TOKYO JOSHI PRO “THE 5TH “FUTARI WA PRINCESS” MAX HEART TOURNAMENT”, 08/02/2025 Tokyo Korakuen Hall 551 Fans
1. Yoshiko Hasegawa, Kaya Toribami & Chika Nanase defeated Shino Suzuki, Ivy Steele & Kira Summer when Hasegawa submitted Suzuki with the Muffler Hold (9:38).
2. Yuki Kamifuku defeated Mifu Ashida with the Famouser (7:01).
3. Raku & Ram Kaichow defeated Mahiro Kiryu & Haruna Neko when Raku pinned Neko after the Cake Cutting Ceremony (8:10).
4. Arisu Endo defeated Wakana Uehara with the Ju no Okite (10:32).
5. Miu Watanabe defeated Uta Takami with a Batting Hammer (7:55).
6. Yuki Aino defeated Haru Kazashiro with the Venus DDT (8:27).
7. Rika Tatsumi & Toga defeated Mizuki & HIMAWARI when Tatsumi pinned HIMAWARI with the Twist Of Fate (15:22).
8. International Princess Title: Suzume (c) defeated Jada Stone with the Ring A Bell (12:29). *V1 for Suzume.
9. “Futari wa Princess” Max Heart Tournament – Final: Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao defeated Max The Impaler & Pom Harajuku when Nakajima pinned Harajuku with the Diving Senton (12:29).
It took five years for Kyoraku Kyomei to clear their quest. The last remaining team to have competed in every Max Heart Tournament to date have finally won it! The crowd in Korakuen Hall laughed when Hyper Misao told them before the match that she and Shoko Nakajima would win the final with a pure heart. Max The Impaler then attacked them before Misao could finish her promo. Misao quickly brought out the Hyper Mobile and charged into Max but Max moved out of the way and Misao crashed into Mahiro Kiryu instead. Max threw Nakajima around the room while Pom Harajuku got to reverse things by using Max as a weapon instead of the other way around. Nakajima used her surroundings to her advantage by hitting Max with a flying kick from a nearby railing. Misao then cycled the Hyper Mobile down the aisle and successfully crashed it into Max. Harajuku was left to fight Nakajima back in the ring by herself. She blocked the Locomotion Northern Lights Suplex and hit back with the Pom de Justice. But Nakajima got the better of her, getting the win with the Diving Senton while Misao got Max outside the ring with the I Am A Hero.
Nakajima told Misao after the match that ever since Kyoraku Kyomei was formed she’s had so much fun. But it was also frustrating for all of the times they couldn’t win their big matches. They finally made it to the top but she still feels a thorn in her heart. They lost to 121000000 in the Max Heart final two years ago and she still hates that it happened. She wants to get revenge by winning the Princess Tag Team Titles from them at “GRAND PRINCESS ’25”! Misao agreed and told her 121000000 will be defending the titles in Chile this weekend. Their message to the champs is if they lose the belts overseas then they are banned from returning to Japan! Harajuku told Max they weren’t able to win but thanks to this tournament Pompaler have become even closer. So in a way she already has a “Max Heart” she can cherish!
“The Spark” made her way back to Japan in the hopes of winning some gold. Jada Stone had Suzume’s moveset scouted, countering the Mikazuki Meteor Shower into a Samoan Drop and also turning the Ring-A-Bell into the Gory Special submission hold. However Suzume saw that Stone’s guard was down during the backflip that was meant to lead into the Spark Stunner so she stopped her momentum with a Dropkick to the back. From there Suzume was able to hit the Ring-A-Bell and win her first International Princess Title defence. Stone said it was a dream come true to fight in a big title match at Korakuen Hall but this is not going to be the end. She’ll be back to fight Suzume again. Stone is also still aiming to take a championship from Japan.
After the match Arisu Endo congratulated Suzume and asked her for a title shot. It just so happened that Suzume was going to nominate her Daisy Monkey partner anyway so they will have the match at “GRAND PRINCESS ’25” on 16th March! Suzume told reporters the two of them have long talked about having a championship match against each other some day. Now it is no longer going to be just a dream. Endo is the only opponent she wants to face at Ota Ward Gymnasium. Endo said they know each other so well from teaming together so it will all be about how they’re going to get through that. Endo is confident she can beat Suzume and become the champ!
A preview of the “GRAND PRINCESS ’25” main event pitted Mizuki and Rika Tatsumi against each other in a tag match. Mizuki avoided shaking Tatsumi’s hand before the bell and again when they were both tagged in for the first time. HIMAWARI attacked Tatsumi by whipping her with her hair so Tatsumi fought back by pulling on HIMAWARI’s hair. Mizuki used the Cutie Special to get rid of Toga but she was then hit by Tatsumi’s Spinning Backbreaker. Tatsumi then planted HIMAWARI with the Twist Of Fate to win. She would have preferred to directly beat Mizuki today but that just means she has more time to think about how she can get that result at the Princess Of Princess Title match. Toga feels similarly because she wants to avenge her loss to HIMAWARI in the Next Generation Tournament. Mizuki thinks Tatsumi’s love for her is very warped and isn’t really love. She doesn’t want to be hated though, so she isn’t sure how to open up to Tatsumi about the matter. It’s quite the problem because she doesn’t want to look at Tatsumi but knows if she takes her eyes off of her, she is going to lose.
Several matches on the undercard pitted the established Tokyo Joshi Pro roster against the Next Generation. The results were all straightforward without any upsets shaking up the status quo. Yuki Aino defeated Haru Kazashiro. She was in trouble when Kazashiro gave her the Fisherman Suplex but Aino kept on fighting. She ended up shrugging off some Dropkicks and pinned Kazashiro with the Venus DDT. Aino hasn’t won many singles matches in Korakuen so she is very happy with today’s result. She can tell just how much Kazashiro has grown both physically and mentally since their last singles match a year and a half ago. Kazashiro knows she can do more so she can get as strong as Aino.
