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August 25, 2011 – Tokyo, 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}, Naruki Doi {BW} & Akira Tozawa {BW} vs. Masato Yoshino {J3}, Shingo Takagi {J3}, YAMATO {J3} & KAGETORA {J3} [Elimination Match]
If the Blood Warriors win then the match will no longer be called a Naniwa Style Elimination Match. Instead it will be called Yoshida Style, which is Kong’s real last name. Hulk and Takagi start. Takagi hits a shoulder tackle. Hulk hits a fall away kick and a dropkick. He hits a missile dropkick. Doi comes out next. He hits an elevated neckbreaker. He and Hulk hit elbowdrops. KAGETORA is out next. He hits Doi with an enziguiri and Hulk with the leaping lariat. This is looking like Kamikaze vs. World-1! KAGETORA dropkicks Hulk. Takagi hits a kneedrop. Kong is out next. He hits KAGETORA with a back suplex. Takagi hits Hulk with a backbreaker. Yoshino is out next. He hits Kong with a vertical suplex. Takagi puts Hulk in the Sharpshooter. Tozawa is out next. He and Takagi trade elbows. Tozawa hits a dropkick. YAMATO is out last. Tozawa almost throws him over the top immediately but Takagi saves him. Takagi hits Tozawa with a lariat. Junction Three gangs up on Hulk in the corner. Yoshino hits the shotgun senton. KAGETORA hits Tozawa with the flying elbowdrop for 2. He hits Doi with the Ace Crusher. He hits an enziguiri for 2. Kong hits an avalanche. Doi hits the Bakatare Sliding Kick for 2. Hulk hits the Mouse. He hits the axe kick. Doi hits the Doi 555. KAGETORA counters the Bakatare Sliding Kick to the Kagenui to eliminate Doi. He gets it on Hulk but Hulk for 2. Hulk hits the First Flash to put KAGETORA out of the match. YAMATO slams Kong. Kong hits a lariat. Takagi hits the Pumping Bomber but Kong won’t go down. They trade lariats. Kong hits Takagi and Yoshino with a double Pineapple Bomber. Hulk dropkicks Yoshino and Tozawa hits a back suplex for 2. Kong hits the flying elbowdrop for 2. Yoshino hits a miracle backdrop. Kong hits a lariat. Yoshino gets a roll up to eliminate Kong. He hits Hulk with the Torbellino. Hulk blocks the Lightning Spiral and hits an enziguiri. Tozawa hits the bicycle kick and Hulk hits the avalanche EVO to eliminate Yoshino. Tozawa hits Takagi with the bicycle kick. Takagi hits a lariat on the apron. Tozawa hits a bicycle kick and German suplex on the apron, knocking Takagi to the floor to eliminate him. The crowd gets behind YAMATO, the last man on his team. Tozawa and Hulk hit a double big boot. Hulk and YAMATO fight for a finisher until YAMATO puts on the sleeper hold. Tozawa makes the save so YAMATO puts the hold on him. Hulk makes the save with an axe kick. YAMATO spears Hulk to eliminate him. YAMATO and Tozawa block a lot of each other’s offense. YAMATO hits the punt and brainbuster for 2. He puts on the anklelock. Tozawa tries to escape so YAMATO puts on the sleeper hold. He hits the Galleria for 2 when Kong distracts the referee. YAMATO takes out Kong. Tozawa hits a side suplex. He hits the bicycle kick. He hit
s the German suplex for 2. YAMATO gets a roll up for 2. Kzy hits a blue box attack and Hulk spits wine, allowing Tozawa to hit the arm-trap German suplex for the win at 18:10 shown of 36:41. The Naniwa Style Elimination Match goes out with a bang. There wasn’t a single slow moment in this match. KAGETORA comes out looking like a threat, and everyone else got to be their usual awesome selves. Here’s hoping the Yoshida Style Elimination Matches are as awesome.
Rating: ****
After the match Tozawa challenges YAMATO to a singles match the next time Dragon Gate comes to Korakuen Hall. YAMATO accepts. Kong attacks YAMATO, sparking a brawl. KAGETORA slaps Kong, bringing him to his knees. He challenges Kong and Hulk to a match against himself and Takagi for the next Korakuen Hall show. GIVE THIS GUY THE BRAVE GATE TITLE!
September 2, 2011 – Kobe, Japan
Akira Tozawa {BW} vs. KAGETORA {J3} ended when KAGETORA surprisingly caught Tozawa with the Kagenui. It’s almost surreal the way these two guys are being pushed as legitimate players high on the card, given how disrespected they’ve been in the past.
Shingo Takagi {J3} & Masaaki Mochizuki {J3} vs. BxB Hulk {BW} & Cyber Kong {BW} ended with Takagi pinning Kong with the STAY DREAM. He’d been looking to hit that move for WEEKS. I’m glad it ended the match. I’m not glad that it also ended Kong’s momentum in Dragon Gate for a while.
YAMATO © {J3}, Gamma © {J3} & Masato Yoshino © {J3} vs. Naruki Doi {BW}, Naoki Tanisaki {BW} & Kzy {BW} [Open the Triangle Gate Championship Match]
The Blood Warriors attack before the bell. Everyone brawls around ringside. In the ring Yoshino puts Doi in the Coumori. Gamma hits a dropkick. He blocks Tanisaki’s cane shot but eats the FH. He comes back with a dropkick. He blocks the Casanova and hits the Flashback. YAMATO dropkicks Kzy. He hits an enziguiri. He hits a big boot. Kzy hits the B-Boy. He hits a northern lights suplex for 2. Tanisaki hits a neckbreaker for 2. Yoshino hits the shotgun senton on Kzy and Doi. YAMATO hits Kzy with a brainbuster for 2. He hits Tanisaki with an exploder. Tanisaki hits a kneelift. He hits the DH. Doi hits the Dai Bosou. He hits a powerbomb and Kzy hits KZ Time for 2. YAMATO puts Doi in the sleeper hold. Doi blocks the Galleria and hits the Doi 555. He hits the Bakatare Sliding Kick for 2. Gamma hits Tanisaki with a superkick. He hits a lariat. Tanisaki hits Yoshino with the FH. Yoshino hits the Ude Yoshino. YAMATO hits the Galleria for 2. Tozawa trips YAMATO. YAMATO spears Tozawa and brawls with him on the floor. Yoshino hits the Torbellino on Tanisaki. Gamma hits the Gamma Special for 2. Doi elbows Yoshino. Kzy powders Gamma twice. Doi powders Yoshino and hits the Doi 555 on the apron. Gamma clotheslines Doi and Kzy. He hits Kzy with the Blitzen for 2 when Tanisaki distracts the referee. Tanisaki smacks Gamma with a chair and hits the Implant for the win and the titles at 8:39 shown of 18:37. This was better than I expected, but they cut more than half of it out. I’d probably rate it higher if I felt like we saw the real body of it, and not strictly the highlights.
Rating: ***¼
After the match Gamma demands a rematch. Mochizuki grabs the microphone and says he’s going to be one of Gamma’s partners. Kzy insists that Rich Swann be the third member of the team. Gamma is cool with Swann being on the team. Doi takes the microphone and says the match can happen, but it won’t be for the titles. With all that settled the Dragon Gate Generation Blood Warriors attack their Junction Three counterparts. Yagi grabs the microphone and says he’s seen enough. He’s making a Hair vs. Mask Survival Cage Match for the six of them on PPV at Gate of Destiny to settle this issue once and for all.