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November 4, 2011 – Tokyo, 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
This episode is dedicated to a massive Junction Three vs. Blood Warriors series. Half of each stable first squares off in singles matches decided by a tug-of-war lottery. Then the rest (and higher profile) of the wrestlers fight in a 5-on-5 tag match in which the wrestler who loses the fall for their team is ejected from the stable.
Rich Swann {J3} vs. Naoki Tanisaki {BW} ended after Swann hit a handspring FIREBIRD and the regular FIREBIRD. That was an awesome finish.
In a match between the two kings of quick pins, KAGETORA {J3} vs. Genki Horiguchi {BW} ended when the Backslide from Hell proved too much for KAGETORA.
Ryo Saito {BW} vs. Super Shisa {J3} saw Shisa escape the Double Cross and Saito escape the Yoshi Tonic. Saito then hit a dragon suplex and the Double Cross for the win.
Susumu Yokosuka {J3} vs. Kzy {BW} & Tomahawk TT {BW} happened because there are more Blood Warriors than wrestlers in Junction Three. Yokosuka won with the Jumbo no Kachi and Mugen on Kzy.
Yasushi Kanda {BW} vs. Dragon Kid {J3}
I’m pretty surprised we’re seeing a less clipped version of any of the undercard matches. Kid hits a head scissor takedown. Kanda hits Kid with the Jon Woo off the apron and a suicide dive. He chokes Kid with a rope. Kid hits another head scissor takedown. Kanda goes for another Jon Woo but Kid blocks it. Kid hits a dropkick to the back. He hits the Diamond Dust for 2. Kanda ducks the 619. Kid dropkicks the blue box into his face. He puts on the Christo. Kanda hits a side slam to escape. The Blood Warriors gang up on Kid in the corner. Kanda hits the Jon Woo. He hits the flying elbowdrop for 2. Kid hits the Messiah for 2. Kanda blocks the Ultra Hurricanrana. Kzy hits a blue box attack. Kanda goes for the Ryus but Kid blocks it and and gets a sunset flip for 2. Kanda hits a German suplex. Kid hits the Bible for the win at 7:15 shown of 9:36, winning the series for his team. This was a nice little match, and meaningful enough way for Kid to avenge his King of Gate loss.
Rating: **¾
Kid began to celebrate the Junction Three win, but Horiguchi grabbed the microphone to remind everyone that Maraha Isappa is better than Junction Three. KAGETORA and Yokosuka took offense and demanded a match. Horiguchi calls them jimi, the Japanese equivalent of the old Vanilla Midget insult. They brawl and the match starts.
Genki Horiguchi {BW} & Ryo Saito {BW} vs. Susumu Yokosuka {J3} & KAGETORA {J3}
Horiguchi and Saito slug it out. Yokosuka hits a powerbomb. Saito hits the Fisherman Express. Yokosuka hits the exploder. Saito hits a German suplex. MARAHA! ISAPPA! Horiguchi hits the topé con hilo. He and Saito hit the assisted German suplex on KAGTORA. Saito hits the Superfly Splash for 2. Yokosuka hits hits Horiguchi with the DVD. He hits the Jumbo no Kachi. KAGETORA hits the gutwrench driver for 2. He hits the Ikkitousen for the win at 2:56. This was too fast and frantic to keep up with. I wish it had gotten more time.
