31 May 2007 - () - El Dorado - Soul Connection 5/31

5/31/2007 Tokyo, Shinjuku FACE~Kasu Ichi 3
1. Naoki Tanizaki{W}, Bear Fukuda (10:43 Casanova) Takeshi Minaminno, Masa Takanashi{L}
2. Brahman Kei (8:30 Zombie Virus Infection) Lingerie Muta
3. TARU{W}, Shuji Kondo (12:33 TARU Driller) Muscle Sakai, Shiryu Zhaoyun{L}
4. brother YASSHI{W}, Shiro Koshinaka (13:45 Power Bomb) Touru Owashi, Hercules Osenga{L}
6. Dick Togo (13:45 Diving Senton) SUWATORA

SUWATORA obviously is KAGETORA. Kage had appealed for SUWA to return for one more match in Japan in the Kasu Ichi ring, but SUWA flat out denied him. SUWA asked Kage to carry on his will and become a top wrestler. Kage was of course Suwacito back in the Toryumon X days.

30 May 2007 - () - Dragon Gate - European Vacation part 2

CIMA and Dragon Kid will be heading to Europe in between World and Wrestle JAM Season 2. They will compete for IWW in Ireland on 7/6, wXw in Germany on 7/7, and ICWA in Paris on 7/8.

28 May 2007 - () - El Dorado - 6/8 Card

6/8/2007 Tokyo, Shinjuku FACE~The Treasure found from Confusion~
1. Ken45, Milanito Collection a.t. vs. Yasushi Tsujimoto, Yuji Hinomoto
2. Bear Fukuda, Hercules Oosenga vs. Mototsugu Shimizu, Yousuke Aoki
3. Touru Owashi vs. Masaki Okimoto
4. Shuji Kondo, Antonio Honda, Takeshi Sato vs. Takuya Sugawara, Brahman Shu, Brahman Kei
5. Naoki Tanizaki vs. KAGETORA

Naoki asked for this match after KAGE appealed for a partnership.
Other potential out of this show is unit names for Owashi and Kondos' team, and a new costume from Kondo.
Regarding the new name for the former Banana Senga, he has been referred to as both "Oosenga" and Ookabuto". I'm going to go with -senga for now. Kabuto means Beetle, which makes him a Hercules Beetle....fitting with the Owashi Animal Unit theme.

28 May 2007 - () - Dragon Gate - 6/10 Update

2 new matches announced for 6/10 Hakata. CIMA vs. Jado is off due to the injury to Jado. A replacement match will be announced soon. The first Open the Comedy Gate (abbreviated to O2G, for Open the Owarai Gate) match will take place here. Stalker is the champion going in.

6/10/2007 Fukuoka, Hakata Star Lanes
-Open the Owarai Gate: "Hollywood" Stalker Ichikawa vs. Don Fujii
-6 Man 3 Way Tag: Masato Yoshino, Naruki Doi, Magnitude Kishiwada vs. Susumu Yokosuka, Dragon Kid, Anthony W. Mori vs. Shingo Takagi, BxB Hulk, Jack Evans

27 May 2007 - () - Dragon Gate - 5/27 AGGRESSIVE GATE, 6/5 Korakuen Card

5/27/2007 Yamaguchi Shimonoseki Seymour Hall
1. Gamma{W}, Genki Horiguchi (12:14 Gamma Special) Don Fujii, Lupin Matsutani{L}
2. Taku Iwasa{W}, Keni'chiro Arai (8:09 Stalker Blue Box Jibaku) K-ness, Hollywood Stalker Ichikawa{L}
3. Cyber Kong (6:56 Pineapple Bomber) Akira Tozawa
4. Naruki Doi{W}, Masato Yoshino (14:28 Schoolboy) Masaaki Mochizuki, Yasushi Kanda
*Genki was dressed as Dr. Muscle, he interfered and hit Kanda with Blue Mist
5. Ryo Saito, Susumu Yokosuka, CIMA{W}, Dragon Kid (17:52 Schwein) Shingo Takagi, YAMATO, BxB Hulk, Jack Evans{L}

6/5/2007 Tokyo, Korakuen Hall
1. K-ness, Yasushi Kanda vs. Dr. Muscle, Genki Horiguchi
2. Hollywood Gyakuyunyuu! Extreme Comedy Death Match
Hollywood Stalker Ichikawa vs. Don Fujii
3. Akira Tozawa, Yuki Ono vs. Super Shenron, Anthony W. Mori
4. Taku Iwasa, Keni'chiro Arai vs. YAMATO, Jack Evans
5. Special Tag Match
CIMA, Gamma vs. Jyushin Thunder Lyger, X=Masaaki Mochizuki
6. 6 Man Tag 3 Way Match
Shingo Takagi, Cyber Kong, BxB Hulk vs. Ryo Saito, Susumu Yokosuka, Dragon Kid vs. Naruki Doi, Masato Yoshino, Magnitude Kishiwada

26 May 2007 - () - Dragon Gate - 5/26 AGGRESSIVE GATE & Upcoming Lineups

5/26/2007 Fukuoka, Research Park
1. Susumu Yokosuka{W}, Dragon Kid (10:56 Yokosuka Cutter) Masaaki Mochizuki, Lupin Matsutani{L}
2. Yasushi Kanda{W}, Don Fujii (8:18 Chair Jibaku) Hollywood Stalker Ichikawa{L}, K-ness
3. Keni'chiro Arai, Taku Iwasa{W} (11:18 Tozawa-juku Saishuu Ougi So no Ni: Noshigami) Masato Yoshino, Dr. Muscle{L}
4. Ryo Saito, CIMA{W} (13:05 Schwein) YAMATO, Jack Evans{L}
5. Shingo Takagi{W}, BxB Hulk, Cyber Kong (15:08 Last Falconry) Naruki Doi, Gamma, Genki Horiguchi{L}

6/2/2007 Shizuoka, Act City Hamatsu
1. Shingo Takagi, BxB Hulk, YAMATO vs. Masaaki Mochizuki, Don Fujii, Shisa Boy
2. Akira Tozawa vs. K-ness vs. Hollywood Stalker Ichikawa
3. Taku Iwasa, Keni'chiro Arai vs. Cyber Kong, Jack Evans
4. Naruki Doi, Genki Horiguchi vs. Yasushi Kanda, Lupin Matsutani
5. Ryo Saito, Susumu Yokosuka, CIMA, Dragon Kid vs. Masato Yoshino, Gamma, Genki Horiguchi, Magnitude Kishiwada, Dr. Muscle

