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November 11, 2011 – Tokyo, Japan
This match aired post-Final Gate 2011, and as such has a new intro that is made almost entirely of Blood Warriors wrestlers carrying their belts (they have all the belts). But this show takes place before Final Gate, and actually sort of exists outside of the Dragon Gate Universe, within a reality created by Masaaki Mochizuki.
Kenichiro Arai & Eita Kobayashi vs. Satoshi Kajiwara {KO} & Mitsuhiro Kitanomiya {KO}
I honestly never thought I’d see Kajiwara appear on Infinity, since he came up as Ultimo Dragon’s boy. I guess now that he’s solidly associated with Kensuke Sasaki’s outfit he’s fair game. Kobayashi and Kitanomiya start. They trade holds on the mat. Arai hits Kitanomiya with elbows. Kobayashi and Kajiwara trade chops. Kajiwara puts on the dragon sleeper. Arai makes the save. Kitanomiya works the back. He trades chops with Kobayashi. They elevate to elbows and Kitanomiya gets a good shot in for 2. Kitanomiya’s chest is raw and badly bruised now. Kobayashi hits a vertical suplex. He comes off of Arai’s shoulders with a double stomp. He hits a running SSP for 2. Arai hits the diving headbutt for 2 when Kajiwara makes the save. Kitanomiya charges Kobayashi. He hits a suplex and Kajiwara hits the Frog Splash for 2. He hits a moonsault for 2 when Arai makes the save. Kobayashi tries to zero in on the badly injured chest of Kitanomiya, and Arai takes him down with a headbutt to the wound. He hits a powerbomb for 2. He hits the Hanshin Tiger Suplex for the win at 11:00 shown of 15:35. Kobayashi’s selling was awesome. The rookies totally outshined their more experienced counterparts here. Kajiwara wasn’t really a factor in the match at all. Every time I see Kitanomiya he’s getting badly, badly beaten. This gives him some serious hope that Kobayashi might actually escape the black hole that is Dragon Gate’s dojo system. I’m happy they let so much of this get to air.
Rating: ***
Shingo Takagi {J3} & Don Fujii vs. Masato Tanaka {Z1} & Daisuke Sekimoto {BJ}
BLOOD GENERATION REUNION! Tanaka & Takagi start. They trade shoulder tackles and chops. Takagi wins the hard-fought exchange. Fujii hits Sekimoto with sumo palm strikes. Sekimoto hits a dropkick. He hits a suicide dive. Everyone brawls on the floor. Fujii and Takagi hit Sekimoto with a double shoulder tackle. Takagi hits a kneedrop. Sekimoto slams Fujii and puts on the STF. Fujii DDTs both opponents. Takagi cleans house. He hits the deadlift suplex on Sekimoto. Tanaka hits a swinging DDT. Takagi pops up and hits a lariat. Tanaka goes for the Frog Splash but has to settle for a powerbomb. Takagi hits a lariat. Sekimoto runs through Fujii. Fujii gets a small package for 2. He hits a lariat to the back. Sekimoto misses a charge and hits the post. He and Takagi hit a double chokeslam. Fujii chokeslams Takagi onto Sekimoto. Takagi hits a senton. He hits a powerbomb for 2. The Pumping Bomber doesn’t take Sekimoto down, but the Nice German does. It only gets 2 when Tanaka makes the save. Sekimoto hits an enziguiri on Takagi. He German suplexes Tanaka, who is holding Takagi. Tanaka hits a brainbuster for 2. Sekimoto powerbombs Fujii. Tanaka hits the Sliding D for 2. Sekimoto hits the Frog Splash. Tanaka follows with one of his own for 2. Fujii counters the Sliding D to the Gedo Clutch for 2. That would have been a great finish. Tanaka hits a lariat. They slug it out until Fujii hits a lariat for 2. Sekimoto hits a German suplex. He hits one on Takagi. Takagi pops up and hits a lariat. Tanaka clotheslines Fujii and hits a brainbuster for 2. He hits the Sliding D for the win at 13:21 shown of 18:00. Fantastic power battle here. There was no selling to speak of, but plenty of hard hitting, powerbombs and suplexes. I love this stuff.
Rating: ***½
Chihiro Tominaga vs. Yosuke Watanabe vs. Katsuo sees Katsuo get the win over Watanabe with the Metabolic Stomp.
K-ness vs. Kikutaro sees the two swap masks. Before the match ends they swap back. Referee Yagi accidentally DDTs Kikutaro and K-ness gets the win with la magistral.
Kotoka vs. Hikaro Sato saw Kotoka wrestle in a skirt for whatever reason. Sato got the win with a German suplex and a heel hook. Sato is from Pancrase MISSION.
Masaaki Mochizuki {J3}, Susumu Yokosuka {J3} & Katsuhiko Nakajima {KO} vs. KAGETORA {J3}, Fujita Jr. Hayato {MP} & Taro Nohashi {MP}
Mochizuki’s team is wrestling under the Final M2K banner, complete with the jackets, Yokosuka in a singlet and Mochizuki his old pants. That’s fun. KAGETORA’s team is wrestling as Kowloon, which is less nostalgic because that’s currently happening in Michinoku pro. Still, Final M2K vs. Kowloon in Dragon Gate is something different. KAGETORA and Yokosuka start. They do some hold trading. Hayato and Nakajima slug each other around. Hayato is FAST. Mochizuki kicks Nohashi’s face off. Hayato goes after Mochizuki’s leg. Mochizuki goes to the ropes. Nakajima hits a back kick on Nohashi. Mochizuki hits a chest kick on KAGETORA. Nakajima follows suit for 2. Yokosuka hits an exploder. Mochizuki hits a missile dropkick. Hayato kicks the crap out of the champion in the corner. Nakajima kicks him in the face. He and Mochizuki hit stereo kicks for 2. KAGETORA hits the leaping lariat. Nakajima hits a chest kick. KAGETORA hits an enziguiri. He hits another for 2. Nohashi hits Yokosuka with a low blow. He hits a dropkick for 2. Yokosuka hits a low blow. He hits the Ashi Yokosuka. He puts on a figure 4 leglock. Mochizuki and Nakajima put armbars on the other opponents. Nohashi escapes and saves his partners. Hayato hits Nakajima with a running knee. He and Nohashi hit a double DDT. KAGETORA hits the flying elbowdrop for 2. Nakajima hits KAGETORA with a chest kick. Yokosuka hits the Jumbo no Kachi and Mochizuki hits a chest kick for 2. Yokosuka and Mochizuki hit the Sankakugeri Bomb. Nakajima hits a German suplex. KAGETORA should be dead. Instead he catches Mochizuki with the Kagenui for 2. Mochizuki hits an axe kick. Nohashi hits Mochizuki with a box. KAGETORA smacks Mochizuki and hits Yokosuka with an enziguiri. Yokosuka hits a lariat. Nohashi hits a crucifix bomb for 2. He misses a diving headbutt on Mochizuki. Mochizuki comes back with kicks. Nohashi hits the Superdrol. Mochizuki puts the box on Nohashi’s head and kicks it. He hits the Twister for 2. He hits the Sankakugeri for the win at 16:41 shown of 18:08. This was fun in spurts, but for the most part it didn’t really click. It also took forever to shift out of first gear.
Rating: ***