Marigold holds debut show, WWE wrestlers send flowers
Marigold ran its debut event at Korakuen Hall on Monday.
The show’s main event saw Sareee and Bozilla defeat Giulia and Utami Hayashishita in a tag team match that went just under the 30-minute time limit. Saree pinned Giulia to pick up the win for her team. The finish saw Giulia take a moonsault from Bozilla before Saree hit her with a big suplex and got the pin.
After the match, Giulia told Saree it’s up to the two of them to bring the Joshi world into the future. She challenged her to a singles match and Sareee accepted. The vacant Marigold World and National title belts were brought into the ring as well during this post-show segment, with Hayashishita putting the red belt over her shoulder at one point.
Before the show came to a close, Marigold announced Summer Destiny will take place on July 13 at the Ryogoku Kokugikan.
Marigold also posted photos of a flower arrangement sent to the organization by WWE’s IYO Sky, Akira Tozawa, and KAIRI Sane for their debut show.
Marigold Fields Forever quick results —
- Nanae Takahashi defeated Victoria Yuzuki
- Miku Aono defeated Nao Ishikawa
- MIRAI defeated CHIAKI
- Mai Sakurai & Zayda Steel vs. Myla Grace & Nagisa Nozaki ended in a time-limit draw
- Chika Goto & Kouki Amarei defeated Misa Matsui & Natsumi Showzuki
- Bozilla & Sareee defeated Giulia & Utami Hayashishita
Other Marigold Fields Forever notes —
45-year-old Nanae Takahashi became the first wrestler ever to pick up a win in the promotion when she defeated 19-year-old Victoria Yuzuki in the opening contest with The Refrigerator Bomb. The commentary team referred to Takahashi as the last remnant of All Japan Women’s Pro Wrestling but said Yuzuki represents the future of Marigold. Takahashi offered her hand to Yuzuki after the match but she slapped it away.
The story of the second match was that Ishikawa is one of the seven founding members of Marigold while Aono is one of the ActWres wrestlers who joined at the first press conference. Ishikawa is upset that Aono has been put on Marigold’s posters and promotional materials. However, Aono would pick up the win, defeating her opponent with a Styles Clash.
The third match of the show saw former Stardom wrestler MIRAI against former ActWres wrestler CHIAKI. This match was built up as a contest between two power-based wrestlers. MIRAI picked up the win with a big lariat. After the match, MIRAI was gifted a giant bag of caramel corn, which is, evidently, a favorite snack of hers.
The fourth match was labeled the “World Beauty Showdown” and featured Nagisa Nozaki & Myla Grace against Zayda Steel & Mai Sakurai. Grace is from Northern Island and previously wrestled for NXT UK. Steel wrestles with MLW as part of the WTF stable. The match ended up going to a 15-minute time-limit draw. The two teams got into a bit of a shoving and hair-pulling contest after the bell and the commentary team played up that there was unfinished business between the two teams. Sakurai cut a promo after the match, ripping the fans for having to start their work week.
The semi-main event of the show saw Chika Goto and Kouki Amarei defeat Misa Matsui and Natsumi Showzuki in tag team action. Amarei pinned Matsui with a splash from the top and then cut a promo after the match. She said both she and Goto are only going to get better as the commentary team played up that the organization will be crowning Twinstar tag team champions at some point.
The show streamed live on the Wrestle Universe streaming service.