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.

It’s early March, so it is time for Champion Gate in Osaka and the formal start of Dragongate’s year! This week on OTVG, Case and Mike talk about the big points of the 3/4/21 Korakuen Hall show, including the formation of High End and the setting of the DEAD OR ALIVE main event cage match, and then review extensively the 3/6 & 3/7/21 Osaka Edion 2 doubleheader. They talk in depth about each title match, including how to do a powder spot, Takashi Yoshida’s current babyface run, the elevation of Kaito Ishida into Being a Guy, and more!

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Welcome back to Open the Voice Gate - Rewind and Rewatch, where Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) are Rewinding and Rewatching the Dragon Gate USA era of shows.

We are finally here: it’s Wrestlemania weekend 2014 and the final weekend of DGUSA’s existence. On this episode, OTVG covers Open the Ultimate Gate 2014 from the McAllister Auditorium on the campus of Tulane University in New Orleans on 4/4/2014.

Before they get into that, It’s time for a huge timeline talking about Ricochet’s insane 2014, the fallout between WWN and Highspots and some never before reports of how the Dragon Gate/Dragon Gate USA relationship started to fracture in terms of talent proposed for this weekend.

Case and Mike then talk about the penultimate DGUSA show. In the main event, a match a year in the making, Johnny Gargano defends the Open the Freedom Gate against newly crowd Open the Dream Gate champion Ricochet, and special attractions of Chris Hero vs Masato Tanaka and Trent? vs Low-Ki. We also will be able to assure you that this cat is a trained professional

The timeline on this episode is from 00:07:24 - 00:43:32

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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 has come up on the beginning of March and their first big events of the year! Before Case and Mike get to that, they review the 2/26 debut in Kobe Tokiwa Arena including K-1 participation, a Dr. Muscle appearance, and we try to answer the question if someone can stop the Ichikawa. After that, they look ahead to the 3/4 Korakuen Hall show with the debut of YAMATO & Dragon Kid’s new unit. Concluding the show, the preview the four title matches across the two nights of Champion Gate on 3/6 and 3/7!

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Welcome back to Open the Voice Gate - Rewind and Rewatch, where Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) are Rewinding and Rewatching the Dragon Gate USA era of shows.

The Death Number for DGUSA is now at 3 as they conclude their penultimate weekend of existence with Way of the Ronin 2014 from the Brooklyn Lyceum on 2/23/2014

Before they get into that, Case and Mike take a look at the wrestling landscape with Dragon Gate’s early 2014, including one of the greatest matches in company history, ROH post-Davey Richards part II, PWG All Star Weekend X, and Chikara’s reboot. As well, they talk about CM Punk’s WWE departure and what Gabe Sapolsky had to say about it.

Case and Mike then talk about Way of the Ronin 2014 from the cursed Brooklyn Lyceum. It’s a double main-event with Johnny Gargano defending the Open the Freedom Gate against Roderick Strong and AR Fox defending the Evolve title against Chris Hero. As well, there is the final match in DGUSA with any DG talent (fun trivia question), the Premiere Athlete Brand’s plunge to irrelevance, a bandwagon loses its wheel, and much much more.

The show review begins at 00:41:07

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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 is back on the airwaves and Case and Mike spend this update talking about the 2/21/21 and 2/23/21 Kyoto KBS Hall shows where the title challenges for Champion Gate were finally locked down. As well, there is an Injury Report, talk about the status of Masquerade, Natural Vibes v2 & the imminent YAMATO/Dragon Kid unit. Finishing out this week’s show, they turn the clock back to 2002 as they review the recently remastered T2P second Korakuen Hall show that went up on the network this month!

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Welcome back to Open the Voice Gate - Rewind and Rewatch, where Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) are Rewinding and Rewatching the Dragon Gate USA era of shows.

DGUSA has entered their final year existence as Rewind and Rewatch goes back to Queens for Revolt 2014 on 2/22/2014

This promotion may be on its dying days, but the rest of the wrestling world did not stand idly by as Case and Mike talk about more Davey Richards drama, the launch of the WWE Network, and all the card changes for this penultimate DGUSA weekend.

Case and Mike then talk about Revolt 2014, with a Freedom Gate title match between Johnny Gargano and Trent, AR Fox defending the Evolve championship against Drew Gulak, and the Bravado Brothers putting the United Gate on the line against Chuck Taylor and Orange Cassidy. As well, this show has the debut of a mystery Dragon Gate wrestler and a Shine offer match!

The show review begins at 00:49:40

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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.

With no new shows to talk about or uploaded content on the Dragongate Network, it’s time for the return of the Dragon System Buffet! This week, Case and Mike take questions from listeners ranging from the history of mic work in Dragon Gate, Shun Skywalker’s title run, Crazy Max, Michinoku Pro, Gran Hamada, King of the Hill, and more! 

The comp tape Case talked about during the show can be found here: https://youtu.be/IxKWbqP0aw8

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Welcome back to Open the Voice Gate - Rewind and Rewatch, where Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) are Rewinding and Rewatching the Dragon Gate USA era of shows. 

DGUSA’s concludes 2013, their last full calendar year, with Freedom Fight 2013 from the cursed Brooklyn Lyceum in New York on 11/17/2013!

Before getting into today’s episode, Case and Mike have to jump to Japan to talk about the fall of 2013, including the most brain-melting Unit Shuffle of Dragon System history, the conclusion of World 1 International and Akatsuki, and the birth of generation two of Mad Blankey and the new super face unit, Monster Express. As well they talk about PWG’s late 2013 which formed the true basis of their most recent boom. 

Case and Mike then talk about Freedom Fight 2013, the longest show in the history of DGUSA from Mike’s least favorite venue in the history of WWN. The main event is Johnny Gargano defending the Open the Freedom Gate against newly returning to the indies Chris Hero. As well we have the “The Roast of Johnny Gargano, presented by Johnny Gargano”, The Young Bucks vs Masaaki Mochizuki & AR Fox, Rich Swann vs Trent, Ricochet vs Anthony Nese and Chuck Taylor vs Jimmy Susumu. 

The timeline/news update is from 00:07:34 until 00:48:54.

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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 topic for this weekly update is the peculiar 2/5 Korakuen Hall show. Case and Mike breakdown the formation of the unnamed YAMATO & Dragon Kid unit, talk about the weird main event, Kzy and Natural Vibes 2.0, a moment for La Estrella, King of the Hill and Yoga and a whole lot more!

The NHK piece mentioned on the show can be found here: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20210206/k10012852501000.html 

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Welcome back to Open the Voice Gate - Rewind and Rewatch, where Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) are Rewinding and Rewatching the Dragon Gate USA era of shows. 

DGUSA’s penultimate NYC weekend begins with Fearless 2013 from the Elks Lodges in Queens, NY on 11/16/2013!

Before getting into today’s episode, Case and Mike talk about the big events leading up to DGUSA’s conclusion to 2013 including the Young Bucks’ moves to both Ring of Honor and New Japan, Evolve 23 & 24, and the amount of card reshuffles leading into this weekend.

Case and Mike then talk about Fearless 2013, a very VERY weird show in DGUSA’s history headlined by The Young Bucks defending the Open the United Gate titles against the Bravado Brothers, a non-title match between Masaaki Mochizuki and Johnny Gargano, and the breakout of Anthony Nese continuing against the workhorse of the Dragon System, Jimmy Susumu. As well they play “who’s this wrestler” with Steven Walters!

The show review starts at 00:30:53.

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