Two of the Up Up Girls fought each other when Miu Watanabe fought Uta Takami in a mismatch of strength and experience. Takami wanted the match to be the culmination of her first year as a pro wrestler. She was able to catch her opponent in a Cobra Clutch and hit a Pop-Up Dropkick but other than that she had no chance. After stretching her with the Canadian Backbreaker, Watanabe then clobbered Takami with a Batting Hammer to win. She said she hopes Takami will continue to get stronger and walk her own path from here. Takami said if she had never met Watanabe she never would have become a pro wrestler. She is grateful to Watanabe for always watching over her.
Endo set herself up for her later title challenge by beating Wakana Uehara on the undercard. The result is payback for Uehara making Endo submit in the 1st Round to eliminate Daisy Monkey from this year’s tournament. She used a rope break to escape the Banana Pillow and then threw Uehara over by using the Waterwheel Drop. Uehara started a comeback but Endo stopped it with a Super Kick and then won by using the Ju no Okite. The Super Kick is particular is a move Endo said she’s been saving for the right time due to how effective it can be. Uehara said she always feel the need to chase after Endo because she was her mentor from Yume Pro Wrestling as well as her tag partner from her debut match. She thought she took a step forward when she submitted Endo in the tournament. But today she realised Endo has taken another step ahead since then.
The honeymoon period isn’t over yet. The “Newlywed Tag Team” Of Raku & Ram Kaichow are still acting lovey-dovey together (well it is Valentine’s Day next week). So much so that it annoyed Haruna Neko into attacking them with Mahiro Kiryu following suit. Raku had also made Kaichow some Valentine’s chocolate but Kiryu took it off them and ate some of it with Daisuke Kiso to get a suger rush power up. She of course later apologised to Kaichow over it. Ram & Kaichow got revenge by beating Neko with the Cake Cutting Ceremony double chop from the second rope. Unfortunately there was no chocolate left after the match. Raku promised to make more for Kaichow because Valentine’s Day hasn’t happened yet.
Mifu Ashida is still new to TJPW so it was time for Yuki Kamifuku to put her to the test. Kamifuku couldn’t help but compliment her opponent for having a pretty face while she was holding her down with an Indian Death Lock. Ashida hit her with some high kicks but Kamifuku took over with a Brainbuster and hit the Famouser for the victory. She praised Ashida for being confident when she heard her goal is to become the best wrestler in TJPW within a year. However Kamifuku dislikes people who carry that much motivation with them. Her advice to Ashida is she should get to know TJPW a little better before she goes around bragging about wanting to be the best. Ashida understands she has a lot more training to do before she can overcome high walls such as Kamifuku. She wants fans to watch her get stronger and climb to the top.
Since Shino Suzuki was teaming with two foreigners today, she treated her triple team moves with Ivy Steele & Kira Summer as if she was guiding them on a tour across Japan and ending at the Tokyo Dome. Steele & Summer were able to get Kaya Toribami & Chika Nanase out of the ring but Suzuki struggled to finish off Yoshiko Hasegawa. Instead Hasegawa fought her way to put Suzuki into the Muffler Hold and win the match by submission.
After Match #5 Watanabe received a video message from Willow Nightingale. The two were originally meant to have a match at “SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ’22” but visa issues prevented it from ever happening. Soon Nightingale will return to TJPW so the match can finally take place! It will happen at “GRAND PRINCESS ’25” on 16th March. Watanabe said she’s been waiting for over two years and cannot wait for Nightingale to finally come back.
GANBARE☆JOSHI/KITSUNE “GANJO X KITSUNE”, 28/01/2025 Shin-Kiba 1st RING
1. YuuRI & Ayame Sasamura Vs Kohaku & Nanami
2. Tae Honma, AKARI & Yappy Vs Mochi Natsumi, Yuki Mashiro & Grizzly Fujitaki
3. Moeka Haruhi Vs Arisa Shinose
4. Mixed Tag Match: Yumehito Imanari & Chanyota Vs Keisuke Ishii & Echika Miyabi
5. Kitsune World Title: MICHIKO (c) Vs Yuna Manase
Tomorrow is Yuna Manase’s chance to win the Kitsune World Title back from MICHIKO.
DDT “NEXT STEP GAME 2025”, 05/02/2025 Shinjuku FACE
1. Akito & Yuki Iino Vs Yukio Naya & Daichi Sato
2. Special Single Match: Danshoku Dieno Vs Soma Takao
3. Special Tag Match: Takeshi Masada & Yuya Koroku Vs Ilusion & Yuni
4. D GENERATIONS CUP 2025 – B Block: To-y Vs Kazuma Sumi
5. D GENERATIONS CUP 2025 – A Block: Keigo Nakamura Vs Yuki Ishida
6. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Chris Brookes, Masahiro Takanashi & Antonio Honda Vs Shinya Aoki, Yuki Ueno & MAO
7. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Daisuke Sasaki, KANON & MJ Paul (c) Vs Jun Akiyama, HARASHIMA & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
A non-title victory at yesterday’s show has resulted in Jun Akiyama, HARASHIMA & Tomomitsu Matsunaga becoming the No. 1 Contenders for the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles. Matsunaga has promised to turn the world upside down by beating DAMNATION T.A again this time when the titles are on the line.
After fighting each other in the ring a few times already, Yukio Naya & Daichi Sato are now going to try out teaming together.
