Marigold 9/8/2026 Dream Star Grand Prix 2026 Day 5

Marigold 9/8/2026 Dream Star Grand Prix 2026 Day 5

Day 4 is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/marigold-962026-dream-star-grand-prix.html

They have a talking segment with Kizuna Tanaka to start the show.

Everyone there for the GP then comes out and poses. 

Aleah James & Megaton vs. Komomo Minami & Yuuka Yamazaki

Mega and YY go at it. YY ducks her lock up. YY sweeps her, spanks her and slaps her. YY basement dropkicks her. Mega shoulders her over. Meg blows her whistle and is thrown down. Her opponents then do the stair stepper on her. 

Mega takes a double basement dropkick for 2. Mega hits chops and a shotei on YY then shoulders her over. AJ comes in an dropkicks YY. She double flying knees her in the corner and bulldogs her for 2. YY suplexes her. 

KM dropkicks AJ over the 2nd rope and basement dropkicks her. AJ hits forearms on KM then she hits flying forearms. AJ crossbodies her for 2. Mega comes in and shoulders KM over a few times.

Mega misses a splash. AJ slams KM and Mega misses another splash. Mega takes a double boot. Mega takes a basement dropkick and KM is lifted for a splash on her for 2. KM chest forearms Mega and spin kicks her in the gut. Mega rolls her up for 2 counts. 

KM misses a 2nd rope twisting splash. AJ fisherman suplexes KM. Mega splashes KM for 2. YY dropkicks Mega then KM single leg basement dropkicks Mega for 2. 

YY step up enzugiri's AJ. KM 2nd rope twisting crossbodies Mega for 2. Mega takes 2 superkicks to the face from KM for 2. KM buzzsaw kicks her and seemingly has the pin but the ref says Mega got her shoulder up. KM kicks Mega in the back. KM 2nd rope twisting crossbodies Mega and pins her.

Thoughts: This was not a good way to open the show. This went quite a while and Mega was in this for the majority of it. Mega was also kicking out of a bunch of stuff. Why? I have no idea. She's a jobber. This was just a waste of time  that seemed to exist to try and get Mega over for some reason.

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

Hum dropkicks her and hits chest forearms. Hum springboard diving armdrags her and basement dropkicks her. Chi running facekicks her. Chi running facekicks her three times for 2.

Chi split leg drops her for 2. Chi camel clutches her. They trade chest forearms. Chi facekicks her for 2. Hum flying headscissors her. Hum pendulum dropkicks her in the corner. Hum rolls her with her legs.

Hum dropkicks her through the ropes. They trade chest forearms. Chi facekicks her down. Hum chops Chi and Chi facekicks her down. Hum hits chops. Chi running facekicks her. Chi slaps her and Hum high kicks her. Hum spinning head kicks her for 2. 

Hum sits up top and Chi facekicks her. Chi throws her down.  Chi running facekicks her then northern lights suplexes her for 2.  Hum rolls her up for 2 then does a bridge pin for 2. Hum hits mounted chest forearms. Chi superkicks her. Chi backdrops her and pins her. 

Thoughts: It was fine. It was mostly all face kicks and chest forearms. There wasn't any great logic or a story to it but the moves hit and looked fine.

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

They shake hands. They trade wristlocks to start. SK misses a splash and is booted in the head. SK flying chest kicks her. SK running back elbows her then facebusters her. SK basement dropkicks her. 

SK does a half camel clutch. They trade chest forearms. Mai hits a flurry and Mai legslices her for 2. Mai kicks her in the gut while she's up top then Mai facekicks her. SK hits her from the apron then top rope dropkicks her. SK suplexes her for 2. SK short arm lariats her for 2. 

Mai flying knees her in the chest. Mai suplexes her. Mai flying facekicks her for 2. Mai STO's her. SK 2nd rope suplexes her for 2. SK sliding lariats her for 2. SK misses a top rope splash and Mai rolls her up for 2. SK running lariats her and Mai facekicks her for 2. Mai STO's her then STF's her. SK submits.

Thoughts: It was fine. SK did hoss wrestling for the most part here and Mai hit a bunch of facekicks and chest forearms. It was better than it should have been and I was happy with how it turned out. 

