July 26, 2009 – Tokyo, Japan
So technically this wasn’t called Buyuden 13, since the show after Buyuden 11 was Mochizuki’s special 15th anniversary show and the shows following that one aren’t numbered, but I’m going to keep track for the sake of it. At any rate here’s the championship rundown, not that it plays into the Buyuden shows at all:
Open the Dream Gate Champion: Naruki Doi
Open the Twin Gate Champions: Ryo Saito & Genki Horiguchi
Open the Triangle Gate Champions: Masato Yoshino, BxB Hulk & PAC
Open the Brave Gate Champion: Naruki Doi
Minoru {VM} & KAGETORA {W5} vs. Takeshi Minamino {MP} & Fujita Jr. Hayato {MP}
Seems a mini-feud is brewing on produce shows between Minamino and KAGETORA. Hayato and Minoru start. They trade kicks to a stalemate. KAGETORA and Minamino tag into the match. KAGETORA hits a clothesline. Minoru tags in and hits a dropkick. He hits a kneedrop for 2. Minamino puts KAGETORA down with a headbutt. Hayato tags in and kicks KAGETORA for 2. KAGETORA hits a leaping clothesline. Minoru tags in and hits a dropkick. Hayato hits a spear for 2. Minoru grabs a cross armbreaker. Hayato gets to the ropes. He puts on a guillotine choke but KAGETORA makes the save. Minoru hits a dragon screw. KAGETORA runs into a kick from Hayato. He comes back with kicks to Minamino for 2. Minamino hits a DDT. Hayato hits a German suplex and Minamino hits a knee kick for 2. Hayato kicks KAGETORA’s chest for 2. KAGETORA comes back with a brainbuster for 2. Minoru hits another dropkick for 2. Minamino shoves the referee and hits Minoru with a low blow. He hits a Tombstone Piledriver for 2. He gets a roll up for 2. Minoru comes back with the cross armbreaker for the win at 11:52 shown of 16:27. I’d really like to see a singles match between Minoru and Hayato after this. The rest of the match was solid, but the exchanges between Minoru and Hayato were the real highlight.
Rating: ***
Minoru and Hayato go at it on the microphone after the match, and I suppose kind words were said because they teamed in the main event of Buyuden 14.
Next up we get clips of Yuki Sato vs. Kotoka Shiiba. As I said in my review of the WARRIORS-5 produce show, Shiiba is going to be the guy to keep an eye on, despite his loss to a German suplex here. He stupidly slaps Sato after the match, so Sato slaps him back and puts him down.
Also, Stalker Ichikawa and Kikutaro both dressed up as Tiger Jeet Singh and fought each other. Kikutaro won. K-ness and Gamma teamed up to take on Super Shenlong and Gran Hamada. Shenlong lost his mask again, and the match again. Don Fujii and Naoki Tanisaki teamed to face Kento Miyahara and Takashi Okita. They won when Fujii rolled up Okita.
Masaaki Mochizuki {Z} vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima {KO}
Mochizuki controls early with kicks. Nakajima responds in kind. They trade shots until Mochizuki hits the mat. Mochizuki comes back with a legsweep and a shinbreaker on the apron. He stays on the leg. Knowing Nakajima’s leg is garbage, he challenges him to trade kicks. Nakajima hits a dragon screw instead. He puts on a leglock. They fight to the ramp where Nakajima puts Mochizuki down with kicks. He hits a DDT on the ramp. He goes to work on the arm. He puts on an armbar in the ring. Mochizuki gets to the ropes. He hits an axe kick, so Nakajima goes back to the arm. He hits an armbreaker off the second rope and puts on a cross armbreaker. Mochizuki counters to an anklelock. Nakajima comes back with a big chest kick. Mochizuki pounds the leg and then hits a kick in the corner. He goes back to the anklelock. He kicks Nakajima’s head. Nakajima returns the favor. Mochizuki hits a superkick. Nakajima hits a big boot and two superkicks. Mochizuki hits the Twister. He hits a back heel kick. He hits the Ikkakugeri and a falcon arrow for 2. Nakajima puts on an armbar. Mochizuki hits a knee kick. Nakajima rolls through a hurricanrana for 2. Mochizuki hits a head kick for 2. Nakajima hit a back suplex. Both guys are struggling. They kick the crap out of each other until Nakajima hits a German suplex for 2. They trade kicks again, this time until both guys collapse and get counted down at 21:21. If you want a match reminiscent of Samoa Joe vs. Low Ki from ROH in 2002, this is the match for you. They just kicked the living hell out of each other. It was very much unlike your typical Dragon Gate singles match.
Rating: ***¾
The show ends by highlighting the Pixy Chicks, the girls that danced to open the Kobe PPV. Next week the Summer Adventure Tag League begins!
