August 14, 2011 – Kobe, 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
Cyber Kong {BW} & BxB Hulk {BW} vs. Susumu Yokosuka {J3} & KAGETORA {J3}
KAGESuka reuniting their Summer Adventure Tag League team here. This is the result of KAGETORA stepping up and putting the Blood Warriors in their place after Hulk and Akira Tozawa’s tag tournament win. He hits Hulk with a dropkick before the bell. Everyone brawls around ringside. In the ring Hulk and KAGETORA trade elbows. Hulk hits a fall away kick. KAGETORA swats a dropkick and hits one of his own. He hits a suicide dive. Kong hits Yokosuka with a shoulder tackle. He hits a press slam. Yokosuka and Hulk brawl. Yokosuka hits a back elbow. KAGETORA hits a dropkick. Hulk hits a spin kick. KAGETORA gets caught in the Blood Warrior corner. Hulk pitches him to the floor where Tozawa attacks. Back in the ring Hulk hits a senton for 2. KAGETORA smacks him. Hulk hits the Mouse. KAGETORA hits an enziguiri. He hits Kong with the leaping lariat. Yokosuka hits Kong with an exploder. He hits Hulk with a lariat after eating the axe kick. Hulk hits another axe kick. Yokosuka blocks a standing moonsault and hits a DDT. Kong hits the Pounce. KAGETORA hits an enziguiri. Kong blocks an elbow and hits a back suplex. He hits an elbowdrop for 2. KAGETORA hits the Ace Crusher for 2. Kong hits a lariat to the leg. Hulk hits a missile dropkick for 2. KAGETORA hits Kong with a hurricanrana and a dropkick. Yokosuka hits Hulk with the super exploder. KAGETORA hits the flying elbowdrop for 2. He hits a DDT. Yokosuka hits the Jumbo no Kachi for 2. KAGETORA hits the Hangetsu and the gutwrench driver for 2. Kong hits Yokosuka with a German suplex. He hits the Lawn Dart and a lariat. He hits another lariat for 2. Hulk hits the EVO for 2. KAGETORA hits an enziguiri, helping Yokosuka to hit a miracle backdrop. KAGETORA smacks Kong and Yokosuka hits the DVD for 2. Kong hits a lariat. He hits the Cyber Driver for 2. He hits the Cyber Bomb for the win at 14:00 shown of 17:55. This was a hell of a brawl, and a totally unexpectedly awesome match. Kong and Hulk are so imposing right now, and KAGESuka works so well as a pair. I dug this a lot more than I thought I would.
Rating: ***¾
Naruki Doi {BW} vs. Rich Swann {J3} ended after Doi hits Swann with the Doi 555 and the Bakatare Sliding Kick. He promised a big surprise later in the show.
Akira Tozawa {BW} vs. Super Shisa {J3} ended with Tozawa hitting Shisa with the bicycle kick and a pair of German suplexes. After the match he unmasked Shisa again.
YAMATO © {J3}, Masato Yoshino © {J3} & Gamma © {J3} vs. Shingo Takagi {J3}, Masaaki Mochizuki {J3} & Dragon Kid
{J3} [Open the Triangle Gate Championship Match]
No reason why this shouldn’t be awesome. Before the match they remind us that Doi has promised a surprise for Junction Three. Takagi and YAMATO start. HELL YEAH! They trade armdrags. YAMATO hits a dropkick. Takagi hits a shoulder tackle. Gamma and Mochizuki trade kicks. Gamma is dumb. ¬Yoshino hits Kid with a dropkick. Kid hits a head scissor takedown. Mochizuki hits Gamma with a missile dropkick. He hits YAMATO with the Sankakugeri. Kid hits Yoshino with the Bermuda Triangle. Takagi cleans house. He hits YAMATO with the DVD. YAMATO punts his hand. He works the arm. He puts on a triangle choke. Takagi hits a powerbomb to escape. He puts on a Sharpshooter. Mochizuki puts the hold on Gamma and Kid puts Yoshino in the Christo. Gamma gets to the ropes and everyone releases. Mochizuki works YAMATO’s leg. He puts on a leglock. YAMATO gets to the ropes. Kid puts on a leglock. He hits an elevated double stomp. YAMATO spears Takagi. Mochizuki hits a chest kick. YAMATO grabs a kick and hits a dragon screw. Yoshino hits Takagi with a supercharged suicide dive. Gamma dropkicks Kid. He hits the G-Factor for 2. Kid hits the Diamond Dust. Gamma hits the Flashback. Yoshino hits the shotgun senton. Mochizuki hits an axe kick. Yoshino puts on From Jungle. Mochizuki counters to the anklelock. Kid hits the 619. Yoshino hits a crucifix bomb for 2. Takagi hits the DVD. Mochizuki hits the Twister for 2. He hits YAMATO with the Illusion. YAMATO hits an enziguiri. He hits a brainbuster. Mochizuki and Gamma trade kicks. Gamma hits a clothesline. Yoshino hits the Torbellino. Mochizuki blocks the Sol Naciente. Yoshino hits the Ude Yoshino and puts on the Sol Naciente. Takagi makes the save. Mochizuki blocks YAMATO’s sleeper hold. YAMATO and Takagi slug it out. Takagi hits the Pumping Bomber. He hits MADE IN JAPAN for 2. He can’t hit the STAY DREAM but he gets YAMATO in position for Kid’s stack Frankensteiner. Mochizuki hits a big boot. Gamma blocks the Sankakugeri. Kid hits a stunner. Yoshino hits the Sling Blade. Takagi hits a powerbomb. He hits YAMATO with a lariat. Kid hits the Ultra Hurricanrana for 2. He goes for the Dragon Rana but YAMATO ducks it. Gamma hits a lariat. Kid hits the Bible for 2. Yoshino hits the Lightning Spiral for 2. Gamma hits the Blitzen. YAMATO hits the punt. Gamma hits the Gamma Special for 2. YAMATO hits the Galleria for the win at 18:05 shown of 28:52. I wasn’t sure that this match would be able to top the pleasant surprise that was the earlier tag match, but they turned things up to 1,000 and rocked the place. I approve.
Rating: ****
After the match the Blood Warriors attack and try to steal the Triangle Gate belts. Junction Three fights back and get their titles back. Doi gets on the microphone to reveal his surprise. He breaks out a dartboard with the Blood Warriors’ names on it. He’s going to through darts at the board to decide who will be the next challengers for the Triangle Gate. But first he pulls out a supplemental board that only has Doi’s name on it. He throws the first dart and it naturally lands on Doi. Takagi grabs a kid from the audience and Mochizuki grabs a woman wearing a Dragon Kid mask. They’re going to throw the other darts. Those darts select Kzy and Naoki Tanisaki as Doi’s partners. Doi is not happy with these selections. Later on in the back, Doi is happier as he gets psyched up with his new partners.