31 Jul 2006 - () - Dragon Gate - 7/31 Live Gate

7/31/2006 Hyogo, ASUTA LIVE FACTORY (SITE-KOBE)
1. CIMA (Schwein) Yamato Onodera
2. Susumu Yokosuka, Masaaki Mochizuki, Keni'chiro Arai{W} (Assisted Diving Headbutt) The Turboman{L}, The Turbo-yan, Az
3. King Shisa{W}, BxB Hulk (BT Bomb) Taku Iwasa, Takayuki Mori{L}
4. Magnitude Kishiwada, Gamma, Masato Yoshino{W} (Lightning Spiral) Ryo saito, Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi{L}

Today was the first card produced by GM Yagi. He hoped to make up for the short card by having an attraction later on. It was hosted by Tozawa and Ono, and was a Dragon Gate quiz. They would play someones' entrance theme, and fans would have to guess who.

Turbo-yan promised to bring his pink friend to Site-Kobe next month. Today was Turbomans' farewell, but he won't be returning to Mexico, he will be returning to space.....

Dr. Muscle was in attendance today, being led around by Kinta.

Ryo and Genki closed the show by having a long comedy MC battle, where they jokingly argued and challenged each other to a hair vs hair match.

No reason given for the absence of Magnum today, he was not present.

30 Jul 2006 - () - El Dorado - Some Ring Soul involvement

The third of the mysterious Ring Soul Live performances happened today, with some El Dorado (and others) involvement.

7/30/2006 Ring Soul Live#3, Shinjuku FACE
-Shuji Kondo{W}, brother YASSHI (King Kong Lariat) Makoto Oishi, Shiori Asahi{L}
-SUWA, Suwama{W} (Last Ride) Satoshi Kojima, Katsuhiko Nakajima{L}
-Hiroyoshi Tenzan (TTD) TARU

30 Jul 2006 - () - Dragon Gate - 7/30 Rainbow Gate

7/30/2006 Gifu, Gifu Chamber of Commerce Large Hall
1. Don Fujii (Nodowa Otoshi) Yamato Onodera
2. Magnum TOKYO, Ryo Saito{W} (Dragon Suplex Hold) Akira Tozawa, Yuki Ono{L}
3. CIMA, BxB Hulk{W} (E.V.O.) King Shisa, The Turboman{L}
4. Takayuki Mori{W}, Taku Iwasa (Elegant Magic) Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi{L}
5. Gamma, Masato Yoshino, Magnitude Kishiwada (Diving Body Press) Susumu Yokosuka, Keni'chiro Arai, Stalker Ichikawa{L}, Az

As is common when someone is absent, Stalker replaced Mochi today, wearing his costume in the main.

Speaking of Mochi, he and Minoru successfully revived their "B's" team today on the New Japan C.T.U. show in Korakuen. They beat Koji Kanemoto and Wataru Inoue, Minoru submitting Inoue with his Minoru Special.

29 Jul 2006 - () - Site - Profiles

Onodera now has a basic profile, with photo.

Recently, photos have been added for the latest Toryumon graduates, Toshiya Matsuzaki and Daisuke Hanaoka.

29 Jul 2006 - () - Dragon Gate - 7/29 Kyoto, Triangle Gate League, IJ Tag, Dream Gate

Big news day.

7/29/2006 Kyoto, Kyoto KBS Hall
1. Yasushi Kanda (Gekokujoh Elbow) Yamato Onodera
2. CIMA, Don Fujii{W} (Nodowa Elbow) Akira Tozawa{L}, Takayuki Mori
3. Gamma{W}, Masato Yoshino (Blitzen) BxB Hulk, The Turboman{L}
4. 3 Way Key Hunting
King Shisa def. Magnitude Kishiwada, Taku Iwasa
-(4 Open Corners) Kishiwada
-Shisa (BT Bomb) Iwasa
5. Ryo Saito, Magnum TOKYO{W}, Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi (Ryuukon Lariat) Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Yokosuka, Keni'chiro Arai, Az{L}

Onodera has been recruited into Final M2K, and will be on their Triangle Gate league team. Kanda presented him with his Gekokujoh costume, and his blue Yokosuka Jumper. Onodera is older, age 26. He has had some fight experience with Pancrase. A correction on his name, he changed from his real name, Masato, to Yamato.
No other movement out of the show, surprisingly.

King will get his Dream Gate show on 9/17 in Hakata.

Due to Dois' injury, the 8/6 IJ Tag title tournament has to be changed around.
Doi & Yoshino has been replaced by Tozawa and Mori. The Gamma/Kishiwada team is now Gamma and Yoshino. That makes it:

8/6/2006 Aichi, Nagoya Congress Center
WAR Int'l Junior Tag Title Tournament
1. Akira Tozawa, Takayuki Mori vs. Ryo Saito, Dragon Kid
2. Gamma, Masato Yoshino vs. Susumu Yokosuka, Keni'chiro Arai
3. King Shisa, Super Shisa vs. CIMA, BxB Hulk
4. Magnum TOKYO, Masaaki Mochizuki vs. Don Fujii, Yasushi Kanda
5. 1 vs. 2
6. 3 vs 4
7. Finals

The full lineups for the Triangle Gate league were also announced.

