Dragon Gate – Bushido: Code of the Warrior LIVE Coverage

Just over a year after the debut of Dragon Gate’s North American counterpart comes the first foray by DGUSA into the realm of the Internet Pay Per View. Will it prove to be as successful as it has been for Ring of Honor? We’ll find out together as Matt Waters presents LIVE coverage of Bushido: Code of the Warrior on behalf of Pro Wrestling Ponderings!

– A good evening (or morning if you’re reading this after the event) to you all ladies and gentlemen, I’m Matt Waters, and I’ll be your host for this live DGUSA recap. I’m primarily an ROH guy so I apologise in advance for any lack of familiarity I have with the intimacies of the Dragon Gate product. I know all the wrestlers and most of their moves so hopefully we’ll get through this A-OK. Feel free to correct me on anything in the comments section. On with the show!

– And we’re off! With a sound delay! CIMA accompanies Ricochet to the ring and welcomes us to DGUSA’s first iPPV. He hypes Ricochet as a new member of Warriors and states they will add another in the draft tonight. “TIME FOR THE MATCH!

Match 1 – Freestyle

Ricochet vs. Arik Cannon vs. Johnny Gargano vs. Chuck Taylor

The sound delay is pretty bad already, pins are going to be a nightmare. Refreshing made it worse. I may resort to watching on silent if it continues. Chuck Taylor and Johnny Gargano start and Taylor gets a nice dropkick. Ricochet tags in and hits a headscissors to send Chuck to the outside but Arik Cannon prevents a dive. Their speed combined with my efforts to fix the feed mean we’re gonna skip ahead a couple of minutes to Chuck Taylor hitting an insane overhead suplex from the top rope on Ricochet followed by a massive tope con hilo to the outside on Cannon and Gargano. Ricochet follows this with a twisting dive that was insane. Back inside Gargano hits You’re Dead on Ricochet into Taylor. Cannon then wipes him out. Canadian Destroyer style counter by Ricochet to Cannon!!! Powerbomb by Taylor to Ricochet! The feed is now in slow motion. Seriously. Audio is in regular speed and must be about a minute ahead at this point. Ricochet tried a springboard moonsault and Gargano dropkicked him in the side of the face. Cannon missed the Glimmering Warlock and Gargano hit the Hurts Donut but Taylor broke up the pin. Video still in slow motion, audio has gone silent, and now they’re nearly caught up but we still have slow mo. Ricochet tries his handspring poisoned rana but Taylor hits a springboard doomsday dropkick! Glimmering Warlock to Taylor! This is insanity. Ricochet vaults over Cannon and hits Meteora on Taylor. Jumping enzuigiri to Cannon. Ricochet goes up top for the double moonsault but Gargano crotches him. Cannon brawls with Gargano on the outside… Total Anarchy from the apron!!! Chuck is still down, Ricochet somehow ended up being pushed to the outside by Cannon… AWFUL WAFFLE to Cannon! Chuck wins!

Winner: Chuck Taylor via Pinfall (Awful Waffle to Cannon)

– After the match CIMA applauds Chuck (who has won 3 of these matches now). He offers Chuck a spot in Warriors International! Chuck has withdrawn from the draft!

– Jon Moxley is cutting a promo backstage in intense fashion but we can’t hear it, and nor can the live crowd who are chanting “We can’t hear you!” I guess it’s not just ROH folks!

edit: Kamikaze USA turned down their draft pick.

