9/10 Tokyo Cinema Kurabu 140
Bolshoi & GAMI captured the JWP Nintei Tag Senshuken from Azumi & Haruyama when GAMI used her Futagami style kubigatame on Haruyama at 21:56. Bolshoi & GAMI are the 19th champs.

7/29 Tokyo Differ Ariake 700
In Kana Mizaki's retirement match, Yu-Yu & Kana & Miyazaki went to a 15:00 draw with Azumi & Kuragaki & Carlos Amano. Kana, who wrestled for 6 1/2 years, retired due to problems with both knees and hips. She said she'd like to become a swimming instructor (this and basketball are always listed in the athletic background section)

7/25 Yamaguchi Kaikyo Messe Shimonoseki 1,200
Yu-Yu & Genki made their 2nd successful defense of the JWP Nintei Tag Senshuken, defeating Azumi & Haryuyama when Lan pinned Haruyama at 19:40.
Mita & Shimoda beat Kyoko & Tsubasa when Shimoda pinned Tsubasa in her Tiger suplex hold at 14:46.

7/23 Kurume Riverside Palace 700
Azumi made her 2nd successful defense of the JWP Nintei Musabetsukyu Senshuken, pinning Haryuyama at 16:09.
Yu-Yu pinned Kana at 25:53.

6/24 Tokyo Differ Ariake 655
Azumi retained the JWP Nintei Musabetsukyu Oza, forcing Kana to submit to a version of the cobra twist to the ankle at 22:35. Unfortunately, Kana, who is all of 22, announced that she'd be retiring on JWP's 7/29 show at the same building. She said she's explain her reason(s) for retiring on that day. It doesn't surprise me too much because she's had knee and back problems and always seemed to be laboring since getting injured in December of '99. The problem with this really small leagues is they need everyone healthy to try to present a show so one way or another there's always pressure to perform no matter what your situation is. Obviously, I don't know who or what, if anything, is to blame, but it didn't seem like she ever took the time to let her injuries heal as fully as they could. Instead, she seemed really slowed down in the ring and wasn't wrestling near her previous level. She tried to go more toward a submission style, but JWP was never good at getting this style over and this was no exception. This is just a shame because at 18 she was good, at times excellent, and instead of becoming the great wrestler she had some potential to be, she's no longer able to be any wrestler.

2/18 Tokyo Differ Ariake
Azumi Hyuga recaptured the JWP Musabetsukyu Oza, pinned Command Bolshoi at 19:48.
Tsubasa Kuragaki upset Misae Genki, pinning her at 9:37. The one catch is it was a 2 fall count match.
I think Masatoshi Yamamoto switched positions from director to corporate manager, but whatever involvement he still has isn't going to be as much as before because the company isn't profitable and isn't likely to last. Yamamoto, who is a good on camera personality, has popped up on some of the indy shows and seems to have garnered a regular role with DDT as a heel manager.

The return show on 2/18 at Tokyo Differ Ariake will have Bolshoi defending the JWP Musabetsukyu Oza against Azumi, Tsubasa vs. Genki in a 2 fall count match, Sae vs. Tamura, Kana & Yoneyama vs. Bloody & Yabushita, Tanny vs. Policewo~men, & Yoneyama vs. Kyoko. They've gotten some very good low budget outside talent, but the problem is the women JWP has left (aside from the ones fighting each other in the main event and Kana if she's ever healthy again) aren't good enough to have any better than a decent match with them.

Once again, when JWP was thought to be dead they've managed to continue to survive on subsistence level. The promotion had shut down after the 11/26 show at Tokyo Differ Ariake, cancelling their December Tokyo Korakuen Hall show and anything else they had on their schedule. Today, they announced they'd restart in February with a show in the Kanto area and hold shows "regularly" after that.

10/31 Tokyo Itabashi-ku ? Hall
Command Bolshoi & Azumi Hyuga & Kana Mizaki beat Misae Genki & Tanny Mouse & Yuki Miyazaki when Bolshoi pinned Miyazaki at 21:03.
MihoKayo defeated Kayoko Haruyama & Acute Sae when Noumi pinned Sae at 19:26.
Azumi made Obatchi IIzuka submit to a gyakuebigatame at 10:24.