TOKYO JOSHI PRO “THE 5TH “FUTARI WA PRINCESS” MAX HEART TOURNAMENT”, 08/02/2025 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1. Yoshiko Hasegawa, Kaya Toribami & Chika Nanase Vs Shino Suzuki, Ivy Steele & Kira Summer
2. Yuki Kamifuku Vs Mifu Ashida
3. Raku & Ram Kaichow Vs Mahiro Kiryu & Haruna Neko
4. Arisu Endo Vs Wakana Uehara
5. Miu Watanabe Vs Uta Takami
6. Yuki Aino Vs Haru Kazashiro
7. Mizuki & HIMAWARI Vs Rika Tatsumi & Toga
8. International Princess Title: Suzume (c) Vs Jada Stone
9. “Futari wa Princess” Max Heart Tournament – Final: Max The Impaler & Pom Harajuku Vs Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao
The Max Heart Tournament is coming down to Pompaler versus Kyoraku Kyomei. Can Pom Harajuku’s recent run of success continue thanks to the sharp aim of Max The Impaler or will Max Heart glory finally find its way towards Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao.
We’re getting a preview of what Mizuki against Rika Tatsumi is going to be like.
It’s another lunch date for Raku & Ram Kaichow.
Miyu Yamashita, Maki Itoh and Moka Miyamoto will not be at the show because they will be wrestling over in Chile that weekend.
DDT “JUST BEFORE JUDGEMENT 2025! BIG SALES AND PRESS CONFERENCE FESTIVAL IN OTA WARD INDUSTRIAL PLAZA”, 16/03/2025 Ota Ward Industrial Plaza (PiO) 4th Floor Convention Hall
1. Falls Count Anywhere Tag Match: Yuki Ueno & HARASHIMA Vs Danshoku Dieno & Keigo Nakamura
A few days before DDT’s 28th Anniversary show there will be a public event featuring press conferences, contract signings, autograph sessions and also a Falls Count Anywhere match.
DDT “JUDGEMENT 2025 ~28TH ANNIVERSARY 5 HOUR SPECIAL~”, 20/03/2025 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1. Kazusada Higuchi Return Match: Kazusada Higuchi Vs X
2. DDT Extreme Title: Danshoku Dieno (c) Vs Yuki Iino
3. DDT Universal Title: Yuki Ueno (c) Vs X
4. KO-D Openweight Title: Chris Brookes (c) Vs X
According to Chris Brookes there are around ten people he would like to defend the KO-D Openweight Title against and he needs time to whittle the list down to one challenger. He has until 23rd February to make his decision.
The new DDT Universal Champion already has his first challenger in mind but it might take a while for it to happen. Yuki Ueno fought Minoru Suzuki for the first time last year in a tag match and he wants nothing more than to face him one on one. The Universal Title is now his treasure so he is going to use it to get “Pirate King” Suzuki’s attention. However Suzuki has his own schedule to deal with so if he takes up the challenge it might not be able to happen at DDT’s 28th Anniversary show. So if Suzuki cannot make that date, Ueno will still have a title defence on the show.
I thought Yuni was the only opponent Danshoku Dieno was forbidden to fight but it turns out there is someone else. DDT avoided booking Dieno against Yuki Iino for so long because of their history together as part of Pheromones. However Akito felt now is the time to do the match and Iino himself also wants it to happen. Dieno isn’t pleased to have the match happen against his wishes but he will allow it to happen as long as Hisaya Imabayashi is forced to be part of the match somehow. We’ll have to wait and see what role the DDT GM will have to play.
Nine months after his last wrestling match, Kazusada Higuchi will return from his injuries ready to give it his all in the ring again.
BAKA GAIJIN + FRIENDS “VOL. 19: INVESTIGATION OF A CITIZEN ABOVE SUSPICION”, 21/01/2025 Tokyo ARENA Shimokitazawa ??? Fans – Unannounced
1. Special Tag Team Match: Masahiro Takanashi & Chie Brookes Vs Mr. Malo & Munetatsu Nakamura
2. 5-Match Series: Takayuki Ueki Vs Hideki Suzuki
3. Antonio Honda 20th Anniversary! Special Single Match: Antonio Honda XL (MAO) Vs Hagane Shinno
4. BK-G Openweight Title Decision Match: Chris Brookes Vs Ram Kaichow
BAKA GAIJIN + FRIENDS “VOL. 19: INVESTIGATION OF A CITIZEN ABOVE SUSPICION”, 21/01/2025 Tokyo ARENA Shimokitazawa ??? Fans – Unannounced
1. Special Tag Team Match: Mr. Malo & Munetatsu Nakamura defeated Masahiro Takanashi & Chie Brookes when Malo pinned Brookes with a School Boy (10:04).
2. 5-Match Series: Hideki Suzuki (5) defeated Takayuki Ueki (0).
2a. Hideki Suzuki (1) defeated Takayuki Ueki (0) with a Sleeper Hold (0:06).
2b. Hideki Suzuki (2) defeated Takayuki Ueki (0) with a Sleeper Hold (0:06).
2c. Hand Push Sumo Match: Hideki Suzuki (3) defeated Takayuki Ueki (0) by Knock Down (0:07).
2d. Jenga Match: Hideki Suzuki (4) defeated Takayuki Ueki (0) when Ueki knocked over the Jenga Tower (1:10).
2e. Hideki Suzuki (5) defeated Takayuki Ueki (0) when Ueki gave up (6:22).
3. Antonio Honda 20th Anniversary! Special Single Match: Antonio Honda XL (MAO) Vs Hagane Shinno ended in a Time Limit Draw (15:00).
4. BK-G Openweight Title Decision Match: Chris Brookes defeated Ram Kaichow with the Praying Mantis Bomb (12:51). *Chris Brookes becomes the 1st BK-G Openweight Champion!
