Marigold 5/24/2025 Marigold Shine Forever ~A Glorious Celebration~

Marigold 5/24/2025 Marigold Shine Forever ~A Glorious Celebration~

Mai Sakurai vs. Shinno

Shinno is debuting here and she's Michiko Omukai's daughter.

Mai wristlocks her and is reversed. Mai wristlocks her again. Shin snapmares her and sleepers her. Mai goes for an armbar. Shin hits kicks on her then hits a uranage. Shin stomps on her and Mai facekicks her. Mai hits stomps to the leg and elbow drops it. 

Mai stomps Shin's knee then corner facekicks her. Mai facewash kicks her then grounded sleepers her. Shin's nose is busted open and she hits forearms. Shin running dropkicks her. Shin then armdrags her into an armbar. Shin does a twisting bodypress on her. Mai slams her for 2. Mai crabs her and Shin ropebreaks. Mai stomps on her back then Shin chest kicks her down. Shin sharpshooters her and Mai ropebreaks.

Shin stomps on her then they trade forearms. Mai forearms her down then Shin high kicks her. Mai forearms her over then running kicks her for 2. Mai does a shining facekick for 2. Shin hits a spinning heel kick, a pumping knee and a buzzsaw kick. Shin hits a kamigoye for 2.

Mai STO's her. Shin hits a pumping knee then Mai flying chest kicks her. Mai backdrops her for 2. Mai STO's her then puts her in an STF. Shin then taps out.

Thoughts: It was a long debut match as Marigold debuts often are. It was a great debut for Shin though. She sells her and is a natural face. She got all bloodied here though which is a shame since it's her big debut. You can tell Shinno has watched some wrestling and gets what she's doing. She's not super athletic or anything but she should be good.

Mai and Shinno hug Michiko Omukai at commentary after.

Chanyota, Erina Yamanaka, Nagisa Tachibana & Ryoko Sakimura vs. Darkness Revolution (CHIAKI, Megaton, Misa Matsui & Nagisa Nozaki)

Mega and Chan go at it. Mega tries to scare her and gets booted. Mega bites her hand and they shoulder battle. Mega hits forearms to the chest and is shouldered over. Mega takes corner attacks then Mega takes a double dropkick and a double elbow drop for 2.

Nagista hits low dropkicks on Mega. Mega shoulders her over then low crossbodies her for 2. Ryoko flying kicks Mega from behind. Mega avoids a double dropkick and her partners help out.

Nozaki running facekicks Nagisa in the corner. Nozaki STO's Erina and forces her to ddt her partner. Chiaki then spears Nagisa on the ropes and Nozaki facekicks Nagisa on the ropes. Nozaki hits her reverse pendulum kick on Nagisa.

Misa basement dropkicks Nagisa for 2. She hits knees to the head. Nagisa hits chest forearms. Misa knees her on the ropes then Nagisa crossbodies her for 2. Ryoko comes in and hits dropkicks on Misa for 2. Erina hits a top rope crossbody on Misa then Ryoko puts a submission on Misa that is broken up. Ryoko hits knees to Misa's gut. Misa superkicks her in the gut.

Nozaki chairs Ryoko in the back. The girls all fight over a chair then Mega breaks it up. Ryoko is put on a chair and she takes a double basement dropkick to get knocked over. Misa running knees Ryoko for 2. Mega isp ushed into Misa. Misa hits Mega for it then Chan hits a double lariato n them. Ryoko rolls up Misa for 2. Misa flying knees Ryoko for 2.

Ryoko takes a triple facekick. Misa top rope double stomps Ryoko and wins.

Thoughts: It was a decent match. We didn't get to see much of Chiaki or Erina here. It was fast paced and we got some multi-person spots before going home.

Mega's team leaves without her after and she is pushed.

Chika Goto & Minami Yuuki vs. Kizuna Tanaka & Kouki Amarei

Yuuki and Kiz go at it. Kiz takes her down by the arm and Yuuki low dropkicks her. Kiz low dropkicks her and Yuuki goes for a pin. Kiz forearms and kicks Yuuki. Kiz takes a double boot then Yuuki is lifted and butt drops Kiz. Goto facekicks Kiz then hip attacks her on the ropes.

