November 5, 2010 – Tokyo, Japan
Open the Dream Gate Champion: Masato Yoshino
Open the Triangle Gate Champions: Naoki Tanisaki, Yasushi Kanda & Takuya Sugawara
Open the Brave Gate Champion: PAC
Open the Twin Gate Champions: Susumu Yokosuka & K-ness
Open the Freedom Gate Champion: BxB Hulk
The show starts with clips of Naoki Tanisaki, Takuya Sugawara & Yasushi Kanda defeating the WARRIORS for the Triangle Gate belts. After the match YAMATO, Shingo Takagi and Cyber Kong came down to the ring to antagonize the WARRIORS, YAMATO still sore over losing to Horiguchi the month before. The result of the confrontation was a Kamikaze vs. WARRIORS six-man tag match that strongly resembles a New Hazard vs. Do Fixer match.
YAMATO {K}, Shingo Takagi {K} & Cyber Kong {K} vs. Genki Horiguchi {W5}, Ryo Saito {W5} & Dragon Kid {W5}
Saito and YAMATO start. A test of strength puts Saito in the Kamikaze corner. Kong throws Horiguchi across the ring. He works the arm. Horiguchi puts on a headlock so Kong throws him across the ring again. Kong puts on a headlock. He hits a shoulder tackle and a press slam. Takagi hits Kid with a backbreaker. He hits a fistdrop. He misses a kneedrop. Kid hits an armdrag. He hits a head scissor takedown. YAMATO tags in but runs into MARAHA! ISAPPA! Saito swings Kid into YAMATO. The WARRIORS hit a triple dropkick. Horiguchi hits a mule kick. YAMATO hits a big boot and an exploder. The crowd gets behind Horiguchi, helping him hit YAMATO with a vertical suplex. YAMATO spears Kid. Horiguchi hits a hurricanrana. Takagi and Saito trade strikes until Saito hits a hurricanrana. Kid hits Kong with a head scissor takedown. He and Horiguchi hit stereo dives. Saito chops Takagi to the mat. Never thought I’d see that. Takagi hits a backbreaker. Kid hits a stunner and Saito hits a German suplex for 2. The crowd wants Kid to hit Kong with a miracle bodyslam but Kong isn’t having it. Kong hits an elbowdrop. He hits a lariat in the corner. He hits a spinning back suplex for 2. YAMATO punts Kid and Takagi hits a powerbomb. YAMATO hits a brainbuster for 2. He beats on Kid up top, but the WARRIORS swarm him and Kid hits the stack hurricanrana. That spot just takes too long to set up. Kong saves YAMATO from the pin by hitting a German suplex. Horiguchi dropkicks his leg. Takagi blocks the swinging DDT and hits a turnbuckle powerbomb. He hits Saito with a lariat. Saito hits a German suplex. YAMATO and Saito trade elbows until Kid steps in and hits the 619. Saito hits a dragon suplex. Kid hits the Ultra Hurricanrana for 2. Kong nails all three WARRIORS with the best avalanche ever. He clubs the crap out of Saito before hitting a huge slam. He hits Horiguchi with an avalanche. Takagi blocks the Backslide from Heaven and hits MADE IN JAPAN for 2. YAMATO and Horiguchi block each other’s signature offense. YAMATO hits an enziguiri and a German suplex for 2. Horiguchi gets the Backslide from Heaven for 2. YAMATO returns the favor for 2. He punts Horiguchi and hits the Galleria for the win at 14:08 shown of 23:59. This made Kamikaze look like monsters. The finish was great, as the crowd believed that Horiguchi had YAMATO’s number. In the end this fantastic (but not quite as good as last week’s) match did an excellent job of reestablishing Kamikaze as triangle contenders.
Rating: ****
Remember when Naruki Doi turned on Masato Yoshino? In case you didn’t Infinity is happy to remind you. He helped World-1 destroy the Deep Drunkers, but then joined Tanisaki’s now-nameless crew. Takuya Sugawara returned and Kenichiro Arai was kicked out of the group. K-neSuka allied with what remained of World-1 and an elimination match between the two teams was made. Doi told Yoshino that if his team won he should be included in the Dream Gate match at the Gate of Destiny. That would make it the first three-way for the title ever.
