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JWP Joshi Puroresu

Japanese professional wrestling promotion

Summary

Japanese professional wrestling promotion

Field	Value
name	JWP Joshi Puroresu
image	JWP Joshi Puroresu logo.png
image_size	250px
acronym	JWP
established	April 3, 1992
folded	April 2, 2017
style	Joshi puroresu
location	Adachi, Tokyo
founder	Masatoshi Yamamoto
owner	Kiyoshi Shinozaki
split	Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling
successor	Pure-J
website	JWP-Produce.com

JWP Joshi Puroresu, also known as JWP Project or simply JWP, was a Japanese joshi puroresu (women's professional wrestling) promotion, founded in 1992 as a splinter promotion of Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling. Celebrating its 25th anniversary at the time of its folding in 2017, JWP was the oldest joshi puroresu promotion in Japan and its Openweight Championship was the oldest championship in all of joshi. Command Bolshoi, who had worked for the promotion since the beginning, served as the final president of JWP. The promotion's slogan was "Pure Heart, Pure Wrestling".

History

JWP Joshi Puroresu was founded in early 1992, when Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (JWP), ravaged by internal politics, split up into two camps, dubbed the "shooters" and the "entertainers", and eventually folded on January 18. The "shooter" side went on to form Ladies Legend Pro-Wrestling (LLPW), while the "entertainer" side, led by Jackie Sato and financed by Masatoshi Yamamoto, founded JWP Project, later renamed JWP Joshi Puroresu, which held its first event on April 3, 1992. Already the following year, JWP managed to sign a television deal with the WOWOW channel. In 1994, Jaleco published the JWP Joshi Pro Wrestling: Pure Wrestle Queens video game for the Super Famicom game console.

JWP's goal from the start was to rival All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW), the top joshi puroresu promotion in the country, but always remained in its shadow. These were followed by Jackie Sato's death from stomach cancer on August 9, 1999. and also inherited the promotion's old sponsor, the Daily Sports newspaper, which led to JWP most notably introducing the Daily Sports Women's Tag Team Championship in August 2008.

JWP not only trained a large number of wrestlers, but was also able to recruit wrestlers from other folding joshi puroresu promotions, including Arisa Nakajima, Leon and Sachie Abe from AtoZ, Kazuki from JDStar and Hanako Nakamori and Tomoko Morii from Ito Dojo, while also employing freelancers such as Emi Sakura, Kana and Misaki Ohata. JWP had a close working relationship with the Ice Ribbon promotion. JWP also had a relationship with American promotion Chikara, with Hanako Nakamori, Tsubasa Kuragaki and Kaori Yoneyama, a replacement for an injured Command Bolshoi, representing the promotion at Chikara's JoshiMania weekend in December 2011. JWP has also participated in Chikara's premier tournament, the King of Trios, on two occasions, with Bolshoi, Kuragaki and Yoneyama participating in 2012, and Bolshoi, Hanako Nakamori and Manami Katsu in 2016.

On February 8, 2017, JWP held a press conference to announce that the promotion would fold following its 25th anniversary event on April 2, 2017, after which all of its wrestlers would become freelancers. The group's contract with the JWP production company was set to expire in April and the two sides had not been able to come to terms on a new one. Bolshoi would remain in charge of Pure Dream kabushiki gaisha, which she had established the previous November and through which she would launch a new promotion on August 11, 2017. The new company would retain control of the Daily Sports Women's Tag Team and Princess of Pro-Wrestling Championships, while the JWP name and the JWP Openweight, Tag Team and Junior Championships all remained with the JWP production company. JWP's folding marked the end of the oldest women's professional wrestling promotion still in operation at that point in time. The following month, it was announced that Bolshoi's new promotion would be called "Pure-J". JWP's final show in Korakuen Hall on April 2, 2017, was attended by 1,180 people, and featured appearances by several wrestlers from the promotion's past, including Azumi Hyuga, Cutie Suzuki, Dynamite Kansai, Hikari Fukuoka, Kayoko Haruyama and Mayumi Ozaki.

