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BG Says: Dragon Gate Infinity 91
By Brad Garoon | July 30, 2008
After two weeks off I’m back with more Hot Dragon Gate Action.
June 12, 2008 – Tokyo, Japan
The show starts with the Dragon Gate Digest. First up Kenichiro Arai introduces Shinobu as the newest member of Tozawajuku. The two of them and Taku Iwasa team up to take on the Typhoon team of Ryo Saito, Susumu Yokosuka & Dragon Kid, but lose their debut match as a trio. After the match Tokyo Gurentai attacks. NOSAWA issues a Twin Gate challenge to Typhoon, but Arai takes offense. Arai and Iwasa will face NOSAWA and MAZADA on an upcoming show, and Anthony W. Mori will fight TAKEMURA.
The rest of the digest is made up of clips from Buyuden 6. I can’t express how sad I am that an entire Buyuden show has been relegated to a two minute clip job. Don Fujii & Tetsuhiro Kuroda defeated Yuki Sato & Dick Togo. Togo and Fujii set up a singles match for Buyuden 7. Hopefully that’ll actually get some air time. Also on Buyuden 6 Shingo Takagi, Daisuke Sekimoto & Cyber Kong defeated Masato Tanaka, Masaaki Mochizuki & Magnitude Kishiwada. In what conceivable way could Dragon Gate think their fans wouldn’t want to see this? After the match Mochizuki announced he’d be in ZERO1-MAX’s Fire Festival tournament. Stupid digest.
Back at Korakuen Hall, Yasushi Kanda waits in the ring for his match against BxB Hulk. Hulk’s dancers come out and do their thing but Hulk doesn’t join them. Then, from out of nowhere Hulk runs in, dressed all in black and immediately grabs Kanda’s blue box and starts beating him with it.
BxB Hulk VS. Yasushi Kanda
Hulk continues to beat Kanda on the floor. Kanda bleeds so Hulk bites the wound. In the ring Hulk chokes Kanda with his ring jacket. The crowd doesn’t seem to know what to make of all this. Kanda hits a low blow and shoves Hulk to the floor. He whips Hulk into the crowd. He hits Hulk with a piece of wood. In the ring Hulk comes back with kicks. He kicks the blue box into Kanda’s face. He hits the EVO for 2 with a cocky cover. He hits the FTX for the win at 4:40 shown of 6:28. What probably should have been a squash for Hulk was turned into a 50/50 match that was only really notable because Hulk went dark and cheated. Sadly all that did was keep the crowd from knowing how to react.
Rating: *
Naruki Doi, Masato Yoshino, Naoki Tanisaki & m.c.KZ VS. Shingo Takagi, Gamma, Genki Horiguchi & Cyber Kong [Naniwa Style Elimination Match]
Once all entrants are in play eliminations occur by pin, submission or being thrown over the top rope to the floor. Takagi and Tanisaki start with some chair fencing. Takagi wins the exchange and hits a few chair shots on Tanisaki. Tanisaki hits a drop toehold on a chair. He hits a chair shot to the face. Kong is out next and puts his pineapple up against Tanisaki’s chair. He hits a shoulder tackle and a pineapple shot. KZ is out next. He hits Takagi with a crossbody. He hits Kong with a head scissors takedown. He and Tanisaki hit a double elbow on Takagi. Horiguchi is out next. He hits KZ with a dropkick. He hits Tanisaki with a low blow. Yoshino is out next. He hits Kong with an insane suicide dive. He and Tanisaki hit a double hiptoss on Horiguchi for 2. Gamma is out next. Yoshino gets his cane and throws it to the floor. Gamma dumps Yoshino to the floor. Doi is out last. He slaps Gamma around. KZ tags in and World-1 gangs up on Gamma. Gamma hits KZ with dropkicks. Horiguchi tags in and hits a double stomp. KZ hits a vertical suplex. Doi tags in and knocks Gamma off the apron. Everyone fights on the floor. Doi and Gamma brawl into the crowd. Doi hits a snap suplex. Takagi wails on KZ with a chair as Horiguchi slams Yoshino into the wall. Takagi hits a sick powerbomb on KZ onto a chair pile before carrying him back to the ring. In the ring Gamma puts raw eggs in his mouth and spits them onto Doi’s face. Takagi hits KZ with a senton for 2. KZ jumps off Horiguchi’s back to DDT Gamma. Doi tags in and cleans house. Yoshino tags in and they double-team Takagi for 2. Kong elbowdrops Takagi accidentally. Tanisaki and Yoshino hit Kong with a double suplex. World-1 gangs up on Horiguchi in the corner. Yoshino dropkicks Gamma and hits Horiguchi with a senton for 2. KZ hits Horiguchi’s knees with the frog splash. They trade roll ups until Horiguchi gets pinned at 13:52 shown of 24:03.
Kong hits KZ with an avalanche. He hits the Doomsday Device off of Takagi’s shoulders for 2. KZ hits a backdrop on Kong. Kong and Takagi collide. KZ hits the Canadian Destroyer on Takagi. Takagi comes back with a lariat. KZ counters the Last Falconry to a roll up for 2. Takagi gets a roll up to eliminate KZ at 15:56 shown of 26:49. Kong hits clotheslines on Tanisaki and Doi. He clubs Yoshino around. Yoshino hits a pumphandle slam. Kong hits an avalanche. Yoshino avoids the Pineapple Bomber and gets the Speed Star to eliminate him at 17:09 shown of 29:07. Tanisaki DDTs Takagi. Takagi comes back with a vertical suplex. He and Gamma hit a double back suplex. Tanisaki hits a hurricanrana. They both go over the top rope to the apron. Real Hazard keeps Takagi from touching the floor and Takagi knocks Tanisaki to the floor with a DVD on the apron at 18:53 shown of 31:08. Gamma hits Yoshino with a low blow. Yoshino responds in kind. He goes for a hurricanrana over the ropes but Horiguchi blocks the elimination. Yoshino hits Gamma with the Torbellino. He puts on the Sol Naciente but Horiguchi breaks it up with a chair shot. That lets Gamma roll Yoshino up to eliminate him at 20:28 shown of 33:10. Takagi hits Doi with an exploder. He and Gamma go for a double-team but collide. Doi hits them both with the Dai Bosou. YAMATO hits a blue box shot and Horiguchi hits a cane shot. Yoshino runs out and throws powder at everyone, allowing Doi to roll up Gamma at 22:16 shown of 35:21. Takagi hits Doi with a lariat. Doi hits the Doi 555. He hits the Bakatare Sliding Kick for 2. Takagi blocks the Muscle Bomb and hits MADE IN JAPAN for 2. He hits a clothesline in the corner. He hits the Original Falconry off the top but doesn’t cover. Doi gets a roll up for 2. Takagi hits the Pumping Bomber for 2. He hits the Doi 555 and the Pumping Bomber again for the win at 24:57 shown of 38:11. The eliminations may have been in close temporal proximity to each other but they all made sense and they were all exciting.
Rating: ***¾
Next time on Infinity: Takagi and Hulk in an epic battle to decide who will face CIMA for the Dream Gate title on PPV.
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