10/21 Shizuoka Act City Hamamatsu 358
Takako Inoue & Yoshiko Tamura beat Azumi Hyuga & Kayoko Haruyama when Takako pinned Azumi at 21:26.

10/9 Tokyo Korakuen Hall 798
Azumi Hyuga & Command Bolshoi went to a 30:00 draw with Takako Inoue & Yoshiko Tamura.
Megumi Yabushita & Sumie Sakai beat Tsubasa Kuragaki & Kayoko Haruyama when Yabushita made Haruyama submit to an udehishigigyakujujigatame at 18:49.

JWP seems to be undergoing some changes as they are switching from JWP Project (this was the name they took on in '92 to distinguish the new JWP from the old JWP) to JWP Produce (this is the name you see on a lot of their tapes and merchandise) starting 10/28. The league will still have the few wrestlers that JWP Project still had (their web page only has profiles for Lan, Azumi, Bolshoi, Kana, Haruyama, Tsubasa, & Sae, so it appears Carlos really is gone), plus Cuty Suzuki is supposed to come out of retirement. Having Cuty back will increase their attendance numbers some, but they are so low right now that they could still be pretty awful. Unless some miracle happens and they can get someone over through beating Cuty some free agents, the league still has no future because if Yu-Yu, Azumi, & Kana can't get accepted as stars then there's no hope for the far inferior Haruyama, Kuragaki, & Sae group. As long as they are still in business it's possible that they could eventually turn it around, and bringing Cuty back should buy them some more time. JWP Produce is supposed to be using more free agents. I guess they have to just to be able to present a card. Last year's rookie Kaori Yoneyama has resurfaced, but that still only gives them 8 plus Cuty. Aside from the Inoues, the native freelancers (Tamura, Genki, & Miyazaki) are the low cost wrestlers that have don't sell tickets, but have some ability. They have all wrestled in JWP several times, so they don't even give them a lot of new matches, but it wouldn't matter anyway so it's probably better that they are somewhat used to working with each other. They are still using Reggie Bennett as their lone foreign freelancer, but she's only scheduled for two shows in November and one match in December.

Former JWP champion Hikari Fukuoka, who retired a year and a half ago, apparently gave birth recently.

9/12 Tokyo Ueno Totenko Mise
Kana Mizaki & Kayoko Haruyama & Acute Sae beat Command Bolshoi & Azumi Hyuga & Tsubasa Kuragaki when Sae pinned Kuragaki in a zenpo kaiten ebigatame at 15:57.
Yoshiko Tamura pinned Haruyama at 9:09.
Azumi pinned Sae at 11:46.
Tsubasa supposedly upset Kana, pinning her in her own la magistral at 11:47 (this is one of those results that looks like someone may have reversed the winner and loser).

9/3 Tokyo Korakuen Hall 417
Command Bolshoi & Azumi Hyuga beat Reggie Bennett & Kana Mizaki when Azumi pinned Reggie at 16:40. There was an angle after the match where Cuty Suzuki scolded current "aces'" Bolshoi & Azumi over the pathetic state JWP has fallen into. She said something to the extent that it's hopeless if they don't change things and that they shouldn't leave the work to other people. This appears to be setting up Cuty coming out of retirement to try to save the company from the seemingly inevitable folding. Cuty isn't the answer, but with Kansai & Devil leaving and the AJW working relationship that saved the company earlier in the year seemingly ending, they desperately need a boost and it's safe to say she could lift them above the disgrace of having to announce a 417 attendance at Korakuen.
Tsubasa Kuragaki won the JWP Nintei Junior Senshuken from Kayoko Haruyama when she forced Haruyama to submit to an Argentine backbreaker at 14:05.
Misae Genki pinned Tanny Mouse at 14:06.

8/27 Tokyo Akihabara Eki
Azumi Hyuga & Kana Mizaki & Tsubasa Kuragaki beat Reggie Bennett & Kayoko Haruyama & Acute Sai when Tsubasa pinned Haruyama at 11:55.
Tanny Mouse made Yuki Miyazaki submit to mount Tanny at 12:59.
Azumi pinned Haruyama at 10:58.
Bolshoi pinned Kana at 9:04.

