BITE-SIZE MARIGOLD SHOW REVIEW: True Victory 2025 Night 11 (27/12/2025)

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  • This show would see the return of the one-night tag team tournament called the Twinstar Cup for its second year. MIRAI and Mai Sakurai are the current holders, having won the tournament in December 2024 defeating Misa Matsui and Natsumi Showzuki in the tournament final
  • Due to her picking up a knee injury, Minami Yuki was withdrawn from the show, and from the First Dream PPV, with this meaning that she and Chika Goto would forfeit their match in the first round of the Twinstar Cup. A replacement match for Chika Goto would be announced prior to the show.
  • Marigold announced on the morning of the show that, due to contracting acute gastroenteritis the night before, Twinstar Cup holder Mai Sakurai would be unable to compete on the show. As a result of this, her and Erina Yamanaka would forfeit their match in the first round of the Twinstar Cup. A replacement match for Erina would be announced prior to the show.
  • Natsumi Showzuki will be absent from shows for the foreseeable future after it was announced that she would need to undergo surgery on her shoulder. Showzuki has since provided a picture of the x-ray and Marigold have confirmed the injury to be a ‘dislocated right shoulder joint and partial avulsion fracture of the labrum.’ Marigold have recently announced that she will return to action on January 3rd at First Dream 2026 in Ota-Ward City Gymnasium.
  • Kouki Amarei will be absent from shows for the foreseeable future after it was announced that she had fractured her left clavicle on the 27th September at the Zushi Pro-Wrestling Festival. Marigold have recently announced that she will return to action on January 3rd at First Dream 2026 in Ota-Ward City Gymnasium.
  • Attendance Notes: The announced attendance inside the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo was 768. Though this is a 2.17% decrease on the previous house at Korakuen Hall (785 on the 17th November), is the second lowest of the year and is the lowest attendance for the company at the venue since the 25th April, it is worth pointing out that this was a show made up solely of tag team matches with no titles on the line and only one singles match that was announced on the day of the show. The show also falls under the 934 average the company has at Korakuen Hall from the 22 shows they have run there.

Quick Results

  • Twinstar Cup 2025 First Round Match: Hummingbird & Nao Ishikawa def. Nagisa Tachibana & Yuuka Yamazaki w/ Jackknife (6:41)
  • Twinstar Cup 2025 First Round Match: Seri Yamaoka & Shinno def. Miku Aono & Megaton w/ Scorpion Death Lock (7:44)
  • Twinstar Cup 2025 First Round Match: Mayu Iwatani & Komomo Minami vs. Darkness Revolution (Nagisa Nozaki & Rea Seto) Ended in a Time-Limit Draw (10:00)
  • Twinstar Cup 2025 First Round Match: Utami Hayashishita & Shoko Koshino vs. Selene Flora (Victoria Yuzuki & Kizuna Tanaka) Ended in a Time-Limit Draw (10:00)
  • Twinstar Cup 2025 Semi-Final Match: Darkness Revolution (CHIAKI & Misa Matsui) def. Nao Ishikawa & Hummingbird w/ Diving Guillotine Leg Drop (9:04)
  • Singles Match: Chika Goto def. Erina Yamanaka via Countout (8:55)
  • Twinstar Cup 2025 Final Match: Seri Yamaoka & Shinno def. Darkness Revolution (CHIAKI & Misa Matsui) w/ Dial Lock (11:31)

Marigold Twinstar Cup 2025 Winners – Seri Yamaoka & Shinno

Photo Courtesy: @ElPep23 on Twitter

Show Notes

  • Due to their time-limit draw in the first round of the Twinstar Cup, the teams of Mayu Iwatani & Komomo Minami and the Darkness Revolution team of Rea Seto and Nagisa Nozaki were eliminated from the tournament.
  • Due to their time-limit draw in the first round of the Twinstar Cup, the teams of Utami Hayashishita & Shoko Koshino and Selene Flora were eliminated from the tournament.
  • Following her victory against Erina Yamanaka, Chika Goto called out Utami Hayashishita – her opponent at First Dream on the 3rd January at Ota-Ward City Gymnasium – in order to tell her that she will win that match.
  • After winning the 2025 Twinstar Cup, Seri Yamaoka and Shinno declared their intentions to challenge for CHIAKI and Misa Matsui’s Twinstar Championships, should they defend them successfully against Rea Seto and Nagisa Nozaki at First Dream.

You can check out the Marigold roster win/loss records for 2025 right here; https://docs.googleNAgisa .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

  • Wednesday 31st December – True Victory 2025 – Night 12, Shinjuku FACE, Tokyo (LIVE)
  • Saturday 3rd January – First Dream 2026, Ota-Ward City Gymnasium, Tokyo (PPV)
  • Monday 12th January – New Year Golden Garden 2026 – Night 1, Korakuen Hall, Tokyo (LIVE)
  • Saturday 17th January – New Year Golden Garden 2026 – Night 2, 176BOX, Osaka (VIDEO-ON-DEMAND)
  • Sunday 18th January – New Year Golden Garden 2026 – Night 3, Shimizu Marine Building, Shizuoka (VIDEO-ON-DEMAND)
  • Saturday 24th January – New Year Golden Garden 2026 – Night 4 ~Mayu Iwatani 15th Anniversary Show~, Korakuen Hall, Tokyo (LIVE)
  • Friday 30th January – New Year Golden Garden 2026 – Night 5, Shinjuku FACE, Tokyo (LIVE)
  • Saturday 31st January – New Year Golden Garden 2026 – Night 6, Lily Arena Mito, Ibaraki (VIDEO-ON-DEMAND)
  • Saturday 7th February – New Year Golden Garden 2026 – Night 7, Esforto Arena Hacioji, Tokyo (VIDEO-ON-DEMAND)
  • Sunday 8th February – New Year Golden Garden 2026 – Night 8, Kasugabe Fusei Cube, Saitama (VIDEO-ON-DEMAND)
  • Friday 13th February – New Year Golden Garden 2026 – Night 9, Shinjuku FACE, Tokyo (LIVE)
  • Saturday 14th February – New Year Golden Garden 2026 – Night 10, Kariya City Aioi Hall, Aichi (VIDEO-ON-DEMAND)
  • Sunday 15th February – New Year Golden Garden 2026 – Night 11, 176BOX, Osaka (VIDEO-ON-DEMAND)
About Rob Goodwin 193 Articles
Hailing from Stoke-on-Trent, Rob fell back in love with the wrestling business in 2016 after a decade-long break. Rob is the host of the The Stardom Cast, The Marigold Standard and sometimes can be found writing books - with an odd fascination with 1995 WWF/WCW!

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