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September 3, 2010 – Osaka, Japan
Open the Dream Gate Champion: Masato Yoshino
Open the Triangle Gate Champions: CIMA, Gamma & Genki Horiguchi
Open the Brave Gate Champion: PAC
Open the Twin Gate Champions: Susumu Yokosuka & K-ness
Open the Freedom Gate Champion: BxB Hulk
Dragon Kid {W5} & Ryo Saito {W5} vs. Shingo Takagi {K} & KAGETORA {K}
Saito and KAGETORA start. They trade holds on the mat. Kid does a little dance upon tagging in. Takagi overpowers him with one hand. He slugs Kid’s gut. Kid goes for a takedown but has to settle for an armdrag. He hits a head scissor takedown. Takagi hits a shoulder tackle. KAGETORA hits a dropkick. Takagi intercepts the 619 and hits a powerslam on the apron. He drops Kid’s face on the apron. KAGETORA hits a bodyslam. He puts on a modified surfboard. Kid gets to the ropes. Takagi hits a vertical suplex and a senton for 1. He chops Kid’s face. Kid hits a head scissor takedown. Saito tags in and hits a hurricanrana. Kid hits the Bermuda Triangle. KAGETORA hits Saito with the leaping lariat. He hits an enziguiri for 2. Saito hits a German suplex. He swings Kid into KAGETORA. Takagi cleans house. KAGETORA hits a dropkick and Takagi hits a back suplex for 2. KAGETORA hits the flying elbowdrop for 2. Takagi hits Saito with a lariat. Saito comes back with elbows. Takagi slugs him. He hits a lariat for 2. Kid hits KAGETORA with the stack hurricanrana. KAGETORA hits Saito with an enziguiri. Saito hits a dragon suplex. Kid hits the Ultra Hurricanrana for the win at 11:52 shown of 15:12. This took a good long while to get started, but once Takagi and Saito started stiffing the tar out of each other things got to an acceptable level of violence.
Rating: ***
After the match Kid demands a shot at the Brave Gate title, since he was injured and missed the tournament.
Back on August 15th Cyber Kong lost control during a match against Dream Gate Champion Masato Yoshino, Cyber Bombing him on a pile of chairs on the floor. Both men were counted out of the match. Now we get the rematch. Kong has been asking for a shot at the title, but he’ll have to win tonight if he hopes to usurp Ryo Saito as the challenger for the big belt.
Masato Yoshino {W1} vs. Cyber Kong {K}
Kong overpowers Yoshino to start. He puts on a headlock. He hits a shoulder tackle. Yoshino goes for a plancha but Kong catches him and slams him to the floor. He clotheslines Yoshino into an upright table. He tries to do it a second time but Yoshino moves. Yoshino works the arm. He hits a double stomp on the arm. Kong hits a Stun Gun. He hits an elbowdrop. Yoshino hits the Sling Blade. He hits an armbreaker. He hits a miracle suplex. Kong avoids the shotgun dropkick and hits a lariat. He hits another in the corner. He hits a back suplex. He hits the flying elbowdrop for 2. Yoshino hits a miracle backdrop. He dropkicks Kong’s arm. He hits the shotgun dropkick to the arm. Kong hits the powerbomb after blocking From Jungle. He goes for another but Yoshino blocks it. Kong hits an avalanche. Yoshino gets a sunset flip for 2. Kong hits a headbutt. Yoshino hits the Ude Yoshino and the Torbellino. He puts on the Sol Naciente. Kong tries to slam out of it but with each slam he grows weaker. Eventually he has no more strength and Yoshino gets the submission victory at 10:15 shown of 15:42. This was very well worked, as Yoshino was able to wear Kong down in a convincing fashion, but it was missing that exciting spark to make it as memorable as their 2008 match.
Rating: **¾
After the match Yoshino mocks Kong’s attempts to become the Dream Gate Challenger. Ryo Saito runs out and attacks Yoshino. He gets his shot at the Dream Gate belt on October 10th.
CIMA © {W5}, Gamma © {W5} & Genki Horiguchi © {W5} vs. BxB Hulk {W1}, Naruki Doi {W1} & Naoki Tanisaki {W1} [Open the Triangle Gate Championship Match]
The WARRIORS have been largely unstoppable as the Triangle Gate Champions in the Spring and Summer of 2010, with the only hiccup being a brief World-1 interruption. Now World-1 will try again, with Hulk replacing PAC in the trio. CIMA and Tanisaki start. CIMA hits a shoulder tackle and a chest kick. Tanisaki breaks out his rope walking surf special armdrag. He hits a clothesline. He and Hulk hit a double back elbow and elbowdrop for 2. Gamma avoids Hulk’s dropkick. Hulk hits a spin kick. Gamma hits a dragon screw. He puts on a leglock but Hulk gets to the ropes. Horiguchi hits a back bodydrop. He puts on a seated abdominal stretch. Doi comes in and attacks Horiguchi’s hair. Horiguchi hits a head scissor takedown. CIMA hits Tanisaki with the Venus and Iconoclasm. Gamma hits a dropkick. CIMA hits a senton. He hits a sit-out powerbomb for 2. Tanisaki hits Horiguchi with a vertical suplex. Hulk hits Gamma with a dropkick. He hits Horiguchi with a quebrada. Doi hits CIMA with a dropkick. CIMA hits a dropkick. He gets a sunset flip for 2. He punts Doi and hits the Superdrol for 2. Hulk’s moonsault is blocked by Gamma’s knees. Gamma hits the G-Factor for 2. Hulk blocks the Blitzen and hits a buzzsaw kick. Gamma hits a lariat. Horiguchi hits a swinging DDT. Tanisaki hits a kneelift. Doi hits the hanging senton for 2. Horiguchi avoids the Casanova and hits a mule kick. CIMA and Gamma hit a double Tokarev. Gamma hits the Gamma Special. Doi hits CIMA with the Avalanche 555. CIMA hits a superkick. Hulk hits the Mouse. He hits an enziguiri. Tanisaki hits the DH. He hits Horiguchi with the Casanova for 2. Doi hits Tanisaki with an errant Bakatare Sliding Kick, getting 2 for Horiguchi. Gamma canes Doi. Hulk canes Doi by mistake and Horiguchi gets the Backslide from Heaven for the win at 11:48 shown of 17:03. Now that’s more like it. This was fast as hell from start to finish, and the finish was so frantic you forgot that the WARRIORS needed World-1 communication issues to pick up the win.
Rating: ***½
After the match Hulk, Doi and Tanisaki argue over who was at fault for the loss. Things get physical so Yoshino steps in to calm things down. Referee Yagi thinks a match is necessary to get all the aggression out, Hulk vs. Doi vs. Tanisaki will take place on October 3rd.
Earlier in the evening Masaaki Mochizuki {Z} vs. Kotoka {W1} ended when Mochizuki caught the little guy in an anklelock. Kotoka lasted more than five minutes, which is nothing to sneeze at. After the match Super Shenlong runs out and shoves Mochizuki and challenges him to a match. Mochizuki doesn’t take it too seriously and still manages to win with the Twister in less than three minutes. On the next episode of Infinity, Kotoka and Shenlong will take on Mochizuki’s geriatric friends Tsuyoshi Kikuchi and Jun Izumida in a five-minute time limit match.
