BITE-SIZE SHOW REPORT: Marigold Burning Desire 2025 – Night 2 (Saturday, 31st May 2025)

Pre-Show Notes

• Naho Yamada will miss an undisclosed period of time through a knee injury she sustained in Shinjuku FACE on the 7th February. She has since confirmed that she has ruptured the ACL and lateral ligament in her right knee and will undergo surgery to repair the damage.
• Natsumi Showzuki and Nao Ishikawa were both announced to be missing the next set of shows due to poor-health.
• Nagisa Nozaki will also miss this show due to taking part on the SEAdLINNNG Shin-Kiba Series 2025 Vol. 3 card in Shin-Kiba 1st RING.
• This show is Komomo Minami’s homecoming show, and will be the first time she has ever wrestled in her hometown of Fukuoka.

• Attendance Notes: The announced attendance inside ACROS Fukuoka in Fukuoka was 503, which Marigold reported as a sell-out. This is the first time Marigold have run the arena – and indeed the prefecture – and though it is not the highest attendance at the venue this year with Dragongate’s pair of shows on 11th February outdrawing it marginally (506 & 522), it is still a significant number for the company to do, beating out TJPW and the last pair of Dragongate shows in April.

Quick Results

• Tag Team Match: Seri Yamaoka & Shinno def. Nagisa Tachibana & Ryoko Sakimura w/ Waterwheel Drop (7:34)
• Singles Match: Chika Goto def. Hummingbird w/ Giant Swing (8:31)
• Three-Way Match: Kouki Amarei def. Megaton & Minami Yuki w/ Butterfly Leg Lock (5:17)
• Singles Match: Chanyota def. Kizuna Tanaka w/ Jackhammer (9:33)
• Tag Team Match: Utami Hayashishita & Victoria Yuzuki def. Darkness Revolution (CHIAKI & Misa Matsui) w/ German Suplex (14:41)
• 6-Woman Tag Team Match: MIRAI, Mayu Iwatani & Komomo Minami def. Miku Aono, Mai Sakurai & Rea Seto w/ Miramare Shock (19:48)

Show Notes

• Following her singles match victory over Hummingbird, Chika Goto declared her desire to have a singles match against Mayu Iwatani as soon as possible.
• Kouki Amarei debuted a brand-new submission finisher, the Butterfly Leglock, submitting Megaton in the three-way match.
• Having initially been introduced to the crowd at Marigold’s previous show at the 176BOX in Osaka on the 10th May, Yuma Yamazaki confronted MIRAI following the main event to ask her to be her opponent. Once MIRAI had agreed to the match, Yamazaki slapped her in the face before bowing and leaving.

You can check out the Marigold roster win/loss records for 2025 right here; https://docs.googleNAgisa .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 5th June – Burning Desire 2025 – Night 3, Shinjuku FACE, Tokyo (LIVE)
• Saturday 14th June – Burning Desire 2025 – Night 4, 176BOX, Osaka (VIDEO ON DEMAND)
• Sunday 15th June – Burning Desire 2025 – Night 5, Fujisan Messe, Shizuoka (VIDEO ON DEMAND)
• Tuesday 17th June – Burning Desire 2025 – Night 6, Korakuen Hall, Tokyo (LIVE)
• Saturday 21st June – Burning Desire 2025 – Night 7, INPEX Sakata Arena, Yamagata (VIDEO ON DEMAND)
• Sunday 22nd June – Burning Desire 2025 – Night 8, Minamisoma City Ogawa Gymnasium, Fukushima (VIDEO ON DEMAND)
• Saturday 28th June – Burning Desire 2025 – Night 9, Kasukabe Fureai Cube, Saitama (VIDEO ON DEMAND)
• Saturday 5th July – Burning Desire 2025 – Night 10, Westa Kawagoe, Saitama (VIDEO ON DEMAND)
• Sunday 6th July – Burning Desire 2025 – Night 11, Niigata City Higashi Ward Plaza, Niigata (VIDEO ON DEMAND)
• Saturday 12th July – Burning Desire 2025 – Night 12, Shin-Kiba 1st RING, Tokyo (LIVE)
• Tuesday 16th July – Burning Desire 2025 – Night 13, Korakuen Hall, Tokyo (LIVE)