Back in December Chris Brookes made a promise. If he was to successfully defend the KO-D Openweight Title at DDT’s end of the year Sumo Hall show then he will start defending the belt inside ARENA Shimokitazawa. He won that match and wanted to live up to his word at today’s first Baka Gaijin + Friends show of the year. He wanted to do it, Ram Kaichow wanted to have the title match and Daisuke Kiso was ready to let it happen. However a drunk Yukinori Matsui stepped in and stopped it from taking place. He expected something like this was going to happen and he could not let a championship as important as the KO-D Title be defended here. But since Brookes and Kaichow wanted to have a title match so badly, Matsui and Mic Inoue brought along something for them to fight over. It is a homemade title belt called the BK-G Openweight Championship!
Now that a championship match was taking place after all, Matsui and Inoue instantly sobered up to officiate and announce a match that would determine the first ever BK-G Champion. Kaichow blocked the Praying Mantis Bomb and got a nearfall with a Choke Slam. Masahiro Takanashi tried to interfere but it backfired, causing him and Brookes to argue with each other. Kaichow threw Ectoplasm at them but they ducked and Matsui got blinded instead. Kaichow fought off CDK with more Ectoplasm and hit Brookes with the Rainmaker. However Matsui was too blind to see Kaichow pinning Brookes with the Onryo Clutch. Kaichow slapped the sight back into him but left herself vulnerable to a High Kick from Brookes. She kicked out of the Somato but Brookes finally put her away with the Praying Mantis Bomb to win the new title!
How do you do a match to celebrate Antonio Honda’s 20th Anniversary without having Honda there to take part? You send MAO out there dressed in Honda’s gear and have him wrestle as Antonio Honda XL! MAO used many of Honda’s tricks against Hagane Shinno from calling time outs to injuring his knee and telling Gongitsune jokes. When all of that stuff was out of the way, the two traded cradles and nearfalls until the time limit expired. MAO and Shinno raised each other’s hands after the match and left the room together shoulder to shoulder.
Takayuki Ueki was given a surprise opponent in the form of Hideki Suzuki! Ueki requested the match be Best 3 Out Of 5 Falls but immediately lost the first to falls to a Sleeper Hold. Knowing that he can’t beat him in a wrestling match, Ueki then challenged Suzuki to a Push Sumo fight for the 3rd fall. Suzuki easily beat him again. However he didn’t want to let Ueki leave like this so he agreed to fight him for the remaining two falls and if Ueki won the remaining falls he would be declared the winner outright. They decided the 4th Fall would be a game of Jenga but Ueki even lost at that. Fed up with losing, Ueki declared the 5th fall would be a proper wrestling match worth 100 points! Then as soon as the bell rang Ueki pulled out his gun and threatened Suzuki with it. Suzuki went along with Ueki’s demands until he got close enough to disarm him. But Ueki pulled out another gun and we suddenly got a standoff! Ueki shot Suzuki’s gun out of his hand and got cocky, allowing Suzuki to get his gun back and suddenly hold Ueki at gunpoint! Ueki lost his nerve and gave up. When he tried to give a speech after the match, Suzuki shot him in his limbs and walked off.
The opening match saw the return of ChieDK. Takanashi was teaming with Chie Koishikawa which meant Koishikawa got to be Chie Brookes again! Mr. Malo brought a glass bottle to the fight late in the match but Munetatsu Nakamura stopped him from using it as a weapon. Takanashi grabbed the bottle off him but Chie too didn’t want him to swing it at the opponents. Malo and Chie fought over the bottle and Malo ended up physically forcing Chie to smash it over Takanashi’s head. He then rolled up Chie with a School Boy to get the three count.
At the end of the show everyone sang Happy Birthday to Takanashi, MAO and Kiso because they all have birthdays coming soon. Ueki then told them his birthday had already happened (3rd January) so Brookes let him close out the show.
BASARA “BASARA 267 ~HIEN~”, 21/01/2025 Shin-Kiba 1st RING
1. Inaugural Rumble: Isami Kodaka Vs Takumi Tsukamoto Vs Ryuichi Sekine Vs FUMA Vs KUBITO Vs Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi Vs Daichi Kazato Vs SAGAT Vs Gouma Ryu Vs Tsutomu Oosugi
2. Daiki Shimomura Vs Takeru Inoue
3. Takato Nakano & Lil’ Kraken Vs Yasu Urano & Banana Senga
4. Ryota Nakatsu & Masato Kamino Vs Daisuke Sekimoto & Kuma Arashi
There are two strong opponents who Masato Kamino lost to in singles matches last year that he wants to fight again. They are Daisuke Sekimoto & Kuma Arashi. Kamino wants to settle the score in one match so he asked BASARA to bring them back together as a tag team for him to fight. Kamino also decided he won’t team with Takato Nakano because they will soon fight each other for the Union MAX Title. Instead, Ryota Nakatsu will be Kamino’s partner for this match.
It’s Royal Rumble season so add BASARA to the growing list of companies that are doing their own version of the match this year.
BAKA GAIJIN + FRIENDS “VOL. 19: INVESTIGATION OF A CITIZEN ABOVE SUSPICION”, 21/01/2025 Tokyo ARENA Shimokitazawa
1. Special Tag Team Match: MAO & Masahiro Takanashi Vs Mr. Bueno & Munetatsu Nakamura
2. Special Single Match: Ram Kaichow Vs Chris Brookes
Trust Baka Gaijin + Friends to still come up with first time matchups with a limited size roster. Chris Brookes and Ram Kaichow have fought each other plenty of times before in multi-person matches. This will be their first one on one matchup together.