Magnum TOKYO, Masaaki Mochizuki, X
Blood Generation: CIMA, BxB Hulk, Jack Evans
Do FIXER: Ryo Saito, Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi
Final M2K: Susumu Yokosuka, Keni'chiro Arai, Masato Onodera
Muscle Outlaw'z: Magnitude Kishiwada, Masato Yoshino, Gamma
Shisa Family: King Shisa, Super Shisa, Shisa Boy

8/11 Korakuen Hall
Do FIXER vs. BloodGen
Magu, Mochi, X vs. Final M2K
MO'z vs. Shisa Family

8/12 Chiba
Magu, Mochi, X vs. MO'z
Do FIXER vs. Shisa Family

8/13 Toyama
BloodGen vs. Final M2K
Magu, Mochi, X vs. Shisa Family

8/15 Hakodate
Magu, Mochi, X vs. BloodGen
Do FIXER vs. Final M2K

8/17 Kushiro
Final M2K vs. Shisa Family
BloodGen vs. MO'z

8/18 Asahigawa
Do FIXER vs. Magu, Mochi, X
Final M2K vs. MO'z
BloodGen vs. Shisa Family

8/19 Sapporo
Do FIXER vs. MO'z

8/20 Sapporo
Finals

28 Jul 2006 - () - Dragon Gate - The vacation is over

DG returns from it's 2 week hiatus tonight, with an important convention in Kyoto.

7/29/2006 Kyoto, Kyoto KBS Hall
-Onodera Debut Match: Yasushi Kanda vs. Masato Onodera
-Key Hunting 3 Way Match
Magnitude Kishiwada vs. Taku Iwasa vs. King Shisa

Onodera vs. Kanda is significant, beyond it being Onoderas' debut. This will be Kandas' first match as an officially contracted wrestler since his retirement. With the recent departures of Mishima and Tanizaki, this match is also being seen as a showcase for their "replacements" on the roster. Kanda is too important to not have his unit direction made clear quickly, so hopefully we also get some indication on that tonight.

The Key Hunt is the replacement match for the originally scheduled Ryo vs. Doi. Looking at the participants, it is pretty hard to think of the Dream Gate. Kishiwada is always strong, but coming off his destruction by CIMAs' hands, and the not quite out of mind Ryo loss, he is more the old hand, than the clear winner. Iwasa is a great choice for elevation, if the Tozawa-juku turn to the serious side is going to happen. He is familiar, popular, and skilled both in the ring and in microphone performances. Still, he is Iwasa, and I don't think he has won a non-comedy match since 2001. King is the best of the gaijin, and hopefully this is a sign of him sticking around. He has beaten one Mochizuki for a title this week, so he surely is targeting the other for his.

The rest of the show will hopefully set off the final unit adjustments that will take us through the last half of the year. What becomes of Blood, now that Evans and Sydal are gone? Where do MO'z go without Tanizaki, and Doi injured? Will Dr. Muscle return? Will Yuki Ono finally debut for Tozawa-juku?

27 Jul 2006 - () - El Dorado - Sugawara

Takuya Sugawara lost his International Jr. title to Tatsuhito Takaiwa on todays' Zero 1 show, falling to a Death Valley Bomb in 14:05

27 Jul 2006 - () - Dragon Gate - 7/27 WAR Participation

7/27/2006 Tokyo, Korakuen Hall ~WAR Final Reborn to the Future
-Magnum TOKYO, Eagle Sawai{W} (6:15 Thunder Fire Power Bomb) Geni'chiro Tenryu, Rumi Kazama{L}
-Ryo Saito, Genki Horiguchi, Dragon Kid (14:45 Bible) Susumu Yokosuka{L}, Yasushi Kanda, Keni'chiro Arai
-WR Internaitonal Jr Title
Pentagon Black (19:42 Hurricanrana Cutback) Masaaki Mochizuki
*Mochi fails in V6, Pentagon becomes the 12th Champion
-Don Fujii, Geni'chiro Tenryu{W}, Masao Orihara, Kouki Kitahara (15:23 53Sai) Akitoshi Saito, Shiro Koshinaka, Michiyoshi Ohara, Masaji Aoyagi{L}

25 Jul 2006 - () - Dragon Gate - Stalker

Stalker will be traveling to Manami Toyotas' 20th anniversary show in Shinjuku FACE. on 8/6. He will be teaming with Futoshi Miwa of DDT. Should be another classic battle.

8/6/2006 Tokyo, Shinjuku FACE ~Manami Toyota 20th Annicersary~
-Manami Toyota, Yumiko Hotta vs. Stalker Ichikawa, Futoshi Miwa

24 Jul 2006 - () - Toryumon X - Salsas

Slow news week, so lets discuss some recent happenings in MPro.
As of 7/15, the super Salsa unit Los Salseros Japoneses has been dissolved. They were arguably the best thing to come out of the X class, but they never really had a chance to shine. Being in MPro will do that to you, of course.
Bear (Mango) Fukuda has now left MPro for El Dorado, and general freelancing. Hanai has taken his Ken45 character to MPro. While recent MPro has him teaming with STONED, he is not thinking about joining them. MPro is again doing their decades long Tetsujin tournament, so the non-tournament matches tend to just be thrown together with whoever isn't wrestling already. Despite this, could it be some foreshadowing? Ken is the odd man out of this Aagan/Sugawara/STONED saga, since he has been teaming with KonBro exclusively in Dorado.
Takeshi Minaminno is remaining with Michinoku, for now. To see his new cos, go to the Toryumon profile section. Yesterday he won his match with Naoki Tanizakis' Implant move. They were rivals and classmates. Could it be a love call, or more foreshadowing?

