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Post by lordakiyama on Feb 16, 2012 11:19:04 GMT -5
This will be the thread where all the news and notes from Japan will be. Most, if not all of the notes, will be from jae of iHEARTdg.
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2/16/2012 Aichi, Kasugai Synthesis Gym - 600 Attendance 1. Masato Yoshino, Dragon Kid{W} (14:25 Bible) Jimmy Susumu, Rich Swann{L} 2. Gamma (1:26 Power Bomb) Hollywood Stalker Ichikawa 2b. Gamma (7:33 Power Bomb) Hollywood Stalker Ichikawa 3. Shingo Takagi (12:15 MADE IN JAPAN) Jimmy Kagetora 4. Naruki Doi, Cyber Kong{W} (16:15 Cyber Bomb) CIMA, Genki Horiguchi{L} 4. Masaaki Mochizuki{W}, YAMATO, Ryo Saito (16:18 Sankakugeri to the Face) Akira Tozawa, BxB Hulk, Yasushi Kanda{L}
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Post by wiccaflickaphase on Feb 16, 2012 13:54:36 GMT -5
blood warriors have been doing terrible since this split, jesus.
hoping for a stable with CIMA/SHINGO/Ricochet sooooooon.
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Post by gardenstatesaint on Feb 16, 2012 18:42:15 GMT -5
Thanks for doing this thread again. It came in handy on the old board.
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Post by futureninja on Feb 16, 2012 19:10:30 GMT -5
hoping for a stable with CIMA/SHINGO/Ricochet sooooooon. From what I've read at a recent show CIMA has asked Yoshino to take Ricochet under his wing when he gets back. Six man tags with Yoshino/Ricochet/Dragon Kid on one team are going to be insane!
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Post by lordakiyama on Feb 16, 2012 19:58:03 GMT -5
Here's the basic rundown.
At the moment, Blood Warriors are the only faction in DG. Tozawa is the leader with Hulk and Kong as his lieutenants, Doi doing whatever he pleases, Kanda, Kazy, Tanizaki, and Tomahawk T.T. making up the Japanese contingent, the DGUSA members, as far as I'm aware of, are Brodie Lee and Uhaa Nation. Tanizaki is on the shelf for a long while, so Tomahawk is cosplaying as him. I'll try to remember putting in the quotation marks when his matches are posted. Tozawa's goal is complete domination of Dragon Gate.
There is the unofficial alliance with CIMA, Don Fujii, and Hollywood Stalker Ichikawa, essentially being a semi-reunited Waku Waku Fuji Land.
As noted, CIMA has asked Masato Yoshino to team with Ricochet beginning in a few days. Yoshino quickly agreed.
Super Shenlong is displaying a bratty attitude whenever his side loses in a tag match, putting blame on his partners rather than accept the loss. He had previously been getting on Chihiro Tominaga's case, claiming he was the most unworthy of rookies since it took him five years to finally make the main card of a show, but Tominaga appears to have quieted after beating him in a singles match at Korakuen Hall.
Shingo appears to be more concentrated on a major program he, Suwama from All Japan, Kota Ibushi, and NOAH's Go Shiozaki are trying to put together as they're all friends and came up together roughly around the same time (2004ish). The idea being that this type of feud would really elevate the four of them through the matches they would have against one another.
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Latest news from jae
2/26/2012 Aichi, Nagoya Congress Center 1. Ryo Saito, Genki Horiguchi vs. "Naoki Tanizaki", Kzy 2. Gamma, Shachihiko Machine vs. Don Fujii, Hollywood Stalker Ichikawa 3. Rich Swann vs. Super Shisa 4. Masato Yoshino, Ricochet vs. Jimmy Susumu, Jimmy Kagetora 5. Special 10 Man Tag (No Time Limit): Akira Tozawa, BxB Hulk, Cyber Kong, Naruki Doi, Yasushi Kanda vs. CIMA, Masaaki Mochizuki, YAMATO, Shingo Takagi, Dragon Kid
The main event came about after the show today. Tozawa is in a hurry to assume complete dominance of the DG ring, so he called out five members of the JIII remnants. Mochizuki surprised them by calling out CIMA as one of the members. Since CIMA is now on a mission to crush BW, their goals are the same. YAMATO & Takagi were predictably apprehensive. DK seems to be OK with it, as he usually is.
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Post by hellion on Feb 16, 2012 20:05:30 GMT -5
TAKA Michinoku and Sanshiro Takagi (DDT owner) are also aligned with CIMA's unofficial stable, but since they're outsiders they aren't appearing regularly (the only match they have booked is at Korakuen next month, with CIMA against Tozawa, Hulk and Kong).
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Post by lordakiyama on Feb 18, 2012 12:11:43 GMT -5
2/18/2012 Shizuoka, Shimizu Marine Building 1. YAMATO{W}, Masato Yoshino (13:42 Gallaria) BxB Hulk, Yasushi Kanda{L} 2. Masaaki Mochizuki (10:22 Twister) Chihiro Tominaga 3. Naruki Doi (10:09 Bakatare Sliding Kick) Genki Horiguchi 4. Shingo Takagi, Jimmy Susumu{W} (14:35 Yokosuka Cutter) CIMA, Rich Swann{L} 5. Ryo Saito{W}, Dragon Kid, Gamma (17:05 Double Cross) Akira Tozawa, Cyber Kong, Kzy{L}
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Post by gardenstatesaint on Feb 18, 2012 12:35:30 GMT -5
Tozawa as leader of the Blood Warriors is awesome. The Miami shows are gonna be quiet interesting.