DDT “NEW YEAR, NEW HERO. 2025 ~A NEW STORY BEGINS~”, 26/01/2025 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1. DDT Extreme Title: Danshoku Dieno (c) Vs Gorgeous Matsuno
2. DDT Universal Title: Gringo Loco (c) Vs Yuki Ueno
3. KO-D Openweight Title: Chris Brookes (c) Vs Shuji Ishikawa
According to both DDT and Gringo Loco he has defended the DDT Universal Title twice in North America. One was in Canada for Demand Lucha and I cannot for the life of me find where or when the second one took place. For his third defence he is nominating Yuki Ueno because he stands out the most to Loco. It will be Loco’s first time defending the title in Japan.
Danshoku Dieno made the decision to defend the DDT Extreme Title against Gorgeous Matsuno because he does not know if they will ever get another chance to do the match. Matsuno is still known to the public for a public divorce he went through in the 1990s where he was accused by his wife at the time of abuse. The divorce was finalised but it was also ruled by the court that there was no evidence to support the accusation. Dieno only knows Matsuno through his wrestling career and feels the need to have a heart to heart match while he still holds the Extreme Title. Dieno also wants a contract signed that says no one will be responsible for anything that happens in the ring during the match.
GANBARE☆JOSHI/KITSUNE “GANJO X KITSUNE”, 28/01/2025 Shin-Kiba 1st RING
1. YuuRI & Ayame Sasamura Vs Kohaku & Nanami
2. Tae Honma, AKARI & Yappy Vs Mochi Natsumi, Yuki Mashiro & Grizzly Fujitaki
3. Moeka Haruhi Vs Arisa Shinose
4. Mixed Tag Match: Yumehito Imanari & Chanyota Vs Keisuke Ishii & Echika Miyabi
5. Kitsune World Title: MICHIKO (c) Vs Yuna Manase
It’s the return of the Ganbare☆Joshi branded shows for the first time since Ganbare☆Pro went independent. It is a co-branded show with Kitsune and will feature wrestlers from several different joshi promotions like WAVE, DIANA, Ice Ribbon, PURE-J and Prominence. There are also joshi wrestlers from the mixed companies like GLEAT, P.P.P. TOKYO, 2AW and Asuka Pro. In the main event Yuna Manase gets her rematch with MICHIKO with the Kitsune World Title once again on the line.
HARUKAZE will not be wrestling at the show because of her busy schedule. However she will try to get there by rushing to the venue as soon as her other scheduled event is over.
“SANSHIRO TAKAGI 30TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMERATION EVENT ~ NEVER SAY NEVER”, 03/02/2025 Shinjuku FACE
1. Special Single Match: Fumihito Kihara Vs Shota
2. Special Single Match: Muscle Sakai Vs Hyper Misao
3. Special Tag Match: Yumiko Hotta & Shinya Aoki Vs Fuminori Abe & Ippanjin Munenori Sawa
4. Special Tag Match: Dump Matsumoto & Toru Owashi Vs Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei
5. Special Single Match: Yuji Nagata Vs Kuroshio TOKYO Japan
6. Special Single Match: Meiko Satomura Vs X (w/ Sanshiro Takagi)
This is the complete card for Sanshiro Takagi’s 30th Anniversary show. He will be accompanying a mystery wrestler who is scheduled to fight Meiko Satomura in the main event.
BASARA “BASARA 270 ~SOUEN~”, 10/02/2025 Shin-Kiba 1st RING
1. Union MAX Title: Masato Kamino (c) Vs Takato Nakano
The MAX Title is up for grabs between the two members of Aijin Tag. Kamino has so far purposely avoided teaming with Nakano in the lead up to this match.
For the 20th Anniversary of Moeka Haruhi’s debut match she will be facing Hanako Nakamori from PURE-J.
TOKYO JOSHI PRO “GRAND PRINCESS ’25”, 16/03/2025 Tokyo Ota Ward Gymnasium
1. Princess Of Princess Title: Mizuki (c) Vs Rika Tatsumi
It must be fate. “GRAND PRINCESS ’25” is taking place on Mizuki’s birthday and she will be defending the Princess Of Princess Title against a person who has adored her since probably the first day they met. Rika Tatsumi was the last woman standing in the Battle Royal to win this shot so she could finally make this fantasy come true.
1. Special 3 Way Match: Munetatsu Nakamura Vs Takayuki Ueki Vs Chie Koishikawa
2. Special Single Match: Ram Kaichow Vs HARASHIMA
3. Special Tag Match: Mr. Bueno & Yuki Inoueno (MAO) Vs Mr. Malo & Masahiro Takanashi
4. Special Single Match: Chris Brookes Vs Antonio Honda
1. Special 3 Way Match: Munetatsu Nakamura defeated Takayuki Ueki and Chie Koishikawa when Nakamura pinned Ueki after a Chop from Koishikawa (7:55).
2. Special Single Match: HARASHIMA defeated Ram Kaichow when Kaichow gave up (8:50).
3. Special Tag Match: Mr. Bueno & Yuki Inoueno (MAO) defeated Mr. Malo & Masahiro Takanashi when Bueno pinned Malo with the Gorgeous Estrella Elbow (13:33).
4. Special Single Match: Chris Brookes defeated Antonio Honda with the Praying Mantis Bomb (22:03).
The last Baka Gaijin + Friends show of the year ended with a bang. Long time friends Chris Brookes and Antonio Honda fought each other in the main event. For Brookes it was the obvious placement with him as the reigning KO-D Openweight Champion while Honda got to cap off an eventful 12 months of dramatic and unusual fights inside ARENA Shimokitazawa. Honda summoned Gongitsune but Brookes deflected the attack into Daisuke Kiso. Brookes then tried to finish Honda off with the Praying Mantis Bomb while Masahiro Takanashi pleaded with him for taking the match too far. Honda attacked both with Gongitsune, hit a Bionic Elbow and almost pinned Brookes with a Leg Clutch Hold. Brookes then reversed the Tenzan Tombstone Driver and the two tried to put each other in the Octopus Hold. Honda couldn’t last though and Brookes was able to finish him off with the Praying Mantis Bomb.
