Marigold 9/19/2026 Dream Star Grand Prix 2026 Day 8

Marigold 9/19/2026 Dream Star Grand Prix 2026 Day 8

We get a ceremony with all the girls in the GP to start.

CHIAKI vs. Victoria Yuzuki vs. The Lady AI

Chi iron claw's both to start. Chi then boots both in the face. Yuz dropkicks Chi and chi eye rakes Yuz. Yuz flying headscissors chi and dropkicks her. AI clubs on Yuz's back. AI hits dropkicks on Yuz. Yuz dropkicks her in the knee. Chi pulls Yuz out and sends her into the seats. 

AI hits chest forearms on Chi. Chi chops her and slams her. Chi pulls AI down by the hair and legdrops her. AI cradles her for 2. Chi goes for a flatliner and Yuz dropkicks both down. Yuz dropkicks AI through the ropes then 2nd rope dropkicks her for 2.

Chi splashes AI for 2. Chi powerslams Yuz for 2. Chi runs at Yuz but AI shoulders her over from the side. Yuz forearms AI then AI STO's her for 2. Yuz northern lights suplexes her for 2. 

AI takes a straightjacket german from Yuz and gets pinned.

Thoughts: It was short and nothing too special. They didn't botch anything but there was only so much that could really be done here given the situation.

DREAM STAR Grand Prix 2026 Block D Match - Rea Seto vs Megaton

Rea refuses a dropkick then running dropkicks her once the bell rings. Mega rolls her up for 2 counts. Rea stomps her and Mega backslides her for 2. Rea dropkicks Meg for 2. Rea armbars Mega.

Rea dropkicks Mega through the ropes. Mega splashes her on the ropes. Mega cradles her for 2. Mega shoulders her over then hits splashes for 2. Mega misses an elbow drop and Rea armbars her. Mega ropebreaks. 

Mega short arm lariats her for 2. Mega bottom rope splashes her for 2. Mega misses a splash off the buckles. Rea dropkicks her and Meg no sells it then goes for a pin. Rea hits another dropkick and pins her.

Thoughts: It went as expected. Rea does armwork, dropkicks and basic heel tactics. Mega does splashes and comedy. It wasn't much more and it was not that good.

DREAM STAR Grand Prix 2026 Block D Match - Chika Goto vs. Nagisa Tachibana

NT runs at her and dropkicks her. Goto lariats her down for 2 counts. NT blocks a giant swing. Goto hip attacks her on the ropes then boots her in the head over the 2nd rope. Goto giant swings her. Goto running hip attacks her for 2. 

They trade chest forearms and Goto forearms her down. NT 2nd rope twisting crossbodies her for 2. NT running back elbows her and bulldogs her. NT low dropkicks her for 2. Goto hits a big lariat on NT. Goto goes for a pin but NT get the 2 count on her.

NT corner dropkicks her. NT busts out a new seated moonsault on her for 2. Goto emerald flowsions her for 2. Goto hits short arm lariats then running lariats her for 2. NT la magistral's her and pins her with a bridge.

Thoughts: It was an okay little out here. NT took some hard shots and pulled off the upset. Goto had some good and hard hitting offense here. 

DREAM STAR Grand Prix 2026 Block D Match - Kouki Amarei vs. Shinno

Shin hits leg kicks to start. KA shoulders her over. Shin does a nasty looking uranage and KA goes out. Shin kicks her on the floor and PK's her there. Shin pumping knees her as her head hangs off the apron. Shin then gets a 2 count on her.

KA cartwheels off the ropes and crossbodies her for 2. KA suplexes her for 2. They trade chest forearms. Shin spinning back elbows her and pounds on her back. KA facekicks her. KA flying corner facekicks her. KA then backdrops her for 2.

KA goes up and top and is hit. They fight on the buckles. KA boots her from the buckles. Shin rolls into palm strikes on KA. Shin iconoclasm's KA for 2. Shin hits knees to the head. Shin knees her in the chest for 2.

Shin runs the ropes and is dropkicked. Shin high kicks her and KA boots her down. Shin backslides her for 2 two three times in a row. KA TKO's her for 2. KA top rope 180 splashes her and pins her.

Thoughts: It was a fine. A lot of kicks were thrown here and Shinno busted out a new iconoclasm. Kouki did her usual limited offense here.

