By: Thom Fain The rollercoaster of joshi puroresu can produce whiplash, and that's been especially true in the early goings of 2026. Champions can lose on a Tuesday, and two weeks later, those same champs are making heads turn around Tokyo. At Dream Star Fighting on Sunday in Nagoya, the first-ever Marigold 3D Trios Champions dropped a trios match just six days before their first title defense. And the very team set to challenge them on March 14th won the main event. If this is a coincidence, it's a star-crossed one. Mayu Iwatani, Victoria Yuzuki, and Komomo Minami — who will challenge Mai Sakurai, Natsumi Showzuki, and Erina Yamanaka for the 3D Trios Championship at Korakuen Hall on March 14th — scored the biggest win of the evening, defeating Utami Hayashishita, Chika Goto, and Nagisa Tachibana in the five-match main event. Yuzuki secured the fall by submitting Tachibana. [embed]https://twitter.com/MayuIwatani/status/2030709000854212929?s=20[/embed] Hours…

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