BITE-SIZE SHOW REPORT: Marigold Spring Victory Series 2025 – Night 8 (Saturday, 5th April 2025)

Pre-Show Notes

• 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 KBS Hall in Kyoto was 305. This was the fourth time that Marigold have run the venue, with the 305 being a 7.02% increase on the 285 they drew the last time they ran there (12th January 2025). This also marks the second-highest house Marigold have drawn to KBS Hall, and the highest since the first time they ran it back in June of 2024 (357).

Quick Results

• Three-Way Match: Hummingbird def. Riara & Nagisa Tachibana w/ Jakknife Pin (6:12)
• Tag Team Match: Natsumi Showzuki & Rea Seto def. Kizuna Tanaka & Ryoko Sakimura w/ Osui Suplex (9:41)
• Singles Match: Seri Yamaoka def. Minami Yuki w/ Ankle Lock (6:41)
• Tag Team Match: Darkness Revolution (CHIAKI & Misa Matsui) def. Chika Goto & Miku Aono w/ European Clutch (13:00)
• Singles Match: Nanae Takahashi vs. MIRAI Ended in a Time-Limit Draw (15:00)
• 8-Woman Tag Team Match: Utami Hayashishita, Mai Sakurai, Victoria Yuzuki & Chanyota def. Darkness Revolution (Bozilla, Nagisa Nozaki, Megaton & Gigaton) w/ Hijack Bomb (16:07)

Show Notes

• Following Nanae Takahashi’s Passion Countdown match against MIRAI in KBS Hall on April 5th, Marigold audiences were treated to a surprise return few could have expected. Jungle Kyona – former-Goddesses and Artist of Stardom Champion – who has been out of action since April 2023 due to a knee injury, made her way to the ring and asked Nanae Takahashi for a singles match. The date was put forth to be the 27th April, when Marigold will be in Nagoya which is Kyona’s hometown! Excitingly, Kyona also mentioned that she wanted to use this as a test to see if she can get back in the ring, citing Nanae’s passion and dedication despite her battered body as an inspiration for her to try wrestling again despite the injuries to her knees.

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

• 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)