The Joshi Pod

On this Friday the 13th episode, we are joined by 'The Toxic Spider' Thekla. She is a wrestler out of Vienna, Austria that has toured with Ice Ribbon in Japan. She talks about the Austrian wrestling scene, compares playing in her band, Death Row Groupies, and wrestling and also tells of her experiences in Japan and some of her opponents. You will want to listen. 

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Also on the show:

We look at the 3-count headlines of the week, including Stardom banning a fan from future shows.

The Joshi shows of the week are Mayu Iwatani and Tam Nakano's appearances at the Chara Expo in Anaheim, CA.

We look ahead to the calendar for shows this week in Japan.

We also see where Joshi wrestlers are performing outside of Japan.

Joshi Pro Wrestling Tee’s Stores:

Gatoh Move: https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/gatohmove

Tokyo Joshi Pro: https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/dramaticdreamteam

Hiroyo Matsumoto: https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/hiroyomatsumoto

Aja Kong: https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/ajakong

Riho: https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/riho

Hikaru Shida: https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/hikarushida

For tickets:

See Meiko in the UK with Progress: Here

See Maki Itoh at WrestleQueendom 3: Here

Our Sponsors This Week:

QuietWyatt Designs: https://www.facebook.com/QuietWyattDesigns/

The Level Up Pro Wrestling School: https://leveluprowrestlingsd.wixsite.com/levelupschool

The Last Podcast You’d Want: https://anchor.fm/stephan-straw

Social Media:

Thekla:

Twitter

Facebook

Death Row Groupies:

Facebook

Bandcamp

The Joshi Pod:

Twitter

Facebook

Instagram

Music by:

Yume O Yume (Dream your Dream) by reiswerk (c) copyright 2016 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. Ft: veezyn

Our guest this week is Zoey Skye. She is a 10-plus year veteran. She has performed in the past as Angel Dust, Dust and is now Zoey Skye. She is a Rise and Shimmer regular. In the summer of 2018, Skye represented Rise during a tour with Stardom Wrestling in Japan. She also took part in the Stardom Pay Per View this past Wrestlemania weekend. Skye talks about her experiences in Japan and shares information on possible futures tours with Stardom. It’s a fun interview as always.

Also on the show:

We look at the 3-count headlines of the week, including another wrestler making the jump to Stardom.

The Joshi show of the week is the December 3rd Diana Show from Shinkiba 1st Ring which featured a dream team of Mayu Iwatani and Takumi Iroha.

We look ahead to the calendar for shows this week in Japan.

We also see where Joshi wrestlers are performing outside of Japan.

Joshi Pro Wrestling Tee’s Stores:

Gatoh Move: https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/gatohmove

Tokyo Joshi Pro: https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/dramaticdreamteam

Hiroyo Matsumoto: https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/hiroyomatsumoto

Aja Kong: https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/ajakong

Riho: https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/riho

Hikaru Shida: https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/hikarushida

Featured show Hi-lights: Here

For tickets:

See Meiko Satomura & Hiroyo Matsumoto in Australia: https://store1878054.ecwid.com/

See Tam Nakano and Mayu Iwatani in Southern California: https://www.charaexpo-usa.com/ticketing

See Meiko in the UK with Progress: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/progresswrestling/287190

Our Sponsors This Week:

QuietWyatt Designs: https://www.facebook.com/QuietWyattDesigns/

The Level Up Pro Wrestling School: https://leveluprowrestlingsd.wixsite.com/levelupschool

The Last Podcast You’d Want: https://anchor.fm/stephan-straw

Social Media:

Zoey Skye:

Twitter 

Facebook

Instagram

The Joshi Pod:

Twitter

Facebook

Instagram

Music by:

Yume O Yume (Dream your Dream) by reiswerk (c) copyright 2016 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. Ft: veezyn

We have two big guests this week. First, we are joined by 'The Warmaster' Josh Barnett who talks about how Japanese women are trained in the dojo system in Japan. He has terrific insight.  Later in the show, we catch up with 'Hell's Favorite Harlot' Priscilla Kelly who chats about her experiences wrestling for Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling and the DDT promotion.

Also on the show:

We look at the top 5 headlines of the week, including a surprising  retirement announcement.

The Joshi show of the week is the November 23rd Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling show from Shinkiba 1st Ring.

We look ahead to the calendar for shows this week in Japan.

We see where Joshi wrestlers are performing out side of Japan.

For tickets:

See Meiko Satomura in Seattle for Defy: https://www.defywrestling.com/

See Meiko in the UK with Progress: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/progresswrestling/287190

See Tam Nakano and Mayu Iwatani in Southern California: https://www.charaexpo-usa.com/ticketing

Eve-Riot Grrrls of Wrestling Present: Wrestle Queendom 3: https://www.evewrestling.com/tickets/

Our Sponsors This Week:

QuietWyatt Designs: https://www.facebook.com/QuietWyattDesigns/

The Level Up Pro Wrestling School: https://leveluprowrestling.wixsite.com/levelupprowrestlings

Social Media:

Please follow Josh Barnett on Twitter @joshlbarnett

Please follow Priscilla Kelly on Twitter @priscillakelly_

You can follow Eric Howard on Twitter @ericsandiego and the show @thejoshipod

Music supplied by:

Yume O Yume (Dream your Dream) by reiswerk (c) copyright 2016 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/Reiswerk/54391 Ft: veezyn

'The Renaissance Woman' Hyan joins the show and talks about her summer in Tokyo wrestling for Marvelous, Sendai Girls and Pro Wrestling Wave. She goes into the day-to-day life of living, training and performing in Japan and talks about her favorite things about Tokyo.

