{"id":98350,"date":"2021-08-15T07:31:49","date_gmt":"2021-08-15T11:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=98350"},"modified":"2021-08-15T07:31:49","modified_gmt":"2021-08-15T11:31:49","slug":"maki-itoh-wins-tokyo-princess-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/08\/15\/maki-itoh-wins-tokyo-princess-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Maki Itoh Wins Tokyo Princess Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the <em>Tokyo Princess Cup<\/em> Finals at Korakuen Hall on August 15th, <strong>Maki Itoh<\/strong> defied the odds and managed to win the prestigious tournament for the first time by defeating <strong>Shoko Nakajima<\/strong> in an amazing match.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This wasn\u2019t the easiest road for Maki. Before defeating two time TPC winner <strong>Mizuki<\/strong> in the semi finals, she suffered a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/08\/02\/maki-itoh-injured-tokyo-princess-cup\/\" target=\"_self\">nasty injury<\/a> to her cheek in her quarter final match against <strong>Suzume<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/maki_itoh?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@maki_itoh<\/a> shapes her own destiny, and she&#39;s found her happy end! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/tjpw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#tjpw<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TPC8?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#TPC8<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/wrestleUNIVERSE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#wrestleUNIVERSE<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\u27a1\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/We9tIR15pi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/We9tIR15pi<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MYFJfaG64R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/MYFJfaG64R<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TDE Wrestling (@tde_gif) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tde_gif\/status\/1426765973437259776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 15, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maki Itoh has been on fire all of 2021, not only has her popularity increased with western audiences thanks to her appearances for<strong> All Elite Wrestling<\/strong> (<strong>AEW<\/strong>) but the home crowd has gotten behind her more and more as she continues to improve in the ring. Back in February of this year, Maki competed in the AEW Women&#8217;s World Title Eliminator tournament, where she quickly endeared herself to the American attending audience.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her prize for winning the TPC 2021 is a shot at her tag team partner, <strong>Miyu Yamashita<\/strong>\u2019s Princess of Princess Championship at Ota Ward during <em><strong>WrestlePrincess 2<\/strong><\/em> on October 9th.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It looks more likely than ever that Maki will get back her loss she suffered on January 4th to Miyu and capture the top prize in <strong>Tokyo Joshi Pro<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>More From LWOS Pro Wrestling<\/h3>\n<p><em>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. 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