Japanese women’s wrestling promotion Marigold have announced the signing of the former Stardom wrestler and multi-time Champion Mayu Iwatani.
Iwatani, formerly billed as the Stardom Icon, had long been expected to leave for the promotion created by former Stardom co-founder Rossy Ogawa who had been a long time mentor across Iwatani’s career. The signing comes days after Iwatani’s official departure from Stardom at a press conference. Before that, Iwatani’s 735-day reign as the IWGP Women’s Champion, a New Japan Pro Wrestling title that’s also defended in Stardom, came to an end with a loss to Syuri.
In a similar highly expected move, Marigold have announced that the mystery opponent for Nane Takahashi at the upcoming May 4th event will be Iwatani.