Tokyo Joshi provides fresh look at women’s wrestling as champions stay on top

LAS VEGAS – Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling enactment connected a showcase of women’s pro wrestling successful Las Vegas astatine the Pearl Theater connected Thursday day astatine the Pearl Theater wrong Palms Casino Resort arsenic portion of Slam Fest.

And don’t beryllium fooled – though the women of Joshi entered the ringing with sparkly and elaborate outfits, the wrestlers deed conscionable arsenic hard arsenic anyone else.

J-Rod learned that the hard mode arsenic she challenged Yuki Arai for the Princess of Princess Championship.

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Yuki Arai retains the Princess of Princess Championship implicit J-Rod successful Las Vegas connected April 16, 2026. (Fox News Digital)

J-Rod hoped to go the archetypal American to triumph the title. Arai, known arsenic "The Genius Girl," initially felt the symptom that J-Rod tin bring to the ring.

J-Rod kept pushing Arai down to that, seemingly suggesting that due to the fact that she was bigger and stronger that she was easy going to triumph the match. Arai utilized her quickness and agility to determination astir J-Rod. Arai had J-Rod successful a sharpshooter, but "The Ultimate Athlete" would interruption out.

Arai adjacent received a spear from J-Rod, and tried to pin her. But aft a adjacent fall, J-Rod’s vexation was building.

"What much bash I person to do?" she yelled retired to the crowd. "There’s nary mode you tin stay champion."

Arai went connected the violative from there. She avoided different spear from J-Rod and deed her with a full-nelson slam. She pinned J-Rod for the triumph to clasp the Princess of Princess Championship.

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling stars look successful the ringing connected April 16, 2026. (Fox News Digital)

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"Thank you for today," Yuki says. "I’m truthful blessed to bushed you. J, I emotion you. OK?"

J-Rod grabbed the mic from Arai and vowed she would beryllium back.

"I underestimated you, Yuki. Tonight, you earned my respect, I emotion you too," J-Rod said.

There were nary title changes connected the card.

The Las Vegas assemblage got to spot acquainted faces successful The IInspiration successful action. Cassie Lee and Billie McKay defended the Princess Tag Championship against erstwhile champions Shoko Nakajima and Hyper Misao.

Though The IInspiration was up to their accustomed antics, they utilized their teamwork to support Misao astatine bay portion they worked connected Nakajima. Lee deed Nakajima with a codebreaker and pinned her for the win.

The IInspiration, Cassie Lee and Billie McKay, retained the Princess Tag Team Championship successful Las Vegas connected April 16, 2026. (Fox News Digital)

Miyu Yamashita was successful enactment successful a peculiar three-way lucifer against Mizuki and Miu Watanabe. While Yamashita showed disconnected the brute spot that has made her 1 of the astir unsafe Japanese pro wrestlers successful the industry, Mizuki and Watanabe’s high-flying benignant came retired aboriginal successful the match.

Watanabe nailed Yamashita with a Meteora from the ramp aboriginal successful the match. But Watanabe and Mizuki were nary lucifer for Yamashita successful the end.

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Yamashita would pin Watanabe to prime up the victory.

Other results included Suzume retaining the International Princess Championship implicit Sakura Hattoari, Yuki Kamifuku and Wakana Uehara, known arsenic Ober Eats, defeated Toga and Uta Takimi and Raku, Pom Harajuku and Yuki Aing defeated Alexis Lee, Shino Suzuki and Himawari.