23 Jul 2006 - () - Dragon Gate USA - Results

7/22/2005 - Philadelphia, PA New Alhambra Arena
-CIMA{W}, BxB Hulk (11:05 Schwein) Jack Evans{L}, Homicide
-Jose Maximo{W}, Joel Maximo (14:29 Spanish Fly) CIMA, BxB Hulk{L}

Homicide took Sydals' place, due to Sydal having commitments elsewhere.
They played Dragon Storm in the arena after the show, and there apparently was a "Thank You Dragon Gate" chant.

21 Jul 2006 - () - Dragon Gate - World, Infinity #45

Short and to the point

20 Jul 2006 - () - Site news

The El Dorado section is now updated to the format used on the Dragon Gate page. Kota Iibushi, Kinya Oyanagei, and Jun Ogawauchi now have profiles, as well. Naoki and Mishima have had their profiles moved to the Toryumon section, after their departures (whether they be dismissals or resignations) were made official.
The comments system may be eliminated in the new design, for various reasons. If it remains, there will be a few minor restrictions placed on it.

19 Jul 2006 - () - Dragon Gate USA - CIMA and Hulk in PWU

With DG Impact officially canceled, the full focus has moved to the Pro Wrestling Unplugged show the next night.
CIMA and Hulk will wrestle Jack Evans and Shingo Killer Homicide. They have also issued an "open challenge to anyone in the PWU locker room", so they will be wrestling twice. If you had tickets to DG Impact, they will be honored at the door for this show.

18 Jul 2006 - () - Dragon Gate - Dragon Kid added to BOLA

PWG has added Dragon Kid to their Battle of Los Angeles in September. He takes on Quicksilver.

In the future, please don't post news in the comments section, I'm more than capable of it. I do have a job and a life, so I'm not here 24/7. This keeps comments threads on topic.

18 Jul 2006 - () - Dragon Gate - Triangle Gate, Raimu, Shingo, Doi

The Triangle Gate will be decided in August by a league. Teams aren't announced yet.

Raimu broke his silence in an email to a friend. He said that he resigned from DG, but was not retiring, and he would be back somewhere down the road.

Shingo will miss 2 months due to his broken wrist.

Doi talked briefly about his injury, but didn't give a timeframe for return. His back was injured during the MO'z ROH tag title challenge.

17 Jul 2006 - () - Site news

We are now going into what should be a very quiet 2 week stretch, so I am going to use this time to remodel the site a bit. Pardon the dust.

16 Jul 2006 - () - El Dorado - Profile pic updates

New pics all around for the Dorado guys. New costumes and Milanito being the luckiest mini in Japan!

16 Jul 2006 - () - Dragon Gate - DG Impact Canceled

As most of you know by now, the DG Impact show scheduled for this coming Friday has been canceled. The injury to Shingo ruined the potential main event, and thus left no real choice.

16 Jul 2006 - () - Dragon Gate - 7/16

7/16/2006 Hiroshima, Dolphin Beach
1. Magnitude Kishiwada{W}, Masato Yoshino, Gamma (12:21 Diving Body Press) CIMA, BxB Hulk{L}, Matt Sydal
2. Falls Count Anywhere Street Fight
Don Fujii (5:47 Blocked La Magistral) Stalker Ichikawa
3. Ryo Saito, Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi{W} (16:04 Backslide) Susumu Yokosuka, Keni'chiro Arai, Az{L}
4. Survival Gate Battle Royal
Order of Elimination: Magnum TOKYO, King Shisa, The Turboman, Takayuki Mori, Shisa Boy, Araken, Susumu, Ryo, Kid, CIMA, Stalker, Masaaki Mochizuki, Stalker Ichikawa, Az, Fujii, Jack Evans, Sydal, Genki, Taku Iwasa->
BxB Hulk (22:02 E.V.O.) Akira Tozawa

15 Jul 2006 - () - El Dorado - 7/16 Korakuen ~The Creation of El Dorado~

7/16/2006 Tokyo, Korakuen Hall~The Creation of El Dorado~ 809 Attendance
1. Brahman Shu, Brahman Kei, Manjimaru{W} (12:15 Manjiotoshi) Motosugu Shimizu{L}, Makoto Oishi, Shiori Asahi
2. brother YASSHI (9:55 Nice Jamaica) Jumping Kid Okimoto
3. 3 Way Match
Shogo Jet Takagi, Kinya Oyanagei{W} (7:21 Double Jet Punch->Figure style Fall) King Pocota
4. Shinjiro Ohtani (9:53 King Cobra Hold) Bear Fukuda
5. El Blazer{W}, Kota Iibushi, Milanito Collection a.t. (17:45 Cielo Perfecto Uno from Shu/Kei Intrusion) Shuji Kondo{L}, Takuya Sugawara, Ken45°
6. KAGETORA (9:47 No Contest due to Seconds Intrusion) Touru Owashi
7. Shuji Kondo{W}, brother YASSHI, Shogo Jet Takagi, Touru Owashi (7:43 King Kong Lariat) KAGETORA, Brahman Shu, Brahman Kei, Manjimaru{L}