Goto giant swings Kiz. Goto and Kouki pull each others hair. Goto hits mounted forearms then does an indian deathlock on her. Goto drops back on it. Kouki ropebreaks and Goto won't let go.

Goto running facekicks Kouki. Kouki facekicks Goto then hits a cutter. Goto falls on a slam on Kouki then legbars her. Kiz breaks it up. Kouki running boots Goto then Goto running lariats her. Goto facekicks Kouki. The two trade forearms on their knees and both go down.

Yuuki running dropkicks Kouki then top rope dropkicks her for 2. Yuuki backdrops Kouki then Kiz flying lariats Yuuki. Yuuki is held for a running boot to the head. Yuuki takes a botched twisting drop from Kouki's shoulder.

Goto takes kicks from both opponents. Kouki facekicks Yuuki then backdrops her for 2. Kouki hits a top rope twisting splash and pins Yuuki.

Thoughts: It was so-so as expected. Everyone in this is kind of limited and that doesn't lead to quality most of the time.

Elimination Match - Team Marigold (Hummingbird, Komomo Minami, Nao Ishikawa, Natsumi Showzuki & Rea Seto) vs. Team Marvelous (Ai Houzan, Maria, Riko Kawahata, Senka Akatsuki & Sora Ayame)

Sora is in the blue, Ai is in the yellow and Senka is in the red.

The 10 fight to start. Hum hits forearms on Ai then rolls her. Hum low chest kicks her. Hum hits chest forearms. Ai double chops her then low running double chops her. Sora running dropkicks Hum four times then hits chest forearms. Hum running dropkicks her.

Natsumi rolls Sora by the hair then foot chokes her in the corner. Natsumi meteora's Sora in the corner. Sora takes corner attacks. The Marigold team is then stacked in the corner for running attacks. Sora running boots Natsumi. Natsumi PK's Senka for 2. Minami shotgun dropkicks Senka then hits low dropkicks on her.

Minami ddt's Senka for 2. Senka slams Minami for 2. Senka and Minami end up on the apron. Marigold's team tries to pull Senka down. Senka takes a ddt over the middle rope for 2. Senka running lariats her for 2 then pins Minami to eliminate her.

Nao and Senka shoulder battle. Nao shoulders her over. Sora hits running dropkicks on Nao for 2. Nao slams Sora for 2. Nao forearms Sora over then Senka rolls her up. Sora takes a hard spinebsuter from Nao for 2. Nao sitout spinebusters Sora and pins her to eliminate her. 

Riko top rope dropkicks Nao then axe kicks her back. Nao lariats Riko. Nao corner lariats Riko. Hum then triangles Riko over the top rope. Hum 2nd rope crossbodies her for 2. Hum then armbars her. Riko rips out the feathers from Hum's mask.

Hum hits hard chest forearms on Riko then foot chokes her. Hum hits a hard chop. Riko 2nd rope kicks Hum then asai moonsaults her for the pin. Hummingbird is eliminated.

Senka shoulders over her Natsumi a few times. Senka suplexes her for 2. Natsumi high kicks Senka then meteora's her for 2. Natsumi running knees Senka in the corner then Rea flying lariats Senka. Nao double underhook suplexes Senka the Natsumi top rope double knee drops Senka. Senka is pinned and eliminated.

Maria germans Natsumi then is high kicked. Natsumi release suplexes her. Natsumi running knees Maria then Rea slams Maria three times. Maria drops Rea face first on the mat. Maria flying kicks Rea for 2.

Natsumi and Nao take stereo attacks. Nao, Riko, Maria and Natsumi end up on the apron together. All 4 end up going off of it and get eliminated. Ai misses a dropkick on Rea and is rolled up for 2. Rea and Ai trade forearms. Rea armbars her then dropkicks her against the bottom rope.