After the match Brookes thanked Honda for the match because it was both the 2nd Anniversary main event for Baka Gaijin as well as the 17th Anniversary of Brookes’s debut. Honda always said 2024 was his year of revival but that makes it sound like he is near the end. Brookes told him everyone wants to see the revival go on for next year and beyond! Honda said this year was so amazing it was as if the gods of wrestling made it worthwhile. 2024 was not the year of his revival, it was his rebirth! Next year he will be coming after Brookes and aiming right for his neck! The show ended with a group get together along with unexpected party streamers popping off over everyone’s heads. That’s the bang I was talking about.
Mr. Bueno was supposed to team up with MAO but he got someone kind of familiar in his place. MAO walked out dressed in Yuki Ueno’s full outfit and was announced to everyone as Yuki Inoueno! That only served as a distraction for Bueno meeting Mr. Malo again for the first time since Malo smashed a bottle over his head at the last Baka Gaijin show. He wanted to get payback the right way though by fighting clean and fair. When he had a chance to break a bottle over Malo’s head, he refused to do it. Inoueno though had no such problem. He grabbed Bueno’s hand and physically made him hit Malo with the bottle. Bueno at least did the gentlemanly thing and helped carry Malo out of the room after the match.
There was a surprise in store for HARASHIMA in Match #2. Ram Kaichow told him she has been a big fan of HERO! ever since she was a child. So much so she pulled out a HERO! mask and asked HARASHIMA to wear it for the match. HARASHIMA agreed and immediately got into character while Kaichow marked out for him. She then slapped HARASHIMA and told him it was only a trap because she isn’t a kid anymore. She wore the mask herself for the rest of the match. HARASHIMA noticed her attacks were now becoming superpowered so he couldn’t hold back against her. After surviving an Ectoplasm attack he gave Kaichow a Buzzsaw Kick and stepped back some distance to set up the Somato. Kaichow knew it was coming and immediately gave up out of fear. She threw the mask at HARASHIMA, yelled at him and stormed out of the room. HARASHIMA was the winner but for once he didn’t feel good about it.
The show began with an unusual sight on a Baka Gaijin show. Takayuki Ueki used to appear at these events as a mad doctor until he wiped out his memory at the September show. Today he was in his regular wrestling gear and behaved like a fresh faced rookie. However when Munetatsu Nakamura and Chie Koishikawa started double teaming him, he pulled out his pistol at them. He held them at gunpoint and ordered Koishikawa to strike Nakamura so he would fall backwards and get pinned with a School Boy from Ueki. The plan backfired as Nakamura fell right on top of Ueki and Koishikawa pressed both of them down for the three count. However Kiso ruled that Nakamura was the winner because he was directly on top of Ueki during the pin.
DDT “ROAD TO ULTIMATE PARTY 2024 IN NAGOYA”, 08/12/2024 Aichi Nagoya Imaike Gas Hall
1. Yukio Naya & Takumi Saito Vs Keigo Nakamura & Yuki Ishida
2. Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata Vs Tetsuya Endo & Toru Owashi
3. The 37KAMIINA Vs BURNING!: Yuki Ueno & To-y Vs Yuki Iino & Yuya Koroku
4. Special Single Match: Akito Vs Soma Takao
5. Special Tag Match: Jun Akiyama & MAO Vs HARASHIMA & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
6. 10-Man Elimination Tag Match: Chris Brookes, Masahiro Takanashi, Antonio Honda, Takeshi Masada & Munetatsu Nakamura Vs Daisuke Sasaki, KANON, MJ Paul, Demus and Ilusion
1. Special 3 Way Match: Munetatsu Nakamura Vs Takayuki Ueki Vs Chie Koishikawa
2. Special Single Match: Ram Kaichow Vs HARASHIMA
3. Special Tag Match: Mr. Bueno & MAO Vs Mr. Malo & Masahiro Takanashi
4. Special Single Match: Chris Brookes Vs Antonio Honda
HARASHIMA has known Ram Kaichow for almost her entire life but they have never wrestled against each other in a singles match. Trust Baka Gaijin + Friends to make the match happen for the first time ever.
Rounding out the card is Munetatsu Nakamura, Takayuki Ueki (as his normal self, not the Mad Doctor) and Chie Koishikawa facing each other in a 3 Way Match.
DDT “ROAD TO ULTIMATE PARTY 2024 IN OSAKA”, 15/12/2024 Osaka City Konohana Kumin Hall
1. Demus Vs Yuni
2. Tetsuya Endo & Yuki Iino Vs Yukio Naya & Kazuma Sumi
3. Special Tag Match: Carnatux & Yuki Ishida Vs Akito & Keigo Nakamura
4. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Danshoku Dieno, Jun Akiyama & Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs HARASHIMA, MAO & Soma Takao
5. SCHADENFREUDE International Vs DAMNATION T.A!: Chris Brookes, Antonio Honda & Takeshi Masada Vs Daisuke Sasaki, KANON & Ilusion
6. Special Single Match: To-y Vs Yuya Koroku
7. Special Single Match: Yuki Ueno Vs Kazuki Hirata
DDT has decided to change around some of the matches in Osaka for some reason.
