Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) return to Michinoku Pro and it’s time for the full formation of the legendary stable, Kaientai DX in the spring of 1996! Over the course of the episode, they discuss Michinoku Pro’s 3/16/96 Ota Ward Gymnasium show, Sasuke vs Liger and Jinsei Shinzaki’s return to Japan versus the Great Muta at the Tokyo Dome, unexpected debuts, and the Super Powers unite as Sasuke and Super Delfin team for the first time in Michinoku Pro history in a handicap match against Dick Togo, Men’s Teioh and Shiryu on 6/23/96.

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With Dragongate’s The Gate of Passion Tokyo Korakuen Hall (4/6) show in the books, Voice Gate is back to talk all about it and the road to Golden Colosseum! Mike and Case discuss the Aichi Cage Match being finalized post-Dream Gate match, Kikuta vs KAI, Class of 2016’s 10th Anniversary match, the frustrations with Aichi’s build, and a whole lot more!

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On this episode of Open The Voice Gate, Mike and Case discuss Dragon Dia/DIA’s departure from Dragongate, the company response, the overall situation that’s known so far, DIA’s legacy within Dragongate, D’Courage going further and more. They then discuss highlights from this week’s show from Kobe (3/29) and preview next Monday’s Korakuen Hall show (4/6)!

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Welcome to 1996!

Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) put a bow on Michinoku Pro’s 1995 with the Observer and their top wrestlers and matches in Michinoku Pro, and talk about 1995 in context of Michinoku’s history. From there, it’s on to 1996 with an enormous Sapporo show headlined by The Great Sasuke teaming with Giant Zebra vs Gran Naniwa and Mr. Pogo, Kaientai returns, MichiPro in the UK, and the beginning of a tale about a CMLL World Welterweight title as El Pantera defends in Osaka against Super Delfin!

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On this week’s episode of Open The Voice Gate, Case and Mike discuss Dragongate’s press release from 3/16 and how it relates to the CIMA and Magnum Tokyo talkshow from 2/28, the incendiary comments from the show, the situations of CIMA and Magnum, Takashi Okamura vs Toru Kido, Dragongate’s opacity as it relates to how it operates, the Dragon Dia situation, and everything surrounding this event, including translations from said talk show.

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Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) return to close out Michinoku Pro’s 1995! First we introduce Kato Kung Lee Sr as an active character before taking a jaunt to NWA New Jersey for Hakushi vs Sabu, wrap up 1995’s Michinoku Pro Tag League “Futari Tabi”, discuss the greatness of 1995 TAKA Michinoku, The Dream Chasers are fully online, Super J Cup Second Stage and closing the year in Delfin’s stomping grounds before an appearance on an FMW show!

Footage Covered:

9/25/95 - Michinoku Pro: https://youtu.be/Pj6R8hNIkAg

11/18/95 - NWA New Jersey - Hakushi vs. Sabu: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvJotVUgg7E

11/23/95 - Michinoku Pro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3XBOPSGC2U&t=4s

12/13/95 - WAR: Super J Cup 1995: https://vkvideo.ru/video-4499945_456239314

12/14/95 - Michinoku Pro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_N_hm4MJCU&t=19s

12/17/95 - Michinoku Pro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ymYiXZYh8k

12/21/95 - FMW - Michinoku/Delfin/Fuji vs Sasuke/Hayabusa/Koji Nakagawa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQmd0cN1yTg

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Dragongate’s big March swing of two nights in Osaka and Korakuen (2/28, 3/1, 3/5) is in the books and Open The Voice Gate is back to take stock of the promotion. They have a wide-ranging discussion on top babyfaces through Dragon System history as a way to discuss the events including the Open The Brave Gate program between Ryoya Tanaka and Jason Lee, Psypatra vs Gajadokuro, bad Korakuen Hall shows, Tatsumi Fujinami makes an appearance and Kazuma Kimura’s big week!

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Dragongate’s first Big Show of the year, Uno Dos Tres! Dragongate - Dragon Festival is in the books, and it’s time to have a talk about the promotion coming out of the show. Mike and Case discuss the Dream Gate booking after Kikuta vs Yoshioka, the business of the show, What’s the Deal with Psypatra, and everything that went down in Fukuoka, look ahead at the sparsely announced week ahead and a lot more!

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Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) return to discuss the first Fukumen Masked Man League/Fukumen World League over July and August of 1995! It’s a real maturation point for Michinoku Pro as they gather 10 masked men including Sasuke, Deflin, Naniwa and Dos Caras to decide who is the greatest Masked Man in the world while the loser unmasks! As well, the unearthed debut for Tiger Mask IV against the Great Sasuke and Hakushi’s adventures in the WWF!

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On this episode, Open The Voice Gate poses the big question: Who Exactly Is The Best Multi-Man Wrestler of All Time? Case introduces a rubric for a long discussion about tag, trios and larger tag matches to lead a longer discussion on this topic. Then it’s time to preview Dragongate’s new major show “Uno Dos Tres!” coming up on Monday, the final discussion on Kikuta vs Yoshioka, the four title matches and the Psypatra/T200X vs Gajadokuro All Out War!