DREAM STAR Grand Prix 2026 Block C Match - Hummingbird vs. Shoko Koshino

They shake hands. Hum takes her over on the lock up and SK armdrags her. SK basement dropkicks her. Hum backrolls into a spinning reverse headscissors. Hum misses a dropkick through the ropes and goes out. SK double axe handles her off the apron. They trade chest forearms outside.

SK suplexes her on the floor for 2. SK suplexes her inside for 2. SK camel clutches her. They trade chops. Hum flying headscissors her. Hum pendulum double boots her in the corner. They trade chest forearms. Hum spinning high kicks her. Hum ties up her arms with her leg and rolls her.

Hum dropkicks her through the ropes. SK 2nd rope dropkicks her and backdrops her for 2. SK lariats her down. SK comes off the top and Hum gets her knees up. Hum facebusters her from the electric chair position then Hum bridge pins her.

Thoughts: It was acceptable. It didn't really get enough time and that limited some of what they could do here. Shoko didn't get as much offense in here as you would hope for.

DREAM STAR Grand Prix 2026 Block C Match - Mai Sakurai vs. Diana Strong

They shake hands and lock up. DS backs her up on the ropes and poses. Mai side headlocks her. DS side headlock takeovers her. They both go for backrops. DS is laid on the top rope and Mai kicks her in the gut. Mai boots her out of the corner and 2nd rope dropkicks her. 

Mai flying corner facekicks her then does an interesting wrist clutch northern lights suplex. Mai goes for the armbar and DS ropebreaks.

DS hits chest forearms and a slam. DS then backbreakers her for 2. DS throws her down backwards and hits mounted shots on her. Mai does a cobra twist to her. Mai running facekicks her over the bottom rope then low enzugiri's her there for 2. 

DS 2nd rope superplexes her. Mai hits forearms and DS spinebusters her for 2. Mai backdrops her. Mai basement dropkicks her for 2. Mai suplexes her then top rope elbow drops her for 2. Mai STO's her then DS blocks her STF attempt. DS crossfaces her. Mai ropebreaks.

DS powerslams her. They fight on the buckles. DS sunset bombs her for 2. Mai then gets a 2 count on her. DS knees her in the face then pumping knees her. DS suplexes her for 2. DS AA's her and pins her.

Thoughts: It was a bit of an upset with DS winning. It decent just not much more. They to some time to work with this and it picked up a little by the end.

DREAM STAR Grand Prix 2026 Block B Match - Mila Smidt vs. Komomo Minami

They lock up and MS shoves her down. MS then pulls her down and side headlocks her. KM running dropkicks her then MS shoulders her over. KM dropkicks her out on the ropes. They go to the apron and MS works on her arm. MS pulls her into the buckles by the arm.

MS clubs on her and knee drops her back. MS corner meteora's her and broski boots her. MS suplexes her for 2. MS boots her in the face. They trade chest forearms. MS headbutts her. KM casadora armdrags her and basement dropkicks her. 

MS chops her down for 2. MS boots her in the head. KM 2nd rope twisting crossbodies her. KM twisting fisherman's neckbreaker her for 2. MS handspring lariats her for 2. KM rolls her up for 2. KM spinning roundhouse kicks her. MS germans her on her head for 2. 

KM trips her and crucifixes her for 2. MS spinebusters KM then knees her in the face. MS hits a widow's peak neckbreaker on her and pins her.

Thoughts: It was acceptable. Mila mostly bullied her around en route to winning. Komomo got to fire up and did a little comeback but it wasn't enough. KM took a high german on her neck/head.

DREAM STAR Grand Prix 2026 Block B Match - Nagisa Nozaki vs. Mayu Iwatani

They go to lock up and let go. They lock up. NN goes or a sleeper and Mayu ropebreaks. NN facekicks her through the ropes then does her pendulum kick over the 2nd rope on her. NN sends her into the seats. NN then chokes her with the edge of a chair. Mayu's head is banged off the buckles.

Mayu rolls up NN off a corner charge and NN dropkicks her. NN double chop flurries her in the corner. They fight on the ramp and Mayu forearms her there. Maru then low basement dropkicks her, banging her own back off the ramp. 

Mayu top rope splashes her for 2. NN straight punches her and superkicks her. NN single leg basement dropkicks her for 2. Mayu superkicks her and NN flying single leg dropkicks her. Mayu rebound germans her then superkicks her in the face. Mayu buzzsaw kicks her for 2.