6/3/2007 Saitama, Katsura Studio
1. Genki Horiguchi, Gamma, Magnitude Kishiwada vs. Yasushi Kanda, Masaaki Mochizuki, Super Shenron
2. Cyber Kong vs. Shachihoko Machine vs. Hollywood Stalker Ichikawa
3. Akira Tozawa, Yuki Ono vs. Don Fujii, K-ness
4. Anthony W. Mori, Onryo (666) vs. Naruki Doi, Masato Yoshino
5. Ryo Saito, Susumu Yokosuka, CIMA, Dragon Kid vs. Shingo Takagi, BxB Hulk, YAMATO, Jack Evans

25 May 2007 - () - Dragon Gate - Jado Injured

New Japans' Jado has gone down with a hip injury which is forcing him out of action. This will obviously affect his match with CIMA on 6/10, but no announcement has been made.

25 May 2007 - () - Dragon Gate - New title, Stalker name change

Fresh off his debut in the US, Stalker has decided to change his ringname again. From here on he will be known as "Hollywood" Stalker Ichikawa.
Also while in America, a new title concept was thought up. The Open the Comedy Gate. Naturally Stalker is the first champion. He is promising something big at World, possibly over the name Hollywood.................

23 May 2007 - () - Site

I know this has been obvious for a while now, but going forward I will no longer be covering the Ultimo Dragon Gym/Wrestling Academy and Toryumon Mexico activity. If the shows in Japan change their focus to solely the Gym students then I may cover them. Similarly, if a full time project were to pop up, then I will decide at that time.

The Toryumon section will be kept as an archive, but will not be updated.

23 May 2007 - () - Dragon Gate - Tozawa-juku in 666

Don't know how I missed this (well, I do, but..you know), but Tozawa and Araken participated on the 5/20 666 convention in Katsura Studio. They were the mystery partners for Naoshi Sano vs. Ram Kaichou, Jaki Numazawa, and Sempai. The match didn't end well for anyone, as Sempai went crazy on drugs and shot everyone to death, except Ram, who was announced the winner. I wanted to add something clever, but it speaks for itself.

22 May 2007 - () - Dragon Gate - PWG Report

Some news out of the PWG weekend.

Human Tornado will be coming to DG at some point this year, although it doesn't look like it will be at Wrestle JAM.
UK based high flyer Pac will be participating in WJ.
Cyber Gang will be coming back to Japan in June, still a member of MO'z.

5/20/2007 PWG Los Angeles
-Extreme Comedy Match: Don Fujii (6:38 Chair Jibaku) Stalker Ichikawa Z
-CIMA (30:00 Draw) Bryan Danielson
-PWG Tag Title Tournament: Naruki Doi, Masato Yoshino{W} (17:50 Sol Naciente) Chris Bosh{L}, Scott Lost

5/21/2007 PWG Los Angeles
-Topgun Talwar (Henkei Schwein) Stalker Ichikawa Z
-4 Way Match: Don Fujii vs. Human Tornado vs. TJ Perkins vs. Bino Gambino
--Tornado (Tornado Press) Gambino
-PWG Title: El Generico (3 Consecutive Vertical Drop Brainbusters) CIMA
-PWG Tag Title Tournament: Roderick Strong{W}, Pac (Tiger Driver) Naruki Doi, Masato Yoshino{L}

Thanks to the 27 people who emailed about the mistake in the 4 way.

21 May 2007 - () - Dragon Gate NEX - Sanctuary.11

5/21/2007 Dragon Gate Arena~NEX Sanctuary.11
1. Super Shisa (8:41 Hasaaku Clutch) m.c.KZ
2. Cyber Kong (7:30 Clothesline) APE Kimata
3. Tozawa{W}, Yasushi Kanda (9:38 Tozawa-juku Hiden: Iwaki) Shisa BOY{L}, Katsuo
4. YAMATO (9:58 Tiger Driver) Lupin Matsutani

20 May 2007 - () - El Dorado - 5/20 Results

5/20/2007 Yamagata, Tendo City Free Act Festival ~ Charity Wonder Land in Tendo
1. Jumping Kid Okimoto (12:37 Masquerade) Hercules Ookabuto
2. Bear Fukuda (11:18 Final Flash) Mototsugu Shimizu
3. Brahman Shu{W}, Brahman Kei (17:59 Zombie King) Ken45, Milanito Collection a.t.{L}
4. Real Ring Revolution Scramble:
-Order of Elimination: Hercules Ookabuto, Milanito Collection a.t., Mototsugu Shimizu, Jumping Kid Okimoto, Bear Fukuda, Brahman Shu, Dewalock Man->
Ken45 (22:22 Break the Hammer) Brahman Kei

20 May 2007 - () - Dragon Gate - 5/20 AGGRESSIVE GATE

5/20/2007 Mie, Yokkaichi Australia Memorial Hall~Dragon Gate Yokkaichi Matsuri
1. Genki Horiguchi{W}, Gamma, Magnitude Kishiwada (11:45 Backslide from Hell) Masaaki Mochizuki, Yasushi Kanda, Super Shisa{L}
2. 3 Way Match: K-ness{W}, Shachihoko Machine{W} (3:45 Diving Knee Drop Failure->Give Up) Jackson Florida
3. YAMATO{W}, Cyber Kong (13:55 Gallaria) Taku Iwasa, m.c.KZ{L}
4. Ryo Saito, Susumu Yokosuka{W}, Dragon Kid (18:28 Mugen) Shingo Takagi, BxB Hulk, Jack Evans{L}

Here in the US; CIMA went to 30 minute draw with Bryan Danielson. DoiYoshi defeated Chris Bosh and Scott Lost in round 1 of the PWG tag title tourney, Yoshino over Bosh by Sol Naciente, and Fujii defeated Stalker.

