As someone who has been on the wee cat being great train for ages, this made me happy.

I'm still making my way through Wrestle Princess, but the look on Uta's face is one of my favourite things that has happened in wrestling this year.

Even by @hens-ear.bsky.social's ridiculously high standards, I think this is an excellent review.

It's time for my big old Wrestle Princess ramble! Give it a ramble for my thoughts on one of my favourite undercards of the year. #tjpw #tjpwWP6 ramblingsaboutwrestling.com/2025/09/22/t...

The repeated infantilisation of Riho, a grown ass woman and near twenty year veteran, says for more about her detractors than it does Riho, and it's very odd that they so often view joshi wrestlers (and joshi wrestling as a whole) through the lens they do.

Unmanned Local Train’s coverage of TJPW Wrestle Princess VI is up and ready to scald you with piping-hot middlebrow reference tea and maybe some worthwhile observations (no promises tho). Enjoy and tell a friend! open.substack.com/pub/unmanned...

After getting Ayame to come in the ring and demonstrate her shin kicking technique on her Chig introduced a couple of new trainees on the latest show. With Fuuka already preparing to debut after passing her pro-test we could have 3 new Marvelous rookies soon.

He wasn't dead, just away working in Blackburn 🤷🏻‍♀️

It's time for my big old Wrestle Princess ramble! Give it a ramble for my thoughts on one of my favourite undercards of the year. #tjpw #tjpwWP6 ramblingsaboutwrestling.com/2025/09/22/t...

I had some issues with a few booking choices on today's TJPW show, and I don't rate Kelly at all, but I thought the whole thing was very good. Highlights: Uta's look of glee as Mei stomped on Ren Champion Mahiro All of HIMAWARI's performance vs Aja Aino Champion Endo

Few things make me as immediately happy as a Uta undercard singles match.

I had a ramble about Mei vs Rina, so give it a look if you're into that kind of thing. #ChocoPro ramblingsaboutwrestling.com/2025/09/16/r...

I'd like to see Wakana and micmic vs Senka & Ayame.

Rika tried to kill the small squeaky one, so now it's time for her next target, the elderly.

I had a ramble about Mei vs Rina, so give it a look if you're into that kind of thing. #ChocoPro ramblingsaboutwrestling.com/2025/09/16/r...

Hiyori caused a melee to break loose at the end of the latest ChocoPro and then spent most of it hopping up and down, cheering while the crowd chanted for her. That's why she's the best.

I'm not sure Mei's actually helping here, but it's a fun idea.

The desk now has a light

These are actually four haiku. The first three are riffing on famous poems, and the last one seems to be Uta's own creation. Here are the originals: 鳴かぬなら　鳴くまで待とう　　ホトトギス 鳴かぬなら　鳴かせて見せよう　ホトトギス 鳴かぬなら　殺してしまえ　　　ホトトギス #tjpw 🤼‍♀️ #translation x.com/uug_p_uta/st...

I went to see this tonight, a documentary about (among other things) a woman who was part of a women's wrestling troupe who travelled with the circus around Brazil in the 60, 70s and 80s. It even has a bit of footage and god I'd love to see more. youtu.be/s2raEKl0P18?...

I wrote a little bit about a moment on Taskmaster that made me feel seen.

I always forgot that Hiyori's theme is just her name being repeated. A choice that has only becomes more perfect as her career goes on.

head into your weekend with a BIG Teej Takes on Unmanned Local Train, covering the last THREE (3) TJPW shows. enjoy and tell a friendddd open.substack.com/pub/unmanned...

I've not been as good at keeping up with Ice as I would like recently, but the latest dojo show was a damn good hour of wrestling. Four very different matches, all of which knew what they wanted to be and pulled it off. Plus some good nonsense.

Genuinely one of the most evil things I’ve ever read, and these dudes are American citizens who went to Gaza for the chance and joy of killing www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Rika tried to kill Uta more than once, so that match delivered exactly what I wanted from it.

Misao damaged Wakana's ability to eat. She better be scared.

