A new era begins for your-favorite-by-default Dragon Gate podcast, in more ways that one: Michael Spears joins us full time as the new fourth co-host, we record our first podcast since Our Tozawa Left Us, and oh yeah, it's the first episode since the American electorate revealed the full depths of its stupidity. No, thankfully there is no election talk on this episode to speak of really, but still: last month we had Tozawa and no Trump, now we have no Tozawa and a Trump. Depressing!

But don't worry, we're here to be your shining light in the all-consuming darkness. We discuss Tozawa's final send-off and the entire Gate of Destiny PPV, his comedy fat man days from 8 years ago and how far he's come since then, the first post-Tozawa Korakuen show BRAND NEW GATE, the children of DG play dress-up, and more! Plus we introduce our first-annual OTVG Year End Awards, which YOU can vote on RIGHT NOW! Visit http://bit.ly/OTVG-Awards16 to see the full ballot and send in your selections by 1/4/17 to openthevoicegate @ gmail. Let's see if we can do better than 53% of the eligible electorate! Yeesh.

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We're back with a brand new edition of Open the Voice Gate!

John and Jules are joined by our special guest co-host Michael Spears of the DG podcast Inside the Gate. Together the three discuss the 10/12 Korakuen show, a very newsworthy event featuring the end of a unit, multiple turns, and more.

We also discuss baseball, the Cleveland Indians' racist logo, Marine Le Pen, John's haunted new computer strikes again, and (yes) the fucking US election. Where else can you find that variety of topics? Well, obviously nowhere. But seriously we somehow do 2 straight hours on this Korakuen hall show, the fallout, Naruki Doi's previous babyface runs, and your Twitter questions, so enjoy!

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Two months have passed since our last episode, which is long even for us, but we're back with the latest edition of Open the Voice Gate! All four regular hosts are here to discuss, among other topics: a brief recap of the very mixed bag that was this year's Summer Adventure Tag League, much longer recaps of the Dangerous Gate PPV and the 9/29 Korakuen show, a look ahead at Tozawa's departure, T-Hawk and El Lindaman's heel turns (and subsequent fashion changes), three out of four of us are anime trash, the other one likes dirtbikes, mailbag questions, and more!

Sadly as the name should tell you we say goodbye to one of our hosts in this episode, as it's Dylan's last episode. We know you'll agree that he will be missed!

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The whole gang is here as the four of us break down DG's biggest show of the year, Kobe World 2016! Join John, Jules, Dylan, and 'Hollywood' Case Lowe as we break down the entire show, match-by-match. It isn't always a straight line getting there, but we do eventually make it through to the end! Other topics include: a quick preview of the upcoming Summer Adventure Tag League that kicks off later this week, a look at where some ex-DG/Toryumon stars are now on the indies, proper pronoun usage followed by immediately not using them correctly, whether or not Naruki Doi's theme song is awful, Otakon 2016 (come to my Japanese pro wrestling panel!!), and much more!

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Yes, after a long two months away Open the Voice Gate has finally returned! Our topics are, as you might expect, many, but first and foremost we talk about the entire King of Gate tournament. What were our favorite matches from this long and grueling journey? Who stood out from the pack? In addition, we preview this week's Korakuen show as well as the five announced matches for the upcoming Kobe World event, DG's biggest show of the year, and much more!

•Please note: there is an annoying clicking sound in the last 40 minutes of the podcast that we were unable to remove. It does not render the episode unlistenable, but it is a nuisance. Just wanted to warn you ahead of time. Our apologies for the issue.

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Open the Voice Gate is back only a couple weeks after our last episode, which for us is really impressive! Sadly we are once again down a man, as Dylan couldn't join us, but on the other hand Case is back from the dead! All three of us are here to discuss DEAD or ALIVE 2016, a truly amazing show that was everything we love about Dragon Gate! We talk all the major storylines including the big return, the new unit, and someone losing their hair for a full year. Plus, a quick preview of KING OF GATE, as we give our predictions on who is winning all four blocks!

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Open the Voice Gate is finally back for Episode 5 (well, at least three of us are....) and we have a whole lot to discuss: quick thoughts on the Champions Gate title matches (which had not made air the last time we recorded- yes, it's been that long!), the latest Korakuen show (which John was there live for), quick thoughts on the recent Nosawa Tokyo Love show with heavy DG participation, and then previews of the upcoming Dead or Alive PPV and the King of Gate tournament. Who is losing their hair? We have no idea, but we try to guess anyway! All this plus the promised discussion of Yuji Hino's belly button and much, much more!

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Open the Voice Gate is back with our full four-person panel for the first time in over a month, and boy do we have a lot to talk about! Topics include: title changes galore (Twin, Brave, and TWO Dream Gate changes since our last episode together), the Brother YASSHI Incident, the MVK (Most Valuable Kzy) continuing his ridiculous run, John's way too excited for their trip to Japan, and more! Plus we have a lot of mailbag questions to get to: what gaijin do we want to see in DG and who's our favorite past gaijin? What matches would we show to a new fan? And lots more! We also talk about the recently announced Super J Cup: who should the DG reps be? What about the reps from other companies? Finally, we wrap things up with the winners of our first-ever Dragon Gate Prom voting! Yes, DG Prom. You'll love it, I promise.

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Open the Voice Gate is back with a special episode, as John is joined by Michael Spears of Inside the Gate and longtime DG reviewer Brad Garoon in our first DG Timeline episode! Today we're talking about the middle three heel units of Dragon Gate that make up quite possibly the weakest period for DG's heels in history: Real Hazard, Deep Drunkers, and Team Doi (08-10). Why were RH & DD so bad? What were the other things going on at the time that resulted in the heels being so weak? And how did things finally start recovering after Naruki Doi took over? We discuss all of this and more as we look at a controversial aspect of the most turbulent time period in DG's history!

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In episode 2 of VOW's Dragon Gate podcast, all four hosts are back to discuss the enormous 2/4 Korakuen Hall show! We'll break down the entire card and give special focus to the Unit Must Disband 3-way match, as DG said goodbye to its diamonds. What's next for all the Dia.Hearts members? What are our memories of the short-lived babyface unit? Plus, we talk the Twin Gate title match from Osaka and do our first-ever Voice Gate mailbag with your questions, and much more!

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