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AEW’s Hikaru Shida announced for TJPW Yes! Wonderland 2022

Posted on by Ethan Renner

AEW’s Hikaru Shida will return to Japan to take part in a TJPW event next month.

TJPW announced Shida and Moka Miyamoto vs. Maki Itoh and Miyu Yamashita for their Yes! Wonderland 2022 event set for Tuesday, May 3 at Korakuen Hall. The show will stream on the Wrestle Universe streaming service. Tickets for the event are on sale now. A video of the announcement can be seen below.

Shida, 33, last wrestled for TJPW in March, defeating Hikari Noa at the Grand Princess ’22 show. She also appeared at an Ice Ribbon event in March the same weekend, teaming with Tsukasa Fujimoto in a victory over Hamuko Hoshi & Makoto.

Shida defeated Julia Hart in a qualifying match for AEW’s Owen Hart Foundation Women’s Tournament on the April 6 Dynamite in Boston, and teamed with Anna Jay and Ruby Soho in a trios match against The Bunny, Emi Sakura, and Raychell Rose at Wednesday’s AEW Dark: Elevation taping in New Orleans.

AEW’s Hikaru Shida vs. Hikari Noa set for TJPW Grand Princess ’22

Posted on by Ethan Renner

AEW’s Hikaru Shida has been announced for Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling’s Grand Princess ’22 event.

Shida is set to take on Hikari Noa at the show, the first for TJPW to be held at Sumo Hall in Ryogoku. The show will air live on the Wrestle Universe streaming service. 

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After a loss to Serena Deeb that wrote her out of AEW storylines in January, Shida has returned to Japan for an indefinite length of time to take part in the MAKAI Genesis stage, theater and dance production. Shida performs as Princess Tsuru in the MAKAI show.

Shida is a former AEW Women’s World Champion, holding the title for over a year. She defeated Nyla Rose for the Championship at Double or Nothing 2020, then dropped the title to Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. at Double or Nothing 2021. 

Shida also took part in the inaugural TBS Championship tournament in 2021. She defeated Deeb in the tournament’s first round, then lost to Rose in the quarterfinals.

Yuka Sakazaki to make AEW excursion in July

Posted on by Bryan Rose

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling announced that Yuka Sakazaki will be returning to AEW in July.

On their Twitter, TJPW wrote: “Yuka Sakazaki will be on US excursion! She will be in the US from July to appear in #AEW.”

Sakazaki has made appearances for AEW dating back to Double or Nothing 2019, when she, Emi Sakura, and Aja Kong lost to Hikaru Shida, Riho, and Ryo Mizunami. She also made appearances in February of 2020 prior to the pandemic and competed in the AEW Women’s World Championship Eliminator tournament, where she made it to the finals before losing to Mizunami.

Another TJPW wrestler, Maki Itoh, made appearances for AEW back in March. She appeared on the AEW Revolution pre-show and later wrestled on the first episode of AEW Dark: Elevation, losing to Riho.

AEW will be returning to the road starting in July. Their first show will be Road Rager on July 7, which takes place in Miami. They will also be running shows in Texas and North Carolina throughout the month of July.

Marufuji wins GHC Heavyweight title at CyberFight Festival

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Naomichi Marufuji captured the GHC Heavyweight Championship at this morning’s CyberFight Festival 2021 event.

Marufuji defeated Keiji Mutoh in the main event, pinning Mutoh after a knee strike. Mutoh held the title for 114 days, defeating Go Shiozaki at NOAH’s Destination 2021 event back on February 12. 

This marks Marufuji’s fourth reign as GHC Heavyweight Champion, tying Takashi Sugiura and Shiozaki for the most title reigns.

After his title win, Marufuji cut a short promo saying to keep your eyes on him, Mutoh, and the top champions in DDT (Jun Akiyama) and Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling (Miyu Yamashita). Both Akiyama and Yamashita then came out and cut short promos with Yamashita closing the show by saying the three champions will move forward.

The GHC Heavyweight title match was the third of three main events that took place at CyberFight Festival, a supercard featuring wrestlers from Pro Wrestling NOAH, DDT, and Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling that took place at the Saitama Super Arena. Akiyama retained the KO-D Openweight title, defeating HARASHIMA. Yamashita defeated Yuka Sakazaki to retain the TJPW Princess of Princess Championship.