Marigold 9/20/2026 Dream Star Grand Prix 2026 Day 9

Marigold 9/20/2026 Dream Star Grand Prix 2026 Day 9 

Day 8 is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/marigold-9192026-dream-star-grand-prix.html

DREAM STAR Grand Prix 2026 Quarter Final Match - Mayu Iwatani vs. Rea Seto

Mayu flying dropkicks her in the corner before the bell. Mayu spin kicks her in the gut then dropkicks her against the bottom rope. Mayu topes Rea outside. Mayu top rope splashes her for 2. 

Rea arm throws her then Mayu superkicks her. Mayu buzzsaw kicks her. Rea is supposed to move away from a top rope moonsault but rolls into it. Rea no sells it and flying dropkicks her. Mayu release germans her. Mayu superkicks her for 2. Rea then rolls her up and pins her.

Thoughts: It was short and I knew it would be. The winner of this has to fight 2 more times potentially, so it wasn't going to be long. What we got wasn't that good and the moonsault no sell was dumb. Rea winning was a big upset.

DREAM STAR Grand Prix 2026 Quarter Final Match - Miku Aono vs. Diana Strong

They shake hands and lock up. They side headlock each other. DS shoulders her over and gets dropkicked. Miku corner dropkicks her. Miku corner dropkicks her for 2. DS slams her then backdrops her. DS pumping knees her for 2. 

DS powerslams her and misses a vader bomb. Miku sliding lariats her then does a buffalo sleeper. Miku fisherman suplexes her. DS shrot arm lariats her then spinebusters her. DS pumping knees her. 

DS vader bombs her for 2. Miku leg kicks her. DS backrolls her for 2. Miku lariats her. Miku buzzsaw kicks her for 2. Miku tiger drivers her and pins her.

Thoughts: It was short and not much of note. The time wasn't there and they wanted to get this over with. I'd like to see what they could do with more time.

DREAM STAR Grand Prix 2026 Quarter Final Match - CHIAKI vs. Kouki Amarei

Chi boots her on the ramp and throws her in. Chi boots her in the ring. Chi hits facewash kicks on the bottom rope. Chi sends KA into the seats. 

KA gets in before she gets counted out. Chi leg chokes her on the ropes. Chi chest forearms her down. Chi boots her then throws her down by the hair. Chi legdrops her. 

KA running back elbows her then running cutters her for 2. KA goes up on the 2nd rope. She boots Chi away. Chi shakes the ropes on her and corner spears her. Chi misses a corner cannonball. 

KA flying corner facekicks her and backdrops her for 2. Chi puts the ref in the way and KA boots the ref. Chi spears KA. Chi swings a chair at her but KA blocks it and takes it away from her. Chi boots her in the face then KA powerslams her for 2. Chi powerslams her for 2.

KA blocks a powerbomb but sends up taking a sitout powerbomb instead. KA running facekicks her for 2. KA top rope 180 splashes her and pins her.

Thoughts: It got more time than the first two bouts. Chi heeled it up a bit, Kouki evened things up some and eventually won. It was acceptable but nothing too great. 

DREAM STAR Grand Prix 2026 Quarter Final Match - Victoria Yuzuki vs. Yuuka Yamazaki

YY running boots her. They miss kicks and Yuz dropkicks her. Yuz hair throws her then foot chokes her. YY is tied up in the ropes and Yuz dropkicks her there for 2. Yuz stomps her then slams her for 2. Yuz tries pin attempt on her for 2 counts.

YY hits chest forearms and Yuz drops her with one. YY dropkicks her. YY forearms her. YY boots her out of the corner and 2nd rope dropkicks her. YY basement dropkicks her for 2. 

They trade forearms. YY suplexes her. YY is tripped into the ropes and Yuz barely dropkicks her through the ropes. YY step up enzugiri's her and codebreakers her. YY cutters her for 2. YY comes off the 2nd rope and is superkicked. Yuz backdrops her.

They trade waistlocks and YY step up enzugiri's her. Yuz germans her and pins her.

Thoughts: What we got wasn't bad. It was competitive and Yuuka had an okay showing before being put down. Yuzuki was the favorite going in and pulled this one off. This was longer than I expected. 

DREAM STAR Grand Prix 2026 Semi Final Match - Miku Aono vs. Rea Seto

Rea waistlock takedowns her. Rea grounds her and goes for an armbar. Rea stomps her and foot chokes her. Miku swinging slams her for 2. Miku kicks her in the back several times for 2. 

