Marigold Shine Forever 2025
| Marigold Shine Forever 2025 | |||
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 Promotional poster for the event | |||
| Promotion | Dream Star Fighting Marigold | ||
| Date | May 24, 2025 | ||
| City | Tokyo, Japan | ||
| Venue | Yoyogi National Gymnasium | ||
| Attendance | 2,450[1] | ||
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Marigold Shine Forever 2025 was a professional wrestling event promoted by Dream Star Fighting Marigold. It took place on May 24, 2025, in Tokyo, Japan at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium.[2] The event aired globally on CyberFight's video-on-demand service Wrestle Universe.
Production
[edit]Background
[edit]The show featured professional wrestling matches that result from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[3]
Event
[edit]The event started with the singles confrontation between Shinno who made her in-ring debut and Mai Sakurai, solded with the victory of the latter. Next up, Chiaki, Nagisa Nozaki, Misa Matsui and Megaton picked up a victory over Chanyota, Erina Yamanaka, Nagisa Tachibana and Ryoko Sakimura. In the third bout, Kouki Amarei and Kizuna Tanaka defeated Chika Goto and Minami Yuuki in tag team competition. The fourth bout saw Team Marigold (Rea Seto, Hummingbird, Komomo Minami, Nao Ishikawa and Natsumi Showzuki) outmatching team Marvelous (Riko Kawahata, Maria, Senka Akatsuki, Sora Ayame and Ai Houzan) in ten-woman tag team competition. Next up, Takumi Iroha defeated Seri Yamaoka in singles competition. In the sixth bout, Mayu Iwatani defeated Victoria Yuzuki to win the Marigold Super Fly Championship, ending Yuzuki's reign at 141 days and three defenses. In the semi main event, Utami Hayashishita defeated Mirai to secure the third consecutive defense of the Marigold World Championship in that respective reign. After the bout concluded, Takumi Iroha stepped up as Hayashishita's next challenger.[4]
In the main event, Miku Aono defeated Nanae Takahashi in the bout which was billed as Takahashi's retirement match. After the bout concluded, Takahashi wrestled a gauntlet match against Senka Akatsuki, Seri Yamaoka, Kouki Amarei, Yumiko Hotta and former "Nanamomo" tag team partner Momoe Nakanishi, bout which ended in a draw after Takahashi went up to one minute against each of them.[5]
Results
[edit]| No. | Results[8] | Stipulations | Times[1] | ||
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| 1 | Mai Sakurai defeated Shinno by submission | Singles match This was Shinno's in-ring debut match. | 12:23 | ||
| 2 | Darkness Revolution (Chiaki, Nagisa Nozaki, Misa Matsui and Megaton) defeated Chanyota, Erina Yamanaka, Nagisa Tachibana and Ryoko Sakimura by pinfall | Eight-woman tag team match | 9:27 | ||
| 3 | Kouki Amarei and Kizuna Tanaka defeated Chika Goto and Minami Yuuki by pinfall | Tag team match | 8:58 | ||
| 4 | Marigold (Rea Seto, Hummingbird, Komomo Minami, Nao Ishikawa and Natsumi Showzuki) defeated Marvelous (Riko Kawahata, Maria, Senka Akatsuki, Sora Ayame and Ai Houzan) by pinfall | Elimination Ten-woman tag team match | 19:26 | ||
| 5 | Takumi Iroha defeated Seri Yamaoka by pinfall | Singles match | 12:14 | ||
| 6 | Mayu Iwatani defeated Victoria Yuzuki (c) by pinfall | Singles match for the Marigold Super Fly Championship | 9:58 | ||
| 7 | Utami Hayashishita (c) defeated Mirai by pinfall | Singles match for the Marigold World Championship[6] | 16:12 | ||
| 8 | Miku Aono defeated Nanae Takahashi by pinfall | Singles match This was Takahashi's official retirement match.[7] | 22:04 | ||
| 9 | Senka Akatsuki, Seri Yamaoka, Kouki Amarei, Yumiko Hotta and Momoe Nakanishi vs. Nanae Takahashi ended in a time-limit draw | Gauntlet match This was a spinoff of Takahashi's retirement match. | 5:00 | ||
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References
[edit]- ^ a b Kreikenbohm, Philip (May 23, 2025). "Marigold Shine Forever ~A Glorious Celebration~". cagematch.net. Retrieved May 23, 2025.
- ^ Dream Star Fighting Marigold. "ja:マリーゴールド１周年記念大会 SHINE FOREVER 2025 〜A Glorious Celebration!〜". dsf-marigold.com (in Japanese). Retrieved May 8, 2025.
- ^ Grabianowski, Ed (January 13, 2006). "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved June 11, 2024.
- ^ "Marigold Shine Forever Results: Nanae Takahashi Wrestles Final Match". 411mania.com. 411Mania. May 23, 2025. Retrieved May 23, 2025.
- ^ Carlan, Lewis (May 24, 2025). "Full Results For MARIGOLD SHINE FOREVER 2025, Nanae Takahashi Says Good-Bye, Mayu Iwatani Wins First Marigold Title". monthlypuroresu.com. Retrieved May 24, 2025.
- ^ "Marigold Announces Lineup For SHINE FOREVER 2025". 411mania.com. 411Mania. May 8, 2025. Retrieved May 13, 2025.
- ^ Edwards, Scott (May 8, 2025). "Marigold Announces SHINE FOREVER 2025 Card Featuring Nanae Takahashi, Mayu Iwatani, More". fightful.com. Retrieved May 13, 2025.
- ^ Edwards, Scott (May 24, 2025). "Marigold Shine Forever 2025 Results (5/24/25): Nanae Takahashi Retires, MIRAI Challenges Utami Hayashishita". Fightful. Retrieved May 24, 2025.
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