Marigold 9/5/2026 Dream Star Grand Prix 2026 Day 3 Afternoon Show
Day 2 is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/marigold-8292026-dream-star-grand-prix.html
Natsumi Showzuki & Shoko Koshino vs. Darkness Revolution (CHIAKI & Misa Matsui)
Chi and Misa dance during their entrance.
Nat and MM trade headlocks. Nat takes her over and MM headscissors her. Nat takes her down by the arm and MM ropebreaks. Nat pulls MM's arm around the bottom rope then kicks the rope.
MM takes running corner attacks. Chi comes in and claws SK. Chi hits facewash kicks on SK. SK and Chi shoulder battle. SK shoulders her over. Nat running boots Chi then meteora's her through the ropes for 2. Chi throws Nat down backwards and legdrops her for 2.
Chi hits mounted shots on Nat. Nat step up enzugiri's Chi. Chi powerslams Nat for 2. MM comes in and boots Nat in the face. MM runs the ropes and basement dropkicks her. Nat fisherman suplexes MM. Nat meteora's MM for 2. SK top rope crossbodies MM for 2. SK running cutters MM. SK is tripped by Chi and takes a basement dropkick from MM. MM eye rakes SK then SK takes a double boot to the chest for 2.
MM is on the 2nd rope and SK hits her. SK suplexes her down. SK sliding lariats her for 2. Chi double spears her opponents. Chi corner cannonballs SK. MM top rope double stomps SK and pins her.
Thoughts: It was an acceptable opener. Everyone hit their moves clean for the most part and they had a decent flow for most of this. The finishing stretch could have been a bit better though as I didn't even see the finish coming.
Mayu Iwatani vs. The Lady AI
Mayu was supposed to fight Nao Ishikawa in a GP match today but Nao is out and unable to wrestle today.
AI flying dropicks Mayu four times to start. Mayu spin kicks her in the gut and boots her out of the corner. AI misses a corner charge and Mayu backrolls her into a basement dropkick.
Mayu slams AI for 2. Mayu high crabs AI. Mayu ties her up in the ropes and dropkicks her back. Mayu chops AI and AI hits chest forearms. Mayu kicks her in the back. AI shoulders Mayu over. AI slams her for 2.
AI hits chest forearms on Mayu. Mayu knees her in the gut and double stomps her back. Mayu then bow and arrows her. AI rolls her up for 2 counts. AI STO's her for 2. Mayu superkicks her.
Mayu high crabs AI and AI ropebreaks. Mayu top rope splashes her back for 2. Mayu buzzsaw kicks her and pins her.
Thoughts: It was a long squash and it wasn't that interesting. AI's offense isn't the best and there was never any doubt as to who would win this one.
DREAM STAR Grand Prix 2026 Block D Match - Megaton vs. Nagisa Tachibana
They shake hands. Mega wristlocks her and NT reverses it. They reverse wristlocks a few times. Mega tries to kip up out of one and can't. Mega wristlocks her and side headlocks her. Mega shoulders her over and NT kips up. NT drops down, Mega rolls on her and stomps her. Mega gets a 2 count on her. Mega corner splashes her twice then does normal splashes. Mega then steamrollers her on the mat.
Mega misses a splash and takes low dropkicks from NT. NT running dropkicks her in the corner and bulldogs her for 2. NT picks her up and Mega rolls her up twice for 2. NT dropkicks her. NT then trips her for 2. NT does a natural selection variation on her for 2. NT walks up the buckles and twisting crossbodies her. NT pins her.
Thoughts: It was a waste of time. We had some very basic work here and even that didn't look good. It wasn't good at all.
DREAM STAR Grand Prix 2026 Block D Match - Rea Seto vs. Shinno
Shin running dropkicks Rea before intros are over. Rea pulls her down by the hair and low single leg dropicks her. Rea boots her and bangs her head off the buckles. Rea hair throws her then low corner dropkicks her. Rea foot chokes her.
Rea bangs Shin's arm off her shoulder and Rea kicks the arm. Rea slams Shin for 2. Rea then armbars her. Shin running forearms Rea down. Shin hits chest kicks for 2. Rea armbars her and Shin ropebreaks.
Rea boots her arms on the ropes. Rea low dropkicks her arm for 2. They trade chest forearms. Shin hits leg kicks. Rea codebreakers Shin's arm then does an armlock on it. Rea pulls her other arm back and grabs a leg. Shin ropebreaks. Shin dropkicks her down.
