At the beginning of February, I decided to do an evaluation of twelve streaming services with joshi wrestling for the month to see which streaming service provides the best value. The goal of the evaluation is to look at recent events added to the streaming services as back catalogs were not considered, as I want to find which service has the best value on a month to month basis. The raw data is listed after the ranking, showing which events were uploaded and when they were uploaded. Most fans will likely disagree with my subjective opinions, such as event and wrestler quality, but the upload stats don’t lie as some streaming services offer a lot more content than others. Here is the criteria I used for the evaluation:

Criteria: 

• Overall Quality of Events
• Number of Events and Total Matches Added in February (2025 events only)
• Timeliness of Event Uploads (when the event took place vs. when it was uploaded)
• Value vs. Cost

Ground Rules:

• Only events available for the flat streaming fee will be counted, not events that cost extra on top of the regular monthly price.
• Only wrestling events will be evaluated, not interviews, talk shows, etc. as I don’t speak Japanese so I can’t fairly evaluate the quality of them.
• Events will not be evaluated and considered as “uploaded” until the entire event is available.
• Individual match uploads will only be evaluated if the entire event is uploaded in February.
• Events heavily clipped/in digest form will not be evaluated.
• If an event from a promotion is fully uploaded but has some matches that do not have any Joshi wrestlers, only matches with at least one Joshi wrestler will be evaluated.

In the month of February, 53 wrestling events with joshi matches were added to the tracked streaming services. Without further ado, here are my rankings for the best (and worst) joshi streaming services!

1. Wrestle Universe

Promotions: Tokyo Joshi Pro, Sendai Girls’, and Marigold
Website: wrestle-universe.com
Cost: 1,298 Yen a month

Even though Wrestle Universe is the most expensive service, to say it provides the bang for your buck would be an understatement. Over the course of February, Wrestle Universe uploaded 17 events from Joshi promotions and one event with several additional joshi matches. 18 new/current events in 28 days is simply an insane output and above the level we’ve seen from any wrestling streaming service in the past. Of the 18 events, many were shown live and only two were uploaded on a significant delay – 16 shows were added to the service within five days of the show taking place with the majority within three days. On top of that, since Wrestle Universe uploads events from three Joshi promotions, there is a good variety of styles and a lot of wrestlers to fall in love with. This value doesn’t even take into account they also stream NOAH and DDT. At about 60 cents a Joshi show, an absolute great bargain and a must have for fans of women’s wrestling.

2. Stardom World

Promotion: World Wonder Ring Stardom
Website: stardom-world.com
Cost: 920 Yen a month

If you want to get one service with the best wrestling and are strictly focused on quality over quantity, Stardom World may be for you. Stardom uploaded eight events in February which is a very impressive number for one promotion, giving an average cost of about a dollar per show. Many of the events were shown live, and all were uploaded in a timely fashion. Stardom also has PPVs but these numbers don’t consider those, as I am only evaluating the flat cost experience. On a subjective note – I think Stardom has some of the best women’s wrestlers in the world and a very complete roster top to bottom, so you can’t really go wrong with their events from a talent perspective. Even though Wrestle Universe was an easy #1 pick based off their sheer quantity and they do have many talented wrestlers spread across three promotions, Stardom is an equally easy #2 pick based on their upload schedule and the incredibly impressive wrestlers on their roster.

3. Actwres Girls Nets

Promotion: Actwres girl’Z
Website: https://actwresgirlz.net/app
Cost: 1,000 Yen a month

This ranking surprised me but I think its justified. There is a pretty big drop off from the Top 2 to “the rest” and the next few rankings will come down to wrestling promotion preference, but AgZ impressed me this month. Actwres girl’Z uploaded three events in February, with all three events uploaded three days after they took place which is pretty quick. AgZ doesn’t really do ‘house shows’ so all three events were a decent length and all three had title matches, so these weren’t dojo-style shows. While the promotion’s roster was gutted by Marigold last year, they still have talented wrestlers at the top of the card with young wrestlers that show potential. While it may not be the top-to-bottom quality of other promotions they still put on entertaining events. I wish it was a little cheaper but if they average two or three events of above-average quality per month its still a pretty good deal.

