DDT “LAST SUMMER STANDING ~SUMMER’S RECKONING~”, 30/08/2026 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
0. Dark Match: Naomi Yoshimura & Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Yuni & Yuki Ishida
1. Special 8-Man Tag Match: HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano, Akito & Soma Takao Vs Takeshi Masada, Yuya Koroku, Kazuma Sumi & Masami Inahata
2. Special Tag Match: Yuki Ueno & To-y Vs Jun Akiyama & Fuminori Abe
3. 3 Way 6-Man Tag Match: KANON, Yukio Naya & Viento Levante (w/ KIMIHIRO & YUZUKI) Vs Hideki Okatani, MJ Paul & Ilusion Vs Chris Brookes, Antonio Honda & Hinata Kasai
4. DDT Extreme Title & Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title ~ A One Time Trump Card -NO REPEAT RULE-: Shunma Katsumata (c/c) Vs Kumadori
5. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Shinya Aoki & Junta Miyawaki (c) Vs Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata
6. DDT Universal Title: Ryusuke Taguchi (c) Vs Daisuke Sasaki
7. KO-D Openweight Title: MAO (c) Vs Daichi Sato
The stakes for the match between Shunma Katsumata and Kumadori have suddenly grown higher. Katsumata recently won the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title so he now has to defend that belt alongside the DDT Extreme Title. He also decided on the match stipulation where he and Kumadori are not allowed to repeat their moves. The match can be won either under normal circumstances, by throwing your opponent over the top rope out of the ring or if they get disqualified for doing the same move twice. However striking moves are generic enough to not count towards the stipulation so Kumadori can at least rely on punching and kicking to make up for his limited moveset.
The Right To Challenge Gauntlet holders going into this weekend’s show are Chris Brookes (Red) and Antonio Honda (Purple AAAA).
DDT “DRAMATIC DREAM TAMAGAWA IN BOATRACE TAMAGAWA”, 02/09/2026 Tokyo BOAT RACE Tamagawa
1. Junta Miyawaki, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Yuki Ishida Vs Yukio Naya, Viento Levante & Soma Takao
2. Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata Vs Takeshi Masada & Yuya Koroku
3. DAMNATION T.A Vs FANTÔMES DRAMATIC!: Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani, MJ Paul & Ilusion Vs Chris Brookes, HARASHIMA, Antonio Honda & Hinata Kasai
4. MAO & KANON Vs Naomi Yoshimura & Kazuma Sumi
5. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata & To-y Vs Sanshiro Takagi, Jun Akiyama & Masami Inahata
A scheduling conflict with Yuki Iino has pulled him off the show. Soma Takao replaces him in the opening match.
BASARA “BASARA 315 ~UTAGE~”, 11/09/2026 Shin-Kiba 1st RING
1. Isami Kodaka Vs Sentaro Motojima
2. 3 Way Match: FUMA Vs Daichi Kazato Vs Tsutomu Oosugi
3. Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi & Banana Senga (w/ Gouma Ryu) Vs SAGAT & Minoru Fujita
4. Ryota Nakatsu & Lil’ Kraken Vs Takumi Tsukamoto & Daiki Shimomura
5. Takato Nakano, Masato Kamino & Yasu Urano Vs Takeru Inoue, Tomoki Hatano & Hajime
A little extra Ganbare☆Pro has been added to the BASARA show with Sentaro Motojima coming over to challenge Isami Kodaka one on one.
DDT “YUKI UENO 10TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW -IN MY MIND “10”-”, 13/09/2026 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1. 3 Way Match: Shinya Aoki Vs HARASHIMA Vs Akito
2. Special 6-Man Tag Match ~ No Tag Rules: Yuki Ueno, HUB & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Ilusion, Yuni & Daichi Sato
3. Special Tag Match: MAO & Yoshihiko Vs Kazuki Hirata & Kaisei Takechi
4. Special Tag Match: KONOSUKE TAKESHITA & To-y Vs Chihiro Hashimoto & Kazuma Sumi
5. Yuki Ueno 10th Anniversary Match ~ Special Single Match: Yuki Ueno Vs Shunma Katsumata
Why did it take seven years to run back Konosuke Takeshita Vs Chihiro Hashimoto? Okay, okay, I know. He’s been busy with AEW and New Japan while every time Hashimoto came to DDT it was to fight either Yuki Iino or Shinya Aoki. But hey we get To-y and Kazuma Sumi get thrown into the mix as well.
DDT “HARASHIMA HOMECOMING! WE’LL BE HOLDING ANOTHER EVENT IN OME! WHY? BECAUSE IT’S MY HOMETOWN!”, 23/09/2026 Tokyo Sumitomo Metal Mining Arena Ome 1st Sports Hall
1. Special Single Match: Soma Takao Vs Yuya Koroku
2. HARASHIMA 25th Anniversary Debut Match ~ Special Tag Match: HARASHIMA & Chris Brookes Vs Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuko Miyamoto
The backbone of DDT is inviting some friends over to celebrate his 25th Anniversary. HARASHIMA has mixed it up with Daisuke Sekimoto over the KO-D Openweight Title back in 2010 and was a tag team with Yuko Miyamoto as Smile Yankee in 2016.
Both Aja Kong and Minoru Suzuki will be on the show.
BASARA “SHINJUKU FACE COUNTDOWN SERIES – BASARA 316 ~KOO~”, 23/09/2026 Shinjuku FACE
1. Daiki Shimomura Vs Shuichiro Katsumura
2. Daichi Kazato Vs Choun Shiryu
3. Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi & Ayumu Honda (w/ Gouma Ryu) Vs Yasu Urano & Shiori Asahi
4. Hardcore 6-Man Tag Match: Isami Kodaka, FUMA & Shota Nakagawa Vs SAGAT, Lil’ Kraken & Minoru Fujita
5. Iron Fist Tag Team Titles: Takato Nakano & Masato Kamino (c) Vs Takeru Inoue & Tomoki Hatano
6. Union MAX Title -Dosukoi Gathering Presents-: Takumi Tsukamoto (c) Vs Ryota Nakatsu
Even more GanPro wrestlers are going to mix it up in BASARA. Shuichiro Katsumura is coming over to help say his goodbyes to Shinjuku FACE.
TOKYO JOSHI PRO “WRESTLE PRINCESS VII”, 03/10/2026 Tokyo EBARA WAVE Arena Ota
1. VENYU Finale: Yuki Kamifuku & VENY Vs X & X
2. Princess Tag Team Titles: Miu Watanabe & Rika Tatsumi (c) Vs Winners Of 05/09 Decision Match
3. Princess Of Princess Title: Yuki Arai (c) Vs Suzume
This is going to be the final time that Yuki Kamifuku & VENY will team up together as VENYU. Don’t know if this means it will be the final time the two will in the same match at all though.
TOKYO JOSHI PRO “THE 13TH TOKYO PRINCESS CUP”, 23/08/2026 Tokyo Korakuen Hall 927 Fans
1. Shion Kanzaki defeated Momo Sato with an Arm Lock (5:09).
2. Sakura Hattori defeated Haru Kazashiro with the Kitcho Kagome (8:53).
3. Enjoy Summer To The Fullest! Bon Odori Dance Match: Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku defeated Hyper Misao, Mahiro Kiryu & Shino Suzuki when Aino submitted Suzuki with the Full Nelson Of Love And Fire (11:41).
4. Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara defeated Sumire Natsu & Mifu Ashida when Kamifuku pinned Ashida with the Famouser (12:23).
5. HIMAWARI & Toga defeated Chika Nanase & Kira Summer when Toga submitted Nanase with the Modified Muffler Hold (12:41).
6. Mizuki, Mei Suruga & Uta Takami defeated Miu Watanabe, Arisu Endo & Ren Konatsu when Mizuki pinned Konatsu with the Cutie Special (12:59).
7. Yuki Arai & Miyu Yamashita defeated Hiroyo Matsumoto & Shoko Nakajima when Arai submitted Nakajima with the Scorpion Death Lock (15:51).
8. 13th Tokyo Princess Cup – Final: Suzume defeated Rika Tatsumi with the Spring Ring A Bell (20:46).
This year’s winner of the Tokyo Princess Cup is someone who is also on track to becoming the queen bee of Tokyo Joshi Pro! All it took was for Suzume to surpass the very person who inspired her to become a pro wrestler in the first place. She faced Rika Tatsumi in the final with both women fighting to win the tournament for the first time. Tatsumi used the fan streamers to her advantage by wrapping them all over Suzume, throwing her into the front row and then jumping into her with a Hip Attack. She then targeted Suzume’s legs in an effort to put a stop to any comebacks. Suzume fought off the persistant Hip Attacks and Choke Holds to catch Tatsumi with a counter attack. There was almost a double knockout when Tatsumi did the Twist Of Fate only for Suzume to hit back with a last ditch Ring A Bell. Tatsumi caught another Ring A Bell to turn it into the Dragon Sleeper but Suzume was able to eventually roll out of it. She then gave Tatsumi a taste of her own medicine by grabbing her neck to choke her! Tatsumi overpowered it and tried to put Suzume in a Sleeper Hold until Suzume used the ropes to bounce herself free and then launch herself into the Spring Ring A Bell for the three count!
After the match Suzume said she became stronger because she admires how much Tatsumi lives her life to the fullest. Today they got to fight each other with all of their might and Suzume couldn’t be happier. She remembers when Tatsumi would call her her arch-nemesis and she is now never going to let that go. Tatsumi gave Suzume a cheeky poke to the head and then hugged her before leaving the ring. Next, Suzume said she has now conquered the hot summer and won’t be stopping there. She called out Yuki Arai to challenge her for the Princess Of Princess Title! She thought Arai is the person who is shining the brightest in TJPW but after today Suzume thinks she can shine even brighter! She is still going to defend her International Princess Title in the meantime but she also wants to fight Arai for the Princess Title too! Arai said she wants to fight Suzume so she can also pour out her love for TJPW. She will give her the title shot at “WRESTLE PRINCESS VII” on 3rd October! Suzume ended the show by telling everyone the day after tomorrow will be the 7th Anniversary of her debut. Before she became a pro wrestler she thought the only dreams she could hold onto were those she had when she was a child. But TJPW has taught her she can have as many dreams as she wants at any age! Meanwhile Tatsumi backstage complained about working so hard this summer that she should be rewarded for it with a raise in salary plus other special bonuses from the company.
Hiroyo Matsumoto was one of the guests paying a visit to TJPW today. Next month she is going to team up with Miyu Yamashita at a “TAKAYAMANIA” show but today they were on opposite sides of the semi-main event tag match. Matsumoto also used this time to get a feel for Yuki Arai, taunting the champion to give her her best shot. Matsumoto would later do her part in holding back Yamashita, lifting her up into a Torture Rack while Shoko Nakajima tried to finish off Arai. But Arai dodged the 619 and threw down Nakajima with the Full Nelson Buster. She then put Nakajima in the Scorpion Death Lock and used all of her strength to make Nakajima tap out to the move. Arai said she is going to sleep well tonight because she avenged her loss to Nakajima in the tournament. As for fighting Matsumoto again, Arai thinks that is kind of a scary idea but she would like to fight her again and again to grow strong enough to beat her. Nakajima was disappointed because she considers Matsumoto to be a pioneer for kaiju wrestlers and Nakajima ended up becoming a punching bag like Anguirus in front of “Lady Godzilla”. Matsumoto admitted she doesn’t know a lot about Anguirus and promised to look it up for Nakajima.
There’s no official name yet for Mizuki, Mei Suruga & Uta Takami but the report on the TJPW website refers to them as The KAWAII Trio so let’s go with that for now. They were all a handful for their opponents. Takami accidentally snapped off Ren Konatsu’s toy sheep then annoyed her even more when she said she didn’t want it in the first place. Suruga stopped Miu Watanabe from giving Takami the Giant Swing and copied her ponytail pose. She then tried to do the Apple Mutilation on Watanabe but Watanabe powered out of it and gave her the Giant Swing instead. Arisu Endo went on a roll against Takami & Mizuki then helped Watanabe set Mizuki up for Konatsu’s Aries Comet. A scramble led to Mizuki taking out Watanabe with the Whirling Candy and then joining Takami in double teaming Konatsu until the Cutie Special ended the match.
Kira Summer spent the last month back in her home country of Australia and now has to catch up with her contemporaries in her first match back in TJPW. HIMAWARI greeted her with Hair Whips while Toga welcomed her back with Body Slams. Chika Nanase tried to even the playing field but ultimately failed. Her effort in avoiding the Absolute Zero was rewarded with an Elbow Smash from Toga that knocked her down. Toga then submitted her with the Muffler Hold that almost bent her over backwards.
For her debut in TJPW, Sumire Natsu told Yuki Kamifuku that she came here wanting to be treated like a serious wrestler. She then immediately contradicted herself by avoiding the opening lock up to gyrate for the fans instead. Kamifuku later said she wouldn’t allow the Bronco Buster to be used in TJPW so she and Natsu got into a Big Boot battle over it. Natsu eventually got to do the move on Kamifuku with Mifu Ashida cheering her on. Ober Eats were finally able to get rid of her when Wakana Uehara lifted Kamifuku up to do an Elevated Big Boot to knock Natsu out of the ring. Kamifuku then went on to pin Ashida with the Famouser. Kamifuku said backstage that as part of her retirement road she asked TJPW to bring in Natsu because she is a character unlike anyone else in the company. In the ring she is flamboyant, intense and over the top but away from that she is kind, considerate and has a strong sense of professionalism. She also thinks Uehara and Ashida could learn a lot about the various possibilities of pro wrestling just from experiencing 0.2% of Natsu. Wrestling in TJPW for the first time made Natsu so nervous, she forgot to bring her makeup bag which she admits is very unlike her. She came here with the goal of becoming a legend in one appearance rather than auditioning for a regular spot but now she is convinced she can make it here. She wants TJPW management to consider booking her more often even if it’s just as a favour to Kamiyu.
