Marigold 5/4/2025 Rising Spirit Day 6

Marigold 5/4/2025 Rising Spirit Day 6

Hummingbird, Komomo Minami & Rea Seto vs. Minami Yuuki, Nagisa Tachibana & Ryoko Sakimura

NT = Nagisa Tachibana, KM = Komomo Minami

KM's team is dropkicked as they pose. They take corner dropkicks. Hum boots Ryoko out of the corner then handing headscissors her out of the top rope. Hum uppercuts her then running dropkicks her. Rea gets in and Ryoko hits forearms on her. Rea chest forearms her back then Ryoko cradles her for 2. Ryoko koji clutches her.

Ryoko low dropkicks Rea. Yuuki boots Rea then throws her by the arms. Rea armbars her and Yuuki ropebreaks. Rea dropkicks her arm against the ropes and Yuuki russian legsweeps her for 2. Rea hits a corner dropkick.

KM gets in and basement dropkicks Yuuki. Yuuki dropkicks KM then KM dropkicks her back. Yuuki hits a hard rolling alabama slam. NT comes in and hits dropkicks on KM. NT slams her for 2.

NT hits chest forearms on KM then takes a bulldog from Rea. KM basement dropkicks NT for 2. KM crabs NT. KM takes a double boot then a triple low dropkick. NT sunset flips KM for 2. KM tries a rope assisted flatliner but fails. KM ddt's her for 2.

NT snapmares her then rolls her up for 2. KM hammerlock ddt's NT for 2. KM twisting fisherman's neckbreakers NT and wins.

Thoughts: It wasn't that good. They had a bunch of limited green girls here and there wasn't much saving that. Hummingbird wasn't in this one at all. There were a lot of sloppy moments and weak shots.

Erina Yamanaka vs. Nao Ishikawa vs. Riara

Nao gets booted by both to start. Nao is rolled into a kick from EY. EY split drops Nao as Ri walks on Nao's gut. Nao is wrapped up in the ropes and EY puts her boot on her face. Ri then pours alcohol in Nao's mouth.

Nao hits a double lariat. Nao then takes a dropkick + flying knee. EY headbutts Ri then Ri chest forearms her. They trade shots. Ri hits chest forearms. Ri is tripped and EY headscissors her. Nao breaks it up.

Nao misses a crossbody then EY elbow drops Nao for 2. They all try pin attempts. EY hits a corner jumping knee on both. EY hits a double bronco buster on them. EY hits a top rope double crossbody for 2.

Nao flying neckbreakers EY then double underhook suplexes her for 2. Ri dropkicks Nao and forces a samoan drop. Ri low dropicks Nao then hits dropkicks to the chest for 2. EY uses  Ri to do a standing shining wizard on Nao. EY top rop flying knees Nao for 2. Ri double stomps them while they are on top of each other to break the pin attempt.

Ri running cutters Nao for 2. Ri hits EY with the bottle of champagne in front of the ref. The ref doesn't care and takes it away. Nao cartwheel headscissors Ri into a pin attempt. Ri then rolls her up for 2. Nao sitout spinebsuters Ri for the win.

Thoughts: It had the usual three way format. Erina really tried hard here and did a decent job. I didn't like Riara being able to cheat in front of the ref and being allowed to get away with it. It was okay.

Chanyota, Chika Goto & Natsumi Showzuki vs. Darkness Revolution (CHIAKI, Megaton & Nagisa Nozaki)

Goto and Chikaki go at it. Nozaki hits Goto from behind then everyone goes out to fight. Goto's head is banged off the apron then she is sent into a chair. Mega is sent into the seats and Natsumi stomps her. Nozaki chokes Chan with a chair.

Chiaki stomps Goto in the ring. She then facewashes her. Chan lariats Chiaki on the ropes. Chiaki takes corner attacks. Chan hits corner spears on Chiaki then she elbow drops her for 2.

Chiaki powerslams Chan for 2. Nozaki hits a double dropkick and facekicks Chan on the ropes. Nozaki reverse pendulum kicks Chan on the ropes for 2. Nozaki hits knees to the gut.  Chan does some botched slam on Nozaki's face then shoulders her over.

