BITE-SIZE SHOW REPORT: Marigold New Year Golden Garden 2025 – Night 12 (Saturday, 22nd February 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. She will however be announcing the matches during the preface to the show.
• 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. She will however be ringside as a second throughout the event.
• Hummingbird will continue to miss an undisclosed period of time through a knee injury she sustained in Nagoya on the 11th January.
  Naho Yamada will miss an undisclosed period of time through a knee injury she sustained in Shinjuku FACE on the 7th February.

• Attendance Notes: The announced attendance inside the 176BOX in Osaka was 318. This is the sixth time Marigold have run the venue, with this being a 3 person increase on their previous show at 176BOX (315 on the 11th January 2025). Though an upwards trend, the attendance is still below the 354 Marigold currently average at the venue.

Quick Results

• Singles Match: Flying Penguin def. Ryoko Sakimura w/ High-Angled Boston Crab (4:59)
• Singles Match: Mai Sakurai def. Riara w/ Shining Fight Kick (8:00)
• Singles Match: Seri Yamaoka def. Rea Seto w/ Aoki Clutch (8:08)
• Tag Team Match: Darkness Revolution (Bozilla & Megaton) def. Utami Hayashishita & Nao Ishikawa w/ Drill-a-Hole Piledriver (8:54)
• Tag Team Match: Miku Aono & Natsumi Showzuki vs. CHIAKI & Misa Matsui Ended in a Time Limit Draw (15:00)
• Tag Team Match: MIRAI & Victoria Yuzuki def. Chika Goto & Minami Yuki w/ Modified Rings of Saturn (16:00)

Show Notes

• Seri Yamaoka sustained an injury during her match with Rea Seto. After being examined at hospital, she was diagnosed with mild concussion symptoms and will now be absent from shows for an indefinite period while she recovers.

You can check out the Marigold roster win/loss records for 2025 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

• Thursday 27th February – New Year’s Golden Garden 2025 – Night 13, Tobu Friend Hall, Tokyo (VIDEO ON DEMAND)
• Saturday 1st March – Spring Victory Series 2025 – Night 1, Toter Green Dome Maebashi, Gunma (VIDEO ON DEMAND)
• Sunday 2nd March – Spring Victory Series 2025 – Night 2, Kanagawa Dental College Gymnasium, Kanagawa (VIDEO ON DEMAND)
• Saturday 8th March – Spring Victory Series 2025 – Night 3, 176BOX Osaka, Osaka (VIDEO ON DEMAND)
• Sunday 9th March – Spring Victory Series 2025 – Night 4, Chunichi Hall, Aichi (VIDEO ON DEMAND)
• Tuesday 11th March – Spring Victory Series 2025 – Night 5, Shinjuku FACE, Tokyo (LIVE)
• Sunday 23rd March – Spring Victory Series 2025 – Night 6, Lily Arena MITO, Ibaraki (VIDEO ON DEMAND)
• Sunday 30th March – Spring Victory Series 2025 – Night 7, Korakuen Hall, Tokyo (LIVE)
• Saturday 5th April – Spring Victory Series 2025 – Night 8, KBS Hall, Kyoto (VIDEO ON DEMAND)
• Sunday 6th April – Spring Victory Series 2025 – Night 9, Kobe Sambo Hall, Hyogo (VIDEO ON DEMAND)
• Saturday 12th April – Spring Victory Series 2025 – Night 10, Shin-Kiba 1st RING, Tokyo (LIVE)