4. ChocoPro Youtube Channel

Promotion: ChocoPro
Website: youtube.com/channel/UC2HtPsU4U7TNSv2mSbPkj0w
Cost: Free

ChocoPro is the hardest promotion to “rank” compared to other promotions. First the positive – it is free! They take donations but no money is required to watch their events. They upload all of their events, nothing extra for their big shows, and events are either shown live or are uploaded within a week. In February, they uploaded six events, one of the highest outputs of any promotion evaluated. Now the negative – ChocoPro isn’t for everyone. Their events are short and most of them take place on a small mat in front of a big wall without ropes. They also tend to have wrestlers that are more style than substance, fun wrestlers but not necessarily highly skilled (aside from Mei Suruga who is great). ChocoPro is a vibe – their events are short and light-hearted, and many fans love them. But they are an acquired taste. Luckily, their shows are free, so it costs nothing to check them out and see if their style of wrestling is for you.

5. PURE-J Youtube Channel

Promotion: PURE-J
Website: PURE-J on Youtube
Cost: $9.99 a month

PURE-J and Ice Ribbon are neck and neck here, but I put PURE-J ahead since they upload all their events and don’t hold their bigger shows for PPV. PURE-J uploaded five events in February, none live but most within four days which comes to a clean $2 per show average. Since they uploaded every show they put on during the month, they range from Dojo shows to bigger events, with one event only having two matches while another had five matches and a defense of their top championship. The output is pretty good, the main issue is that $10 is on the steeper side for a promotion that is one of the lowest in joshi wrestling in terms of popularity and the strength of their roster. if this service was $5 it would be easier to recommend. Still, they have some solid vets and put on some good shows, it just isn’t the quality of the top joshi promotions, you won’t see any “five star matches” here. If you are only getting one streaming service it probably wouldn’t be this one, but if you want to watch something different and a service that averages a show a week, you could do worse.

6. Ice Ribbon Youtube Channel

Promotion: Ice Ribbon
Website: Club Ice Ribbon
Cost: $9.99 a month

Even though I think Ice Ribbon has better wrestlers than PURE-J, the reason I ranked Ice Ribbon’s service below is more based on the business side then the in-ring side. Ice Ribbon uploaded five events in February just like PURE-J did, for a $2 per show average. The issue is that Ice Ribbon only uploads their smaller events to Club Ice Ribbon as they save their bigger events for PPV. I personally have no issue with them also having PPVs, but the problem is the cost of this service as charging $10 for only house show/dojo show quality events is a little steep. Of the shows added in February there were no title matches or “big” singles matches as those were saved for the PPVs. It should be noted that the PPVs are not added to Club Ice Ribbon at a later date but rather to a different streaming service altogether, so on the Youtube subscription they won’t even be available on delay. This business model is a little iffy to me as with this service you will never see their bigger matches like you do for the other promotions on this list. That makes Club Ice Ribbon more for the hardcore Ice Ribbon fans that want to watch small events/track the progress of younger wrestlers. Like PURE-J, if this service was $5 or $6 it would be easier to justify, but paying $10 for only dojo shows is a harder sell.

If you are interested in only seeing the bigger Ice Ribbon events and not seeing their weekly shows (and don’t care if there is a delay), the other Ice Ribbon monthly service is called Ice Ribbon Live PLUS. It is similar to Diana and SEAdLINNNG’s services, where their PPVs are generally added on a one month delay. It is 1,000 yen a month, so to watch all their events you’d be looking at paying about $18 a month total.

7. Everydiana

Promotion: Diana
Website: https://live.www-diana.com/movie
Cost: 990 Yen a month

Everydiana is a “new” type of wrestling service that other promotions use as well. Diana uses a PPV model and later uploads the events one month later to their monthly subscription service, which is fine for catching up but certainly not ideal for those that like to view their joshi wrestling in real time. There are two aspects that kept Diana ranked above SEAdLINNNG (and Ice Ribbon Live PLUS if I had it on the list) – they upload all their shows, and they added more events. Diana uploaded four events in February, all of which were shows that took place in January. They were complete shows however, with one event in particular having six matches with two title matches. Four events for about $8 is a solid value and they put on good shows (they bring in wrestlers from other promotions to fill out the larger events), but the month delay is a tough pill to swallow when other promotions are Live or Near-Live.

8. Evolution Fan Site

Promotion: Pro-Wrestling Evolution
Website: https://evolutionofficialfc.com
Cost: 500 yen

This was a late addition to the list but I am glad it got on here as I want to cover as many promotions as possible. Evolution only puts on one or two shows a month so the streaming service won’t have the number of uploads as others, but they do stream their events live which is a big plus and it only costs about $3.50 a month. If they had more shows they’d be higher on this list as its hard to give a recommendation for a smaller promotion with a low number of shows, but I’ll give them credit for pricing their service appropriately. If they start putting on more events down the road this could be one to keep an eye on, as it is, its really just an add-on service if you were really curious to see what Evolution has to offer.

