Notes
- Bozilla will not be present on this or Sunday’s card in Act City Hamamatsu due to a high fever. She will return to action on Monday’s show in Shibuya.
- Bozilla’s absence from Saturday and Sunday’s shows have necessitated card changes, with the card changes for the Act City Hamamatsu show announced as; CHIAKI vs. Komomo Minami and Myla Grace vs. Chika Goto.
- Attendance Notes: The announced attendance of 232 is down by over 100 people from the last time they ran Act City Hamamatsu (339 on the 2nd June), a decrease of just under 32%. Though at first glance this is a large decrease, it is worth noting that this later attendance is still broadly in line with attendances from NOAH (298 on the 23rd September), TJPW (237 on the 23rd June), DDT (247 on the 23rd June) and Dragongate (289 on the 6th April). In fact, of the 12 shows run at Act City this year, only four have surpassed 500 people, and only one has surpassed 1000.
Quick Results
- Singles Match: CHIAKI def. Komomo Minami w/ Argentine Buster (7:38)
- Tag Team Match: Victoria Yuzuki & Kizuna Tanaka def. Misa Matsui & Rea Seto w/ Rolling Arrow (9:54)
- Singles Match: Chika Goto def. Myla Grace w/ Chokeslam (6:09)
- Singles Match: Mai Sakurai def. Nao Ishikawa w/ STF (9:02)
- 6-Woman Tag Team Match: Nanae Takahashi, Utami Hayashishita & MIRAI def. Natsumi Showzuki, Miku Aono & Kouki Amarei w/ One-Second EX (17:09)
Undercard
Overcoming some rather interesting noises emanating from the PA system in Act City, CHIAKI looks to allow Minami to wear herself out rather than go all out in battering the rookie. Indeed, Minami is that eager to secure that first pinfall victory, that she goes hell for leather at CHIAKI, connecting with her Roll-Over DDT flawlessly in another example of how much she has come on in the last few weeks. She runs out of steam however, and this allows CHIAKI to pick the bones and hit the Argentine Buster for the victory. (**3/4)
A momentum-building match for the challengers to the Twinstar Championships. Tanaka and Yuzuki look extremely smooth in their tag team offence, and their shared destruction of Misa Matsui’s arm could have potential huge foreshadowing for MIRAI and Mai come Korakuen Hall. Ultimately, despite the usual Matsui reliability and brilliance, and some flashes of skill from a Rea Seto still finding her feet following that rib injury, it’s a matter of when and not if the challengers get the victory, which Yuzuki does by rolling up Seto with the Rolling Arrow. (***1/4)
It looks momentarily like GoChika’s determination to land the Giant Swing might prove her undoing, especially as Myla is able to reverse it twice into close nearfalls of her own and one attempt leaves Chika with a bloody mouth. However, her persistence pays off, and not only does she connect with it, it leads to her being able to hoist Grace from the second rope seconds later into a Chokeslam for the victory. (**1/2)
Main Event Matches
Mai Sakurai def. Nao Ishikawa – Ishikawa comes tearing out of the blocks, just as she did against Utami yesterday. Rather than waiting for the bell to ring however, Ishikawa attacks Mai as she stands on the ropes, with the action then immediately moving to the outside, where the pair then hurl each other into the front row of seats. It looks like Ishikawa, who is able to survive a brief barrage from a visibly annoyed Sakurai, may have a plan as she targets the leg with a Dragon Screw Leg Whip, but she can’t capitalise. However, that’s not to say she doesn’t put up a tremendous fight, with the pair’s thunderous forearm exchange a particular highlight before the begin throwing each other across the ring with Suplexes. Though Nao never feels truly ‘out of the match’, Mai also never feels like losing and though Ishikawa is able to wriggle to escape the first STF attempt, it feels inevitable that that is how it will end. After suriving the Shining Buster, and halting the Diving Elbow Drop, Nao is finally trapped in the STF, and she quickly taps as Mai wrenches her head backwards. A good – if very short – battle between these two, that can really showcase what Ishikawa is capable of. (***1/2)
Utami Hayashishita, MIRAI & Nanae Takahashi def. Natsumi Showzuki, Kouki Amarei & Miku Aono – It really is quite a loaded main event, with arguably Marigold’s three biggest stars facing off against three people touted as the future and rising stars of the company. The ‘Passion Trio’ look like they are having the absolute time of their lives as they get to the ring, and understandably get the biggest reaction of the show so far. This smile almost doesn’t last for MIRAI who is jokingly miffed when the crowd are louder for Kouki than they are for her in the opening exchanges. This ‘anger’ may explain the barrage of offence aimed the way of Natsumi Showzuki, who is subjected to a near-torturous level of attack at the hands of all three of Takahashi, MIRAI and Utami. Kouki and Miku Aono briefly right the ship, with the latter partaking in an outstanding stretch with Utami that see the pair absolutely brutalise each other with Lariats. Between that and MIRAI and Kouki reigniting their great exchanges of the past few weeks, Showzuki re-enters the fray in far better position than when she tagged out. This again doesn’t last though, with Nanae ripping her from the top rope with a Dragon Screw Leg Whip before then locking her in the Figure Four Leg Lock. Natsumi doesn’t really recover from this, getting hit with a pair of Stereo Lariats from MIRAI and Utami before Nanae then hoists her into the NanaRacka. The Superfly Champion survives this when her team desperately make the save, but it’s over seconds later, with Takahashi hitting the One-Second EX for the victory. (***3/4)
You can check out the Marigold roster win/loss records for 2024 right here; https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11_PWxd5BDxeHIfKqtQ2YtiwhGteRrVUZ3B5L4yrDQE0/edit?gid=517287206#gid=517287206
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