Kinya Oyanagei appeared before the Jet/Poco match. He has taken on a character from the wildly popular Japanese show Densha Otoko. He appealed to be put into the match, making it a 3 way. So, after nearly 4 years of inactivity, Kinya has joined Shimizu and Kanda in returning to the ring!
The move Blazer won with is a Swan-Dive Dragonrana. Shu and Kei intruded, so the win was far from clean.
After the main went to a no contest, it was restarted as an 8 man.
YASSHI declared the official revival of Aagan-iisou afterwards. Kondo, YASSHI, Jet, and Owashi all put on the old Aagan jerseys for the first time since leaving Dragon Gate. Sugawara took his, but when he went to put it on, KAGETORA (his sometimes tag partner in Zero 1) protested. Suga didn't say anything, simply leaving.
The next Dorado will be on 8/22 in Shinjuku, and will again have a Aagan vs. STONED 8 man. The main story of it is both sides claim Suga will team with them.

15 Jul 2006 - () - Dragon Gate - Shingo

Shingo has officially been taken off the DG Impact show in Philadelphia next weekend due to his broken hand. He will be present at the venue but not wrestling. Austin Aries has been added to the card.

15 Jul 2006 - () - Dragon Gate - Update on Tanizaki

The official word has come down, that Tanizaki and Mishima were not having their contracts renewed, effective from June 30th. June into July is the beginning of the fiscal year for DG, since they began business in July 2004. The only other contract movement was Yasushi Kanda signing a wrestlers' contract, that goes into effect on 8/1.
Naoki, possibly, will be competing through the end of the month, but is officially freelance.

15 Jul 2006 - () - Dragon Gate - 7/15 Kishiwada, Major News

Normally I would put the results before any news coming out of it, but this story is pretty major. Weekly Pro iMode has reported that Naoki Tanizaki and Raimu Mishima have had their contracts terminated. They will both now become freelance. In the case of Mishima, he hasn't been around since April. He had been healing up various injuries, but the decision for him to not return was made then. The way the report is worded, they could continue participating as freelancers, but that is unknown.

7/15/2006 Osaka, Kishiwada Synthesis Gym
1. Susumu Yokosuka, Keni'chiro Arai{W} (9:58 Double-team Diving Headbutt) Dragon Kid, The Turboman{L}
2. Magnum TOKYO{W}, Shachihoko Machine (6:56 Ryuukon Lariat) Akira Tozawa{L}, Taku Iwasa
3. Don Fujii, Jack Evans{W} (9:51 630) Masaaki Mochizuki, Az{L}
4. CIMA, Matt Sydal{W} (12:19 Shooting Sydal Press) Ryo Saito, Genki Horiguchi{L}
5. Magnitude Kishiwada{W}, Masato Yoshino, Gamma (14:50 Last Ride) Anthony W. Mori, BxB Hulk{L}, King Shisa

There were several major developments in the ring today as well.

Yasushi Kanda resigned as General Manager, and now has a wrestlers' contract. Takayuki Yagi has been appointed his successor in the GM role.

Masato Onodera, one of the 2 dojo boys currently wrestling dark matches, will have his debut on 7/29 in Kyoto. He will wrestle Kanda.

After the main, Muscle continued the assault on PSH. Tozawa and Iwasa came to make the save! Iwasa threw Kishiwada from the ring. Iwasa took the microphone and suddenly announced he was challenging Kishiwada! King and Kishiwada already were going to have their rematch in Kyoto, Iwasa appealed to Yagi to add him to the match. He did, and it is now a Key Hunting 3 Way match for the next Dream Gate shot! Iwasa said Tozawa-juku was not only for comedy, and this would be one step forward for them.

7/29/2006 Kyoto, Kyoto KBS Hall
-Onodera Debut Match: Yasushi Kanda vs. Masato Onodera
-Key Hunting 3 Way Match
Magnitude Kishiwada vs. Taku Iwasa vs. King Shisa

13 Jul 2006 - () - El Dorado - New ringnames.

Several El Dorado players, more to the point, all those coming from Michinoku Pro, will be undergoing ring name changes. They will also get new ring costumes.

They are as follows (in both Japanese and English)

Kagetora (景虎) becomes KAGETORA (in all caps romanji)

Shu Sato (佐藤秀) becomes Brahman Shu (バラモンシュウ)

Kei Sato (佐藤恵) becomes Brahman Kei (バラモンケイ)

Ken'ichi Hanai (華井謙一) becomes Ken45°

Mango Fukuda (マンゴー福田) becomes Bear Fukuda (ベアー福田)

JKO will go by the full name, Jumping Kid Okimoto.

In the case of the Satos, it could also be romanized to Baramon, and still be accurate. The name comes from Buddhism. Click here to read more about it

13 Jul 2006 - () - Toryumon - UD:CASA?

Principal Asai has booked Shinjuku Club Heights for 8/6. The tentative name of the show is UD:CASA. This might have more of a focus on the current Toryumon Mexico class than the typical Asai Happy Friends.

