PuroJoshi

“The future is being written.” Naomi Ito closes her laptop lid, she isn’t exactly sure how she came across the viral videos of a wrestling promotion in Japan but she is starting to think she is glad she did. “So since I’m going to be in Japan, I figure I should check this out? Could be nothing, could be a trainwreck but I’m sure it’ll be a story to tell and I expect that this woman would love to be interviewed by American media.” Naomi explains to her boss. “Well just remember what you’re there to actually report on, don’t let stupid fluff pieces distract you from your job.” Her boss warns sternly. The truth is the only reason Naomi is the one going to Japan to cover the Olympics because she is a first generation immigrant and one of the only people at the paper to actually speak Japanese. Still, the paper are sending her out weeks before it starts meaning there is going to be a lot of downtime and that is why she is looking for other stories to fill her time. Naomi hasn’t long been a journalist and has been described as “overly-eager” and willing to write a story about anything. But like many, Naomi is a bit of a closet wrestling fan and amongst all the other stuff she wants to look into, going to see some Japanese wrestling is certainly on her nerdy bucketlist. Naomi leaves her meeting and heads home to get ready for her flight.

“Ah so you decided to come back. Good.” Empress Yumako is stood in a well-lit alley deep in the heart of Toyo. She approaches a door and leads the camera through it, down a flight of stairs and into the building she described last week as the NeoTemple. “A lot of time has gone into cultivating the perfect place for violence. We are deep underneath Tokyo to ensure that nobody will try to interfere with the chaos.” Yumako explains as she walks into the underground arena, the same blue and green lighting pattern is in effect in here that lights the entire arena. There is a ring in the middle with rows of seating on each side of the ring. “Now, follow me into my office…” Yumako gestures to a room in the corner behind one of the stands and leads us inside. She takes a seat behind her desk, pours a scotch and lifts a briefcase onto the table. “As I previously told you, I am a very successful businesswoman and I only expect the best. This means that I have to ensure only the best fighters.” With that Yumako opens her briefcase and spins it around to reveal it is absolutely full of money. “This is the bonus that the first woman to be crowned the Queen of the Temple will receive. Blue tickets will be sent to the best female wrestlers on the planet, that letter will gain you access to the tournament. Stay tuned my cult of violence, the future is being written.”

Authors notes So here we are again. As the title gives away, realism is going out the window with this project. My ambition is to create a complete kayfabe universe that is presented in the form a TV show. Everything you read from here on out is part of the “in-show” universe, meaning everything is completely real and part of our story. I have long wanted to create a promotion that is somewhere between a comic book, Lucha Underground and a Netflix drama. I appreciate this isn’t going to appeal to everyone but I want to thank everyone that is giving it a shot Thanks as always to the excellent WillR0ck for his phenomenal mod. I’m using NTJF as my promotion, I know the actual plan for the promotion was very different to what I’m going with but that’s the fun of the cverse right? Also a shoutout to all the people who make fantastic renders for all of us to enjoy, plenty will be featured in this and I want to extend my gratitude to all of those who create renders. Right that’s enough, on with our story. It’s about to get weird.

Hello there. You don’t know who I am yet, but I am about to offer a meaning to your pathetic little life. My name is Empress Yumako. Now me and you couldn’t be more different, I am successful in every facet of my life while you… well, heh the less said the better. I could stand here all day and list all the ways that my life is better than yours but that isn’t the point of why I am here. You see, me and you do actually have one thing in common. We share a love of violence. We like to see people fight for our entertainment. Now back to the differences, I come from humble beginnings, and I had to scratch and claw for everything I’ve ever had in life. When I was 21, my parents let me inherit their small … $300 million dollar business empire and I through my own hard work and business nous managed to turn that into a business empire now worth $310 million dollars! Now with that love of violence in mind, I would like to tell you about my latest investment. I am coming to you from my office in Tokyo at my new compound, let me introduce you to the NeoTemple. In a few weeks this will be home to the most chaotic wrestling that you have ever seen. This building has a dark and deadly history, but in contrast to what is to come, it hasn’t seen nothing yet. Stay tuned, the future is about to be written. You’ll be seeing me again real soon.

