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.

They managed to survive Las Vegas without incident, so Case and Mike are back to talk about Vegas, DGUSA, DG in Kobe (4/19) and a whole lot more! They catch up about their Mania weekend experience before breaking down one of the best shows of Mania Weekend: Dragongate X Pro Wrestling Revolution: The Gate of Revolution with the Weekend Standout matches of Lucha Solos vs Los Hermanos a la Jungla and Z-Brats vs Kzy, Ben-K and HYO. They then discuss their thoughts on DGUSA going forward/strategy before talking about what was happening in Kobe while everyone was in America. Case and Mike discuss the Brave Gate tourney, the movement in the DOA Cage Match and Luis Mante vs Jason Lee for a Dream Key before concluding the show with fun mini interviews from Vegas with Kota Minoura and ISHIN!

A special thanks to Ho Ho Lun, ISHIN and Kota Minoura for their time and help in Vegas!

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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.

For the first time ever, Case and Mike are in-person with their thoughts on Dragongate USA Rebirth! They talk about their experience at DGUSA’s first show in eleven years, their impressions of the show, seeing some wrestlers live for the first time, PARADOX vs Z-Brats, preview YAMATO vs Rich Swann and much more!

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Welcome to Those Days: A Michinoku Pro Retrospective!

Welcome to 1994! Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) begin this episode discussing 1993 Awards for Michinoku Pro and take stock of the first calendar year for the promotion. Then it’s time to get into 1994, as the company takes a winter break in Tohoku, they travel to Tokyo Korakuen Hall and Osaka for the first shows outside of Northeast Japan before kicking off their ‘94 campaign in Tohoku! Along the way we see Sasuke’s greatest feud that never happened, “We came to Tokyo to get scammed”, SATO vs Delfin III in Osaka and we kick off one of 1994’s biggest feuds: The Great Sasuke vs Jinsei Shinzaki. 

Matches and Shows Discussed:

2/4/94: Sasuke, SATO, & Shiryu vs. Delfin, Naniwa, & Shinzaki

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRnjSECcNPo&feature=youtu.be

3/2/94 WAR: Sasuke & SATO vs. Ultimo & Orihara

https://vkvideo.ru/video548721036_456239210

3/4: SATO vs. Delfin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpZwXlSsSJY

3/31/94 Michinoku Pro:

https://vkvideo.ru/video5773044_456243602

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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 the big Gate of Passion Korakuen Hall (4/7) show in the books, OTVG is back to talk about the road to DEAD or ALIVE! The final Dragongate Cage Match in Aichi Prefectural Gym is booked after the Z-Brats vs D’Courage match and Case and Mike give their initial takes and guesses on the match. As well, they discuss the aftermath of YAMATO vs Yanagiuchi and the Brave Gate, FOR THE LOVE OF HYO and they preview Dragongate at Wrestlemania Weekend and the Dragongate USA Rebirth and Gate of Revolution shows!

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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.

As Dragongate concluded the 2025 Rey de Parejas this Sunday in Kobe (3/30), Open The Voice Gate is back to talk about the final night! With an unique situation for the knockout stage, Case and Mike discuss the rise of Homare across the last night, where things seem to be going with Z-Brats and D’Courage, Big Match Jack, YAMATO’s revival of the Brave Gate and 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.

SSW Quest IV is in the books and Open The Voice Gate is back to talk all about it! Case and Mike give a history of the DG side produce shows and discuss prominent eras for wrestlers within the Dragon System. They review the entire show, discuss what made it so remarkable and where they see SSW Quests go from here. After that, they give some Rey De Parejas thoughts and preview the tournament’s conclusion this weekend!

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Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) lead off this episode discussing the earth-shattering 1993 Antonio Inoki Embezzlement Scandal and the dissolving of his relationship with Hisashi Shinma and the end of the Showa-era Post-War Economic Miracle. From there, Michinoku Pro enters the fall of 93 in a deeper relationship with Atsushi Onita’s FMW, the Indie World Junior Title tournament, Yonekawa becomes Yone Genjin and one of the biggest feuds in Michinoku Pro history kicks off between Super Delfin and SATO.

Shows discussed:

9/28/93 - Michinoku Pro - https://vkvideo.ru/playlist/548721036_24/video548721036_456239440

Compton Lucha - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQdfn0pT3AY&t=252s

Lucha Paradise Commercial DVD - https://vkvideo.ru/video587241643_456240590

12/10/93 - Michinoku Pro

Great Sasuke & Tarzan Goto vs. Mr Pogo & Toi - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAQ2Me6Nv_c

Mascara Contra Mascara - Super Delfin vs. SATO - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMTD1HyU7xY&t=2s

12/11/93 - Michinoku Pro - https://vkvideo.ru/playlist/548721036_24/video548721036_456239197

12/26/93 FMW - Sasuke, Goto, & Onita vs. Pogo, Shinzaki, & Toi - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cSYIl5aGwE

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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 get back into Dragongate mode with an impromptu 30 under 30 discussion before reviewing Rey De Parejas action in Saitama, Mie, Hiroshima and Nagoya, previewing SSW Quest IV, and taking a look at the Dragongate Mania lineup at this point!

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Welcome to Those Days: A Michinoku Pro Retrospective!

Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) lead off this episode discussing Michinoku Pro coming out of their first tour and Sasuke & Delfin’s complicated and deteriorating relationship with the ownership of Universal. Then, they discuss the elements leading to the collapse of Universal and try to give an updated interpretation of the promotion’s dying days. As Universal putters out, Michinoku has perhaps its first last stand, television pilots with local and Japanese cable networks, and the introductions of Jinsei Shinzaki, Gran Naniwa, SATO, Wellington Wilkins Jr & Super Boy. And it’s time for the Delfin Corps, the biggest show in the company’s history, and Great Sasuke vs Super Delfin matches for the UWA World Welterweight Title!

Shows discussed:

5/5/93 FMW - CLIP of Michinoku Pro offer match - https://youtu.be/pKcthRZ5aFk?si=OLvAY5q9tZ7gT-0N&t=1625

6/19/93 - Michinoku Pro - https://vkvideo.ru/video587241643_456240167

7/24/93 - Michinoku Pro - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybPcMpaM09Q

8/22/93 FMW - CLIP of Michinoku Pro Offer Match - https://youtu.be/MIcFfszVU4Y?si=6sgc97zulB7UdSP0&t=1999

8/24/93 - Michinoku Pro

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Welcome to Those Days: A Michinoku Pro Retrospective!

On this first episode of Those Days, Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) lead off the show with the format, why a Michinoku Pro podcast, the Voice Gate schedule for the next few weeks and other notes.

From there, it’s time to talk about the events that led to the launch of Michinoku Pro, the first ever promotion in Japan based outside of Tokyo. Case and Mike discuss the early career of Great Sasuke including his starts in wrestling, the New Japan Training School, frustrations with Universal and his fateful tours of Mexico in 1991 and 1992. From there, Case and Mike set the scene with Atsushi Onita vs Ryuma Go, the status of the Japanese Economy and the first steps towards Universal’s downfall that encouraged Sasuke to found Michinoku Pro. They discuss the “fake start” of 11/27/92 before the official launch show of 3/16/92 in Yahaba, the huge show close angle, and the follow ups the next day in Ninohe on 3/17/92.

Shows discussed:

3/16/93 - https://youtu.be/JzHC6jIamf4?si=R2817-29vPsGnnTN&t=3020

3/17/93 - https://vkvideo.ru/video587241643_456239068

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