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October 3, 2010 – Kobe, 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
Naruki Doi {W1} vs. Naoki Tanisaki {DD} vs. BxB Hulk {W1} [Elimination Match]
Tanisaki lets Hulk and Doi start. They do the standard early stuff until Hulk hits a dropkick. Doi hits a back bodydrop. Tanisaki attacks from behind. He hits a clothesline. Doi hits a back elbow. He and Hulk hit a double hiptoss. Hulk hits the BxB Star Press. Doi hits a dropkick on Hulk for 2. Tanisaki hits the DH. He hits Doi with the FH, interrupting the Dai Bosou. He chokes Hulk with his t-shirt. Hulk hits a dropkick. He hits a senton for 2. He hits an elbow for 2. Tanisaki goes to the eyes. He hits a legsweep for 2. Doi goes for a suplex but Hulk shoves him down, tweaking the World-1 leader’s knee. Kzy distracts Hulk and Tanisaki hits a dropkick from behind. Kzy beats up Hulk on the floor. Tanisaki targets Doi’s knee. He slams Hulk’s head into a table at ringside. He piles chairs on Hulk and then beats the pile with another chair. He hits Doi’s knee with a chair. Hulk hits an enziguiri. He hits a dropkick. A powerbomb/superplex deal out of the corner leaves everyone lying. Hulk hits Doi with an ax kick. He hits the Mouse and a legsweep but a standing moonsault hits Doi’s knees. Doi dropkicks Hulk. He ducks the Casanova and rolls Tanisaki up for 2. Kzy trips Doi. Tanisaki hits the knee with the red box. He hits a dragon screw and puts on a half crab. Doi taps out at 13:57 shown of 16:30. Hulk and Tanisaki slap each other around. Tanisaki takes control with elbows. He hits the Casanova for 2. Hulk hits a roundhouse kick. He hits the EVO for 2. The Drunkers come in and gang up on Hulk. Kzy and Kanda hit a double exploder. Kzy hits KZ Time. Kanda hits the flying elbowdrop. Tanisaki takes an errant blue box attack, but it’s not enough to stop him from hitting the Implant for the win at 16:42 shown of 20:59. Aw crap, I think I liked Tanisaki better as a babyface. His control segment was really slow and boring and the finishes to his matches are typical Deep Drunkers nonsense now. Sad face. The Drunkers will now face World-1 in a triangle tag match in which the losing team will disband.
Rating: **¼
K-ness © & Susumu Yokosuka © vs. CIMA {W5} & Gamma {W5} [Open the Twin Gate Championship Match]
Gamma attacks with his cane before the bell. Yokosuka sends CIMA into the crowd. K-neSuka double suplex Gamma onto a chair pile. K-ness beats on Gamma with a chair. In the ring Yokosuka hits a knee to CIMA’s gut. Gamma hits K-ness with a low blow. He spits in K-ness’ face. K-ness hits a low blow and a dropkick. Yokosuka hits CIMA with a back elbow for 1. He puts on a chinlock. K-ness chokes Gamma with an umbrella. CIMA puts Yokosuka in a modified abdominal stretch. He gets a schoolboy for 2. Gamma tags in so K-ness rushes him and sends him to the floor. They brawl while CIMA ties Yokosuka in a knot. K-neSuka hit Gamma with a double back elbow. K-ness hits a snap suplex. Gamma hits a back suplex. He gives K-ness the Osuikougeki. CIMA hits the hanging double stomp. He and Gamma hit a double dropkick. K-ness cleans house and tags to Yokosuka. Yokosuka sidesteps the Venus and hits an exploder. Gamma canes him. Yokosuka hits lariats. CIMA hits a dropkick. He hits a senton. He gets a sunset flip for 2. Gamma hits a missile dropkick. K-ness hits a dropkick. Gamma hits an enziguiri. He hits the Flashback for 2. K-ness hits the Kaishaku for 2. He puts on the Aoki Hikari. CIMA makes the save. K-neSuka hit the Suka Dora Knee on Gamma for 2. CIMA hits the Superdrol on Yokosuka. He hits it again for 2. He hits a double stomp and the Perfect Driver for 2. Yokosuka blocks the Neji to Hashi. CIMA hits the Venus and Iconoclasm instead. Yokosuka hits the super exploder. K-ness peppers CIMA with Kaishakus for 2. He hits the ssss. Yokosuka hits the Jumbo no Kachi for 2. He and K-ness hit the Genkai for 2. CIMA hits an enziguiri and the Schwein. Gamma hits a back suplex. He hits K-ness with a superkick. K-ness hits a high kick and a brainbuster for 2. CIMA and Gamma hit a double superkick. CIMA hits a lariat for 2. He and Gamma hit the double stomp/Blitzen combo for 2. They hit a double Tokarev. They go for another combo but K-ness catches Gamma with the rolling cradle for the win at 20:46 shown of 22:28. The stuff between K-ness and Gamma worked for me, but it did make the match slower than it likely would have been without the focused narrative. The last five minutes were really off the hook though, and made this match something I’ll likely remember for a while.
Rating: ***¾
After the match Gamma continues to attack K-ness. CIMA tries to stop him and get kicked onto his bum for his trouble. Gamma leaves without the other WARRIORS. In the back everyone makes nice, but Dragon Kid is still pretty sore about the whole situation. K-ness approaches Gamma, making the situation all the more tense. K-ness also jaws with Kid over who should be the challenger to PAC’s Brave Gate title.
Match 45 of 50 in Super Shenlong’s trial series occurs in the form of Ryo Saito {W5} vs. Super Shenlong Shenlong doesn’t get completely dominated, but in the end Saito pins him with the Double Cross.