Ai headbutts Rea in the chest then ddt's her for 2. They each try pin attempts. Ai northern lights suplexes Rea for 2. Rea gets a 2 count on her then running headhunters her. Rea front suplexes her with a bridge and pins her.

Thoughts: I liked Riko and Hummingbird getting at each other here and Riko ripping the feathers out of Hum's mask was a new one that I haven't ever seen done before. That was the highlight of this one. Natsumi wasn't pushed real strong here and Rea getting the pin at the end was a big moment for her. I always tend to like these matches and I enjoyed this one. It was fast paced, there was lots of action and the rookies did alright here. I'm not really surprised Marvelous lost here since this is a Marigold show and they are the weaker promotion of the two.

Takumi Iroha vs. Seri Yamaoka

Seri takes her down and wrestlers her on the mat. They roll around on the mat and TI's legs are tied up. TI is put in the bow and arrow. TI chest kicks her down. Seri hits chest forearms and TI fires back with forearms. TI armdrags and armlocks her. TI half crabs her while tying up the arm with her legs.

TI hits chops and spin kicks her. TI snap suplexes her. TI foot chokes her then kicks her in the back for 2. Seri catches her kick and ankle locks her. TI chest kicks her. Seri rolls her up into an ankle lock. Seri dropkicks her int the knee then rams her into the cortner. Seri hits a corner spear then TI hits knees to the body. Seri spinebusters her and hits a mounted forearm and slap combo.

TI forearms her down and stomps on her. Seri hits a water wheel drop and tries pin attempts. Seri suplexes her for 2. Seri hits a top rope splash for 2. TI hits a corkscrew kick to the shoulder.

TI hits a stunner off a suplex attempt. TI misses a top rope swanton. TI hits a stiff spinning powerbomb for 2. Seri germans her then is superkicked in the arm. TI spinning heel kicks her for 2. TI pumphandle Z360's her and pins her.

Thoughts: It wasn't that great. It got off to a bit of a boring start with them rolling around and not really getting anywhere. TI didn't hit all of her kicks clean here and it ended before it could turn into anything special.

Marigold Superfly Title Match - Victoria Yuzuki (c) vs. Mayu Iwatani

Yuz has her hair braided and has some weird curls on the sides of her head.

They try to dropkick each other and trade forearms fast. Yuz trips her then slingshot double stomps her back. Mayu goes out and Yuz top rope crossbodies her. Yuz low dropkicks her for 2 then switches to a crossface. Yuz misses a corner charge and takes a basement dropkick. Mayu dropkicks her against the bottom rope.

Mayu spin kicks her in the gut. Yuz hip throws her. Yuz dropkicks her against the bottom rope. Yuz northern lights suplexes her for 2. Mayu release germans her then Yuz backdrops her. Yuz superkicks her then Mayu superkicks her. Yuz low dropkicks her.

They fight on the buckles. Yuz hits a top rope dropkick on her. Yuz hits a top rope moonsault. Yuz then hits moonsaults from all 3 ropes but Mayu gets her knees up on the last one. Mayu germans her and superkicks her. Mayu dragon suplexes her for 2.

Yuz rolls her up into a crucifix for 2. Mayu superkicks her. Mayu buzzsaw kicks her. Mayu then hits moonsaults off the bottom, middle and top ropes. Mayu then wins.

Thoughts: It started off well. The moonsaults at the end kind of took away from the match. The match felt long but only got around 10 minutes, so it wasn't that long in reality. Mayu won as expected here since she's the new biggest star in the promotion. Maybe something will come out of her and Yuzuki in the future but I don't know. Mayu is above this title and I'm not sure if her doing a belt collector gimmick is the best call. 

Mayu then talks on the mic after.

Marigold World Title Match - Utami Hayashishita (c) vs. MIRAI

Mirai wristlocks her then Utami side headlocks her. Mirai cravates her then Utami slams her. Mirai puts her in a moss-covered three handed family gradunza on the ropes. Mirai running back elbows her then neckbreakers her. Mirai double underhook locks her. Mirai twists her neck with ehr feet.

