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.

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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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 leads off this week discussing the debut of Shun Skywalker in New Japan before getting into big Rey De Parejas action! They give their spoiler-free recommendations through 8/16’s Kobe show, discuss how the tournament has given life to Dragongate, their teams of the tournament, and look ahead to the last few weeks of Block matches and the knockouts next Korakuen!

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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.

On this special edition of Open The Voice Gate, Case and Mike spend almost two and a half hours discussing the Dragongate career of Shun Skywalker. They do a timeline of his ten years within the Dragon System, including reviewing six special matches, before doing a mailbag from the VOW discord about Skywalker!

Our podcast provider, Red Circle, offers the listeners the option to sponsor the show. Click on “Sponsor This Podcaster” at https://redcircle.com/shows/open-the-voice-gate and you can donate a single time, or set up a monthly donation to Open The Voice Gate!

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The Match List from this episode can be found on Voicesofwrestling.com or the VOW Discord in the #open-the-voice-gate channel!

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.

It’s time for Rey de Parejas 2026 and OTVG is back to talk all about its kickoff Korakuen (8/5)! They lead off discussing Shun Skywalker’s final Dragongate match against Homare, before getting into Xenostal Nova and Travis Moody and then the first night of tournament action with Mante/Cielo vs Flamita/Sangre Azteca Jr, Original Jimmyz vs Strong Machine J/LEONA and Team 204 vs Hyo/”Myon Myon!”

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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 Summer Festival in Kobe is in the books, and Voice Gate is back to make sense of it and the BANG BANG CLOWNS. They spend a good bit of time unpacking the dojo situation that created three straight comedy wrestlers as well as a strong Natural Vibes vs Tanaka-gun main event and the issues with the undercard with a possible bright spot. After that, they preview Rey De Parejas 2026 before its kickoff next week including predictions and discussing the network schedule.

Our podcast provider, Red Circle, offers the listeners the option to sponsor the show. Click on “Sponsor This Podcaster” at https://redcircle.com/shows/open-the-voice-gate and you can donate a single time, or set up a monthly donation to Open The Voice Gate!

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