A rematch with Burger Weekly is more satisfying than a rematch between YAMATO and CIMA. Just sayin'.
May 15, 2011 – Sapporo, Japan
Open the Dream Gate Champion: Masaaki Mochizuki
Open the Triangle Gate Champions: CIMA, Dragon Kid & Ricochet
Open the Brave Gate Champion: PAC
Open the Twin Gate Champions: Ryo Saito & Genki Horiguchi
Open the Freedom Gate Champion: YAMATO
Open the United Gate Champions: Masato Yoshino & PAC
Masaaki Mochizuki vs. Cyber Kong [Quarterfinal Match]
This being clipped makes me more sad than I can possibly explain. It’s joined in progress with Kong in control. He hits the Cyber Driver for 2. Later, Mochizuki blocks the Cyber Bomb but gets hit with an avalanche. He hits high kicks to regain control. He hits the Sankakugeri to the face for the win. Less than a minute of the over fifteen minute match was shown. The crowd was quiet during the portion of the match shown, so maybe it wasn’t so great.
After the match Mochizuki asks Kong to join the team. Kong accepts his offer and shakes Mochizuki’s hand.
CIMA © {BW}, Dragon Kid © {BW} & Ricochet © {BW} vs. Masato Yoshino, BxB Hulk & PAC [Open the Triangle Gate Championship Match]
PAC and Ricochet start. They dance around each other a bit. CIMA and Kid hit stereo dropkicks before Ricochet joins for a triple dive onto our heroes. CIMA and Kid hit sentons on Hulk. Ricochet hits a running SSP for 2. CIMA hits the elevated double stomp for 2. Hulk comes back with a missile dropkick to Ricochet. He hits Kid with an axe kick. Yoshino dodges the Venus and puts on the Coumori. PAC hits a dropkick. He hits a plancha. Yoshino hits Ricochet with a basement dropkick. Ricochet hits a head scissor takedown. He hits a spin kick and a jumping legsweep for 2. His standing moonsault hits Yoshino’s knees. Kid hits a head scissor takedown. PAC hits a very cool Ace Crusher and the British Airways for 2. Kid hits the Diamond Dust for 2. Hulk hits a dropkick. He dropkicks CIMA in midair. CIMA hits the Venus and Iconoclasm. Kid hits a dropkick and Ricochet hits a running SSP for 2. Hulk hits an enziguiri on CIMA. PAC hits an enziguiri. Yoshino hits the shotgun senton for 2. The Warriors attack Yoshino en masse in the corner. The good guys do the same to Kid until CIMA catches Super Shisa with a lariat. Shisa comes back with the Yoshi Tonic. Yoshino hits the Torbellino. Hulk hits the EVO. PAC hits the Shooting Star Press for 2. Naruki Doi stops PAC from diving again. Ricochet hits a reverse hurricanrana. Kid hits the Messiah. CIMA hits the Perfect Driver. Ricochet hits the 630 senton for 2. CIMA hits the Schwein for 2. PAC gets a roll up for 2. Hulk hits the Mouse and a spin kick. Kid hits the 619. Yoshino hits a powerbomb. Ricochet hits a Regalplex. He hits PAC with an enziguiri. CIMA hits a superkick and Kid hits the Ultra Hurricanrana for the win at 10:13 shown of 21:51. This was spotty fun, but not as good as the Championship Gate match.
Rating: ***½
After the match Kid gets on the microphone and runs down Mochizuki’s stable. He does the Blood Warrior Uuuu but the rest of the Warriors don’t do it with him. He tells them to get with it but again they let him do it on his own. Doi attacks Kid and all the Warriors stomp him. Gamma lets him know he’s out of the group. Horiguchi goes up to Metal Warrior and takes off his mask, revealing Takuya Tomakomai as Kid’s replacement. He’s got a mohawk and facepaint and gloves that go up to the elbow. His name w
ill be Tomahawk TT from now on. TT chops Kid in the corner. His gloves blunt the sound, and given that chops are his signature thing I’d say they made a wardrobe mistake with him. CIMA then calls out Kong, saying he’s a Blood Warrior too. Kong hits Kid with the Pineapple Bomber. Mochizuki and his team rush the ring. The Blood Warriors leave. Kid wakes up and gives Yoshino a hug. He says he was wrong and runs down the Blood Warriors. He asks Mochizuki to join their team. Mochizuki accepts.