Hello there. You don’t know who I am yet, but I am about to offer a meaning to your pathetic little life. My name is Empress Yumako. Now me and you couldn’t be more different, I am successful in every facet of my life while you… well, heh the less said the better. I could stand here all day and list all the ways that my life is better than yours but that isn’t the point of why I am here. You see, me and you do actually have one thing in common. We share a love of violence. We like to see people fight for our entertainment. Now back to the differences, I come from humble beginnings, and I had to scratch and claw for everything I’ve ever had in life. When I was 21, my parents let me inherit their small … $300 million dollar business empire and I through my own hard work and business nous managed to turn that into a business empire now worth $310 million dollars! Now with that love of violence in mind, I would like to tell you about my latest investment. I am coming to you from my office in Tokyo at my new compound, let me introduce you to the NeoTemple. In a few weeks this will be home to the most chaotic wrestling that you have ever seen. This building has a dark and deadly history, but in contrast to what is to come, it hasn’t seen nothing yet. Stay tuned, the future is about to be written. You’ll be seeing me again real soon.

Absolutely amazing work boxofwhispers, LOVE that La Hija de Phoenix!

Want to echo that your 92 mod is phenomenal, had a blast with it!

Thank you my friend, much appreciated Glad to have you on board! With regards to a recap, we're one weekly show away from the Event. So I'll post a proper feuds so far recap after that weekly show and before "A Queen is Crowned"

Did you think you'd seen the last of us? So I'm pleased to announced that this diary will be returning. Life very much got in the way of this project I was having an absolute blast with. After reading through my notes of what I had planned, I found myself completely back in on this AAA revival. Had a couple of people reach out via PM's to check on me during my absence and inquire about the future of this or the (for now) short lived 5SSW diary. Just want to say a quick thank you to those people. Will start posting again this weekend. Figured since it's been 4 months, this'd give people a few days to refamiliarise or just catch up on what has happened so far

5SSW WoW Tour Quick Picks 5SSW Women of Wrestling Tour Night 1 Monster Ishimura vs Thea Davis Ochiyo Lijima vs Conception Gomez Maki Yoshifumi & Yu Hashimoto vs HEART Koiso & Akari Kawashima HEART Saitoh vs Yukiko Matsumara Miwako Katsuwaka, Talia Quinzel & Selina Svelte vs Lady Lotus, Fuyuka Higa & Gemmei Oonishi 5SSW Women of Wrestling Tour Night 2 Paige Croft vs Kinuye Mashabito Ai Takami vs Romi Yamato 5SSW Triangle Championship: Lady Lotus © vs Machiko Matsuda vs Kaede Sugiyama Talia Quinzel vs Gemmei Oonishi Yuma Maruya, HEART Saitoh & MAYA vs Megumi Nakajima, Toku Kijimuta & Unstoppable Tai

5SSW Tour Begins 5 Star Supreme Wrestling is kicking off it’s Women of Wrestling tour next week and as is becoming tradition, Crusher Ichihara was from diplomatic in promoting the tour and the final event. The legendary figure said she wanted to see who would step up to face Yuma Maruya for the world title but her attention was more focused on the other singles titles and she had a rather shocking announcement. Ichihara claimed that her main aim for the foreseeable future is to see the company establish a true second championship. She then went on to accuse both Katsuwaka & the various champions that have held the triangle championship of failing to raise one into a natural second. For this reason Ichihara has announced that we will see the All Asian champion vs the Triangle champion in a title unification bout. When asked about the state of the tag team champions after the attack of Higa & Oonishi. Ichihara simply smirked, clearly not totally disapproving of the chaos that the pair created. In other news three young lions will be joining the roster. A legacy tag team consisting of Akari Kawashima & HEART Koiso. Ai Takami, a 26 year old wrestler who has been making waves on the independent scene in recent months. Ichihara also announced that legendary south American wrestler Conception Gomez, the Chilean grappler has signed up for one tour with an optional second. Thanks for the kind words and the constructive feedback Stretch, I may well take you up on that offer at some point. Likewise if you ever want to discuss anything regarding your diary, let's keep the Joshi flag flying high!