Ran Yu-Yu broke her nose in her match against Tusbasa Kuragaki on 8/11. She may have suffered other injuries as well. Her name was taken off all the shows that lineups are listed for, which right now goes through 9/3 Korakuen.

8/19 Tokyo Ueno Totenko
Azumi Hyuga & Command Bolshoi & Tsubasa Kuragaki drew Kana Mizaki & Kayoko Haruyama & Acute Sai & referee Shigeo Kawasaki. I guess it was a 2/3 fall match where both teams won one fall, but time expired during the third fall.
Bolshoi pinned Kuragaki at 9:19.
Kana pinned Haruyama in la magistral at 12:29.
Ran Yu-Yu is out at least a month with an injury (not sure what).

8/6 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
The JWP Musabetsukyu Oza reached it's all time low as The Damn Clown, Command Bolshoi, captured the title from Ran Yu-Yu via KO at 15:22. Imagine the credibility of a promotion with a 4'10" Doink as their world champion, especially considering ith the big singles claim to fame of this wrestler is that they beat Crush Adams a few times. Maybe they'll be able to negotiate Bolshoi an every meaningful victory of Yoshiko Tamura to solidify her as champion...
Azumi Hyuga & Reggie Bennett defeated Kayoko Haruyuma & Tsubasa Kuragaki when Reggie pinned Haruyama at 13:23.

7/29 Kanagawa Kawasaki Shi Taiikukan
In a battle of the past two holders of the JWP Musabetsukyu Oza, Lan Yu-Yu pinned Azumi Hyuga at 28:02.
Nanae Takahashi & Momoe Nakanishi beat Kayoko Haruyama & Tsubasa Kuragaki when Momoe pinned Haruyama at 15:47. It's really sad when this is the best they can come up with for the semifinal at a near 5,000 seat arena.
In a man and woman mixed tag match, Masao Orihara & Etsuko Mita beat Z-P & Command Bolshoi when Mita pinned champion Bolshoi at 14:02. This probably won't set up a title match unless JWP is giving the freelancer Mita their title.
AJW also sent their lowest ranked wrestlers, Kayo Noumi and Miyuki Fujii, for the typical opening match where Noumi beats Fujii at 11:53 to keep her winning percentage above the .01 level it would be if it wasn't for Fujii.

7/13 Tokyo Komazawa Olympic Koen Taiikukan Sogo Undo Okunai Kyugiba
Azumi Hyuga & Command Bolshoi beat Ran Yu-Yu & Kana Mizaki when Azumi pinned Kana at 14:29.
Kyoko Inoue & Misae Genki defeated Dynamite Kansai & Tsubasa Kuragaki when Genki used a standing kakatogatame on Tsubasa at 12:45.
Candy Okutsu & Mari Apache beat Michiko Omukai & Bionic J when Mari pinned J in her Michinoku driver II at 12:20.
Devil Masami pinned Carlos Amano at 9:24.

From James Phillips:
July 9 - Korakuen Hall, Tokyo -
Grand Prix Kayoko Haruyama (5) beat Kayo Noumi (2) [11:57]
Command Bolshoi beat Acute Sae [6:37]
Azumi Hyuga beat Tsubasa Kuragaki [12:13]
Yoshiko Tamura beat Kana Misaki [11:23]
Ran YuYu, Command Bolshoi & Tsubasa Kuragaki beat Azumi Hyuga, Hiromi Yagi & Kayoko Haruyama [13:52 - Kuragaki over Haruyama]

6/30 Tokyo JWP Hall
Ran Yu-Yu & Azumi Hyuga & Command Bolshoi beat Kana Mizaki & Kayoko Haruyama & Tsubasa Kuragaki when Azumi pinned Haruyama at 15:53.
Lan made Kana Mizaki submit to an udehishigigyakujujigatame at 10:37.
Yuko Kosugi pinned Acute Sae at 11:32.