DREAM STAR Grand Prix 2026 Block A Match - Natsumi Showzuki vs. Misa Matsui

MM takes her down and side headlock takeovers her. Nat rolling armbars her. Nat bangs MM's arm off her shoulder then kicks her in the arm. Nat pulls her arm around the top rope. 

Nat armbars her. Nat running knees her against the bottom rope. Nat facekicks her and MM running dropkicks her. MM eye rakes her and boots her in the back of the head. MM hits mounted chest shots then boots her. Nat leg kicks her and running knees her. 

MM double stomps her and basement dropkicks her in the head for 2. They high kick each other and both go down. They trade forearms. Nat knees her in the face and fisherman suplexes her for 2. Nat meteora's her for 2. MM running facekicks her.

MM flying knees her in the face. MM top rope dropkicks her for 2. MM superkicks her and low flying knees her for 2. MM falcon arrows her and pins her.

Thoughts: It was average. Nat did some arm work in the first part of this but then stopped and it just went into them trading signature moves and finishers until Misa won out.

Nagisa Tachibana & tWin toWer (Chika Goto & Kouki Amarei) vs. Darkness Revolution (CHIAKI, Nagisa Nozaki & Rea Seto)

The heels attack before the bell and send the faces out. They then fight outside. NN chokes Goto with an umbrella. Rea whips KA with a belt then hits Goto and NT with it too. Chi drops NT with a punch. Chi then hits facewash kicks on her. Chi pump kicks her over the bottom rope.

The heels beat up NT in the crowd. NN double chops NT on a table. NT is sent into the post. Chi eye rakes Goto outside. Chi catches NT's crossbody and backbreakers her. NT dropkicks her.

Chi boots NT in the head in the ring. NT hits chest forearms and Chi slaps her. Chi boots her over. NT crossbodies Chi after Goto corner splashes Chi. Goto comes in and shoulders Chi over.

Goto double lariats NN and Chi then double hip attacks them over the 2nd rope. Goto samoan drops Chi. KA comes in and fackeicks Chi. NN hits KA with a lunchbox of some sort and the ref doesn't mind. Chi fisherman suplexes KA for 2. NN comes in and shotgun dropkicks KA. KA facekicks NN on the ropes then she cutters her for 2. NN kicks KA in the gut then facekicks her. NN pendulum kicks KA. 

NN top rope dropkicks KA. Rea comes in and dropkicks KA. Rea dropkicks KA in the knee and low dropkicks her. Rea headscissors KA with an armlock. Rea stops KA's arm then dropkicks her in the arm. They trade chest forearms. Rea rolls her up for 2. KA dropkicks Rea then backdrops her for 2. 

NT comes in and low dropkicks Rea. NT bulldogs her for 2. NT running dropkicks Rea for 2. Rea low dropkicks NT then dropkicks her in the chest. Rea armbar takedowns NT. Rea takes a double chest kick. NT walks up the buckles and twisting crossbodies Rea. Rea low dropkicks NT in the face for 2.

NT rolls up Rea for 2. Rea rolls her into a 2 count. Rea then does cattle mutilation and submits her.

Thoughts: It was average. The faces didn't get that much in nor did they impress and there was a lot of time spent outside that didn't help things out. It would have been better if it was shorter too. I also don't get why Nagisa was allowed to hit her opponents with a lunchbox right in front of the ref. 

DREAM STAR Grand Prix 2026 Block C Match - Diana Strong vs. Victoria Yuzuki

They lock up and go to the ropes. Yuz chest forearms her. DS takes her down then Yuz armdrags her. Yuz dropkicks her. DS shoulders her. DS hits mounted chest forearms for 2. DS backbreakers her and crabs her. 

They trade chest forearms. Yuz dropkicks her. DS slams her.  Yuz hip throws her. Yuz dropkicks her through the ropes. They trade chest forearms then forearms to the face. DS hits chest forearms and Yuz northern lights suplexes her for 2. 

Yuz is up top and is hit. DS throws her down. DS backdrops her for 2. DS crabs her. DS powerslams her and vader bombs her. DS hits chest forearms. Yuz crossfaces her and DS ropebreaks. Yuz running superkicks her then superkicks her again for 2. 

