Rossy Ogawa's new promotion: MARIGOLD Dream Star Fight

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New Trainee announcement.

Nagisa Tachibana has joined MariGold as a trainee

And former ice ribbon wrestler Yuuki Minami has joined MariGold as a trainee as well

Also Rossy's 67th birthday with the entire roster.

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From lastnights Wrestle Magic Show.

Have not gotten to watch it myself yet but lookin forward to it.

Also never not gonna be weird seeing Utami stand side by side with ex Donna DelMondo members.

[john84]

May 4, 2024 7:43:38 GMT -5 PHD-FENDERBAUM said:

From lastnights Wrestle Magic Show.

Have not gotten to watch it myself yet but lookin forward to it.

Also never not gonna be weird seeing Utami stand side by side with ex Donna DelMondo members.

Utami is in my Universe mode.

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Really great interview with Giulia interviewed by KAREN from post wrestling who is quickly becoming my fav if not already person when it comes to any Joshi related talk as far as stateside voices go. 

[john84]

May 4, 2024 17:55:13 GMT -5 PHD-FENDERBAUM said:

Really great interview with Giulia interviewed by KAREN from post wrestling who is quickly becoming my fav if not already person when it comes to any Joshi related talk as far as stateside voices go. 

I'll have to show this to Peter tomorrow since she's one of his favourites.

[J is Justice]

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So instead of doing anything dramatic it’s Giulia & Utami Hayashishita vs. Sareee & Bozilla

Which means maybe they are behind Bozilla a bit and to be honest, I’d find a lot of excuses to push a wrestler with that name.

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The full card for MariGolds first show has been announced.
















That Mirai Vs Chiaki match is gonna slap so f***ing hard and is the one I am most looking forward to on this show.

[john84]

Nanae Takahashi v Victoria Yuzuki - Been a while since I've watched a Nanae match so looking forward to this one for her. As for Victoria, I don't recall seeing any of her matches before so it'll be new to me at least.
Miku Aono v Nao Ishikawa - This could be a decent one
Mirai v Chiaki - Looking forward to this one
Mai Sakurai and Zayda Steel v Nagisa Nozaki and Myla Grace - Should be good, particularly looking forward to seeing Myla again as she's my favourite of the four personally.
Natsumi Showzuki and Misa Matsui v Amarei Kouki and Chika Goto - Outside of Natsumi I don't recognise them at the top of my head so interested to see what they're like.
Giulia and Utami Hayashishita v Saree and Bodzilla - Looking forward to seeing Utami and I'm pretty sure Peter will be interested in this match for a certain Giulia lol. Seriously though looking forward to seeing that match.

Good looking card for an opening show.

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Really glad to see Mirai's glow up from just real boring member of DDM and now she changed up her look and showing a bit more personality as she was quite frankly the stand out during the wrestle magic match.

Besides Utami , Mirai is the one who jumped from STARDOM I am interested in seeing her journey now.



But watching her lariato the f***ing soul of every other woman is never not gonna be amazing to watch.

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Hey look…it’s everything I said but now from well respected Japanese wrestling reporter Fumi Saito:

On Omega’s comments about Ogawa: “100% baseless, offensive, unfair, and gross. I’ve known Rossy for 40 years. I am the top journalist in this industry over a 40 year period. Rossy and I have been friends for the same amount of time. I hear things and see things firsthand. None of this is true. It’s blown out of proportion. It’s not even an issue in Japan. We’re laughing about it. I spoke to Giulia a week ago. She was going to DM Kenny, ‘What the f**k is going on?’ There is no such issue or anything happening in Japan. It only happens and ends on social media. So baseless and offensive. No damage should be done because it’s so untrue. I see things, hear things, witness things firsthand. It’s real irresponsible hearsay on the internet. Kenny Omega knows he’s full of s**t. Go back and listen to that garbage. He’s saying, ‘I’m not saying anything. I’m not saying anything. I don’t want lawyers barking at my door.’ He knows he’s full of s**t.”

On the AEW-STARDOM relationship: “About the AEW and Stardom business that didn’t go well, Stardom asking each wrestler $30,000 for one appearance and sending five wrestlers, that would be $150,000 a night. AEW said, ‘Ain’t doing that.’ That automatically assumed it was Rossy asking. It wasn’t even Rossy. It was President Harada [former Bushiroad President Katsuhiko Harada], who got kicked out after that. Bushiroad executive didn’t know much about business. ‘AEW, that company has money, right? Let’s ask them.’ $30,000 each for five talents, $150,000 for one night for a pay-per-view. AEW automatically assumed it was Rossy. Rossy wasn’t even involved for the past two years on the business end. Rossy, everything he tried to do ended up being overruled by Bushiroad executive. He got sick of it and had to leave.”


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Even take the Kenny shit out of it…I’ve been yelling at clouds for months as AEW fans don’t understand who was calling the shots when Tony got mad at Stardom.  Tony said he mad at Rossy…and that was all they needed to overlook basic facts.

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Fumi Saito had announced this in his most recent interview but it is official now...at Hana Kimura's memorial show Giulia will face Veny.

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It is always interesting to see how other wrestlers in other countries train in comparison to stateside. Especially with the rash of injuries with especially the women lately.



lol Giulia pulling a Mayu and losing not 1 but both her shoes in the footrace.

