Mayu Iwatani has been removed from the upcoming shows in Marigold due to a recent injury. In April, it was confirmed that Iwatani had injured her toe. It diagonal fractured split. There was also concerns for her ribs. She is out indefinitely. Iwatani has provided an update to her injury with an X-ray on her … Read more
Utami Hayashishita has confirmed that she will be leaving the Marigold promotion. The 27 year old is a top star in Japan and previously was in STARDOM. Utami is a former Marigold World Champion and is currently the longest reigning out of the three women to hold the top belt. Utami made the announcement at Marigold’s … Read more
Marie Malenko, daughter of former WCW and WWF star Dean Malenko, has had her debut match in Marigold. Not only was this her debut in Marigold, but this was Makenko’s first singles match of her professional career. She went to a 15 minute time limit draw against Seri Yamaoka. Malenko’s first official match overall was … Read more
One of the biggest news from 2025 in Japanese wrestling was a STARDOM original, Mayu Iwatani, leaving the promotion and headed to Marigold. In STARDOM, Iwatani did it all. So much so, that she became STARDOM’s second-ever Grand Slam Champion behind Io Shirai. She spoke recently with ENCOUNT on her decision to go to Marigold … Read more
IYO SKY continues to show her worth to the wresrling industry as she defeated Mayu Iwatani at the Sunday Marigold event, Grand Destiny. These two extraordinary talents had their first singles match in over seven years. Their last encounter ended in a draw. The match on Sunday went over 26 minutes, if it had made … Read more
On Oct. 26, IYO SKY will be returning to the Marigold promotion to face Mayu Iwatani. These two extraordinary talents have a long history together. Their last singles match was in April 2018 in STARDOM. The match ended in a draw. In a press conference ahead of the Marigold Grand Destiny show, Iwatani shows emotion … Read more
Mayu Iwatani will be taking on WWE’s IYO SKY at an upcoming Marigold show. The match will be on Oct. 26 at Grand Destiny 2025. Both women have a lot of history together from their time in STARDOM. On the topic of their upcoming match together, Iwatani talks to Tokyo Sports about their relationship. “She … Read more
IYO SKY is set to return to Marigold in October. On Oct. 26, a match that many didn’t think we would see again, will take place in Ryogoku Kokugikan for Grand Destiny 2025. SKY will take on Mayu Iwatani. The last time these two went one-on-one was in 2018 during STARDOM’s Cinderella Tournament, which ended … Read more
MIRAI has confirmed that she will be leaving the Marigold promotion next month. Her final match with the promotion will take place at the October 13 Korakuen Hall event. She will team with Mai Sakurai in a bout against Nagisa Nozaki and CHIAKI. This is the same team they lost the TwinStar Championships to in … Read more
Everything will be on the line on July 16 as a Title vs Title match has been booked for Marigold’s Burning Desire event. The Marigold World Champion Utami Hayashishita will be taking on the GHC Women’s Champion Takumi Iroha. The GHC Women’s Championship is a title that belongs to the Japanese Pro Wrestling Noah promotion. … Read more
The current Marigold Super Fly Champion Mayu Iwatani has announced she is currently out of action due to a broke rib. Iwatani posted on her social media in order to share the news. She stated she had to go to the hospital due to the pain. It is unknown how long she will be out … Read more
Mayu Iwatani is in a new promotion and has won herself a new title. Iwatani challenged Victoria Yuzuki at the Shine Forever event on Saturday and won the Marigold Super Fly Championship. Yuzuki was the belt’s second champion and she held it for 141 days. After the match, Iwatani asked Yuzuki to team with her. … Read more
A press conference was held on May 1 which announced that STARDOM original, Mayu Iwatani, has now signed with Marigold. Iwatani confirmed her STARDOM departure earlier this week after 14 years with that company. Iwatani’s first match with Marigold will be against Nanae Takahashi in a singles match this Sunday in the main event of … Read more
Utami Hayashishita is the new Marigold World Champion. To kick off 2025, Marigold hosted First Dream from Ota City General Gymnasium in Tokyo. There, Sareee defended the Marigold World Championship against Utami. Sareee is the promotion’s inaugural champion and went on to hold the gold for 174 days after defeating Giluia. During that time, Sareee … Read more
Another Japanese legend has announced her upcoming retirement. Nanae Takahashi confirmed at Marigold’s Winter Wonderful Fight event on Friday that she will retired in May of 2025. At the Winter Wonderful Fight event, Takahashi battled against the Marigold World Champion Sareee in a losing effort. Takahashi is a 28 year veteran in the ring. She … Read more
Marigold’s Sareee has won the prestigious Tokyo Sports Women’s MVP Award for 2024. Sareee told Tokyo Sports that she had been aiming for the Tokyo Sports Women’s MVP award since she became a pro wrestler, adding that it’s the happiest she’s ever been in her life receiving it. The article adds that she had tears … Read more
Marigold and former STARDOM talent Giulia has had her last match in Japan and she is heading to the United States. There has been talk since at least April of Giulia making her way to NXT as she had to finish dates with Marigold first. Her last match was a Gauntlet match on Aug. 25 … Read more
After an eight team tournament, MIRAI and Mai Sakurai are crowned the inaugural Marigold Twin Star (Tag Team) Champions. The won the gold on July 30 at the Summer Gold Shine Night 5 event. They defeated the team of Miku Aono and Natsumi Showzuki. Marigold has now crowned all of its current inaugural champions. The … Read more
Giulia has confirmed wrapping up her dates in Japan and it looks like she will be available for the next NXT premium live event! The next NXT event is set for Sept. 1 in Denver, Colorado for No Mercy. On July 30, Giulia took to the mic at a Marigold event to state that she … Read more
Marigold is thriving after coming off of its Summer Destiny event where they crowned three inaugural champions. What is left to decide is who will be the first tag team champions! A tournament has been confirmed and below you will see the bracket breakdown. The artwork for the titles, named Marigold Twinstar Tag Team Titles … Read more
The lineage starts with Sareee in Marigold! On Saturday, Sareee defeated Giulia to be crowned the very first Marigold World Champion after a 25 minute battle due to referee stoppage. Giulia was cleared from a recent injury just prior to this match. Sareee would begin to realize during the match that she needed to target … Read more
IYO SKY has arrived in Japan to take on Utami Hayashishita at Marigold’s Summer Destiny event. This will be a first time match between the two. She also met up with AJ Styles who is in also in Japan for a match at Pro Wrestling NOAH. “When I signed with WWE, I didn’t think I … Read more
Marigold announces a new championship as the promotion continues to grow. It will be the SuperFly Weight Championship and it will be introduced as a comparison to the STARDOM High Speed Title. This is the fourth title announced for the Marigold promotion but we haven’t crowned any champions yet at the time of this writing. … Read more
The working relationship between WWE and Marigold seems clear as IYO SKY will be facing Utami Hayashishita. The match is set to take place on July 13 at Marigold’s Summer Destiny event. SKY appeared on screen at the most recent Marigold event and followed up on social media. “As a WWE Superstar, I will enter … Read more
Giulia is doing everything she can to make sure she is back in the ring come July. This included having surgery for her fractured wrist she suffered on May 20 at Marigold’s premiere event. Before providing us an update of her own, Tokyo Sports confirmed that Giulia has undergone surgery on her right wrist. Giulia … Read more
Marigold’s Giulia will be out of action. During the promotion’s first show yesterday, Giulia fractured her wrist during her tag team match. She teamed with Utami in a losing effort against Bozilla and Sareee. The report is in the posting below which states she will miss the Hana Kimura show on the 23rd and any … Read more