Goto gets in and slams Nozaki for 2. Nozaki then gets a 2 count on her. Nozaki chinlocks Goto. Nozaki facekicks Goto in the face for 2. Goto hits chest forearms on Nozaki then Nozaki hits a hard punch and superkicks her. Nozaki sick kicks her for 2.

Mega begs to get in but Chiaki is tagged in. Chiaki spears Goto for 2. Chiaki takes a flying knee + torture rack drop. Chiaki is pushed into the corner and Mega gets in. Mega corner splashes Goto then does normal splashes on her. Mega misses a splash. Goto hits a sliding lariat on Mega for 2.

Chiaki spinebusters Goto. Mega bottom rope splashes Goto for 2. Mega's double chop is blocked and she is put in a hold. Chiaki breaks it up quick. Chan and Natsumi hit stereo enzugiri's. Goto barely is able to slam Mega for 2. Goto then taps out Mega with a grounded abdominal stretch.

Thoughts: I liked it. They pushed that Mega's team didn't want her in because she sucked. Mega got face pops for not getting tagged in then she got some pops when she did get in. She then took the loss here. We didn't see much of Natsumi in this one.

Chika gets on the mic after. She asks Kouki on commentary if she's fed up with it and says let's wrestle. She challenges her for 5/24. Kouki agrees.

Miku Aono vs. Kizuna Tanaka

They lock up. Kiz wristlocks her then Miku reverses it. Miku side headlocks her. Kiz hits dropkicks then Miku dropkicks back. Miku corner dropkicks her twice for 2. Miku slams her then crabs her. Miku switches to half-crab and Kiz ropebreaks.

Kiz flying neckbreakers her for 2. Kiz buzzsaw kicks her and low dropkicks her for 2. Kiz hits mounted chest forearms. Kiz takes an iconoslam off the top then she is kicked in the back. Kiz blocks a PK. They trade leg kicks.

Kiz leglocks her and Miku ropebreaks. Kiz ankle locks her then kicks her. Kiz fisherman suplexes Miku for 2. Kiz hits a top rope dropkick for 2. Miku kicks her in the ribs then pumping knees her for 2. Kiz hits a running knee then Miku high kicks her. They try to high kick each other at the same time. Miku kicks her and somehow both girls go down.

They forearm each other on their knees. Miku sliding lariats her for 2. Kiz rolling armbars her from the buckles. Miku ropebreaks. Kiz twisting fisherman's neckbreakers her. Kiz hits re:dream for 2. Miku lariats her then Kiz rolling armbars her into a pin attempt. Miku running lariats her and buzzsaw kicks her for 2. Miku hits a styles clash and wins.

Thoughts: They had the right idea here with Kiz trying to go to toe to toe with Miku before being put down. I hated that double high kick spot though as it looked bad. If you can ignore that, this was good enough. This was all kicks here.

Marigold United National Title Match - Mai Sakurai (c) vs. Misa Matsui

They mat wrestle and side headlock each other. Misa side headlock takeovers her. Mai headscissors her. Misa kicks her in the gut then Mai facekicks her. Mai is pulled over the top. Misa and her buddies stop Mai outside and the ref just watches.

Misa throws chairs at Mai outside and stands on her neck. Mai is sent into the post. Mai is put in a chair then Misa and 2 others boot her over. Mai throws another chair at her.

Misa crossbodies Mai against the bottom rope. Misa bridging ddt's her. Misa STO's Mai then twists her neck with her feet. Mai ddt's her then hits a running shining wizard. Mai hits mounted forearms and slaps. Mai goes for the armbar then Misa puts her in a stretch muffler.

Misa running knees Mai in the butt over the 2nd rope. Misa then ddt's her over the 2nd rope. Misa pours water on Mai's head. Mai triangles her over the ropes. Mai hits hard boots to the face and sliding kicks her. Mai running face kicks her for 2.