Masato Yoshino {W1}, BxB Hulk {W1}, K-ness & Susumu Yokosuka vs. Naruki Doi, Yasushi Kanda, Takuya Sugawara & Naoki Tanisaki [Elimination Match]
Doi and Yoshino start. Yoshino hits a supercharged head scissor takedown. He hits a suicide dive. Tanisaki is out next. He and Doi hit Yoshino with a double back elbow. Doi hits the hanging senton. K-ness is out next. Gamma runs out and attacks him before he can get to the ring. He holds K-ness for Tanisaki but gets hit by Tanisaki by mistake. They fight with each other. Three guys wearing 300 Immortals masks come out and stare at everyone. This is getting weird. They leave when K-ness takes his place in the match. Kanda is out next. He beats on Yoshino. Doi rolls Yoshino up for 2. Hulk is out next. He cleans house. Yoshino puts Doi in a chinlock. Sugawara is out last for his team. He hits Hulk with a low blow and a clothesline. Yokosuka is out last for his team. He hits Kanda with a super exploder. The good guys almost get all the bad guys out over the top rope, but the bad guys hold on. The good guys hit Tanisaki with a quadruple kick. Hulk hits a leg lariat for 2. He hits the Mouse. K-ness hits the Shouryuukyaku for 2. Tanisaki bleeds as Hulk hits him with an enziguiri. Kanda hits the Jon Woo. Doi hits the Dai Bosou. Sugawara hits a twisting suplex. Doi and Kanda hit diving elbowdrops for 2. Tanisaki hits the Casanova. He hits a kneelift. Hulk hits an ax kick and the First Flash. Yokosuka clotheslines Hulk by mistake. Tanisaki hits Hulk with the Implant to eliminate him. K-neSuka hit Tanisaki with the SukaDora Knee for 2. Yokosuka hits the Jumbo no Kachi on the apron. He and K-ness fight there. Tanisaki sends K-ness to the floor with the Casanova, eliminating him. The bad guys gang up on Yoshino in the corner. Yokosuka cleans house with lariats. He interrupts the Jon Woo with a lariat and eliminates Kanda. He blocks the Doi 555 and hits the Yokosuka Cutter. Yoshino hits the shotgun senton. Yokosuka hits Doi with the Jumbo no Kachigatame but Doi cuts back for 2. Yokosuka hits the Jumbo no Kachi. He goes for another but Doi counters with the V9 Clutch to eliminate Yokosuka. Now it’s 3-on-1 against the champion. Luckily Doi is exhausted from his exchange with Yokosuka. Tanisaki hits the DH. Sugawara hits TCO for 2. Yoshino blocks the Shiisanpuuta. He baits Doi and Yoshino into helping him knock Sugawara over the top rope and to the floor. Tanisaki hits a reverse Implant and the Casanova for 2. Yoshino hits the Ude Yoshino. He hits Doi with an avalanche Sling Blade. Tanisaki hits the FH. Yoshino hits the Lightning Spiral to eliminate Tanisaki. Doi gets a quick roll up for 2. Yoshino goes for the avalanche Lightning Spiral but Doi blocks and hits the Avalanche 555. Yoshino sidesteps the Bakatare Sliding Kick and gets a roll up for 2. Doi blocks the Torbellino and hits a reverse DDT. He hits the Doi 555 and the Bakatare Sliding Kick for 2. Doi can’t hit the Muscular Bomb, but he can hit a facebuster. It gets 2. Yoshino gets a legsweep when Doi is going for the Bakatare Sliding Kick. It gets 2. He hits the Torbellino. Doi blocks the Lightning Spiral. Yoshino blocks the Muscular Bomb and gets the Riverina Special for the win at 21:22 shown of 31:27, keeping Doi out of the main event at the Gate of Destiny. The first half of this match was painfully boring and sometimes downright strange. On the bright side, all of the eliminations were creative and the action between them was mostly fun. The last stretch between Doi and Yoshino was predictably amazing. It’s sad that the first chunk of the match was so lame, because this could have been one of the best Dragon Gate matches of the year instead of simply a spectacular match highlighted by the first confrontation between Speed and Muscle.
Rating: ****
Yoshino gloats about the loss after the match, so Doi hits him with the Bakatare Sliding Kick. He goes for the Muscular Bomb but CIMA runs out to chase him off. He waits for Yoshino to get to his feet and then hits him with a superkick. He goes for the Meteora but Yoshino rolls out of the way. They argue about their upcoming title match.
Arai is still wearing Deep Drunkers gear for Masaaki Mochizuki {Z} vs. Kenichiro Arai. The first sign of his distance from the group comes when he gives his beer bottle to the referee. He also shows signs of motivation, hitting Mochizuki with a suicide dive and going for (but missing) the 450 splash. Mochizuki gets the win with a brainbuster. After the match he invites Arai to join the Veteran Army and be on the Zetsurin team in the Triangle Gate match at the Gate of Destiny. Arai accepts.
CIMA {W5} & Gamma {W5} vs. Anthony W. Mori {Z} & Don Fujii {Z} is actually the first time Mori has been on Dragon Gate television in 2010. That’s INSANE. CIMA puts him down with the superkick and the Schwein. After the match Mori announces that he’ll be retiring on December 2nd. His final match will see him team with Masato Yoshino, BxB Hulk, Super Shisa, K-ness & Susumu Yokosuka and battle the entire Veteran Army consisting of CIMA, Ryo Saito, Masaaki Mochizuki, Don Fujii, Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi & Gamma.