5SSW Reign Supreme Quick Results Shiori Jippensha def Paige Croft, Yu Hashimoto & Eri Saito 5SSW Triangle Championship: Lady Lotus def MAYA © & Otsune Tsumura New Champion 5SSW Tag Team Championship: The Uprising (Talia Quinzel & Selina Svelte) © def Team SUB (Chiyeko Kita & Etsuko Arihyoshi) 5SSW All Asian Championship: Miwako Katsukawa © def Yukiko Mastumara 5SSW World: Yuma Maruya © def HEART Saitoh Prediction Results Historian 4/5 Stretch 3/5 KyTeran 3/5 Thanks to everybody who predicted on the first show. Appreciate predicting the first show with no real build up is quite difficult, as is booking it! Planted a few seeds for where things are going and the preview for the Women of Wrestling tour will be coming soon

5SSW Reign Supreme Friday Week 1 January VS VS VS Paige Croft vs Yu Hashimoto vs Eri Saito vs Shiori Jippensha An interesting mixture of styles that was a fascinating way to open the first 5SSW show of 2020. High flyers and more technical wrestlers created a match that got the crowd into the show. Shiori Jippensha showed a nastier streak than she has shown in the last few years and the former 4 time world champion was able to demonstrate why she is known as “The Excellence of Execution.” The match came to an abrupt end when Shioro locked in a Jippensha Lock on Paige Croft to earn a submission victory. Winner: Shiori Jippensha Match time: 16:29 Rating: 61 VS VS 5SSW Triangle Championship: MAYA © vs Otsune Tsumura vs Lady Lotus The Triangle championship has been a subject of discussion amongst 5SSW fans, some not seeing the value of a title and others calling it completely unimportant. Well tell that to these three wrestlers. The champion MAYA had the crowd firmly behind her going into the match, the bubbly fun champion’s natural charisma shined through. The match was wrestled at the high speed that the belt has become synonymous with the title. Lady Lotus was able to claim the Triangle Championship. Winner: Lady Lotus (new champion!) Match Time: 14:17 Rating: 57 VS 5SSW Tag Team Championship: The Uprising (Talia Quinzel & Selina Svelte) © vs Team SUB (Chiyeko Kita & Etsuko Arihyoshi) As the only Gaijin’s on the roster that are holding gold, The Uprising have previously spoken about feeling the need to prove themselves every time they step in a 5 Star ring and they were clearly out to do that in this match. The Uprising were up against stiff competition in the equally abrasive Team SUB. The match was as hard hitting as one might expect, the two teams both seemed to relish in in the brutal nature of the affair. Neither team gave an inch until Talia Quinzel hit Kita with a Rising Tide to secure the 3 count. Winner: Talia Quinzel – The Uprising (Retains) Match time: 19:34 Rating: 62 After the match the champions hold their gold aloft but are blindsided by Fuyuko Higa and Gemmei Oonishi who lay them out. Higa is sporting a new look and her mannerisms seem completely different to what the fans are used to. She is also guiding Oonishi’s attack not like a tag team partner but rather somebody with authority of control over her. Higa bashes Quinzel over the head with a cane with a skull on the top of it. Segment Rating: 45 VS 5SSW All Asian Championship: Miwako Katsukawa © vs Yukiko Mastumara During the last year of her tenure in the company, DEVIL Karube spoke in a lot of press conferences about the All Asian Championship needing to establish itself as much more than the after thought it has been. The company seems to still be focused on that with the title getting the co-main event billing ahead of the tag titles. The big billing didn’t seem to completely catch the imagination of the crowd and they were relatively quiet certainly in contrast to the tag title match. Katsuwaka seemed visibly frustrated by the lack of energy from the crowd, frequently gesturing to them and seemingly taking that out on Matsumara. Yukiko put up a valiant fight but the lucha inspired wrestler was ultimately unsuccessful. Winner: Mikawa Katsukawa (Retains) Match time: 15:07 Rating: 57 VS 5SSW World: Yuma Maruya © vs HEART Saitoh HEART Saitoh has been an underdog her entire career, even as a former world champion she has been the perennial outsider in the world title scene but after a strong second half of 2019, Saitoh had an opportunity to earn back the title she lost four years ago but Maruya was going to be anything but easy competition. The match started slow these two have faced each other before in a world title match with Maruya coming out on top and Saitoh was well aware of that fact. But before long it sped up with both working an impressive tempo. It all came to an abrupt end when Maruya hit an impressive split legged moonsault to secure a three count. Winner: Yuma Maruya (Retains) Match time: 19:47 Rating: 63 After the match Yuma Maruya headed backstage to the interview area to discuss the main event with the press officers. Maruya praised Saitoh as a valiant opponent and called it a privilege to share the ring with her. Maruya is also looking to the future, she says there are so many talented wrestlers on the roster and plenty she is excited to prove herself again. Maruya then went on to remark that the company may be going through a period of transition or a new era but she signed off with the promise of a new decade, new era, same champion. Rating: 59 Show rating: 61 Attendance 345

