Back on April 25th, superstar Utami Hayashishita surprised the pro-wrestling world when she announced she would be departing Marigold after being with the Rossy Ogawa’s promotion from the beginning.

New Japan Pro Wrestling’s 33rd annual Best of the Super Jr. kicked off on May 14th, with 1,445 fans in attendance to witness nine block matches at the legendary Korakuen Hall.

On May 23rd, Marigold will present its next big event “MARIGOLD SHINE FOREVER 2026” at the Ota City General Gymnasium in Tokyo.

Forbidden Door season is getting underway, with the first taste coming via the Owen Hart Foundation Tournament. The brackets were revealed on AEW Dynamite, featuring a pair of joshi stars.

Pro Wrestling NOAH held its “Legacy Rise 2026” event at Korakuen Hall on May 13th as 1,165 fans were in attendance. One of the bouts featured on the card saw the current GHC Tag Team Champions Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI face off against AMAKUSA & Black Menso~re in a non title encounter.

On May 13th, GHC Heavyweight Champion Shane Haste made good on his promise to have KENTA translate his victory speech when he defeated his White Raven Squad stablemate at NOAH LEGACY RISE 2026 in front of 1,165 Fans at Korakuen Hall.

Sareee has announced that she will be taking a month off to recover from a neck injury. She has also put out a statement, addressing her fans.

UJPW FACE THE NEXT featured rising stars from various promotions including NJPW, Pro Wrestling NOAH, Dragongate, DDT Pro-Wrestling, BJW and others. 

Pro Wrestling ZERO1 has revealed the full match lineup for the 2026 Fire Festival round-robin tournament, which is set to kick off on June 13th and conclude on August 7th.

Marigold blue chip rookie Shinno has steadily improved since her debut match back on May 24th 2025 against Mai Sakurai.