What if Leonardo had said “what’s the point?” before he did the Mona Lisa. What if Michaelangelo had said “what’s the point?” before he did the Sistine Chapel? What if Donatello had said “what’s the point?” before he did… machines? Burger Weekly hates you for wondering that.

April 24, 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

Masaaki Mochizuki & Susumu Yokosuka vs. Masato Yoshino & BxB Hulk
M2 up in this bitch! Hulk and Yokosuka start. Hulk misses a dropkick. He connects on the second try. Yoshino hits Mochizuki with a cheap shot. Mochizuki responds with kicks. Yoshino hits a supercharged dropkick. Mochizuki gets control over Hulk with kicks. He hits a chest kick for 2. Hulk hits a missile dropkick. Yoshino hits Yokosuka with the Sling Blade. He puts on the Coumori. Yokosuka hits the Jumbo no Kachi on the apron. Yoshino puts on From Jungle. Mochizuki puts Hulk in an anklelock and saves Yokosuka. Hulk hits a crazy spin kick after some evasion dancing. Mochizuki avoids a double dropkick and cleans house with kicks. He hits Yoshino with a big boot and a chest kick for 2. Yoshino blocks the Sankakugeri. He hits the shotgun senton for 2. Mochizuki blocks the EVO. He ducks the First Flash and gets a legsweep. He hits a back heel kick. Yokosuka hits a lariat. He hits a super exploder. Hulk hits the Mouse. Yokosuka hits the Jumbo no Kachi for 2. Mochizuki hits the Twister for 2. Hulk blocks the Mugen. Yoshino hits the Torbellino and Another Space for 2. Hulk hits the EVO for 2. He hits an axe kick and the First Flash for 2. He hits another First Flash for the win at 12:39 shown of 17:29. The finish was a little bit overkill, as Yokosuka could have stayed down after one First Flash. That aside, this was kicking on all cylinders. Mochizuki and Yokosuka are just so good right now and Yoshino and Hulk both put in great performances here.
Rating: ***½

After the match Yoshino reaffirms his loyalty to Mochizuki. Mochizuki still wants the rest of the former World-1 to join. Hulk and Yokosuka shake his hand. Mochizuki addresses PAC in English, “HEY PAC! PAC um, Yoshino, Susumu, Hulk, me… together… new team. PAC… together… new team… please.” PAC in Japanese makes fun of Mochizuki’s English. Yoshino takes over communication duties and tells PAC that Mochizuki wants to unite to bring down the Blood Warriors, asking PAC to join. PAC quickly shakes Mochizuki’s hand. That was AMAZING!!!

CIMA © {BW}, Dragon Kid © {BW} & Ricochet © {BW} vs. Shingo Takagi {K}, Cyber Kong {K} & KAGETORA {K} [Open the Triangle Gate Championship Match]
The Blood Warriors only allowed this title match to happen on the account that KAGETORA be on the Kamikaze team. Takagi wanted YAMATO instead, but accepts the stipulation for KAGETORA to be in the match. Takagi and Kid start. Everything Kid does bounces off of the powerhouse. Kid hits a head scissor takedown. Takagi hits a huge shoulder tackle. CIMA hits KAGETORA with a chest kick. KAGETORA hits a dropkick. Ricochet hits a dropkick. He hits a leg lariat for 2. Kong and Takagi hit a double shoulder tackle. CIMA dropkicks Takagi’s leg. Kid works the arm. He puts on the Christo. Takagi hits a backbreaker to escape. CIMA dropkicks KAGETORA. He and Kid hit sentons. Ricochet hits a running SSP for 2. CIMA hits the elevated double stomp for 2. KAGETORA catches CIMA with an enziguiri and Ricochet with a leaping lariat. Kong cleans house. He hits Kid with a press slam. He hits CIMA with an avalanche and an elbowdrop for 2. CIMA hits a double stomp for 2. Takagi throws Ricochet to the mat and hits a senton for 2. He shrugs off the Ace Crusher once, but Ricochet catches him with the second attempt for 2. Kid hits a head scissor takedown. He hits KAGETORA with the Diamond Dust. He hits a stunner for 2. KAGETORA hits an enziguiri for 2. Takagi hits a lariat. CIMA hits the Venus and Iconoclasm. Kid hits a basement dropkick. Ricochet hit a running SSP for 2. CIMA hits a backdrop driver. Kid hits the Messiah for 2. I love the way the Blood Warriors work together. Takagi comes back with an Alabama Slam. Kong hits a splash for 2. He hits an avalanche and the Pineapple Bomber for 2. Kid hits KAGETORA with the stack hurricanrana. KAGETORA gets the Kagenui for 2. Ricochet hits an enziguiri. CIMA hits a superkick. Kid hits the Ultra Hurricanrana for 2. Takagi hits the Pumping Bomber for 2. He and Kong hit the Doomsday Device for 2. Kong kills CIMA with the Pineapple Bomber. CIMA hits a miracle backdrop. Kong clubs him. CIMA returns fire and hits the Perfect Driver for 2. Ricochet hits the 630 senton for 2. The Warriors triple kick Kong. They hit a triple Tokarev. CIMA hits the Schwein for 2. He hits it again and then hits the Meteora for the win at 20:19 shown of 26:35. This took a good little while to get going, but once Kamikaze took control for the first time it was non-stop awesome. The finish was great too. I love how much it takes to put the Kamikaze guys down (and believably too, because they are monsters).
Rating: ****

Taku Iwasa {K} vs. Kenichiro Arai ended after Arai countered the Noshigami to the Hanshin Tiger Suplex. He put on the Stretch Plum after that and Iwasa tapped out. It looks like the last Deep Drunker has still got it.

Naruki Doi {BW} vs. YAMATO {K}, which really deserved to be shown more in tact, ended after YAMATO avoided the Bakatare Sliding Kick and caught Doi with a spear.

In the back, Kong and KAGETORA get into a scuffle. Kong ends up storming off. Guy can’t take a loss very well.

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