March 27, 2011 – Nagoya, 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: Genki Horiguchi & Ryo Saito
Open the Freedom Gate Champion: YAMATO
Open the United Gate Champions: Masato Yoshino & PAC
Don Fujii {Z} vs. Stalker Ichikawa
This match is to commemorate Ichikawa’s DGUSA debut. Fujii chases Ichikawa around the ring to start. He tosses him from post to post. He hits a big shoulder tackle. He throws Ichikawa across the ring. He tosses Ichikawa off the turnbuckle for 2. He puts on an armbar. The commentator says Jimmy Jacobs’ name, referring to the DGUSA roster. I wonder if his name has been mentioned on any Japanese commentary before. Masaaki Mochizuki helps his buddy out by kicking Ichikawa’s chest. Ichikawa goes to the eyes. He tries walking the ropes but Fujii easily blocks it. Ichikawa tries again but Fujii blocks it again. Fujii relents out of pity and then forces Ichikawa to run on the ropes until he gets crotched up there. Fujii hits a powerbomb for2. He hits a lariat to the back and an elbowdrop for 2. He beats Ichikawa with forearms and jabs. Ichikawa hits a head scissor takedown. He hits a handspring elbow. He hits a low blow. He lands on his head going for a handspring. Fujii hits the chokeslam for the win at 6:35 shown of 7:38. That was pretty entertaining for a match involving Ichikawa. Fujii can carry anyone to something interesting I guess.
Rating: *¾
Masaaki Mochizuki {Z} vs. KAGETORA {K}
KAGETORA was back from a brief stint in the wiener’s corner, upset with the rest of Kamikaze for whatever reason and taking a couple weeks off. Mochizuki kicks his chest to start. KAGETORA hits a shoulder tackle. Mochizuki hits a back kick. KAGETORA hits a dragon screw. He dropkicks the knee. He puts on a leglock. Mochizuki tries to fight back but KAGETORA stays on the leg. Mochizuki puts on across armbreaker. He kicks KAGETORA’s arm. He gets a takedown and puts on an armbar. He hits a few armbreakers. KAGETORA puts on a choke but Mochizuki gets to the corner. KAGETORA hits an enziguiri. He hits the leaping lariat for 2. He counters the Sankakugeri to a heel hook. Mochizuki gets to the ropes. KAGETORA puts on a figure 4leglock. Mochizuki gets to the ropes. He blocks another attempt at the figure 4 with a kick to the face. He hits a big boot. He hits a chest kick for 2. KAGETORA hits the flying elbowdrop for 2. Mochizuki sweeps the leg and hits another chest kick. He hits a back heel kick for 2. He hits the Twister for2. KAGETORA counters the Twister III to the Kagenui for 2. They trade strikes until KAGETORA hits the Hangetsu. Mochizuki hits an axe kick to the back and the Twister III for the win at 11:29 shown of 13:23. The arm and legwork went nowhere, but the rest of the match was good back-and-forth action. This could have been a lot more if they’d focused. Now nothing stands between Mochizuki and his Dream Gate title match.
Rating: **¾
Ryo Saito {BW} & Naoki Tanisaki {BW} vs. YAMATO {K} & Cyber Kong {K}
Kamikaze is now in full force (minus Akira Tozawa) so they’re going into this match with a lot of momentum. Saito and YAMATO start. They trade holds for a while. Tanisaki goes for a headlock on Kong but he stops him with a shoulder tackle. Kong misses an elbowdrop. Tanisaki puts on a chinlock. He hits a dropkick. Saito works the leg. YAMATO does the same to Saito. Kong hits a splash for 2. He works the arm. YAMATO kicks out Saito’s leg. Tanisaki hits a dropkick. He hits a pair of facebusters. Saito hits a double stomp. He hits another from the apron to the floor. He hits a Tree of Woe dropkick. Tanisaki hits an elevated kneedrop for 2. Saito avoids YAMATO’s enziguiri. They trade elbows until YAMATO hits a big boot. He hits the leaping elbow. Kong cleans house. He hits Saito with a diving elbowdrop for 2. Saito hits a backdrop. He hits a hurricanrana. He hits a miracle fisherman suplex. YAMATO dropkicks Tanisaki. He hits an exploder for 2. Tanisaki hits the FH. He hits a DDT for 2. He and Saito suplex Kong. Tanisaki hits a DDT for 2. Kong hits a lariat to the legs. He hits a gorilla style Stun Gun. He hits a pair of avalanches. Tanisaki hits the DH. He hits YAMATO with a cross-legged suplex. Saito hits the Superfly Splash for 2. YAMATO hits an enziguiri. Saito hits a German suplex. Kong hits a lariat. Tanisaki hits the Casanova for 2. Kong blocks the Casanova. Tanisaki gets a roll up for 2. Kong hits a huge lariat for 2. He hits the Cyber Bomb for the win at 18:17. This did a lot to make the Blood Warriors look dangerous, even though they lost the match. Much appreciated too, as Tanisaki rarely gets to shine the way he did here. Saito and YAMATO will meet again with Genki Horiguchi and Shingo Takagi as their respective partners in a Twin Gate title match.
Rating: ***
The show ends with hype for Dead or Alive on May 5th. Referee Yagi gives World-1 a shot at the Blood Warriors’ Triangle Gate Championships in April, but the babyface group will have to put their stable’s existence up as collateral. That match was supposed to happen earlier but the earthquake/tsunami cancelled the PPV on which it was scheduled.