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.

Dragongate concluded their January schedule with their doubleheader in Fukuoka and Case and Mike are here to talk all about it. They breakdown their favorite matches of the Open the Twin Gate contendership tournament. As well they talk about Ultimo in 2021, Kazma’s unsurprising fit within Dragon Gate, the return of Ben-K, their wrestlers of the week and preview Friday’s Korakuen card that appears to be set for some big moments and unit shuffle events!

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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. 

It is Dragon Gate USA’s fourth anniversary weekend, and episode 44 covers the the final DGUSA anniversary show “Enter the Dragon 2013: Fourth Anniversary Celebration” from the Highline Ballroom in New York City on 7/28/2013

Before getting into today’s episode, Case and Mike take a look at what happened in Dragon Gate Japan between the Wrestlemania weekend and now as they talk the spring and summer of 2013 including CIMA’s legendary Dream Gate reign coming to an end, the beginnings of the insane 2013 unit shift and DG’s UStream debut! As well they talk about the Chikara shutdown and the weirdness around that.

Case and Mike then talk about Enter the Dragon 2013, with a legendary performance by Lenny Leonard commentary we get one of the most insane hours in Sapolsky Produce history. As well, the Young Bucks defend the Open the United Gate titles against Ricochet and Rich Swann and Johnny Gargano puts the Open the Freedom Gate on the line against the winner of CIMA, Akira Tozawa, Eita and Tomahawk TT. Concluding the show, Case and Mike say farewell to a great deal of wrestlers. 

The show review starts at 00:39:52

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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.

There were no shows this week in Dragongate so Case and Mike have a very Dragon System buffet edition of OTVG! They talk about the Kyushu Pro Tag Team title match where Genki Horiguchi and Susumu Yokosuka defend against Osaka Pro legend Billy Ken Kid and former Wrestle-1 star Alejandro. After that, they touch on their first impressions of the DRAGONGATEFUTURE project and the four pre-rookies’ first exhibition matches. After that, they go on a WAR tangent and discuss recent Toryumon uploads to the Dragongate Network!

The Kyushu Pro Tag Team title match is available for free on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QS0RJqZ9Nh0 

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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. 

It is Dragon Gate USA’s final anniversary weekend, and episode 43 covers the first show of it: Bushido: Code of the Warrior 2013 from the Queens Elks Lodge in, Queens, NY on 7/27/2013!

Before getting into today’s episode, Case and Mike take a look at the North American landscape with more Ring of Honor iPPV drama, contracts lapsing, the first stop in on Beyond Wrestling, and the farewells to departed DGUSA roster members!

Case and Mike then talk about Bushido: Code of the Warrior 2013, perhaps the last sleeper show in DGUSA history. Bushido features a Chuck Taylor vs Jon Davis Bunkhouse Match, first time ever Anthony Nese vs Akira Tozawa, and a Gabe speciality, the first (and last) Best Two out of Three Six-Man Gate of Destiny match with CIMA, AR Fox and Tomahawk TT versus the team of the Young Bucks and Ricochet! Where does the Gate of Heaven fall on the One to Stable Shootout Gabe Insane Idea Meter?

The show review starts at 00:46:53

The previous Evolve Chuck Taylor vs Jon Davis match can be found at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IapN3XEF1ZM 

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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.

Case and Mike talk about the 1/17 Open the New Year Gate show from Kobe Sambo Hall, including “WHO WON THE WEEK”, the greatness of Masquerade vs R.E.D, Natural Vibes 2.0, THE AUDITION, Unit Shift and Injury List updates 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.

It’s time to wrap up Mania Weekend 2013, so on episode 42 Case and Mike review Mercury Rising 2013 from the Meadowlands Expo Center in Secaucus, NJ on 4/7/2013.

Before getting into today’s episode, they look at both Dragon Gate and Dragon Gate UK. It’s the very short era of the Aquatic Twins, Uhaa Nation’s return to action, a big DGUK weekend, and then they talk about Wrestlemania 29 & the newswires before Mercury Rising.

Case and Mike have some very divergent opinions on the bulk of Mercury Rising, but they come together to discuss the bizarre Ladders are Legal 7-Way Fray, the final true Dragon Gate Six Man tag with CIMA, Eita & Tomahawk TT face the DGUSA borns of Johnny Gargano, Ricochet & Rich Swann and a rare DG Trueborn vs DG Trueborn main event with Akira Tozawa vs Shingo Takagi!

The show review starts at 00:30:21

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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.

Mike is going solo this week as he reviews the first week of Dragongate’s 2021 season. Big things are afoot in unit shuffle season as DG held shows on 1/9 in Kyoto, 1/10 in Osaka and the very rare 1/12 & 1/13 Korakuen doubleheader with Open the Twin Gate and Open the Triangle Gate title matches main eventing the shows. As well he debuts the new weekly update segment where he and Case will try to decide who “won” each week in Dragon Gate!

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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.

It’s Mania Weekend 2013, so on episode 41 Case and Mike review Open The Ultimate 2013 from the Meadowlands Expo Center in Secaucus, NJ on 4/6/2013.

Before getting into today’s episode, they talk about the remainder of the independent Wrestlemania 29 shows as 2013 was truly the start of the modern Mania era. As well they talk about the curse of the Carolinas striking Ring of Honor, the Evolve Title tournament, and who was CIMA’s Special Weapon (It was Tomahawk T.T, everyone knew it was Tomahawk T.T. Come on Gabe.)

After that, it’s time to talk about the last “BIG” DGUSA show in Open The Ultimate Gate 2013. Both DGUSA titles are on the line as Johnny Gargano defends the Freedom Gate against Shingo Takagi and the United Gate is defended by CIMA & AR Fox against the Young Bucks!

The show review starts at 00:40:18

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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.

It’s Dragongate’s winter break, so OTVG is taking this week to do a retrospective and talk about their Best of 2020! Case and Mike decide their DG MVPs, Most Outstanding, Rookie of the Year, Most Improved, Breakout Star, Best Tag Team, Feud of the Year, Show of the Year, Small Show of the Year and then each of their ten top matches in Dragongate for the year of 2020. Concluding the show, they talk about the unit shake up, the injury list, and discuss how the current State of Emergency could affect January’s shows (Note: This episode was recorded on 1/5, before DG moved the times of their 1/12 & 1/13 Korakuens).

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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. 

On episode 40, Case and Mike review Heat 2013 from the Pappy Pineda Dome in Huntington Park, CA on 1/27/2013.

Before getting into today’s episode, they look at the bigger moments of the wrestling world to start 2013 including some bad ROH TV tapings, the first ever Wrestle Kingdom live-stream and the fallout from that, and much more. 

After that, they get into Heat 2013, the conclusion of DGUSA’s final ever triple-shot weekend. The main event is a dream partners tag team of AR Fox and Akira Tozawa versus the Young Bucks along with Jimmy Susumu vs Sami Callihan and Johnny Gargano defending the Open the Freedom Gate against Brian Kendrick. 

The show review starts at 00:48:15

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