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Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling Yes! Wonderland 2021: Introductions, Preview, and Predictions By Jericu on May 2, 2021, 2:30pm EDT 13
Around these parts, I am mostly known for talking about the AEW Women s Division, which mostly involves being mad at the bad booking of it. HOWEVER! There is another wrestling promotion I follow, another which I watch and hold dear to my heart, that being the Japanese women s promotion of Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling. It s great stuff, a fun promotion that holds many wrestlers I consider myself a big fan of. If you follow AEW, you might be a fan of a few of their talents as well; Yuka Sakazaki is a former Princess Tag Team and Princess of Princess champion, and AEW Women s Eliminator Tournament standout Maki Itoh makes her home in TJPW as well. My personal favorite, Shoko Nakajima, has made a couple AEW appearances as well, including this very good match against Riho from Dark which I am obligated to share whenever I mention the Big Kaiju.
The story of Jim Crockett Jr., and the rise and fall of Jim Crockett Promotions is the lead story in the current double-sized issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
We look at the death of Crockett, the Crockett s family original involvement in wrestling, how Jim took over the moves he made in building a small market territory into one of the big three companies in the U.S., original plans and why they changed, the rise of Ric Flair, where Jm was a Hall of Fame promoter, the fight with Vince McMahon from 1984-88, getting the TBS deal, what led to JCP selling to Turner, the framework of the NWA in the 70s and 80s, the rise of the super show concept, mistakes made at the end, what happened when TBS took over, attempts to get back in wrestling and life after wrestling.