Also interesting how alot of their training is very much pulled from amateur wrestling.

And just incase one needs a little in assistance in identifying who is who in the training video due to the sunlight etc.


Amarei Kouki: black shirt, black/white leggings, black shoes



Chiaki: rolled sleeves, blue shorts, barefoot



Chika Goto: black shirt, purple shorts, white shoes



Giulia: black shirt, black/yellow floral shorts, pink shoes



Mai Sakurai: black shirt, pink/green/white dolphin pants, black shoes



Miku Aono: black shirt, black shorts, black leggings, black shoes



MIRAI: black shirt, blue shorts, red shoes



Misa Matsui: black shirt, black shorts, black/white leggings, white shoes



Nao Ishikawa: black shirt, black shorts, black shoes



Natsumi Showzuki: black shirt, black shorts, white shoes



Utami Hayashishita: rolled sleeves, black/yellow shorts, red shoes



Victoria Yuzuki: black shirt, black shorts, red shoes

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Kouki is going to become a big favorite of people who haven’t seen her before. Same with Aono and Showzuki but they’ve had more exposure.

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More fun at da beach.





Love seeing the comradery and the competitiveness between them all.

That was some unfair shit having to try and muscle Goto Chika over to try and pin her lol woman was like an unmovable boulder.

Mirai and Utami as expected are just beasts and Giulia just cannot resist trying to kill her opponent lol

And everyone trying to impress Rossy for the top spot lol.

Mirai with her pose and probably big positive MariGold speech

Utami always training

Chiaki....tries to swim?....or just be weird as f*** I approve lol.

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Marigold has it's own section on Wrestle Universe which hopefully means it's staying on the platform long-term rather than a Prominence style situation where only the first few shows were. It makes more sense now that multiple companies are on there that aren't run by cyberfight.

I love Wrestle Universe, always strikes me when I'm frustrated trying to use another service.

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May 12, 2024 11:36:35 GMT -5 Bo Rida said:

Marigold has it's own section on Wrestle Universe which hopefully means it's staying on the platform long-term rather than a Prominence style situation where only the first few shows were. It makes more sense now that multiple companies are on there that aren't run by cyberfight.

I love Wrestle Universe, always strikes me when I'm frustrated trying to use another service.

They have the best damn lay out and it is so far ahead of anyone else that theirs should automatically become the basis for everyone elses lay out and navigation.

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The beach finale!





These videos were alot of fun to watch because Fumi did say that Rossy is approaching this company with a very old school mindset more specifically cited AJW as a heavy influence on the direction they want to go in and that mid to late 80s feel , so it is gonna get real interesting if that vision really sticks because most celebrate it as the greatest period in womens wrestling in general and it aint even close according to alot of folk.

But for the video loved how we get to just see these ladies goofing off and showing off their personalities with eachother outside of an arena setting and stuff like this really is gonna create a great atmosphere in the company

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May 6, 2024 17:59:24 GMT -5 ace said:

Hey look…it’s everything I said but now from well respected Japanese wrestling reporter Fumi Saito:

On Omega’s comments about Ogawa: “100% baseless, offensive, unfair, and gross. I’ve known Rossy for 40 years. I am the top journalist in this industry over a 40 year period. Rossy and I have been friends for the same amount of time. I hear things and see things firsthand. None of this is true. It’s blown out of proportion. It’s not even an issue in Japan. We’re laughing about it. I spoke to Giulia a week ago. She was going to DM Kenny, ‘What the f**k is going on?’ There is no such issue or anything happening in Japan. It only happens and ends on social media. So baseless and offensive. No damage should be done because it’s so untrue. I see things, hear things, witness things firsthand. It’s real irresponsible hearsay on the internet. Kenny Omega knows he’s full of s**t. Go back and listen to that garbage. He’s saying, ‘I’m not saying anything. I’m not saying anything. I don’t want lawyers barking at my door.’ He knows he’s full of s**t.”

On the AEW-STARDOM relationship: “About the AEW and Stardom business that didn’t go well, Stardom asking each wrestler $30,000 for one appearance and sending five wrestlers, that would be $150,000 a night. AEW said, ‘Ain’t doing that.’ That automatically assumed it was Rossy asking. It wasn’t even Rossy. It was President Harada [former Bushiroad President Katsuhiko Harada], who got kicked out after that. Bushiroad executive didn’t know much about business. ‘AEW, that company has money, right? Let’s ask them.’ $30,000 each for five talents, $150,000 for one night for a pay-per-view. AEW automatically assumed it was Rossy. Rossy wasn’t even involved for the past two years on the business end. Rossy, everything he tried to do ended up being overruled by Bushiroad executive. He got sick of it and had to leave.”


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Even take the Kenny shit out of it…I’ve been yelling at clouds for months as AEW fans don’t understand who was calling the shots when Tony got mad at Stardom.  Tony said he mad at Rossy…and that was all they needed to overlook basic facts.

I'll need confirmation from someone who isn't a close personal friend of his because as it stands everything about Rossy sounds suss as f***

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The reveal of the MariGold title belts have been revealed as by Tokyo Sports.



Love them and how super detailed they are and love they aren't simply recolors of the same belt.


Also slated to be announced later will be the Marigold Twin Star Championship (the tag title) and the Marigold Super Flyweight Championship (for those with or below 55kg)