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Case and Mike have a collection of topics this week on Voice Gate. They review last weekend’s (2/7) show from Kobe Art Center including the Brave Gate contendership decider, Natural Vibes’ next appearance, and D’Courage vs Gajadokuro in the main event. Then they discuss some CIMA news with his new blogs discussing his side of his departure before revisiting two of the greatest Disbands matches in company history: 11/6/14 Millennials vs We Are Team Veteran and 2/4/16 Monster Express vs Dia.Hearts vs Verserk!

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With a big first week of February for Dragongate in the books, Open The Voice Gate is back to talk all about it! With the Truth Gate Korakuen (2/5) along with Memorial Gate (2/1) behind us, it’s all steam ahead to Uno Dos Tres in a few week and it’s time to take stock of the Dream Gate situation, Gajadokuro’s Booking & All-Out-War, Natural Vibes Chapter Five and a whole lot more!

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Mike is iced-in while Case is on assignment, so it’s time to throw a pot on the stove and make some Dragon System Chili! Dragongate’s off this week, so Mike previews the Memorial Gate and Truth Gate shows (2/1, 2/4), looks for direction towards Uno Dos Tres, Gajadokuro Produce Sell Out, Monday Magic, GLEAT’s January, VOW MOTY and a project tracking wrestling prospects!

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Fresh off of Dragongate’s first-ever Sunday afternoon show at Korakuen Hall (1/18), Open The Voice Gate is back to talk all about their first Tokyo show of the year! They discuss the big events coming out of BIG BOSS Shimizu and Kzy, the Dream Gate picture with 2026’s first title match being set, the joy of MocchyFujii vs ISHIN/Kato for the All Asia Tag Titles and a whole lot more!

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Open The Voice Gate is back for 2026! Case and Mike lead off talking about the return of BIG BOSS Shimizu, including his turn, series of matches against Natural Vibes, and body transformation. As well they discuss highlights from Dragongate’s big first week of shows in 2026 including Kobe (1/8-9), Nagoya (1/10 x2) and Osaka (1/11) including U-T’s homecoming in a new venue, Ryoya Tanaka vs Riiita for the Brave Gate, DG returning to Vegas for Mania weekend, the direction for Fukuoka in February, Marcus Mathers’ DG Japan debut, Sunday’s Korakuen preview and more!

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It’s the final Voice Gate of 2025 and time for the Ulty Awards! On this episode, Mike and Case discuss the year-end shows in Kobe (12/27-28) including an incredible series of Triangle Gate matches before finishing the show with the Ulty Awards including MVP, Most Outstanding, Best Unit and they give their top ten Dragongate matches of 2025!

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Dragongate concluded their 2025 calendar in Tokyo this week (12/16) and Open The Voice Gate is here to give their thoughts on the show, Kikuta vs Valletta for the Dream Gate, JackyRiiita knock it out the park again, ToSpo awards, Dragongate in 2025, and a whole lot more!

Case’s interview with MVP can be found at https://youtu.be/IZMENWh47tw?si=iU7J9TXZleg7vRxZ

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Mike is back solo with a look at Dragongate’s busiest week of the year - the Okinawa and Hokkaido week. He discusses the end of King of Gate 2025, its winner and the 12/3 Korakuen Hall show along with the three days in Sapporo (12/5-7) kicking off the Triangle Gate League!

Case’s article on Gianni Valletta can be read at: https://www.voicesofwrestling.com/2025/12/08/gianni-vallettas-improbable-journey-to-dragongates-king-of-gate-2025/ 

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It’s a special early week episode covering the entirety of King of Gate 2025 to date to prepare everyone for the semifinals & finals on 12/3 in Korakuen Hall! Case and Mike talk about the injury issues, the final four in the tournament, who is their wrestler of the tournament and how they expect the KOG winner to influence the Dream Gate picture!

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Welcome to 1995! Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) lead off this edition of Those Days putting a bow on Michinoku Pro’s 1994 as it relates to the Great Sasuke and his award haul for the year and a discussion on great years of Junior Heavyweights.

With Michinoku Pro’s usual delayed start to the calendar year, we go to stops in New Japan and Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi before Michinoku’s first shows of 1995 make tape, including a mysterious appearance from N.G. Hammer, a new foreigner we will never talk about again, and for the third time: Super Delfin vs SATO!

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Case and Mike lead off the show discussing the results of the Wreslting Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame balloting and the inductions and ongoing candidacies of Gran Hamada, Masaaki Mochizuki, KENTA, Great Sasuke and looking at the future of the Japanese region. From there, they discuss the King of Gate stops in Nagoya and Yokosuka as well as Monday’s (11/17) Gate of Nostalgia show!

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As King of Gate 2025 continues to finish it’s first round, OTVG is back to talk about the tournament so far. Case and Mike give their spoiler free recommendations before breaking down the tournament stops in Kobe (11/8), Matsuyama (11/9) and Tottori (11/10), including more Gianni Valletta greatness, a historical match for Hyo, the return of Homecoming matches on the network and more. To close out the show, they discuss El Lindaman vs CIMA from Gleat’s 11/3 Ver.Mega show, CIMA”s injury, and how to interpret what might come next.

