Wrestle Princess IV was a

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event promoted by

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's sub-brand

Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling is a Japanese joshi puroresu or women's professional wrestling promotion founded in 2012 as a sister promotion of DDT Pro-Wrestling. Initially running alongside other shows such as live music and other idol performances, it became its own stan ...

. It took place on October 9, 2023, in

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, Japan, at the Tama Mirai Messe. The event aired on

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online linear television service and CyberFight's streaming service Wrestle Universe. It was the fourth annual event under the "Wrestle Princess" branch, which is considered to be

's yearly main

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Background

Storylines

The event featured ten

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that resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed

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, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.

Event

The event started with two preshow matches broadcast live on TJPW's

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channel. In the first one, Runa Okubo defeated Haru Kazashiro in singles competition, and in the second one, Arisu Endo, Himawari and Kaya Toribami defeated Harukaze, Riara and Yoshiko Hasegawa in six-way tag team action. In the first main card bout, Moka Miyamoto defeated Juria Nagano. Next up,

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, Raku and Shino Suzuki picked up a victory over

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, Toga and Wakana Uehara . In the fifth match, Miu Watanabe and Yuki Arai defeated

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and

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in tag team action. In the sixth match,

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, Mei Saint-Michel, Sakisama and Yukio Saint Laurent defeated

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's representative

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and Pom Harajuku,

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and Suzume. The bout symbolized the end of the Neo Biishiki-gun stable, as well as Sakisama's last TJPW appearance before her retirement match which was scheduled to take place at Ultimate Party 2023 later that year. Next up,

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picked up a win over Maki Itoh in singles competition. In the eighth bout, Hikari Noa and Nao Kakuta defeated Mahiro Kiryu and Yuki Kamifuku to win the vacant

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, titles relinquished three months prior to the event due to

Yuka Sakazaki is a Japanese professional wrestler. She is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). She is known for her tenure with Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling, where she is a three-time Princess of Princess Champion, and a record-tying four-time Princess Tag Team ...

suffering an injury. In the semi main event, Max the Impaler defeated Rika Tatsumi to win latter's International Princess Championship in a winner takes all bout which was also disputed for Max's

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. In the main event,

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defeated Mizuki to win the

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, ending the latter's reign at 205 days and three successful defenses.

Results

References

External links

TJPW official site
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