DDT “NEVER MIND 2024”, 22/12/2024 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1. MJ Paul, Demus & Ilusion Vs Takeshi Masada, Yuni & Kazuma Sumi
2. Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata Vs Toru Owashi & Antonio Honda
3. Jun Akiyama, Shinya Aoki & Keigo Nakamura Vs HARASHIMA, Yukio Naya & Yuki Ishida
4. Special 6-Man Tag Match: MAO, To-y & Soma Takao Vs Tetsuya Endo, Yuya Koroku & Akito
5. Special Single Match: Yuki Ueno Vs Super Sasadango Machine
6. Special Single Match: Tomohiro Ishii Vs Yuki Iino
7. Road To Ultimate Party 2024! Special Tag Match: Chris Brookes & Masahiro Takanashi Vs Daisuke Sasaki & KANON
One week before DDT goes to Sumo Hall, they have their final Korakuen Hall show of the year. The last of the SCHADENFREUDE International Vs DAMNATION T.A tag matches has CDK taking on Daisuke Sasaki & KANON. It will be the last chance for Chris Brookes and Sasaki to get one up on each other before their KO-D Openweight Title match at Sumo Hall one week later.
TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TJPW YEAR-END PARTY 2024”, 29/12/2024 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1. TJPW RUSH! Year End Special Red And White Team 5 Vs 5 Knockout Match: Shoko Nakajima, X, X, X & X Vs Mizuki, X, X, X & X Other Participants: Suzume, Arisu Endo, Moka Miyamoto, Yoshiko Hasegawa, Haru Kazashiro, Toga, Shino Suzuki and Uta Takami
2. SETUP All Asia Women’s Title: Pom Harajuku (c) Vs Matcha
3. Queen Of Asia Title & VPW Women’s Title: Yuki Kamifuku (c/c) Vs Lei Ying Lee
3. I Hope There Will Be Lots Of Fun And Exciting Things Next Year! New Year’s Japanese Pro Wrestling! 20 Wrestler PRINCESS RUMBLE 2024: X Vs X Vs X Vs X Vs X Vs X Vs X Vs X Vs X Vs X Vs X Vs X Vs X Vs X Vs X Vs X Vs X Vs X Vs X Vs X
There is some fallout from Pom Harajuku winning the SETUP All Asia Women’s Title in Thailand last week. The previous champion Matcha is coming to Japan at the end of the month to get her rematch! Matcha will be wrestling for Tokyo Joshi Pro on the 21st and 29th December shows as well as the 4th January show. On the 29th she faces Harajuku in a rematch for the title. Matcha previously wrestled in Japan under the name Blue Lotus for Gatoh Move. That was long before the days of ChocoPro.
TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TOKYO JOSHI PRO ’25”, 04/01/2025 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1. Shoko Nakajima Vs Hyper Misao
2. International Princess Title: Yuki Arai (c) Vs Suzume
3. Princess Tag Team Titles: Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh (c) Vs Masha Slamovich & Zara Zakher
4. Princess Of Princess Title: Miu Watanabe (c) Vs Mizuki
The call has been answered! 121000000 are willing to defend the Princess Tag Team Titles against any two wrestlers from around the world so Masha Slamovich & Zara Zakher are joining forces just for them. Miyu Yamashita wants to make it to 10 successful defences or else she and Maki Itoh won’t team up anymore. This is only the third defence!
TOKYO JOSHI PRO “LOOKING AROUND THE WORLD, ISN’T JAPAN AMAZING AFTER ALL!?”, 10/11/2024 Tokyo Ryogoku KFC Hall 361 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House
1. Rakuhan Vs Pom-chan Army: Kaya Toribami defeated Chika Nanase with the Bird Cage (6:58). *Rakuhan 0 – 1 Pom-chan Army.
2. Rakuhan Vs Pom-chan Army: Yoshiko Hasegawa defeated Shino Suzuki with the Stretch Muffler (8:14). *Rakuhan 0 – 2 Pom-chan Army.
3. Rakuhan Vs Pom-chan Army: Ram Kaichow & Raku defeated Haruna Neko & Kira Summer when Raku pinned Neko after the Cake Cutting (6:29). *Rakuhan 1 – 2 Pom-chan Army.
4. Rakuhan Vs Pom-chan Army: Mahiro Kiryu defeated HIMAWARI with the Spinebuster (9:30). *Rakuhan 1 – 3 Pom-chan Army.
5. Rakuhan Vs Pom-chan Army: Ryo Mizunami defeated Pom Harajuku with the Ichijiku (7:52). *Rakuhan 2 – 3 Pom-chan Army.
6. Rakuhan Vs Pom-chan Army: Yuki Arai & Haru Kazashiro defeated Toga & Uta Takami when Arai submitted Takami with the Sasori-Katame (12:15). *Rakuhan 3 – 3 Pom-chan Army.
7. Rakuhan Vs Pom-chan Army Decision Match – 1 Count Fall: Raku defeated Pom Harajuku with the Poppo Chop!! (0:37). *Rakuhan 4 – 3 Pom-chan Army.
Rakuhan: Raku, Yuki Arai, HIMAWARI, Shino Suzuki, Haru Kazashiro, Chika Nanase, Ryo Mizunami and Ram Kaichow
Pom-chan Army: Pom Harajuku, Mahiro Kiryu, Haruna Neko, Kaya Toribami, Toga, Kira Summer, Uta Takami and Yoshiko Hasegawa
Back in Japan all of the Tokyo Joshi Pro roster that did not go on the trip to America took part in a team challenge with Raku and Pom Harajuku as the two captains. After drafting their teams, Raku and Harajuku then wrote up an order lineup for their team to secretly determine who will face who on the card. It led to such things like Harajuku having to fight Ryo Mizunami in a singles match while Raku & Ram Kaichow got to continue their married couple tag team gimmick.
