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The IInspiration set for first TJPW Tag Team title defense

Posted on by Joseph Currier

The IInspiration already have their first title defense lined up after winning tag team gold for Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling

Over the weekend, Cassie Lee & Jessie McKay were in Tokyo for TJPW’s Grand Princess 2026 event. They defeated Ober Eats (Wakana Uehara & Yuki Kamifuku) to become the new Princess Tag Team Champions. It’s now been announced that their first title defense will take place stateside when TJPW comes to Las Vegas during WrestleMania week. Lee & McKay will defend their belts against Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao.

The TJPW Live in Vegas event is taking place on Thursday, April 16 at the Pearl Theater. It’s part of the multi-promotional Palms Slam Fest that is being put on by Paragon Talent Group.

Lee & McKay have held Tag Team titles for WWE, TNA Wrestling, and TJPW during their run as a team. They debuted for AEW last month and are under contract with the promotion. Their addition to the roster helped add depth to the division after AEW introduced Women’s Tag Team title belts toward the end of 2025. The titles are currently held by Megan Bayne & Lena Kross.

There are now three title matches confirmed for the TJPW Live in Vegas event:

  • Princess of Princess Champion Yuki Arai defends against J-Rod
  • Princess Tag Team Champions The IInspiration defend against Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao
  • International Princess Champion Suzume defends against Sakura Hattori

Women’s title match booked for MLW Fightland

Posted on by Joseph Currier

A Women’s Championship match featuring two competitors from Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling has been booked for MLW Fightland 2025.

Shoko Nakajima will put her MLW Women’s Featherweight Championship on the line against Yuki Kamifuku at the September 13 event in North Richland Hills, Texas. The show is airing live on MLW’s YouTube channel for free.

In April of this year, Nakajima made her MLW debut by defeating Delmi Exo to become the new Women’s Featherweight Champion. The title has existed since 2022 with Exo, Janai Kai, and Taya Valkyrie being past champions.

Kamifuku debuted for MLW in June with a victory over Wakana Uehara.

“This summer in Japan, the rivalry turned ugly when Yuki Kamifuku viciously attacked Shoko Nakajima, going as far as to strike the champion with her own championship belt,” MLW wrote. “Now, the world will see the fallout when these two clash in MLW’s return to Dallas/Ft. Worth.”

The Fightland broadcast has a start time of 10 p.m. Eastern.

MLW Fightland 2025 (Saturday, September 13) —

  • MLW World Heavyweight Champion Matt Riddle defends against Donovan Dijak
  • Templario vs. Ikuro Kwon for the vacant MLW Middleweight Championship
  • MLW Women’s Featherweight Champion Shoko Nakajima defends against Yuki Kamifuku
  • Opera Cup tournament first-round match: Volador Jr. vs. Titan
  • Opera Cup tournament first-round match: Zandokan Jr. vs. Blue Panther Jr.
  • Texas Death Match: Alex Hammerstone vs. Matthew Justice
  • Shotzi vs. Alejandra Quintanilla

TJPW star challenging for Women’s title in MLW debut

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Tokyo Joshi Pro star Shoko Nakajima is getting a title shot in her MLW debut.

MLW announced today that Nakajima will challenge Women’s Featherweight Champion Delmi Exo at Battle Riot VII in Los Angeles on Saturday, April 5. The show is taking place at The Commerce Casino & Hotel and will air live on MLW’s YouTube channel for free.

“This championship fight has been brokered between MLW and TJPW, underscoring the continued collaboration between the two organizations,” MLW hyped. “It also comes at a time when MLW’s women’s division is heating up, and Nakajima looks to make an immediate impact by capturing gold in her debut.”

Nakajima is a two-time Princess of Princess Champion for TJPW, most recently holding the title in 2022. She worked a pair of AEW matches in 2019-2020 and has made recent appearances in the United States for indie promotion Deadlock Pro, along with wrestling at Defy and GCW events in collaboration with TJPW.

Exo is on her second reign as MLW Women’s Featherweight Champion. She regained the belt last month from Janai Kai. Only Taya Valkyrie, Exo, and Kai have held the title since it was introduced in 2022 as MLW’s first-ever Women’s Championship.

There have now been two matches confirmed for the Battle Riot VII card:

  • Matt Riddle defends the MLW World Heavyweight Championship in 40-wrestler Battle Riot match
  • MLW Women’s Featherweight Champion Delmi Exo defends against Shoko Nakajima

AEW adds Baker & Riho vs. Nakajima & Priestley to Fight for the Fallen

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Ahead of the show taking place tomorrow, AEW has added one more match to the Fight for the Fallen card.

Britt Baker & Riho will team against Shoko Nakajima & Bea Priestley at Fight for the Fallen. The show is being held at Daily’s Place Amphitheater in Jacksonville, Florida on Saturday.

AEW’s match graphic lists Baker & Riho vs. Nakajima & Priestley at part of tomorrow’s pre-show.

Baker defeated Kylie Rae, Nyla Rose, and Awesome Kong in a four-way match at Double or Nothing in May. Riho teamed with Hikaru Shida & Ryo Mizunami to defeat Emi Sakura, Aja Kong & Yuka Sakazaki at Double or Nothing.

At Fyter Fest, Riho defeated Rose and Sakazaki in a triple threat match.

Nakajima and Priestley will both be making their AEW debuts at Fight for the Fallen. Nakajima is the Princess of Princess Champion in Tokyo Joshi Pro, while Priestley currently holds Stardom’s World of Stardom Championship.

Fight for the Fallen will air for free on B/R Live in the United States and Canada and will be available on iPPV via Fite TV elsewhere. The 45-minute pre-show will also stream on YouTube starting at 7:30 p.m. Eastern time.

Here’s the updated card:

  • The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) vs. Cody & Dustin Rhodes
  • Kenny Omega vs. CIMA
  • Brandi Rhodes vs. Allie
  • Hangman Page vs. Kip Sabian
  • Chris Jericho will have a “live mic”
  • The Lucha Bros (Pentagon Jr. & Fenix) vs. SoCal Uncensored (Scorpio Sky & Frankie Kazarian w/ Christopher Daniels)
  • The Dark Order (Evil Uno & Stu Grayson) vs. Angelico & Jack Evans vs. Luchasaurus & Jungle Boy (winning team advances to All Out for a shot at a first-round bye in AEW’s Tag Team title tournament)
  • Jimmy Havoc, Darby Allin & Joey Janela vs. MJF, Sammy Guevara & Shawn Spears
  • Britt Baker & Riho vs. Shoko Nakajima & Bea Priestley
  • Sonny Kiss vs. Peter Avalon (w/ Leva Bates)