner do this but she liked how brazen it was. Kamifuku then told Nakajima & Misao they can do the title match at Ota Ward Gymnasium on 20th September. Misao reminded everyone that Kyoraku Kyomei already defended the Princess Tag Titles against Ober Eats in America back in April and they won the match. She wants to know what has changed since then for Kamifuku & Uehara to think they should challenge them again? In fact if it wasn’t for Kyoraku Kyomei then Ober Eats wouldn’t exist! However she cannot deny that she just lost to Uehara so she accepted the challenge. Nakajima warned the challengers that they will get back at them 100 times worse! Backstage Uehara explained to Kamifuku that she was determined to go through with another challenge ever since today’s 8-Woman Tag Match was announced. She really loves teaming with Kamifuku and wants to pay her back for always giving her advice every night. Kong then suggested if Ober Eats become champions then she and Ashida can both challenge them for the belts!

Back in May 2021 when Yuki Arai made her pro wrestling debut, she lost to Maki Itoh in a tag match. In the aftermath Itoh encouraged Arai to continue trying to crush her no matter how many years it will take. Well it took a little bit over four years but today Arai was able to crush Itoh for the first time! It wasn’t easy though. When she gave Itoh the Finally kick, Itoh’s iron head blocked the move and she gave Arai a Headbutt afterwards. However Arai fought fire with fire and delivered a Headbutt of her own to Itoh before striking in hard with the Rookie Award. The damage weakened the iron head enough for the Finally to hit its mark the second time and keep Itoh down for the three count. As a show of respect after the match Itoh tucked in her middle finger and instead gave Arai a pinky shake. Backstage Arai said Itoh has been there for all of her big opportunities in wrestling and she has learned so much from her. She is happy to finally beat Itoh for the first time but knows there will be even more matches in the future so this isn’t over between them. Itoh didn’t have much to say other than today she left it all in the ring and it is up to everyone to think for themselves.

Totsugeki! Mizuki sort of found herself fighting in a Handicap Match because Pom Harajuku brought along an inflatable dolphin to use as a weapon against her. There was also a watermelon pool ring that Harajuku placed Mizuki on and dragged her around ringside with. Mizuki was armed with her trusty Pico Pico Hammer though and eventually threw the dolphin into the audience as well as Harajuku’s shoes. When Mizuki won the match with the Diving Foot Stomp she pretended to offer Harajuku a handshake only to stick her tongue out at her instead. She said backstage that Harajuku’s quirks are what she loves about her and she had a lot of fun fighting her today. Harajuku was left wondering why her stomach hurts and also wants to know where her dolphin Shachinoske went.

One of the teams in the 6-Woman Tag Match was built on inspiration. Rika Tatsumi was the inspiration for Suzume to become a pro wrestler and Suzume was the inspiration for Ren Konatsu to do the same. Meanwhile Yuki Aino was teaming with two teenagers who decided to get matching pigtails just because. And yet there was some inspiration hidden in that side too because Aino used herself as a prop for Haru Kazashiro to springboard herself onto Tatsumi just like how Aino would prop up Nodoka Tenma back when she was wrestling. When Aino pinned Konatsu with the Venus DDT to win, Tatsumi left ringside by herself in a temper. Backstage she wants to know where these young wrestlers are all coming from all of a sudden and also complained about her partners not following her lead. Konatsu said they could have won if Tatsumi hadn’t accidentally choked her near the finish. She told Konatsu not to use excuses and she has to try harder to win. However she gave Suzume more encouraging words and patted her on the back. Aino was happy to be back in Korakuen because it has been six months since Tokyo Joshi Pro was last in the building and today was a brilliant victory for her team. She also thought the sight of Kazashiro & Uta Takami dodging Tatsumi’s Hip Attack was like something out of a horror movie for kids.

