Infinity 198 or Gamma Bomb

November 13, 2010 – Kyoto, Japan

Open the Dream Gate Champion: Masato Yoshino
Open the Triangle Gate Champions: Naoki Tanisaki, Yasushi Kanda & Takuya Sugawara
Open the Brave Gate Champion: PAC
Open the Twin Gate Champions: Susumu Yokosuka & K-ness
Open the Freedom Gate Champion: BxB Hulk

Naruki Doi & Takuya Sugawara vs. Don Fujii {Z} & Kenichiro Arai {Z}
The Nameless Nudniks attack before the bell. They hit Arai with a double back elbow. Arai hits Sugawara with a back elbow and suplexes Doi on top of him. Sugawara is sporting Tokyo Gurentai gear, which doesn’t bode well for anyone. Arai hits him with a DDT. He hits a headbutt to the back and Fujii hits an elbowdrop. Doi and Fujii trade chops in an exchange that goes badly for Doi. Doi rolls Arai up for 2. He and Sugawara work Arai’s arm. Fujii chases Kzy around ringside with a chair. Sugawara drops an elbow on Arai for 2. He puts on a chinlock. Arai bites him to escape. Doi hits a neckbreaker and a senton on top of Sugawara’s knees for 2. Arai comes back with a dropkick. Doi dropkicks Sugawara by mistake. Fujii throws Doi into the air. Arai hits a suicide dive. Fujii hits Sugawara with a lariat. Sugawara hits a DDT. Fujii gets a roll up for 2. He hits a dropkick. Arai hits Doi with a superplex for 2. He hits a delayed brainbuster for 2. Doi blocks the Hanshin Tiger Suplex. Fujii nails him with a lariat. Arai jumps off Fujii’s shoulders to hit a double stomp. Fujii hits the chokeslam. Arai hits the diving headbutt for 2. Doi rolls him up for 2. Sugawara hits an enziguiri. He hits a side slam for 2. He hits TCO for 2. Doi hits the Bakatare Sliding Kick for 2. Arai blocks the Shiisanpuuta. Fujii hits a lariat and Arai gets a small package for 2. Sugawara hits a low blow and a brainbuster for 2. He hits the Shiisanpuuta for the win at 14:42. Doi is a waste when saddled with Sugawara. In fact, I’m going to go as far as to call YAMATO a miracle worker, because nobody can drag Sugawara to anything worthwhile but him. This almost picked up at the end, but it was too little too late. After the match Doi’s Nudniks beat the crap out of Arai.
Rating: **¼

Next up they show a clip from the Triangle Gate match at the Gate of Destiny, which was filmed after the stuff on this show but aired a week earlier. The Zetsurins eliminated Kamikaze, but then the Nudniks retained by cheating to beat the Zetsurins.

