The latest WWNLive Alerts gave us the update that broke over the weekend that no Dragon Gate talent would be on the show. There are some make goods announced, here are the details.
[Updated] Gabe tweeted that it was Visa issues that caused the Dragon Gate talent to not appear.
Ok, since so many are asking it was a visa issue. We had spent the last couple of months working on this. It seems like it would be resolved on a daily basis. Things kept coming up about proof that were never needed before and, frankly, ridiculous for people who have been coming over here legally for years. We thought this would be resolved on a daily basis for the last couple of months. Finally it was resolved on Friday, but it was too late for Japan to do what they needed to. We missed it by ONE DAY. We found this out on Saturday night and released the statement saying they wouldn’t be there at that time so we missed it by 1 day after weeks of work. Good news is now everything is good and DG talent will be back later in the year.
Low Ki will make his return to DGUSA and have his first high profile matches in over a year at the Friday and Saturday night events. It will be Low Ki vs. Trent Baretta at DGUSA on Friday and Low Ki vs. Open The Freedom Gate Champion Johnny Gargano at DGUSA on Saturday.
Bad Influence of Christopher Daniels & Frankie Kazarian will wrestle at the DGUSA event on Saturday. We will have a top tag team for them to face. This will be a special main event for the live ticket holders. This match will not be on iPPV or DVD. Daniels and Kazarian’s opponents will be determined after the results of the Six Man Tag Team Tournament that night. They will be the best possible opponents. This is sure to be a unique experience when these TNA superstars invade DGUSA.
DGUSA will have several more new match announcements. Here’s a no frills look at each lineup:
Dragon Gate USA – Open The Ultimate Gate 2014
April 4th – 8pm CST – Order The Live iPPV Here
Open The Freedom Gate Title Match
Johnny Gargano defends vs. Ricochet
International Dream Match – Non-Title
EVOLVE Champion Chris Hero vs. Masato Tanaka
Special Attraction Match
Low Ki vs. Trent Baretta
Tag Team Challenge Match (If Bravados Retain At EVOLVE It Will Be A Title Match)
Open The United Gate Champions The Bravado Brothers vs. Anthony Nese & Caleb Konley
Special Tag Team Attraction
Chuck Taylor & Drew Gulak vs. Fire Ant & Green Ant
Grudge Match
AR Fox vs. Mr. A
Special Challenge Match
Rich Swann vs. Biff Busick
Dragon Gate USA – Mercury Rising 2014
April 5th – 8pm CST – Order The Live iPPV Here
Special Main Event For Live Crowd Only
Bad Influence Of Christopher Daniels & Frankie Kazarian vs. To Be Determiend After Tournament Results
Special Main Event
Open The Freedom Gate Champion Johnny Gargano vs. Low Ki
Six Man Tradition Continues
DGUSA Mercury Rising is known for the Six Man Tag Team Tradition. We are taking it to the next level this year with a Six Man Tag Team Tournament. Each member of the winning team will get to book themselves in any future match they want. The format will see three first round matches. The three winners will then meet in a three-way six man team team mega elimination match!!! Here are the first round matches:
DGUSA Six Man Tournament First Round Match #1
Ricochet, Rich Swann & AR Fox vs. Chris Hero, Roderick Strong & Masato Tanaka
DGUSA Six Man Tournament First Round Match #2
The Bravado Brothers & Moose vs. Fire Ant, Green Ant & Lince Dorado
DGUSA Six Man Tournament First Round Match #3
Trent Baretta, Anthony Nese & Caleb Konley vs. The Gentleman’s Club
DGUSA Six Man Tournament Finals – Elimination Match
Winner Of Match #1 vs. Winner Of Match #2 vs. Winner Of Match #3
All WWNLive Experience events will be held at:
McAlister Auditorium at Tulane University
6823 St. Charles Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70118
So what do you guys think of the make good talents?