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>[Marigold] Utami Hayashishita declares war on Stardom, "steals the headlines" in the "1/3 show wars"
>Utami Hayashishita (26) of the women's professional wrestling group "Marigold" has revealed her competitive spirit in the "show war" with her former company, Stardom. She will challenge world champion Saree (28) at the event at the Ota Ward General Gymnasium in Tokyo on January 3rd next year. While she is burning with fighting spirit to defeat the foreign champion, she is also conscious of her former company, which will be holding a big match on the same day. The talented women's professional wrestling world will dominate the conversation at the beginning of the year.
>Utami won the single league "Dream Star GP" this fall and earned the right to challenge for the World Championship. However, she was defeated in the Rumble to decide the inaugural GHC Women's Championship in November, and was unable to take the Twin Star Championship with her partner Tenrei Koki.
>Having felt growing frustration since the launch of the group in May, she declared with determination, "I hadn't yet achieved any results with Marigold and was just buried. I know better than anyone that I need to change. I will use this match as a starting point to awaken the strongest, absolute champion, Hayashishita Utami."
>At the signing ceremony on the 19th, the champion Saree harshly criticized her, saying, "Just be a supporting character for Marigold for the rest of your life." Utami was furious and said, "I left everything in Stardom and decided to become the ace of Marigold and came here. I felt like my feelings and everything I've done were denied, and I was angry."