Both teams in Match #3 came up with a special rule to celebrate the end of summer. In order for a pinfall to be counted, the wrestlers would have to do a Bon Odori dance beforehand. Music played and everyone danced until Hyper Misao’s team attacked Pom Harajuku’s team from behind. Raku led her partners in the Oyasumi Express while the music played. Mahiro Kiryu used her Apology Knee Drop to try and do the dance. Yuki Aino put Shino Suzuki in the Full Nelson Of Love And Fire so Suzuki called for the music in order to try and dance her way out of the move. It actually worked and she almost pinned Aino with the Rolling Back Cradle afterward. Unfortunately Aino kicked out of it and quickly put Suzuki back in the Full Nelson to make her give up.
Two wrestlers who were both dealing with the disappointment of first round exits were put in the ring against each other in the undercard. The experience of Sakura Hattori won out against Haru Kazashiro in the end. After Kazashiro got a nearfall with a Low Cross Body, she wanted to use the Fisherman Suplex next. Instead, Hattori spun her way free and used a Leg Sweep to trip Kazashiro down. She then tangled her up in the Kitcho Kagome to pin her for the three count.
It’s been eight months since Shion Kanzaki debuted in TJPW and now that there is a rookie who debuted after her, the time has come for Kanzaki to earn her first win! She defeated Momo Sato to kick off the show, grabbing Sato in a Standing Armbar before slamming her down to the mat and wrenching in further for the submission. Sato did put up a fight by doing the Kneel Kick and a Crab Hold before that though. She said she trains with Sato a lot and knows how talented she is so she wasn’t sure she could beat her today. She wants to continue winning matches so she can go into her upcoming homecoming show with her head held high.
The show opening call that usually takes place with The Up Up Girls (Pro Wrestling) included a special guest this time. A 4th grade elementary student named Yuzuki was chosen to join in with the group and tell everyone the show was starting. She said her favorite wrestlers are Kamifuku, Uehara and Raku.
At the start of the show it was announced that TJPW will be working with the manga author Go Nagai for “WRESTLE PRINCESS VII” later this year. Nagai is known for his works including Cutie Honey, Devilman, Mazinger Z and UFO Robot Grendizer. He was also recently inducted into the Eisner Hall Of Fame. Nagai will be collaborating to work on the visual art used for the show’s promotional material.
Recently a new mascot named Tojojo appeared on social media claiming to be the new manager of TJPW. It teased news of an announcement to be made for this show and Rise Shirai revealed it is a Rooftop Garden Pro Wrestling event taking place at Gran Hammer in Shinbashi on 10th October. The show will consist of an all you can eat BBQ, a performance by The Up Up Girls (Pro Wrestling), a talk show featuring TJPW wrestlers and also mat pro wrestling matches that promised to include the use of water cannons.
GANBARE☆PRO “IT’S A SUMMER FILM 2026”, 15/08/2026 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1. Keisuke Ishii, Sentaro Motojima & SUSHI Vs Shinichiro Tominaga, Shota Kawakami & Guts Ishijima
2. Moeka Haruhi Vs Rydeen Hagane
3. Yumehito Imanari Vs Hyo Ogawa
4. Ken Ohka 25th Anniversary Match Part 2: Ken Ohka, Akira Shoji & Masashi Takeda Vs Isami Kodaka, Chris Brookes & Fuminori Abe
5. Spirit Of Ganbare World Tag Team Titles: Takuya Wada & Tyson Maeguchi (c) Vs Shuichiro Katsumura & Yuya Susumu
6. Yamazaki Electric Presents – Special Single Match: YuuRI Vs Takumi Iroha
7. Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Title – GRACE GROUP Presents: Mizuki Watase (c) Vs Shigehiro Irie
The top two matches of tomorrow’s big Ganbare☆Pro show now have sponsors attached to them.
TOKYO JOSHI PRO “THE 13TH TOKYO PRINCESS CUP”, 16/08/2026 Osaka 176BOX
1. Chika Nanase Vs Momo Sato
2. Mizuki Vs Shion Kanzaki
3. Miyu Yamashita Vs Pom Harajuku
4. Shoko Nakajima, Wakana Uehara, Haru Kazashiro & Ren Konatsu Vs Miu Watanabe, Raku, Shino Suzuki & Uta Takami
5. Yuki Arai, Yuki Kamifuku & Yuki Aino Vs Hyper Misao, Arisu Endo & Sakura Hattori
6. 13th Tokyo Princess Cup – Semi Final: Rika Tatsumi Vs Toga
7. 13th Tokyo Princess Cup – Semi Final: Suzume Vs HIMAWARI
A back injury has taken Mahiro Kiryu off of Sunday’s Tokyo Joshi Pro show so it has caused a big change to the middle of the card. Yuki Yuki Yuki are no longer going to face each other in a 3 Way Match. Instead Yuki Arai, Yuki Kamifuku & Yuki Aino are all united as a trio once more for a 6-Woman Tag Match. A few other matches have bodies swapped around which somehow left Pom Harajuku now having to go face Miyu Yamashita all by herself.
DDT “KANDA MYOJIN CULTURAL EXCHANGE PRESENTS AFTER PETER PAN ~RYOGOKU AFTER PARTY~”, 17/08/2026 Tokyo Kanda Myojin Hall
1. Audition-Style Match To Discover A New Generation Of Variety Team Talent: Danshoku Dieno Vs Kazuki Hirata Vs Antonio Honda Vs Kazuma Sumi Vs Yuki Ishida Vs Masami Inahata Vs Hinata Kasai
2. Super Sasadango Machine Title: Super Sasadango Machine (c) Vs Ilusion
3. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: KANON, Yukio Naya & Viento Levante (w/ KIMIHIRO & YUZUKI) (c) Vs Takeshi Masada, Yuya Koroku & Daichi Sato
Now as we move into next week we have Danshoku Dieno as both the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion and also the holder of the remaining regular Right To Challenge Gauntlet. However KANON still holds the Anytime Anywhere Anytime Anywhere Gauntlet which he can use to cash in on Dieno whenever he wants.
TOKYO JOSHI PRO “THE 13TH TOKYO PRINCESS CUP”, 23/08/2026 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1. Miu Watanabe, Arisu Endo & Ren Konatsu Vs Mizuki, Mei Suruga & Uta Takami
2. Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara Vs Sumire Natsu & Mifu Ashida
3. Yuki Arai & Miyu Yamashita Vs Hiroyo Matsumoto & Shoko Nakajima
4. 13th Tokyo Princess Cup – Final: X Vs X
Here comes trouble again. Mei Suruga is back in TJPW so she can get to hang out with Mizuki & Uta Takami once more.
DDT “LAST SUMMER STANDING ~SUMMER’S RECKONING~”, 30/08/2026 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
0. Dark Match: Viento Levante & Naomi Yoshimura Vs Yuni & Yuki Ishida
1. Yuki Ueno & To-y Vs Yuni & Yuki Ishida
2. 3 Way 6-Man Tag Match: KANON, Yukio Naya & Kazuma Sumi (w/ KIMIHIRO & YUZUKI) Vs Hideki Okatani, MJ Paul & Ilusion Vs Chris Brookes, Antonio Honda & Hinata Kasai
3. Special 8-Man Tag Match: HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano, Akito & Soma Takao Vs Fuminori Abe, Takeshi Masada, Yuya Koroku & Masami Inahata
4. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Shinya Aoki & Junta Miyawaki (c) Vs Jun Akiyama & Rukiya
5. DDT Extreme Title: Shunma Katsumata (c) Vs Kumadori
6. DDT Universal Title: Ryusuke Taguchi (c) Vs Daisuke Sasaki
7. KO-D Openweight Title: MAO (c) Vs Daichi Sato
A rare opportunity has come up for someone to break the record of becoming the youngest KO-D Openweight Champion ever. One day after Daichi Sato turns 18 years old he will challenge the new champion MAO for DDT’s biggest prize.
