February 6, 2011 – Fukuoka, Japan
Open the Dream Gate Champion: Masato Yoshino
Open the Triangle Gate Champions: CIMA, Dragon Kid & Ricochet
Open the Brave Gate Champion: PAC
Open the Twin Gate Champions: Masaaki Mochizuki & Don Fujii
Open the Freedom Gate Champion: YAMATO
Open the United Gate Champions: Masato Yoshino & PAC
PAC won a tournament, last defeating Susumu Yokosuka, to win the Open the Brave Gate Championship. Naoki Tanisaki won a tournament, last defeating Genki Horiguchi, to get a shot at that title. Tanisaki’s stable, the Blood Warriors, will be wrestling to steal PAC away from World-1 next week, so that’s in the back of everyone’s mind too.
PAC © {W1} vs. Naoki Tanisaki {BW} [Open the Brave Gate Championship Match]
Tanisaki attacks to start. PAC hits a dropkick to the back. He hits a standing SSP. He hits a vertical suplex for 2. He hits a snap suplex for 2. Tanisaki works over PAC’s (heavily bandaged) ribs. He hits a side Russian legsweep for 2. He puts on the body scissors. PAC gets to the ropes. Tanisaki hits the Neji to Hashi for 2. He puts on an octopus stretch. PAC gets to the ropes. He blocks the DH and hits a springboard dropkick. He avoids the FH and hits an enziguiri. He hits a standing corkscrew moonsault for 2. Tanisaki blocks a northern lights suplex. He hits the Shining Wizard. He hits the reverse Implant for 2. He hits the DH. He hits another on the apron. He calls for a superplex to the floor but PAC blocks it and hits a high kick. PAC hits a hurricanrana from the top to the floor. That was rather insane! He hits the Sasuke Special. Tanisaki beats the count at 19. Tanisaki hits an avalanche Implant for 2. He hits a kneelift. He hits the Casanova for 2. He hits it again for 2. He hits the Implant but PAC rolls through for 2. Tanisaki foolishly goes for the Implant again and PAC hits him with a powerbomb for 2. Tanisaki gets a roll up for 2. PAC hits a German suplex for 2. He hits the 360 Shooting Star Press for the win at 14:46 shown of 17:23. That finish was brilliant. I love the going-to-the-well-too-many-times story, and they told it perfectly here. That hurricanrana to the floor was pretty impressive too.
Rating: ***¼
Masaaki Mochizuki © {Z} & Don Fujii © {Z} vs. Genki Horiguchi {BW} & Ryo Saito {BW} [Open the Twin Gate Championship Match]
The champions attack before the bell. Fujii hits Saito with a shoulder tackle, a double stomp and an elbowdrop. Saito hits a hurricanrana and a shoulder tackle. MARAHA! ISAPPA! Horiguchi works over Mochizuki’s leg. Saito slams it to the mat. Mochizuki hits a back heel kick to regain control. Fujii and Saito trade slaps in an exchange that was foolish of Saito to participate in. Mochizuki hits Horiguchi with back kicks. Fujii puts on a leglock. Horiguchi gets to the ropes. Fujii puts on a sleeper hold. Horiguchi hits a vertical suplex. Fujii hits Saito with a lariat. He hits Horiguchi with a chokeslam on the apron. Mochizuki hits a Tombstone Piledriver on the apron. He and Fujii hit a spike piledriver on the floor. I think that’s all we’ll see of Horiguchi for a while. Mochizuki hits Saito with a piledriver. Fujii hits a pilediver for 2. He chops the crap out of Saito’s neck. He hits a neckbreaker. Mochizuki punches Saito’s neck. Horiguchi is back up on the apron, but he doesn’t look happy. Saito and Mochizuki trade slaps. Mochizuki puts an exclamation mark on the exchange with a back heel kick. He hits a Yakuza kick. Saito hits an overhead suplex. Horiguchi tags in and hits a dropkick. Fujii blocks a swinging DDT and hits a kneedrop to the neck. Horiguchi hits a reverse DDT. He dusts off the GH Lock and the commentators go nuts. Saito puts Mochizuki in the Dancing Yahoo! What year is this?! The champions get to the ropes. Saito hits Fujii with a Superfly Splash for 2. Mochizuki wipes Horiguchi out with the SicK Kick. He hits Saito with the apron kick and the Topé Masaaki. Saito no-sells a chest kick. Fujii hits a lariat to the back and a German suplex. Mochizuki kicks Saito’s head. He hits the Twister for 2. He hits the Twisting Ikkakugeri. Saito blocks the Sankakugeri. He smacks the taste out of Mochizuki’s mouth and hits a fisherman superplex. Mochizuki hits a couple of trademark kicks. Saito gets Fujii to clothesline Mochizuki. Horiguchi gets the Backslide from Heaven for 2. Mochizuki accidentally hits Fujii with the Sankakugeri. Horiguchi hits Mochizuki with a missile dropkick. Saito hits a dragon suplex for 2. Mochizuki blocks the Beach Break and kicks Horiguchi’s head. Fujii hits a lariat. He and Mochizuki hits a chokeslam bomb. Fujii hits the Nice German for 2. He hits a huge chokeslam for 2. Saito hits Mochizuki with a dragon suplex and Horiguchi gets the Backslide from Heaven for 2 when Mochizuki falls into the ropes. Fujii wants the Nice Tiger but Horiguchi blocks. Fujii hits a pair of lariats. Horiguchi blocks another Nice Tiger and gets the Backslide from Heaven for the win and the titles at 21:50 shown of 23:43. MarahaIsappa got BEAT UP here. Being heels it was strange to see them fight from behind, but Saito did just that and got the crowd’s support as the plucky tough guy, and Mochizuki did the same as the hopeful underdog. Infinity is on a serious roll here, with four-star matches four weeks in a row.
Rating: ****
After the match all of the factions come out to the ring. CIMA declares war on all of them, promising to destroy Kamikaze, World-1 and the heavily depleted Veteran Army. The Blood Warriors will face the Zetsurins on February 27th, Kamikaze on March 1st and World-1 on March 4th in a new kind of eight-man tag match. Furthermore, Kamikaze will get a Triangle Gate match against the Blood Warriors on February 27th.
Kenichiro Arai {Z} vs. Susumu Yokosuka {W1} ends when Arai hits Yokosuka with the 450 splash.
CIMA {BW}, Naruki Doi {BW} & Ricochet {BW} vs. Masato Yoshino {W1}, K-ness {W1} & BxB Hulk {W1} ends when CIMA and Ricochet hit the double Tokarev on K-ness and Ricochet finishes things up with the double moonsault.