Dragon Gate Infinity 214

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April 12, 2011 – Tokyo, 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: Genki Horiguchi & Ryo Saito
Open the Freedom Gate Champion: YAMATO
Open the United Gate Champions: Masato Yoshino & PAC

This is the first Champion Gate show. This tour was set up to make up for the cancelled Compilation Gate PPV and all the championship matches that were supposed to take place on it, as well as Taku Iwasa’s return match…

Taku Iwasa {K} & Cyber Kong {K} vs. Don Fujii {Z} & Super Shisa {Z}
Fujii and Iwasa start. They trade shots until Fujii proves he’s the strongest. Iwasa gets the first takedown with a shoulder tackle. He hits another. He hits a bodyslam. Kong manhandles Shisa. He and Iwasa hit a double shoulder tackle. Shisa comes back with European uppercuts to Iwasa. Fujii beats the snot out of Iwasa. He hits a piledriver. Shisa puts on a headlock. Iwasa gets to the ropes. Okay guys, it’s time to pick it up. Iwasa hits a side suplex. Kong cleans house. He hits Fujii with a splash for 2. Fujii hits a backdrop. Shisa hits a dropkick. Iwasa gets a schoolboy for 2. He gets a sunset flip for 2. Shisa misses a splash and gets caught by one from Iwasa. Shisa hits a head scissor takedown. Fujii hits a diving kneedrop. He hits a lariat to the back. Shisa puts on the STF. Kong makes the save. He wipes out both opponents with lariats. He press slams Shisa. He swings Iwasa into Shisa with a lariat. That was very cool. Iwasa hits the Gouwan for 2. Kong hits the flying elbowdrop for 2. Shisa counters the Noshigami to a sunset flip for 2. Iwasa punts him and hits the Noshigami for 2. Kong clotheslines Iwasa by mistake. Fujii hits a back suplex. Iwasa hits a dropkick to the back. Fujii hits a chokeslam for 2. Fujii defeats Iwasa in a lariat battle. He hits another chokeslam for the win at 11:49 shown of 15:02. Fujii is on fire. Everything he does is entertaining. Iwasa looked great here too.
Rating: **¾

Return matches and title matches weren’t the only big things in store for the Compilation Gate PPV. A special guest was supposed to appear as Masaaki Mochizuki’s corner man, so Dragon Gate brought him in for a match here.

Masaaki Mochizuki {Z} & Shinjiro Ohtani {Z1} vs. Gamma {BW} & Yasushi Kanda {BW}
Mochizuki and Gamma start but Ohtani wants the tag. Kanda attacks Ohtani from behind, giving the Warriors the advantage. Ohtani wipes both opponents out with elbows. Mochizuki rams Gamma’s head into Ohtani’s feet a couple times. Gamma returns the favor. He gives Mochizuki the Osuikougeki. Ohtani slams Gamma off the top and gives him the Osuikougeki. He tries to wash Kanda’s face but Kanda gives him a low blow. That sets off Mochizuki, who stacks his opponents and washes their faces with Ohtani’s blessing. Ohtani didn’t like Mochizuki’s form, so he does it too. The crowd wants to see it again, so we see it again. Ohtani hits a big boot on Kanda. He hits another for 2. Kanda hits the Manhattan Drop but the Jon Woo does no damage. He tries again from the second rope and knocks Ohtani on his back for 2. Ohtani blocks the Ryus. He and Mochizuki double-team Kanda. Mochizuki hits a chest kick for 2. He kicks Ohtani by mistake. Ohtani returns the favor. Gamma gets a roll up for 2. His Axe Bomber and superkick do nothing and Ohtani hits a dragon suplex. Mochizuki hits the Ikkakugeri. Ohtani hits the Spider Bomb for 2. Mochizuki hits the Twister for the win at 9:27 shown of 12:57. Decent comedy and a nice, lighthearted end to the Gamma/Mochi feud.
Rating: ***

Genki Horiguchi © {BW} & Ryo Saito © {BW} vs. YAMATO {K} & Shingo Takagi {K} [Open the Twin Gate Championship Match]
Horiguchi shoves YAMATO to the floor to start. In the ring Saito works Takagi’s shoulder. He hits a hurricanrana. Takagi shows his bravado by hitting a shoulder tackle. He suplexes both opponents. Horiguchi hits YAMATO with a head scissor takedown. He dropkicks the leg. Saito puts on a figure 4 leglock. YAMATO gets to the ropes. He hits Horiguchi with a hiptoss. He hits a dropkick. Takagi hits a backbreaker. Saito hits a hurricanrana. Horiguchi hits a swinging DDT on the floor. Saito hits a double stomp. He hits an armbreaker. Takagi goes for lariats but doesn’t have much power behind them. Saito clubs the arm and puts on an armbar. YAMATO makes the save. He goes nuts and attacks the Blood Warriors on the floor, but that allows Saito to reapply the armbar. Takagi gets to the ropes. MARAHA! ISA… is blocked by Takagi and a bunch of backbreakers. YAMATO hits Saito with a leaping elbow. He works Saito’s shoulder. He hits a hammerlock suplex for 2. He puts on a cross armbreaker. Saito gets to the ropes. YAMATO kicks the arm. Saito hits an assisted German suplex. Horiguchi hits a swinging reverse DDT for 2. YAMATO hits Saito with an enziguiri. Takagi cleans house. YAMATO hits an exploder on Saito for 2. Saito hits Takagi with a German suplex. He hits a dragon suplex for 2. Takagi hits Horiguchi with a gutbuster. YAMATO punts him and hits a brainbuster for 2. Horiguchi blocks the Galleria and baits Takagi into attacking his partner. Takagi hits a DVD. YAMATO hits a spear. Saito hits a German suplex. Takagi finally makes good on a lariat. Horiguchi counters the Pumping Bomber to the Backslide from Heaven for 2. YAMATO puts Saito. Saito hits a brainbuster. YAMATO sends him to the floor and hits a suicide dive. Horiguchi kicks Takagi. Takagi block the Beach Break and hits a turnbuckle powerbomb. He hits MADE IN JAPAN for 2. Horiguchi counters the Pumping Bomber to the Backslide from Heaven for 2. Takagi hits the Pumping Bomber. Horiguchi counters MADE IN JAPAN to the Backslide from Heaven for the win at 15:58 shown of 23:43. These teams do so many little things right. The way Takagi needed to build his confidence before he could connect with lariats was brilliant, as was the way Maraha Isappa needed their unbeatable teamwork to overcome BattleHawk’s power. You can’t lose with these four.
Rating: ****

The show ends with hype for Dead or Alive and clips from KAGETORA {K} & Fujita Jr. Hayato {MP} vs. Kotoka {W1} & Super Shenlong, which ended after KAGETORA hit Kotoka with the Ikkitousen. KAGETORA matched Hayato as they both wore their Kowloon gear. We also get clips from Susumu Yokosuka {W1} vs. Naruki Doi {BW}, which ended after Yasushi Kanda attacked Yokosuka, allowing Doi to hit the Bakatare Sliding Kick for the win. Yokosuka and Kanda will meet in a singles match. KAGETORA closes things out by making peace with Taku Iwasa, but Cyber Kong is skeptical, probably because KAGETORA represented Kowloon instead of Kamikaze earlier.