Shin sharpshooters Rea and Rea ropebreaks. Shin stomps and kicks Rea's back. Rea sweeps her and low dropkicks her. Rea misses a dropkick and Shin does a surfboard with a dragon sleeper. Rea pulls on the hair to escape. Shin knees her in the back of the head for 2.
Rea rolls her by the arm and crucifixes her. Rea pins her.
Thoughts: It could have been a little more exciting but it was alright. Rea mostly worked the arm here en route to victory. Shinno did a lot of screaming for her selling but tried. Shinno worked the back a little here.
DREAM STAR Grand Prix 2026 Block A Match - Erina Yamanaka vs. Yuuka Yamazaki
YY offers a handshake but Erina refuses it. Erina pats her on the head and boots her in the gut. Erina gets swept and is slapped in the back of the head. YY dropkicks her.
YY hair throws Erina twice. YY boots Erina. YY bodyscissors her and bites her head. Erina ropebreaks. YY misses a corner charge and Erina flying knees her. Erina puts her butt in her face and misses a bronco buster. YY kicks her in the butt then basement dropkicks her for 2.
Erina facekicks her down and slams her. Erina elbow drops her for 2. Erina indian deathlocks her. YY ropebreaks. YY step up enzugiri's her.
YY spinning forearms her and cutters her for 2. YY suplexes her for 2. Erina victory rolls her into a headscissors. YY ropebreaks. Erina facekicks her over the 2nd rope. Erina misses a top rope tornillo and YY rolls her up for 2. YY rolls her up again for 2 and cradles her for 2. Erina step up enzugiri's her.
Erina la silla's her twice in the corner. Erina suplexes her for 2. Erina reverse ddt's her and pins her.
Thoughts: It was acceptable but not much more. The crowd just wasn't there and I think they got a little more time than they needed. YY also needed a better heel here.
DREAM STAR Grand Prix 2026 Block B Match - Nagisa Nozaki vs. Komomo Minami
KM running dropkicks her to start. KM casadora armdrags her. KM dropkicks her over the 2nd rope. KM misses a dropkick and gets booted. KM hits chest forearms and NN double chops her. NN double chop flurries her in the corner. NN facekicks KM over the 2nd rope.
NN misses a pendulum kick. KM forearms her off the apron. KM goes up top and NN throws a chair at her. NN throws her into the seats. NN hits knees to the gut and sends her into the post.
NN hits forearms on KM then sleepers her. NN grounds her with it and KM ropebreaks. NN pendulum kicks her and running facekicks her for 2. KM hits chest forearms. NN facekicks her and low single leg dropkicks her for 2. KM dropkicks her and twisting fisherman's neckbreakers her for 2.
KM roundhouse kicks her for 2. NN ropebreaks. KM hits chest forearms. NN running knees her in the gut. KM cradles her for 2. KM basement dropkicks her in the back for 2. NN hits a straight punch on her. NN claymore kicks her for 2. NN hits another claymore kick and pins her.
Thoughts: It was average to acceptable. It wasn't bad or anything just not great. Nozaki's matches rarely ever get above a certain level and Komomo is a long way from really developing yet.
DREAM STAR Grand Prix 2026 Block C Match - Mai Sakurai vs. Chi Chi
Mai offers a handshake then slaps Chi. Chi slaps her back and they grab each other by the hair. Mai armdrags her and basement dropkicks her. They try to boot each other at the same time and Mai facekicks her down.
Mai puts her boot in Chi's face on the ropes. Mai boots her around and slams her. Chi is laid up top and Mai kicks her in the ribs. Mai then broski boots her for 2.
Mai hair throws her and puts her boot in her face on the ropes. Chi cartwheels out of a hair throw and facekicks her over. Chi running corner facekicks her twice then running facekicks her for 2. Chi split-legged drops her for 2.
Chi does an octopus on her. Chi running facekicks her through the ropes. They go outside and trade chest forearms. Chi hits mounted forearms on her on the floor then she throws her into the seats. Mai suplexes Chi on the floor.
Mai then dropkicks her outside. Mai throws her into the seats. Mai dropkicks her off the 2nd rope. Mai corner facekicks her. Mai then does an interesting northern lights suplex variation for 2.