Match 2

Homicide vs. Rich Swann

BxB Hulk accompanied Homicide at first and gave him a World 1 towel, confirming he was now an official member. Swann goes to the arm to start off but Cide counters out easily. More attempts to go to each other’s arms but Homicide arm drags his way free. They go to the mat and Homicide almost has a kimura locked in but stands up out of it and ties Swann’s arm up in the rope. Apparently Jon Moxley was telling us that Kamikaze USA turned down their pick as they feel they are strong enough already. Swann gets a couple of nice pin attempts but Homicide starts throwing right hands and goes for the face wash but Swann cuts him off and gets a snapmare and kick to the spine. He threw Cide’s bandana into the crowd! Don’t do that! Swann hits a springboard crossbody for two. Swann runs the ropes but eats a jumping back elbow and ‘Cide is mocking Swann with a bird dance… or Julius Smokes impression. Face manipulation! Homicide is playing dirty with a back rake, choke in the ropes, mongolian chop and a knee to the gut. Exploder suplex hits for two. Awesome belly to belly overhead suplex gets another two. I missed Homicide! More face manipulation. Totally insane submission that started with a hammerlock and ended with both men on the mat with both Swann’s arms tied up and Homicide’s leg against the back of his head. Yoshino did something similar a few times back in the day. Hangman’s neckbreaker by Homicide but Swann kicks out due to a cocky cover by ‘Cide. Homicide encourages the fans to clap and paintbrushes Swann with his foot. Swann grabs his ear! Big rights in the corner but Homicide kicks him in the “inside of the thigh.” Tornado DDT is blocked and a front missile dropkick from Swann. Spinning headscissors! Bicycle stomp! Backflip senton (like PAC does when he brains himself) gets two. Swann misses a Frog Splash and Homicide destroys him with an Ace Crusher but Swann kicks out! Homicide goes for the Cop Killa but Swann flips out. He blocks an Ace Crusher and hits a butterfly/buzzsaw kick! Split-legged moonsault meets with nothing but knees. West Brooklyn Lariat! Three count!

Winner: Homicide via Pinfall (West Brooklyn Lariat)

– The feed is fine now by the way. Homicide leaves wearing the World 1 towel around his neck and mouth as the fans chant Swann’s name. AUSTIN ARIES IS HERE!!! He compliments Swann for his match and then talks about being a free agent for the first time in 10 years. He feels he’s the most talented, most complete free agent in the wrestling business today. He’s been looking at the wrestling business lately and acknowledges MMA is hot and wrestling is the black sheep. He says the competition in wrestling is real, the athleticism is real, the drama, bumps, bruises, aches and pains are very real. Aries says wrestling doesn’t get respect because it doesn’t respect itself. He talks about shady promoters and says he doesn’t want to accept the injustices in the business. He says those that try to do so get labeled as having an attitude problem. Aries believes in honor and integrity. He issues a challenge to everyone watching to look ourselves in the mirror and ask if we’re men of honor (he did say women too). He helps Swann to his feet and tells him he fought Homicide with honor and offers to be his mentor.

Match 3 – Dream Match

Austin Aries vs. Masato Yoshino

This will be fun to keep up with. The Open the Dream Gate title is not on the line obviously. Aries goes to the arm and takes Yoshino down but he counters out and now controls Aries’ arm. Roll through, nip-up, fireman’s carry, and now Aries has a headlock. The commentary has gone silent but we’ve got ring and crowd noise. They counter headlocks and headscissors and we have a stalemate. Commentary’s back and they’re talking about Naruki Doi leaving World 1. Aries and Yoshino are criss-crossing… it ends in Aries sliding out of the ring, Yoshino teasing a dive and them coming face to face in the middle of the ring. Apparently Yoshino was told he was Doi’s minion. Test of strength… Yoshino rolls backwards and controls both wrists. Dropkick to the arm and now a grounded arm lock by Yoshino. Rings of Saturn… sort of. Aries is apparently packing new submissions, so we’ll look out for those. Aries is trying to counter but Yoshino maintains control of the arm. Aries gets to the ropes. Yoshino locks in that crazy rolling submission Homicide used a version of earlier but does it way better. Aries again reaches the ropes. Yoshino ends up on the apron… hangman’s neckbreaker across the middle rope! Baseball slide, double axe handle off the top rope to the outside! Aries drapes Yoshino on the apron, slingshots over the top rope and hits another double-sledge. Back in the ring now and he hits a body slam and his trademark leaping elbow drop for two. Apparently Aries has invented a move called the Figure 8 because it’s twice as good as… you get the idea. Stump puller on Yoshino and then a pin attempt. Aries is all over the champion. They exchange overhand chops and Aries hits a basement dropkick to the knee! Aries locks in the Figure 8! I’d be wasting my time describing it, but it’s sort of like a figure four but with the legs elevated and only using the arms. I dunno, but it was awesome. Yoshino gets the ropes. Aries charges in the corner but Yoshino counters and attempts his version of the tarantula, but Aries has it scouted and walks to the middle of the ring. Yoshino slips out and hits the Sling Blade! Both men are down. Yoshino avoids a dropkick and hits a basement dropkick to the face. From Jungle aka an Octopus Stretch… he attempts to go into a pin but Aries rolls through and hits a dropkick to the face. Shinbreaker, and another, but Yoshino turns the suplex into a crossbody for two. More overhand chops now… military press by Aries! He spins him around and drops him… LAST CHANCERY! Knee strikes! Brainbuster attempt, but Yoshino slips out and backs Aries into the corner. He takes Aries up top and tries a superplex but Aries counters. He tries a sunset bomb but Yoshino holds on and jumps up, destroying Aries’ chest with a dropkick on his way down. They end up back up top and Aries hits a frankensteiner. He tries to follow up with the I.E.D. but Yoshino gets his foot up. Headscissors into an inverted DDT and he signals for Sol Naciente but Aries counters. They exchange pin attempts and Aries locks in the Last Chancery again! He tries for the Brainbuster one more time but Yoshino slaps him repeatedly. Rolling elbow from Aries and he runs the ropes… Lightning Spiral!!! Only two though. Yoshino misses his signature missile dropkick. Shinbreaker/suplex combo! I.E.D.! Brainbuster!!! Yoshino kicks out! Aries heads up top for the 450… misses! Torbellino! Sol Naciente! Aries tries to fight out but taps out!