By the end of the show the final score was a 3-3 tie. Since the show was sponsored by Yamada Suisan and they were rewarding 10kg of grilled unagi to the winning team, Sayrui Namba revealed there would be a sudden death decision match between Raku and Harajuku. The match also had a One Count Fall rule so it only took half a minute for Raku to pin Harajuku to win the prize for her team. In her victory speech Raku said she is impressed with how much TJPW has grown that they can now run shows in Japan and America on the same day. She wants the message that TJPW is fun to spread out so far that even aliens will know about it.
Today is Yuki Arai’s 11th anniversary of her debut as an idol with SKE48. She said she had a great day because she worked hard for Raku and the grilled unagi.
As mentioned on the Seattle show earlier, TJPW will be in Las Vegas with The Collective for Wrestlemania Week on 18th April, 2025. They will be at the Pearl Theater in Palms Casino Resort and promise it will be TJPW’s biggest show in America yet!
DDT “CHARISMANIA”, 06/11/2024 Shinjuku FACE 500 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House
1. KUBITO & Naohiro Katsumi 19th Anniversary Match: KUBITO defeated Naohiro Katsumi with the Crossface Lock (6:59).
2. Ram Kaichow, Endo Kaichow & Kodara Kaichow (w/ Mataro) defeated Brahman Shu, Brahman Masa & Brahman Keigo (w/ Brahman Kei) when Ram pinned Keigo with a School Boy (10:12).
3. Demus, Ilusion & Anarko Montaña defeated Kaito Ishida, Shunma Katsumata & Diego when Ilusion pinned Diego with the Swanton Bomb (10:53).
4. Ryuichi “Fire” Kawakami & MJ Paul defeated Masashi Takeda & Daichi Sato when Paul pinned Sato with the Reverse Splash (15:27).
5. Special Single Match: Shigehiro Irie defeated KANON with the Beast Bomber (17:37).
6. The Greatest Wrestling Match Of CHARISMANIA: Daisuke Sasaki & Yuko Miyamoto defeated Dick Togo & Minoru Fujita when Sasaki submitted Fujita with La Mistica Crossface Lock (25:19).
Has the student has surpassed his master? Daisuke Sasaki is now entering his 20th year as a pro wrestler so to celebrate he organized “CHARISMANIA” and put himself in the main event with his mentor Dick Togo as well as two wrestlers he looks up to Yuko Miyamoto and Minoru Fujita. All four wrestlers are used to either wrestling dirty or fighting in violent death matches but they instead all fought clean for today’s special match. Togo used La Mistica Crossface Lock on Sasaki and Fujita followed up with the SAYONARA Tombstone. They wanted to finish him off with the Double Impact but Miyamoto cut them off. Sasaki gave Togo the Pedigree and then used his own La Mistica Crossface Lock to submit Fujita. Sasaki & Miyamoto received a prize from members of the rock band HEAD PHONES PRESIDENT for winning the main event.
Sasaki said the other three wrestlers will eternally be his idols. For his 20th anniversary he wants to finally surpass his master and challenged Togo to a singles match. Togo said he isn’t in the best condition right now and there is a clear difference between them. He asked Sasaki to wait five years so Togo can get into his best shape and also get to wrestle the match at 60! Sasaki will be turning 40 next November but don’t tell him he’s getting weaker as he gets older. He doesn’t have time to get old and promised he will defeat his master eventually! Sasaki also wants to run “CHARISMANIA” as an annual event until he’s held it 2000 times!
Naturally DAMNATION T.A were the featured players for most of the show. KANON also took the fair play route when he fought Shigehiro Irie. He tried fighting as hard as he could by giving Irie a Falcon Arrow as well as the Cobra Twist. Irie smashed him with an Elbow Strike, dropped him from the top rope with an Avalanche Back Flip and pinned him with the Beast Bomber. KANON gave Irie the middle finger instead of shaking his hand after the match.
It wasn’t all clean and fair fighting from the DAMNATION T.A wrestlers. Ryuichi “Fire” Kawakami & MJ Paul got into a chair fight with Masashi Takeda & Daichi Sato during their tag match. To be fair, Takeda was just as responsible for making the match violent and also wanted to attack Fire Damnation with his pair of scissors. Sato also stepped up to Paul but was ultimately beaten by him with the Reverse Splash.
Ilusion was joined by Demus & Anarko Montaña to take on the babyface trio of Kaito Ishida, Shunma Katsumata & Diego. Demus brought a more grimy style that worked well with Ilusion & Montaña’s high flying. It ended with that team getting the win when Ilusion pinned Diego with the Swanton Bomb.
Match #2 was the Brahman Army taking on the Kaichow Army with a lot of wrestlers taking either gimmick. The Brahman Brothers got Masahiro Takanashi & Keigo Nakamura to act like them while Ram Kaichow convinced Tetsuya Endo & Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi to copy her looks and behavior. Kaichow also brought along the now retired Mataro to be in her team’s corner. Mataro is the member of DDT’s video team who was kept getting put into DAMNATION T.A’s matches during this year’s Beer Garden shows until he was forced to retire from the bit. The Brahman Army attacked him with bats, poured buckets of water over him, dripped slime from their mouths onto him and also put him in the line of fire for the bowling ball suitcase spot. He at least got revenge by doing the same bowling ball spot to the Brahmans. He then got blinded when Kaichow missed her Ectoplasm powder throw and hit him with it by accident. Brahamn Shu threw the suitcase at Kaichow but she dodged it and Nakamura got hit instead. Kaichow took advantage and pinned Nakamura with a School Boy to win.
Two other wrestlers from the SUPER CREW class who debuted along with Sasaki got a spot in the opener. KUBITO beat Naohiro Katsumi in a match that celebrated the 19th anniversary of their debuts. It was also Katsumi’s first wrestling match in 12 years! The two made comments to each other during the match about how long it’s been since they last saw each other. Katsumi also gradually remembered his signature moves as the match went on.
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