First Dream was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Dream Star Fighting Marigold (Marigold). It will took place on January 3, 2025, in Tokyo, Japan at the Ota City General Gymnasium. The event aired globally on CyberFight's video-on-demand service Wrestle Universe.
The event was headlined by Sareee defending the Marigold World Championship against 2024 Dream✴︎Star GP winner Utami Hayashishita.
Four other title matches also announced for the show with Miku Aono defending the Marigold United National Championship against Mai Sakurai, Kouki Amarei defending the GHC Women's Championship against Chika Goto, Dark Wolf-gun's (Nagisa Nozaki and CHIAKI) defending the Marigold Twin Star Championship against Bozilla and Tank, and Natsumi Showzuki defending the Marigold Super Fly Championship against Victoria Yuzuki.
Production[]
Background[]
Since 2019, World Wonder Ring Stardom was purchased by Bushiroad's subsidiary Kix Road, who renamed itself to Bushiroad Fight Co, Ltd. as part of the acquisition, making it a sister promotion of New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), while also being announced that the promotion would use its main name Stardom instead of the World Wonder Ring Stardom and Rossy Ogawa would remain as the promotion's Chief Executive Officer. On February 4, Ogawa, was fired from his position of CEO of Stardom, due to alleged talent poaching. Shortly after, several Stardom talents, most remarkebly, Giulia, Utami Hayashishita, MIRAI and Mai Sakurai would leave Stardom at the end of March to join Ogawa, with Stardom later confirming their departure on March 31, upon the end of their contracts. At the promotion's first event on May 20, 2024, it was announced they would produce their first-ever pay-per-view (PPV), on July 13 at Ryōgoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan, being streamed on Wrestle Universe.
On July 13, at Summer Destiny, Marigold announced their first event of the year of 2025, on January 3, First Dream held at the Ota City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.
Storylines[]
The show featured six professional wrestling matches that result from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.
Results[]
| # | Results | Stipulations | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yuki Mashiro won by last eliminating Minami Yuuki[a] | New Year's Dream Rumble match | 20:25 |
| 2 | MIRAI defeated Seri Yamaoka[b] | Singles match | 7:14 |
| 3 | Victoria Yuzuki defeated Natsumi Showzuki (c) | Singles match for the Marigold Super Fly Championship | 13:14 |
| 4 | Bozilla and Tank defeated Dark Wolf-gun (Nagisa Nozaki and CHIAKI) (c) | Tag team match for the Marigold Twin Star Championship | 7:10 |
| 5 | The Passion Sisters (Nanae Takahashi and Nao Ishikawa) defeated Meiko Satomura and Yuna | Tag team match | 16:46 |
| 6 | Kouki Amarei (c) defeated Chika Goto | Singles match for the GHC Women's Championship | 8:21 |
| 7 | Mai Sakurai defeated Miku Aono (c) | Singles match for the Marigold United National Championship | 25:17 |
| 8 | Utami Hayashishita defeated Sareee (c) | Singles match for the Marigold World Championship | 22:23 |
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Notes[]
- ↑ Other participants were Misa Matsui, Hummingbird, Rea Seto, Minami Yuuki, Naho Yamada, Ryoko Sakimura, Nagisa Tachibana, Hamuko Hoshi, Yuki Mashiro, Riara, Momoka Hanazono, NightShade and Flying Penguin.
- ↑ This was Yamaoka's in-ring debut match. The match originally ended in a time limit draw but was allowed to continue.
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| Personnel | Wrestlers | Bozilla • CHIAKI • Kouki Amarei • Mai Sakurai • Miku Aono • MIRAI • Nagisa Nozaki • Nanae Takahashi • Natsumi Showzuki • Sareee • Utami Hayashishita • Victoria Yuzuki • |
| Staff | Rossy Ogawa • Fuka • Yuzuki Aikawa | |
| Alumini | Giulia • Myla Grace • Zayda Steel • Tank | |
| Guests | Iyo Sky • Shinobu Kandori • Takako Inoue | |
| Championships | Owned | Marigold World Championship • United National Championship • Twin Star Championship • Super Fly Championship |
| Shared | GHC Women's Championship | |
| Events | 2024 | Fields Forever • Summer Destiny • Giulia Countdown Final • Fantastic Adventure • Winter Wonderful Fight |
| 2025 | First Dream | |
| Tournaments | Dream✴︎Star GP (2024) • Twin Star Cup • Rookie of the Year | |
| Avards | Dream✴︎Star GP Awards • Year-End Awards | |
| Broadcast | Wrestle Universe | |
| Partnerships | CyberFight • LLPW-X • Seadlinnng | |