Miku hits body kicks and fisherman suplexes her. Rea turns her low sliding lariat into an armbar. Rea cranks back on her arm and Miku ropebreaks. Rea low dropkicks her for 2. 

They trade forearms. Miku backdrops her. Rea dropkicks her arm. Rea hits chest forearms. Miku double underhook suplexes her for 2. Miku top rope dropkicks Rea. Miku then sliding lariats Rea for 2.

Miku hits lariats on the ropes. Rea gets a 2 count on her. Rea takes her down by the arm and armbars her. Miku rope breaks. Miku running lariats her for 2. Miku buzzsaw kicks her for 2. Rea rolls her into a crucifix. Rea then does cattle mutilation. Miku taps out.

Thoughts: Another big upset here for Rea. It was acceptable. Rea worked the arm then eventually won with an arm submission. Miku's champ so her losing doesn't matter all that much here as she did not need to win this tournament.

DREAM STAR Grand Prix 2026 Semi Final Match - Kouki Amarei vs. Victoria Yuzuki

KA backs her up on the ropes. Yuz side headlocks her. KA side headlocks her. KA shoulders her over and Yuz kips up. KA shoulders her over again and splashes her back. KA slams her and running facekicks her for 2. 

KA stomps her then crabs her. KA switches to a half-crab and Yuz ropebreaks. KA stomps her. They trade chest forearms. Yuz's flying headscissors is countered with a side slam. 

Yuz hits her in the gut and chest. KA facekicks her down. Yuz flying headscissors her and low single leg dropkicks her for 2. KA boots her out of the corner. KA comes off the 2nd rope and Yuz dropkicks her in mid-air. 

KA boots her in the gut. Yuz pumping knees her then KA suplexes her. KA corner running facekicks her. KA backdrops her for 2. Yuz back body drops her. KA TKO's her. KA twisting drops her off her shoulder for 2. KA misses a top rope 180 splash. Yuz somewhat dropkicks her through the ropes.

KA facekicks her. Yuz straightjacket germans her and pins her.

Thoughts: It was average. Kouki has the same match virtually every time out and there is only so much you can do with it. It just didn't stick out and I'm glad Kouki didn't win here.

Chika Goto, Hummingbird & Megaton vs. Komomo Minami, Nagisa Tachibana & Shinno

KA and Mega go at it and KA isn't thrilled. Mega ducks a lock up like always and does poses. Mega shoulders KM over. Mega then blows her whistle and Mega's opponents stop her. Goto hits a double lariat then hits hip attacks on her opponents against the 2nd rope.

Mega does the stair stepper on KM while blowing her whistle. KM sweeps her and low flying knees her. NT low dropkicks Mega multiple times. NT backsplashes her and bulldogs her for 2. Mega hits chops and a shotei on her. Mega shoulders her over.

Hum comes in and dropkicks NT through the ropes for 2. NT suplexes her for 2. Shin chest kicks Hum down twice for 2. Goto slams Hum onto Shin for 2. Hum boots Shin out of the corner and top rope crossbodies her for 2. Shin pop up dropkicks Hum.

Shin flying knees Hum for 2. Goto giant swings Shin. NT tries a move off the buckles but slips. She tries again and twisting crossbodies Goto off the top. Mega lariats NT down then KM dropkicks Mega. Hum rolls up Shin for 2. Hum rolls her up for another 2.

Hum takes a double high kick then a double buzzsaw kick from shin and KM. Shin uranage's Hum and pins her.

Thoughts: It was short and about average. Nagisa missed her one bit spot and we got a lot of Megaton here. This was just time filler.

Erina Yamanaka, Mai Sakurai, Natsumi Showzuki & Shoko Koshino vs. Aleah James, Darkness Revolution (Misa Matsui & Nagisa Nozaki) & Mila Smidt

Mila waistlock takedowns EY. EY's head is banged off the buckles. EY flying knees her in the corner then bronco busters her there. EY then poses on her for 2. Mila suplexes EY. EY flying chest kicks her. NN and SK tag in. NN kicks her in the ribs and knees her in the gut. SK is pulled out by Misa and stomped by the other team outside. 

They all fight outside and Erina's team gets sent into the seats. NN takes SK up into the stands and bangs her head off the steps entrance. NN hits chest chops on SK. AJ and Mila pose on Mai. Misa beats up Nat in the bleachers. Nat's head is then banged off the post.