Mayu boots her from the 2nd rope and 2nd rope diving headbusters her. Mayu top rope moonsaults her and pins her.

Thoughts: This didn't get enough time and that hurt this one for me. Nagisa's not the most exciting wrestler to begin with and they were really just in the middle of what they usually do when this ended. This wasn't much.

DREAM STAR Grand Prix 2026 Block A Match - Aleah James vs. Yuuka Yamazaki

They lock up and let go. YY trips her. AJ armdrags her. AJ boots her in the gut and is dropkicked. AJ goes up and over then bulldogs her for 2. YY double boots her out of the corner and 2nd rope dropkicks her. YY running back elbows her and basement dropkicks her for 2. AJ high kicks her and dropkicks her for 2. 

AJ bangs YY's arm off the mat. YY cutters her for 2. YY codebreakers her and AJ backcrackers her for 2. AJ fisherman suplexes her. AJ top rope crossbodies her for 2. YY step up enzugiri's her and drops her on an up and over attempt. YY electric chair drops her chest first on the mat and pins her.

Thoughts: It was pretty average. They did their moves and not a lot else. There wasn't much of a story here and both were faces. They also didn't get much time.

DREAM STAR Grand Prix 2026 Block A Match - Misa Matsui vs. Erina Yamanaka

MM boots her before the bell then throws her out. MM whips her and chokes her with a piece of clothing outside. MM chest forearms her down. EY is then sent into the seats. 

MM foot chokes her outside then sends her into the post. EY is sat in a chair and MM running boots her. They go in and MM gets a 2 count on her. MM twists her head with her feet.  MM crossfaces her and EY ropebreaks. 

MM basement dropkicks her for 2. MM hits knees to the gut and EY swinging facebusters her. EY flying single leg dropkicks her. EY flying knees her in the corner. EY bronco busters her in the corner for 2. MM rolls her into a double stomp. MM crossbodies her against the bottom rope for 2. 

EY facekicks her twice. MM eye rakes her. EY bridges out of a kick and rolls her up for 2. They trade forearms. EY northern lights suplexes her for 2. EY top rope plancha's her outside. 

EY top rope rider kicks her inside for 2. EY cutters her for 2. MM superkicks her and low flying knees her for 2. EY suplexes her and MM gets a 2 count on her. MM flying knees her for 2. MM 2nd rope double knee drops her. MM top rope double stomps her and pins her.

Thoughts: It was fine. MM heeled it up some and EY tried to pull the win off before going down. I do think it could have been better though but Misa definitely gave it her all.

DREAM STAR Grand Prix 2026 Block A Match - Natsumi Showzuki vs. Miku Aono

Miku goes for a kick and Nat takes her down. Nat half-crabs her. Nat kicks her in the leg while it's on the ropes and Nat kicks her in the back. They trade kicks to the back. Miku chest kicks her down for 2. Miku hits leg kicks. Miku ties her leg up and crabs the other. 

Miku boots her in the corner. Nat double knee drops her back. Nat meteora's her. Miku no sells it and goes for the styles clash. Nat ropebreaks. They trade leg kicks. Nat leg kicks her. Miku sweeps her then Nat high kicks her. Miku high kicks her. They high kick each other at the same time and both go down.

Miku hits forearms. Nat fisherman suplexes her. Nat meteora's her for 2. Nat double knee drops her off the top. Miku torture rack rack drops her. Nat rolls her up for 2. Miku lariats her. Miku lariats her for 1.

Miku buzzsaw kicks her for 2. Miku hits a styles clash on her and pins her.

Thoughts: What we got was acceptable but not much more. It didn't get that much time and they were by no means going for any kind of classic here. I thought the last part of the middle section was just beginning when they ended it.

Miku then talks on the mic to close the show.

Overall thoughts: The opener was nothing of note. Rea/Mega wasn't that good. Goto/Tachibana was okay. Kouki/Shinno was fine. Hummingbird/Shoko was acceptable. Mai/Strong was decent. Mila/Komomo was acceptable. Nagisa/Mayu was nothing special. Aleah/Yuuka was average. Misa/Erina was fine. The main was acceptable. There was nothing must see here and it felt like everything got cut short due to the amount of matches they had on this card. I'd give it a 6 out of 10 as it was okay enough overall but not much more.