Mirai pounds on the back of her neck. Utami dropkicks her then shoudlers her. Mirai htis a suplex/drop on her then Utami does the same suplex/drop on her. They collide with lariats. Utami spinning lariats her. Mirai upkicks her then takes an air raid crash for 2. Utami hits a 2nd air raid crash then Mirai backdrops her for 2. Mirai does another moss-covered three handed family gradunza. 

Mirai rebound lariats her then spinning cradle shocks her for 2. Utami throws her on a back body drop. Utami lariats her on the ropes then suplexes her. Utami germans her for 1. Mirai hits a corner lariat to the back of the head and germans her for 2. Mirai lariats her for 2.

Mirai hits another lariat for 2. Mirai comes off the top and is dropkicked in mid-air. Utami forearms her down. Utami germans her for 2. Utami spinning torture rack bombs her for 1. Mirai then reverses the pin on her.

They collide with lariats. They do it again and Mirai goes down. Mirai then goes down again. Utami spins her, Mirai slides out and hits a hard lariat for 2.  Utami hits something like a torture rack sitout bomb for 2. Mirai is lawn darted into the buckles then she takes a spinning razor's edge. Utami then pins her.

Thoughts: It was nothing but two girls trading big bombs here. The selling wasn't the best, but they really got each other good a few times. I don't think it was quite the epic they were going for and this wasn't the right crowd for it. I did like some of it though, but I didn't love this.

They talk to each other on the mic after. Takumi Iroha then comes out to talk to Utami. Utami gets in her face as she comes out and asks if Iroha will face her. Iroha says she's been waiting but says she will contact her when it's time since Utami made her wait. Utami then talks more.

Thoughts: Wow, this was a stupid angle with Iroha in no hurry to get a title shot and Utami leaving this show without her the next challenge set. 

They have a nice video package for Nanae with AJW footage, Yumiko Hotta, Momoe Nakanishi and Manami Toyota

Retirement Match - Nanae Takahashi vs. Miku Aono

I wish Nanae would have waited another year on this retirement. She's the best worker in the company and there's lots of younger wrestlers who could use her help. I never really thought she would retire since she's still performing at a high level, hasn't visibly aged that much and since Marigold needs her. I also never thought she really ever got the credit she deserved for being such a strong worker. I still can't believe NT never really got a US run anywhere but maybe she didn't want to relocate. It's also sad as she's one of the last All Japan Women's wrestlers along with Kyoko, Jaguar, Aja, Hotta, Chigusa, Dump and Takako.

NT and Miku duck slaps. NT side headlocks her. NT hammerlocks her then wristlocks her. NT side headlocks her and Miku wristlocks her. Miku hits leg kicks. NT shoulders her over. NT dragon screws her. NT ties up the legs and falls back. NT hits a chop flurry in the corner.

Miku high kicks her then running dropkicks her. Miku hits kicks to the back then does a grounded sleeper. Miku pulls NT's arms back. NT rebound germans her. NT lariats her over the top. NT stomps on her outside.

NT tries to throw chairs in but struggles to get them over the top. They sit in chairs in the ring and slap each other.  NT boots her in the face. NT backdrops her for 2. Miku top rope dropkicks her. NT superplexes her for 2. They lariat each other at the same time. Miku hits lariats then NT lariats her back. Miku hits chest kicks. NT hits a lariat. Miku hits chest forearms then NT chest forearms her back. Miku then fires back. Miku hits a lariat for 2. NT brainbusters her for 2.

NT tries a top rope splash but Miku gets her knees up. Miku buzzsaw kicks her and hits a kick flurry to her chest. Miku irish whips her but NT goes down. Miku kicks her while she's down. NT hits headbutts. NT lariats her. They slap each other.

NT slaps her and enzugiri's her. Miku buzzsaw kicks her. Miku tiger drivers her for 2. NT escapes a styles clash then b-drivers her for 2. NT goes up top then top rope splashes her for 2. NT rolls her up for 2. NT goes up top and is kicked. Miku styles clashes her for 2. NT drops her with a slap then hits a hammerlock emerald flowsion for 2. 