CIMA {W5}, Gamma {W5} & Dragon Kid {W5} vs. Masato Yoshino {W1}, K-ness & Susumu Yokosuka
Yokosuka and Kid start. They trade holds on the mat. Yokosuka hits a shoulder tackle. Kid hits a head scissor takedown. CIMA hits Yoshino with a shoulder tackle and a chest kick. Yoshino hits a dropkick. CIMA returns the favor. He goes for the Meteora but Yoshino bails. K-ness hits a leg lariat on Gamma. Gamma hits a shoulder tackle. He hits a dropkick. He goes after the mask but Yokosuka stops him. CIMA sees Kid in trouble but boots Yoshino off the apron rather than help his partner. Odd. K-ness also skips the weakened Kid and goes after Gamma. No surprise there. Kid hits Yokosuka with a pair of kneedrops for 2. Gamma and K-ness brawl around the building. CIMA hits Yokosuka with a senton. He hits a legdrop. He works Yokosuka’s arm. Gamma tags in and tries to hit a double back elbow with CIMA, but CIMA hits a dropkick instead. That doesn’t sit well with Gamma. K-ness hits Kid with a snap suplex. He puts on a half crab. Gamma saunters up to him and makes the save with spit. He bites K-ness’s foot. Yoshino double stomps Kid’s arm. He and K-ness hit a dropkick sandwich. Yokosuka hits a lariat in the corner. He hits the super exploder for 2. Kid hits K-ness with the 619. He hits Yokosuka with a head scissor takedown. CIMA tags in and cleans house. Gamma hits K-ness with a dropkick. He canes K-ness repeatedly. K-ness no-sells it and hits an enziguiri. They both fight for their finishers until K-ness hits a Darkness Bottom for 2. He puts on the Aoki Hikari. Yoshino puts CIMA in From Jungle. CIMA saves Gamma with Yoshino on his back and then kicks the crap out of Yoshino. He hits a senton. Yoshino puts on the Coumori. He hits the dropkick from the floor to the apron. CIMA dodges the shotgun dropkick and hits the Superdrol. He helps Kid hit a dropkick and a senton but then misses a senton of his own. Yokosuka hits Kid with a backbreaker. He and K-ness hit the SukaDora Knee. Yoshino hits the shotgun senton on all three opponents. It gets 2 on Kid. Kid avoids Yokosuka’s Last Ride. Yokosuka blocks the Mysterio Rana and hits the DVD. Gamma canes K-nes, and Yokosuka. He helps Kid hit the stack hurricanrana on Yokosuka. CIMA hits a double stomp. Yokosuka gets a crucifix pin for 2. CIMA and Gamma hit the double superkick. Kid hits the Ultra Hurricanrana for 2. Yokosuka hits the Jumbo no Kachi. Gamma hits a back suplex. K-ness hits an enziguiri. CIMA hits a double stomp. Yoshino hits the Torbellino. He puts on the Sol Naciente. Gamma makes the save. K-ness misses the sssssss. He gets the rolling cradle for 2. Gamma counters the Darkness Buster to the Gamma Special for 2. He hits a lariat. He hits the Blitzen for 2. He hits another Gamma Special for the win at 20:19. The middle of this match was slower than molasses by Dragon Gate standards. However, CIMA and Yoshino did some great stuff here and the finish with Gamma finally dominating K-ness was also worthwhile.
Rating: ***¼

After the match K-ness demands to know who Gamma’s partner will be at the Gate of Destiny. Gamma is done playing coy and calls out his partner… NARUKI DOI!!! Doi comes out with Kzy, smiling that evil smile. The WARRIORS are none too pleased about this development. Ryo Saito takes particular exception, calling Gamma his enemy. CIMA and Kid are both upset, but can’t focus on this problem now because of their upcoming title matches.

The show starts to wind down with highlights from the Gate of Destiny PPV. Read my review of the show by clicking that link. Notable fallout from the PPV included:
-Gamma and Doi winning the Twin Gate titles.
-PAC retaining the Brave Gate title and moving on to defend against YAMATO on December 12th.
-Yoshino retaining the Dream Gate title and moving on to defend against Doi on December 26th.
-Anthony W. Mori reforming the Pos.HEARTS for his final PPV match, which he lost.
-Riki Choshu appearing to squash Stalker Ichikawa.
-KAGETORA defeating Kzy but being assaulted by Kzy and Tanisaki after the fact.

Gaora announces Super Fight 2011: Gaora’s 20th Anniversary show to take place on January 24th. Dragon Gate will team with All Japan to put on this supershow. Michinoku Pro, Kaientai Dojo and a few Joshi companies that appear on Gaora TV will also participate. CIMA and Yoshino appear for Dragon Gate at the press conference, along with Keiji Mutoh and Suwama. A “Dream Team vs. Champions Team” match is signed pitting the superstar team of CIMA, Mutoh and Tiger Mask V against the championship team of Yoshino, Suwama and the Great Sasuke (though I don’t think Sasuke currently holds any titles).

The show ends with Kotoka attacking Kzy backstage. Kzy & Yasushi Kanda vs. Kotoka and BxB Hulk in a Hair vs. Hair match is made for December 5th.