Moving into June, the summer temperatures are rising and it seems every promotion is gearing up for tournaments and super shows. My calendar is quickly filling up with shows to watch, which makes it so hard when there is such a spectacular variety out there! It feels like there aren’t enough hours in the day to watch wrestling, so if anyone can help me build a time machine, I would greatly appreciate it!

CyberFight Festival (6/12) on WRESTLE UNIVERSE

On Sunday, June 12th, CyberFight (parent company to DDT, NOAH, TJPW & Ganbare ProWrestling) will have their annual cross-promotional show at the Saitama Super Arena. I will be doing a complete event report for this show, and learning about every single promotion as I watch along! The show starts at 2PM JT. With this being their largest show of the year, CFF held two press conferences, and both are available on WRESTLE UNIVERSE ( May 10th | June 2nd ). 

*The winner of this match will challenge for the Princess of Princess Championship at the Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling Ota-ku Sogo Gymnasium at Summer Sun Princess (July 9).

I’d highly recommend following DDT English for live translations and updates available! If you’re looking for the perfect chance to give any of the CyberFight promotions a try, why not start with this massively diverse buffet of wrestling!

Ayame Sasamura Challenged Kengo Mashimo for 2AW Openweight Championship! At Grand Slam in 2AW Square, Sasamura– the lone female wrestler on their entire roster– fought against Mashimo for 21:46. 

Girls’ Pro-Wrestling Unit COLOR’S SAKI, Yuko Sakurai, and Hikari Shimizu will challenge Stardom’s Cosmic Angels on June 5th, with the losing unit being forced to become the winning unit’s rookies! All four members are also participating in Ice Ribbon’s doubleheader show in Yokohama on 5/28, including participating in the ICE x Infinity Championship Tournament. 

G Pro-Wrestling #27 (6/11; Umeda Stella Hall, Osaka) Michiko Miyagi/Yukari Hosokawa (GLEAT) versus Ryo Mizunami & Nanae Takahashi!?

ICE x Infinity Tournament Announced! With Tsukushi Haruka retired, she retired as the 33rd ICE (cross) Infinity Champion, which she would vacate afterward.

Yokohama Ribbon (5/28) Results – Yokohama Radiant Hall

Next Show: Tournament Quarter-Finals (June 18th) – Yokohama Radiant Hall

IR decided to merge the Semi-Finals & Finals (June 26th) – Korakuen Hall into a singular show!

Queen of JTO Tournament (Starts 5/29 – Seed rankings as of May 2022)

Bulldozer Amisa Leaves JTO. At the end of May, JTO announced Amisa’s departure. There haven’t been any announcements as to what her future plans include.

Queen of JTO Tournament Dates

Mio Momono Announces her Return from Injury At she’ll return to action on June 24th at ShinKiba 1st Ring

At their show on 5/29, Prominence announced the next two installments of their self-produced shows. With Sera Risa and Suzu Suzuki as entrants in Stardom’s 5*GP, the July 17th show will likely be their last one until after the series concludes on October 1st. 

PURE-J MANIAX 2022 Results (5/29) Asakusa Hanayashiki

Next Big Show (6/10) – ShinKiba 1st Ring

~Early Summer Games~ (6/30) – Korakuen Hall

Sendai Girls { @SendaiGlobal | @senjo2006 | #仙女 #sendaigirlspro }

Chihiro Hashimoto will represent SenJo at the Shinjiro Otani Special Show (via ZERO-1) on June 4th. She will team with Jaguar Yokota (DIANA) and ASUKA (VENY) in a 6-woman tag match against Aja Kong (OZ Academy), Yuna Manase (Ganbare Pro), and NATSUMI (Cho Hanabi Pro). The show is scheduled to have a ten-match card. No details on the availability of a live stream at this time.  

Next Big Show (6/16) ~The Sky is The Limit~ ShinKiba 1st Ring 

Stardom { @We_Are_Stardom | @WWR_Stardom | #STARDOM #スターダム}

The Purple Stars Block Begins!! With three coveted remaining spots and ten available participants, the month of June belongs to the women who have not yet secured their spot in the 2022 Five STAR Grand Prix. Throughout June, Stardom will hold the 5★GP Qualifying Tournament with nine separate tour dates. During this time, the qualifying matches are spread out over the shows with some having more tournament matches than others. 

Purple Stars Tournament Matches (6/4): Ibaraki

Purple Stars Tournament Matches (6/5): Korakuen Hall

Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling (TJPW) { @tjpw2013 }

*UPDATED* Pro-wrestling EVE’s RHIO’s First Trip to Japan! She will participate in the shows on May 28th (Otemachi) in a singles match against Yuki Aino and June 4th (Hamamatsu). This is RHIO’s first trip to Japan, and the first time TJPW has had foreign wrestlers in two and a half years.

WAVE { @P_W_WAVE | #wavepro }

I truly hope by next year, I’ll understand all the intricacies of the CATCH THE WAVE Tournament, but I can best describe it as a multi-genre wrestling tournament, covering the various styles of wrestling available to discover the most well-balanced wrestler!

WAVE Osaka Rhapsody vol. 54 Results (5/22)

Detras de Lazona vol. 4 (5/29) Kawasaki (POST di AMISTAD)

Phase 2 Reboot: NAMI☆1 (6/1) ShinKiba 1st Ring

NEXT CATCH THE WAVE Matches

Detras de Lazona vol. 5 (6/11) Kawasaki (POST di AMISTAD)

Weekday WAVE vol. 125 (6/22) – Shinjuku FACE

With the build-up to CyberFight Festival, I started to think about where I’ve been able to experience TJPW talent here in the US, as when I went to Japan in December 2019-January 2020, I didn’t go to any CyberFight promotions, but I do remember the summer of 2019 when AEW collaborated with CEO Gaming to host FyterFest, the sequel of Kenny Omega’s wildly popular, CEO x NJPW the previous year at the same gaming convention. 

With Yuka Sakazaki challenging Shoko Nakajima for the Princess of Princess Championship, I wanted to pick a match that really put her on international radars. Plus, it’s PRIDE month, and representation matters, so I wanted to highlight Nyla Rose as well. 

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Thanks for reading! Have a great week!