November 2, 2011 – Kobe, Japan
Open the Dream Gate Champion: Masaaki Mochizuki
Open the Triangle Gate Champions: Naruki Doi, Kzy & Naoki Tanisaki
Open the Brave Gate Champion: PAC
Open the Twin Gate Champions: CIMA & Ricochet
Open the Freedom Gate Champion: YAMATO
Open the United Gate Champions: CIMA & Ricochet
Cyber Kong {BW} & Naruki Doi {BW} vs. KAGETORA {J3} & Susumu Yokosuka {J3}
Doi is decked out in Cyber gear, including Kong’s Kamikaze big match mask. KAGETORA hits Kong with a dropkick to start. Kong absorbs it. He absorbs a shoulder tackle too. KAGETORA hits an armdrag and dropkicks Kong to the floor. He hits a dropkick from the apron. Doi hits Yokosuka with a shoulder tackle. Yokosuka hits a knee to the gut and rips off Doi’s mask. Doi tries to keep his face covered as he attacks Yokosuka. Kong works KAGETORA’s leg. KAGETORA hits an enziguiri. Yokosuka fails to hit a bodyslam. Yokosuka works Doi’s arm. Doi hits a back elbow on KAGETORA. Kong hits a bodyslam. Doi hits a senton. He and Kong hit a double shoulder tackle. Doi hits an elevated neckbreaker and Kong hits a splash for 2. Doi hits an elbowdrop. He hits a leaping lariat. Kong and Yokosuka trade lariats. Kong hits a press slam onto the turnbuckle. Yokosuka hits an exploder for 2. Kong hits a lariat to the leg. He puts on the Stretch Muffler. KAGETORA makes the save. He hits Doi with an enziguiri. Doi hits a dropkick for 2. Kong hits an avalanche and Doi hits the Dai Bosou. They hit a running back suplexes for 2. KAGETORA hits Doi with the Ace Crusher. Yokosuka hits a lariat in the corner. He hits the super exploder and KAGETORA hits the flying elbowdrop for 2. Doi avoids the Mugen. Yokosuka avoids the Muscular Bomb. He hits the Jumbo no Kachi. Kong hits a German suplex. He hits KAGETORA with a lariat. He powerbombs Yokosuka for 2. He hits an avalanche and Doi hits the Bakatare Sliding Kick for 2. Yokosuka avoids the Cyber Bomb and hits a DVD (with some KAGETORA kick aid). Yokosuka hits the Jumbo no Kachigatame for the win at 13:48. The first half of this match was boring as all hell, but they picked it up in the second half with better teamwork and more interesting offense.
Rating: **¾
Dragon Kid {J3} & Rich Swann {J3} vs. Super Shenlong & Taku Iwasa ended when Swann hit Shenlong with the FIREBIRD.
Yasushi Kanda {BW} vs. Kotoka saw Kotoka almost beat Kanda with a cross armbreaker. Kanda came back with a German suplex and an exploder. He hit the Ryus for the win.
BxB Hulk {BW} & Naoki Tanisaki {BW} vs. Shingo Takagi {J3} & Masato Yoshino {J3} ended when Yoshino pinned Tanisaki with the Lightning Spiral.
We get a good
long look at YAMATO’s humiliating Gate of Destiny defeat before the match. It’s going to take me a while to get used to YAMATO without hair. They also show Gamma losing his cool with Mochizuki after their failed Triangle Gate challenge at the PPV. Backstage at the PPV, Doi promised to bring the Second Doi Darts game to Kobe, vowing revenge on Gamma for destroying it.
Masaaki Mochizuki {J3}, YAMATO {J3} & Gamma {J3} vs. Ryo Saito {BW}, CIMA {BW} & Akira Tozawa {BW}
This match is important because Saito attacked Mochizuki backstage leading into their big singles match the next night. Mochizuki hits Saito with a big boot to start. Saito hits a shoulder tackle. Mochizuki hits a back kick. Saito hits an overhead suplex. YAMATO and Tozawa trade strikes. YAMATO hits a dropkick. Gamma hits CIMA with a shoulder tackle. YAMATO slams Tozawa for 2. Tozawa returns the favor. Mochizuki works Saito’s leg. CIMA tries to make the save but Mochizuki gets a hold of his leg too. Gamma gives Saito the Osuikougeki. He spits in Tozawa’s face. Tozawa hits Mochizuki with a snap suplex. Mochizuki hits Saito with a chest kick. He and YAMATO hit a double chest kick for 2 when CIMA forces Gamma to break the pin. Mochizuki is unhappy with that. Tozawa hits YAMATO with a senton for 2. They trade elbows until YAMATO hits a dragon screw. Mochizuki hits a missile dropkick. He cleans house. He hits Saito with the SicK Kick. Gamma spits in Saito’s face. Saito hits the Fisherman Express. Gamma hits a vertical suplex for 2. Tozawa and Mochizuki trade their signature kicks. Mochizuki puts on the anklelock. CIMA hits YAMATO with the Perfect Driver, forcing Mochizuki to break his hold so he can save YAMATO from the pin. Legal man rules be damned. CIMA dropkicks YAMATO. YAMATO hits a leaping elbow for 2. CIMA hits a superkick. YAMATO counters the Schwein to a sleeper hold. Tozawa makes the save. He hits YAMATO with a side suplex. YAMATO and Gamma hit a double dropkick. Mochizuki hits a big boot. YAMATO hits the punt. Mochizuki hits a chest kick for 2. He puts Tozawa in the corner. He hits the Ikkakugeri. CIMA blocks the Sankakugeri and hits the Venus and Iconoclasm. Saito hits a dragon suplex. He hits the Double Cross for 2 when Gamma and YAMATO make the save. Gamma hits CIMA with a lariat. He hits one on Tozawa and one on Saito. Saito hits a dragon suplex for 2. He hits the Premium Bridge (capitalizing on Gamma holding his own head in pain) for the win at 18:45 shown of 22:10. Like the last match, this took a while to get going. However, Saito got to look more credible than he had pre-victory over Takagi, which is good going into tomorrow night.
Rating: ***¼
After the match Saito tells Mochizuki he has a big surprise for him tomorrow night. Doi then comes out with the Second Doi Darts board. He keeps the board covered, but says the entire roster could be affected by it tomorrow night.
The show ends with the announcement of a live Gaora special from Korakuen Hall on December 20th. Neat!