12 Jul 2006 - () - El Dorado - Debut show card

7/16/2006 Tokyo, Korakuen Hall ~The Creation of El Dorado~
-Shogo Jet Takagi vs. King Pocota
-Mango Fukuda vs. Shinjiro Ohtani (Zero One MAX)
-Kagetora vs. Touru Owashi
-Mototsugu Shimizu, Makoto Oishi, Shiori Asahi vs. Shu Sato, Kei Sato, Manjimaru
-brother YASSHI vs. JKO
-Shuji Kondo, Takuya Sugawara, Kenichi Hanai vs. El Blazer, Milanito Collection a.t., Kota Iibushi

Card order is undetermined. Suga will be debuting a new theme song and ring cos.

12 Jul 2006 - () - Dragon Gate - 7/12 Wrestle JAM, Updates

7/12/2006 Tokyo, Korakuen Hall
1. Anthony W. Mori{W}, BxB Hulk (11:21 Elegant Magic) Genki Horiguchi, Az{L}
2. Magu-yan, Turbo-yan{W}, The Turboman (10:52 Nice German) Gamma, Naoki Tanizaki{L}
3. Masaaki Mochizuki{W}, Keni'chiro Arai (8:42 Minoru Special) B-Boy, Chirs Bosh{L}
4. Magnitude Kishiwada (11:53 La Magistral) King Shisa
5. Susumu Yokosuka (13:36 Jumbo no Kachi!gatame) Austin Aries
6. JAM Cup 4 Way Tag Match
Roderick Strong, Matt Sydal def. CIMA, Don Fujii; Jimmy Rave; Masato Yoshino; Ryo Saito, Dragon Kid
-CIMA (12:55 Schwein Steiner) Kid
-Roderick (Stronghold) Rave
-Sydal (Shooting Sydal Press) CIMA

The Schwein Steiner is a avalanche Schwein.
The King/Kihsiwada match is under some controversy. Reports say King clearly kicked out at 2, but the referee counted 3 anyway. Fans booed this pretty heavily. King has appealed for a rematch.
Mochi confirmed his participation on the CTU show on 7/30.

In some bad news, it looks like Dois' injury is pretty serious, so he will have to miss his Dream Gate contendership match with Ryo on the 29th. The match will be re-scheduled when he returns.

11 Jul 2006 - () - Dragon Gate - WAR Update

A couple more matches made for the WAR revival involving DG talent.

7/27/2006 WAR FINAL~Reborn to the Future~ Korakuen Hall
-Magnum TOKYO, Eagle Sawai vs. Geni'chiro Tenryu, Rumi Kazama
-WAR Int'l Junior Title: Masaaki Mochizuki vs. Pentagon Black
-Susumu Yokosuka, Keni'chiro Arai, Yasushi Kanda vs. Ryo Saito, Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi
-Don Fujii, Genichiro Tenryu, Masao Orihara, Kouki Kitahara vs. Michiyoshi Ohara, Masaji Aoyagi, Shiro Koshinaka, X

11 Jul 2006 - () - Dragon Gate - 7/11 Wrestle JAM

7/11/2006 Shizuoka, Kira Messe Numazu
1. Magnum TOKYO, Dragon Kid{W}, BxB Hulk (10:22 Ultra Hurricanrana) Masato Yoshino, Jimmy Rave, B-Boy{L}
2. 3 Way Match
Turbo-yan (5:40 Diving Body Press) Chris Bosh{L}; Masaaki Mochizuki
3. Mexico Rules
CIMA, King Shisa, The Turboman (2-1) Magnitude Kishiwada, Gamma, Naoki Tanizaki
-Naoki (3:11 Implant) Turboman
-CIMA (6:46 Mad Splash) Gamma
-Turboman (2:33 Small Package Hold) Naoki
4. Susumu Yokosuka (13:15 Mugen) Matt Sydal
5. ROH Tag Titles
Austin Aries{W}, Roderick Strong (16:43 450 Splash) Ryo Saito, Genki Horiguchi{L}
*V13 for GeNext

Doi, Evans, and Az remain out injured. The tag titles weren't scheduled to be up for grabs today, but the injury to Jack changes around the card a bit.

10 Jul 2006 - () - Dragon Gate - 7/10 Wrestle JAM

7/10/2006 Kanagawa, Yokohama Red Brick Arena
1. Dragon Kid{W}, King Shisa (12:41 Ultra Hurricanrana) Susumu Yokosuka, Keni'chiro Arai{L}
2. Naoki Tanizaki, Gamma{W} (8:01 Blitzen) The Turboman{L}, Turbo-yan
3. Masato Yoshino, Magnitude Kishiwada, Jimmy Rave{W} (11:35 Greetings from Ghana) Ryo Saito, Magu-yan, Genki Horiguchi{L}
4. Masaaki Mochizuki (13:46 Shin Saikyou High Kick) Roderick Strong
5. 3 Way Tag Match
CIMA, BxB Hulk def. B-Boy, Chris Bosh; Matt Sydal, Austin Aries
-B-Boy (10:30 Low Blow->Schoolboy) Sydal)
-CIMA (13:48 Schwein) Bosh

Doi and Jack were both out injured today. Jack was seen wearing a neck brace.
Don Fujii made his first appearance of the series, helping CIMA in the main. Gamma interfered with powder, but Fujii saved with a Lariat on Bosh. This lead to the Schwein.
CIMA asked him if he was Turbo-yan, of course Fuji said "No!". CIMA went on to ask if, even though Turbo-yan will be in match 2 at Korakuen, will Don Fujii be in the main. Fujii replied "Yes!". Looks like the JAM Cup has been changed around due to Jacks' injury.

