Wrestle Princess (sequentially known as Wrestle Princess I) was a

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event promoted by CyberFight's sub-brand

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. It took place on November 7, 2020, in

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, Japan, at the Tokyo Dome City Hall with limited attendance due in part to the ongoing

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at the time. The event aired on CyberAgent's AbemaTV online linear television service and CyberFight's streaming service Wrestle Universe. It was the first 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 the confrontation between

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and Moka Miyamoto, and Sena Shiori and Suzume, solded with the victory of the latter team. In the second bout, Mahiro Kiryu and Pom Harajuku picked up a victory over Haruna Neko and

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in tag team action. On October 7, 2020, Thunder Rosa was forced to relinquish the

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as she was unable to travel to

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due to

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restrictions. The following day, TJPW announced a tournament to crown the new champion, with the semifinals and finals of the tournament culminating at Wrestle Princess. Later that month, on October 10 and 17, Hikari Noa, Mirai Maiumi, Yuki Kamifuku, and Shoko Nakajima were the participants that reached the semifinals of the tournament.. In the first semifinal,

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defeated Mirai Maiumi. In the second one,

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defeated

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. In the sixth bout of the evening, Saki Akai defeated

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in what was billed as a switching random rules match. Next up, Aja Kong and

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defeated

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and Sareee in tag team action. In the eighth bout,

defeated

in the International Princess Championship tournament finals to win the vacant title. In the semi main event,

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and

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defeated

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and

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to win the

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, ending the latter team's reign at 370 days and four successful defenses. In the main event, Yuka Sakazaki defeated

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to retain the Princess of Princess Championship for the fourth successful time in that respective reign.

Results

Notes

References

External links

TJPW official site
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