19 May 2007 - () - Dragon Gate - 5/19 AGGRESSIVE GATE

5/19/2007 Okayama, Tamanashi Uno Port Minato Festival
1. YAMATO, Cyber Kong, Jack Evans{W} (15:00 630) Masaaki Mochizuki, Yasushi Kanda, Super Shisa{L}
2. Taku Iwasa{W}, Keni'chiro Arai (9:11 Tozawa-juku Saishuu Ougi Sono Ni: Noshigami) K-ness, Shachihoko Machine{L}
3. Shingo Takagi{W}, BxB Hulk (15:22 Pumping Bomber) Tozawa, m.c.KZ{L}
4. Ryo Saito, Susumu Yokosuka, Dragon Kid{W}, Lupin Matsutani (15:21 Ultra Hurricanrana) Gamma, Magnitude Kishiwada, Genki Horiguchi, Dr. Muscle{L}

18 May 2007 - () - Dragon Gate - Mexico Tour Results

Blood Generation reunited on a 1 night basis for a Japan vs. Mexico Copa High Power 2007 match in IWRG.

5/17/2007 IWRG, Arena Naucalpan
Japan vs. Mexico Copa Power 2007 Elimination Match
CIMA, Don Fuji, Masato Yoshino, Naruki Doi def. Stuka, Dr. Cerebro, El Suicida, Black Warrior
-Suicida (10:20 Hurricanrana) Yoshino
-Doi (11:33 Bosou Elbow) Stuka
-CIMA (14:26 Schwein) Suicida
-Cerebro (15:02 Murcielago) Doi
-Fujii (17:18 DQ) Warrior
-Cerebro (18:20 Henkei Campana) Fujii
-CIMA (22:46 Kaiten Ashiori-gatame) Cerebro

The reunion was brought on by special request from IWRG. Former Blood cooperated during the match, but it fell apart completely back stage, with DoiYoshi and CIMA/Fujii brawling. Doi invited Black Thunder to join Muscle Outlaw'z for Wrestle JAM 2. The Turboman came to aid CIMA and Fujii.

IWRG and DG will have a working agreement from here on. NEX players will travel there for extended expeditions, and more IWRG players will hit the DG mat.

17 May 2007 - () - Dragon Gate - Upcoming Lineups, Hulk in New Japan

5/26/2007 Fukuoka, Research Park
1. Masaaki Mochizuki, Lupin Matsutani vs. Susumu Yokosuka, Dragon Kid
2. Don Fujii, Yasushi Kanda vs. K-ness, Stalker Ichikawa Z
3. Taku Iwasa, Keni'chiro Arai vs. Masato Yoshino, Dr. Muscle
4. CIMA, Ryo Saito vs. YAMATO, Jack Evans
5. Shingo Takagi, BxB Hulk, Cyber Kong vs. Naruki Doi, Genki Horiguchi, Gamma

5/27/2007 Yamaguchi Shimonoseki Seymour Hall
1. Don Fujii, Lupin Matsutani vs. Genki Horiguchi, Gamma
2. Taku Iwasa, Keni'chiro Arai vs. K-ness, Stalker Ichikawa Z
3. Akira Tozawa vs. Cyber Kong
4. Masaaki Mochizuki, Yasushi Kanda vs. Naruki Doi, Masato Yoshino
5. Ryo Saito, Susumu Yokosuka, CIMA, Dragon Kid vs. Shingo Takagi, BxB Hulk, Jack Evans, YAMATO

New Japan announced the pairings for the Best of the Super Junior league. Here is Hulks' schedule. Hulk will obviously miss the DG shows scheduled for the same day. This also throws the Tozawa-juku vs. New Hazard 8 man tag for SITE KOBE out the window, unless Evans is replacing him.

6/1 Korakuen Hall- vs. Koji Kanemoto
6/2 Soka City Gym- vs. Jado
6/3 Tatebayashi Citizen Gymnasium- vs. El Samurai
6/8 Osaka Prefectural Gym #2- vs. Gedo
6/9 Takamatsu City Gym- vs. Ryusuke Taguchi
6/14 Tokushima- vs. Minoru

14 May 2007 - () - Dragon Gate - Hulk in New Japan

BxB Hulk will be participating in New Japans' annual Best of the Super Juniors league. The block pairings aren't official yet. There is a chance he could end up in a singles match with Milano Collection AT, though.

13 May 2007 - () - Dragon Gate - 5/13 MidBreath, Nagano, News

5/13/2007 Tokyo, Shinjuku FACE~MidBREATH presents Kinniku Shukai
1. Pero Fujii{W}, Dragon Kid (11:56 Nodowa Elbow) Ryo Saito, APE Kimata{L}
2. Akira Tozawa (8:56 Small Package Hold) Michael Numazawa
3. Yoshinori Yamamoto (5:31 Body Build Lock) Stalker Ichikawa Z
4. Shingo Takagi, Cyber Kong{W} (12:04 Cyber Bomb) Ken Ohka{L}, Seiya Morohashi
5. Naruki Doi{W}, Masato Yoshino (12:28 Bakatare Sliding Kick) BxB Hulk{L}, Kota Iibushi
6. Genki Horiguchi, Gamma{W}, Magnitude Kishiwada (11:02 Gamma Special) CIMA, Susumu Yokosuka, Lupin Matsutani{L}

Earlier in the day, DG sent some matches to a drug awareness day special in Nagano. The Dame! Zettai! characters are giant globes used in drug prevention campaigns. Mochi and Kanda played them last year, I don't know about this year.

5/13/2007 Nagano 10 Chuu Gymnasium Drug Prevention Day Special Match
1. CIMA, Dragon Kid{W} (Ultra Hurricanrana) Akira Tozawa, Keni'chiro Arai{L}
2. Dame. Zettai Hakushi{W}, Dame. Zettai-kun, K-ness (Drug Abuse Prevention Press) Stalker Ichikawa Z
3. BxB Hulk, Cyber Kong, Jack Evans{W} (630) Naruki Doi, Masato Yoshino, Genki Horiguchi{L}

Araken and Iwasa will get their shot at the GHC Jr tag in the NOAH ring, on 6/3 in Sapporo.

NEX will make it's first venture into Tokyo on 7/11, invading Shin-Kiba 1st Ring.