Winner: Masato Yoshino via Submission (Sol Naciente)

– Rich Swann goes to help Aries up after the match but lets go of him and talks smack before leaving. Aries is not happy. “You got Swanned!”

– Johnny Gargano on the mic now and we can hear him, which gets cheers from the crowd. He talks about almost killing himself for Warriors and begs CIMA to choose him. He was shaking and everything.

Match 4 – I Quit Match

Jon Moxley vs. Jimmy Jacobs

Awesome promo to tease the match. Kill-your-family-metal all over the place. Moxley takes a mic and it isn’t working at first. He says he has no back-up tonight and he’s going to make Jimmy beg for mercy. Jacobs’ awesome music plays but he doesn’t appear. He’s up on the balcony and he dives into the ring and hits a crossbody!!!!!! Jimmy looks in great shape. He pulls a strap from his boot and nails Moxley with it and then starts choking him. Crossface Chickenwing briefly locked in but Jacobs tosses him out of the ring. He attempts a suicide dive but Moxley nails him to stop it. Lariat! Railroad spike! Stabbed into the top turnbuckle after Jacobs moves. Knee strikes from Moxley and then a running dropkick to the chest as Jacobs was in the ropes. Body slam. He rips Jacobs off the floor as he locks in a Cloverleaf and sinks it in deep but Jacobs gets the ropes. They’re battling on the apron… Spear by Jacobs! Brawling around the ring now. Jacobs does a ten-punch in one corner but Moxley walks out of the corner and powerbombs Jacobs into the guard rail! Ouch. A second railroad spike! Spike to the head! He licks the spike afterwards and then starts hitting Jacobs with it repeatedly and as you’d expect, Jacobs is bleeding. Repeated spike shots. Moxley chokes Jacobs on the middle rope and the referee does nothing to stop it due to the No DQ rules… why wouldn’t Moxley just hold that in forever and win? He lets go and they brawl a little. Backslide by Moxley and Jacobs rolls through but finds himself in a fujiwara armbar. Headbutts from Moxley now and Jacobs is a mess. He blocks an irish whip, retrieves the first spike from the turnbuckle and nails Moxley with it. Once again, Jacobs is a mess. Moxley is bleeding too. They trade big right hands as Lenny Leonard gives a passionate speech about the nature of quitting. Ace Crusher from Jacobs. He goes for a Spear but Moxley kicks him in the head. No matter, Jacobs gets the Spear a moment later. Moxley tries a suplex but Jacobs locks in the End Time! Alabama Slam from Moxley! Hook and Ladder! Crossface Chickenwing! Jacobs rolls free and Moxley assaults him. Jimmy spits blood at Moxley who responds by knocking him down and tying Jimmy’s hands behind his back with the belt Jimmy brought out at the start. Moxley gets a chair and Lenny Leonard just compared them to The Rock and Mick Foley. Jimmy avoids the chair shot and hooks in the End Time with no hands!!!! I’m very impressed. Moxley slams Jacobs to the mat and murders him with right hands and spike shots! The ref pulls Moxley off and asks Jacobs if he wants to quit. Jacobs screams no and is an absolute wreck. His hair is soaked in blood. Low blow by Jacobs and he rolls around until he frees his hands. He nails Moxley with the chair but it has little effect. He hits him again and it has even less effect. Both men have spikes and Jacobs takes Moxley down and spikes him over and over in the head. Spike to the balls!!!!!! Moxley quits!

Winner: Jimmy Jacobs via Railroad Spike to the groin!

