Wrestle Princess II

Promotional poster for the event, featuring Maki Itoh and Miyu Yamashita

### Tagline(s)

"The biggest festival, the highest battle" (Japanese: 最大級の祭典最高峰の闘い, Hepburn: *Saidai-kyū no saiten saikōhō no tatakai*)

## Information

### City

Tokyo, Japan

**Wrestle Princess II** was a professional wrestling event promoted by Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling (TJPW). The show took place on October 9, 2021, at the Ota City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan. This is the first show promoted under the Wrestle Princess name, which is TJPW's biggest annual event.

The event was headlined by Miyu Yamashita defending the Princess of Princess Championship against the winner of the 2021 Tokyo Princess Cup Maki Itoh. Wrestle Princess also featured two other title matches with NEO Biishiki-gun (Mei Saint-Michel and Sakisama) defending the Princess Tag Team Championship against Magical Sugar Rabbits (Yuka Sakazaki and MIZUKI) and Hikari Noa defending the International Princess Championship against Yuki Aino.

Due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the event had some restrictions in attendance, following the declaration of the State of Emergency in Japan. The event aired live on CyberFight's streaming service Wrestle Universe and as a pay-per-view.

## Production

### Background

On June 4, 2012, DDT Pro-Wrestling announced the creation of their *Joshi* sub-brand Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling, with the promotion making its debut show on January 30, 2013 at Akihabara Twin Box in Tokyo. Initially running alongside other shows such as live music and other idol performances, it became its own standalone promotion starting on February 28, 2015. Following the promotion's rise in popularity, which was accompanied with TJPW holding shows at Korakuen Hall in the afternoon before NJPW's January 4 Tokyo Dome Show, led to TJPW announcing the show on August 22, 2020, taking place at the Tokyo Dome City Hall, the largest arena run by them to date, marking their first ever pay-per-view event.

On November 7, 2020, TJPW announced the follow-up event to Wrestle Princess, which would take place on October 9, 2021 at the Ota City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan. The full card of the event was announced on September 19.

#### Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, other wrestling promotions began to cancel or postpone their shows in an attempt to prevent further spreading of the COVID-19 virus. At the end of February, TJPW began holding shows with no audience and only essential staff present. As a consequence of the virus, TJPW limited the capacity of the venue for the show.

### Storylines

Wrestle Princess II featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.

## Aftermath

On October 9, 2021, TJPW announced Wrestle Princess III, the follow-up event to Wrestle Princess, which would take place on October 9, 2022 at the Tokyo Dome City Hall in Tokyo, Japan and TJPW also announced that would be helding their Grand Princess '22 event on March 19, 2021 at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan, becoming the third *joshi* promotion since World Wonder Ring Stardom (Stardom) on April 29, 2013, to hold an event at the arena.