12 May 2007 - () - Muscle Outlaw'z - 5/12 Muscle Live Vol 1

5/12/2007 Tokyo, Shinjuku FACE~Muscle Live vol 1
1. Genki Horiguchi{W}, Yoshinobu Kanemaru (13:49 Backslide from Hell with Kinta High Speed Count) Ryo Saito{L}, Susumu Yokosuka
2. Magnitude Kishiwada (15:03 Last Ride) Hi69
3. Dragon Gate Maximum Weakest 3 Way~Akira Tozawa vs. Dr. Muscle vs. Stalker Ichikawa
-Tozawa (6:50 Tozawa-juku Hiden: Iwaki) Muscle
-Muscle (9:36 La Magistral Cutback) Stalker
4. Gamma, Kinta Tomoaka{W} (15:06 Styles Clash) CIMA, Tatsunori Ohya{L}
5. Ricky Marvin, Kotaro Suzuki{W} (27:09 Blue Destiny) Naruki Doi{L}, Masato Yoshino

Naturally Ichikawa was not going to actually have to divorce. In a rather unfortunate turn of events, the rules were misinterpreted at the time that the match was named. Since it was "Hair contra Mask contra Divorce", by losing Icihkawa lost the right to ever get divorced. If it were Mask contra Hair vs. Marriage he would have lost his wife. How Dr. Muscle got away with his mask I have no idea. Despite being the only one to not take a fall in the 3 way, Tozawa still somehow lost his hair.

After ending up on the losing side today, CIMA had another roadblock thrown in his path to the Dream Gate. If he gets by Jado on 6/10, he will then have to go through Gamma on 6/16 in Osaka. The winner there goes on to World and Lyger. In addition, he will have to team with Gamma in the upcoming Korakuen, vs. Lyger and X. Incidentally, the referee match is getting some of the better reviews out of the show.

Magnitude Kishiwada joined the GPWA alliance yesterday. How this will affect his DG participation, if at all, isn't known.

Iwasa and Araken laid out a challenge for the GHC Jr Tag after the show.

11 May 2007 - () - 5/11 - A Milestone

Today is May 11th, 2007. It was 10 years ago today that the first products of the Ultimo Dragon Gym made their debut in Mexico. Nobuhiko Oshima, Katsumasa Kuroki, Tatsuki Fujii, and Takahiro Suwa wrestled each other in Arena Naucalpan, starting the Toryumon era. They were followed by Dragon Kid in November, completing the 1st Term. Amazing to think so much time has passed.

Congratulations on the 10 year anniversary, and here's to 10 more.

10 May 2007 - () - Dragon Gate - More Upcoming Lineups

5/19/2007 Okayama, Tamanashi Uno Port Minato Festival
1. Cyber Kong, YAMATO, Jack Evans vs. Masaaki Mochizuki, Yasushi Kanda, Super Shisa
2. Akira Tozawa, Taku Iwasa vs. K-ness, Shachihoko Machine
3. Shingo Takagi, BxB Hulk vs. m.c.KZ, Katsuo
4. Ryo Saito, Dragon Kid, Susumu Yokosuka, Lupin Matsutani vs. Genki Horiguchi, Gamma, Magnitude Kishiwada, Dr. Muscle

5/20/2007 Mie, Yokkaichi Australia Memorial Hall~Dragon Gate Yokkaichi Matsuri
1. Masaaki Mochizuki, Yasushi Kanda, Super Shisa vs. Gamma, Genki Horiguchi, Magnitude Kishiwada
2. K-ness vs. Shachihoko Machine vs. Jackson Florida
3. YAMATO, Cyber Kong vs. m.c.KZ, Katsuo
4. Ryo Saito, Dragon Kid, Susumu Yokosuka vs. Shingo Takagi, BxB Hulk, Jack Evans

This is of course the weekend that CIMA, Fujii, Ichikawa, Doi, and Yoshino will be in the US and Mexico.

10 May 2007 - () - Dragon Gate - 5/10 Korakuen , Upcoming Lineups

5/10/2007 Tokyo, Korakuen hall
1. Magnitude Kishiwada, Genki Horiguchi{W}, Gamma (13:30 Backslide from Hell) Masaaki Mochizuki, Yasushi Kanda{L}, Don Fujii
2. World Participation Battle Royal: Akira Tozawa, Super Shenron, APE Kimata, Shachihoko Machine, Stalker Ichikawa Z, Lupin Matsutani, Dr. Muscle, Jackson Florida, Super Shisa
-Akira Tozawa (4:04 Tozawa-juku Hiden: Iwaki) Lupin Matsutani
-Stalker Ichikawa Z (6:02 La Magistral) Jackson Florida
-Dr. Muscle (8"00 Yoshitonic Cutback) Super Shisa
3. Taku Iwasa, Keni'chiro Arai{W}, Yuki Ono (12:49 Tozawa-juku Hiden: Kokyuuyama) Dragon Kid, K-ness, Onryo{L}
4. YAMATO{W}, Jack Evans (13:46 Gallaria) Naruki Doi, Masato Yoshino{L}
5. Open the Triangle Gate: Shingo Takagi{W}, BxB Hulk, Cyber Kong (26:18 Last Falconry) CIMA, Ryo Saito{L}, Susumu Yokosuka

Dominant first Korakuen for NH. Evans betrayed MO'z after barely 1 tour with them. He has joined up with NH as a member.
Mochi, to no surprise, has called out New Japans' Koji Kanemoto to face him at World. Fujii has challenged Tetsuhiro Kuroda...for some reason.
Tozawa, Ichikawa, and Dr. Muscle will be able to compete at World, after winning today.
Now that there are again 3 strong units, the famous 3 way 6 man tag match will be making a return. 2 have been scheduled for the early June series, although neither is a title match as initially thought. NH will not defend the Triangle until World, where they will face a MO'z team.