They fight on the buckles and Misa is headbutted down. Mai top rope dropkicks her. Mai hits a suplex and and misses a top rope elbow drop. Mai and Misa trade shots on their knees then get up and trade.
Mai hits a forearm flurry and Misa rolls her into a double stomp. Misa does a Bison Kimura double chop on her and superkicks her. They fight on the buckles. Mai hangs from the buckles and Misa double stomps her from the top. Misa hits a top rope double stomp for 2. Misa falcon arrows her for 2. Mai drops her on a code red attempt and turns it into an STF in a cool spot. Misa ropebreaks.

Misa la magistral's her then bridges for 2. Mai dropkicks her then Misa hits a flying knee. Mai flying knees her for 1. Mai backdrops Misa for 2. Mai does an STO for 2. Mai glorious drivers her and picks her up on the pin attempt. Mai does an AT lock on her and taps her out.

Thoughts: I didn't love the AT lock finish and it went a little long, but it was a good match. It was easily one of Misa's best matches. It was fiery. They mostly stuck to strikes and it had good heat. These two matched up pretty well together here and were on the same page for this. this was a big success.

Mai talks on the mic after and asks who she should face. Shinno Omukai comes in and wants to face her. Mai asks her if she understands the gravity of this match as she is champ. Mai says Shinno will be 16 when she debuts and she agrees.

Utami Hayashishita & Victoria Yuzuki vs. MIRAI & Seri Yamaoka

Yuz = Victoria Yuzuki

Utami and Mirai go at it. They mat wrestle. Utami gets put in a headscissors off a headlock takeover and they stand off. Mirai uses the roves to escape a hammerlock then pulls on Utami's arm around the ropes. Seri comes in and works Utami's arm. Mirai then gets back in. Mirai armbreakers Utami and rolls her into a grounded kimura. It then gets broken up.

Mirai twists Utami's arm with her legs. Seri basement dropkicks Utami. Utami dropkicks her. Yuz gets in and dropkicks Seri. Seri is pushed into Mirai and Yuz botches a tornado ddt on Mirai off of Seri. Seri hits a corner spear then rams Yuz into the buckles.

Seri and Yuz trade chest forearms. Seri takes her down and hits mounted chest forearms. Seri karelin's lifts her. Seri then ties her legs up. Seri lifts up Yuz and Mirai presses Yuz down for 2. Seri air raid crashes Yuz for 2.

Mirai comes in and shoulders over Yuz. She then throws her down. Yuz flying headscissors Mirai and basement dropkicks her. Yuz hits a high angle backdrop on Mirai.

Utami tags in and dropkicks Mirai. They lariat battle. Utami hits a big forearm and a nice lariat. Seri htis shots on both opponents and takes a double dropkick. Yuz then top rope plancha's both opponents outside. 

Utami hits a top rope dropkick on Mirai for 2. Mirai rolling kimura's Utami. Mirai flying lariats Utami then spinning cradle shocks her for 2. Mirai rainmarkers Utami. Yuz hits a hard superkick on Mirai. Seri hits a nice spear on Yuz but Yuz no sells it and superkicks her. Utami does a snap back body drop on Mirai. Mirai lariats her from behind then Utami germans her.

Mirai takes an assisted air raid crash then Utami germans her for 2. Yuz backdrops Seri. Utami lariats Mirai then hits another for 2. Utami spinning torture rack drops her then hits a spinning razor's edge for the win.

Thoughts: It was a good match. It was full of stiff shots here with everyone getting a nice shot in. This beat my expectations and Mirai/Utami had a lot of good segments here.

Utami talks to Mirai after and says she doesn't want to lose to her at the 5/24 show. She says she doesn't want Mirai to forget about losing to her. She says let's make it the best match possible. Mirai agrees. She says Utami says cool things but no matter how many times she loses, she will get back up. She says there's no way she will break her. 

Nanae Takahashi vs. Mayu Iwatani

This is Mayu Iwatani's debut in Marigold after leaving Stardom. She should be a big get for them and I hope they are paying her well, because she deserves it for jumping to them.