– Jacobs says his career won’t be complete until he wins a major singles title. He says this is the last time we’ll see him jump off a balcony and use weapons as he’s aiming for the Open the Freedom Gate title.

– Sami Callihan is in the back cutting the standard I’m Insane heel promo about not getting drafted. He says if he doesn’t get drafted he’s going to hurt some people. He laughs like a crazy person. Leave the unhinged stuff to Moxley, he’s better at it.

– Ten minute intermission, which is lucky as my browser just crashed. We’re good though, more coverage soon.

– I’m officially sick of seeing the same 3 dudes getting knocked out repeatedly in the Go Fight Live ad, but thankfully we’re back from intermission now so I don’t have to keep seeing it.

Match 5 – Tag Team Match

The Osirian Portal vs. Akebono & Brodie Lee

– The Portal’s DG music is awesome. That is all. Brodie is mocking the Portal. Ophidian barely grazes him with a chop. Brodie destorys Ophidian with a chop of his own. Agile escapes from Ophidian and he fakes Brodie out with the headstand in the corner. Brodie wipes him out with an avalance though. Brodie charges but Ophidian flies from the top with a headscissors. He dives to the outside but Brodie catches him and tosses him back in the ring. Yakuza kick in the corner. Akebone blind tags and Brodie isn’t pleased. Amasis attacks but does absolutely nothing. Ophidian tags back in and they get double shoulder tackled to the floor. The Portal hypnotise Akebono who sells it big time! He’s asleep! Brodie attacks but the Portal instruct Akebono to attack and he bowls Brodie over. Osirian Shuffle! Best thing ever…. nope, spoke too soon, Akebono is breaking it down. I could cry right now. They try and attack in the corner now to little effect. Brodie charges and they sidestep. Yakuza to Akebono. Brodie and Akebono brawl! The Portal try and take advantage but get planted with a powerslam and Truck Stop for the pin.

Winners: Brodie Lee & Akebono via Pinfall (Powerslam & Truck Stop)

– They continued brawling after the match until DG wrestlers and crew separated them.

– Homicide is on the mic backstage and talks about how good it is to be back in independent wrestling. He bigs up World 1 but gets assaulted by Jon Moxley who threatens him heading into their tag match tomorrow. ‘cide seemed a little drunk, but maybe that’s just ‘cide.