09 Jul 2006 - () - Dragon Gate - Shingo Injured

Shingo broke his hand during a match in FIP this weekend. He was wrestling Homicide, and apparently broke his hand on his head during a mis-timed lariat.
Get well soon!

09 Jul 2006 - () - Dragon Gate - 7/9 Wrestle JAM

7/9/2006 Tokyo, Differ Ariake, 1100 Attendance
1. Dragon Kid, Ryo Saito{W}, Magnum TOKYO (13:25 Dragon Suplex Hold) Chris Bosh{L}, B-Boy, Naoki Tanizaki
2. King Shisa (16:09 Henkei Mexican Stretch) Takayuki Mori
3. Gamma, Magnitude Kishiwada{W} (10:03 Diving Body Press) The Turboman{L}, Turbo-yan
4. 3 Way Ladder Match
Jack Evans (8:29 Fushichoukon) Genki Horiguchi, Akira Tozawa{L}
5. Jimmy Rave (14:09 Greetings from Ghana) BxB Hulk
6. Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Yokosuka{W}, Keni'chiro Arai (16:00 Mugen) CIMA, Matt Sydal, Az{L}
7. ROH Tag Titles
Austin Aries{W}, Roderick Strong (18:49 450 Splash) Masato Yoshino{L}, Naruki Doi
*V12 for GeNext

Naturally, the move Evans won with is a 630 off the ladder. The name means Phoenix Soul. It is in no way related to Fushichou Karas.
MO'z continued the assault on Turbo and Fujii until ... Magu-yan made the save. Obviously this one is Magnum, wearing a pink Turbo costume. A 6 man was made for Korakuen.
Mori and King Shisa wrestled under Lucha Libre Classica rules, with rope escapes and such. It was Moris' first T2P style match in some time.
CIMA came out after the main and challenged for the titles, with Hulk. He will have to go through the the Turboman team to determine this, it seems.

08 Jul 2006 - () - Dragon Gate - 7/8 Wrestle JAM, 7/9 Card

7/9/2006 Saitama, Honkawagoe Pepe Hall Atlas
1. Magnum TOKYO, BxB Hulk, Matt Sydal{W} (10:04 Shooting Sydal Press) Gamma, Naoki Tanizaki{L}, Jimmy Rave
2. Magnitude Kishiwada (4:05 Diving Body Press) The Turboman
3. 3 Way Match
Chris Bosh (7:55 Maximum Bosh) Akira Tozawa{L}, Keni'chiro Arai
4. Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi, King Shisa{W} (15:18 BT Bomb) Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Yokosuka, Az{L}
5. Austin Aries (15:08 450 Splash) Ryo Saito
6. Naruki Doi, Masato Yoshino, B-Boy{W} (15:16 Delicado) CIMA, Jack Evans{L}, Roderick Strong

Rave did indeed get his toilet paper entrance.
Turbo-yan made his debut after match 2. He entered to Ave Maria. Its Don Fujii up to his usual shenanigans. Kishiwada called him out on it, making a match for tomorrow.

7/9/2006 Tokyo, Differ Ariake
1. Dragon Kid, Ryo Saito, Magnum TOKYO vs. Chris Bosh, B-Boy, Naoki Tanizaki
2. Takayuki Mori vs. King Shisa
3. Gamma, Magnitude Kishiwada vs. The Turboman, Turbo-yan
4. 3 Way Ladder Match
Akira Tozawa vs. Genki Horiguchi vs. Jack Evans
5. BxB Hulk vs. Jimmy Rave
6. Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Yokosuka, Keni'chiro Arai vs. CIMA, Matt Sydal, Az
7. ROH Tag Titles
Austin Aries, Roderick Strong vs. Masato Yoshino, Naruki Doi

Also- In a bit of a surprise. New Japans' Minoru is saying he has made a deal with Mochi to come to the CTU sponsored show on 7/30. Minoru used the Sankakugeri->Twister combo today to sell the deal. DG has a show in Gifu on the 30th.

07 Jul 2006 - () - Dragon Gate - Wrestle JAM Heat up

A couple notes on the eve of Wrestle JAM.
First, the Gaora site bbs now has comments up from some of the US wrestlers. In particular they are trying to establish the Jimmy Rave/toilet paper thing.

Namco-Bandai is now a sponser for the event. They will be hyping their upcoming ps2 game Kinnikuman Muscle Gran Prix MAX, which releases on 7/27. Two matches are now sponsored by the game.

7/9/2006 Differ Ariake
-ROH Tag Titles: Roderick Strong, Austin Aries vs. Naruki Doi, Masato Yoshino
*Winning team also receives the Kinnikuman game

7/12/2006 Korakuen Hall
Kinnikuman Muscle Gran Prix MAX Presents: JAM Cup 4 Way Tag
CIMA, Matt Sydal vs. Roderick Strong, Jack Evans vs. Jimmy Rave, Naruki Doi vs. Ryo Saito, Dragon Kid