6/5/2007 Tokyo, Korakuen Hall
-Shingo Takagi, BxB Hulk, Cyber Kong vs. Naruki Doi, Masato Yoshino, Magnitude Kishiwada vs. Ryo Saito, Dragon Kid, Susumu Yokosuka

6/10/2007 Fukuoka, Hakata Star Lanes
-CIMA vs. Jado
-Shingo Takagi, BxB Hulk, Jack Evans vs. Naruki Doi, Masato Yoshino, Magnitude Kishiwada vs. Susumu Yokosuka, Anthony W. Mori, Dragon Kid

7/1/2007 Hyogo, Kobe World Hall
-Open the Triangle Gate: Shingo Takagi, BxB Hulk, Cyber Kong vs. Naruki Doi, Masato Yoshino, Magnitude Kishiwada

08 May 2007 - () - Dragon Gate NEX - Sanctuary.10

5/8/2007 Dragon Gate Arena~Sanctuary.10
1. Super Shenron (7:19 Crucifix Hold) Super Shisa
2. Katsuo (9:03 Texas Clover Hold) APE Kimata
3. Tozawa (7:46 Tozawa-juku Hiden: Ganki) Shisa BOY
4. YAMATO{W}, Cyber Kong (13:58 Hidalgo) m.c.KZ, Lupin Matsutani{L}

YAMATO introduced himself to the NEX fans. He then called out the other NEX members. He accused them of letting NEX grow stagnant, and said there was no growth done amongst any of them. He called Katsuo the Class A criminal of the group. YAMATO challenged Katsuo, Tozawa, Lupin, BOY, and KZ to singles matches. If he defeats all 5 of them, the NEX project will end.

New moves today, the Ganki is a running double knee attack into pinning predicament, if you have seen any of the NEX digests you have seen it. The Hidalgo is a Death Valley Bomb into facebuster of some sort.

Outside of NEX, Mochi has stated that he will call out the person he wants to face at World at Korakuen tomorrow night.

07 May 2007 - () - Dragon Gate - 5/7 LIVE GATE, Unit Name, Upcomign Lineups

5/7/2007 Hyogo, SITE KOBE
1. Susumu Yokosuka{W}, CIMA, Dragon Kid (15:10 Mugen) K-ness, Super Shisa, Shisa Boy{L}
2. Akira Tozawa, Keni'chiro Arai{W} (15:14 Tozawa-juku Hiden: Kokyuuyama) Don Fujii, Lupin Matsutani{L}
3. Gamma, Genki Horiguchi{W} (10:05 Beach Break) Yasushi Kanda, Super Shenron{L}
4. Masaaki Mochizuki (9:04 Ganmen Low Kick) Taku Iwasa
5. Shingo Takagi{W}, BxB Hulk, Cyber Kong, YAMATO (17:17 Last Falconry) Naruki Doi, Masato Yoshino, Magnitude Kishiwada, Dr. Muscle{L}


The new generation unit is called NEW HAZARD. The keynote colours are black and red. Kong has switched to a black mask, with his tights adding red where he had blue in MO'z. YAMATO has crazy hair and red short tights now. The logo is NH in white, with a red slash in N, and tribal designs around the letters.

The complete 5/10 Korakuen card is as follows.

5/10/2007 Tokyo, Korakuen Hall
1. Genki Horiguchi, Magnitude Kishiwada, Gamma vs. Yasushi Kanda, Masaaki Mochizuki, Don Fujiii
2. World Participation Battle Royal~The last 3 left in the match will be allowed to compete at World
Akira Tozawa, Stalker Ichikawa Z, Jackson Florida, Shachihoko Machine, Lupin Matsutani, APE Kimata, Super Shisa, Super Shenron, Dr. Muscle
3. Taku Iwasa, Yuki Ono, Keni'chiro Arai vs. K-ness, Dragon Kid, Onryo (666)
4. YAMATO, X vs. Naruki Doi, Masato Yoshino
5. Open the Triangle Gate: Ryo Saito, CIMA, Susumu Yokosuka vs. Shingo Takagi, Cyber Kong, BxB Hulk

Tozawa-juku demanded a full confrontation with New Hazard, so an 8 man was made for the next SITE KOBE. I get the feeling we will have to keep an eye on Katsuo in this match.

6/14/2007 Hyogo, SITE KOBE
-Akira Tozawa, Keni'chiro Arai, Taku Iwasa, Yuki Ono vs. Shingo Takagi, YAMATO, BxB Hulk, Cyber Kong

07 May 2007 - () - Dragon Gate - 5/10 Change, New Unit Name, Wrestle JAM 2

The Taku Iwasa, Keni'chiro Arai vs. Dragon Kid, Onryo tag for 5/10 has been modified a bit. Inspired by the elimination match the other day, Kid appealed for K-ness to join up. K-ness agreed, so it is now a 6 man. Who will be joining up on the Tozawajuku side isn't announced yet.

YAMATO returns home tonight, putting the roster at near full strength for the first time since Shingo departed for the US last year. The New Generation unit will be getting its name tonight in SITE KOBE. The road to World will then truly begin.

After World of course will be Wrestle JAM 2. From 7/15~7/22, the tour will be increasing in size and scope, adding Europe to its map. Check the schedule section for the related venues. The first list of participating players was announced today.

Japan: All of Dragon Gate
America: Austin Aries, Jack Evans, Matt Sydal, Delirious, Jimmy Rave, El Generico, Cyber Gang, Bobby Cruise (Ring Announcer)
Mexico: The Turboman
England: PAC

More will be announced as we get closer.

06 May 2007 - () - Dragon Gate - Ryo Saitos' European Vacation

Ryo spent the last 2 weeks in Europe, competing in 2 tournaments. The first was the King of Europe tournament in the UK. Ryo defeated Jody Fleisch (at one time of Michinoku Pro semi-fame) in the first round, but was defeated by fellow Typhoon member Sydal in the next.
This past weekend was the wXw 16 Carat Gold tournament in Germany. Ryo again found success in round 1, getting revenge on Sydal with the Premium Bridge. He lost to eventual winner Chris Hero in round 2, though. The 3rd night saw Ryo team with Sydal to defeat Claudio Castagnoli and Emil Sitoci, Sydal via Shooting Sydal Press on Claude.
Ryo returns home this week, in time for Korakuen.

06 May 2007 - () - Dragon Gate - Muscle Live, First Match for World

5/12/2007 Tokyo, Shinjuku FACE~Muscle Outlaw'z Independent Performance Muscle Live vol 1
-Hair vs. Mask vs. Divorce: Akira Tozawa vs. Dr. Muscle vs. Stalker Ichikawa Z
-Ryo Saito, Susumu Yokosuka vs. Genki Horiguchi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru (NOAH)
-Magnitude Kishiwada vs. Hi69 (Apache)
-GHC Junior Tag Titles: Naruki Doi, Masato Yoshino vs. Ricky Marvin, Kotaro Suzuki (NOAH)
-CIMA, Tatsunori Ohya vs. Gamma, Kinta Tomoaka

Ohya vs. Kinta has been brewing for a few months now. Both referees were aspiring wrestlers who had to turn to become officials due to injury.

