BITE-SIZE SHOW REPORT: Marigold New Year Golden Garden 2025 – Night 2 (Sunday, 12th January 2025)

Pre-Show Notes

• Kizuna Tanaka will be missing from the next two month’s worth of shows due to the need to rest and heal a persistent back injury she has been working with.
• Komomo Minami will be missing shows for the foreseeable future after injuring the medial collateral ligament and the meniscus in her knee during a tag team match at the Korakuen Hall show on the 26th December. A timetable for her return has not yet been confirmed.
• Kouki Amarei will be missing from all shows due to a torn ACL. Her tentative return date is May 2025.
• Nagisa Tachibana has been removed from all cards until the end of February in order to recover from a rib injury.
• Freelancer Riara has been removed from the shows on the 11th, 12th and 13th of January due to a bout of influenza.
• Hummingbird was withdrawn from the card due to an injury sustained on the Nagoya card the night before. She will now miss both the Kyoto and Nagoya shows with a injury to her left knee. As a result, the following card changes have been made; the initial three-way between Showzuki, Hummingbird and Naho Yamada has been changed to a singles match between Showzuki and Ryoko Sakimura, whilst Riara has been removed from the main event with Naho Yamada taking her place.

• Attendance Notes: The announced attendance for the show inside KBS Hall in Kyoto was 285. This is the third time Marigold have run the venue, and is a 21.3% increase on the last time they ran KBS Hall; 235 in October 2024.

Quick Results

• Singles Match: Natsumi Showzuki def. Ryoko Sakimura w/ Reverse Crab Hold (8:09)
• Singles Match: Nao Ishikawa def. Rea Seto w/ German Suplex (7:12)
• 6-Woman Tag Team Match: Bozilla, Tank & Megaton def. Utami Hayashishita, Misa Matsui & Minami Yuki w/ Spear (8:20)
• Tag Team Match: Dark Wolf Army (Nagisa Nozaki & CHIAKI) def. Mai Sakurai & Chika Goto w/ Single Leg Crab Hold (9:48)
• Tag Team Match: Nanae Takahashi, Victoria Yuzuki & Seri Yamaoka def. MIRAI, Miku Aono & Naho Yamada w/ Sliding D (17:37)

Show Notes

• The upcoming United National Championship match between Nagisa Nozaki and Mai Sakurai has now got an additional stipulation, with the pair fronting 10 million yen of their own money as stakes in the match. Mai did make the point of saying that 10 million yen was nothing to her and was easy to put together ahead of the match.
• Seri Yamaoka cut a passionate closing speech following victory in the main event, saying that she was desperate for Nanae to become a champion one more time before she retires in May, adding that this was the best way she could think of for all Takahashi’s help. Nanae responded by saying that if you have passion, then you can do anything.

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

You can check out a comprehensive run down of the Marigold Championship Histories here; https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18MJ2Cebe36Nvfcpj8uVs1AtMbAV1chn-lG7t-xn44DY/edit?gid=0#gid=0

Upcoming Shows

• Monday 13th January – New Year’s Golden Garden 2025 – Night 3, Chunichi Hall, Nagoya (VIDEO ON DEMAND)
• Sunday 19th January – New Year’s Golden Garden 2025 – Night 4, Korakuen Hall, Tokyo (LIVE)
• Saturday 25th January – New Year’s Golden Garden 2025 – Night 5, Radiant Hall, Kanagawa (VIDEO ON DEMAND)
• Sunday 26th January – New Year’s Golden Garden 2025 – Night 6, Shin-Kiba 1st RING (LIVE)
• Friday 7th February – New Year’s Golden Garden 2025 – Night 7, Shinjuku FACE, Tokyo (VIDEO ON DEMAND)
• Tuesday 11th February – New Year’s Golden Garden 2025 – Night 8, Chunichi Hall, Nagoya (VIDEO ON DEMAND)
• Friday 14th February – New Year’s Golden Garden 2025 – Night 9, Sendai PIT, Miyagi (VIDEO ON DEMAND)