On May 24th, Victoria Yuzuki went into arguably the biggest match of her young career. At Marigold SHINE FOREVER 2025 in Yoyogi, Yuzuki defended her Super Flyweight title against the “Icon” Mayu Iwatani.
STARDOM rookie Kikyo Furusawa has only competed in three matches thus far yet she is already being recruited to join top factions within the promotion.
Furusawa made her debut on May 21st against STARS leader Hanan.
When Mayu Iwatani joined the Marigold roster, she indicated her goal was to win every championship in the promotion.
On May 24th at Marigold SHINE FOREVER 2025, she accomplished her first step in achieving her goal
The largest crowd in Marigold history of 2,450 fans was in attendance at the sold out Yoyogi National Stadium Gymnasium as the promotion presented SHINE FOREVER 2025.
The event featured the final match of the legendary Nanae Takahashi as her 29 year pro-wrestling career came to an end.
The DDT Pro-Wrestling “KING OF DDT 2025 FINAL” is scheduled for May 25th at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. The tournament is down to four competitors to see who will earn the right to challenge Chris Brookes for his KO-D Openweight Championship.
The budding feud between World of STARDOM Champion Saya Kamitani and Wonder of STARDOM Champion Starlight Kid is about to shift into high gear.
Starlight Kid recently indicated her goal is to win the 5★STAR Grand Prix and then challenge Kamitani in a double title match.
The New Japan Pro-Wrestling Best of Super Junior 32 tournament is rolling along as the promotion held its eighth night of action on May 22nd.
The main event of night eight saw the current IWGP Jr Heavyweight Champion El Desperado face YOH as Desperado attempted to reach 8 points.
On May 21st, STARDOM trainees Ema Maishima and Kikyou Furusawa made their in-ring debuts at STARDOM NIGHTER 2025 in KORAKUEN.
Their debuts caught the eye of Akira Kurogane who made her own debut back in Jan. 2025.
Kaito fought hard and perhaps even betrayed his own morals and values – his sense of “the NOAH way,” the very concept of kejime – to take back the GHC Heavyweight Championship from a man and a group who embrace darkness and chaos. It wasn’t enough, and the rest of NOAH must begin grappling with a new question
The Wonder of STARDOM Champion Starlight Kid successfully defended her title for the fourth time on May 21st at STARDOM NIGHTER 2025 in KORAKUEN May as she defeated HANAKO in a match that went nearly 22 minutes. HANAKO had a major edge as she stands 31 centimeters taller than the champion, but Kid was able to overcome her disadvantage and pulled out the victory.
