August 6, 2011 – Osaka, Japan
Open the Dream Gate Champion: Masaaki Mochizuki
Open the Triangle Gate Champions: YAMATO, Masato Yoshino & Gamma
Open the Brave Gate Champion: PAC
Open the Twin Gate Champions: CIMA & Ricochet
Open the Freedom Gate Champion: YAMATO
Open the United Gate Champions: Masato Yoshino & PAC
BxB Hulk {BW} & Akira Tozawa {BW} vs. Super Shisa {J3} & KAGETORA {J3} [Quarterfinal Match]
Tozawa and Shisa start. They fight it out on the mat. Shisa spends most of that time in control. KAGETORA hits Hulk with a dropkick. He hits a shoulder tackle. He hits another dropkick. Hulk hits a big boot. Tozawa goes after Shisa’s mask. He and Hulk double-team Shisa for 2. Hulk hits a spin kick on KAGETORA for 2. He hits the Mouse. KAGETORA hits an enziguiri. He hits Tozawa with the leaping lariat. Shisa hits a dropkick. He hits a suicide dive. Hulk hits KAGETORA with an axe kick. KAGETORA hits the ugliest Ace Crusher ever. He hits a brainbuster for 2. Hulk hits an enziguiri. Tozawa hits Shisa with a spin kick. Shisa hits a splash for 2. Hulk hits a dropkick. He hits another to help Tozawa hit a back suplex for 2. Tozawa gets a roll up for 2. Shisa hits a piledriver for 2. Shisa hits an avalanche armdrag. KAGETORA hits a DDT. Shisa hits the butterfly suplex for 2. KAGETORA hits the flying elbowdrop for 2. He puts Tozawa. Shisa hits the Yoshi Tonic for 2. Hulk hits KAGETORA with the axe kick. KAGETORA counters the First Flash to the Kagenui for 2. Hulk mists Shisa with wine. He hits an axe kick. Tozawa hits a German suplex for 2. Hulk hits a pair of axe kicks and the First Flash for the win at 10:37 shown of 12:38. Started a little choppy, but once Hulk and Tozawa really started heeling it up it got a lot more enjoyable. After the match Tozawa unmasks Shisa, sparking a brawl with YAMATO.
Rating: ***
Cyber Kong {BW}, Genki Horiguchi {BW} & Ryo Saito {BW} vs. Don Fujii, Super Shenlong & AR Fox ended with Kong hitting the Cyber Bomb on Shenlong. After the match Kong challenges Masaaki Mochizuki for his Dream Gate title again. To prove his strength he took on every member on Junction Three in an arm wrestling match. We see him easily defeat Dragon Kid, have little trouble with YAMATO and then struggle to finish off Takagi. He beats Mochizuki with ease. Mochizuki finaly accepts Kong’s challenge and says he’ll beat him with his legs, not his arms.
Masaaki Mochizuki {J3} & YAMATO {J3} vs. Kzy {BW} & Naoki Tanisaki {BW} [Quarterfinal Match]
The Blood Warriors try a sneak attack but our heroes are ready for them. Everyone brawls around the building. Back in the ring Mochizuki slams Kzy and puts on a chinlock. Kzy gets to the ropes. YAMATO puts on a cravat. He and Mochizuki kick Kzy around the ring. Kzy puts on the Testicular Claw. He and Tanisaki hit a low blow with a broomstick. Tanisaki hits an elevated kneedrop for 2. Kzy sets up chairs in two corners, but goes head-first into one of them. Tanisaki eats the other.
Mochizuki and YAMATO hit stereo dropkicks and bulldogs and put on stereo crossfaces. Kong distracts the referee from seeing Kzy tap out and pulls his buddies to the ropes. Mochizuki hits Tanisaki with a chest kick for 2. Tanisaki hits the DH. Kzy hits the Beat Bomb. Tanisaki hits the Casanova and Kzy hits KZ Time for 2. YAMATO spears Kzy. Tanisaki hits a kneelift. Mochizuki hits a chest kick and a big boot for 2. Kzy capitalizes on a blue box attack to pin Mochizuki for 2. Mochizuki hits the Shin Saikyou High Kick to the back of the head and the Twister III for the win at 10:04 shown of 13:01. Only the last few minutes were interesting at all, as the heels brought the Deep Drunker style out of the mothballs for this.
Rating: *¾
After the match Gamma and Tanisaki brawl. Tanisaki hits Gamma with the Brave Gate title belt and pins him for 2, displaying how easy it will be to pin him in their “title” match.
Naruki Doi {BW} & Yasushi Kanda {BW} vs. Gamma {J3} & Rich Swann {J3} [Quarterfinal Match]
The match is joined in progess with Saito saving Doi from Gamma’s Sky Twister Press. Gamma hits Doi with a hurricanrana. Gamma hits a clothesline. Swann hits the FIREBIRD. Kanda hits a flapjack. Doi hits the Doi 555 and the Bakatare Sliding Kick for 2. Gamma spits in Doi’s face. Kanda hits a blue box attack. He hits Swann with the Jon Woo. Doi hits the Dai Bosou. I like that combo. Doi hits a powerbomb and Kanda hits the flying elbowdrop for 2. Kanda hits the Ryus for the win at 1:51 shown of 12:02. So that was the exact same finish as the previous round match for Kanda and Doi. I wonder if it will factor into their semifinal match.
Shingo Takagi {J3} & Susumu Yokosuka {J3} vs. Masato Yoshino {J3} & Dragon Kid {J3} [Quarterfinal Match]
Kid and Yokosuka start. Yokosuka gets a crucifix pin. Kid hits a head scissor takedown. He hits another on the floor. Takagi hits Yoshino with a shoulder tackle. Yoshino hits a vertical suplex. Kid works the arm. Yokosuka hits a Muscle Buster for 2. That’s a strange move to just sneak in there. Takagi blocks the 619. Kid hits a head scissor takedown. Yoshino hits Yokosuka with the Sling Blade. He puts on the Coumori. Yokosuka hits the DVD for 2. Yoshino puts on From Jungle as Kid locks Takagi in the Christo. Takagi quickly escapes and saves Yokosuka. Kid hits Takagi with a stunner. He hits the Messiah for 2. Takagi suplexes both opponents. Yokosuka hits Yoshino with the Jumbo no Kachi on the apron. Takagi hits the DVD for 2. He and Yokosuka hit Kid with lariats in the corner. Kid hits Takagi with a Frankensteiner. Yoshino hits the shotgun senton for 2. Takagi and Yokosuka hit stereo DVDs. Yokosuka hits Kid with an avalanche DVD. He hits the Jumbo no Kachi for 2. Kid hits Takagi with the Bible for 2. Takagi hits MADE IN JAPAN for 2. Yoshino blocks the move and hits Another Space. Yokosuka hits a lariat. Yoshino hits the Lightning Spiral for 2. Kid hits the 619. Yoshino hits the Torbellino. Kid hits the Ultra Hurricanrana for the win at 14:11 shown of 21:06. I’m a little disappointed we didn’t see the Yoshino vs. Yokosuka Torbellino vs. lariat battle, but that aside they still strung together a pretty good match here. Yoshino and Kid were generally overwhelmed by their opponents’ power, and it wasn’t until they isolated and confounded one with their speed that they won.
Rating: ***½