SHOW REPORT: Marigold Summer Gold Shine 2024 – Night 7 (Sunday, 4th August 2024)

August 8, 2024 Rob Goodwin Marigold, News, Show Reports 0
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Notes

  • Victoria Yuzuki will not be present on either of the 3rd or 4th August cards due to a sudden fever she came down with upon arriving in Tokushima. She has been announced for the cards on the 10th and 12th August.
  • Zayda Steel will miss this show, and the shows on the 10th and 12th August due to issues with back pain.

Card Changes

  • Due to Victoria Yuzuki and Zayda Steel’s absences, the following matches have been changed; Victoria Yuzuki vs. Myla Grace, Kizuna Tanaka vs. Zayda Steel and Bozilla vs. Komomo Minami & Rea Seto.
  • Myla Grace will replace Komomo Minami in the handicap match, and Komomo Minami will now face Kizuna Tanaka in a singles match meaning that the matches will now be; Kizuna Tanaka vs. Komomo Minami and Bozilla vs. Myla Grace & Rea Seto.

Quick Results

  • Singles Match: Kizuna Tanaka def. Komomo Minami w/ Re:Dream (5:03)
  • 2-on-1 Handicap Match: Bozilla def. Myla Grace & Rea Seto w/ Double Powerbomb (4:12)
  • Tag Team Match: Nagisa Nozaki & CHIAKI def. Nao Ishikawa & Natsumi Showzuki w/ Fisherman’s Buster (11:31)
  • Tag Team Match: MIRAI & Mai Sakurai def. Miku Aono & Misa Matsui w/ STF (12:20)
  • Tag Team Match: Giulia & Nanae Takahashi def. tWin toWers (Kouki Amarei & Chika Goto) w/ Bianca (22:06)

Match #1 – Kizuna Tanaka def. Komomo Minami w/ Re:Dream (5:03)

Initially, this was due to be Kizuna Tanaka and Zayda Steel in a Dream Star Grand Prix qualifier, but due to the latter’s back injury we have tag team partners going one-on-one instead!

After a courteous shaking of hands, the pair begin a bout that quickly becomes more about roll-up variations than anything else. Both women have improved their smoothness in ring over recent shows, but this is more noticeable in Minami, whose transition into both her Triangle Choke and her DDT variation feel considerably more organic than they have done.

When the roll-up attempts begin flowing, we see Tanaka break out her new variation called the Re:Dream, a move taught to her by Fuka, to get the pinfall victory.

Match #2 – Bozilla def. Myla Grace & Rea Seto w/ Double Powerbomb (4:12)

Poor Rea Seto.

Myla Grace, who wasn’t supposed to be in this match and is fully aware of the damage Bozilla can do, immediately pushes Seto into the German Powerhouse in an attempt to catch her by surprise. Needless to say, this doesn’t work, and Bozilla spends the next four minutes beating both Grace and Seto from pillar to post. Seto’s facials are a delight to watch, but Grace who steals the show in this match, is in her element as someone trying to sneakily attack Bozilla before being buffeted across the ring.

Bozilla for her part looks nothing more than mildly inconvenienced throughout, with the same look of annoyance plastered on her face whenever the opposition attempt to mount any offence. She eventually polishes both women off simultaneously with a Double Powerbomb after wrenching both of them off the top turnbuckle!

Considering it’s a handicap match, a stipulation I’m fairly ambivalent towards, this was a lot more fun than anticipated, even if it did look like Seto comes out of it with a rib injury!

Match #3 – Nagisa Nozaki & CHIAKI def. Nao Ishikawa & Natsumi Showzuki w/ Fisherman’s Buster (11:31)

Having soldiered through the match with Giulia with blood pouring from her head, CHIAKI saunters to the ring wearing a black bandana in a successful attempt to hide her stitched up head, and simultaneously look even more badass than last time out.

Showzuki is having absolutely none of Nao’s bubbly passion and doesn’t want anything to do with her as she charges into the heels before the bell, hilariously choosing instead to just get onto the apron and watch her suffer! This miscommunication continues throughout the match, with the frustration eventually bubbling over into a confrontation between the two. From confusion over moves, to both attempting to whip CHIAKI into opposite sides of the ring at the same time, neither woman could get on the same page. The moment Nao tries to play CHIAKI and Nozaki at their own game and add a chair into proceedings, the writing is very much on the wall.

Having shoved Showzuki into the referee to stop a close three count, Nozaki clobbers Ishikawa with the chair before her and CHIAKI completely isolate her from her partner, where the latter Bodyslams her onto a chair. One incredibly long stalling Fisherman Buster later, and CHIAKI is able to cover Nao for the victory, much to the evident frustration of the Superfly Champion who stomps on her fallen teammate before storming from the ring.