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Post by hellion on Feb 18, 2012 19:05:58 GMT -5
Who would you guys like to see in a new unit? I imagine one will feature Yoshino, Ricochet and Dragon Kid, and I have no doubt that Shingo and YAMATO will stick together, especially since Shingo pledged his "eternal brohood" to YAMATO a while back (to quote Jae).
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Post by lordakiyama on Feb 18, 2012 20:41:24 GMT -5
CIMA is surely cooking something up, possibly with his "married" partner Fujii. What I'm curious to see is if Mochi would be involved as Mochi and Fujii both pledged to reunite as the tag team force they were prior to the two unit war. And CIMA's history with Mochi has never really been all that cheery, even if they're teaming up soon.
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Post by hellion on Feb 18, 2012 20:58:37 GMT -5
CIMA is surely cooking something up, possibly with his "married" partner Fujii. What I'm curious to see is if Mochi would be involved as Mochi and Fujii both pledged to reunite as the tag team force they were prior to the two unit war. And CIMA's history with Mochi has never really been all that cheery, even if they're teaming up soon. I can see Mochi joining up with them once TAKA and Sanshiro are gone.
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Post by lordakiyama on Feb 19, 2012 11:49:29 GMT -5
Two shows today.
2/19/2012 Okayama, Kurashiki Sanyou Heights 1. CIMA, Ryo Saito{W} (16:31 Double Cross) Rich Swann, Eita Kobayashi{L} 2. Gamma (7:31Gamma Special) Shachihoko Machine 3. Dragon Kid (10:31 Crucifix Hold) Genki Horiguchi 4. YAMATO, Jimmy Susumu{W} (13:45 Jumbo no Kachi!gatame) Naruki Doi, Yasushi Kanda{L} 5. Akira Tozawa, BxB Hulk, Cyber Kong{W} (17:09 Cyber Bomb) Shingo Takagi, Masato Yoshino. Jimmy Kagetora{L}
2/19/2012 Dragon Gate Special Match in Wakayama Keirin 1. Super Shenlong (8:20 Senpuu) Yosuke Watanabe 2. Don Fujii (6:26 HIMEI) Hollywood Stalker Ichikawa 3. Super Shisa{W}, Kotoka (10:30 Yoshitonic) Kzy, "Naoki Tanizaki"{L}
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Post by lordakiyama on Feb 20, 2012 11:25:13 GMT -5
2/20/2012 Hyogo, Kobe Sambo Hall 0. Eita Kobayashi (4:49 Moonsault Press) Yosuke Watanabe 1. Masaaki Mochizuki{W}, Dragon Kid, Gamma (12:13 Twister) Ryo Saito, Genki Horiguchi, Super Shenlong{L} 2. Masato Yoshino (10:01 Lightning Spiral) Jimmy Kagetora 3. CIMA, Don Fujii{W}, Rich Swann (14:24 Gedo Clutch) Naruki Doi, Cyber Kong{L}, Yasushi Kanda 4. CIMA Royale: Rich Swann, PAC, Cyber Kong, Yasushi Kanda, Gamma, Super Shenlong, Eita Kobayashi, Don Fujii, Masato Yoshino, Dragon Kid -Fujii (9:34 Gedo Clutch) Gamma -Eita (11:52 Moonsault Press) Shenlong -(Over the Top Rope) Swann -Fujii (Choke Slam) Eita -Yoshino (Over the Top Rope) Kong & Fujii -PAC (German Suplex Hold) Kanda -PAC (Bible Cutback) DK -PAC (18:45 German Suplex Hold) Yoshino 5. No Rope Match: BxB Hulk (21:37 First Flash) YAMATO 6. No Rope Match: Akira Tozawa (18:25 Package German Suplex Hold) Shingo Takagi
CIMA came out with Saito & Horiguchi. He said the CIMA Royale 2 would go on after intermission, & he would announce the participants as the night progressed. Shenlong stormed the ring and demanded he be named first. He then told Saito & Horiguchi not to hold him back in their match.
Gamma, DK, Kobayashi, & Shenlong were named to the match after the opener. While this was going on, Shenlong assaulted Eita. He shouted that he was seizing his chance. Yoshino was added after his match. Fujii, Swann, KandaKong, & Doi were added after the 6 man. Doi refused, saying he wanted to fight for the Brave Gate. CIMA was quite upset that this left his precious match with just 9 participants. While he lamented and asked anyone to come down, PACs' entrance theme hit. He told CIMA that he wanted to be the final member. CIMA consented.
PAC went on to win, and will have his first ever shot at the Dream gate title at the CHAMPION GATE in Osaka series on 3/3 or 3/4.
Tozawa & Hulk boasted their clean sweep of YAMATO & Takagi, Hulk said Shingo in particular had grown quite weak in the last year or so. Tozawa said since the Dream Gate match was decided, and Doi was challenging for the Brave, it was time to decide the next Twin challengers. He asked if anyone was feeling strong enough. The Jimmyz stepped up and made their challenge. Tozawa accepted, but to further their descent into blandness, they will be renamed to Jimmy A & Jimmy B when they lose.
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So we have
Open The Dream Gate: CIMA vs. PAC Open The Brave Gate: Ricochet vs. Naruki Doi Open The Twin Gate: Akira Tozawa, BxB Hulk vs. Jimmy Susumu, Jimmy Kagetora
Triange Gate is still vacant though.
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Post by vs535dl on Feb 20, 2012 12:51:11 GMT -5
Congratulations to PAC on earning his 1st Dream Gate title match.Hopefully at some point we can see CIMA vs PAC in DGUSA.
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Post by wiccaflickaphase on Feb 20, 2012 13:50:52 GMT -5
that kong/hulk/tozawa vs. mochizuki/yamato/SHINGO match from the last dg infinity was UNREAL. my favorite of recent matches.
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