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May 4, 2011 – Kyoto, 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
Susumu Yokosuka & PAC vs. Naruki Doi {BW} & Yasushi Kanda {BW}
Tomorrow night Yokosuka and Kanda will fight in a singles match, and Doi will vie for PAC’s Brave Gate title. The Blood Warriors attack before the bell. Kanda whips Yokosuka into the corner. Doi hits PAC with a dropkick for 2. Kanda hits an elbow for 2. PAC comes back with a dropkick to Doi. Kanda hits Yokosuka with the Manhattan drop. Yokosuka hits a lariat. PAC hits a placha. Yokosuka hits an exploder for 2. Kanda hits a backdrop. He hits a powerslam for 2. PAC misses an enziguiri and Doi hits a neckbreaker. He hits the Blue Thunder Bomb for 2. PAC hits the Ace Crusher. He hits British Airways for 2. He hits a standing corkscrew moonsault for 2. Kanda hits a flapjack. He hits PAC with an exploder. He hits the Jon Woo. Doi hits the Dai Bosou. Kanda hits the flying elbowdrop for 2. He hits a German suplex for 2. Yokosuka hits a lariat for 2. PAC hits a springboard 450 splash for 2. Kanda blocks the Mugen and hits a low blow. Yokosuka clotheslines the blue box into his face. Kanda hits another low blow. He hits a blue box attack and gets a small package for the win at 7:44 shown of 13:17. This really just existed for the sake of existing, as nobody pulled out of first gear and the finish was tired and lame.
Rating: *½
After the match the Warriors taunt the losing team. CIMA gets on the microphone and calls out Kamikaze. The two groups go back and forth until the main event match between the two is made a title match.
Masaaki Mochizuki & Don Fujii vs. KAGETORA {K} & YAMATO {K}
Fujii and KAGETORA start, despite the fact that they have nothing to do with each other going into the PPV. Fujii gets control on the mat. He swats away a dropkick. KAGETORA rebounds from a shoulder tackle to hit a dropkick. Mochizuki and YAMATO fight on the mat. Mochizuki goes after the leg. He hits a back kick. YAMATO catches the chest kick and puts on a heel hook. Mochizuki gets to the ropes. KAGETORA works Mochizuki’s leg. YAMATO gets another turn but Mochizuki gets the better of him. YAMATO catches Fujii by the leg and KAGETORA hits an enziguiri. YAMATO hits Mochizuki with a spear and Fujii with a dropkick. Mochizuki catches him with a cross armbreaker. YAMATO counters to the heel hook. Mochizuki sweeps the leg. He hits a chest kick. He hits a back heel kick for 2. YAMATO dodges the Ikkakugeri and puts on a half crab. Mochizuki misses an enziguiri and YAMATO puts on the sleeper hold. Mochizuki gets to the corner to escape but KAGETORA hits an elbow. YAMATO hits an enziguiri. KAGETORA hits the flying elbowdrop for 2. Mochizuki hits YAMATO with a big boot. KAGETORA gets a roll up for 2. Fujii hits a lariat. He and Mochizuki hit a chokeslam bomb for 2. Mochizuki hits the Ikkakugeri. He hits YAMATO with the Topé Masaaki. Fujii hits
KAGETORA with a chokeslam for 2. He hits the Nodowa Elbow for the win at 13:25 shown of 19:31. YAMATO and Mochizuki got to practice a few spots that they’d use to much better effect the following night, but aside from that and Fujii hitting the always fun Nodowa Elbow, this wasn’t much at all. Mochizuki’s crew admires Fujii’s finisher after the match.
Rating: **
CIMA © {BW}, Ricochet © {BW} & Dragon Kid © {BW} vs. Shingo Takagi {K}, Cyber Kong {K} & Taku Iwasa {K} [Open the Triangle Gate Championship Match]
CIMA and Kong start. CIMA foolishly gets into a test of strength. Kid interferes with a kick and CIMA is able to put on a headlock. Kong hits a shoulder tackle. Iwasa does the same to Ricochet. Ricochet hits a dropkick. Takagi attacks him from behind. He overpowers Kid. Kid hits an armdrag and a head scissor takedown. Takagi hits a shoulder tackle. Iwasa hits a bodyslam for 2. CIMA hits a Stun Gun. He hits the Sodomy Dropkick for 2. He puts on the Mark Nulty Special. Kong puts one on him and Iwasa escapes. CIMA gets to the ropes. Kong works the neck. CIMA and Ricochet come back by attacking Kong’s knees for 1. Ricochet hits a standing moonsault for 2. Takagi hits the Yo Throw on Kid. Ten minutes in and things are still moving pretty slowly. Takagi misses a kneedrop so Kid hits a head scissor takedown while he’s on his knees. That was pretty cool. Takagi hits a back suplex. Everyone works Kid’s back. Iwasa hits a backbreaker. He puts on a Torture Rack. Ricochet makes the save. Takagi hits a senton and Kong hits a splash for 2. Kid hits a miracle backdrop, so miraculous I don’t believe in it. CIMA cleans house. Ricochet misses an enziguiri but hits a legsweep. A standing SSP hits Takagi’s knees. Takagi throws him into the air. Ricochet connects with the standing SSP. He blocks MADE IN JAPAN and hits a topé con hilo. Iwasa hits Kid with a gutbuster for 2. Kid blocks the Noshigami and gets a sunset flip for 2. He puts on the Christo. Kong makes the save. He hits a shoulder tackle. CIMA hits a snap suplex. He hits a double stomp for 2. Kong cleans house with the Pineapple Bomber. Kid hits Takagi with a stunner. Takagi no-sells it and throws Kid into the corner. Kong hits an avalanche. Iwasa and Takagi hit a double wheelbarrow suplex for 2. Kong hits the flying elbowdrop for 2. Kid blocks the STAY DREAM and hits a Frankensteiner. CIMA hits the Perfect Driver and Ricochet hits the 630 senton for 2. Kong hits Kid with an avalanche. Ricochet hits a missile dropkick. Iwasa hits the Gouwan. CIMA hits the Superdrol. Takagi hits a DDT. Ricochet hits a spin kick. CIMA hits a superkick. Kid hits the Ultra Hurricanrana for the win at 17:48 shown of 22:28. The crowd wasn’t there for this, much like they weren’t there most of the show, and thus the wrestlers kept it slow for most of the match. Everything was technically fine, it just wasn’t exciting (except for the last 30 seconds).
Rating: **¾
BxB Hulk vs. Genki Horiguchi {BW} ends when Hulk catches Horiguchi with a backslide. How insulting. On the other side of the matches to hype the next night’s Twin Gate title match, Masato Yoshino vs. Ryo Saito {BW} ended when Saito surprised Yoshino with the Messenger. I dig it when guys dust off the moves they used under their old gimmicks.
Like the last episode, this one ends with Kamikaze backstage. This time Kong is less hostile toward KAGETORA, which is good given that the team will have to stay united against Blood Generation tomorrow night on PPV.
Is there somewhere to watch this show legally?