Open the Voice Gate

Welcome back to Open The Voice Gate! Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) are back with an update on the comings and goings of Dragongate.

OTVG has a deep discussion of where they are at with their Observer Hall of Fame ballots to open tonight’s show, including some stops on Jon Moxley and Great Sasuke, among others. Then they get into the Brave Gate tournament action in Hakata, where Yoshiki Kato is at right now as Dream Gate Champion and looking ahead to a return to Kyoto!

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Welcome back to Open The Voice Gate! Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) are back with an update on the comings and goings of Dragongate.

Open The Voice Gate is back after a noteworthy week in the Dragon System and the wrestling world. Before discussing Dragongate’s doubleheader in Kobe, Mike and Case touch on New Japan’s King of Pro Wrestling, Tokyo Bad Boys vs Los Americanos and El Lindaman vs Atsushi Kotoge. From there they discuss the incredible Love and Peace vs Xenostal Nova Triangle Gate match from 10/10, the happenings in the Brave Gate division, Gajadokuro Ryu Fuda and more!

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Welcome to Those Days: A Michinoku Pro Retrospective!

Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) return to Michinoku Pro to close out 1996 and to finally come across one of the most critically acclaimed matches in company history, 12/16/1996, Sekigun vs Kaientai DX from Hakata Star Lanes. As well, some brutal truths about the promotion come to light by December, the status of Jinsei Shinzaki, and the interesting 1996 of a brand new Michinoku Pro guest star!

A full match listing of footage covered during this episode can be found at the show post on www.voicesofwrestling.com or in the Open The Voice Gate channel on the VOW Discord. The Those Days Master List can be found at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10PwuAsqNuHSKd_qSd5AUnUWh4DL8JxQX_yQKtoa8IW4/edit?usp=sharing

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Welcome back to Open The Voice Gate! Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) are back with an update on the comings and goings of Dragongate.

Open The Voice Gate is back to discuss perhaps the most surprising Dream Gate result in company history as well as everything coming out of a newsworthy Korakuen Hall (10/2) show! Yoshiki Kato is now the Dream Gate champion and Case and Mike spend the first half of the show discussing the ramifications of his match with Kzy. From there, they discuss how the situation with the Brave Gate got cleared up in an confusion fashion, a great semi-main event, Fuda finally in Gajadokuro, KENICHIRO ARAI GREATNESS and a whole lot more!

Case’s KENTA article can be found at https://www.voicesofwrestling.com/2026/10/06/if-not-kenta-then-who/

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Welcome back to Open The Voice Gate! Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) are back with an update on the comings and goings of Dragongate.

Open The Voice Gate returns to discuss the recent passing of Benjamin Satterly, better known as PAC. They discuss his Dragongate legacy, his entire career including PWG, DGUSA & DGUK, NXT and AEW, his feuds with Ricochet and Dragon Kid, and a lot more about the greatest foreigner in Dragon System history.

Case’s PAC article can be found at https://www.voicesofwrestling.com/2026/09/29/remembering-the-man-that-gravity-forgot-pacs-career-in-10-matches/

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Welcome back to Open The Voice Gate! Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) are back with an update on the comings and goings of Dragongate.

Dragongate’s annual named show in Sendai, Tohoku Dragongateway is in the books and Open The Voice Gate returns to discuss the booking malpractices of this week. Before Case and Mike get into that, they discuss the release of the 2026 Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame ballots and their initial thoughts on the Japanese and Modern US/Canada categories. After that it’s time to talk about the disaster of Dragon Kid vs Ryu Fuda for the Open The Brave Gate title and where this leaves the white belt, a weak showing makes us wonder what’s the actual Dream Gate match next month, and a lot more!

Last year’s The Case for Masaaki Mochizuki episode can be heard here: https://www.voicesofwrestling.com/2025/10/23/open-the-voice-gate-the-case-for-masaaki-mochizuki/ or wherever you get your podcasts.

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Welcome back to Open The Voice Gate! Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) are back with an update on the comings and goings of Dragongate.

Dragongate’s final Big Show of the year, Tokyo Infinity Hectopascal, is in our rearview, and Open The Voice Gate is back to break it all down! Case and Mike spend time discussing the booking ramifications of Ryoya Tanaka vs Dragon Kid as well as breaking down the entire show including the four title matches, the return of Uhaa Nation after 11 years, Jiro Shimbashi vs Minoru Suzuki, and a whole lot more!

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Welcome back to Open The Voice Gate! Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) are back with an update on the comings and goings of Dragongate.

Dragongate’s final Big Show of the year is on Saturday and OTVG is back to get everyone ready for Tokio Infinity Hectopascal 2026! They lead off with some wrestling homework before reviewing a very disappointing Rey De Parejas 2026 Finals Korakuen as an ineffective go-home for Saturday’s show. Case and Mike then breakdown every match on the annual Ota Ward card with four title matches, the return of Uhaa Nation, and a lot more!

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Welcome back to Open The Voice Gate! Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) are back with an update on the comings and goings of Dragongate.

The round robin stage of Rey De Parejas 2026 is in the books and Open The Voice Gate is back to take stock of Dragongate and the tournament before its playoff in Korakuen this Thursday (9/3). Mike and Case review the last few weeks of the stage with stops in Hakata and Nara as well as discuss their top matches of the tournaments, impressions of the teams and roster over this tour before previewing Thursday’s finals and how that might play into the big show next Saturday at Ota Ward. As well, they discuss the greater Dragon System news with CIMA, Magnum Tokyo, Kotoka, appearances in All Japan, GLEAT and more!

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Welcome to Those Days: A Michinoku Pro Retrospective!

Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) return to Michinoku Pro off the heels of their biggest show ever, These Days, to look at their October and November of 1996! And it’s busy for them immediately after Sumo Hall with appearances for WAR and JWP in Sumo Hall before closing out their October with a footage from 10/19 in Iwate. From there it’s time for Michinoku Pro’s annual Futaritabi Tag Team Tournament as El Hijo Del Santo enters Michinoku at an interesting stage in his career to team with Great Sasuke versus teams like returning winners The Great Sasuke and Kato Kung Lee, Two Kaientai DX teams and a whole lot more!

A full match listing of footage covered during this episode can be found at the show post on www.voicesofwrestling.com or in the Open The Voice Gate channel on the VOW Discord. The Those Days Master List can be found at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10PwuAsqNuHSKd_qSd5AUnUWh4DL8JxQX_yQKtoa8IW4/edit?usp=sharing

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