Shunma Katsumata has decided this run as the DDT Extreme Champion will be spent feeling how his challengers take in pro wrestling. Kumadori is first up with the dancer wanting to go as far as he can so he can be seen as something other than a guest wrestler by DDT fans.
There will be a full reunion of Smile Squash to mark Soma Takao’s impending exit from DDT. All four mainstay members will be reunited for the first time since 2017 for an 8-Man Tag Match.
“SHINJUKU FACE COUNTDOWN SERIES ~MEISHIN RUKOTSU~”, 30/09/2026 Shinjuku FACE
1. ~Many Thanks Battle Royal~: X Vs X
2. ~Go to the NEXT~: Ilusion & Homare Vs Shota Kofuji & Masami Inahata
3. ~THE FACE GENERATION~: MAO, Yuki Ueno & Chris Brookes Vs Dragon Kid, Yuma Aoyagi & Kuroshio TOKYO Japan
4. ~W-FACE FINAL~: Aja Kong & Chihiro Hashimoto Vs Mayumi Ozaki & Sareee
The main event has been decided for the very last wrestling show held inside Shinjuku FACE and it is the most fitting one they could have thought of. The main event of the very first show held in the venue 21 years ago was Mayumi Ozaki & Dynamite Kansai against Aja Kong & Manami Toyota. Only Ozaki and Kong are still active out of those four so they are going against each other in another tag match. This time Kong is teaming up with Chihiro Hashimoto from Sendai Girls while Ozaki must fight side by side with Sareee!
You can’t close down Shinjuku FACE if Kuroshio TOKYO Japan never finishes his entrance! Maybe the same goes for if Dragon Kid horizontally grabs onto a ring post and wiggles his body out of reach for the staff to grab him. Can’t rely on Yuma Aoyagi, he won’t do anything about it.
The participants in the Battle Royal will not be revealed until the day of the show. It will be a Royal Rumble style match.
The match order other than the main event will not be decided until the day of the show.
DDT “WRESTLE PETER PAN 2026”, 11/08/2026 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan
1. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Takeshi Masada, Yuya Koroku & Daichi Sato (c) Vs KANON, Yukio Naya & Viento Levante (w/ KIMIHIRO & YUZUKI)
2. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Time Delayed Entry Battle Royal: Yuki Ishida (c) Vs Yuki Iino Vs Toru Owashi Vs Akito Vs Soma Takao Vs Fuminori Abe Vs Naomi Yoshimura Vs Super Sasadango Machine Vs MJ Paul Vs Ilusion Vs Yuni Vs Masami Inahata
3. Special Tag Match: Minoru Suzuki & Sanshiro Takagi Vs Kazuki Hirata & To-y
4. Hinata Kasai 1st Anniversary Debut Match ~ Special Tag Match: Jun Kasai & Hinata Kasai Vs Jun Akiyama & Rukiya
5. DDT Extreme Title – Barbed Wire Death Match: Hideki Okatani (c) Vs Shunma Katsumata
6. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Chris Brookes & HARASHIMA (c) Vs Shinya Aoki & Junta Miyawaki
7. Special Single Match: YAMATO Vs Danshoku Dieno
8. Special Tag Match: Daisuke Sasaki & DOUKI Vs Antonio Honda & Tetsuya Endo
9. DDT Universal Title: Kazuma Sumi (c) Vs Ryusuke Taguchi
10. Dramatic Dream Match: KONOSUKE TAKESHITA Vs Kaisei Takechi
11. KO-D Openweight Title – Goodcom Asset Presents: Yuki Ueno (c) Vs MAO
One the one hand I wasn’t able to get a preview written up for tomorrow’s show. On the other hand I have an urge to do it anyway and can’t shake off the nagging feeling that I can get it posted by tonight. Maybe I’ll get it done in time, just please don’t hold your breath if it doesn’t show up.
Whoever enters the Battle Royal as the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion will receive the prize of a year long bullet train pass to be used whenever DDT books the person for a show held outside of Tokyo.
The Right To Challenge Gauntlet holders heading into tomorrow are Hideki Okatani (Red), To-y (Blue) and KANON (Purple AAAA). If there’s ever an important and dramatic place to cash at least one of them in, it will be at Sumo Hall.
TOKYO JOSHI PRO “THE 13TH TOKYO PRINCESS CUP”, 16/08/2026 Osaka 176BOX
1. Chika Nanase Vs Momo Sato
2. Mizuki Vs Shion Kanzaki
3. Miyu Yamashita, Sakura Hattori & Ren Konatsu Vs Arisu Endo, Wakana Uehara & Haru Kazashiro
4. Shoko Nakajima, Hyper Misao, Pom Harajuku & Mahiro Kiryu Vs Miu Watanabe, Raku, Shino Suzuki & Uta Takami
5. 3 Way Match: Yuki Arai Vs Yuki Kamifuku Vs Yuki Aino
6. 13th Tokyo Princess Cup – Semi Final: Rika Tatsumi Vs Toga
7. 13th Tokyo Princess Cup – Semi Final: Suzume Vs HIMAWARI
The final four in the tournament are Rika Tatsumi, Toga, Suzume and HIMAWARI which guarantees brand new finalists as well as a first time Tokyo Princess Cup winner. Both Tatsumi and Suzume have reached the semi finals before but never progressed to the final match. Toga and HIMAWARI meanwhile are both achieving their career best in the tournament.
This might be the last time we’ll ever get a Yuki Yuki Yuki 3 Way Match between Yuki Arai, Yuki Kamifuku and Yuki Aino.
BAKA GAIJIN + FRIENDS “FUCKED UP FEST 2026”, 22/08/2026 Tokyo Oji BASEMENT MONSTAR
1. Super P & Bear Ranger Vs Dr. Cube & Erebus
2. Special Single Match: Thanomsak Toba Vs HARASHIMA
3. SEKIFUDA 1 YEAR OF BAKA ~ Special Single Match: Kota Sekifuda Vs Minoru Suzuki
4. Hardcore Tag Match: MAO & Shunma Katsumata Vs Jun Kasai & Chris Brookes
Old rivals from a time of DDT gone by will meet up once again on a new stage. HARASHIMA and Thanomsak Toba are going to relive the late 2000s under the lights of “FUCKED UP FEST”.
TOKYO JOSHI PRO “THE 13TH TOKYO PRINCESS CUP”, 08/08/2026 Tokyo Ryogoku KFC Hall 365 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House
1. Miu Watanabe & Ren Konatsu defeated Wakana Uehara & Momo Sato when Watanabe pinned Sato with the Giant Swing (11:16).
2. Yuki Kamifuku, Raku, Shino Suzuki & Uta Takami defeated Miyu Yamashita, Sakura Hattori, Haru Kazashiro & Chika Nanase when Kamifuku pinned Nanase with the Famouser (10:13).
