4/23/2006 Tokyo, Ota-ku Gymnasium, 4622 Attendance
1. Anthony W. Mori{W}, Super Shisa, King Shisa, Katsuo (9:44 Eleganton) Akira Tozawa, Daniel Mishima{L}, Michael Iwasa, The Turboman
2. Genki Horiguchi (3:50 MPT assisted Kami no Yadoru) Naoki Tanizaki
3. Open the Brave Gate
Masato Yoshino (10:41 Sol Naciente->Referee Stop) Jack Evans
*V1 for Yoshino
4. Japan's Lightest Wrestler vs. Japan's Heaviest Wrestler
Yutaka Yoshie (5:43 Diving Body Press) Stalker Ichikawa
5. Magnum TOKYO, Dragon Kid{W} (18:22 Ultra Hurricanrana) Masaaki Mochizuki, Keni'chiro Arai{L}
6. Open the Dream Gate #1 Contender Match
BxB Hulk (19:04 Henkei Shooting Star Press) Shingo Takagi
7. Blood Generation Unit Name Decision Tag Match
Naruki Doi{W}, Gamma (18:35 Chair assisted Bakatare Sliding Kick) CIMA, Don Fujii{L}
8. Open the Dream Gate
Susumu Yokosuka (22:50 Jumbo no Kachi!gatame) Ryo Saito
*Ryo fails in V1, Susumu becomes the 5th champion
-Michael and Daniel performed as the Frolida characters for the last time. They officially dismissed afterwards. Mishima wore a shirt that said "Kaisan" on it, which means Dismissal/Break up. Iwasa put on a purple gaku-ran, officially joining Tozawa-juku. As a parting gift to his partner of 3 years, he allowed him to return to Raimu Mishima, under a character restoration. Tozawa and Iwasa then invited Mori to join them, but he refused. Much like when Iwasa courted him to Iwasa Gundam.
-Naoki attacked MPT during his entrance, taking him out. He appealed for a singles with Genki, and the match was changed. After a short, wild brawl, MPT returned to help Genki win. He and Genki ended their rivalry and became friends.
-The Brave Gate match was mostly clean, with only small Tanizaki interference. All of the Doi group was out with Yoshino though.
-After the match, Doi and Co. took over the ring. CIMA came out, which began a long MC battle. Naoki took a Schwein. CIMA was in top form, insulting Dois' costume and taunting him with a bat. He told Doi he should go back to 2nd base. After what was called an amazing talk battle by CIMA and Doi, the stipulation was added to the semi-final that if CIMAs' side won, Doi would return to Second Doi, Yoshino to YOSSINO, and Naoki to the surfer character.
-Stalkers' announced weight was 42kg. Yoshie was billed as 160kg... K-ness wore a pink mask and seconded Yoshie. After the usual Stalker match, which saw a ridiculously futile attempt at the Ina Bauer German, Yoshie took the microphone. He congratulated K-ness on passing his 10 year mark, and invited him to tag. President Okamura appeared here, K-ness promised a return to the ring within the year, but Okamura hoped he could return for World.
-Magnum and Mochi promised that they would re-schedule the original tag match for when Tenryu is healthy again. This match didn't garner great reviews.
-The Ryo/Susumu history was chronicled during intermission, including their 2001 match from the same building.
-Hulk vs. Shingo won match of the night praise. Reports have been raving about it. Hulk received his Dream Gate key for the 5/7 challenge.
-The Blood war was a violent, heated brawl. All of Dois' group was out, and CIMA had Jack Evans with him. CIMA and Gamma took turns disgracing the other with spraypaint. CIMA painted Gammas' hair black, and later put HAGE on his back (which is an insult to anyone not named Genki). Gamma countered by painting "Busu" on CIMA. This means "ugly woman" and is a very very crude insult. The final moments saw it totally break down. Naoki mis-aimed and hit Doi, but Yoshino intruded to stop a Schwein. Kanda stepped in and took out Yoshino. After a protein and chair attack, Doi used another chair with the Bakatare. Dois' team won the Blood name, but....
-After the match Doi renounced the name, and formed a new unit called "Muscle Outlaws". They called Kishiwada and he joined them. The fans didn't seem to react well to the name, since it's ... interesting. They began a beat down on CIMA and Fujii until Magnum and Mochi came to save. After some brawling, and an appeal to Kanda, a match for 5/10 Korakuen was made. The original generation stars; CIMA, Mochizuki, Magnum, and Fujii vs. the Muscle Outlaws; Doi, Yoshino, Naoki, and Gamma. Shingo was not involved.
-Susumu finally won the big one, after a 20+ minute back and forth match. Mochi and the rest of FM2K came to congratulate him, Ryo rolled out of the ring and was down. He thanked Ryo and the fans, but Ryo left without a handshake. He returned Ryos' nameplate from the belt, and promised to defend it until they had another match. The final shot was Susumu posing with the belt on the rampway.
In the aftermath:
CIMA will be keeping the Blood Generation name, and predictably will be adding Evans and Matt Sydal when he arrives, for the stretch run to World.
Shingo will be leaving to the US for an indefinite time after 5/7. He said he no longer had the desire to wrestle in DG. It sounds very similar to when Milano left, but does not look to be a similar situation. Shingo seemingly will be helping out with the opening of DG's Houston dojo. He will also compete in ROH, more than likely.
K-ness, if he can return at World, will not have a tag with Yoshie there. The 2 hope to tag somewhere down the line though.
Doi has appealed to be the next Dream Gate challenger after 5/7.
Also announced today was the WRESTLE JAM project. This will be a festival of sorts, and will showcase a Japan vs. US vs. Mexico theme. The hope is to show off the different fight styles of DG, ROH, AAA, etc on one show. CIMA mentioned he hoped to perhaps have a ladder match, and have all 4 members of Generation Next over. Overal negotiations about participation are ongoing. This will happen over 5 days:
7/8 Kawagoe Pepe Hall Atlas
7/9 Differ Ariake
7/10 Yokohama Red Brick Arena
7/11 Kira Messe Numazu
7/12 Korakuen Hall
Sorry for making a new thread and losing all the comments. No exact attendance, but reports have the building almost completely sold out. Considering the other competition in Tokyo yesterday, I'd say DG made quite a statement. |