Yuna Manase was brought in as a wall for Toga to try and climb over today. Sadly for Toga it is a challenge too tough for her to handle. She couldn’t hide her frustration after losing because when Manase tried to give her praise for the effort, Toga pushed her away and left the ring. She said she thought she had a lot of energy going into the match but Manase took all of it and beat her anyway. Manase reached out to her backstage with a suggestion that they should team up next time rather than be opponents. When Manase left TJPW five years ago it was a decision she made to inspire the TJPW wrestlers but today Toga really inspired her! Toga likes the idea and wants to learn from Manase by doing their best together.

The story spreading around the locker room heading into the show was about Juri Suzue’s skills when it comes to arm wrestling. So backstage Raku and Ram Kaichow approached the teen idol with Kaichow demanding an Arm Wrestling match for the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title. Kaichow quickly learned just how strong Suzue is and was about to lose when Raku started using the power of love to aid her partner. And by power of love I mean distract both Suzue and Daisuke Kiso so Kaichow could use both of her hands to beat Suzue and win the belt.

Kaichow quickly had to make it down to the ring because she was now defending the title in the show opening Battle Royal. The entrances were done Rumble style so Kaichow had to wait for Raku to enter before the happy couple could start making their moves. They eliminated Chika Nanase together but then Raku tried to beat Kaichow to take the title from her! While Kaichow was threatening to divorce Raku over her betrayal, Mahiro Kiryu rolled her up from behind to become the new champion. Miyu Yamashita then entered the match and frightened Kiryu by kicking Kira Summer out of the ring to eliminate her. Suzue entered the match looking to reclaim her title and quickly formed an alliance with Yamashita to eliminate Shino Suzuki. They then did the same to Kiryu so Suzue could become the champ again. The alliance then fell apart and Suzue found herself in the middle of Yamashita and Raku fighting each other. The two of them went over the top rope onto the apron so Suzue used an Axe Kick she named the Suzue Power to knock both of them to the floor and win the match! However she would shortly lose the Iron Man Title again later in the day. Pokotan found her backstage and challenged her to an Arm Wrestling match. It then emptied out a bag of treats onto the table to distract Suzue so it could beat her and run off with the belt.

It was announced that Priscilla Kelly will be at “WRESTLE PRINCESS VI”. She had last done a tour with TJPW back in 2018 where she challenged for the Princess Title. In the time since then she had signed with WWE where she wrestled as Gigi Dolin in NXT.

There was an announcement at the beginning of the show about TJPW using a new leadership system behind the scenes. Miyu Yamashita was chosen to be the first “Leader” and she said she is ready to dedicate her life towards TJPW. Tokyo Sports have since reported that her role is essentially like being the chairwoman of a wrestlers association. She is expected to be involved with bringing all of the wrestlers in TJPW together as a united group.

When The Up Up Girls (Pro Wrestling) had finished their show opening concert, it was revealed that Uta Takami is getting her first homecoming show in Kanazawa on 22nd November!

Na-naaaaa na-na-na-na-na-na-na TJPW on the swing! A new collaboration sees TJPW teaming up with Bandai Namco to promote the new “Once Upon A Katamari” video game. Original art has been produced of Yuki Arai, Mizuki, Arisu Endo and Suzume all dressed up looking like the Prince and several of his cousins. While details of what this art will be used for have not been announced yet, unfortunately it has been confirmed that the designs will not be appearing in the new video game itself.


BAKA GAIJIN + FRIENDS “MNL” Results

August 23, 2025

BAKA GAIJIN + FRIENDS “MNL”, 22/08/2025
The Social House, Makati, Philippines
??? Fans

1. International Dream Match: Crystal & Robin Sane defeated Patricia Ligaia & Dr. Gore (?:??).
2. 3 Way Match: Nigel San Jose defeated Saint John Martin and Danny Zamora when San Jose pinned Martin with a Hot Dog Assisted Knee Strike (?:??).
3. Fabio Makisig defeated El Katipunero (?:??).
4. International Dream Match: Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada defeated Jake De Leon & Isaiah Valencia when Masada pinned Valencia with the Masada no Chikara KOBU Mukimuki (?:??).