3. Mizuki, Pom Harajuku & Mahiro Kiryu defeated Yuki Arai, Mifu Ashida & Shion Kanzaki when Harajuku pinned Kanzaki with the Pom de Justice (8:35).
4. 13th Tokyo Princess Cup – Quarter Final: HIMAWARI defeated Arisu Endo with the Sunflower Tempest (10:35).
5. 13th Tokyo Princess Cup – Quarter Final: Toga defeated Yuki Aino with the Modified Muffler Hold (10:32).
6. 13th Tokyo Princess Cup – Quarter Final: Rika Tatsumi defeated Hyper Misao with the White Dragon Sleeper (13:49).
7. 13th Tokyo Princess Cup – Quarter Final: Suzume defeated Shoko Nakajima with the Ring A Bell (13:49).
The Tokyo Princess Cup will be heading over to Osaka with four wrestlers left in the running. The bracket in its current form ended today at the Quarter Final stage with the winners advancing to a random draw that would pair off who would be against who in the Semi Finals. Suzume took down the most experienced tournament wrestler in today’s main event. Shoko Nakajima remains the only person to have competed in every single Princess Cup but will go another year without winning it for a second time. The two went back and forth looking for the victory. Nakajima took Suzume down with a Double Arm DDT but Suzume then grabbed onto her foot to slow her climb up to the top turnbuckle. Nakajima then used a 619 to knock her back down but Suzume got back up and used the ropes to stun Nakajima with an upthrust kick. Suzume then climbed up to Nakajima and slammed her down with a Flying Facecrusher before using the Ring A Bell to win the match. Suzume credited Nakajima for meaning so much to her as a wrestler because no matter how down Suzume ever felt about herself, she never thought she was weak because of her small size. So from now on, Suzume is going to believe in her own fighting style and fly around like a hornet this summer. Backstage Nakajima said Suzume will now have to go and win the whole tournament otherwise she will never let her step foot back into a wrestling venue or her house ever again!
For once when Hyper Misao said she was going to try and win fair and square she actually meant it. The history she has with Rika Tatsumi means too much for her to treat their match lightly. With that being said, she did use the Hero Spray to get out of a Dragon Sleeper but other than that is was a clean fight! Misao tried to use her rare Vanitas finisher but Tatsumi landed on her feet and Small Packaged Misao into the Dragon Sleeper again. Misao fought to reach the ropes until Tatsumi turned the move into the White Dragon Sleeper to make her opponent give up. Misao considers her attempt at creating a summer miracle failed but on the bright side she may have discovered some new techniques to use against Tatsumi in the future. She’s also happy that Tatsumi and herself are proving that Tokyo Joshi Pro’s original members are still going strong.
Yuki Aino has learned the hard way just how hot a blue flame can be compared to her own red flame. Toga is one of the two newest faces to reach the semi finals of the Princess Cup but took a bit of a beating to get there. Aino grabbed onto Toga’s wrist so she could keep pulling her into Shoulder Blocks over and over. She went too far with it and ended up getting knocked off her feet with the Elbow Smash. Toga then put her in a Muffler Hold and held it in such a way that she bending Aino backwards into giving up for a shock result. Aino always thought Toga had something special in her so she’s happy to see her finally deliver it today. She also thinks Toga will need more powerful weaons to give herself more confidence from now on. Aino gets that every year she says she will start over when she gets eliminated from the Princess Cup so this year she will instead grow even bigger than she is right now rather than go back to square one.
The other new face in the semi finals is HIMAWARI and she did it by taking out last year’s finalist Arisu Endo! HIMAWARI fought her way out of the Camel Clutch by dragging herself to reach a rope break with her foot instead of her hand. She then kept avoiding the Ju no Okite until she found an opening to give Endo the Sunflower Tempest to score the upset. This result is a hard one for Endo to accept compared to previous years. She had so many promises to live up to for people like Aja Kong, Suzume and Yuki Arai. This loss means none of them can come true yet for quite a while so she said she needs a little more time than usual to deal with it.
The semi final draw took place backstage after the show had ended. Rise Shirai gathered the final four together and had them pick a card from her hand. Those that matched colours would face each other in the next round. The result of that is Suzume versus HIMAWARI and Rika Tatsumi against Toga both happening on 16th August. Suzume was hoping to meet Endo in the finals like they both promised each other and now finds HIMAWARI to be rather scary for eliminating the other Daisy Monkey. HIMAWARI has connections to both members but is feeling the momentum of beating one of her seniors. Tatsumi has already climbed over her “Mountain Of Death” in this tournament and decided she wants to be that for Toga since this will be their first singles match against each other. Toga cannot predict what Tatsumi is going to do but her new version of the Muffler Hold was created specifically to beat her seniors so she is counting on that move to take her all the way to winning the Princess Cup.
It was announced at the start of the show that The Up Up Girls (Pro Wrestling) will be holding an audition later this year to add a new member to their group. Maybe Yuki Kamifuku will be among the participants because she teamed up with most of the unit today and took part in all of their shenanigans. She even won the match for the team. It was all part of her retirement road though and she was happy to briefly experience what it is like to be an Up Up Girl as the “Denim Blue” member of the group. The actual The Up Up Girls (Pro Wrestling) also announced they will be holding a solo concert at Shinjuku FACE on 20th September.
DDT “MEMORIES OF SUMMER VACATION 2026”, 05/08/2026 Shinjuku FACE
0. Dark Match: Soma Takao & Hinata Kasai Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga & MBM
1. Kazuma Sumi & Yuki Ishida Vs Jun Akiyama & Rukiya
2. Sanshiro Takagi, Naomi Yoshimura & Hisaya Imabayashi Vs Ilusion, MJ Paul & Tetsuya Koda
3. Daisuke Sasaki & Hideki Okatani Vs Shunma Katsumata & Masami Inahata
4. Special Single Match: Danshoku Dieno Vs Kazuki Hirata
5. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Chris Brookes, HARASHIMA & Antonio Honda Vs Shinya Aoki, Junta Miyawaki & Akito
6. Special 10-Man Tag Match: Yuki Ueno, Takeshi Masada, Yuya Koroku, Daichi Sato & To-y Vs MAO, KANON, Yuki Iino, Yukio Naya & Viento Levante (w/ KIMIHIRO & YUZUKI)
The Tokyo Idol Festival is over and Tetsuya Koda has come out of it as the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion. The Tokyo Joshi Pro boss pulling off this stunt does not impress the DDT GM Hisaya Imabayashi. The two authority figures have been at each other’s throats on and off for years. The Iron Man Champion is meant to be wrestling on tomorrow’s DDT show which means Koda now has to take part. Such an idea is insulting to Imabayashi so he is adding himself to the match in response to this so he can teach Koda a lesson that DDT is not the place for amateurs in their fifties!
Going into tomorrow’s show the Right To Challenge holders are Shunma Katsumata (Red), Viento Levante (Blue) and KANON (Purple).