Final roster

Wrestlers

width:15%;"	Ring name	width:15%;"	Real name
Kazuki
Yako Fujigasaki

Notable alumni/guests

Akane Fujita
Aoi Kizuki
Arisa Nakajima
Ayako Sato
Azumi Hyuga
Candy Okutsu
Carlos Amano
Cutie Suzuki
Devil Masami
Dynamite Kansai
Emi Sakura
Erika Watanabe
Gami
Hailey Hatred
Kazumi Shimouma
Kiyoko Ichiki
Hiragi Kurumi
Hiromi Yagi
Jackie Sato
Kana
Kaori Yoneyama
Kaoru Ito/Zap I
Kayoko Haruyama
Kazuki
Keiko Aono
Mayumi Ozaki
Mika Iida
Mika Iwata
Misae Genki
Misaki Ohata
Miyuki Takase
Moon Mizuki
Nana Kawasa
Neko Nitta
Plum Mariko
Rabbit Miu
Ran Yu-Yu
Sachie Abe
Sawako Shimono
Sakura Hirota
Saki
Sayaka Obihiro
Saya
Tanny Mouse
Tomoko Watanabe/Zap T
Toshie Uematsu
Tsubasa Kuragaki
Yuu Yamagata

Staff

Tessy Sugo (referee)

Championships

Singles

Championship	Date of entry	First champion	Date retired	Final champion	Years active	Notes
JWP Openweight Championship	December 2, 1992	Dynamite Kansai	April 2, 2017	Hanako Nakamori	24	The title was retired when JWP Joshi Puroresu goes out of business.
JWP Junior Championship	June 16, 1995	Candy Okutsu	April 2, 2017	Yako Fujigasaki	21	The title was retired when JWP Joshi Puroresu goes out of business.
Princess of Pro-Wrestling Championship	June 17, 2007	Tyrannosaurus Okuda	April 2, 2017	9	url = http://www.jdstar.co.jp/jd_star/schedule_result/report/back_number/report06_0624.html	archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070424135707/http://www.jdstar.co.jp/jd_star/schedule_result/report/back_number/report06_0624.html	title = 格闘美～Future～	archivedate=April 24, 2007	accessdate=July 1, 2012	work=JDStar	language=Japanese}} the title was defended at JWP Joshi Puroresu with the closing of JDStar. On April 2, 2017, after the closing of JWP, Pure-J owned the rights of the title.

Tag Team

Championship	Date of entry	First champion	Date retired	Final champion	Years active	Notes
Daily Sports Women's Tag Team Championship	August 3, 2008	Harukura
(Kayoko Haruyama and Tsubasa Kuragaki)	April 2, 2017	P-Ray-L
(Command Bolshoi and Leon)	8	On April 2, 2017, after the closing of JWP, Pure-J owned the rights of the title.
JWP Korakuen Tag Team Championship	April 21, 1996	Tomoko Kuzumi and Yuki Miyazaki	1997	Kanoko Motoya and Tomoko Kuzumi	1	The championship was deactivated for undocumented reasons. The exact date the title was deactivated is uncertain, somewhere in 2017 at or after September 20, where Kuzumi and Motoya won the title.
JWP Tag Team Championship	August 9, 1992	Cutie Suzuki and Mayumi Ozaki	April 2, 2017	Command Bolshoi and Leon	24	The title was retired when JWP Joshi Puroresu goes out of business.

Tournaments

Tournament	Last winner(s)	Last held	Notes
JWP Tag League the Best /
JWP Tag Tournament	Makafushigi
(Hanako Nakamori and Makoto)	February 21, 2016	Round-robin tournament, with a head-to-head final match between the top two teams. Held in a single-elimination format in 2016.
Natsu Onna Kettei Tournament	Hanako Nakamori and Maki Narumiya	July 28, 2012	Single-elimination tournament; every other year for tag teams and every other for singles wrestlers.

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