Dream Star Fighting Marigold

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Dream Star Fighting Marigold
AcronymMarigold
FoundedApril 15, 2024
HeadquartersJapan
Founder(s)Rossy Ogawa
Owner(s)Rossy Ogawa
Split from
Websitedsf-marigold.com/en/

Dream Star Fighting Marigold (stylized as Dream Star★Fighting Marigold), referred to simply as Marigold (マリーゴールド, Marīgōrudo) in shorthand, is a Japanese joshi puroresu or women's professional wrestling promotion founded in April 2024.[1][2][3][4]

History[edit]

Formation[edit]

Marigold was founded by former All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling co-producer and World Wonder Ring Stardom (Stardom) promoter Rossy Ogawa after Ogawa was fired from Stardom. In February 2024, Ogawa was dismissed from Stardom after being accused by the promotion's management of "poaching talent" for what would be Marigold. He has denied this claim.[1][2][3][4]

Upon the announcement of the creation of the promotion, several active members of the Stardom and Actwres girl'Z (AWG) rosters defected to Marigold. Amongst them were Stardom roster members Giulia, Utami Hayashishita, Mirai, Nanae Takahashi, Mai Sakurai, Victoria Yuzuki and Nao Ishikawa as well as AWG roster members Natsumi Sumikawa, Miku Aono, Misa Matsui, Chiaki, Chika Goto, and Kouki.[1][2][3][4] Ogawa named his new promotion after Aimyon's song titled "Marigold", as it contains the message that "Marigolds are often associated with the powerful strength of the sun, and represent the power, strength, and light that resides within people".[5]

Marigold hosted their inaugural event, titled "Marigold Fields Forever", on May 20, 2024, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.[1][2][3][4] The show, and subsequent shows, were announced as streaming on Wrestle Universe.[1][2][3][4]

Personnel[edit]

Main article: List of Dream Star Fighting Marigold personnel

Championships[edit]

On May 15, 2024, the promotion announced the creation of four titles, the World, United National, Twin Star and Super Fly Championships alongside the design of the first two of them which, similar to World Wonder Ring Stardom's World and Wonder championships, were bound to continue the "Showa" era tradition carried on from All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling with a red strap for the main title and a white strap for the secondary one. Additional to the main singles and tag team championships, the Super Fly Championship was introduced as a cruiserweight-type of title made for wrestlers under 121 lbs (55 kg).[6]

Championship Current champion(s) Reign Date won Days held Location Notes
Marigold World Championship TBD N/A TBD N/A TBD
Marigold United National Championship TBD 1 July 13, 2024 — Tokyo, Japan Bozilla vs. Mirai or Miku Aono in the finals of the inaugural tournament at Marigold Summer Destiny.
Marigold Twin Star Championship TBD N/A TBD N/A TBD
Marigold Super Fly Championship TBD 1 July 13, 2024 — Tokyo, Japan Natsumi Showzuki vs. Misa Matsui in the finals of the inaugural tournament at Marigold Summer Destiny.

Major events[edit]

Event Date Location Venue Main event Notes
Fields Forever May 20, 2024 Tokyo, Japan Korakuen Hall Giulia and Utami Hayashishita vs. Sareee and Bozilla [7]
Summer Destiny July 13, 2024 Tokyo, Japan Ryogoku Kokugikan TBA [8]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e Rose, Bryan (15 April 2024). "Rossy Ogawa announces launch of Marigold promotion". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e Thompson, Andrew (15 April 2024). "Rossy Ogawa announces 'Marigold' promotion, first show set for May 20th at Korakuen Hall". POST Wrestling. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e Edwards, Scott (15 April 2024). "Rossy Ogawa Announces New Promotion Marigold". Fightful. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d e Powell, John (15 April 2024). "Rossy Ogawa reveals new promotion". Slam! Wrestling. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  5. ^ ロッシー小川氏　新団体名「マリーゴールド」に込めた思いを明かす「あいみょんが歌う中で…」. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). April 18, 2024. Retrieved June 23, 2024.
  6. ^ Carey, Ian (May 15, 2024). "Marigold unveils championship belts ahead of debut show". f4wonline.com. Retrieved May 16, 2024.
  7. ^ Dream Star Fighting Marigold. Marigold Fields Forever 5/20.2024（月）後楽園ホール（東京） 開場5:30PM／試合開始6:30M. dsf-marigold.com (in Japanese). Retrieved May 5, 2024.
  8. ^ Dream Star Fighting Marigold. MARIGOLD Summer Destiny20242024 7/13.2024（土）両国国技館 開場13:00AM／試合開始14:30PM. dsf-marigold.com (in Japanese). Retrieved June 11, 2024.

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