7/17/2011
Hyogo, Kobe World Hall ~Dragon Gate Pro Wrestling Festival in
Kobe 2011 - 9400 Attendance
0. Super Shenlong (4:01 Half Crab Hold) Kotoka
1. Taku Iwasa{W}, Kenichiro Arai (6:50 Noshigami) KAGETORA,
Super Shisa{L}
2. Ryo Saito, Genki Horiguchi{W} (9:36 Backslide from Hell)
Susumu Yokosuka{L}, Rich Swann
3. Don Fujii, Hollywood Stalker Ichikawa, Yoshihiro Takayama{W}
(11:00 Everest German) Naoki Tanizaki, Kzy, Tomahawk T.T{L}
4. Open the Triangle Gate: YAMATO, Masato Yoshino, Gamma{W}
(21:24 Skytwister Press) Naruki Doi, Yasushi Kanda{L}, Cyber
Kong
*JIII succeed in their first defense
5. Akira Tozawa (16:02 Package German Suplex Hold) Shingo Takagi
6. Open the Twin Gate: CIMA, Ricochet{W} (23:10 Double Rotation
Moonsault) Dragon Kid, PAC{L}
*PK-1 fail in their first defense, CIMA & Ricochet become the
17th Champions
7. Open the Dream Gate: Masaaki Mochizuki (27:58 Sankakugeri to
the Face) BxB Hulk
*Mochizuki succeeds in his 3rd Defense
Sorry for the late results, I was totally off the grid while in
Kobe.
After the opener, both units came out for a confrontation in the
ring. They were kept apart by a rope in the middle. At the end,
Kzy demanded another rap battle with Swann. Swann ether'd him
again.
While the official finish to match three was Takayama over
Tomahawk, it was actually the triple Ina Bauer, Nice, Everest
German simultaneous German Suplex finish we hoped for on the
podcast.
The Triangle champion team finally regained possession of their
belts. They rejected BW as the next challengers, and instead
will take one from within JIII for Sambo Hall on 8/14.
President Okamura came out for his customary speech after
intermission. He didn't say much of note, mostly talking
reaffirming the DG position as a Kobe based company as they
expand worldwide.
At the same time, the video screen displayed the date for the
next PPV. The annual GATE OF DESTINY from Osaka will occur in
October this year, on 10/16.
The new champions shook hands and made peace with PK-1 after the
match of the night. PAC & Kid returned the favour, and put the
belts around CIMA & Ricochets' waists. That is where it ended,
as BW attacked. Tanizaki stole the Brave Gate belt, and said
since PAC was heading home for August, he would be the champion
in his place.
I'll have some pictures and such tomorrow. Totally exhausted
now.