Rossy Ogawa announces launch of Marigold promotion

Rossy Ogawa has revealed his new promotion.

During a press conference Monday morning, Ogawa announced the formation of Dream Star Fighting Marigold, or Marigold for short. Their first show, Marigold Fields Forever, will take place on May 20 at Korakuen Hall. It will stream on Wrestle Universe with both Japanese and English commentary. The main event will feature Giulia & X taking on Sareee & X.

The start of the press conference revealed the first seven roster members: Giulia, Utami Hayashishita, MIRAI, Nanae Takahashi, Mai Sakurai, and Yuzuki (now going by Victoria Yuzuki), formerly of Stardom, and Nao Ishikawa. At the end of the press conference, Natsumi Sumikawa, Miku Aono, Misa Matsui, CHIAKI, Chika Goto, and KOUKI, formerly of Actwres girl’Z, announced they will also be part of the roster.

Ogawa was fired from Stardom in February after the promotion accused him of attempting to poach talent on his way out. Ogawa denied the accusations but did say that he was going to form a new promotion. Giulia, who appeared at NXT’s Stand & Deliver event during WrestleMania weekend, will help Ogawa with the promotion before departing for WWE.