6/18 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
In her last match as a member of JWP, Dynamite Kansai teamed with Tsubasa Kuragaki to lose to Ran Yu-Yu & Reggie Bennett. Kansai, of course, didn't even do a tag job to champion Yu-Yu on her way out. Instead, Reggie pinned Tsubasa at 16:25.
Azumi Hyuga & Command Bolshoi upset (not in the surprise sense, but definitely in the rank sense) ZAP I & T to regain the JWP Nintei Tag Senshuken. Azumi went over I at 16:18, but unfortunately it wasn't a clean win, so Azumi will gain nothing as always.
Megumi Yabushita pinned Acute Sae in her Yabuhebigatam at 11:50.
Kana Mizaki made Yuka Nakamura submit to a gyakuebigatame at 10:50.

Dynamite Kansai declared free agency so she can become an integral part of GAEA. In a way, this is a huge blow to JWP because Kansai is their only wrestler that means something to the other promotions, so she is the bargaining chip in all interpromotional deals. On the other hand, Kansai seemingly has a really bad attitude toward putting over the younger wrestlers that are the "stars" now because she basically never loses to any of them, and on the few occassions she does it's a fluke, so she's sabotaging them instead of helping them. She really isn't a draw anymore because she was devalued after Hikari Fukuoka won the title from her on 4/8/97, and after Ozaki left and Hikari retired, she wouldn't let any of the younger wrestlers be seen as being on her level, so it was pretty pointless to pay for any of her matches. Also, her wrestling declined during that time to the point where she went from a top 10 woman to mediocre, although health problems played a part in that. She'll draw against Chigusa because it's Chigusa, but otherwise she'll be another veteran preventing anyone in the Satomura, Kato, Sato, Nagashima group from becoming a star.

6/6 Tokyo Totenko Ueno Mise
Ran Yu-Yu pinned Kayoko Haruyama at 13:29.
Tomiko Sai made Maya Hashimoto submit to an akiresukengatame (Achilles' tendon hold) at 5:12.
Yoshiko Tamura made Yuka Nakamura submit to her hizajujigatame at 7:36.

5/18 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
Dynamite Kansai pinned Azumi Hyuga in her splash mountain at just 10:33.
Command Bolshoi made Kana Mizaki submit to her senseigatame 2 at 14:50.
Jd' undoubtedly are sighing in disbelief as Ran Yu-Yu & Acute Sae defeated Megumi Yabushita & Sachie Abe when Sae pinned Abe at 14:48.
Devil Masami pinned Carlos Amano at 14:12.

4/27 Tokyo Toten Ueno Mise
Ran Yu-Yu & Dynamite Kansai & Command Bolshoi & Kayoko Haruyama defeated Manami Toyota & Yumiko Hotta & Kumiko Maekawa & Nanae Takahashi when Yu-Yu pinned Takahashi at 15:26.
Carlos Amano made Sachie Abe submit to her udehishigigyakujujigatame at 11:01.
Miho Wakizawa beat Acute Sae in 14:27.

4/18 Tokyo Akagami
Dynamite Kansai & Devil Masami & Kana Mizaki & Kayoko Haruyama defeated Ran Yu-Yu & Command Bolshoi & Acute Sae & Tsubasa Kuragaki when Kansai pinned Kuragaki at 12:59.
It took Yu-Yu 15:44 to beat Kuragaki, but Devil beat Haruyama in 15 seconds.
Bolshoi made Carlos submit to the mokugenbokugatame at 14:39.