Also on the show:

You can get a The Joshi Pod sticker!

We look at the top 5 headlines of the week, including saying goodbye to Gatoh Move's Thailand branch.

The Joshi show of the week is the finals of Stardom's 2019 Tag League.

We look ahead to the calendar for shows this week, featuring Tokyo Joshi Pro's grudge match between Rika Tatsumi and Saki.  Can Rika save Misao?

We see where Joshi wrestlers are performing out side of Japan.

For tickets:

See Meiko Satomura in Seattle for Defy: https://www.defywrestling.com/

See Meiko in the UK with Progress: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/progresswrestling/287190

See Tam Nakano and Mayu Iwatani in Southern California: https://www.charaexpo-usa.com/ticketing

Our Sponsors This Week:

QuietWyatt Designs: https://www.facebook.com/QuietWyattDesigns/

The Level Up Pro Wrestling School: https://leveluprowrestling.wixsite.com/levelupprowrestlings

Social Media:

You can follow Eric Howard on Twitter @ericsandiego and the show @thejoshipod

Please follow Hyan on Twitter @_thehyan

Another fun follow on Twitter to stay up to date on TJPW @ddtpro_eng

Music supplied by:

Yume O Yume (Dream your Dream) by reiswerk (c) copyright 2016 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/Reiswerk/54391 Ft: veezyn

The Fallen Flower Kikyo joins to discuss her career and the career changing event that happened in the Stardom ring with Tam Nakano at Shinkiba 1st Ring in July of 2018. You will want to hear her tell her story. Follow Kikyo on Twitter @fallenkikyo

Also on the show:

We will look at the top 5 headlines of the week

Also, we take a look at the Joshi show….s of the week.

We look ahead to the calendar for upcoming shows in Japan

We will see where Joshi wrestlers are performing abroad

Our Sponsors This Week:

QuietWyatt Designs: https://www.facebook.com/QuietWyattDesigns/

The Level Up Pro Wrestling School: https://leveluprowrestling.wixsite.com/levelupprowrestlings

Ground Zero Pro Wrestling: https://www.facebook.com/GroundZeroSD/

You can follow Eric Howard on Twitter @ericsandiego and the show @thejoshipod

We are joined this week by the voice of Gatoh Move, Pumi. He talks about the wrestling scene in Thailand, his experiences doing play-by-play with several Japanese promotions and working alongside Emi Sakura at Gatoh Move. We discuss Riho and Lulupencil. He talks about what makes Gatoh Move unique and how it is allowing people to live out their dreams.

The show also features news and the upcoming calendar of Joshi wrestling events...and somebody pinned a chair to become a champion!

Music supplied by:

Yume O Yume (Dream your Dream) by reiswerk (c) copyright 2016 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/Reiswerk/54391 Ft: veezyn

We are joined this week by Jim Valley from the Wrestling Observer website.  We chat about his experience doing the play-by-play at the Stardom show this past April, his many trips to Japan and his Pacific Rim Podcast with Fumi Saito.

The show also features news and the upcoming calendar of Joshi wrestling events...who stole Maki Itoh's bicycle?

Lulupencil versus Antonio Honda

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Zx2WeoTGZ8

Joshi Wrestling Crowd Funding in Italy

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/joshi-wrestling-in-italy#/

Music supplied by:

Yume O Yume (Dream your Dream) by reiswerk (c) copyright 2016 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/Reiswerk/54391 Ft: veezyn

My name is Eric Howard and I have become a huge fan of Japanese women’s professional wrestling.

I have made a few trips to Japan and each time I went, the Joshi shows blew me away.

I have seen Stardom, Tokyo Joshi Pro, Seadlinnng, Wave and Gatoh Move live in Japan. I love me some Gatoh move. Hi Obi and Lulupencil.

I want to make this show friendly for long-time fans and newcomers to joshi wrestling.

We will look at the current state of Joshi wrestling

Also, we will take a look at the calendar for upcoming shows in Japan and some of the big matches scheduled and what happened to get us to the matches.

We will share where Joshi performers travelling outside of Japan are wrestling.

We will also take a weekly leap into the crazy thing called the internet to learn more about current and former Joshi performers and make suggestions on matches from years past that you should check out.

In future episodes, we will also speak with some of the Joshi performers themselves, foreigners that have travelled to Japan to perform and media that covers the exciting Joshi world!

Photos by Eric Howard

Music: Yume O Yume (Dream your Dream) by reiswerk (c) copyright 2016 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/Reiswerk/54391 Ft: veezyn