January 23, 2011 – Kobe, Japan
Open the Dream Gate Champion: Masato Yoshino
Open the Triangle Gate Champions: CIMA, Dragon Kid & Ricochet
Open the Brave Gate Champion: PAC
Open the Twin Gate Champions: Masaaki Mochizuki & Don Fujii
Open the Freedom Gate Champion: BxB Hulk
Masaaki Mochizuki {Z} vs. Ryo Saito {BW}
These two will wrestle in a Twin Gate Championship match on the next episode of Infinity. Mochizuki attacks before the bell. Saito brings him to the floor. Back in the ring Saito works over Mochizuki’s leg. Mochizuki comes back with the apron kick. Saito pops up so Mochizuki kicks his face. Back in the ring he punches the back of Saito’s head. He puts on a chinlock. Saito hits a back suplex to escape. Mochizuki hits an axe kick. Saito hits the overhead suplex. He hits the Fisherman Express. Mochizuki hits a chest kick. Saito hits a German suplex for 2. Mochizuki hits the Sankakugeri. Saito smacks the taste out of his mouth. He hits a fisherman superplex for 2. Mochizuki blocks the dragon suplex and hits one of his own. He hits a chest kick and a back heel kick to the face. Saito hits a dragon suplex for 2. Mochizuki hits a big boot. He hits the Ikkakugeri. He hits the Twisting Ikkakugeri. He hits the Twister for 2. Saito blocks the Twister III. Mochizuki blocks the Premium Bridge. He hits an axe kick to the face. Saito hits the Premium Bridge for 2 when Mochizuki’s foot falls on the bottom rope. Mochizuki blocks the Double Cross and hits the Illusion. Saito blocks the Saikyou High Kick and goes for the Double Cross but Mochizuki catches him with a backslide for the win at 9:42 shown of 15:58. Thankfully Saito hasn’t reverted to his Real Hazard heel persona, and is wrestling mostly like his normal self. These two have fantastic chemistry, and the way they built to bigger and bigger moves until Mochizuki captured Saito with his own partner’s quick pin was absolutely brilliant.
Rating: ***½
BxB Hulk {W1} vs. Cyber Kong {K}
Hulk has dominated Kamikaze, putting Shingo Takagi out of action since defending the Open the Freedom Gate title against him and beating YAMATO at Final Gate. Only Kong is left to defend Kamikaze’s honor. Hulk attacks at the bell but Kong is too strong. Kong comes back with a shoulder tackle. He press slams Hulk to the floor. Hulk hurts his leg, so Kong rams it into the post. Back in the ring Hulk hits a back heel kick. Kong swats away a dropkick because Hulk is moving too slowly. Kong catches a spin kick and attacks the leg. Hulk hits a springboard dropkick. He sweeps the leg, and hits a face kick and the BxB Star Press for 2. These guys aren’t fooling around. Hulk hits a roundhouse kick but collapses afterwards. He catches Kong with a punt and puts on a cross armbreaker. Kong comes back with a huge lariat. He hits another in the corner. Hulk hits the Mouse. He puts on a triangle choke. Kong tries to slam his way out but collapses and Hulk reapplies the cross armbreaker. Kong gets to the ropes. Hulk hits the axe kick for 2. He hits another to the face. He hits the First Flash for 2. So Kong is tougher than Takagi and YAMATO. Hulk goes for Phoenix Splash but Kong knocks him off the top. Kong freaks out and hits a clothesline to the leg. He clubs Hulk around the ring and hits a German suplex. He rips off his elbow pad and hits the Pineapple Bomber for 2. He beats the crap out of Hulk’s leg. He hits a flying elbowdrop to the leg. Hulk hits a miracle backdrop but can’t get control. Kong hits the Pineapple Bomber to the leg. He hits a powerbomb for 2. He puts on the Stretch Muffler. Hulk gets to the ropes. Kong sets Hulk up for the Cyber Bomb. Hulk desperately tries to punch his way out but Kong hits the move for the win at 11:25 shown of 16:48. Kong celebrates like he just won the Dream Gate title. This match was everything I was hoping for. Kong was in control for almost the entire match, and Hulk was only in control when it made the most sense. Essentially this was the Hulk beating I’d been waiting for. Kong for Dream Gate Champion in 2011!
Rating: ****
CIMA {BW}, Naruki Doi {BW} & Gamma {BW} vs. Masato Yoshino {W1}, K-ness {W1} & Susumu Yokosuka {W1}
Doi and Yoshino start. Yoshino hits a dropkick. Doi hits a vertical suplex. Yokosuka puts CIMA in an abdominal stretch. CIMA hits a hiptoss to escape. K-ness and Gamma have a spit battle. K-ness hits a leg lariat. CIMA hits Yoshino with a bodyslam. Yokosuka hits a knee to the gut for 1. Yoshino and K-ness hit a dropkick sandwich. Yokosuka goes back to the abdominal stretch. Gamma gives Yokosuka the Sweet Angel’s Kiss. Doi hits the hanging senton for 2. Gamma canes Yokosuka’s crotch. Yokosuka hits Doi with an exploder. He cleans house with lariats. Yoshino avoids the Venus. CIMA avoids the Coumori. Yoshino hits the Sling Blade. Doi dropkicks Gamma by mistake. Yoshino hits CIMA with a suicide dive. Doi catches K-ness with a schoolboy for 2. He hits the crossbody to the back. He hits a Blue Thunder Bomb for 2. K-ness hits the Kaishaku for 2. He puts on the Aoki Hikari but Gamma makes the save. Yokosuka clotheslines the cane out of Gamma’s hand and then clotheslines Gamma’s leg. He hits a lariat. Gamma hits a back suplex. CIMA hits a dropkick on Yoshino. He hits a double stomp but misses a senton. Yoshino avoids a double stomp and hits the Ude Yoshino for 2. CIMA hits the Venus and Iconoclasm. Gamma hits a basement dropkick. Doi hits the Superdrol. CIMA hits the Superdrol for 2. Yokosuka hits Doi with a super exploder. K-ness hits the Kaishaku for 2. He and Yokosuka hit the SukaDora Knee. Yoshino hits the shotgun senton for 2. Yoshino hits Doi with the Torbellino. He puts on the Sol Naciente. Gamma makes the save. He and CIMA hit K-ness with a double superkick. K-ness gets the rolling cradle for 1. Gamma catches him with the Gamma Special for 2. Doi hits the Dai Bosou. CIMA and Gamma hit the double Tokarev. Doi hits the Bakatare Sliding Kick for 2. CIMA and Gamma hit stereo suicide dives. Doi hits K-ness with the Doi 555 and the Bakatare Sliding Kick for the win at 16:38 shown of 21:57. This took quite a while to get going, but once the Blood Warriors channeled their best from Blood Generation, the Muscle Outlaw’z and the WARRIORS-5 things picked up. Minus points for recycling the finish to the Blood Warriors vs. Kamikaze match from the previous week, however. In a few weeks these two stables will fight for the right to have PAC on their team.
Rating: ***¼
Super Shenlong vs. Takuya Tomakomai is shown all clipped up. Tomakomai dominates. Hitting Shenlong with a lariat and putting him in a half crab to get his first win ever!!! He even gets to cut a promo backstage after the fact. Get this kid teaming with Cyber Kong stat!