The first match for World was announced, sort of. Kanda will be granted a shot at Genki and the Brave Gate. However, he has between now and the lead up week to World to drop weight to the 82kg requirement. If he can't, he forfeits. K-ness will be the referee for the match, since he was one who created the Brave Gate concept.

06 May 2007 - () - Dragon Gate - 5/6 AGGRESSIVE GATE

5/6/2007 Aichi, Nagoya Telepia Hall
0. Super Shisa (6:02 Alejandro Lock) Lupin Matsutani
1. Masaaki Mochizuki, Yasushi Kanda{W} (9:19 Ryu's) Masato Yoshino, Dr. Muscle{L}
2. 3 Way Match: K-ness{W}, Shachihoko Machine{W} (5:29 2 Person Shachihoko Clutch) APE Kimata
3. Cyber Kong (5:04 Cyber Bomb) Yuki Ono
4. Susumu Yokosuka (10:13 Crucifix Cutback) Taku Iwasa
5. Shingo Takagi{W}, BxB Hulk (11:50 Last Falconry) Akira Tozawa{L}, Keni'chiro Arai
6. Naruki Doi, Magnitude Kishiwada{W}, Gamma (14:14 Last Ride) CIMA, Don Fujii, Stalker Ichikawa Z{L}
7. Open the Brave Gate: Genki Horiguchi (15:23 Blue Mist->2 Beach Breaks) Dragon Kid
*V2 for Genki

05 May 2007 - () - Dragon Gate - 5/5 AGGRESSIVE GATE, Dorado in the Differ Cup

5/5/2007 Ishikawa, Industrial Exhibition Pavillion #3
1. Naruki Doi{W}, Masato Yoshino (12:00 Bakatare Sliding Kick) Don Fujii, Stalker Ichikawa Z{L}
2. Taku Iwasa, Keni'chiro Arai{W} (11:03 Tozawa-juku Hiden: Kokyuuyama) Super Shisa, Shisa Boy{L}
3. Yasushi Kanda (7:41 Ryu's) Akira Tozawa
4. BxB Hulk, Cyber Kong{W} (12:35 Cyber Bomb) Masaaki Mochizuki, Lupin Matsutani{L}
5. Elimination Match: Typhoon (4-3) Muscle Outlaw'z
-K-ness (12:25 Aoki Hikari) Dr. Muscle
-Genki Horiguchi (13:48 Over the Top Rope) Dragon Kid
-Gamma (15:43 Small Package Hold) K-ness
-CIMA (17:14 Over the Top Rope) Magnitude Kishiwada
-Genki (18:11 Backslide from Hell) Susumu Yokosuka
-CIMA (18:30 Schwein) Genki
-CIMA (21:01 Dos Caras Clutch) Gamma

K-ness is not in Typhoon, he was just a special X today to make up the numbers.

Elsewhere, on the Dorado side, they were represented in the Differ Cup tag tournament by KAGETORA and Hercules Oosenga. After beating the IWA-Japan team of Keizo Matsuda and Kappa Kozou in round 1, they fell to the DDT team of Kota Iibushi and HARASHIMA in round 2.

04 May 2007 - () - Dragon Gate - 5/4 AGGRESSIVE GATE, Shisa, Yamato

5/4/2007 Kyoto, KBS Hall
1. Katsuo (7:37 Texas Clover Hold) m.c.KZ
2. Masaaki Mochizuki (0:06 Middle Kick) Stalker Ichikawa Z
3. Masaaki Mochizuki{W}, Yasushi Kanda (7:42 Twister) K-ness, Shachihoko Machine{L}
4. Naruki Doi{W}, Genki Horiguchi, Dr. Muscle (13:11 Kinta Assisted Schoolboy w/ High Speed Count) Akira Tozawa{L}, Taku Iwasa, Keni'chiro Arai
5. BxB Hulk. Cyber Kong{W} (16;51 Cyber Bomb) Don Fujii, Super Shenron{L}
6. Magnitude Kishiwada, Masato Yoshino{W}, Gamma (21:09 Bible Cutback) Susumu Yokosuka, CIMA, Dragon Kid{L}

The Shisa Boom came to an end in Kageki today. Shisa lost the Hakata Jr. Title to Azteca. Lupin Matsutani was also on the card, on the losing team in a tag.

5/4/2007 Southern Pier Hakata
-KAZE{W}, Yousuke Hidaka (Tiger Suplex Hold) Lupin Matsutani, Hiroshi Shinsen{L}
-Hakata Jr. Heavyweight Title
Azteca (Sei Splash) Super Shisa

Yamato Onodera will continue on with the YAMATO ring name when he returns to Japan. In addition, he will be dropping the Gekokujoh character and costume. He returns on Monday in SITE KOBE.

03 May 2007 - () - El Dorado - 5/3 Osaka

5/3/2007 Osaka, IMP Hall
1. Brahman Shu (Boston Crab) Takeshi Sato
2. King Pocota, Golden Week☆Shogo{W} (Jet Punch) Mototsugu Shimizu, Yousuke Aoki{L}
3. Yasushi Tsujimoto, Masaki Okimoto{W}, Yuji Hinomoto, Abdullah Kobayashi (16:10 Front Cradle) Bear Fukuda, Ken45{L}, Antonio Honda, Jaki Numazawa
4. Naoki Tanizaki{W}, Takashi Sasaki (13:17 DH) Takuya Sugawara, Brahman Kei{L}
5. Touru Owashi, KAGETORA{W}, Banana Senga (15:50 Ikkitousen) Shuji Kondo, HARASHIMA, Milanito Colleciton a.t.{L}

Naoki expressed interest in competing in a death match for BJW soon. Sengas' rename will go into affect on the 6/8 show.