It was difficult finding detailed results for the show but the website SEA Wrestling came into clutch by having at least the winners and losers of each match recorded. Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada (plus Bunbun too) brought along the authentic Baka Gaijin + Friends experience to Manila. In the main event they slammed the 2pc Chicken Boys of Jake De Leon & Isaiah Valencia through stacks of plastic boxes before Masada pinned Valencia with his finisher.

Apparently one of the wrestling storylines going on in the Philippines involved Yappy’s wrestling gear going missing. Patricia Ligaia showed up to her match wearing the outfit and admitted to stealing it.


Super Japan Continues, Is Hiroshi Too Scary for Nakatsu?

August 21, 2025

Heads up but I will be travelling over the next few days to see some wrestling in London, which includes “FORBIDDEN DOOR”. However it is kind of a light weekend of shows within the DDT circle so there should not be any delay in getting results and writing a report for the Tokyo Princess Cup semi finals on Saturday. I might be able to at post results of tomorrow’s Baka Gaijin + Friends show in the Philippines too. If not then that will be saved for the next DDT Around The World article at the end of the month.

GANBARE☆PRO “MIZUKI WATASE 10TH ANNIVERSARY – IT’S A SUMMER FILM 2025”, 26/08/2025
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Yuna Manase & YuuRI Vs Moeka Haruhi & Hanako Nakamori
2. Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Takuya Wada Vs Fuminori Abe, MAO & Tyson Maeguchi
3. Sentaro Motoshima Debut Match: Munetatsu Nakamura, Shota Kawakami & Sentaro Motoshima Vs Rukiya, Kazumasa Yoshida & Takeru Inoue
4. GanPro Vs FREEDOMS: Ken Ohka, Shuichiro Katsumura & Shinichiro Tominaga Vs Toru Sugiura, Takashi Sasaki & Dragon Libre
5. Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Title: Yumehito Imanari (c) Vs Masaaki Mochizuki
6. Mizuki Watase 10th Anniversary Match – Fluorescent Lighttube Death Match: Mizuki Watase Vs Jun Kasai

An injury to Tomoya Hirata has taken him off the show. Takashi Sasaki will be taking his place in the Ganbare☆Pro Vs FREEDOMS match. Which he should have been part of in the first place because he’s been a frontal figure of this rivalry from the start.

BASARA “BASARA 287 ~TAKAGARI 29~”, 31/08/2025
Tokyo Takashimadaira Kumin Center

1. Takeru Inoue Vs Shota Kawakami
2. Daichi Kazato 15th Anniversary Match: Daichi Kazato Vs X
3. Isami Kodaka & Keisuke Ishii Vs Lil’ Kraken & Munetatsu Nakamura
4. 4 Way Match: SAGAT Vs Daiki Shimomura Vs Takato Nakano Vs Yasu Urano
5. 4 Vs 4 Elimination Match: Ryota Nakatsu, Ryuichi Sekine, FUMA & Takumi Tsukamoto Vs Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi, Masato Kamino, Tsutomu Oosugi & Banana Senga

BASARA has a path set towards Halloween for their next big Union MAX Title match. Ryota Nakatsu says he isn’t scared of defending the title against anybody but Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi thinks the champion has been ducking him. Hiroshi has recently formed a quartet with Speed Of Sounds and Gouma Ryu called WizRYU but Ryu isn’t a guy you can rely on for an Elimination Match so Masato Kamino is taking part instead. Nakatsu is relying on Hyakusho Ikki and Takumi Tsukamoto to back him up in the meantime.

BASARA “BASARA 288 ~UTAGE~”, 17/09/2025
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Iron Fist Tag Team Titles: Kengo Mashimo & Ayumu Honda (c) Vs SAGAT & Minoru Fujita

Two members of the Super Family are challenging for the Iron Fist Tag Team Titles because SAGAT is already fed up with Kengo Mashimo & Ayumu Honda invading BASARA. He called upon Minoru Fujita to be his partner.

