On May 5th, 2023, Madoka Kikuta defeats Shun Skywalker for the Open the Dream Gate Championship and closes Dragongate's annual Dead or Alive show with a promo that will change the landscape of the promotion forever. September 16th, 2024 marks 500 days since the company announced its six Reiwa Generation leaders, and in a special episode of Paradise Vibes, Antony and Eden take the opportunity to dive into everything that has come out of their crowning since.

From the Reiwa Six tag match on the May 2023 Korakuen, through King of Gate, Rey de Parejas and everywhere in between, we examine the six men chosen to lead Dragongate into a new age, the challenges they have met along the way, and the ways these past 500 days have set up everything that awaits in the company's future.

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We're back! After a very busy August away from the podcast, Antony and Eden kick the episode off by taking stock of the key moments from Dangerous Gate before quick notes on Prime Zone and the Gate of Miyane. From there, it's all about September's Korakuen, one of the best top-to-bottom shows held in the building in years.

There are long dissections of Homare Kato's explosive debut, the latest turmoil between Gold Class and Z=Brats, and all the fallout from another engrossing Yamato Dream Gate defence. Everything happens so much.

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Guest Vocals: Eden's dog, Connie

Antony and Eden are back for a -by recent standards - extremely bitesize edition of Paradise Vibes, running down everything that went down on a very busy August 1st Korakuen show, and everything set up in the process for next week's Dangerous Gate show.

Eden and Milo's recent articles shouted out at the end of the episode can be found at https://sixtyminutedraw.com.

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Antony and Eden are back for the review of reviews as we digest everything from the weekend of Dragongate's Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival 2024! The main attraction is of course, up first with a full run-down of the fashion on display at Saturday's pre-show press conference and fan meet (04:29).

After that, it's just the small matter of Kobe World itself (19:31). Of course, it wouldn't be a Paradise Vibes episodes without lengthy digressions into what the future holds for Kota Minoura, the Open the Dream Gate Championship, Ryu Fuda and Dragongate as a whole. Also, we finally dig into the origins and mythology of Muted for Copyright Reasons Bingo. It's a stacked one.

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It's officially the biggest weekend in the Dragongate year, as the company's flagship event takes place on Sunday in Kobe. Antony and Eden are back to run down what the week has had in store so far, and everything still to come. It begins with a match-by-match analysis of Wednesday's Buyuden Zero show at Shinjuku FACE (03:18), also featuring a deep-ish dive into what awaits Luis Mante in NOAH's 2024 N-1 Victory tournament.

After that, it's all about The Big One. 2024's Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival is now barely 24 hours away and there's a full dissection of every match on the card (44:02),, with (paradise) vibe checks on what the immediate future might hold for titles, units and wrestlers along the way.

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Antony and Eden return from the wrestling Hinterland just in time for Kobe World with a rundown of the key moments coming out of the July 5th Korakuen show, highlighted by the father-son showdown between Masaaki Mochizuki and Mochizuki Jr. There's also in-depth discussion of the new Gold Class landscape, Yuki Yoshioka's first appearance for over half a year and at least one mention of 2023 visual novel Goodbye Volcano High. We are so back.

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Antony and Eden return with a belated episode covering the Kobe and Korakeun shows that kicked off a pretty quiet June for Dragongate. Starting with the June 2nd Kobe show (02:00) featuring the in-ring return of Yosuke Santa Maria and debut of Kung Fu Masters 2, before really digging into the back-to-back shows at Korakuen Hall.

A full run-through of the first night (09:55) features takes on the debuting El Cucuy, returning La Estrella and a fantastic Dream Gate main event, as well as discussions on where Luis Mante and Ben-K go from here. Night two's coverage (01:05:53) includes discussions about where Mochizuki Jr, Kota Minoura, Yamato and more might go in the months ahead. All of it was recorded over a week prior to posting, so pretend you've just hopped back in time slightly, and enjoy!

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Antony and Eden return to run through how Dragongate saw out the month of May, with recaps of Hong Kong, Sapporo, and of course - Prime Zone. From there, it's all about upcoming shows, with a huge week looming as DG heads home for a Kobe show ahead of a massive Korakuen double header. All of it is previewed here, as well as in-depth discussions of Dia's run in NJPW's Best of Super Juniors 31.

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Antony and Eden are back with a stacked episode to run through everything Dragongate since the curtain fell on Dead or Alive. Starting off with the sad retirements of Kaito Nagano and T.N. Revolución and reflecting on their times with the company (01:40) before a quick glance at UJPW All Together (17:12) and a field report from British Kingdom Pro (ft. Mochizuki Jr and Kota Minoura) in Swindon (23:48).

From there, it's all about Dragongate doing what they do best, with a match-by-match rundown of May's Korakuen show (36:35). Finally, there's the big news from Osaka and Kobe, including Ben-K's Dream Gate challenge and the future of Gold Class (1:31:51), as well as the long-awaited return of Yosuke Santa Maria (01:43:35).

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Antony and Eden return to discuss one of the most important and foundational Dragongate shows in years. The match-by-match breakdown starts with the latest collision between Gold Class and the new veteran unit (07:49) as well as the rest of the undercard. There's an in-depth discussion of the impact and implications of U-T vs. Strong Machine J (15:55), before talking NotHug's Twin Gate triumph (29:51) and Luis Mante vs. Gianni Valletta. (36:01).

From there, it's onto the big one, in the careers-defining Mask vs. Hair cage match between Kzy, Shun Skywalker, Jason Lee, Jacky Funky Kamei and Hyo (43:48), dissecting the key moments and post-match and where everyone involved looks set to go from here.