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Thunder Rosa announced for Tokyo Joshi Pro Summer Sun Princess event

Posted on by Bryan Rose

Thunder Rosa is set to return to Japan for Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling next month.

It was announced that Thunder Rosa would be making her return Tokyo Joshi Pro next month to face Miyu Yamashita. This will take place at the Summer Sun Princess 2022 event on July 9 at the Ota City Ward Gymnasium in Tokyo.

Rosa hasn’t been in Tokyo Joshi Pro since January 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result of the pandemic, she had to vacate the International Princess Championship that she held in October of 2020.

Rosa is the current AEW Women’s World Champion, defeating Britt Baker at St. Patrick’s Day Slam back in March. She most recently defended the title at Double or Nothing last month where she defeated Serena Deeb. She will next defend the championship against Toni Storm at Forbidden Door on June 26.

Willow Nightingale has also been announced for Summer Sun Princess 2022. She will take on Miu Watanabe.

Tokyo Sports reveals 2021 award winners

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Shingo Takagi is this year’s Tokyo Sports MVP Award winner.

Takagi, who has spent most of the year as IWGP World Heavyweight Champion, commented after winning.

“Thank you for voting me as MVP,” he said upon accepting the award (via NJPW’s website). “I don’t have the time here to really express how I feel, or how happy I am at the award, but to hear that the nominations were mainly for me and Keiji Muto, that shows that [the Yamanashi prefecture] is churning out the best in Japan and the world, and that’s pretty cool in my book.”

The two nominees for the award included Takagi and Keiji Muto, with Takagi winning the first round with a majority of 14 votes. Muto, along with Go Shiozaki, won the Best Bout award, which took place in Pro Wrestling NOAH back on February 12 of this year. 

The full list of awards is as follows:

  • MVP: Shingo Takagi (NJPW)
  • Best Tag Team: Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr. (NJPW)
  • Best Bout: Go Shiozaki vs. Keiji Muto (NOAH)
  • Outstanding Performer: Jake Lee (AJPW)
  • Technique: Great-O-Khan (NJPW)
  • Fighting Spirit: Konosuke Takeshita (DDT)
  • Joshi: Utami Hayashishita (Stardom)
  • Rookie: Yuki Arai (Tokyo Joshi Pro)
  • Achievement: Rumi Kazama