I made up a goofy name for a tag team, that means Burger Weekly will be awesome right now!
April 22, 2011 – Kobe, Japan
Open the Dream Gate Champion: Masaaki Mochizuki
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
Shingo Takagi {K}, Taku Iwasa {K} & KAGETORA {K} vs. CIMA {BW}, Ricochet {BW} & Dragon Kid {BW}
This is to hype the upcoming Kamikaze Triangle Gate challenge, with Cyber Kong in for Iwasa. The story is that the Blood Warriors demanded KAGETORA be part of the challenging team, obviously thinking him the weak link that will lead to Kamikaze’s defeat. CIMA and KAGETORA start. CIMA gets a roll up for 2. Takagi overpowers Kid. Kid hits an armdrag. He hits a head scissor takedown. Takagi ducks the 619 and hits a huge shoulder tackle. Iwasa does the same to Ricochet. Ricochet hits a dropkick. The Warriors hit a triple dropkick on KAGETORA. Takagi catches Kid with the Yo Throw. He hits a kneedrop for 2. He and Iwasa hit a double shoulder tackle. Kid comes back with a head scissor takedown to Iwasa. CIMA hits Takagi with a dropkick. He hits the elevated dropkick on KAGETORA. KAGETORA catches Ricochet with an enziguiri. He hits CIMA with the leaping lariat. Takagi hits Kid with a backbreaker. Iwasa hits Kid with a lariat. He hits a gutbuster for 2. Kid hits a stunner. He ducks the Gouwan and puts on a sleeper hold. Iwasa drops back to escape, simultaneously suplexing CIMA. Takagi hits a DDT. CIMA avoids a senton and hits a back suplex for 2. Takagi blocks the Perfect Driver so CIMA hits the Superdrol. He and Kid hit sentons. Ricochet hits a running SSP for 2. Takagi hits CIMA with a lariat. He hits Ricochet with the DVD. He and Iwasa hit a double turnbuckle powerbomb and a double wheelbarrow suplex for 2. Kid hits KAGETORA with the stack hurricanrana. CIMA hits the Perfect Driver for 2. He and Kid hit a double Tokarev. Ricochet hits the 630 senton for 2. He hits an enziguiri. KAGETORA gets the Kagenui for the win at 12:32 shown of 19:46. Well the finish was lame, and the match preceding it was predictable almost move for move, but it was never boring per se.
Rating: **¼
Genki Horiguchi {BW} & Naruki Doi {BW} vs. BxB Hulk & PAC
Horiguchi and Hulk start. They dance around each other for a while. Horiguchi hits a head scissor takedown and a dropkick. Doi hits PAC with a dropkick. PAC sends him to the floor and hits one of his nutty planchas. Hulk hits Horiguchi with a dropkick for 2. He hits the BxB Star Press. PAC hits a standing SSP for 2. Horiguchi goes to the eyes. He whips PAC by his hair. That hardly seems like a good idea for him. Doi puts on a chinlock. PAC gets to the ropes. Doi hits a neckbreaker and a senton over Horiguchi’s knees for 2. He hits a vertical suplex for 2. PICK IT UP GUYS!!! Horiguchi whips Hulk into the post. PAC misses an enziguiri. He hits it on the second try. Hulk cleans house with kicks. He hits a standing moonsault on Horiguchi. He hits an axe kick. Horiguchi hits a dropkick. Hulk responds in kind. PAC hits a standing corkscrew moonsault for 2. He catches Doi with a dropkick for 2. Doi dropkicks PAC to block a handspring maneuver. PAC blocks Horiguchi’s swinging DDT and dropkicks Hulk. Hulk hits the Mouse. Horiguchi avoids the EVO and hits the swinging DDT. Doi hits a spike DDT. He hits the Bakatare Sliding Kick for 2. PAC blocks the Doi 555 and hits a buzzsaw kick for 2. He hits a springboard 450 splash. Hulk hits the First Flash for 2. Doi magically recovers and goes for a German suplex. PAC blocks that but Doi rolls him up for the win at 9:12 shown of 13:24. That finish was trash, as Doi shouldn’t have had any kind of wits about him after taking two big finishers. The five minutes preceding the finish were cool though, with everyone getting used to everyone else’s dropkicks and blocking and countering movez.
Rating: **¾
YAMATO {K} & Cyber Kong {K} vs. Masaaki Mochizuki & Masato Yoshino
Mochizuki asked Kamikaze to join his yet-unnamed babyface supergroup, but they want him to prove he’s a strong leader. Yoshino, fresh off losing World-1 as his stable AND his Dream Gate belt, said he and the remnants of World-1 would join Mochizuki. He’d also help Mochizuki convince Kamikaze to join up.
Mochizuki and YAMATO lock up to start. Neither guy can get the advantage. YAMATO hits a shoulder tackle. Mochizuki hits a back kick. He hits the apron kick. Kong and Yoshino square off, playing to their own strengths. Kong gets the advantage with a shoulder tackle after absorbing a dropkick. He puts on the Iron Claw. Mochizuki puts YAMATO in a leglock. YAMATO gets hold of Mochizuki’s leg but the veteran has better leverage and YAMATO has to go to the ropes. Kong clotheslines Mochizuki’s legs from the apron. He hits a shinbreaker on the apron. Mochizuki comes back with a cross armbreaker. Kong gets to the ropes. He absorbs Mochizuki’s kicks and hits another lariat to the legs. He press slams Yoshino before finally collapsing in pain. YAMATO hits Yoshino with a spear. He hits Mochizuki with a dragon screw. He puts on the anklelock. Mochizuki counters the hold. YAMATO gets to the ropes. Yoshino works Kong’s shoulder. Kong props him up top and clubs his gut. He hits a side slam for 2. Yoshino hits a miracle backdrop. Kong hits a delayed vertical suplex. He hits an avalanche and a lariat. He hits the diving elbowdrop for 2. Yoshino avoids YAMATO’s punt and Mochizuki hits a missile dropkick. They hit a double vertical suplex. Mochizuki hits a chest kick for 2. He hits the Ikkakugeri. Kong hits the Pineapple Bomber out of nowhere for 2. Mochizuki hits an ugly hurricanrana. He hits a big boot. YAMATO hits an elbow. Kong hits a powerbomb for 2. YAMATO hits a brainbuster for 2. Mochizuki hits a back heel kick. They fight up top where YAMATO puts on the sleeper hold. Yoshino hits a super Sling Blade. Mochizuki boots YAMATO to the floor. He and Yoshino block Kong’s double lariat. Mochizuki hits a big boot and Yoshino hits Another Space for 2. He hits the Torbellino. Mochizuki kicks Kong apart for 2. Kong hits an avalanche. Mochizuki hits the Shin Saikyou High Kick, an axe kick and the Sankakugeri to the face for the win at 18:25 shown of 23:55. Yoshino was a non-factor, but everything between Kamikaze and Mochizuki was a lot of fun. I’m very much looking forward to Mochizuki’s single series against Kamikaze now.
Rating: ***½
Naoki Tanisaki {BW} & Gamma {BW} vs. Super Shisa & Don Fujii ends when Tanisaki hits Shisa with the Implant. After the match a masked Metal Warrior runs out and attacks Fujii. Fujii gets the upperhand with a chokeslam.
The episode ends with a promo from Mochizuki to Yoshino. The two will team again the first night of the King of Gate tournament against Kong and Takagi.