TOKYO JOSHI PRO “THE 13TH TOKYO PRINCESS CUP”, 08/08/2026 Tokyo Ryogoku KFC Hall
1. Miu Watanabe & Ren Konatsu Vs Wakana Uehara & Momo Sato
2. Miyu Yamashita, Sakura Hattori, Haru Kazashiro & Chika Nanase Vs Yuki Kamifuku, Raku, Shino Suzuki & Uta Takami
3. Yuki Arai, Mifu Ashida & Shion Kanzaki Vs Mizuki, Mahiro Kiryu & Pom Harajuku
4. 13th Tokyo Princess Cup – Quarter Final: Suzume Vs Shoko Nakajima
5. 13th Tokyo Princess Cup – Quarter Final: Toga Vs Yuki Aino
6. 13th Tokyo Princess Cup – Quarter Final: Arisu Endo Vs HIMAWARI
7. 13th Tokyo Princess Cup – Quarter Final: Rika Tatsumi Vs Hyper Misao
We’re currently on a little break from the Tokyo Princess Cup until it resumes with the Quarter Finals this weekend. Rika Tatsumi and Hyper Misao are back in the ring against each other so soon after their Princess Tag Team Titles feud last month. The other end of the bracket has Suzume against Shoko Nakajima in what is sure to be a barnburner. HIMAWARI can set off a Cinderella run if she can defeat last year’s finalist Arisu Endo. The same could be said for Toga if her frozen demeaner doesn’t melt against Yuki Aino’s fire. After this round the brackets will get jumbled up for the final four which makes predicting this round a little bit more difficult than it looks on paper.
DDT “KANDA MYOJIN CULTURAL EXCHANGE PRESENTS AFTER PETER PAN ~RYOGOKU AFTER PARTY~”, 17/08/2026 Tokyo Kanda Myojin Hall
1. New Generation Variety Team Discovery Audition Match: Danshoku Dieno Vs Kazuki Hirata Vs Antonio Honda Vs Kazuma Sumi Vs Yuki Ishida Vs Rukiya Vs Masami Inahata Vs Hinata Kasai
2. Super Sasadango Machine Title: Super Sasadango Machine (c) Vs Ilusion
I think there have been times in the past when Muscle Sakai would defend the championship belt he wears around his waist but I can’t remember a time when Super Sasadango Machine has ever done it in DDT. That changes when the belt labelled King Of Sasadango it put on the line against Ilusion.
The DDT comedy wrestlers are looking for new additions to their “Variety Team”. They are holding an audition and it is mandatory for the wrestlers they invited to take part in it.
This DDT show is going to be a small one because it is more like a fan event with some matches taking place rather than a full on wrestling show. Only one more match is planned to be added to the card.
BASARA “BASARA 314 ~UTAGE~”, 21/08/2026 Shin-Kiba 1st RING
1. Union MAX Title: Takumi Tsukamoto (c) Vs Daiki Shimomura
The new Union MAX Champion already has challengers lined up for him. When Takumi Tsukamoto held a 7-match Gauntlet to prepare himself for his title shot the only wrestler he dropped a fall to was Daiki Shimomura. Now is the time for Shimomura to call his shot and get a title match with his former tag team partner.
BAKA GAIJIN + FRIENDS “FUCKED UP FEST 2026”, 22/08/2026 Tokyo Oji BASEMENT MONSTAR
1. SEKIFUDA 1 YEAR OF BAKA ~ Special Single Match: Kota Sekifuda Vs Minoru Suzuki
2. Hardcore Tag Match: MAO & Shunma Katsumata Vs Jun Kasai & Chris Brookes
Just imagine the mess everyone will have to clean up after the Hardcore Match. Jun Kasai takes part in his first “FUCKED UP FEST” to join Chris Brookes so they can fight ShunMao together.
TOKYO JOSHI PRO “THE 13TH TOKYO PRINCESS CUP”, 23/08/2026 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1. Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara Vs Sumire Natsu & Mifu Ashida
2. 13th Tokyo Princess Cup – Final: X Vs X
This doesn’t look like it would be a tough challenge for Ober Eats. After all, Yuki Kamifuku already knows how effective it is to use makeup remover against opponents who are caked in the stuff. Sumire Natsu is like 80% makeup and 20% human at this point! Best stick Wakana Uehara and Mifu Ashida in there to make sure things don’t get too catty between Kamiyu and Natsu.
BASARA “SHINJUKU FACE COUNTDOWN SERIES – BASARA 316 ~KOO~”, 23/09/2026 Shinjuku FACE
1. Union MAX Title: Takumi Tsukamoto (c) Vs Ryota Nakatsu
The winner of the 21st August title match will go on to defend the MAX Title against Ryota Nakatsu at BASARA’s final show to be held inside Shinjuku FACE. The show is happening on the first day of the Shinjuku FACE Countdown Series, a list of wrestling events happening in the final days of the venue’s existence. They will be on after Sendai Girls that day.
Summer vacation season can be different things to different people. For Kira Summer it is an opportunity for her to fly home to Australia, reunite with the family and also get into fights with some of them. For Konosuke Takeshita it is a chance for him to drop a championship before heading into the most gruelling of wrestling tournaments. The likes of Miyu Yamashita, Yuki Kamifuku and Mizuki are happy to wait until summer is over and the weather gets cooler before they go off on their next adventures. And by the time people start getting ready for Christmas we have Tokyo Joshi Pro setting up another tour of Texas for everyone to look forward to.
AEW “DYNAMITE – BEACH BREAK”, 08/07/2026 The BayCare Sound At Coachman Park, Clearwater, Florida, USA
1. AEW International Title: Konosuke Takeshita (c) Vs Kyle Fletcher
ACW “HEART OF WAR”, 18/07/2026 Estonian Hall, North Adelaide, Australia
1. Sister Vs Sister: Kira Summer Vs Miki Fortune
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AEW “DYNAMITE – BEACH BREAK”, 08/07/2026 The BayCare Sound At Coachman Park, Clearwater, Florida, USA
1. AEW International Title: Kyle Fletcher defeated Konosuke Takeshita (c) with the Brainbustaaaaahhhhh!!!!! (16:45). *Konosuke Takeshita fails in V4. Kyle Fletcher becomes the 14th AEW International Champion!
Takeshita had some business to attend to in AEW before he could get over to New Japan for his G1 tour. The bad blood he has with Kyle Fletcher had the two fighting over AEW International Title. Big bombs were thrown between the two of them leading to a fight on the ring apron where Takeshita gave Fletcher the Bastard Driver as well as the Wheelbarrow Suplex. However Fletcher cut off the PowerDrive Knee by giving Takeshita the Michinoku Driver for a nearfall. Takeshita used a Last Ride to put Fletcher back in position for the PowerDrive Knee but Don Callis then grabbed Takeshita by the ankle at ringside to distract him. Fletcher’s cheap shot turned things around until Takeshita gave him the Raging Fire. Unfortunately he was too hurt to pin him immediately and the pause allowed Fletcher to recover enough to place his leg on the ropes for the pin break. Fletcher rolled out of a Backslide Pin to kick Takeshita right in his arm. He then did the Vertical Drop Brainbuster but Takeshita kicked out. So Fletcher had to lift him up to the top rope where he gave him the El Generico style Brainbuster onto the turnbuckle! That put Takeshita down for the count and made Fletcher the new champion.