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It’s been a busy week in the Dragon System and Case and Mike are back to talk all about Gate of Destiny weekend along with the kick off for 2025’s King of Gate tournament. They discuss all five title matches from Osaka (11/2-3), the debut of Jiro Shinbashi and the big moments from two nights in Edion Arena #2. They then discuss the four King of Gate matches from Today’s (11/6) Korakuen Hall show, their feelings of the King of Gate tournament, and more!

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Open The Voice Gate is back with the Gate of Destiny weekend ahead of us and a lot of happenings in the Dragon System to catch up on! Case and Mike talk about the rise of Psypatra, the return of Gianni Vallenta and “debut” of El Cielo in Kobe, the awkward build to Gate of Destiny, King of Chop returns (kinda), DG’s new business advisor, the heck is happening in GLEAT, and a lot more!

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On this special episode of Open The Voice Gate, Case and Mike go deep on Masaaki Mochizuki and his candidacy for the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame. Using the Gordy List as a loose framework, they discuss the business side of the career, the immeasurable impact of Mochizuki in the Dragon System, and the incredibly deep ringwork catalog of Dragongate’s Iron Man. As well, they discuss the remainder of the Japan region, Mocchy vs some of the prominent candidates, and where they are at with their ballots as the Observer voting period nears its close!

Case’s 30 Mochizuki Matches for 30 Years and Mike’s Mochizuki business spreadsheet can be found in the Open The Voice Gate channel on the VOW discord or in this episode’s show post on Voicesofwrestling.com

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Case and Mike return to discuss the Dragongate participation in New Japan’s Super Jr Tag League tournament, the surprises, and a very surface preview of what they expect about YAMATO, Dragon Dia and Yuki Yoshioka’s participation in the tournament. From there, they discuss a double header in Fukuoka (10/12) including more greatness from The Panther Brothers, the El Cielo mystery and the build to November’s King of Gate tournament!

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OTVG is back with an extra end-of-the-week episode leading off with the turmoil of GLEAT, CIMA, news about Tokio Bad Boys, and a question of what’s next for the Dragon System Splinter promotion. 

After that, it’s time to get back into Dragongate with their big Gate of Victory (10/8) show at Korakuen Hall, including Kikuta vs Ben-K, a very deep impromptu King of Gate preview, Who is the new third man?, The Panther Brothers excellent debut, are we entering a Fall of Susumu?, Pudge’s comments on this Sunday’s show in Hakata, and a whole lot more!

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Those Days returns as it’s time to close out Michinoku Pro’s 1994! Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) discuss a return to Tohoku for Michinoku to close out their year, starting with a huge show in Iwate (10/30) and the Double Hell Exploding Wire Timed Landmine Death Match between The Great Sasuke and Atsushi Onita, Michinoku Pro on the Big Egg Wrestling Universe Dome Show, Jinsei Shinzaki’s debut as Hakushi in WWF, and closing out the year with shows in Nagoya (12/15) and Tokushima (12/17) concluding MichiPro’s 1994 with Jinsei Shinzaki’s farewell as Delfin Corps collide with Super Delfin & Gran Naniwa vs Jinsei Shinzaki & TAKA Michinoku!

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Case and Mike reunite to discuss an interesting week in Dragongate including Flamita’s incredible week, Ryoya Tanaka as Brave Gate champ, Miyane guest appearances, a strong Kobe Sambo hall show with big movement in Mochizuki Dojo, a programming note, and a whole lot more

Matches Mentioned:

Tokio Bad Boys vs Panther Bros (2003) - https://youtu.be/9Lujv7HFtyM?si=evMP2QalTMtEQcHM&t=3603

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While Case is On Assignment, Mike is left to look at the State of the System. He discusses a very fun Osaka (9/21) Storm Gate show with significant title matches being made, a Kikuta vs Ben-K preview shocker, and more fun with Homare and Kazuma Kimura. Then it’s time to talk the very turbulent GLEAT summer and the reality of the health of this promotion and a check in on Secret Base!

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Opening the show, Case and Mike discuss the newly released Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame Ballots, and several topics from it including Masaaki Mochizuki, Gabe era ROH, and The Japanese Region. From there it’s up to Sendai for the annual “The Gate of Origin” Show with Ryoya Tanaka defending the Brave Gate against Sendai native son Ryu Fuda and Captain’s Fall - Love and Peace vs Gajadokuro!

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After a noteworthy Storm Gate show in Korakuen Hall (9/4), Case and Mike are back to talk all about it! Before getting into Korakuen and Gajadokuro, we’ve got to spend some time talking about the legacy of Z-Brats. Then it’s talking about the Brave Gate and first ever Triangle Gate Ladder Match, Ryu Fuda Industries, and looking ahead to this weekend’s Gate of Origin!

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It’s 25 Years of Naruki Doi as Dragongate returns to Nara (8/30) for his homecoming show and OTVG spend the episode celebrating the Runaway Muscle. Case and Mike ask some big questions about his career, discuss what makes Doi unique, and review two extra Doi matches, his Dream Gate defense against Koji Kanemoto in 2009 and his second Dream Gate title win against Ben-K!

