Giulia wanted to head back to Marigold.
An extensive interview with Dream Star Fighting Marigold founder Rossy Ogawa is up on the Sports Graphic Number site.
The feature is to commemorate the one-year anniversary of Marigold's debut show. Coming up for the promotion is Nanae Takahashi's retirement match on May 24th. Ogawa revealed that Giulia wanted to return to Marigold for it, but her commitments with WWE prevented it. On 5/23, Giulia is going to be in a Money in the Bank qualifier on SmackDown against Charlotte Flair and Zelina Vega.
"She (Nanae Takahashi) had no choice but to play the last match she had left. Her legs are bad. The stairs must have been difficult. And yet, she did so much. Whether it was good or bad to go that far is hard to say, but it's better to finish on a high note. Since it was her retirement match, she wanted a fairly large venue, and Ota Ward was too early, so she decided on Yoyogi. Yoyogi had been reserved even before the launch of the company. I think (Takahashi) had given it her all. At first, Giulia wanted to come, so we considered having her as her opponent, but it happened to coincide with a pay-per-view match over there (at WWE). The rest of the card was already decided, so it became (Miku) Aono. Aono has been consistent throughout the past year. The atmosphere is always the same. It never changes. She is popular too. She's a wrestler who contributed greatly to Marigold."
Marigold's next show is titled 'Shine Forever.' In addition to Takahashi's retirement bout, Utami Hayashishita will be defending the Marigold World Title against MIRAI and the card will see Mayu Iwatani challenging for the Super Flyweight Championship.