07 Jul 2006 - () - Dragon Gate - 8/6 Tag Tourney Lineup

8/6/2006 Aichi, Nagoya Congress Center
WAR Int'l Junior Tag Title Tournament
1. Naruki Doi, Gamma vs. Ryo Saito, Dragon Kid
2. Magnitude Kishiwada, Masato Yoshino vs. Susumu Yokosuka, Keni'chiro Arai
3. King Shisa, Super Shisa vs. CIMA, BxB Hulk
4. Magnum TOKYO, Masaaki Mochizuki vs. Don Fujii, Yasushi Kanda
5. 1 vs. 2
6. 3 vs 4
7. Finals

04 Jul 2006 - () - Dragon Gate - WAR Participation Matches

7/27/2006 WAR FINAL Reborn to Future
-Magnum TOKYO, Eagle Sawai vs. X, XX
-Susumu Yokosuka, Keni'chiro Arai, Yasushi Kanda vs. Ryo Saito, Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi
-Don Fujii, Genichiro Tenryu, Masao Orihara, Kouki Kitahara vs. Michiyoshi Ohara, Masaji Aoyagi, Shiro Koshinaka, X

No Mochizuki as of yet. He mentioned he wanted to defend the WAR Jr title on this show. Also odd he wouldn't be in with Susumu and Kanda.

02 Jul 2006 - () - Dragon Gate - Next Dream Gate Challenger....

Will be decided on 7/29 in Kyoto.

7/29/2006 Kyoto, Kyoto KBS Hall
-Open the Dream Gate #1 Contender Match
Ryo Saito vs. Naruki Doi

Also- With his enrollment in Tozawa-juku, Katsuo will be returning to his real name, Yuki Ono.

02 Jul 2006 - () - Dragon Gate - 7/2 Dragon Gate Pro Wrestling Festival in Kobe

7/2/2006 Hyogo, Kobe World Hall, 8500 Attendance
1. Shisa Family First Meeting
Ryo Saito{W}, Genki Horiguchi, The Turboman (14:47 Dragon Suplex Hold) Super Shisa, Shisa Boy{L}, King Shisa
2. K-ness Return Match
K-ness{W}, Keni'chiro Arai (10:35 Aoki Hikari) Akira Tozawa{L}, Takayuki Mori
3. Dos Caras (10:07 Power Bomb) BxB Hulk
4. Yutaka Yoshie (12:52 Diving Body Press) Shingo Takagi
5. Naruki Doi{W}, Masato Yoshino, Naoki Tanizaki, Gamma, Dr. Muscle (23:21 Chair Assisted Bakatare Sliding Kick) Yasushi Kanda{L}, Don Fujii, Matt Sydal, Jack Evans, Roderick Strong
6. Revolution Special Match
Magnum TOKYO{W}, Geni'chiro Tenryu (17:42 Zetsuen) Masaaki Mochizuki{L}, Minoru Suzuki
7. Open the Dream Gate
Susumu Yokosuka (30:55 KOBE World Liner) Dragon Kid
*V2 for Susumu
0. No Rope Bonus Match
CIMA (23:28 Mad Splash from the Ringpost) Magnitude Kishiwada

-Genki has a new costume. The Shisa Faimly showed some nice teamwork, including a triple dive sequence.
-K-ness won in dominant fashion, first taking out Mori with the Kaishaku, then submitting Tozawa. Good marks for this match thus far.
-Stalker intruded directly after match 2, doing a bit of a Tozawa-juku spoof. He wore a regent style hair cut, and entered to High School Rock and Roll. He was ignored, and they went on to match 3.
-Match 3 has received some poor reviews so far, a lot of them due to Hulk.
-Even in defeat, Shingo showed some ridiculous feats of power, by giving both a Brainbuster and the Last Falcony to Yoshie.
-Kinta referee'd the 10 man. His heel tactics ended up dictating most of he pace. Kanda had the match won with the Gekokujo Elbow, but Kinta broke it up. After the match, they continued attacking Kanda until CIMA showed up. Kinta appealed to be ref for CIMA/Kishiwada, but CIMA Schwein'd him, eliminating that possibility. Dr. Muscle never tagged in.

President Okamura opened the second half with a speech. He announced DG would invade Osaka Prefectural Gyms 1st Stadium for the first time on 11/23. They usually run in the smaller 2nd stadium. He also said that the US was the target for 07. He also announced tonights attendance was exceeding 8000 people, which is a new World attendance record for DG.

Kid wore his white cos, while Susumu wore yet another new one, that had some similarities to his Mochizuki era cos. The match was yet another classic between the two. Kid worked over Susumus' arm, to set up the Christo. Big moves were exchanged at the end. Susumu kicked out of the Ultra Hurri, and Kid kicked out of the World Liner and Mugen. It took a top rope version of the Kid Killer to win.

The last match turned into somewhat of a death match. CIMA brought a ladder out with him, along with Hulk as a second. Kishiwada retaliated with a barb wire board. It was a wild match, with both props and tables used. CIMA was nearly counted out. Hulk saved CIMA from a Last Ride, after he failed at a ladder-assisted Tokarev. CIMA kicked out of a diving body press form the ladder, then a Last Ride. Kishiwada tried to Last Ride him onto the barb wire, but CIMA escaped and got a Schwein. Kishiwada kicked out of the 2nd, but the 3rd kept him down for the finish.

CIMA closed the show by calling fans down to ringside. He told them about his US excursion in September, and a trip to Europe in November.

A 5 hour marathon tonight. I will have more details in the afternoon, if there are any. DG is off until next weekened, which is of course the start of Wrestle JAM.