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It’s a ponderous week on Open The Voice Gate as Case and Mike ask some philosophical questions around a very fun Dragongate Fukuoka Double Header: Will there ever be a communal weekly wrestling experience again? Why aren’t Ben-K and Hyo in the Twin Gate conversation? Why are we so enthralled by Kazuma Kimura? What’s the logic for the Lucha Monkey Flip Over The Top Rope Spot? (please tell someone explain it to us)

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With Dangerous Gate 2025 in the books, Open The Voice Gate is back to talk about what went down for Dragongate in Ota Ward Gymnasium! They spend the first portion of the episode on the Open The Dream Gate Title match between Madoka Kikuta and Shun Skywalker before reviewing the rest of the company’s biggest show remaining in 2025.

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With Dragongate’s biggest remaining show for 2025 coming up this Sunday, Open The Voice Gate is back to get prepared for Dangerous Gate. They lead off the show with a long conversation about the main event from Dragongate’s Summer Festival in Kobe (8/11), the 3-way 6-man tag of Team Mexico vs D’Courage vs Ben-K, Jacky Kamei & Riiita. Case and Mike take time to discuss the match in depth including Jacky Kamei’s performance and need for a time machine, Yuki Yoshioka Ace Watch and a lot more. From there, they preview Dangerous Gate with Shun Skywalker defending the Open The Dream Gate title against Madoka Kikuta, headlining the big show in Ota Ward Gymnasium!

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The Gate of Adventure at Korakuen Hall (8/5) is in the books and Open The Voice Gate is back to talk all about it. They discuss the main event of Shun Skywalker and Homare vs Madoka Kikuta and ISHIN, the debut of Kazuma Kimura, All Japan in Dragongate, how Dangerous Gate looks ten days out, and a whole lot more!

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A somewhat summer break is over and Open The Voice Gate is back to talk Dragongate’s Buyuden Zero Vol 7 (7/23) and Kobe Sambo Hall (7/27) shows. They discuss the build to Shun Skywalker vs Madoka Kikuta at Dangerous Gate, the movements in the Brave Gate Division and have a discussion of Dragongate’s business leaving Kobe World 2025!

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Dragongate’s biggest show is in the rear mirror and Open The Voice Gate is back to talk all about Sunday’s Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival show! Case and Mike take time to unpack YAMATO vs Shun Skywalker from all angles including where the Dream Gate goes next. As well, they discuss all the major title matches, D’Courage vs Dragon Kid & Hiroshi Tanahashi and a whole lot more!

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To preview Dragongate’s biggest show of the year, Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival 2025, OTVG welcomes back Jae Church (@dgjae.bsky.social‬) to preview this Sunday’s (7/13) spectacular. They discuss 7/3’s Korakuen Hall show and then breakdown all the major matches including YAMATO vs Shun Skywalker for the Open The Dream Gate, MinoLee defending the Twin Gate against Ben-K & Hyo, the 3-Way Triangle Gate match, Hiroshi Tanahashi in Dragongate and a whole lot more!

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Open The Voice Gate is back to talk about the Shun Skywalker situation, the full tentative Kobe World 2025 card, and a fun weekend in Kobe including Prime Zone+. After getting through modern Dragongate, Case and Mike spend the remainder of the episode on a deep dive of the Open The Dream Gate title and put together their Dream Gate Tier List.

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Open The Voice Gate returns to discuss Dragongate and their road to Kobe Pro Wrestling Festival 2025! After the weekend of shows in Kyoto (6/14) and Hakata (6/15), the title situation at Kobe World is a lot more clear and Case and Mike give their early previews for the Dream, Triangle and Twin Gate matches and where the programs are a month out from Dragongate’s biggest show of the year. As well, they talk about Love and Peace’s first rebranded weekend, Mexico contra Japon, What’s Goin’ On with Strong Machine J, Tokyo Gurentai, Rookie of the Year discussions, and a whole lot more!

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Open The Voice Gate is back to discuss the big Dragongate week in Tokyo Korakuen Hall with the first time Dragongate ever had four title defense on a Korakuen show (6/4) as well as the next night (6/5) with El Desperado and Starlight Kid making guest appearances. They discuss the Kobe World Dream Gate situation coming out another epic YAMATO vs Masaaki Mochizuki Dream Gate match as well as the other title matches on 6/4, Mochizuki on the Observer Hall of Fame ballot, D’Courage vs Madoka Kikuta, Gold Class contra Love and Peace, and a whole lot more!

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After a spring that put The Great Sasuke and Michinoku Pro on the map, it’s time to see how the wrestling world followed up with this edition of Those Days! Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) discuss the immediate fallout of the first Super J Cup and Ota Ward Gym with Michinoku Pro continuing to appear in New Japan during their best of the Super Juniors tour, but also wrapping up with FMW as well as a deeper relationship with Tenryu’s WAR. And right as the promotion was on fire and The Great Sasuke more hot than ever…The Great Sasuke announces his retirement?!? And to conclude the summer, we look at the only Michinoku Pro show taped during this period of greater interest: “How About The Great Sasuke - UWA Reunion” from Yahaba on July 30th!