Thank you both for the support!

Crusher Ichihara returns! As 5SSW gear up for the Reign Supreme show attentions have been pulled away from the in ring action and towards the booking position. Sensational Ogiwara unveiled her former rival Crusher Ichihara as the new head booker of the company at the pre-show press conference. The pair were reluctant to answer too many questions about the office rather trying to direct attention to the in-ring action. Ichihara said that 5SSW are on an exciting trajectory and she is delighted to have returned home and to get to be a part of it. She frequently put over the champion but warned her that a former champion like HEART Saitoh is going to prove a hard task. It’s unclear if Ichihara has had any involvement in this show with most being put together by former booker DEVIL Karube. Regardless fans are excited to get a look at the direction that 5SSW may be heading. 5SSW Reign Supreme Quick Picks Paige Croft vs Yu Hashimoto vs Eri Saito vs Shiori Jippensha 5SSW Triangle Championship: MAYA © vs Otsune Tsumura vs Lady Lotus 5SSW Tag Team Championship: The Uprising (Talia Quinzel & Selina Svelte) © vs Team SUB (Chiyeko Kita & Etsuko Arihyoshi) 5SSW All Asian Championship: Miwako Katsukawa © vs Yukiko Mastumara 5SSW World: Yuma Maruya © vs HEART Saitoh

5SSW HQ, Tokyo A shadow is cast over Ogiwara by whoever is standing in the doorway as she glances up and a smile appears on her face. “You were always last in the gym, makes sense you’re last in the office.” Having to crouch to get in the door, in steps Crusher Ichihara. Ogiwara’s long-time rival is probably the last person she expected to walk in the door but she’s excited to see her friend. “and you must have the wrong place, we’re a wrestling company. You must be looking for the retirement home.” Ogiwara quips as she stands up and embraces her in a hug. “So what brings you here at…” she pauses to check the time “2:47am.” “Karube called… and called… and called. She felt I should come back in the short term and help out. I told her you wouldn’t need me but-“ Ichihara gestures to the emptiness of the booking sheet on the desk. “You haven’t exactly shown an interest in returning in the past, why now?” Ogiwara asks sceptically. “Well I will admit I was enjoying being away but you know this business always pulls you back. Plus Karube has been in contact with me a lot recently asking for advice, she didn’t always take it. Then again I seem to recall last time we spoke I advised you against the ‘Modern Japan-“ Ichihara stops as Ogiwara shakes her head. “Alright well we don’t need to go down that road again. You really want to come home? You know it’s not an easy job and once we hold a press conference we have to stick with it.” Ogiwara says. “I spent a couple hundred nights a year tearing down buildings with you, I think I can handle holding a pen.” Icihara retorts with a smirk. “Alright I guess we’re doing this. Well let’s get to planning.” Ogiwara turns back to business. “Fine, let’s see what you have planned for Reign Supreme, I’ve been sketching up some ideas on the way here. We can at least plant a few seeds…”

Thanks to you both for the support Second post is updated with our starting champions, schedule will be added once the new booker is in place