ACW “HEART OF WAR”, 18/07/2026 Estonian Hall, North Adelaide, Australia
1. Sister Vs Sister: Kira Summer defeated Miki Fortune with an Inside Cradle (?:??).
Who could have guessed coming home would cause so much family drama? Kira Summer’s first match in Australia since joining TJPW put her in the ring against her own sister Miki Fortune at an Adelaide Championship Wrestling show. First Summer asked for a handshake before the match began but Fortune slapped her hand away. Then a hard Elbow Strike by Fortune from a tie-up sent the message to Summer that her sister wasn’t going to hold back against her. Fortune ended up losing her temper when Summer kicked out of a Draping Double Stomp over the corner. She argued with the referee over it and then pulled him into the way when Summer charged in for a Clothesline. With the ref knocked out, Fortune kept doing Double Stomps onto Summer until she realised nobody was around to count the pin. Drama continued to unfold when another member of the family, an unnamed sister of both Kira and Miki got to the front row yelling at Fortune to stop. Fortune slapped her and pulled her over the railing all while their mother was watching on too! Summer dived onto Fortune from the ring apron, made sure the other relatives were okay and brought Fortune back into the ring to continue the match. Fortune took Summer into a Dragon Sleeper but was kicked back into the ropes. On the rebound Summer rolled Fortune over with an Inside Cradle to get the victory.
PEAK PRO “PUNK FICTION”, 31/07/2026 Steam Jacket Brewing, Melbourne, Australia
1. From Japan, With Love: Tarlee Vs Kira Summer
I haven’t been able to get results for this match yet. At the end of the month Summer was brought into Peak Pro Wrestling as a special opponent for someone. Tarlee recently got engaged to LDeezy after beating him in a ladder match so as an engagement gift, Deezy got Tarlee a match against a joshi wrestler. He brought in Summer thinking it would be a first time matchup for Tarlee but didn’t know that the two of them had previously fought each other in Malaysia last year. It was a 4 Way Match that Tarlee won by pinning Summer so this was a chance for Summer to avenge that result.
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RIOT CITY “MEAN ST MAYHEM – FROM RIOT WITH LOVE”, 01/08/2026 Steam Jacket Brewing, Melbourne, Australia
1. Miki Fortune & Zak Sabbath Vs Kira Summer & Havok
Tell you what, if I can get the result for this match on the day I post this article I’ll move it up to the Results section. That will work out better than waiting a month to write about what might be the last match of Summer’s Australian tour. If it turns out she has more matches over there during August then never mind what I just wrote. Given what just happened between the sisters in ACW, having their next match in a company called Riot City Wrestling sounds a bit for fitting. Zak Sabbath and Havok both look like they would often get themselves involved in causing a ruckus too.
EVE “EVE X THE WORLD 2”, 28/08/2026 Big Penny Social, London, England
1. EVE International Title: Miyu Yamashita (c) Vs Kay Lee Ray
One of the gatekeepers of British women’s wrestling is waiting for Miyu Yamashita’s return to EVE this August. Kay Lee Ray and that bloody entrance song of hers is back on the indies after a long stay in WWE as Alba Fyre. She hasn’t wasted any time and quickly earned herself a shot at the EVE International Title that Yamashita currently holds.
Later this summer Yuki Kamifuku’s retirement road is going to bring her back to the USA. Unfortunately it does not look like she will get to visit Ohio during this time but I doubt she’s going to complain about travelling to California either. Kitsune are bringing her in to the bright lights of Hollywood for what could be her last non-TJPW US date of her career. However it probably won’t be the last time she wrestles in America given what TJPW’s plans are for the end of the year.
Do you want to know the other wrestler that Singapore Pro Wrestling has booked alongside Mizuki for this show so far? Lio Rush in his current “Blackheart” gimmick. The match to make is right there, people!
TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TJPW TEXAS STAMPEDE II – HOUSTON PART 1”, 04/12/2026 Pasadena Rodeo Arena, Pasadena, Texas, USA
TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TJPW TEXAS STAMPEDE II – HOUSTON PART 2”, 05/12/2026 Pasadena Rodeo Arena, Pasadena, Texas, USA
TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TJPW TEXAS STAMPEDE II – DALLAS”, 06/12/2026 Forney ISD The OC, Forney, Texas, USA
The great state of Texas welcomes back TJPW this December with a new venue to boot. Are the girls up for a rodeo?
TOKYO JOSHI PRO “THE 13TH TOKYO PRINCESS CUP”, 25/07/2026 Osaka Azalea Taisho Hall 264 Fans – No Vacancy
1. Yuki Kamifuku, Mifu Ashida & Shion Kanzaki defeated Haru Kazashiro, Uta Takami & Momo Sato when Kamifuku submitted Sato with a Manjigatame (9:17).
2. 3 Way Match: Raku defeated Sakura Hattori and Ren Konatsu when Raku pinned Konatsu with the Doctor Yellow (7:57).
3. Shoko Nakajima, Yuki Aino, Pom Harajuku & Toga defeated Yuki Arai, Suzume, Miu Watanabe & Mahiro Kiryu when Nakajima pinned Suzume with the Northern Lights Suplex (13:45).
4. 13th Tokyo Princess Cup – Round 2: Arisu Endo defeated Chika Nanase with the Camel Clutch (8:40).
5. 13th Tokyo Princess Cup – Round 2: HIMAWARI defeated Wakana Uehara with the Single Leg Crab Hold (11:28).
6. 13th Tokyo Princess Cup – Round 2: Hyper Misao defeated Mizuki with La Magistral Cradle (13:58).
7. 13th Tokyo Princess Cup – Round 2: Rika Tatsumi defeated Miyu Yamashita with the White Dragon Sleeper (17:47).
Some of the previous Tokyo Princess Cup winners are starting to fall after the first set of Round 2 matches took place today. The main event was a rematch five years in the making. Miyu Yamashita and Rika Tatsumi have not had a proper singles match together since the pandemic days of empty arena wrestling. Last year’s Princess Cup had the course set for them to meet up but it never shook out that way. This year was finally the time for the fated match to take place. Yamashita got a nearfall after a Running High Kick followed by the Attitude Adjustment. Tatsumi caught the Skull Kick, countered it into a Dragon Screw and did the Sliding Hip Attack for her own nearfall. Tatsumi then avoided the Crash Rabbit Heat and jumped onto Yamashita’s back to apply a Sleeper Hold. From there she turned it into the Dragon Sleeper and moved Yamashita away from the ropes. Once she transitioned over to the White Dragon Sleeper, Yamashita gave up. After the match Tatsumi said she never beat Yamashita in their previous bouts and was starting to think she could never beat her. But now that she won today’s boss battle she now believes she can win the whole tournament! Backstage Yamashita said she falls in love with pro wrestling ever more whenever she wrestles Tatsumi. She also loves Tatsumi’s heart both as a wrestler and as a person. She also acknowledged losing a lot of significant singles matches lately. It is a challenge she will need to address especially since she currently holds the EVE International Title.