9. P.P.P. Tokyo Youtube Channel

Promotion: P.P.P. TOKYO
Website: https://www.youtube.com/@PPPTOKYO
Cost: $6.99 a month

Another late addition to this list was P.P.P. TOKYO’s steaming service. P.P.P. TOKYO has both male and female wrestlers so if you are looking for a service just for joshi this one isn’t for you. P.P.P. TOKYO added one event in the month of February, which is the only show they had as they only run once a month (at the most). The good news is the event was streamed live, which is appreciated, but between their roster being on the lower end and the infrequency of their events I wouldn’t recommend it for $7 a month. If down the road they start putting on more shows, that may change, but for now its a skip unless you just have to watch their shows.

10. SEAdLINNNG Movie+

Promotion: SEAdLINNNG
Website: https://seadlinnng.com/movie
Cost: 999 Yen a month

SEAdLINNNG Movie+ in a lot of ways is the worst of all worlds. They don’t have many shows (just one in February), they add events a month after they took place, and its more expensive than several other services on this list. While the show quality is on the higher end, until they start running more events there isn’t a way to recommend paying $8 a month to watch one month-old show. If you are a big fan of SEAdLINNNG, you may as well just buy the PPVs as this monthly service as it is now doesn’t provide much value.

11. NicoPro

Promotions: OZ Academy, Triplesix, and other smaller promotions
Website: https://ch.nicovideo.jp/nicopro
Cost: 550 yen

NicoPro used to be a fantastic wrestling streaming service. In 2022, I ranked them as the third best service! They used to upload many wrestling events per month at the ~$5 price which was a great value, as even though they weren’t the top promotions there was a lot of variety and talented wrestlers. Unfortunately, they have changed their business model to mostly be PPV-based now. For the 550 yen fee in February, only one event was uploaded with any joshi matches, and it was literally one match. The other events with joshi wrestling uploaded required an additional charge. With the monthly membership, fans get a discount on the PPVs but they still range as costing an additional $10 to $20 per show which goes against what this evaluation is looking for. If you are interested in a flat monthly fee to watch joshi wrestling, NicoPro is no longer that place, as painful as it is to say.

12. Marvelous Youtube Channel

Promotion: Marvelous
Website: https://www.youtube.com/@Marvelous
Cost: $6.99 a month

This one was easy. Marvelous uploaded zero events and has not uploaded any events in nine months. If you want to just give money to Marvelous to offer them support, then go ahead and sign up, but if you are looking for current wrestling shows this is not the service for you. Marvelous has always been hot and cold with uploading events between their old NicoNico Channel and Youtube so maybe one day they will begin again, but until then I’d recommend steering clear.

Conclusion:

This is just a one month snapshot of what the various streaming services have to offer, and while it is ‘fair’ in the sense that all services were tracked the same month, that doesn’t mean the results would be the same in six months. Still, from looking back at past months most of these services follow the same patterns so I am confident this is a good representation. Of course, wrestling itself is very subjective and every promotion has their own fans, you will never find a consensus on what promotion is best in-ring nor should there be one, wrestling is all about variety. For general fans of women’s wrestling I couldn’t recommend Wrestle Universe and Stardom World more, they offer tremendous value to stay subscribed on a month to month basis. Others on this list are probably more for bigger fans of the promotion but you never know what you may love until you give them a try. I hope this list helps you find something new to try, its an exciting time with so much wrestling readily available to stream online and I hope it gets even better in the future!

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February 2025 Upload Data:

Service: Wrestle Universe
Promotions: Tokyo Joshi Pro, Sendai Girls’, and Marigold
Website: wrestle-universe.com
Cost: 1,298 Yen a month

Service: Ice Ribbon on Youtube
Promotion: Ice Ribbon
Website: Club Ice Ribbon
Cost: $9.99 a month

Service: PURE-J on Youtube
Promotion: PURE-J
Website: PURE-J on Youtube
Cost: $9.99 a month

Service: Actwres girl’Z Online
Promotion: Actwres girl’Z
Website: https://actwresgirlz.net/app
Cost: 1,000 Yen a month