BITE-SIZE SHOW REPORT: Marigold Spring Victory Series 2025 – Night 7 (Sunday, 30th March 2025)

Pre-Show Notes

• 2nd Marigold World Champion Utami Hayashishita has been champion for 86 days – in her first reign. This will be the second title defence of her reign.
• This will be challenger Bozilla’s second attempt at the Marigold World Championship having lost against Sareee back on 24th October. She gained this opportunity by defeating MIRAI in a number one contendership match at the last Korakuen Hall show on February 20th.
• 2nd Marigold United National Champion Mai Sakurai has been champion for 86 days – in her first reign. This will be the third title defence of her reign.
• Not only is this Erina Yamanaka’s first attempt at any belt in Marigold, it is also her first singles match in the company and the first time she has stood across the ring from the champion.
• If Erina wins, then Mai Sakurai must work in the second yoga studio that she is setting up. If Sakurai wins, Erina must become her private yoga instructor.
• 4th Marigold Twinstar Champions Nanae Takahashi (1) & Seri Yamaoka (1) have been champions for 70 days – in their first reign. This will be the second title defence of their reign.
• This match was set up after the Marvelous roster came out following the main event of Marigold’s Shinjuku FACE show on the 11th and declared a hostile takeover. Initially, it was set to be Nanae Takahashi and Seri Yamaoka vs. Takumi Iroha and Senka Akatsuki in a tag team match, but this was changed to a match for the Twinstar Championships at the press conference for the show.
• Nagisa Tachibana (rib), Hummingbird (knee) and Seri Yamaoka (concussion) will all make their respective returns from injury during this 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.
• 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.

• Attendance Notes: The announced attendance inside Korakuen Hall was 911. This is the highest Korakuen Hall attendance for Marigold since Giulia’s Arriverderci show (1.450) on August 19th 2024 – eight Korakuen Hall shows ago. The 911 people announced is a a 17.1% increase on the 778 people drawn to the last show at the venue on the 20th February. It’s the fourth-highest Marigold attendance at Korakuen of the thirteen times they have run it and is also the fourth to surpass 900 people.

Quick Results

• Tag Team Match: Hummingbird & Riara def. Nagisa Tachibana & Ryoko Sakimura w/ European Clutch (5:39) (***)
• Tag Team Match: Rea Seto & Minami Yuki def. Selene Flora (Victoria Yuzuki & Kizuna Tanaka) w/ Osui Suplex (9:31) (***1/2)
• Tag Team Match: Darkness Revolution (Misa Matsui & CHIAKI) def. Natsumi Showzuki & Chika Goto w/ European Clutch (10:24) (***1/2)
• 6-Woman Tag Team Match: MIRAI, Miku Aono & def. Darkness Revolution (Nagisa Nozaki, Gigaton & Megaton) w/ Lariat (13:37) (***1/4)
• Marigold United National Championship Match: Mai Sakurai (c) def. Erina Yamanaka w/ STF (11:55) (***3/4)
• Marigold Twinstar Championships Match: Nanae Takahashi & Seri Yamaoka (c) def. Takumi Iroha & Senka Akatsuki w/ Aoki Clutch (25:35) (****3/4)
• Marigold World Championship Match: Utami Hayashishita (c) def. Bozilla w/ Hi-Jack Bomb (19:06) (****1/4)

Show Notes

• Following her shock pinfall victory over Kizuna Tanaka, Rea Seto took to the microphone and demanded a Superfly Championship match against Victoria Yuzuki.
• After the end of the Twinstar Championships match, a huge brawl erupted between the Marvelous and Marigold rosters after Iroha demanded that Nanae and Seri come to a Marvelous ring. Seri Yamaoka labelled Senka as her rival and asked for a singles match with her.
• After the ring emptied, Misa Matsui and CHIAKI came to the ring and challenged Seri and Nanae for the belts at Marigold next Korakuen Hall show on 25th April. Initially, Nanae turned down the offer and said dismissively that she was busy until her retirement. However, after Misa and CHIAKI baited them for ‘running scared’, Seri accepted on behalf of Takahashi and told her not to worry because she is going to win.
• Utami secured defence number two of her Marigold World Championship by defeating Bozilla, but was then confronted by MIRAI who wants to challenge for the World Championship at Shine Forever in Yoyogi. Utami refused however, saying she needed to prove herself after losing the number one contendership match to Bozilla at the last Korakuen. Instead, MIRAI must prove herself by teaming with Mai Sakurai in a match against Utami and Victoria Yuzuki at the next Korakuen on April 25th. If MiraiSaku are successful, MIRAI gets her Championship match at Shine Forever on May 24th.

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

• 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)