Mizuki has obviously had a great career, but watching her vs Uta really makes it clear that she missed her calling by not sticking around with Sakura and spending her time messing around in Ichigaya.

Big news for the 4-5 people who still care! My pro wrestling newsletter is back! I've moved it over to my fledgling Patreon. It was the power of Hirata's win that made me write again:

My matches of the month for August are up! They feature more Utami than I've talked about in years, earnest Ai Houzan, my favourite Marigold rookie and more. Give it a read if you're into that kind of thing. ramblingsaboutwrestling.com/2025/09/01/r...

We are so grateful we had the opportunity to chat with @haru-nemuri.bsky.social about her upcoming North American tour, her new record, ekkolaptómenos, and also her experiences as an international touring artist (and more!). Check it out! teppen.life/an-interview...

One of my favourite live wrestling memories is watching Hirata open a delayed entry battle royale with a mochi and fail to beat it before someone else had entered the ring. I just think it's neat that guy is now the KO-D champ.

My matches of the month for August are up! They feature more Utami than I've talked about in years, earnest Ai Houzan, my favourite Marigold rookie and more. Give it a read if you're into that kind of thing. ramblingsaboutwrestling.com/2025/09/01/r...

Thank you TJPW for Rika vs Uta

I needed to get this out of my brain so badly that I resurrected a near-dead website to publish it. Basically, Athena should have beaten Toni. imaintainthedoublefootstompissilly.com/the-art-of-e...

Concetta thinking the red spot was connected to the scale in Taskmaster Australia season 3 was an all-time Taskmaster breakdown.

A weekend in London meant my ramble about the Princess Cup Final was later than usual, but it meant I got to get into the Itoh of it all. Here are my thoughts on all the matches and Itoh's goodbye. Give it a read if you're into that kind of thing. #tjpw ramblingsaboutwrestling.com/2025/08/27/t...

A weekend in London meant my ramble about the Princess Cup Final was later than usual, but it meant I got to get into the Itoh of it all. Here are my thoughts on all the matches and Itoh's goodbye. Give it a read if you're into that kind of thing. #tjpw ramblingsaboutwrestling.com/2025/08/27/t...

NO SCRUBS SEASON FINALE! Season 1 of No Scrubs comes to a close as we cap things off with TLC IV, an amazingly underrated spectacle that preceded a period of four whole years where WWE didn't run a TLC...but have no fear, Season 2 is coming! open.spotify.com/episode/4bGQ...

I've only just got around to the Princess Cup show, so I can't pretend I would have definitely caught it on the day, but Arai vs Itoh very much felt a goodbye watching it now.

I suspect Itoh is off to America, but I hope she gets a chance to do a few fun things in Japan before she goes.

Got As across the board in the N5 exam, which I know is something people on the internet like to claim they've done after starting studying on the bus there, but as someone who has always felt like they were just bad at languages, I am quite happy with myself.

I know that we all have to suspend a little disbelief when we watch "unsanctioned" pro wrestling matches in the middle of an otherwise kayfabe sanctioned card but... how does a cage get into an area if a match is unsanctioned?

Teej Takes: TJPW Princess Cup 12 Semi-Finals is LIVE and wriggling with freshness on Unmanned Local Train! Sorry! That sounded gross! open.substack.com/pub/unmanned...

Okay, I'm not going to watch all of it, but the chat about Sareee working heel has me intrigued enough to check out a few 5STAR matches, and I might as well check out some of the other wrestlers I like while I'm at it.

I thought Rea Seto dropped off a bit after leaving Sendai, but I liked what she was doing against Maria.

I'm really glad to see somewhat writing about the pause in this match, which is one of the moments I've found most intriguing in wrestling as of late. Also, excellent insights in the last line. 1000% agree.

stuart unsurprisingly has all the correct takes on this

I had a big old ramble about Shoko Nakajima vs Miu Watanabe, limb work and TJPW's slight shift in style. Give it a read if you're into that kind of thing. #tjpw ramblingsaboutwrestling.com/2025/08/19/s...

Shoko vs Miu was obviously really good (better than America, still below the title match) because they're great together, but Shoko was robbed.