Match 6 – Tag Team Match

YAMATO & Akira Tozawa vs. CIMA & Genki Horiguchi

Ricochet accompanies his Warriors stablemates to the ring as they hype CIMA’s upcoming draft pick. This hasn’t been much of a draft with Homicide being picked off-air, Kamikaze forfeiting their pick and Chuck Taylor turning CIMA down. I know I’m like a year too late on this, but gothic Real Hazard Genki was way cooler than summer colors face Genki. YAMATO and Genki start things off and YAMATO controls Genki on the mat. Pace quickens as they take each other down and miss big strikes leading to a stalemate. Both tag in. I’ve been watching Tozawa in PWG all day so I’m heavily biased to Kamikaze. CIMA bowls him over with a shoulder block, kick to the chest and Warriors taunt. Arm drags. Basement dropkick to the knee by Tozawa and then one to the face. He teases a dive to the outside but rolls backwards and does the fireball taunt. Genki waits for him to finish and then knee strikes him to the dirt. Body slam! CIMA just said Holy Fuck. Tremendous. Kneebar by Genki but Tozawa gets the ropes. Tag to CIMA and he comes in with a slingshot senton and then a dropkick to the face. Tozawa tries to kick CIMA from the floor but gets Low Ki’d in the face. Ouch. He continues to try and fight back and eventually manages to get to YAMATO and tags out. YAMATO controls CIMA and I’ve decided to stop using caps as this is getting silly. Cima drives Yamato to his corner and Genki tags in. Yamato almost fights off both men. He and Genki trade overhand chops but Yamato gives us a smile and pulls Genki’s hair. Hair-mare! He twists the hair and Tozawa comes in with an axe handle. Stomps and choking by Kamikaze as Yamato finally leaves. Body slam and a big senton from Tozawa. Genki jawbreakered his way out of a sleeper but Tozawa brought him back to the corner and Yamato is back in and delivering a beating. He rakes his forearm across Genki’s head and then starts pulling his hair out. Come on now, he’s got very little left! Tozawa back in and he locks in an abdominal stretch while pulling the hair. Genki hip tosses his way free but Yamato stops the tag even though Cima could have easily tagged if he wanted. Genki hits a hurricanrana and tags out! Bulldog/clothesline combo by Cima on Kamikaze. He ties up Yamato’s legs and then suplexes Tozawa as Genki hits an elbow drop. Cima demolishes Tozawa’s chest with overhand chops. Lucha body slam and now one of his demented submissions but he can’t quite get it. Yamato picks up a chair and throws a tantrum as Warriors hit a double dropkick. Genki in with Tozawa now and they’re trading elbows. Tozawa runs the ropes but eats a jumping back elbow. Praying Mantis Bomb!!! Undersold. Lenny Leonard calls it the Beach Break. Wrong… right? Genki holds Tozawa on the guard rail and Cima jumps from another rail and hits an ugly looking double stomp the mid-section. Genki back body drops Tozawa and tags Cima back in. Another body slam and Tozawa is half-dead. One more body slam. Genki back in and he goes for a suplex and then hits a dropkick and hurricanrana, rolling through and hitting a  mini shining wizard. Yamato is in and he knocks Cima off the apron. He tries to run the ropes but Cima trips him. Warriors whip him off the ropes but he Spears Genki and then give Cima an enzuigiri. He and Cima trade right hands but Cima gets the better of it with a nice dropkick. Yamato takes out his leg and attempts a figure four but Cima rolls him up for two. Ankle Lock by Yamato! Cima gets the ropes. Sunset flip from Yamato but Cima rolls through and tries a double stomp but misses. He hits a pair of roundhouse kicks and then a flipping senton before hitting a double stomp out of the corner. Venus to Tozawa and then an Iconoclasm. Genki and Tozawa are legal now. Tozawa misses his running apron headbutt. misses another headbutt but gets a senton. Kamikaze hit Genki with three running corner moves and then Yamato hits an exploder for two. Doomsday crossbody by Kamikaze but Cima breaks it up. Yamato tosses him out but he skins the cat. Backstabber! Cima attempts the Perfect Driver but Yamato counters. Inverted Tornado DDT by Genki! Running kick to the face by Cima! Perfect Driver! Yamato kicks out. Genki goes for Beach Break (the real one) but Yamato counters. Spinning kick from Genki and then he poses to the crowd, leaving him prone for a Choke Sleeper. Yamato tries for Galleria instead but Genki counters and finds himself up top. Tozawa hits a running dropkick to keep him there and Yamato goes up and hits a massive superplex. Only two as both men are down. Yamato and Genki trade forearms and Yamto gets the better of it. School boy gets two… punt to the head! Superkick from Cima! Backslide from Heaven with a jackknife pin from Cima. Tozawa barely breaks it up. Swinging uranage by Yamato on Genki. Huge missile dropkick by Cima. Superkick to Tozawa and he goes for Schweinn but fails. Some kind of crazy sit-down on the face move by Tozawa gets broken up by Genki. EMPEROR GERMAN SUPLEX by Tozawa! Cima breaks it up and gets tossed so Tozawa suicide dives his face off. Yamato battles Genki and gets another Backslide from Heaven but kicks out. Yakuza kick, Brainbuster! Genki kicks out. Galleria! Tozawa holds Cima back and that’s all.

Winners: Kamikaze via Pinfall (Galleria)

– Lenny Leonard began to announce Warriors as the winners but corrected himself. Genki is helped to the back as Gargano hits the ring and asks one more time to be drafted. Cima goes to talk but gets Superkicked!!!! Chuck Taylor and Rich Swann attack Ricochet! Gargano says he never wanted to join. Chuck declares they’ve started their own group ‘Ronin’. He punches Cima out. Cima crawls for the mic and says there is a new member of Warriors… BRODIE LEE!!! He chases Ronin away. Cima calls him “Brodie Gee.” Fantastic.

– Austin Aries gets the mic backstage and declares himself a member of Warriors for one night only and he’ll team with Genki and Ricochet to take on Ronin tomorrow night on PPV. So Warriors couldn’t put together three men for a team with their 47 members and needed A-Double? Fair enough.