Match #4 – MIRAI & Mai Sakurai def. Miku Aono & Misa Matsui w/ STF (12:20)

The Twinstar Champions are in action here against one half of the team they beat inside Korakuen Hall back at the end of July.

Considering the already-storied rivalry MIRAI and Miku Aono have had in Marigold, you’d think that MIRAI and Sakurai would treat her with some respect. Instead, Mai locks her in the Paradise Lock where Aono remains while the champions take it turns pretending to be about to untangle her. When she is finally released from the hold, you can almost the steam emanating from her ears, and when she tags out to Misa, she does it that hard that it causes the Speedstar to shake her hand in pain.

Justifiably now fired up, Miku Aono adds a little bit extra to every strike, with the her kicks into the chests of her opponents ringing around Hiroshima Messe. She clatters into Dropkicks and the rage etched into her face remains for the rest of the match.

Misa and Mai Sakurai have a really good sequence to close out this match, which only goes to evidence what I have been saying about the rapid improvement in Sakurai. I’ll never not be impressed with the height Matsui gets with her Running Knee Strike, but this isn’t enough to keep Mai down and she is able to navigate Misa into the STF where she taps rather quickly.

After briefly convening with MIRAI, presumably enquiring about the local delicacies in Hiroshima, Mai proclaims that tonight they will be dining on high class oysters, whilst those who have come to watch tonight will have to make do with ‘momiji manju’.

And judging by Twitter, that’s exactly what they did!

Match #5 – Giulia & Nanae Takahashi def. tWin toWers (Kouki Amarei & Chika Goto) w/ Bianca (22:06)

Chika Goto take a bow!

Far from being intimidated by the prospect of facing two of the biggest stars in the company, Chika demands that Giulia starts the match with her. She acquiesces to the request, with her and Nanae battering poor Goto repeatedly. However, Chika’s tenacity and fighting spirit allow her to keep getting back up and refuse to be taken down. When Nanae has her locked in a Crossface, Goto bites her. When Giulia and Takahashi light her up with a brutal barrage of chops, she puts her arms around the top rope and demands more. For what feels like the first 10 minutes of this match, Goto absorbs the offence, relying very much on pockets of offence with her main weapon being her dogged determination to remain in this match, even fighting though a Giulia Guillotine to hit the Giant Swing and managing to haul Nanae into a Suplex.

However, despite the undoubtedly impressive performance by both her and Kouki Amarei, it’s not long before the more experienced team begin turning the screw. Goto’s determination becomes more desperation as she continues to fight valiantly. Unfortunately she can’t keep it going, with her finding herself locked in the Bianca. Kouki Amarei tries to intervene but is then caught by Takahashi who locks her in a Rings of Saturn, neutralising her entirely. With nowhere to go and no one to save her, Chika has no choice but to submit.

Once again, just as she had been in Tokushima, Giulia is very positive about the tWin toWers team. Amarei is flattered and says that the chance to wrestle Giulia before her final match was an honour. Goto however is devastated by the loss and asks Kouki what the point is if they lost.

She shouldn’t be too hard on herself; big things are on the horizon for both the tWin toWers!

You can check out the Marigold roster win/loss records for 2024 right here; https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11_PWxd5BDxeHIfKqtQ2YtiwhGteRrVUZ3B5L4yrDQE0/edit?usp=sharing

You can check out a comprehensive run down of the Marigold Championship Histories here; https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-Dk6T0ukSXm6R8eOTQU96i4rsfoy34wnz0-rKP5mwmQ/edit

Upcoming Shows

  • Saturday 10th August – Marigold Summer Gold Shine 2024 – Night 8 ~Miku Aono Homecoming Show~, Espoir Isanuma, Saitama (VIDEO ON DEMAND)
  • Monday 12th August – Marigold Summer Gold Shine 2024 – Night 9, Yokohama Hodogaya Ward Hall, Kanagawa (VIDEO ON DEMAND)
  • Monday 19th August – Marigold Summer Gold Shine 2024 – Night 10, Korakuen Hall, Tokyo (LIVE)
  • Saturday 24th August – Marigold Summer Gold Shine 2024 – Night 11, Shin-Kiba 1st RING, Tokyo (LIVE)
  • Sunday 25th August – Marigold Summer Gold Shine 2024 – Night 12, Shin-Kiba 1st RING, Tokyo (LIVE)
  • Saturday 31st August – Marigold Dream Star Grand Prix 2024 – Opening Night, EDION Arena Osaka #2, Osaka (LIVE)
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