Mai and Chi facekick each other. Chi slaps her and spinning heel kicks her down. Chi corner facekicks her and Mai corner facekicks her. Chi superkicks her down. Chi spinning roundhouse kicks her for 2. Chi suplexes her for 2.
Chi hits shots on Mai then Mai backdrops her. Mai pump kicks her in the head for 2. Mai suplexes her. Mai top rope elbow drops Chi. Chi no sells it and gets a 2 count on her.
Mai running facekicks her for 1. Chi running facekicks her for 1. Mai step up enzugiri's her for 2. Mai pumphandle landslide's her and pins her.
Thoughts: Okay match, wrong crowd. It was almost a mirror match at times with them facekicking each other the whole time. This would have been a lot better at Korakuen where the crowd would have reacted. Maybe some of the stuff inbetween the various strikes could have been better but it was an okay match overall.
Aleah James, Diana Strong, Mila Smidt & Victoria Yuzuki vs. Hummingbird, Miku Aono & tWin toWer (Chika Goto & Kouki Amarei)
Yuz and Kouki go at it. They test strength and KA pushes her down. Yuz side headlocks her. KA shoulders her over twice. Yuz armdrags her then KA side headlock takeovers her. Yuz sweeps her and they stand off. AJ and Hum get in. Hum spinning reverse headsciss her down. AJ then shoulders her over.
AJ flying double knees Hum in the corner and bulldogs her for 2. DS comes in and chops Hum. DS slams Hum for 2. DS forearms Hum down and stomps her. Mila forearms Hum in the back and stomps her. Mila slams Hum for 2.
Hum running dropkicks DS. Mila takes forearms and a double shoulderblock from KA and Goto. KA misses a corner splash and Mila running euros her there. Mila hip throws her for 2. KA facekicks her then Mila belly to belly suplexes her.
DS gets in and Goto shoulders her over. Goto giant swings DS then DS backdrops Goto. DS pumping knees Goto. Yuz comes in and dropkicks Goto. Yuz flying headscissors her and basement dropkicks her.
Goto samoan drops Yuz and tags out. Miku comes in and corner dropkicks Yuz. Miku kicks her in the back a few times for 2. Miku swinging slams Yuz. Yuz dropkicks her in the knee and low dropkicks her in the head. Miku is tripped into the ropes and Yuz backdrops her for 2.
AJ crossbodies Miku for 2. AJ takes a backcracker from Hum then a Miku sliding lariat for 2. Miku fisherman suplexes her for 2. Miku gets on the buckles and Yuz armdrags her down. Miku takes a double knee and a senton for 2.
Miku double clotheslines 2 of her opponents. Hum 2nd rope twisting crossbodies outside. Miku top rope dropkicks AJ inside for 2. Miku double underhook suplexes AJ for 2. Hum high kicks Yuz then Mila handspring lariats Hum.
Goto backdrops Mila. DS codebreakers Goto then KA low dropkicks Mila. KA facekicks AJ down. AJ brazilian kicks Miku and Miku lariats her down. Miku buzzsaw kicks her for 2. Miku then tiger drivers AJ and pins her.
Thoughts: It was acceptable enough as the main. It didn't get time for everyone to do a ton here and they certainly didn't go for a classic. There were a couple of rough spots here.
Miku talks on the mic after and Miku's team do the "Shine Forever, Marigold" cheer.
We get some post show interviews. Aleah James' team does one. She says she got a test of what Miku has and it was eye opener. She says she tried her best. Mila says it's hard to make comebacks with so many people in the ring. Diana says it was a hard match. Yuzuki then talks in Japanese but thanks everyone in English.
Overall thoughts: The opener was acceptable. Mayu beat Lady AI in a long squash. Megaton/Tachibana wasn't good. Rea/Shinno made sense for the most part and it was alright, just not super exciting. Erina/Yuuka was acceptable but it wasn't as good as I had hoped for. Nagisa/Komomo was average to acceptable. Mai/Chi Chi would have been a better bout if the crowd was more into it, but it was still okay. The main was also acceptable but they didn't do a ton. The crowd was quiet all night long and brought down every match here, totally ruining the show. They particularly did a number on Mai/Chi Chi, which would have maybe been good in front of someone else. I'd give it a higher 5 out of 10 as most of the matches were at least somewhat watchable, but there was nothing must see here. The show was acceptable overall but I would not recommend this.








