BITE-SIZE SHOW REPORT: Marigold Winter Wonderful 2024 – Night 9 (Thursday, 26th December 2024)

Pre-Show Notes

• Victoria Yuzuki will be missing from this card due to testing positive for influenza. As a result, the 8-woman tag team match in the main event will now be a 6-woman tag team match with Natsumi Showzuki – Yuzuki’s opponent at First Dream – moving to Japanese commentary instead.
• This show will see the in-ring debut of both Ryoko Sakimura and Nagisa Tachibana. Both women wrestled as a part of Giulia’s farewell gauntlet, though this is announced officially as their debut singles match.
• This show will see the final match in Marigold for Myla Grace on her current tour, with her returning to the UK after the show.
• Prior to the show, it was announced that the entire event would air for free on both WRESTLE UNIVERSE and WRESTLE UNIVERSE’s official YouTube channel.
• This show would also see the return of English Commentary for Marigold for the first time since the 24th October’s Korakuen Hall show.
• Attendance Notes: The announced attendance for the show inside Korakuen Hall was 708. This is the tenth time that Marigold have run Korakuen Hall this year, with their average attendance for the venue being 924. Though this is noticeably below that average, it is broadly in line with the previous show – main evented by Natsumi Showzuki vs. Miku Aono for the United National Championship on the 14th November – which drew 715, a nominal percentage decrease of less than 1%. Considering this show has no announced title matches and is effectively a ‘go-home show’ for First Dream, one could certainly argue that the attendance is a success.

Quick Results

• Singles Match: Kizuna Tanaka def. Nagisa Tachibana w/ Re:Dream (7:15)
• Singles Match: Nanae Takahashi def. Ryoko Sakimura w/ Modified Camel Clutch (10:54)
• Tag Team Match: Rea Seto & Komomo Minami def. Minami Yuki & Naho Yamada w/ Roll-Up (7:43)
• Singles Match: Misa Matsui def. Hummingbird w/ Stretch Muffler (9:58)
• Singles Match: MIRAI def. Nao Ishikawa w/ (9:53)
• Marigold Twinstar Championships Match: Dark Wolf Army (CHIAKI & Nagisa Nozaki) (c) def. Bozilla & Myla Grace w/ Modified Argentine Buster(14:14)
• 6-Woman Tag Team Match: Sareee, Miku Aono & Kouki Amarei def. Mai Sakurai, Chika Goto & Utami Hayashishita w/ Wrist-Clutch Urunage (29:27)

Show Notes

• As a ‘gift’ to Myla Grace, who leaves Marigold after this show, Nagisa Nozaki said that her and CHIAKI would be putting their Twinstar Championships on the line right now in this match. Unfortunately for Bozilla and Myla, Nozaki was able to distract Bozilla by brawling with her into the crowd whilst CHIAKI hit a variation of the Argentine Buster on Grace for the win, achieving Dark Wolf Army’s first successful title defence in the 13 days they have been champions.
• Post-match, Bozilla attacked both of the champions, and held the titles aloft ahead of her and Tank the Iron Lady’s challenge for the belts at First Dream on January 3rd.
• In the main event, Sareee hit Utami with three consecutive Urunage’s, but the pinfall was broken up. With 30 seconds of the time-limit left, Saree then hoisted Utami into a Wrist-Clutch variation to secure an emphatic victory for her ahead of the Jnauary 3rd title match.
• After the match, Sareee took to the microphone and explained in no uncertain terms just how difficult the match on January 3rd was going to be for Utami and that she had better be ready to put her ‘wrestling life’ on the line.

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

• Thursday 31st December – Winter Wonderful Fight 2024 – Night 10, Shin-Kiba 1st RING, Tokyo (LIVE)
• Friday 3rd January – First Dream 2025, Ota-Ward City Gymnasium, Tokyo (PPV)
• Saturday 11th January – New Year’s Golden Garden 2025 – Night 1, 176BOX, Osaka (VIDEO ON DEMAND)
• Saturday 12th January – New Year’s Golden Garden 2025 – Night 2, KBS Hall, Kyoto (VIDEO ON DEMAND)
• 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)