May 16, 2011 – Nagaoka, Japan
Dragon Kid vs. Yasushi Kanda {BW} [Quarterfinal Match]
Kid dropkicks Kanda off of the apron during his entrance. He hits the 619. The match is all clipped up and we skip ahead to Kid blocking the Jon Woo and hitting the Messiah. Kanda avoids the Ultra Hurricanrana. He hits an exploder. Naoki Tanisaki hits a blue box attack and Kanda hits a German suplex. He hits the Ryus and the flying elbowdrop for the win.
May 17, 2011 – Tokyo, Japan
BxB Hulk vs. Ryo Saito {BW} [Quarterfinal Match]
Saito attacks Hulk before the match. He hits a German suplex. Hulk hits an enziguiri. Saito hits a hurricanrana but Hulk rolls through for 2. Saito shoves Hulk off the apron. He and Kid get into it a bit. He blocks a spin kick but eats a dropkick. Hulk hits an axe kick. He sweeps the leg and hits the BxB Star Press for 2. He hits a powerslam for 2. Saito hits an overhead suplex into the corner. Hulk hits the Mouse. Saito hits a German suplex. Hulk hits the nameless slam for 2. He hits the EVO for 2. Saito blocks the EVOP and hits a dragon suplex. Hulk hits a big boot. He hits an axe kick to the head. He hits the Avalanche EVO for 2. Saito ducks the First Flash and hits a dragon suplex for 2. Hulk blocks the Premium Bridge and hits a roundhouse kick. He hits the H Thunder for 2. He hits another axe kick and the First Flash for the win at 7:15 shown of 11:26. Not much flow to this one, but Hulk was left looking strong, which would be important later.
Rating: **½
YAMATO vs. CIMA {BW} [Quarterfinal Match]
Yes, YES, YES!!! They trade shoulder tackles until YAMATO goes down. YAMATO catches CIMA’s chest kick and puts on the heel hook. CIMA thinks about tapping immediately but gets to the ropes. CIMA goes to the floor but YAMATO gives chase and attacks the leg. Back in the ring YAMATO misses a dropkick and CIMA kicks his face. CIMA elbows YAMATO on the apron and hits a boot to the side of the head. He chokes him with an umbrella. He hits a head kick for 2. He avoids the punt and an enziguiri. YAMATO stomps on his foot and hits an enziguiri. He hits a dragon screw. CIMA avoids the Galleria and puts on a dragon sleeper. YAMATO gets to the ropes. CIMA hits elbows to the back of the head. He hits the Tokarev. He hits the Schwein for 2. YAMATO unloads with elbows. CIMA hits a superkick. YAMATO puts on the sleeper hold. CIMA hits a low blow and the Nakayubi. He puts on a double underhook. YAMATO won’t go down so CIMA hits another Nakayubi and the Meteora for the win at 10:43 shown of 18:53. The real crime is that half of this match was clipped. YAMATO pretty much got taken to school here, I guess paying CIMA back for making him a legitimate main eventer in early 2010. I’m very much looking forward to seeing the rubber match they had DGUSA now, as this was very entertaining considering the time it got.
Rating: ***½
Don Fujii vs. KAGETORA sees KAGETORA nearly pin the Don with the Kagenui. Fujii hits the Thesz Press to get the win in the end, however. After the match Mochizuki asks both of them to join up with him. Fujii surprisingly declines, saying he wants to focus on helping out the new generation from the Dragon Gate Dojo. He says that once Mochizuki is done fighting the Blood Warriors they can reform their tag team.
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