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February 25, 2011 – Kobe, Japan
Open the Dream Gate Champion: Masato Yoshino
Open the Triangle Gate Champions: CIMA, Ricochet & Dragon Kid
Open the Brave Gate Champion: PAC
Open the Twin Gate Champions: Ryo Saito & Genki Horiguchi
Open the Freedom Gate Champion: YAMATO
Open the United Gate Champions: Masato Yoshino & PAC
Cyber Kong {K}, YAMATO {K} & Takuya Tomakomai vs. Dragon Kid {BW}, Ricochet {BW} & Yasushi Kanda {BW}
Kamikaze has an upcoming Triangle Gate Championship match against the Blood Warriors, so this is building to that. I love how much Tomakomai has been on Dragon Gate TV lately. Kamikaze attacks before the bell. Kid puts Tomakomai in an armbar. Ricochet keeps that going. Tomakomai hits Kanda with the dead lift suplex. That’s a page out of early Shingo Takagi’s book. Kong cleans house with lariats. He destroys Kid in the corner. YAMATO hits an exploder and Kong hits a flying elbowdrop for 2. Ricochet hits a spin kick and a standing moonsault for 2. Kong hits a side slam for 2. Kanda hits YAMATO with a side slam for 2. YAMATO hits a big boot. Kanda hits a low on the referee and on YAMATO. YAMATO returns the favor. Kanda hits another low blow. Ricochet hits a running SSP for 2. Kid hits the Messiah on YAMATO for 2. Tomakomai chops Ricochet. He hits a powerslam. YAMATO hits a brainbuster for 2. Kong hits the Pineapple Bomber for 2. Tomakomai hits Kid in a Torture Rack. He hits a big chop in the corner. Kid hits the stack hurricanrana and Kanda hits the flying elbowdrop for 2. Ricochet hits the 630 senton for the win at 7:39 shown of 13:23. I’m still trying to get the hang of what kind of wrestler Tomakomai is trying to be, but then I have a feeling he is too. This was fine for what it was, a chance for the Triangle Gate Champions to look strong on a house show against a jobber while their contenders stay credible.
Rating: **½
BxB Hulk {W1} vs. KAGETORA {K}
Hulk hasn’t been doing so well in singles matches against Kamikaze lately. After defeating both Takagi and YAMATO in big matches last year, he dropped falls to Akira Tozawa, YAMATO and Kong in the last two months. He has a chance to get his momentum back here. Typical stuff gets us started. KAGETORA hits a shoulder tackle. They trade armdrags. KAGETORA hits a dropkick to the leg on the apron. Hulk hits an axe kick. He hits a missile dropkick. He hits another axe kick. He hits the Mouse and a lariat. KAGETORA hits an enziguiri. Hulk hits a suplex for 2. He hits another axe kick, this one to the head, for 2. KAGETORA blocks the EVO with a DDT. He hits the Hangetsu and a slingshot DDT. He hits the GenkoHulk nitekki for 2. He hits the Hangetsu and the Ikkitousen for 2. Hulk comes back with kicks. KAGETORA avoids the First Flash. Hulk blocks the Kagenui and hits the First Flash. He hits the EVO for 2. He hits the EVOP for the win at 7:10 shown of 11:34. That turned into a fun little match there, though Hulk made KAGETORA’s offense look like nothing much at all. Dude just can’t/doesn’t sell.
Rating: ***
We get a refresher on the Dream Gate scene before the main event. Masato Yoshino got through Don Fujii’s challenge. He was subsequently challenged by Masaaki Mochizuki and Gamma. A logical Dream Key match was made, but Gamma designated Brodie Lee as his proxy in the match. Mochizuki beat Lee, so Gamma challenged him to a more authentic Dream Key match.
CIMA {BW}, Gamma {BW} & Ryo Saito {BW} vs. Masaaki Mochizuki {Z}, Don Fujii {Z} & Kenichiro Arai {Z}
Saito and Arai start. They do their thing on the mat. CIMA teases Fujii’s sumo past. Fujii embraces it so CIMA hits a cheap shot. Mochizuki hits Gamma with a big boot. Gamma returns the favor. Mochizuki sweeps the leg and hits the apron kick. He brings him back into the ring with a slam. Arai works Gamma’s leg. Gamma hits a dropkick. CIMA hits a hanging double stomp for 2. Fujii hits Saito with a back kick. He hits a neckbreaker for 2. Mochizuki hits chest kicks. Arai hits a headbutt. He hits a double stomp off of Fujii’s shoulders for 2. Mochizuki kicks Saito until Saito hits an overhead suplex. CIMA dropkicks Arai. He cleans house with clotheslines and bulldogs. He gets a sunset flip on Arai for 2. Arai hits the Alabamaslam for 2. Fujii hits Saito with a lariat. Saito hits a hurricanrana but Fujii rolls through for 2. The Zetsurins put the Blood Warriors in submission holds until Gamma saves his teammates with the cane. CIMA hits the Superdrol on Arai. He hits the Venus and Iconoclasm. Gamma hits a dropkick. Saito hits a Superfly Splash for 2. Gamma hits a superkick. Arai gets a roll up for 2. Gamma spits in Mochizuki’s face. Mochizuki hits a big boot. Fujii hits Gamma with a lariat. Arai hits a diving headbutt for 2. Gamma hits Mochizuki with a lariat. He and CIMA hit a double superkick. CIMA hits the Perfect Driver for 2. He and Gamma hit a double enziguiri. Saito hits a dragon suplex for 2. Mochizuki blocks the Premium Bridge and Fujii canes Saito. Mochizuki kicks Saito’s head off. Fujii hits a lariat. He and Arai hit a choke bomb for 2. Mochizuki hits the Twister for the win at 18:48 shown of 24:33. A bit of fun followed a very dull first half of this match. I’m still a bit confused as to why this match, and this show as a whole, warranted inclusion on Infinity.
Rating: ***¼
After the match World-1 runs out and attacks the Blood Warriors. Mochizuki bleeds from the nose as he promises to beat Gamma, and then later defeat Yoshino for the title.
The next night Gamma interfered in Masaaki Mochizuki {Z} vs. Yasushi Kanda {BW}. leading to Kanda getting the count out win. That ol’ boy sure is getting a lot of surprising singles victories lately.
Later on, Mochizuki interfered in Gamma {BW} vs. Susumu Yokosuka {W1}, hitting the Twister and the buzzsaw kick before Yokosuka sees him and levels him with a lariat. Yokosuka then uses the distraction to pin Gamma with the Jumbo no Kachi.