Miku high kicks her and hits headbutts. Miku then styles clashes her for 2. Miku buzzsaw kicks her for 2. Miku hits her own hammerlock emerald flowsion on NT and pins her.

Thoughts: I'm glad NT did the job here and put Miku over. It was a good match with lots of stiff shots and high impact moves. It would have been better in front of a Korauken crowd though. They also could have maybe picked up the pace at times.

They lay on the mat and hug after. NT tells Miku to give us more passion. Miku says it was heavy today and says she was able to show her a part of her that she hadn't known before. Miku says she's doing her best. NT says she wants to do more.

Nanae Takahashi Retirement Gauntlet Match - Nanae Takahashi vs. Kouki Amarei, Momoe Nakanishi, Senka Akatsuki, Seri Yamaoka & Yumiko Hotta

Each match as a 1-minute time limit.

Leg 1 - Nanae Takahashi vs Senka Akatsuki

Senka runs down and hits forearms on her. NT fires back and drops her then Senka shoulders her over for 2. NT slaps her, gets slapped back and the time limit expires. They continue hitting each other after.

Leg 2 - Nanae Takahashi vs Seri Yamaoka

Seri brings out a chair and a bag. She gives her the bag and they sit down in chairs. They slap each other while they sit. Seri knocks her over and tries to shoot pin her. She smothers her and does pin her. 

Leg 3 - Nanae Takahashi vs Kouki Amarei

Kouki hits facekicks. NT goes for a backdrop but Kouki doesa press out of it for 2. Kouki tries to deadlift backdrop her but doesn't get much air out of it. Kouki hits mounted forearms. NT hits mounted forearms then Kouki hits more. The time limit then runs out.

Leg 4 - Nanae Takahashi vs Yumiko Hotta

NT hits forearms. Hotta hits leg kicks back at her. Hotta kicks her in the back. NT slaps her then Hotta piefaces her. NT lariats her for 2. NT hits mounted forearms. NT kind of hugs her on the mat, Hotta holds onto her and lets her pin her.

Leg 5 - Nanae Takahashi vs Momoe Nakanishi

Momoe running dropkicks her three times. NT shoulders her over. NT is tripped and Momoe stomps her back. They mess up a spot on the ropes. NT slaps her then Momoe does a momo*latch from behind for 2. Momoe then botches another momo*latch attempt. Momoe tries again but NT just pins her off of it. NT then hits a northern lights bomb after and pins her a second time.

Thoughts: It was a nice little gauntlet. We got one last Momoe vs Nanae battle, Nanae vs some rookies and Nanae vs Hotta. You can't ask for much more than what we got here. It's a shame Momoe had such an off night though. 

Nanae talks on the mic after. She gets a lot of gifts from various wrestlers and people in the industry as usual. Some of the younger Marigold girls slap her and oen of them dropkicks her then pins her. Some of the Ice Ribbon girls show up as well incuding Tsukasa, Hamuko and Tsukushi. Unfortunately, the version I had of this cut off before the ceremony ended, but we all know the drill.

Overall thoughts: It was a good show from Marigold. We had a debut that went well with Shinno looking like one to keep an eye on. The Megaton tag was okay. I liked the elimination match but the Kouki tag wasn't that good. Iroha/Seri wasn't as good as it will be in a few years. I liked Yuzuki/Mayu but it only got around 10 minutes which wasn't enough. I didn't love Utami/Mirai but I thought they had the idea right and I liked some of it. Nanae/Miku was a good main event and the mini-gauntlet after was a nice send-off with a surprise Momoe Nakanishi match.

The one major downfall of this show was the crowd. I don't know if it was an issue with the mics, but the heat was not there for most of the matches which brought everything down. This show would have been so much better at Korauken. I can't blame the wrestlers either as they put the work in. Marigold put on a good card here and covered up some of their weaknesses well. I'd give it a 8 out of 10 as they followed the format for a big show well but nothing out of this was absolutely great. I liked the main most here.