The other previous Princess Cup winner to get eliminated today was Mizuki at the hands of Hyper Misao! Before the match begun, Misao handed Mizuki a love letter for her to read out loud. The letter said Misao has done so many shameful things in her career that it gave everyone the impression that she would do something underhanded whenever she speaks on the microphone. She is so disgusted with herself that she will never do anything underhanded again starting with today’s match. She even wrote that she made this letter because she knew Mizuki wouldn’t believe her if she told her face to face. When Mizuki finished reading, the two shook hands but Mizuki tried to kick Misao. It was caught and Misao let her go, only to attack her from behind while the bell was being rung to start the match. She then pulled her cape over Mizuki’s head, undid a turnbuckle pad to use as a weapon against her and even wrapped Mizuki up in the ring apron outside. Mizuki tried her best to overcome the cheating but once she did, Misao ended up catching her with La Magistral Cradle for the win! Mizuki later wanted to rip the love letter to pieces but had a change of heart. Instead she promises beat Misao next time, return the letter to her and tell her she doesn’t need it. Misao admits the result might have been a miracle but a win is still a win. She thinks more summer miracles will come her way too. Except she got the unlucky draw of facing Rika Tatsumi in the Quarter Finals. According to Tatsumi, Misao is her nemesis. Misao is also taking this match seriously because the result will determine which course her pro wrestling life will take her next.
This year is HIMAWARI’s first proper go at entering the Princess Cup and she’s making the most of it so far. She might have taken Wakana Uehara’s run from last year and used that kind of performance to eliminate Uehara herself! The two were evenly matched enough to get into a battle of Elbow Smashes near the end. Uehara got an upper hand using an Ezuigiri but when she went for the Sushi Tornado, HIMAWARI instead dragged her down to the mat and put her in the Single Leg Crab Hold for the tap out victory. Uehara cannot believe that she won’t become the main character of the summer. She finds the taste of HIMAWARI to be so bitter and awful. HIMAWARI said this win is revenge for losing to Uehara in the Next Generation Tournament ’23 final. Today she got to show all the growth she’s made in the last two years and eight months since that match!
The hometown advantage sadly wasn’t enough for Chika Nanase to beat Arisu Endo. She psyched herself up while hitting Endo with a Shoulder Thrust through the ropes that knocked Endo out of the ring. But Nanase couldn’t lock in the Inari Torii Kai when she had to and Endo punished her for it with a Super Kick and the Waterwheel Drop. There was no hope for Nanase after that and Endo made her submit to the Camel Clutch. Nanase said she felt honored to have her first Princess Cup match this year in her hometown and wanted to win no matter who her opponent was. But she discovered just how amazing Endo is first hand so it was a frustrating experience despite also being an incredibly fun one. Endo likes how Nanase always gets back up no matter how often she gets knocked down so she would love to fight her again. For now though her eyes are set on HIMAWARI in the next round. She heard HIMAWARI describe herself as a “Yellow Arisu Endo”. The real Endo is going to make HIMAWARI regret growing her hair out so long.
In one of the non-tournament matches, Pom Harajuku taunted Yuki Arai while sitting on her by grabbing the playoff bracket display from nearby and pointing to their upcoming match in the corner of the board. Harakuku then tried to attack Arai with the display but Arai dodged it.
33 year old Yuki Kamifuku came to grips with her own mortality when she found out the ages of her opponents in the opening match. When Haru Kazashiro, Uta Takami & Momo Sato all said they were 18, 19 and 15 respectively Kamifuku suffered great mental damage and briefly fell into a heap.
TOKYO JOSHI PRO “THE 13TH TOKYO PRINCESS CUP”, 25/07/2026 Osaka Azalea Taisho Hall
1. Yuki Kamifuku, Mifu Ashida & Shion Kanzaki Vs Haru Kazashiro, Uta Takami & Momo Sato
2. 3 Way Match: Raku Vs Sakura Hattori Vs Ren Konatsu
3. Yuki Arai, Suzume, Miu Watanabe & Mahiro Kiryu Vs Shoko Nakajima, Yuki Aino, Pom Harajuku & Toga
4. 13th Tokyo Princess Cup – Round 2D: Wakana Uehara Vs HIMAWARI
5. 13th Tokyo Princess Cup – Round 2C: Arisu Endo Vs Chika Nanase
6. 13th Tokyo Princess Cup – Round 2B: Mizuki Vs Hyper Misao
7. 13th Tokyo Princess Cup – Round 2A: Miyu Yamashita Vs Rika Tatsumi
There was nothing really shocking coming out of the first round but Round 2 of the Tokyo Princess Cup is going to serve up a few big casualties. One half of the bracket will be getting ready for Saturday where Miyu Yamashita and Rika Tatsumi will have their first single match against each other since the summer of 2021.
One of the non-tournament matches is purposely pitting Yuki Kamifuku against the trio of teenagers. She’s either going to teach them all a valuable lesson or spend the match battling the reality of aging.
TOKYO JOSHI PRO “THE 13TH TOKYO PRINCESS CUP”, 30/07/2026 Shinjuku FACE
1. 13th Tokyo Princess Cup – Round 2E: Toga Vs Mahiro Kiryu
2. 13th Tokyo Princess Cup – Round 2F: Miu Watanabe Vs Yuki Aino
3. 13th Tokyo Princess Cup – Round 2G: Suzume Vs Pom Harajuku
4. 13th Tokyo Princess Cup – Round 2H: Yuki Arai Vs Shoko Nakajima
The other half of the bracket has Yuki Arai against Shoko Nakajima as the highlight although Miu Watanabe and Yuki Aino are probably going keeping Shoulder Blocking each other until one of them falls down.
DDT “MEMORIES OF SUMMER VACATION 2026”, 05/08/2026 Shinjuku FACE
1. Special Single Match: Danshoku Dieno Vs Kazuki Hirata
2. Special Tag Match: Sanshiro Takagi & Naomi Yoshimura Vs Ilusion & Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion
3. Special 10-Man Tag Match: Yuki Ueno, Takeshi Masada, Yuya Koroku, Daichi Sato & To-y Vs MAO, KANON, Yuki Iino, Yukio Naya & Viento Levante (w/ KIMIHIRO & YUZUKI)
This wll be the last DDT show before “WRESTLE PETER PAN 2026” and likely where we find out who will go into the show as the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion. Whoever the champion is must first take part in a tag match with Ilusion as their tag partner. If the champion is a wrestler who is already on the show then they must still compete in the match, therefore becoming double booked! But what will happen if the champion turns out to be either Sanshiro Takagi or Naomi Yoshimura?
TOKYO JOSHI PRO “THE 13TH TOKYO PRINCESS CUP”, 23/08/2026 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1. 13th Tokyo Princess Cup – Final: X Vs X
Both Hiroyo Matsumoto and Sumire Natsu will be on the show. It will be Matsumoto’s first appearance in Tokyo Joshi Pro since November while Natsu is making her TJPW debut.
SUPER JAPAN “SHINJUKU FACE COUNTDOWN SERIES ~GOODBYE SHINJUKU FACE~”, 28/09/2026 Shinjuku FACE
1. Special Tag Match: Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Yuki Kamifuku Vs Kumadori & Saira
2. Special Single Match: Yuji Nagata Vs Satoshi Kojima
Kamifuku’s retirement road takes a stop in Super Japan for what will be her second and last appearance for the promotion. The last time she was here she got to fight Kuroshio TOKYO Japan so this time they will be tag team partners. Facing them will be Kamifuku’s friend Kumadori as well as the Up Town rookie Saira.
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