BURGER WEEKLY! BURGER WEEKLY! BURGER WEEKLY!
June 18, 2011 – Fukuoka, Japan
Open the Dream Gate Champion: Masaaki Mochizuki
Open the Triangle Gate Champions: Vacant
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
PAC © {J3} vs. Ricochet {BW} [Open the Brave Gate Championship Match]
PAC avoids a dropkick at the bell. Ryo Saito trips him from the floor. PAC misses a dropkick. Ricochet hits a dropkick and a topé con hilo. Back in the ring PAC hits a dropkick. Ricochet hits an enziguiri. He hits a standing SSP for 2. He works the neck. PAC gets to the ropes. He hits the Ace Crusher on the apron, which looks like it hurts him more than Ricochet. He hits a crazy corkscrew moonsault press to the floor. Back in the ring he throws Ricochet into the air and hits the British Airways. Ricochet hits a Regalplex and a standing SSP for 2. PAC regains control with elbows. Ricochet hits a spin kick. He hits a reverse hurricanrana. PAC hits an enziguiri and a reverse hurricanrana. He hits another enziguiri. Ricochet hits a superkick and a neckbreaker for 2. His nose is busted open. He avoids a German superplex and shoots PAC into the corner. PAC blocks a Shooting Star Press with his knees and hits the Backslide Driver for 2. Ricochet hits the Cyclorama. He misses the double moonsault. PAC hits a German suplex for 2. His 360 Shooting Star Press hits knees and Ricochet gets a roll up for 2. Ricochet hits a low blow for 2. PAC hits a massive powerbomb out of nowhere for the win at 12:43 shown of 16:06. These guys did a lot of flipping onto their feet to avoid moves, which was very cool given their styles and their familiarity with each other. Aside from that this was totally on par with their first match, which is to say it was a lot of fun but missing a lot of the ground work to make it memorable.
Rating: ***½
CIMA {BW}, Naruki Doi {BW} & BxB Hulk {BW} vs. Masato Yoshino {J3}, YAMATO {J3} & Gamma {J3} [Open the Triangle Gate Championship Match]
CIMA, Ricochet and Dragon Kid had to vacate the titles when Dragon Kid was kicked out of the Blood Warriors. I personally prefer the way they handled the same situation when CIMA was betrayed by Doi and Gamma a few years ago in the big Blood Warrior split. This seems a little bit lazy. When the match was originally booked, Gamma and Hulk were on opposite teams, but then Gamma was kicked out of the Blood Warriors and Hulk betrayed Junction Three, so here we are. Hulk’s heel overhaul is in full swing, as he’s now rocking his Darkside look all the time.
The Blood Warriors attack before the bell. Everyone brawls around the building. In the ring CIMA and Doi hit Gamma with a double back elbow. Gamma hits CIMA with a shoulder tackle. He hits a dropkick. Doi blocks Yoshino’s supercharged offense. Yoshino picks up speed and hits a supercharged head scissor takedown. Hulk hits YAMATO (who is very over) with a fall away kick. YAMATO hits a shoulder tackle. The Warriors all choke YAMATO in the corner. Akira Tozawa takes a few shots from the floor. Gamma gives Doi the Osuikougeki. Junction Three hit a triple dropkick. CIMA hits Yoshino with a senton. He puts on that upside-down stretch he does and gets 2. He puts on the Romero Special and Hulk spits wine in his face. Yoshino comes back wi
– The Easy Guide To Solar And Wind Power'>Green Power Easy – The Easy Guide To Solar And Wind Powerth a double stomp to Hulk’s arm. He dropkicks Hulk’s face. CIMA and Doi crotch YAMATO on the post. Doi hits a dropkick for 2. CIMA hits an elevated double stomp to the back. Hulk puts on a leglock and Doi and CIMA hit a pair of double Curb Stomps. They hit a third on a chair but for whatever reason they don’t go for the pin. I guess the titles aren’t that important to them. YAMATO is dead weight, but still the Warriors don’t try to pin him. YAMATO spears Hulk and dropkicks CIMA. Yoshino hits Doi with the Sling Blade. He puts CIMA in the Coumori. Gamma hits a dropkick. Hulk sweeps the leg and hits a chest kick for 2. He hits an axe kick. Gamma hits the Flashback. He hits the G-Factor for 2. Hulk hits Doi with an exploder. Doi ducks the enziguiri and hits a senton. YAMAT hits a big boot and puts on the sleeper hold. The crowd eats it up and Doi sells the fear like he’s seen a ghost. Doi gets to the ropes. Yoshino hits the shotgun senton. He hits CIMA with his DDT for 2. CIMA hits a double stomp and a senton for 2. Hulk hits the Mouse. Doi hits an elevated neckbreaker for 2. Yoshino avoids the EVO but eats an enziguiri. He catches CIMA with a crucifix pin for 2. CIMA blocks the Blitzen so YAMATO spears him. Gamma hits a superkick and the Gamma Special for 2. The Blood Warriors gang up on YAMATO in the corner. Junction Three does the same to CIMA. Cyber Kong rushes in to hit Gamma with an avalanche. Doi hits the Doi 555. CIMA and Hulk hit a double First Flash. Doi hits the Bakatare Sliding Kick but YAMATO saves him. Gamma is out but Doi won’t pin him. Gamma regains consciousness and hits the Gamma Special. CIMA hits him and YAMATO with a chair. Gamma comes back with clotheslines for all of the Warriors. Yoshino hits Doi with the Torbellino and the Lightning Spiral for 2. He hits a suicide dive. YAMATO hits the Galleria. Gama hits the Sky Twister Press for the win and the titles at 24:14.
The Blood Warriors sealed their fate when they wouldn’t go for pins when they had the advantage. That story is wonderful and fits perfectly, because CIMA and Doi had been such dominant champions in the past that it stands to reason they’d be overconfident going against a rather makeshift team. Gamma getting the winning pin over Doi is also quite cathartic, since this is the second time Doi has booted him from a heel stable. That plus the nonstop action in the last ten minutes make this a hell of a memorable match.
Rating: ****
During Junction Three’s backstage celebration, Doi interrupts and demands a rematch in Kobe. He gets it, and will have Yasushi Kanda and Cyber Kong as his partners.
Super Shisa {J3}, Masaaki Mochizuki {J3} & Rich Swann {J3} vs. Tomahawk TT {BW}, Yasushi Kanda {BW} & Ryo Saito {BW} is interesting, because it allows me to mention that Rich Swann is simultaneously a member of Junction Three and Ronin. Just wanted to make that clear and state that there’s actually precedent for this, as Magnum TOKYO was simultaneously a member of Do Fixer and the PoS Hearts a few years back. At any rate, the match was shown in clip form and relevant because on the next episode of Infinity, Kanda and Mochizuki will meet for Mochizuki’s Dream Gate title. Mochizuki wins the match for his team with the Twister on TT. After the match Mochizuki gets a few shots in on Kanda.
Shingo Takagi {J3} & Dragon Kid {J3} vs. Genki Horiguchi {BW} & Cyber Kong {BW} ends after Ryo Saito his Kid with the blue box and Horiguchi pins him with the Backslide from Heaven. Kid regains control after the match and hits Saito with the Déjà Vu, only for CIMA to run in and hit him with the Schwein. On the next episode of Infinity, Kid recruits PAC to help him take on Horiguchi and Saito for the Twin Gate titles.