Post by lordakiyama on Jul 22, 2012 10:58:49 GMT -5
Report from jae, who didn't realize until he got there that his ticket was front row.
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7/22/2012 Hyogo, Kobe World Kinen Hall ~Kobe Pro Wrestling Festival 2012~
1. Windows vs. Jimmys: K-ness, Kenichiro Arai, Super Shisa{W}, Shisa BOY (10:04 Yoshitonic) Ryo "Jimmy" Saito, Jimmy Kanda, Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!!, Naoki Tanizaki{L}
2. Chihiro Tominaga, Super Shenlong III{W} (6:37 School Boy) Kotoka{L}, Rich Swann
3. Evil Ways Calling!: Hollywood Stalker Ichikawa, Atsushi Onita{W} (11:29 Thunder Fire Power Bomb onto Barbed Wire Table) Mondai Ryu, Kzy{L}
4. Open the Brave Gate: Dragon Kid (24:13 Dragonrana) Ricochet
*DK succeeds in his 2nd Defense
5. Open the Twin Gate: YAMATO, Shingo Takagi{W}(21:05 Last Falconry) Jimmy Susumu{L}, Jimmy Kagetora
*The Jimmys fail in their 1st Defense, -akatsuki- become the 22nd Champions
6. Open the Triangle Gate 3 Way: Naruki Doi, Masato Yoshino, PAC vs. BxB Hulk, Naoki Tanisaki, Cyber Kong vs. Masaaki Mochizuki, Don Fujii, Gamma
-Doi (20:50 V9 Clutch) Gamma
-PAC (25:50 360 Shooting Star Press) Hulk
*W1i succeed in their 5th Defense
7. Open the Dream Gate: CIMA (28:45 Meteora) Akira Tozawa
*CIMA succeeds in his 5th Defense
Onita was in typical form after the match. He told CIMA to be a man and let him bring an exploding barbed wire match to DG. CIMA replied with one word. "FIRE!"
President Okamura gave his customary speech after intermission. He didn't have much of note to say, just re-affirming the loyalty to the homebase in Kobe while expanding throughout the world.
PAC bowed to all four corners and kissed the mat following Triangle Gate.
Tozawa did end up having MB seconding him. However, he did stay true to his word to fight a solo battle. Mondai Ryu attempted to interfere and received a bicycle kick from Tozawa for his trouble.
CIMA gave the standard closing speech. He said he wasn't sure who or what generation his next challenger would be from, but he would beat them. Because he is CIMA. He also seemed to accept the offer from Onita, in his excitement.
He then called out PAC. He came out with the rest of W1i. It was time to say farewell, as this was his final night with Dragon Gate in Japan. Soon the entire roster joined them in the ring. Each and everyone had a chance to say a few words to the Man Gravity Forgot. They ranged from brief words of respect, to memories of prior battles, to YAMATO asking him to come get drunk in Roppongi one more time. There was one common theme, though. That he was a member of the Dragon Gate family, an incredible performer, and we will never forget him. He gave his own brief speech, before his theme song played one final time.
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jae noted on Twitter that PAC's farewell was absolutely emotional and there were tears flowing, at least from him.
With PAC leaving, this obviously means Triangle is being vacated.
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7/22/2012 Hyogo, Kobe World Kinen Hall ~Kobe Pro Wrestling Festival 2012~
1. Windows vs. Jimmys: K-ness, Kenichiro Arai, Super Shisa{W}, Shisa BOY (10:04 Yoshitonic) Ryo "Jimmy" Saito, Jimmy Kanda, Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!!, Naoki Tanizaki{L}
2. Chihiro Tominaga, Super Shenlong III{W} (6:37 School Boy) Kotoka{L}, Rich Swann
3. Evil Ways Calling!: Hollywood Stalker Ichikawa, Atsushi Onita{W} (11:29 Thunder Fire Power Bomb onto Barbed Wire Table) Mondai Ryu, Kzy{L}
4. Open the Brave Gate: Dragon Kid (24:13 Dragonrana) Ricochet
*DK succeeds in his 2nd Defense
5. Open the Twin Gate: YAMATO, Shingo Takagi{W}(21:05 Last Falconry) Jimmy Susumu{L}, Jimmy Kagetora
*The Jimmys fail in their 1st Defense, -akatsuki- become the 22nd Champions
6. Open the Triangle Gate 3 Way: Naruki Doi, Masato Yoshino, PAC vs. BxB Hulk, Naoki Tanisaki, Cyber Kong vs. Masaaki Mochizuki, Don Fujii, Gamma
-Doi (20:50 V9 Clutch) Gamma
-PAC (25:50 360 Shooting Star Press) Hulk
*W1i succeed in their 5th Defense
7. Open the Dream Gate: CIMA (28:45 Meteora) Akira Tozawa
*CIMA succeeds in his 5th Defense
Onita was in typical form after the match. He told CIMA to be a man and let him bring an exploding barbed wire match to DG. CIMA replied with one word. "FIRE!"
President Okamura gave his customary speech after intermission. He didn't have much of note to say, just re-affirming the loyalty to the homebase in Kobe while expanding throughout the world.
PAC bowed to all four corners and kissed the mat following Triangle Gate.
Tozawa did end up having MB seconding him. However, he did stay true to his word to fight a solo battle. Mondai Ryu attempted to interfere and received a bicycle kick from Tozawa for his trouble.
CIMA gave the standard closing speech. He said he wasn't sure who or what generation his next challenger would be from, but he would beat them. Because he is CIMA. He also seemed to accept the offer from Onita, in his excitement.
He then called out PAC. He came out with the rest of W1i. It was time to say farewell, as this was his final night with Dragon Gate in Japan. Soon the entire roster joined them in the ring. Each and everyone had a chance to say a few words to the Man Gravity Forgot. They ranged from brief words of respect, to memories of prior battles, to YAMATO asking him to come get drunk in Roppongi one more time. There was one common theme, though. That he was a member of the Dragon Gate family, an incredible performer, and we will never forget him. He gave his own brief speech, before his theme song played one final time.
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jae noted on Twitter that PAC's farewell was absolutely emotional and there were tears flowing, at least from him.
With PAC leaving, this obviously means Triangle is being vacated.