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Voice Gate is back to discuss Dragongate’s big trip to Sapporo, 30 under 30 and a whole lot more. Case and Mike take stock of three shows in Hokkaido including how Dragongate is building towards their giant Korakuen Hall double header, who is in the conversation at Kobe World and their favorite moments from an excellent weekend. After that, they discuss the Dragon System side of VOW’s 30 Under 30 poll and Mike gives his elevator pitch for every Dragongate wrestler he has on his ballot!

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There are some events in wrestling history that we can measure before the event and then everything after. This time on Those Days, Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) discuss the lead up to the first Super J Cup and then the historic show from Sumo Hall. They discuss Super J Cup and their fandom, the initial proposed tournament bracket, and how across one night The Great Sasuke became a wrestling superstar before talking about the tape trader aspect of this show! Then less than two weeks later, Michinoku Pro is back in Tokyo at a SUPER NO VACANCY FULL HOUSE Ota Ward Gymnasium for one of the most legendary matches in early Michinoku History - The Great Sasuke vs Jinsei Shinzaki II.

Matches and Shows Discussed:

Super J Cup - First Stage - 4/16/94

“Oedo Burns” - 4/29/94

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Open The Voice Gate begins this week with their thoughts on the life of Sabu and how he related to their wrestling fandom and the Dragon System. After that, Case and Mike break down the huge “Hopeful Gate” Dragongate Korakuen Hall (5/9) show with the incredible Gold Class versus Natural Vibes Hyo Contra Hyo main event, Masaaki Mochizuki vs Gianni Valetta, Madoka Kikuta’s first televised DG match as a member of Z-Brats and the build to the huge June Korakuen Doubleheader!

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The final Dead or Alive is in the books and Open The Voice Gate is back to talk all about it. The Six Way Apuestas Cage Match was Dragongate’s last match in the building and Case and Mike spend the lionshare of the show discussing the match and the ramifications for the six individuals and units coming out of Monday’s main event. As well, they discuss a divisive YAMATO/Jason Lee Dream Gate match, U-T vs Homare for the vacant Brave Gate as well as the rest of the show before previewing Friday’s big Korakuen Hall show!

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Voice Gate is joined by Jae Church (https://bsky.app/profile/dgjae.bsky.social) to preview Monday’s Dead or Alive show! For over three hours Jae, Mike and Case preview Dragongate’s farewell to Dolphins, discuss the ramifications of the cage match and booking the rest of the year, the Japanese Wrestling industry, Wrestlemania Weekend, institutional knowledge of hustling and a whole lot more!

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Leading off the show, Case and Mike discuss the passing of Takashi Okamura and his position in Dragon System history, as a promoter and figurehead. They then discuss Dragongate’s final stop in Osaka (4/27) before Dead or Alive including the Brave Gate tourney, Fujii vs Gianni and the DOA preview matches. To close out the show, they preview Dragongate last show in Dolphins’ Arena, DEAD OR ALIVE 2025 including the Six Way Steel Cage Survival match and three title matches!

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They managed to survive Las Vegas without incident, so Case and Mike are back to talk about Vegas, DGUSA, DG in Kobe (4/19) and a whole lot more! They catch up about their Mania weekend experience before breaking down one of the best shows of Mania Weekend: Dragongate X Pro Wrestling Revolution: The Gate of Revolution with the Weekend Standout matches of Lucha Solos vs Los Hermanos a la Jungla and Z-Brats vs Kzy, Ben-K and HYO. They then discuss their thoughts on DGUSA going forward/strategy before talking about what was happening in Kobe while everyone was in America. Case and Mike discuss the Brave Gate tourney, the movement in the DOA Cage Match and Luis Mante vs Jason Lee for a Dream Key before concluding the show with fun mini interviews from Vegas with Kota Minoura and ISHIN!

A special thanks to Ho Ho Lun, ISHIN and Kota Minoura for their time and help in Vegas!

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For the first time ever, Case and Mike are in-person with their thoughts on Dragongate USA Rebirth! They talk about their experience at DGUSA’s first show in eleven years, their impressions of the show, seeing some wrestlers live for the first time, PARADOX vs Z-Brats, preview YAMATO vs Rich Swann and much more!

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Welcome to 1994! Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) begin this episode discussing 1993 Awards for Michinoku Pro and take stock of the first calendar year for the promotion. Then it’s time to get into 1994, as the company takes a winter break in Tohoku, they travel to Tokyo Korakuen Hall and Osaka for the first shows outside of Northeast Japan before kicking off their ‘94 campaign in Tohoku! Along the way we see Sasuke’s greatest feud that never happened, “We came to Tokyo to get scammed”, SATO vs Delfin III in Osaka and we kick off one of 1994’s biggest feuds: The Great Sasuke vs Jinsei Shinzaki. 

Matches and Shows Discussed:

2/4/94: Sasuke, SATO, & Shiryu vs. Delfin, Naniwa, & Shinzaki

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRnjSECcNPo&feature=youtu.be

3/2/94 WAR: Sasuke & SATO vs. Ultimo & Orihara

https://vkvideo.ru/video548721036_456239210

3/4: SATO vs. Delfin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpZwXlSsSJY

3/31/94 Michinoku Pro:

https://vkvideo.ru/video5773044_456243602

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With the big Gate of Passion Korakuen Hall (4/7) show in the books, OTVG is back to talk about the road to DEAD or ALIVE! The final Dragongate Cage Match in Aichi Prefectural Gym is booked after the Z-Brats vs D’Courage match and Case and Mike give their initial takes and guesses on the match. As well, they discuss the aftermath of YAMATO vs Yanagiuchi and the Brave Gate, FOR THE LOVE OF HYO and they preview Dragongate at Wrestlemania Weekend and the Dragongate USA Rebirth and Gate of Revolution shows!