They each offer handshakes and shake. They lock up and Mayu goes down while getting pushed into the ropes. They lock up again and NT forces her down. Mayu kips up then is taken down. Mayu armdrags her and NT shoulders her over. NT side headlocks her then does a rings of saturn. NT snapmares her and kicks her in the back. NT hits a chop flurry in the corner. NT slams her. NT ties up her legs and chinlocks her. Mayu ropebreaks. Mayu hits chest forearms then NT side slams her for 2.

NT pulls Mayu's arms back. NT then ties up Mayu's legs again and Mayu ropebreaks. NT kicks her around and stomp flurries her. Mayu goes out and comes back in. She pin kicks Nt in the gut then NT suplexes her. Mayu basement dropkicks her.

Mayu dropkicks her against the bottom rope. NT goes out. Mayu tries to rope her but NT throws a chair at her. NT then chairs her in front of the ref. They go into the stands and NT beats her up there. They trade chops. Mayu chop flurries her then falls down into the seats.  

NT then forearms her and sends her down the steps. NT kicks her around on the floor and does foot slaps. Mayu bangs NT's head off the apron. They duel chairs. They sit down on chairs in the ring and slap each other. NT knocks her off the chair then Mayu headkicks her. NT topes her and a ring attendant hard. Mayu top rope dropkicks her then hits a top rope splash for 2. NT hits a rebound german. NT blocks a hurricanrana and turns it into a high crab. NT switches to half crab.

Mayu hits chest forearms then NT fires back. NT backdrops her for 2. Mayu corner dropkicks her. Mayu is dragon screwed down from the buckles. NT sliding d's her. Mayu slaps NT while she sits up top. Mayu headbutts her then hits a top rope hurricanrana. Mayu hits a top rope double stomp. NT no sells it and ankle locks her. NT turns it into a figure four.

Mayu ropebreaks. NT hits a short arm lariat then northern lights bombs her for 2. NT hits a top rope splash on Mayu for 2.  

Mayu crucifix bombs her for 2. Mayu buzzsaw kicks her and superkicks her. Mayu hits a top rope moonsault for 2. Mayu buzzsaw kicks her then NT falcon arrows her for 2. They forearm each other at the same time. NT hits slaps and a headbutt. Mayu superkicks her. NT lariats her for 2. Mayu hurricanrana's her and wins.

Thoughts: Mayu kind of had to win on her debut and she did. They did some legwork that didn't amount to much. They did a lot of slaps and chest forearms in this. They showed a lot of spirit which was good and Mayu got the crap kicked out of her as expected. I like it and thought it was good, but the ceiling was being one of the best this year and it didn't quite hit that.

Mayu talks on the mic after and thanks everyone. She says sorry to the fans she left behind in Stardom and says let's chase our dreams and follow her. She says sorry for calling NT old She says she can feel NT's strength and says her generation will continue to be even stronger and thanks her for today.

NT says she's not old and asks if they can agree on that. She says Mayu feels like an angel to her. She says it's great she came to Marigold and says her wrestling is the best.

Victoria Yuzuki comes out. She says she's glad Mayu came to Marigold. She tells Mayu to challenge her if she's coming for the Super Flyweight Title. She says she has to be under 55kg to do it. Mayu asks where the belt is and asks why she doesn't have it. She says Yuzuki grew as a wrestler but she's in a much higher place. She asks when they will fight and accepts. 

Miku Aono comes in and calls for Nanae Takahashi. She says she wants to be her opponent and says she has her passion. NT says it's easy to say it. She says she wants to take her passion and raise herself higher. NT says let me think about it. Miku says she wants to accept her passion.

NT drags Mayu back in the ring, literally. Mayu asks to be the one to close the show and asks how to do it. Mayu then yells iku zo multiple times and they say, "Marigold, Passion". They then hug.

Overall thoughts: The opener wasn't that good. The three way was okay. The trios match with Megaton was surprisingly fun. I liked Miku/Kizuna and thought they had the right idea but maybe in a few years, it'll be even better. Mai/Misa beat all expectations and was good. I really liked the semi main was it was stiff. The main was good as expected but not quite great. I'd give it an 8 out of 10 as only the opener was bad and we got some good performances.