4/9 Tokyo Korakuen Hall 1,500
In a match billed as The New Dimension 8 Queens Henroku (irregular) 8 Woman Tag Match, the JWP team of Dynamite Kansai & Ran Yu-Yu & Azumi Hyuga & Command Bolshoi beat the AJW team of Yumiko Hotta & Kaoru Ito & Nanae Takahashi & Miho Wakizawa 2 falls to 1. This was the same rules as the classic Kansai & Ozaki & Cuty & Hikari vs. Aja & Kyoko & Takako & Sakie 60:00 match from 7/31/93. Kansai vs. Hotta started the first attack period, which is the opposite of the first match where Kansai vs. Aja was saved for last. The were very stiff, of course, but didn't raise the bar for the others. Bolshoi vs. Miho followed, with Miho outclowning the clown. Azumi vs. Ito was where the action really started picking up, and apparently it took it's toll on Azumi's body as she was taped up some and sprayed after her period ended. The final pairing was Yu-Yu vs. Nanae, which shows why JWP wrestlers don't mean anything outside of JWP since these are supposed to be pairings of comparable wrestlers and JWP has their champion in against an untalented midcarder. The 4 vs. 4 part was really action packed and exciting. The finishes were Bolshoi making Miho submit to her senseigatame II at 5:14. Ito pinning Azumi with her double footstomp at 28:20 and Kansai pinning Nanae in a henkei Michinoku driver II at 25:40, so JWP once again won with little time to spare. It wasn't one of the greatest matches ever like the original, but Keith said it was excellent, which is actually more than you could ask for given the AJW representatives other than Ito.
Manami Toyota beat Kayoko Haruyama twice in row. Haruyama never got started in the first match, getting pinned in Toyota's moonsault at 0:45, so she asked for a second chance. This time she lasted 15:20 before getting pinned in Toyota's Japanese ocean cyclone suplex. Haruyama did a few of Toyota's moves here like a plancha off the second floor and rolling cradle.
Carlos Amano made Kana Mizaki submit to a hizajujigatame. Motoya is just coming off a knee injury, which may not even be fully healed, so Amano focused her attack on the weak point.

JWP's 8th Anniversary show on 4/9 at Tokyo Korakuen Hall show will be headlined by a match called The New Dimension 8 Queens Henroku (irregular) 8 Woman Tag Match where the JWP team of Dynamite Kansai & Ran Yu-Yu & Azumi Hyuga & Command Bolshoi face the AJW team of Yumiko Hotta & Kaoru Ito & Nanae Takahashi & Miho Wakizawa. The JWP team should kill the AJW team based on who is involved, but it'll wind up being close. The name of this match is basically the same as the famous 60:00 match from 7/31/93, but I'd think they'd be advertising that it was a 60:00 match if that indeed was the case. I kinda hope it's not the same thing because, while no 8 woman the two leagues have right now could produce a match that awesome, without Manami Toyota & Momoe Nakanishi on the AJW side, it wouldn't even have a chance to be in the same ballpark. Toyota should be in the main event of this show instead of Takahashi, but instead they have her squashing undercarder Kayoko Haruyama in the semifinal.

3/20 Tokyo Korakuen Hall 1,500
Ran Yu-Yu made her first successful defense of the JWP Nintei Musabetsukyu Senshuken, pinning Misae Genki at 22:34 following an elbow smash. This avenges her loss in their previous singles match on 2/15/98. There's an angle that originally Yu-Yu wanted to defend against Kansai, but decided it would be good to fight against a wrestler from the same generation. She isn't satisfied with simple the JWP belt though, she would like to take the All Pacific from classmate Azumi Hyuga and the WWWA world from Manami Toyota (who obviously isn't from the same generation).
Dynamite Kansai beat Command Bolshoi in a 2 Fall Count Match at 9:10 following a henkei Michinoku driver.
Azumi Hyuga pinned Carlos Amano after an enzui knee at 14:37.
Kana Mizaki, who has been out of action since get injured doing a plancha on 11/29/99, returned for a 3 minute exhibition match against Tsubasa Kuragaki.

3/13 Tokyo JWP Hall 600
The latest case of bad booking is Manami Toyota beating Azumi Hyuga in a 2 Fall Count Match when Toyota pinned Hyuga with her Japanese ocean cyclone suplex hold at 16:51. These two haven't had a singles match since Azumi 10/13/96, when Azumi was a young girl named Tomoko Kuzumi that had been wrestling less than two years and had just captured the JWP Junior title. It's real simple, there's no need for a stipulation or point to having one at this point unless the stipulation is giving the favorite Toyota an out for putting Azumi over. If Azumi could beat Toyota in a 2 count match, which theoretically are much more fluky so the underdog has a better chance, then we could believe she could do it in a regular match. The other thing is why the hell is this match a semifinal on a show that no one is going to attend and won't be shown on TV?
In the main event, Command Bolshoi & Carlos Amano beat Dynamite Kansai & Ran Yu-Yu when Bolshoi pinned Yu-Yu at 18:08 after her shotei. Doesn't it seem funny that Amano is with the people for AJW & JWP working together one day, but then teaming with her old anti AJW & JWP partner Bolshoi the next?