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As Dragongate concluded the 2025 Rey de Parejas this Sunday in Kobe (3/30), Open The Voice Gate is back to talk about the final night! With an unique situation for the knockout stage, Case and Mike discuss the rise of Homare across the last night, where things seem to be going with Z-Brats and D’Courage, Big Match Jack, YAMATO’s revival of the Brave Gate and and a whole lot more!

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SSW Quest IV is in the books and Open The Voice Gate is back to talk all about it! Case and Mike give a history of the DG side produce shows and discuss prominent eras for wrestlers within the Dragon System. They review the entire show, discuss what made it so remarkable and where they see SSW Quests go from here. After that, they give some Rey De Parejas thoughts and preview the tournament’s conclusion this weekend!

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Shows discussed:

9/28/93 - Michinoku Pro - https://vkvideo.ru/playlist/548721036_24/video548721036_456239440

Compton Lucha - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQdfn0pT3AY&t=252s

Lucha Paradise Commercial DVD - https://vkvideo.ru/video587241643_456240590

12/10/93 - Michinoku Pro

Great Sasuke & Tarzan Goto vs. Mr Pogo & Toi - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAQ2Me6Nv_c

Mascara Contra Mascara - Super Delfin vs. SATO - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMTD1HyU7xY&t=2s

12/11/93 - Michinoku Pro - https://vkvideo.ru/playlist/548721036_24/video548721036_456239197

12/26/93 FMW - Sasuke, Goto, & Onita vs. Pogo, Shinzaki, & Toi - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cSYIl5aGwE

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Case and Mike get back into Dragongate mode with an impromptu 30 under 30 discussion before reviewing Rey De Parejas action in Saitama, Mie, Hiroshima and Nagoya, previewing SSW Quest IV, and taking a look at the Dragongate Mania lineup at this point!

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Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) lead off this episode discussing Michinoku Pro coming out of their first tour and Sasuke & Delfin’s complicated and deteriorating relationship with the ownership of Universal. Then, they discuss the elements leading to the collapse of Universal and try to give an updated interpretation of the promotion’s dying days. As Universal putters out, Michinoku has perhaps its first last stand, television pilots with local and Japanese cable networks, and the introductions of Jinsei Shinzaki, Gran Naniwa, SATO, Wellington Wilkins Jr & Super Boy. And it’s time for the Delfin Corps, the biggest show in the company’s history, and Great Sasuke vs Super Delfin matches for the UWA World Welterweight Title!

Shows discussed:

5/5/93 FMW - CLIP of Michinoku Pro offer match - https://youtu.be/pKcthRZ5aFk?si=OLvAY5q9tZ7gT-0N&t=1625

6/19/93 - Michinoku Pro - https://vkvideo.ru/video587241643_456240167

7/24/93 - Michinoku Pro - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybPcMpaM09Q

8/22/93 FMW - CLIP of Michinoku Pro Offer Match - https://youtu.be/MIcFfszVU4Y?si=6sgc97zulB7UdSP0&t=1999

8/24/93 - Michinoku Pro

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On this first episode of Those Days, Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) lead off the show with the format, why a Michinoku Pro podcast, the Voice Gate schedule for the next few weeks and other notes.

From there, it’s time to talk about the events that led to the launch of Michinoku Pro, the first ever promotion in Japan based outside of Tokyo. Case and Mike discuss the early career of Great Sasuke including his starts in wrestling, the New Japan Training School, frustrations with Universal and his fateful tours of Mexico in 1991 and 1992. From there, Case and Mike set the scene with Atsushi Onita vs Ryuma Go, the status of the Japanese Economy and the first steps towards Universal’s downfall that encouraged Sasuke to found Michinoku Pro. They discuss the “fake start” of 11/27/92 before the official launch show of 3/16/92 in Yahaba, the huge show close angle, and the follow ups the next day in Ninohe on 3/17/92.

Shows discussed:

3/16/93 - https://youtu.be/JzHC6jIamf4?si=R2817-29vPsGnnTN&t=3020

3/17/93 - https://vkvideo.ru/video587241643_456239068

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It’s been a busy March so far in Dragongate and Open The Voice Gate is back to talk all about it. Case and Mike lead off talking about YAMATO vs Kzy before discussing Yuki Yoshioka’s return, Dia Inferno reemerging, the kick-off of Rey de Parejas, big matches for Mochizuki Dojo in Korakuen, the new March Dragongate Network schedule and the show in Yokohama!

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Dragongate’s annual Memorial Gate in Wakayama (2/24) is in the books and Open The Voice Gate is here to talk about it. They lead off discussing the Memorial Gate presentation, notes from a house show, and Case’s ways he’d fix it. From there, they discuss the Triangle Gate Paradox vs Z-Brats Match, the build to YAMATO vs Kzy, Akihiro Sahara’s progression, preview the doubleheader in Osaka and Rey De Parejas, and a quick note on GLEAT.