01 Jul 2006 - () - July Lineups

The annual biggest show of the year. It airs tonight on PPV. This is the last PPV for awhile, as August will not have one. Go to the archive for the full preview.

7/2/2006 Hyogo, Kobe World Hall
1. Shisa Family First Meeting
Ryo Saito, Genki Horiguchi, The Turboman vs. Super Shisa, Shisa Boy, King Shisa
2. K-ness Return Match
Akira Tozawa, Takayuki Mori vs. K-ness, Keni'chiro Arai
3. BxB Hulk vs. Dos Caras
4. Shingo Takagi vs. Yutaka Yoshie
5. Revolution Special Match
Magnum TOKYO, Geni'chiro Tenryu vs. Masaaki Mochizuki, Minoru Suzuki
6. Naruki Doi, Masato Yoshino, Naoki Tanizaki, Gamma, Dr. Muscle vs. Yasushi Kanda, Don Fujii, Matt Sydal, Jack Evans, Roderick Strong
7. Open the Dream Gate
Susumu Yokosuka vs. Dragon Kid
0. No Rope Bonus Match
CIMA vs. Magnitude Kishiwada



The first annual international summit. The JAM name is an acronym for Japan, America, Mexico. It will happen over 5 days, and air on Infinity at the end of the month.

Dragon Gate (Japan)
CIMA, Don Fujii, Magnum TOKYO, Ryo Saito, Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi, Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Yokosuka, Keni'chiro Arai, Magnitude Kishiwada, Naruki Doi, Gamma, Naoki Tanizaki, Masato Yoshino, Anthony W. Mori, BxB Hulk, Akira Tozawa, Taku Iwasa

Mexico
King Shisa, The Turboman

USA ROH
Jack Evans, Roderick Strong, Austin Aries, Matt Sydal, Jimmy Rave, AZ, Jason Harding (Ref), Bobby Cruise (Ring Announcer)

USA PWG
Chris Bosh, B-Boy

7/8/2006 Saitama, Honkawagoe Pepe Hall "Atlas"
-Magnitude Kishiwada vs. The Turboman
-International Dream Match: Ryo Saito vs. Austin Aries
-Naruki Doi, Masato Yoshino, B-Boy vs. CIMA, Jack Evans, Roderick Strong

7/9/2006 Tokyo, Differ Ariake
-3 Way Ladder Match: Akira Tozawa vs. Jack Evans vs. Genki Horiguchi
-ROH Tag Title Match: Naruki Doi, Masato Yoshino vs. Austin Aries, Roderick Strong
-International Dream Match: Jimmy Rave vs. BxB Hulk
-Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Yokosuka, Keni'chiro Arai vs. CIMA, Matt Sydal, AZ

7/10/2006 Kanagawa, Yokohama Red Brick Arena
-Dragon Gate vs. ROH vs. PWG 3 Way Tag Match: CIMA, BxB Hulk vs. Jack Evans, Roderick Strong vs. B-Boy, Chris Bosh
-International Dream Match: Masaaki Mochizuki vs. Roderick Strong

7/11/2006 Shizuoka, Kira Messe Numazu
-ROH vs. Dragon Gate 6 Man Tag: Ryo Saito, Genki Horiguchi, Dragon Kid vs. Jack Evans, Roderick Strong, Austin Aries
-International Dream Match: Susumu Yokosuka vs. Matt Sydal
-Mexico Rules 2 out of 3 Falls: CIMA, King Shisa, The Turboman vs. Magnitude Kishiwada, Naruki Doi, Chris Bosh

7/12/2006 Tokyo, Korakuen Hall
-JAM CUP ~$10,000 4 Way Tag Match~: Ryo Saito, Dragon Kid vs. CIMA, Matt Sydal vs. Roderick Strong, Jack Evans vs. Naruki Doi, Jimmy Rave
-International Dream Match: Magnitude Kishiwada vs. King Shisa
-International Dream Match: Susumu Yokosuka vs. Austin Aries

7/21/2006 DG Impact - New Alhambra Arena - Philadelphia, PA
-CIMA, Shingo Takagi, BxB Hulk vs. Jack Evans, Matt Sydal, X
-Chris Hero, Claudio vs. All Money is Legal
-Ruckus vs. Joker vs. Sabian
-Sumie Sakai vs. Megumi Yabushita
Also Appearing: Shiima Xion, Keenan, JD Michaels, April Hunter, Talia Madison, and other PWU/IWC Players

This one is the pre-debut for Dragon Gates' US office. Here are details:
Doors open at 7PM for an autograph session. Bell time is 8PM

Tickets are now on sale.

Ringside $40
2nd~3rd Row $30
Presale General Admission $20
Day of Show GA $25
Kids $10
Click here to buy



Dorado is gearing up for it's true debut show. They have 3 matches announced currently.

7/16/2006 Tokyo, Korakuen Hall ~THE CREATION OF EL DORADO~
-Touru Owashi vs. Kagetora
-Mango Fukuda vs. Shinjiro Ohtani
-Shogo Jet Takagi vs. King Pocota
Also participating: Shuji Kondo, brother YASSHI, Takuya Sugawara, Keni'chi Hanai, El Blazer, JKO, Shu Sato, kei Sato, Manjimaru, Mototsugu Shimizu, Milanito Collection a.t., Kota Iibushi