Utami Hayashishita Wants To Be The First Marigold World Champion, Says Giulia Is Not The Ace Of The Promotion

On May 20th, Marigold officially entered the Joshi world when they had their inaugural Marigold Fields Forever event. Prior to the start of the show, Rossy Ogawa, the founder of Marigold, appeared and introduced two title belts for the promotion. One was a red World Title and the other was a white National Championship.

Utami Hayashishita has revealed in a recent interview with Tokyo Sports that she has her sights set on becoming the first ever Marigold World Champion. Hayashishita, who came over to Marigold from STARDOM, is one of the top stars currently competing in Ogawa’s promotion. She has held multiple titles while in STARDOM including the World Of STARDOM title which she held for 409 days.

Now Hayashishita is aiming for Marigold’s top prize and made this comment while speaking with Tokyo Sports:

The first champion of the new promotion’s premier title will be the first person to create the history of the promotion. I want to wear that belt and show off my abilities as an ace so that the fans will think, “Marigold became bigger because of Utami Hayashishita.

Utami Hayashishita

Hayashishita also took exception to fans calling Giulia the ace of Marigold and expressed her thoughts on that as well:

I’ve done everything Giulia has done, and it’s too early to say that “Giulia is the ace” when she hasn’t beaten me in a singles match!

Utami Hayashishita

There has been no mention as of this writing on how Ogawa plans to crown his first world champion for Marigold. It’s a good bet that there will be a tournament to determine the inaugural Marigold World Champion as there are numerous competitors that would love to have that distinction.

Hayashishita has numerous matches scheduled for upcoming Marigold events including a singles match against Nanae Takahashi on June 11.

All Marigold events will air on Wrestle Universe Subscription streaming service.

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