Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling put on a showcase of women’s pro wrestling in Las Vegas at the Pearl Theater on Thursday afternoon at the Pearl Theater inside Palms Casino Resort as part of Slam Fest.

And don’t be fooled — though the women of Joshi entered the ring with sparkly and elaborate outfits, the wrestlers hit just as hard as anyone else.

J-Rod learned that the hard way as she challenged Yuki Arai for the Princess of Princess Championship.

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J-Rod hoped to become the first American to win the title. Arai, known as “The Genius Girl,” initially felt the pain that J-Rod can bring to the ring.

J-Rod kept pushing Arai down to that, seemingly suggesting that because she was bigger and stronger, she was easily going to win the match. Arai used her quickness and agility to move around J-Rod. Arai had J-Rod in a sharpshooter, but “The Ultimate Athlete” would break out.

Arai even received a spear from J-Rod, and tried to pin her. But after a near fall, J-Rod’s frustration was building.

“What more do I have to do?” she yelled out to the crowd. “There’s no way you can remain champion.”

Arai went on the offensive from there. She avoided another spear from J-Rod and hit her with a full-nelson slam. She pinned J-Rod for the win to retain the Princess of Princess Championship.

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“Thank you for today,” Yuki says. “I’m so happy to beat you. J, I love you. OK?”

J-Rod grabbed the mic from Arai and vowed she would be back.

“I underestimated you, Yuki. Tonight, you earned my respect, I love you too,” J-Rod said.

There were no championship changes on the card.

The Las Vegas crowd got to see familiar faces in The IInspiration in action. Cassie Lee and Billie McKay defended the Princess Tag Championship against former champions Shoko Nakajima and Hyper Misao.

Though The IInspiration was up to their usual antics, they used their teamwork to keep Misao at bay while they worked on Nakajima. Lee hit Nakajima with a codebreaker and pinned her for the win.

Miyu Yamashita was in action in a special three-way match against Mizuki and Miu Watanabe. While Yamashita showed off the brute strength that has made her one of the most dangerous Japanese pro wrestlers in the industry, Mizuki and Watanabe’s high-flying style came out early in the match.

Watanabe nailed Yamashita with a Meteora from the ramp early in the match. But Watanabe and Mizuki were no match for Yamashita in the end.

Yamashita would pin Watanabe to pick up the victory.

Other results included Suzume retaining the International Princess Championship over Sakura Hattoari, Yuki Kamifuku and Wakana Uehara, known as Ober Eats, defeated Toga and Uta Takimi and Raku, Pom Harajuku and Yuki Aing defeated Alexis Lee, Shino Suzuki and Himawari.

Two California Democrats have acknowledged they heard rumors about Eric Swalwell’s alleged sexual misconduct over the years during CNN interviews Wednesday.

Rep. Sam Liccardo, D-Calif., told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer he first heard the rumors when Swalwell announced his gubernatorial campaign.

“I first heard about the rumors when Swalwell announced his run for governor in November and knew political consultants who talk about what we call oppo files, these opposition records that political consultants compile, talking about Swalwell’s sexual misconduct,” Liccardo said. 

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“At that time, nobody was talking about rape, as we’re hearing now. It was not sexual assault, but clearly sexual misconduct, abuse of his position. And there’s no question, I think, as Sen. Gallego said, rumors about that were going on for many, many years.”

He wondered why action wasn’t taken and why there weren’t more questions asked about his behavior.

“And you can’t act individually on rumors, but, certainly, when you have a swirl of rumors like this, it raises the question, ‘Why wasn’t there action taken?'” Liccardo said. “And equally important, not just what happened here in D.C., but in California, why did so many powerful groups and individuals get behind a man that had so many swirling rumors of sexual misconduct? Why weren’t important questions asked?”

Former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, a Democrat running in the California governor’s race, also acknowledged rumors in an interview with CNN’s Pamela Brown on Wednesday.

“I think many of us had heard the rumors as well. Never seen any corroboration. But, certainly, I think that the word had gone out. Look, these are public servants,” Becerra responded. 

“They should know they’re going to be held accountable. So, one way or the other, the facts are going to come forward. And they should. There are a lot of survivors who have now come forward. They deserve the truth.”

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He was also asked about Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., who was one of Swalwell’s closest friends in Congress, who said their tight-knit relationship “clouded” his judgment regarding rumors that swirled about the ex-lawmaker for years in Washington, D.C.

“Eric Swalwell lied to all of us,” Gallego said at a press conference in his office Tuesday. “He lied to the most powerful people in this country, and they trusted him. They trusted him with some of the most sensitive spots in our government, whether it was on Judiciary Committee, Intel Committee, impeaching Donald Trump.

“And that clouded my judgment, my friendship with him,” he continued. “Our family’s friendship together with him clouded my judgment. And I was wrong. I deeply, deeply regret that.”

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Brown asked Becerra if Gallego’s explanation was defendable.

“I’m not going to try to put myself in Sen. Gallego’s shoes, but I will tell you this. There has not been enough accountability. That’s a fact,” Becerra said.

“And we’re going to have to see accountability go all the way through. The fact that Congressman Swalwell has left the race for governor, the fact that he’s resigned his position as a member of Congress, those are all, I believe, the right moves. But that doesn’t mean that accountability is done. The business of accountability means getting to the truth for these survivors.”

Swalwell has denied all the allegations but has acknowledged mistakes were made.

NPR has received $113 million in charitable donations from two sources, including $80 million from a Democratic megadonor, the organization announced Thursday.

“NPR’s mission is unwavering, but our means must evolve,” NPR CEO Katherine Maher said in a statement. “This remarkable investment will enable NPR to continue to deliver the nation’s finest public service journalism, meeting audiences where they are today and will be in the years to come.”

Obama Foundation board member and major Democratic donor Connie Ballmer contributed $80 million of the total, directing the funds toward expanding NPR’s digital capabilities and improving how it reaches audiences across platforms.

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“I support NPR because an informed public is the bedrock of our society, and democracy requires strong, independent journalism,” Ballmer said, according to NPR. “My hope is that this commitment provides the stability and the spark NPR needs to innovate boldly and strengthen its national network.”

Federal filings show hundreds of donations from Ballmer to Democratic politicians, PACs and organizations, including a $7 million donation in 2020 to Everytown for Gun Safety Victory Fund and $500,000 to Unite the Country, a super PAC supporting Joe Biden in 2020.

Ballmer is married to billionaire and former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, one of the richest people in the world.

An anonymous donor provided NPR the remaining $33 million, which it said will go toward developing and sharing tools and services with public media organizations.

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The donations came after Congress voted to rescind $1.1 billion in previously approved funding for public media, in a move cheered by President Donald Trump. The cuts reduced budgets across the system, with public radio stations losing about 10% of their funding and public television stations closer to 15%, NPR reported.

NPR, which lost about 1 to 2% of its annual budget with the move, has taken steps to support its affiliates. The organization said it had moved “to shore up station finances by easing the fees it charges them to carry its major news programs.”

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In response to financial strain, NPR said it has also offered assistance in fundraising, marketing, and “other endeavors.”

A separate effort known as Public Media Infrastructure has emerged, described as a “a separate, and in some ways competing, venture” involving organizations, including New York Public Radio and American Public Media Group, aimed at providing shared services across the industry.

Fox News Digital reached out to the Ballmer Group for comment but did not immediately hear back.