SUPER JAPAN “COME AGAIN 2025”, 14/10/2025
Shinjuku FACE

0. Exhibition Match: Sanshiro Takagi Vs Munenori Sawa
1. Special Single Match: Yuji Nagata Vs Shinya Aoki

So there wasn’t actually plans for Super Japan to last past the first show but Sanshiro Takagi was happy enough with how the launch did to run another event under the name. Yuji Nagata is still his pick to be the ace and he’ll get a far more serious match this time because his opponent is Shinya Aoki! There is a little bit of history here because Aoki defeated Yuji’s brother Katsuhiko Nagata in the DREAM Middleweight Grand Prix back in 2008.

Takagi himself is confident he can make a full return to the ring by the end of the year. However he isn’t sure if he can make it back in time for November’s Sumo Hall show. He also is only currently cleared by his doctor to do light exercises. With that being said, Takagi wants to shake off some ring rust so he will take part in an Exhibition Match with his old tag team partner Munenori Sawa. The bout is only scheduled to have a five minute time limit but Sawa has told Takagi he wants the two of them to go as wild as they can and cause some trouble!

MIKAMI and DJ Nira will be on the show.

BASARA “BASARA 291 ~KOO~”, 31/10/2025
Shinjuku FACE

1. Union MAX Title: Ryota Nakatsu (c) Vs Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi

Nakatsu has successfully defended the MAX Title against Hiroshi one time before back in February 2022. That was Hiroshi’s second time challenging for the belt. The other time was when it was revived to be used as BASARA’s top championship all the way back on Christmas Day of 2016.


6 Matches For the 6th Show, Beer Garden Favorites Reappear, Akito Vs Hirata Sapporo Series Again

August 21, 2025

DDT “D GENERATIONS 6 ~DDT MEET & GREET & FIGHT SEPTEMBER~”, 06/09/2025
Tokyo Ueno Park Outdoor Stage

1. Six Major Single Match!: Munetatsu Nakamura Vs Hinata Kasai
2. Six Major Single Match!: Ilusion Vs Rukiya
3. Six Major Single Match!: Hideki Okatani Vs Kazuma Sumi
4. Six Major Single Match!: Yuya Koroku Vs Yuki Ishida
5. Six Major Single Match!: Ryoma Tsukamoto Vs Daichi Sato
6. Six Major Single Match!: To-y Vs Takeshi Masada

The sixth D GENERATIONS show is going to be built around six singles matches. Sounds simple enough. It will also be the first time both Rukiya and Hinata Kasai will get to wrestle on the sub-brand.

DDT “FIGHTING BEER GARDEN 2025 IN SHINJUKU ~EXTRA TIME~”, 12/09/2025
Shinjuku FACE

1. Our LariPro ’25: HARASHIMA, Keisuke Ishii & MAO Vs Yuki Ueno, Toru Owashi & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
2. Enter Sandman Match: Danshoku Dieno Vs Chris Brookes Vs Kazuki Hirata Vs Antonio Honda
3. Yukio Naya 8th Anniversary ~ Special Tag Match: Kazusada Higuchi & Yukio Naya Vs Yuki Iino & Jun Akiyama

You can’t do an entire year of Beer Garden shows without the Enter Sandman and Lariat Pro matches on at least one of them! Even if the song gets dubbed over on Wrestle Universe, the Enter Sandman match is exactly what it sounds like. What if DDT did an entire match based around The Sandman’s entrance? What likely won’t be dubbed though is the LariPro match. They usually get away with playing famous puroresu songs of Lariat users, Elbow Strike users, Yakuza Kick users, etc.

DDT “SUMIRE SEPTEMBER LOVE 2025”, 14/09/2025
Hokkaido Sapporo Sun Plaza

1. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Kazusada Higuchi, Yukio Naya & Yuki Ishida Vs Jun Akiyama, Noriyuki Yoshida & Daichi Sato
2. Sapporo Specialty Trial Of Two Single Matches Again – Round 1!: Akito Vs Kazuki Hirata
3. Special 3 Way Tag Match: HARASHIMA & Danshoku Dieno Vs MAO & KANON Vs Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada

Back in April Akito and Kazuki Hirata experimented with doing a two match iron man series on back to back shows in Sapporo. They enjoyed doing it and had some time to work out some kinks so it is happening again for a second go around.