DS rolls her up for 2. DS pumping knees her in the face a few times for 2 counts. DS suplexes her for 2. Yuz rolls her up but DS holds on and gets a 2 count on her. DS goes for a la magistral but Yuz tries a pin off of it. DS AA's her for 2. DS 2nd rope cradle shocks her and pins her.

Thoughts: It got a lot of time but I just found it to be average. They hit their moves clean but aside from Strong doing more power based offense, there wasn't much logic or anything in this. There also were no clear faces or heels here and that didn't help either. There were some weird alarm style sounds during this one and they did an intermission after.

DREAM STAR Grand Prix 2026 Block B Match - Mayu Iwatani vs. Mila Smidt

They lock up and trade wristlocks. MS uses the ropes to flip out of it. Mayu side headlocks her. Mayu armdrags her then flying headscissors her. Mayu goes for a tope outside but MS moves and Mayu topes others instead.

MS ram Mayu's back into the apron edge then drops her back first on the apron for 1. MS hits a corner spear then pump kicks her in the corner while she's seated. MS suplexes her for 2. They trade forearms. MS facekicks her. 

MS running euros her in the corner. MS misses a charge, Mayu backrolls her and basement dropkicks her. Mayu kicks her in the back twice. MS dragon screws her and kicks her for 2. 

Mayu germans her then Ms dragons her back. MS facekicks her and is superkicked. Mayu flying dropkicks her in the corner then top rope dropkicks her. Mayu top rope splashes her for 2. MS spinebusters her then knees her in the face for 2. 

Mayu sits up top and MS suplexes her down. MS hits a widow's peak neckbreaker for 2. MS hits mounted shots on her. Mayu superkicks her and cradles her. Mayu then pins her.

Thoughts: It was acceptable. I would have liked to have seen Mila lean more into a heel role here as she's a natural heel and Mayu is a natural face. I don't think it was the best match they could have had and they really didn't get to do any big spots or anything.

They hug after.

DREAM STAR Grand Prix 2026 Block A Match - Miku Aono vs. Erina Yamanaka

They lock up. They trade wristlocks. MA side headlock takeovers her, is put in a headscissors and they stand off. EY boots her and bridges out of a lariat. EY split dropdowns then facekicks her. 

MA's head is banged off the buckles. EY flying knees her in the corner and bronco busters her. EY puts her crotch in her face. EY elbow drops her for 2. MA slams her and kicks her in the back. MA kicks EY in the back.

MA dropkicks her then corner dropkicks her. MA hits a kick flurry in the corner. EY swinging bulldogs her then split leg drop her for 2. MA fisherman suplexes her for 2. EY step up enzugiri's her for 2.

MA backdrops her then sliding lariats her for 2. MA ties up one leg and half-crabs the other. MA goes up top and is kicked. EY spider suplexes her. EY top rope rider kicks her. EY top rope plancha's her outside.

EY northern lights suplexes her inside for 2. EY reverse ddt's her. EY misses a top rope tornillo. EY headbutts her. MA leg kicks her and lariats her for 2. EY hurricanrana's her for 2. MA high kicks her and running lariats her. MA buzzsaw kicks her then hits a styles clash. MA pins her.

Thoughts: It was an okay main. Miku's definitely a little better than Erina, but Erina is real close and should be pushed near the main event. She just checks all the boxes and Marigold doesn't have a lot of high end talent. Erina got a lot offense in and she did a decent job here. This worked out about the best that it could and I thought it put Erina over despite her losing.

Miku talks on the mic after.

Overall thoughts: It was an acceptable show overall. The talent just isn't there and there's only so much you can do with that. The opener went too long and was based around Megaton, which was a bad idea. Chi Chi/Hummingbird was fine. Mai/Shoko was fine and worked out well. Showzuki/Matsui was average and a bit disappointing. The trios match was also average. Diana/Yuzuki was also average and wasn't as good as it could have been. Mayu/Mila was acceptable but should have better. The main was okay and it showed that Erina deserves to be pushed in the top half of the card. There was some good stuff here so I'd give it a slight 6 out of 10, but if some of the other matches had lived up to expectations, the rating could have been higher.