Rating: **
Masaaki Mochizuki {J3}, YAMATO {J3}, Shingo Takagi {J3}, Masato Yoshino {J3} & Gamma {J3} vs. CIMA {BW}, BxB Hulk {BW}, Naruki Doi {BW} Akira Tozawa {BW} & Cyber Kong {BW}
Loser of the fall leaves their unit. Everyone brawls to start. Doi, Tozawa and CIMA hit suicide dives. The fight goes all over the building. YAMATO brings Kong into the ring and puts on a headlock. The crowd is fired up behind YAMATO. YAMATO goes for shoulder tackles but Kong shows him why that’s a bad idea. CIMA hits the hanging double stomp. Doi hits a neckbreaker and a senton over Hulk’s knees for 2. Kong shampoos YAMATO’s scalp, I guess to rub in the fact that he has almost no hair. Tozawa and Hulk bully YAMATO. YAMATO comes back with a spear to Hulk and a punt and dropkick to Tozawa. Takagi cleans house. Kong hits him with an avalanche but he comes back with a back suplex. Mochizuki hits Tozawa with a missile dropkick. He hits Hulk with the Ikkakugeri. Kzy trips Mochizuki but Kid takes out that nuisance. Kid, Yoshino, Mochizuki and Gamma hit a quadruple Bermuda Triangle. Hulk and Tozawa double-team Takagi for 2. Hulk goes for the First Flash but Mochizuki cuts him off with a missile dropkick. Hulk hits the Mouse. Mochizuki hits a chest kick. CIMA hits a cheap shot. Mochizuki cleans house with chest kicks. CIMA hits the Superdrool. He dropkicks Yoshino in midair. The Warriors gang up on Yoshino in the corner. CIMA hits the Venus and Iconoclasm. Doi hit the Bosou Elbow. Kong hits the flying elbowdrop for 2 when Gamma makes the save. CIMA dives to the floor. Kong hits Gamma with a lariat. Doi hits the hanging senton for 2. Gamma hits a miracle backdrop on Kong. Kong hits an avalanche. Mochizuki hits Doi with kicks. This match is unreal good. Takagi hits the Alabamaslam for 2. Tozawa hits the bicycle kick into Doi’s crucifix bomb for 2.
Kong hits an avalanche He and Takagi trade lariats in an exchange that Kong wins. Kong hits the Cyber Driver for 2. Hulk hits the First Flash for 2 when YAMATO makes the save. Gamma clotheslines Tozawa. YAMATO hits a dropkick. Gamma and Mochizuki hit a Sankakugeri Bomb for 2. Gamma hits the Blitzen. Yoshino hits the shotgun senton. Gamma hits the Sky Twister Press. Takagi hits the Pumping Bomber and MADE IN JAPAN for 2 when the Warriors make the save. Tozawa is screwed at this point. He manages to blockt he Galleria but eats an enziguiri. Junction Three gangs up on him in the corner. The Warriors do the same to YAMATO. Kong hits a powerbomb. CIMA hits the Meteora. Tozawa hits the High Tension Suplex for 2 when everyone makes the save. Kong zeroes in on YAMATO. YAMATO counters the Cyber Bomb to the sleeper hold. Kanda makes the save with the blue box. Kong hits the Pineapple Bomber for 2. He blocks a sunset flip for 2. Mochizuki hits a big boot. He hits the Illusion. He hits a few more kicks but Kong blocks the Shin Saikyou High Kick and the Sankakugeri, playing off of their title match. Brilliant. He clotheslines Gamma and Takagi. Yoshino catches him with Another Space. He hits the Torbellino. Takagi hits the Pumping Bomber. He hits a powerbomb for 2. YAMATO hits the Galleria for 2 when Tozawa makes the save. Mochizuki hits the Sankakugeri. Kong is dazed so YAMATO jumps on his back and puts on the sleeper hold. Kong fights it but eventually his knees give out. CIMA tries to make the save but Yoshino dumps him just as Kong taps out at 20:15 shown of 40:01. The crowd loses it for the finish. Kong pretty much dug his own grave there, reminding YAMATO that he took his hair at the Gate of Destiny and giving him the rage to focus on getting revenge. Beyond all that, these guys did things I’ve never seen, and I wish I could watch the full 40-minute match. The final stretch was half of what was shown of the match, and it was all amazing. One of the best matches of the year, easily.
Rating: ****½
After the match Tozawa rips on Kong for tapping out. CIMA follows suit. YAMATO takes his shots as well. Kong demands a singles match with YAMATO to get revenge for the insult. YAMATO is game, so they’ll settle their score once and for all the next time Dragon Gate is in Korakuen Hall. Yokosuka jumps on the microphone and challenges the Spiked Mohicans for the Twin Gate titles. CIMA runs down the Junction Three teams he and Ricochet have beaten before accepting the challenge. Tozawa wraps things up with a few jimi comments for the new Twin Gate challengers.
The show ends with another promo for the live show on December 20th and more of Tozawa and CIMA calling KAGESuka a couple of jimis.