2/27 Tokyo Korakuen Hall 1,700
In a JWP Original Minute By Minute Rule 6 Woman Tag Match, Azumi Hyuga & Dynamite Kansai & Command Bolshoi beat Ran Yu-Yu & Carlos Amano & Acute Sae in 19:35 when Bolshoi used her shotei on Sae.
Yoshiko Tamura & Misae Genki beat Ran Yu-Yu & Kayoko Haruyama in 25:56 when Genki used her Gdriver on Haruyama. This helps set Genki up for her title shot on 3/20.
Even though these matches could have taken place in JWP Hall, this show supposedly drew as much as the 2/10 show when they had all the AJW women for the first time.

Kana Mizaki was named JWP's MVP for 1999.I guess this means they will give her a big push this year when she returns to action because she certainly didn't get one last year. I thought Ran Yu-Yu would win since Tomoko Kuzumi won it the year before, and Lan beat her for the title at the end of the year.
The 2/28/99 Tokyo Korakuen Hall match where Azumi Hyuga won the title from Hikari Fukuoka was named JWP match of the year. JWP wasn't chalking out very good to excellent matches last year like they had been in the past, but this still wasn't one of their better matches from 1999. Actually, a total debacle would be a good way to describe this match.

Yumiko Hotta & Dynamite Kansai did an angle after losing their tag match with Tsubasa Kuragaki on 2/10. The idea to begin with was that Hotta didn't want to team up with the JWP wrestlers, but AJW is trying to cooperate peacefully with JWP. Hotta managed to not do anything to Kansai during the match, but she lost her cool when her team lost this meaningless match (she even called it meaningless, well at least the Japanese equivalent). It's good that something came out of this show, but they could have had these two on opposite teams to begin with and then teamed them up once their series got stale. They could still do that, but it's harder when you've already show that they can't function as a unit.

2/10 Tokyo Korakuen Hall 1,700
JWP has run two shows with AJW talent so far, and neither of them have sold out. This is absolutely not a good sign.
Not surprisingly, JWP gave the Zaps their tag titles. Command Bolshoi & Carlos Amano weren't strong champions to begin with and had already made two defenses. At least it took the ZAPs 20:33 to win the titles, and the woman pinned following ZAP I's diving footstomp was not Amano. ZAP are the 15th holders of the JWP Nintei Tag Senshuken.
The undercard consisted of a bunch of interpromotional matches that had little purpose on the day or for the future, and judging by the attendance conjured even less fan interest than expected. The semifinal was JWP's champion Ran Yu-Yu beating lousy AJW mid-to-undercarder Nanae Takahashi in 14:13 with a suichoku rakka shiki no brainbuster (vertical fall style brainbuster). This win proves nothing about Yu-Yu's ability and Yu-Yu doesn't have enough credibility that Takahashi can gain anything by losing to her.
Manami Toyota & Azumi Hyuga & Miho Wakizawa beat Dynamite Kansai & Yumiko Hotta & Tsubasa Kuragaki when Wakizawa pinned Kuragaki with a fisherman buster at 21:11. Kuragaki was the obvious job girl, but it's good that they let Wakizawa pin her because the others doing it would have meant less than nothing, but Wakizawa, while considerably above Kuragaki, is still at the level where any win in somewhat notable match helps.
Devil Masami & Acute Sae downed Kayo Noumi & Miyuki Fujii when Sae pinned Fujii in 12:11 following a diving footstomp. It's good that they let Sae go over since Devil obviously doesn't gain anything by pinning one of these two wrestlers that AJW has given up on.
In the opener, Kumiko Maekawa pinned Kayoko Haruyama at 8:51 after a kotangeri (?).
This show was basically a waste. Every result was as expected. I don't see how these matches or results are leading to anything that is going to increase attendance or give these shows direction or focus. Some of the younger wrestlers got wins that would make them seem slightly more important, but none of these wrestlers really have the ability to warrant advancement. A few of the matches were likely good, and certainly the show had to be better than JWP's typical Korakuen show due to Toyota, Zaps, etc. wrestling, but so far I'm not at all impressed by how they are handling all the extra talent they have at their disposal.