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Open The Voice Gate opens up this week talking about the passing of Gran Hamada. They discuss Case’s excellent biography, the singular nature of Hamada’s life, his history dating to the JWA days, his inspiration, and both Mike and Case bring a Hamada match they wanted to talk about in light of his passing.

After that, it’s back to Dragongate after the first Acros Fukuoka (2/11) shows of the year, 30 Under 30, and previewing a fun looking Memorial Gate in Wakayama Card (2/24!)

Case’s Gran Hamada Retrospective: https://www.voicesofwrestling.com/2025/02/15/the-life-career-enduring-legacy-of-gran-hamada/

Gran Hamada, Kendo & Black Man vs Los Brazos - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kS39NJD0AU

Gran Hamada, El Texano & Silver King vs Negro Casas, Rambo & Dr. Wagner Jr. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kZx3HeHHDQ

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It’s a special Open The Voice Gate as Case and Mike welcome the Hong Kong Cool Star Ho Ho Lun to the show to talk about Dragongate’s upcoming shows in Las Vegas over Wrestlemania weekend. They discuss the rebirth of Dragongate USA, what to expect from the two shows, and how DGUSA will differ this time.Then to close up the episode, Mike takes a look at what has been announced so far in April!

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With a newsworthy show at Tokyo Korakuen Hall (2/5) in the books, OTVG is back to talk all about it! Case and Mike discuss Yuki Yoshioka’s return at the end of the show before discussing the Special Six-Man Tag main event of YAMATO teaming with Reiwa Big Six members Shun Skywalker and Kota Minoura versus Kzy and Reiwa Big Six members Ben-K and Madoka Kikuta. As well they discuss the angles coming out of Kyoto (2/1) that led to the situation with Z-Brats vs Paradox, Rey de Parejas, SSW Quest IV, DG at Mania Weekend and more!

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The first big show of Dragongate’s 2025 is in the books and Open The Voice Gate is back to talk all about it. They start with some State of the Union discussion about venues and scheduling before getting into Gate of Bayside. They review the big YAMATO vs Strong Machine J Dream Gate match along with the rest of the card; look ahead to Kyoto this weekend and more!

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To kick off this week’s show, Case and Mike discuss Dragongate’s impending return to Wrestlemania Weekend, what they can report on, what they expect, and their excitement for Dragongate in Vegas.

Then it’s time to talk Dragongate’s huge last week with the doubleheader in Tokyo (1/15 & 16) and the Young Dragon’s Cup in Kobe (1/18 & 19). To kick off the reviews, they give their spoiler free recommendations. From there, they discuss the Premium 1on1 show, the events of 1/16 and the entire Young Dragon’s Cup tournament, their ranking of the participants and preview Gate of Bayside!

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Dragongate has kicked off their 2025 schedule and Open The Voice Gate is back to talk about the first week’s shows in Kobe (1/9), Kyoto (1/11) and Osaka (1/12)! They give their mostly spoiler-free recommendations and then discuss the East vs West Battle and first shows on their taping loop. They discuss the three title matches coming up in Yokohama, the YAMATO vs SMJ Dream Gate match, new members of Gold Class, can Mike predict the Dead or Alive cage match, Young Dragon’s Cup Preview and a whole lot more!

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Surprise! Open The Voice Gate is back with one last 25th Anniversary episode of Rewind and Rewatch as it’s time to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the founding of the transformative heel stable Blood Generation from 1/14/2005!

But first, we must talk about the steps that led us to needing Blood Generation. That takes us back to the initial Toryumon split, Odiaba Everyday Pro Wrestling, the shedding of the roster, Aagan Issou, Waku Waku Fujii Land and more! Then it’s time for one of the most important nights and shows in Dragongate history, the first SkyPerfect PPV of 2005 from Korakuen Hall on January 14th 2005!

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Dragongate is on holiday break so that means one thing to Case and Mike: TIME FOR THE 2024 ULTY AWARDS. They discuss their thoughts on the shows going on in Japan over New Year’s week (This was recorded on 1/4/25) and Cases’ thoughts on the year-end Kobe Sambo Hall shows up top. Then they get to their ballots, decide Dragongate’s MVP, Whose stock went up in 2024 and whose went down, and the top shows and matches of Dragongate’s 2024!

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To complete the Dragon System’s 25th Anniversary year, Case and Mike go back to 2016 and the rookie class of 2016: Ben-K, Shun Skywalker, Yuki Yoshioka, HYO and Katsumi Takashima and their famous match on December 1, 2016 against the veteran team of CIMA, Masaaki Mochizuki, Dragon Kid, Don Fujii and Gamma. They take everyone through the major Junior Heavyweight tournaments the 2016 Super J Cup and the WWE Cruiserweight Classic, Tozawa’s departure, the Summer of Eita, YAMATO’s bad start to his long Dream Gate reign to discuss how the largest dojo class to that point of modern Dragon System history grew in front of our eyes and faced their toughest early test in the brutal Korakuen Hall match!