5SSW HQ, Tokyo It’s roughly 2am. Everybody else has long gone home. On the surface 5SSW is just going through a slight transition in looking for a new booker. But this is far from a simple or easy task for the owner of the company. Sensational Ogiwara is a woman that thrives under pressure. A nine-time world champion who carried the company as a wrestler and now as an owner. She is certainly not a stranger to feeling the weight of the world on her shoulders. But today has been a bit much even for her. After a very successful working relationship after the last few years, Ogiwara was rocked earlier today by DEVIL Karube’s decision to take a hiatus from the business. Karube was vague about her reasoning and Ogiwara was smart enough not to risk damaging such a fruitful relationship that she hopes to call on in the future. For now Owigara has to assess the potential candidates to take over. In the short term, Ogiwara will realistically have to finalise the plans for Reign Supreme before a new booker takes over. But Ogiwara knows she doesn’t have the time to run the company and book the shows, so she’ll need somebody in place before the Women of Wrestling tour begins. There are a couple of different options for her to consider. Option A: Kit Hatoyama Probably the most obvious candidate. Kit has been with the company since the 1990s and has been working backstage for the last 11 years but Ogiwara has her doubts. Hatoyama has been a vital cog in the 5 star machine in her current role, running the dojo and developing a string of talent that the company continues to reap the benefit from. Ogiwara has concerns that taking her out of that role could dismantle the youth recruitment system that they rely on. In the past Hatoyama also suffered burn out as a wrestler and Ogiwara has concerns about her handling the stress of the booker role. Option B: Thunder Hike Another member of the Golden Three and one hell of a worker. Hike retired in 2008 and has shown absolutely zero interest in returning to the business since. Ogiwara is reluctant to take the risk on somebody who has been out of the business for so long. But in a promotion like 5SSW respect and seniority are everything. The veterans of the roster will be very reluctant to follow the leadership of anybody that hasn’t been there and done it for themselves. Ogiwara also has a personal bias to those that know the company, especially after the ill-fated modern Japan movement she is reluctant to trust anyone who doesn’t ‘get the company.’ This line of thought has pretty much disqualified any external candidates. As Ogiwara reviews her two choices over and over, not really liking either, her thought process is interrupted by a knock at the door. Who else is here at this hour?

best of luck with this, always good to see more Joshi on the boards!

Starting Champions 5SSW World Yuma Maruya (5th Reign) Champion since: week 1 October 2019 Previous champions: Shiori Jippensha Megumi Nakajima Yuma Maruya 5SSW All Asian Miwako Katsuwaka (2nd reign) Champion since: Week 1 September 2019 Previous champions: Lady Lotus Miwako Katsuwaka Lady Lotus 5SSW Tag Team The Uprising - Talia Quinzel & Selina Svelte Champions since: Week 1 December 2019 The TermiNation (Unstoppable Tai & Toku Kijmuta) All Business (Raku Makuda & Tomoko Nagatsuka) The TermiNation (Unstoppable Tai & Toku Kijmuta) Annual Events

To move forward, we must first understand where we came from... 5 Star Supreme Wrestling is a company that has been around for nearly 40 years and has become known as the gold standard of the women's wrestling landscape. The best period in the company’s illustrious history was in the 1990s where the ‘Magic Three’ dominated the industry and put other women’s promotions out of business. Times have not always been positive for the company, in recent years especially. The retirement of the legendary Magic Three, the ill-fated decision to join the modern Japan movement and the long term impact of the events of 2016 have led to some rough times in recent years. Still the future is looking bright for the company, the leadership of Sensational Ogiwara combined with the booking skill of DEVIL Karube has led to the company really finding it’s stride again in recent years. The roster is looking strong as they enter 2020 and the independent scene seems to have gone through a form of women’s revolution meaning there are plenty of exciting opportunities for the company to develop.

Sockpuppet that is amazing! edit: if you're looking for requests, I've always thought a cverse equivalent to Bull Nakano would be an amazing addition. Would love to see that if you fancied giving it a go

these are excellent!

Glad to see you back Uncrewed, best of luck with the diary. Push Sareee to the moon