Wrestle Princess IV was a

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event promoted by CyberFight's sub-brand

Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling , often abbreviated to TJPW, 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 performa ...

. It took place on October 9, 2023, in

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, Japan, at the Tama Mirai Messe. The event aired on CyberAgent's AbemaTV 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, Aja Kong, Raku and Shino Suzuki picked up a victory over

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, Toga and Wakana Uehara . In the fifth match,

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and

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defeated

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and

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in tag team action. In the sixth match, Martha, Mei Saint-Michel, Sakisama and Yukio Saint Laurent defeated DDT Pro-Wrestling's representative Antonio Honda 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, All Elite Wrestling's Nyla Rose picked up a win over

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in singles competition. In the eighth bout,

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and Nao Kakuta defeated Mahiro Kiryu and

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to win the vacant

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, titles relinquished three months prior to the event due to Yuka Sakazaki suffering an injury. In the semi main event, Max the Impaler defeated

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to win latter's

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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

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to win the Princess of Princess Championship, ending the latter's reign at 205 days and three successful defenses.

Results

References

External links

TJPW official site
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