03 May 2007 - () - Dragon Gate - 5/3 AGGRESSIVE GATE

5/3/2007 Yamaguchi, Kudamatsu Citizens Gym
1. Masato Yoshino{W}, Dr. Muscle (12:09 Kinta Assisted Schoolboy with High Speed Count) Akira Tozawa{L}, Keni'chiro Arai
2. K-ness (6:45 Small Package Hold) Stalker Ichikawa Z{L}; Shachihoko Machine
3. Don Fujii (10:01 Crucifix Cutback) Taku Iwasa
4. BxB Hulk, Cyber Kong{W} (12:04 Cyber Bomb) Masaaki Mochizuki, Yasushi Kanda{L}
5. Susumu Yokosuka, CIMA, Dragon Kid{W} (19:31 Ultra Hurricanrana) Naruki Doi{L}, Gamma, Genki Horiguchi

02 May 2007 - () - Dragon Gate - 5/2 AGGRESSIVE GATE

5/2/2007 Nagasaki, NCC&Studio
1. Akira Tozawa, Keni'chiro Arai{W} (11:28 Hanshin Tiger Suplex) Naruki Doi, Dr. Muscle{L}
2. 3 Way Match: Shachihoko Machine (6:06 Moonsault Press) Stalker Ichikawa Z{L}; K-ness
3. Taku Iwasa{W}, Yuki Ono (11:16 Tozawa-juku Saishuu Ougi So no San: Maikeru 07) Don Fujii, Lupin Matsutani{L}
4. BxB Hulk{W}, Cyber Kong (13:03 La Magistral) Masaaki Mochizuki, Yasushi Kanda{L}
5. Susumu Yokosuka, CIMA, Dragon Kid{W} (19:37 Bible) Masato Yoshino, Gamma, Genki Horiguchi{L}

01 May 2007 - () - Lineups for May

5/2/2007 Nagasaki, NCC&Studio
1. Akira Tozawa, Keni'chiro Arai vs. Naruki Doi, Dr. Muscle
2. K-ness vs. Stalker Ichikawa Z vs. Shachihoko Machine
3. Taku Iwasa, Yuki Ono vs. Don Fujii, Lupin Matsutani
4. Yasushi Kanda, Masaaki Mochizuki vs. BxB Hulk, Cyber Kong
5. Susumu Yokosuka, CIMA, Dragon Kid vs. Masato Yoshino, Genki Horiguchi, Gamma

5/3/2007 Yamaguchi, Kudamatsu Citizens Gym
1. Akira Tozawa, Keni'chiro Arai vs. Masato Yoshino, Dr. Muscle
2. K-ness vs. Stalker Ichikawa Z vs. Shachihoko Machine
3. Don Fujii vs. Taku Iwasa
4. Yasushi Kanda, Masaaki Mochizuki vs. BxB Hulk, Cyber Kong
5. Susumu Yokosuka, CIMA, Dragon Kid vs. Naruki Doi, Genki Horiguchi, Gamma

5/4/2007 Kyoto, KBS Hall
1. Katsuo vs. m.c.KZ
2. Masaaki Mochizuki, Yasushi Kanda vs. K-ness, Stalker Ichikawa Z
3. Akira Tozawa, Taku Iwasa, Keni'chiro Arai vs. Naruki Doi, Genki Horiguchi, Dr. Muscle
4. Cyber Kong, BxB Hulk vs. Don Fujii, Super Shenron
5. Susumu Yokosuka, CIMA, Dragon Kid vs. Magnitude Kishiwada, Masato Yoshino, Gamma

5/5/2007 Ishikawa, Industrial Exhibition Pavillion #3
1. Naruki Doi, Masato Yoshino vs. Don Fujii, Stalker Ichikawa Z
2. Taku Iwasa, Keni'chiro Arai vs. Super Shisa, Shisa Boy
3. Yasushi Kanda vs. Akira Tozawa
4. BxB Hulk, Cyber Kong vs. Masaaki Mochizuki, Lupin Matsutani
5. Elimination Match: Susumu Yokosuka, CIMA, Dragon Kid, X vs. Magnitude Kishiwada, Genki Horiguchi, Gamma, Dr. Muscle

5/6/2007 Aichi, Nagoya Telepia Hal
-Open the Brave Gate: Genki Horiguchi vs. Dragon Kid
-Stalker Ichikawa Z American Expedition Commemoration Special 6 Man Tag: CIMA, Don Fujii, Stalker Ichikawa Z vs. Naruki Doi, Magnitude Kishiwada, Gamma
-Shingo Takagi Return Match: Shingo Takagi, BxB Hulk vs. Akira Tozawa, Keni'chiro Arai

5/7/2007 Hyogo, SITE KOBE
-Yamato Onodera Return Match: Shingo Takagi, BxB Hulk, Cyber Kong, Yamato Onodera vs. Naruki Doi, Masato Yoshino, Magnitude Kishiwada, Dr. Muscle

5/10/2007 Tokyo, Korakuen Hall
-Taku Iwasa, Keni'chiro Arai vs. Dragon Kid, Onryo (666)
-Masato Yoshino, Naruki Doi vs. Yamato Onodera, X
-Open the Triangle Gate: Ryo Saito, Susumu Yokosuka, CIMA vs. Shingo
Takagi, BxB Hulk, Cyber Kong

5/12/2007 Tokyo, Shinjuku FACE~Muscle Live vol 1
-Mask vs. Hair vs. Divorce: Dr. Muscle vs. Akira Tozawa vs. Stalker Ichikawa Z
-Ryo Saito, Susumu Yokosuka vs. Genki Horiguchi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru
-Magnitude Kishiwada vs. Hi69
-GHC Junior Tag Titles: Naruki Doi, Masato Yoshino vs. Ricky Marvin, Kotaro Suzuki

5/13/2007 Tokyo, Shin-Kiba 1st Ring~MidBREATH presents Kinniku Shukai
1. Ryo Saito, APE Kimata vs. Dragon Kid, Pero Fuji
2. Akira Tozawa vs. Michael Numazawa (DDT)
3. Cyber Kong, X vs. Seiya Morohashi(DDT), Ken Ohka (Union)
4. Stalker Ichikawa Z vs. Yoshinori Yamamoto
5. Naruki Doi, Masato Yoshino vs. BxB Hulk, Kota Iibushi
6. Susumu Yokosuka, CIMA, Lupin Matsutani vs. Magnitude Kishiwada, Genki Horiguchi, Gamma

6/10/2007 Fukuoka, Hakata Star Lanes
-CIMA vs. Jado (New Japan/CTU)

Outsiders:
Magnitude Kishiwada - 5/4 Kyoto ~ 5/13 MidBreath
Gamma - All Shows
Onryo (666) - 5/10 Korakuen, 6/3 Katsura Studio
Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Ricky Marvin, Kotaro Suzuki (NOAH) - 5/12 Muscle Live

CIMA, Fujii, Doi, Yoshino, and Stalker will be in the US over the 5/18 weekend, competing in various matches for PWG. DoiYoshi will be in their tag tournament. Ryo will be in Europe through the end of this week.