Main Event – Open the Freedom Gate Title Match

BxB Hulk vs. Shingo

Yoshino accompanies Hulk to the ring. Super-special ring announcements. Shingo destroys BxB with a shoulder block early. BxB comes back with a cartwheel escape and dropkicks Shingo out of the ring. Shingo takes his time getting back in the ring, ducking back out as soon as he gets in. Twice. He makes Hulk chase him and BxB runs right into a hotshot on the guard rail. Whip into the rail now and a gargantuan yakuza kick in the corner of the rails. I should probably stop calling those yakuza kicks given the context shouldn’t I? I’m not gonna. Hulk fires back with kicks of his own and Shingo runs into the ring post. Hulk kicks his arm a few times and gets back in the ring. Corner lariat by Shingo and then a yakuza kick by BxB in the other corner. He works the arm using the top rope and lays in even more kicks. BxB tries a fujiwara armbar but fails, and then goes for a cross armbreaker but Shingo won’t let him and gets to the ropes. Cravate and knee strikes by BxB and then a basement dropkick to the face. Hulk tries a Kimura now to complete the Davey Richards arm-work playbook. Shingo gets the ropes and BxB fires off with more kicks in the corner. He tries a running elbow smash but Shingo catches him. He doesn’t have the power to do anything though and lets go. He runs the ropes and then grabs a uranage and hits a titanic backbreaker that BxB will be feeling for a week. Fireman’s carry gutbuster and then a big DDT. Jumping senton. Shingo is moving slower and favouring the arm as he kicks BxB in the face a few times. Piledriver! Jumping knee drop gets two. Rest hold. Backbreaker by Shingo and now he stands on his neck for a few seconds. Jumping double stomp to the gut of Hulk. Ouch. BxB tries to fight back btu Shingo shoves him down and kicks him in the head a few more times. Hulk misses a running kick and Shingo hits the Randy Orton hanging DDT. Jumping knee drop from the second rope by Shingo. He wants a Death Valley Driver on the apron but BxB kicks his way free and hits the EVO on the apron!!! Shingo eventually stands up and eats a baseball slide that knocks him into the crowd. BxB with more kicks and then a moonsault from the top rope that wipes Shingo out. Lucky he didn’t pull a Marufuji. Back in the ring we go with a springboard missile dropkick to the back of a kneeling Shingo. Spin kick misses, sweep does not, corkscrew senton by BxB but Shingo kicks out at one. He tries the BxB smash but Shingo elbows free. He runs the ropes but BxB hits Mouse and then a big uranage. Running shooting star press and again Shingo kicks out at one! Shingo misses a charge in the corner and gets hit with a spin kick and then a springboard wheel kick for two. EVO attempt fails, huge spear by Shingo!!! Shingo lays in some shoulders to the lower back and tries a back suplex but fails. BxB misses a turn-around enzuigiri and gets a knee to the side of the head. Saito suplex! Powerbomb attempt fails and BxB charges him into the corner. BxB charges but ends up getting a Buckle Bomb followed by an Overbomb! Jabs by Shingo and a huuuuge lariat only gets two. He props BxB up in the corner and creams him with a lariat before putting him up top for a big superplex. He rolls right through, picks BxB up and hits Emerald Flowsion but can only get two. He can’t get Made in Japan and BxB blocks a lariat and hits a pair of spin kicks. Shingo is staggered but decides he doesn’t like Hulk’s face so re-models it with a giant jab to the jaw. Hulk gives as good as he gets though with a downward striking kick to the back of the head. BxB hits his flurry of kicks but Shingo hits another huge lariat! Fighting Spirit! First Flash! Both men are down. Shingo brushes off the kicks and slaps to the face and headbutts BxB right in the face. MADE IN MOTHER-LOVIN’ JAPAN! He held him up forever and then planted him but BxB kicked out. More big punches and kicks and then he takes BxB up to the second rope for Stay Dream but BxB backflips from the top rope and hits a spinning wheel kick and then an upward striking kick to the face. He heads up top with Shingo and nails EVO from the top rope but Shingo kicks out! Body slam and he signals for the Phoenix Splash but Shingo cuts him off. Low blow! Bryce didn’t see it! Bloodfall fails… three murderous kicks to the head, FIRST FLASH! PHOENIX SPLASH!!! Shingo kicks out!!! H-Thunder!!! It’s over!

Winner: BxB Hulk via Pinfall (H-Thunder)

– YAMATO attacks after the match but Yoshino fends him off. He gets on the mic and reminds YAMATO he is the Dream Gate Champion and says he will take care of him tomorrow. Kamikaze head to the back as Yoshino starts a BxB Hulk chant. He thanks us all for coming, raises BxB’s hand and the show is over. BxB’s music is awesome.

– That’s everything folks! See you next time for ROH Final Battle 2010!