Hokkaido locals Tomoya and Ryuto will be on the show alongside Noriyuki Yoshida who already has both of his matches for the weekend booked.

DDT “SUMIRE MELTY LOVE 2025”, 15/09/2025
Hokkaido Sapporo Sun Plaza

1. Special Tag Match: Tomoya & Noriyuki Yoshida Vs Yukio Naya & Hinata Kasai
2. Sapporo Specialty Trial Of Two Single Matches Again – Round 2!: Akito Vs Kazuki Hirata
3. Special Tag Match: MAO & KANON Vs HARASHIMA & Yuya Koroku

Will be interesting to see what direction Kasai will go as a pro wrestler in his first few months. I don’t so much mean his wrestling style but more like how much charisma does he have from the get go?

Ryuto will be on this show too.


BASARA “BASARA 286 ~UTAGE AOI – SOUEN~” Results

August 20, 2025

BASARA “BASARA 286 ~UTAGE AOI – SOUEN~”, 20/08/2025
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
??? Fans – Unannounced

1. Takumi Tsukamoto defeated Takeru Inoue with the Brainbuster Slam (10:14).
2. Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi, Tsutomu Oosugi & Banana Senga (w/ Gouma Ryu) defeated Takato Nakano, Masato Kamino & Lil’ Kraken when Hiroshi pinned Kraken with the Perfect Plex (12:04).
3. SAGAT Vs Ayumu Honda ended in a Double Countout (15:03).
4. FUMA & Ryuichi Sekine defeated Fuminori Abe & Daiki Shimomura when Sekine submitted Shimomura with the Let’s Combine (10:02).
5. Union MAX Title: Ryota Nakatsu (c) defeated Daichi Kazato with a Forward Rolling Cradle (16:53).
*V3 for Ryota Nakatsu.

Out of all the times Ryota Nakatsu had a championship match, this one was probably the most unusual. Daichi Kazato brought along several long rubber straps to either use as weapons against Nakatsu or as something to slingshot himself at Nakatsu. The straps limited the Union MAX Champion from using a lot of his regular moveset but when they were eventually taken out of the picture, he countered a roll up from Kazato into one of his own to win the match. Nakatsu asked the fans after the match if they noticed he couldn’t do any Zero Fighter Kicks, German Suplexes or V Sliders because of Kazato’s plan. They still had an exciting match though and he called Kazato the craziest guy.

With today’s victory Nakatsu said he now has nothing to fear when it comes to defending the MAX Title. Suddenly Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi’s music played and Hiroshi was carried down to the ring by his fellow WizRYU members Gouma Ryu and Speed Of Sounds. He said he knows Nakatsu all too well and asked if he was scared of him? He knows the last person Nakatsu wants to be challenged by is “Mr. Perfect” Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi! The champ admits Hiroshi can be scary but he isn’t afraid of him so he accepts the challenge. Hiroshi then tried to attack him but Kazato suddenly came to Nakatsu’s rescue! Nakatsu appreciated it so much that he decided he and Kazato should team up together. Backstage Hiroshi announced his MAX Title challenge will happen on 31st October.

Isami Kodaka missed the show due to illness. He was replaced by Fuminori Abe in Match #4.

Match #3 ended in a Double Countout after SAGAT lost his temper and threw Ayumu Honda into the audience. He then purposely prevented Honda from making it back to the ring. As soon as the match ended, SAGAT demanded an Iron Fist Tag Team Titles shot with Minoru Fujita as his partner because the Super Family are fed up with Honda and Kengo Mashimo. Hiroshi on Honda’s behalf accepted the challenge and said the match will happen on 17th September. He thinks Mashimo will be available on that date.