5/3/2007 Osaka, IMP Hall
1. Brahman Shu vs. Takeshi Sato
2. Mototsugu Shimizu, Yousuke Aoki vs. Sunday☆Shogo, King Pocota
3. Yasushi Tsujimoto, Masaki Okimoto, Yuji Hinomoto, BJW Player vs. Ken45, Bear Fukuda, Antonio Honda, BJW Player
4. Naoki Tanizaki, Takashi Sasaki vs. Takuya Sugawara, Brahman Kei
5. Touru Owashi, KAGETORA, Hercules Osenga vs. Shuji Kondo, HARASHIMA, Milanito Collection a.t.

This show occurs at 13:00, with a Big Japan show following it. The following Dorado related matches will take place there.

5/3/2007 Osaka, IMP Hall~Big Japan Wrestling
-KAGETORA, Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Takuya Sugawara, Katsumasa Inoue
-Mototsugu Shimizu, MEN's Teioh vs. Milanito Collection a.t., Shinobu

6/8/2007 Tokyo, Shinjuku FACE~The Treasure found from CONFUSION~
-KAGETORA vs. Naoki Tanizaki

The Dorado unit shuffling is forever ongoing. The current status is as follows:

Kondo, Milanito, Takeshi Sato, Ken45, Antonio Honda
Owashi, Fukuda, Banana Senga->Renamed to Hercules Osenga, Animal Shogo (Jet)
Sugawara, Shu, Kei
YASSHI, Okimoto, Hinomoto

KAGETORA is the center of attention, all units want him. Naoki is also back causing trouble, the 2 could possibly end up together. Shimizu and Yousuke Aoki have been targeted by heel General Manager Kawabata for reassignment, so the pressure is on them.

01 May 2007 - () - Dragon Gate - 5/1 AGGRESSIVE GATE

5/1/2007 Miyazaki, Miyashiro Undou Kouen
1. Naruki Doi, Genki Horiguchi{W} (9:58 Kinta Assisted Backslide from Hell) Don Fujii, Yasushi Kanda{L}
2. Akira Tozawa (7:08 From Failed Chair Attack) Stalker Ichikawa Z{L}; K-ness
3. Masaaki Mochizuki (9:13 Twister) Yuki Ono
4. BxB Hulk{W}, Cyber Kong (14:06 La Magistral) Taku Iwasa{L}, Keni'chiro Arai
5. Susumu Yokosuka, CIMA{W}, Dragon Kid (20:22 Mad Splash) Masato Yoshino, Gamma, Dr. Muscle{L}

30 Apr 2007 - () - Dragon Gate - 4/30 AGGRESSIVE GATE, Upcoming Lineups

4/30/2007 Hiroshima, Hiroshima Green Arena
1. Naruki Doi, Masato Yoshino{W} (11:10 Kinta Assisted Schoolboy) Yasushi Kanda, Super Shenron{L}
2. K-ness, APE Kimata{W} (6:32 From Stalker Failed Ina Bauer German) Don Fujii, Stalker Ichikawa Z{L}
3. Masaaki Mochizuki (8:43 Twister) Akira Tozawa
4. BxB Hulk, Cyber Kong{W} (12:43 Cyber Bomb) Taku Iwasa{L}, Keni'chiro Arai
5. Susumu Yokosuka, CIMA. Dragon Kid{W} (18:45 Backslide from Hell Cutback->Backslide) Magnitude Kishiwada, Gamma, Genki Horiguchi{L}

5/10/2007 Tokyo, Korakuen Hall
-Taku Iwasa, Keni'chiro Arai vs. Dragon Kid, Onryo (666)
-Masato Yoshino, Naruki Doi vs. Yamato Onodera, X
-Open the Triangle Gate: Ryo Saito, Susumu Yokosuka, CIMA vs. Shingo Takagi, BxB Hulk, Cyber Kong

5/12/2007 Tokyo, Shin-Kiba 1st Ring~MidBREATH presents Kinniku Shukai
1. Ryo Saito, APE Kimata vs. Dragon Kid, Pero Fuji
2. Akira Tozawa vs. Michael Numazawa (DDT)
3. Cyber Kong, X vs. Seiya Morohashi(DDT), Ken Ohka (Union)
4. Stalker Ichikawa Z vs. Yoshinori Yamamoto
5. Naruki Doi, Masato Yoshino vs. BxB Hulk, Kota Iibushi
6. Susumu Yokosuka, CIMA, Lupin Matsutani vs. Magnitude Kishiwada, Genki Horiguchi, Gamma

29 Apr 2007 - () - Dragon Gate - 4/29 AGGRESIVE GATE

4/29/2007 Hyogo, Akashi Industrial Exchange Center
1. Naruki Doi, Masato Yoshino{W}, Genki Horiguchi (13:12 Lightning Spiral) Masaaki Mochizuki, Yasushi Kanda, Lupin Matsutani{L}
2. 3 Way Match: Akira Tozawa (7:41 K-ness assisted Reversed Figure 4) Stalker Ichikawa Z{L}; K-ness
3. Don Fujii (9:56 Nodowa Elbow) Super Shenron
4. BxB Hulk, Cyber Kong{W} (13:40 Cyber Bomb) Taku Iwasa{L}, Keni'chiro Arai
5. Susumu Yokosuka{W}, CIMA, Dragon Kid (17:2 Mugen) Magnitude Kishiwada, Gamma, Dr. Muscle{L}

CIMAs' Dream Gate test match has been made official. It will happen in June in Hakata.

6/10/2007 Fukuoka, Hakata Star Lanes
-CIMA vs. Jado