The heels pose on SK on the ropes. SK then takes a triple dropkick to the butt. NN pendulum kicks SK over the 2nd rope. AJ comes in and kicks SK. She double elbow drops her for 2. AJ hits forearms on SK then dropkicks her.

AJ flying double knees her and bulldogs her for 2. Misa comes in and boots SK over. She bangs her head off the buckles. SK back elbows her then 2nd rope dropkicks her. Mai corner facekicks Misa. 

Misa takes a double bulldog then a triple team for 2. Mai is tripped into the ropes and is kicked by NN. Misa crossbodies Mai against the bottom rope. Mai legslices Misa for 2. Misa flying knees Mai. AJ crossbodies Nat when they get in.

Nat step up enzugiri's AJ then fisherman suplexes her for 2. Mila lariats Nat down. Nat takes a double boot. AJ top rope crossbodies Nat for 2.

SK running lariats AJ. EY top rope plancha's outside onto everyone. Nat gets a 2 count on AJ then AJ high kicks her. AJ pendulum ddt's her for 2. AJ is in the double electric chair and EY top rope rider kicks her. Nat top rope diving meteora's AJ and pins her.

Thoughts: It wasn't that bad but nothing too special. Everyone got their segment in and it got a decent bit of time. It wasn't designed to be a classic or anything but I appreciated some of the big moves at the end. The teams didn't make a lot of sense here as Aleah and Mila have been complaining about the heels all tour long and teamed with them here.

Aleah and Mila then hug everyone after.

DREAM STAR Grand Prix 2026 Final Match - Rea Seto vs. Victoria Yuzuki

They stare down for a bit and amateur wrestle on the mat. Yuz side headlock takeovers her and Rea goes for the headscissors. Yuz hits a hard forearm to the face and they trade chest forearms. Yuz flying dropkicks her in the chest. Yuz then top rope plancha's her outside.

Yuz dropkicks her in the knee then low dropkicks her. Yuz hits forearms on Rea. Rea pulls Yuz's arm down over the top rope. Rea stomps Yuz on the floor. Yuz is then sent into the rails. Yuz's head is banged off the apron. Yuz's arm is then banged off the post. 

Rea stomps Yuz and bangs her arm off the mat. Rea top wristlocks her on the mat then stomps her arm into the mat. Rea armlocks her and Yuz ropebreaks. Rea boots her arm on the bottom rope. Rea then dropkicks it. They trade shots as Yuz tries to get up.

Yuz chest forearms her and Rea kicks her in the arm. Yuz hip throws her and dropkicks her through the ropes. Yuz northern lights suplexes her for 2. 

Rea dropkicks her on the ropes then codebreakers her arm. Rea scissors Yuz's arm then pulls back on the other. Yuz ropebreaks. Rea flying corner dropkicks her then flying dropkicks her for 2. 

They fight on the buckles. Yuz sunset bombs her. Yuz top rope dropkicks her for 2. Rea rolls her and Yuz straightjacket germans her. Rea scissors her arm again and pulls back on the other arm too. Yuz ropebreaks. Rea rolls her up for 2 and they trade pin attempts. 

Rea la mistica's her then does cattle mutilation. They trade forearms. Yuz rolls her and Rea reverses a pin attempt. Yuz superkicks her for 2. Yuz then rolls her up for 2. Yuz straightjacket germans her and pins her.

Thoughts: Yuzuki won as expected here. The finish was a little lackluster but the match made enough sense. Rea worked the arm the whole time and Yuz had to use various pin attempts to put her way. It was an acceptable bout but nothing too special.

Yuuka Yamazaki, Miku Aono, CHIAKI, Mayu Iwatani, Diana Strong, Yuzuki, Chika Goto, Nagisa Tachibana and Rea Sato all get awards after. Yuzuki get her trophy and a marigold crown and they all pose for a photo. Yuzuki then talks on the mic after and gets confetti. 

Overall thoughts: We had a 3-round tournament on this show so those matches were shorter and they didn't do a lot of crazy stuff. We also had some filler so the girls could get a break between the matches. The main was the best match of the night but it was nothing you'd really go seek out. There's only a few Marigold girls who are great talents and because of that, the quality is always going to be limited. The athleticism and understanding of how wrestling works just isn't there and the effort isn't always there either. I'd give this show a 5 out of 10 overall and I thought this was average. I wouldn't recommend it.