Brodie Lee invades DG!
December 21, 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: Naruki Doi & Gamma
Open the Freedom Gate Champion: BxB Hulk
Ricochet {W5}, Dragon Kid {W5}, Genki Horiguchi {W5} & Ryo Saito {W5} vs. Naoki Tanisaki, Yasushi Kanda, Kzy & Dr. Muscle
Everyone brawls to start. The Nameless Nudniks take control. Ricochet comes back with high flying antics. Kid hits Kzy with a head scissor takedown. Kanda hits him with a side slam. Saito hits a shoulder tackle. MARAHA! ISAPPA! Kzy throws Horiguchi across the ring by his hair. Kanda hits an elbowdrop for 2. Kzy puts on a half crab while pulling the hair. He hits a dropkick to the face, with theatrics. Horiguchi misses an elbow. Kzy hits the B-Boy. Tanisaki hits a kneelift. Horiguchi hits Kzy with a swinging DDT. He hits Tanisaki with a leg lariat. Saito makes the tag and cleans house. Kid helps too. Ricochet hits a topé con hilo on the Nudniks. Saito blocks the Jon Woo but Kanda hits a powerslam. Saito botches a hurricanrana. He hits the pop up German suplex for 2. Kid ducks the Casanova and gets a roll up for 2. He hits a stunner. The WARRIORS gang up on Tanisaki in the corner. Ricochet hits a running SSP for 2. Kzy saves Tanisaki from the double moonsault. Kanda hits the Jon Woo. The Nudniks gang up on Ricochet. Kanda and Kzy hit a double flapjack. Tanisaki hits the Casanova for 2. Kanda hits the flying elbowdrop for 2. Ricochet hits the stack hurricanrana on Kzy when Kid can’t. Saito hits the assisted German suplex on Muscle. Kid hits the 619. Ricochet hits the double moonsault (completely endangering Dr. Muscle by having no control over where his body goes and dropping his knee on the poor guy’s face) for the win at 12:13. Typical boring Nudnik B-team match. It’s a bad sign that I can say that so early into this group’s existence. Sadly, the reality is this is just Real Hazard, mark 3. It got a little more exciting down the stretch, but that’s not enough for me anymore.
Rating: **
After the match Gamma points out to CIMA that the Nudniks outnumber the WARRIORS now, and that they’ll all be at ringside for the Twin Gate main event. CIMA responds by introducing Brodie Lee to the Japanese fans. Lee runs through the Nudniks. Kzy makes the mistake of slapping Lee, so they have an impromptu match.
Brodie Lee {W5} vs. Kzy
Kzy literally bounces off Lee to start. Lee hits a massive shoulder tackle. He hits a lariat. He hits a big boot in the corner. He hits the Truck Stop. He finishes Kzy with a powerbomb in 38 seconds. Fun little squash. After the match Kid jumps on Lee’s back, foreshadowing a tag team.
Rating: ½*
Throughout December BxB Hulk has been dominating Shingo Takagi. YAMATO has repeatedly come to the aid of his friend, causing bad blood to flow between him and Hulk. They will fight at Final Gate, but first a six-man tag match is absolutely necessary.
Shingo Takagi {K}, YAMATO {K} & Cyber Kong {K} vs. BxB Hulk {W1}, PAC {W1} & Super Shisa {Z}
Kong is wearing his PPV gear, so you know he means business. He overpowers Shisa to start. Shisa goes after the arm. Kong hits a shoulder tackle. Takagi does the same to PAC. PAC stands on Takagi’s shoulders before hitting a head scissor takedown. He hits a sweet plancha. Hulk runs circles around YAMATO but gets caught with a dropkick. YAMATO and Kong stand on Hulk. Kong does pushups on Hulk’s face. Takagi hits a kneelift and a kneedrop. Hulk hits a roundhouse kick. YAMATO hit a running elbow. Hulk hits a back heel kick. Shisa puts on a chinlock. Hulk hits a senton. PAC hits a corkscrew moonsault off of Hulk’s back for 2. YAMATO hits PAC with a dead lift suplex. He hits Hulk with a spear. He hits PAC with an enziguiri. Kong tags in and hits Hulk with a shoulder tackle. He runs through Shisa and PAC with lariats. He beats the crap out of PAC in the corner. He hits a splash for 2. PAC avoids a German suplex and kicks Kong’s head. Kong pops up so PAC hits an enziguiri. PAC hits a northern lights suplex. Shisa splashes Takagi for 2. Takagi blocks the Yoshi Tonic with a punt-assisted spinebuster. Hulk kicks Takagi’s head off. He hits a dropkick to the face. Takagi hits a crazy lariat but Hulk pops up. He hits the axe kick for 2. YAMATO hits a big boot and a German suplex. Hulk hits the First Flash. PAC hits the British Airways for 2. Hulk hits an enziguiri. Shisa hits the Yoshi Tonic for 2. Kong wipes out all opponents and kills Shisa with the Pineapple Bomber. It only gets 2, but the Cyber Bomb finishes the job at 13:50. That finish was amazing! I demand a Kong vs. PAC singles match! As for the rest of the match, it’s World-1 vs. Kamikaze, how much do you think I liked it? More on Cyber Kong’s dominance coming up in my review of Infinity 203, which chronicles the second half of this Korakuen Hall show.
Rating: ***¾
After the match three of the Immortal Masks run out and beat on Hulk and PAC. One hits Hulk with a low blow and another hits PAC with a standing moonsault.
Next up is a clip of YAMATO vs. Hulk from the PPV, showing Hulk’s decisive win over his former New Hazard partner.
We get a few clips from Takuya Tomakomai & Super Shenlong vs. Kotoka {W1} & Shisa BOY. Tomakomai dominates Kotoka for a bit, but Kotoka’s speed gets the better of the big guy and he wins the match with a small package. I’d love to see more of this rivalry.
During KAGETORA {K} vs. Kenichiro Arai {Z}, Arai tries to win KAGETORA’s favor by breaking out the beer. The drinking contest is won by KAGETORA, so Arai smacks him with a beer can and rolls him up for 2. A drunken roll up sequence is hilarious, and ends with both men struggling to stand. Arai stupidly hits a giant swing, but luckily nobody pukes. Arai pins KAGETORA after a hurricanrana.

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