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It’s a big Open The Voice Gate this week as Case and Mike are back to talk Dragongate, The Final Gate, and Konomama Ichikawa’s retirement. They lead off with the Shimizu situation, GLEAT’s PR and Subscription strategy. Then it’s time to talk The Final Gate, the YAMATO vs Dragon Dia Double Dream and Brave Gate matches, and the rest of Dragongate’s final “big show of the year. After that, Case and Mike review today’s Korakuen with Konomama Ichikawa vs Hiroshi Tanahashi, a 3 way 6 man tag and a lot of fun from Tokyo!

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Mike is back with a bit of a Voice Gate update on his lunch break! He discusses the Shimizu suspension, what is known, where things are, and what he expects to come from this. After that, he talks about the Final Gate card changes, the full card for 12/17’s Ichikawa Retirement show and spends some time laying the argument on why Hollywood Stalker Ichikawa was the greatest comedy wrestler of all time.

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Welcome back to Open The Voice Gate! Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) are back with an update on the comings and goings of Dragongate.

Dragongate has finally returned to the Dragongate Network and Case and Mike are back to talk all about King of Gate 2024 and Sunday’s Final Gate card. The big news is our 2024 King of Gate Dragon Dia winning the tournament in Korakuen (12/3) in huge fashion and the upcoming Double Dream/Brave Gate title match vs YAMATO at Final Gate! As well, Yoshiki Kato returns as a monster, Daiki Yanagiuchi steps up, Hulk makes obvious friends in Sapporo and a whole lot more!

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They’ve done Toryumon Japan and Toryumon X, now it’s time for Mike and Case to take us back to the Toryumon 2000 Project’s Japanese landing (11/13/01)! Before we get there, we have to talk about the elevation of Ryo Saito, the introduction of Skayde as a major lucharesu figure, Mexico debuts, would be Toryumon promotional partners in 2000 & 2001, explaining Kinya Oyanagi’s gimmick, X-LAW and a whole lot more in a chaotic Timeline. Then it’s time for T2P Desembarcamiento on November 13th 2001 and a new style of lucha libre lands in Japan with a special T2P vs Toryumon Japan main event as budding T2P ace Milano Collection AT takes on Toyumon Japan top prospect Ryo Saito in a 2 out of 3 falls match! 

Footage List:

5/3/00: T2P lands in Mexico

https://dragongate.live/title/?program=program_201806011636&episode=13

9/2/00: Yoshino, Owashi, Iwasa, and Oyanagi debut

https://dragongate.live/title/?program=program_201806011636&episode=17

2/17/01: Masato Yoshino, Milano Collection AT, Takamichi Iwasa, Toru Ito & Yasushi Tsujimoto vs. Nitohei Oyanagi, Ryo Saito, Skayde, Takayuki Mori & Takayuki Yagi

https://dragongate.live/title/?program=program_201806011636&episode=22

3/4/01: X-Law: Junya Fukumasa, Milano Collection AT & Yaqui vs. Nitohei Oyanagi, Takayuki Mori & TARUcito and Takamichi Iwasa, Toru Ito & Yasushi Tsujimoto

(Nitohei Oyanagi, Takayuki Mori, & TARUcito vs. Owashi, Yoshino, & Mishima vs. Milano, Junya, & Takayuki Yagi)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7oN7i2B5jA

5/19/01: Toryumon Mexico runs Arena Coliseo

https://vk.com/video/playlist/-207689490_26?z=video-207689490_456239370%2Fclub207689490%2Fpl_-207689490_26

9/8/01: T2P comes to Michinoku Pro. Dick Togo, Masato Yoshino, Stevie "brother" Tsujimoto & Tomohiro Ishii vs. Hideki Nishida, KENtaro Mori, Masao Orihara & The Great Sasuke

https://vk.com/video/playlist/-207689490_35?z=video-207689490_456239910%2Fclub207689490%2Fpl_-207689490_35

9/16/01: More T2P vs. MichiPro - KENtaro Mori & Tiger Mask vs. Masato Yoshino & Stevie "brother" Tsujimoto

https://vk.com/video/playlist/-207689490_35?z=video-207689490_456239910%2Fclub207689490%2Fpl_-207689490_35

11/13/01: T2P Japanese Landing https://dragongate.live/title/?program=program_201806011636&episode=35 (longer versions are out there)

T2P Japanese Landing GAORA TV open: https://youtu.be/KpAne-fB5W8 

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Without much live Dragongate this week, Case and Mike get into some big topics surrounding the Dragon System this week including CIMA and Shingo Takagi’s Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame inductions, a deep look into why CIMA was such a strong candidate, they then discuss this week’s excellent Prime Zone Plus show from Kobe Lapis Hall, Mike has a ponderous question about the wrestling industry, some thoughts on the US Indies and more!

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King of Gate season is finally here in 2024 and Voice Gate returns to talk about the Korakuen Kickoff (11/7)! Leading off the show, they discuss a weird Network upload before getting into the Dragon Kid injury news and updates. After that, they discuss yet another excellent Tokyo show with the Brave Gate vs Dream Gate tournament matchup of YAMATO vs Dragon Dia, the sheer brilliance of Shun Skywalker vs Masaaki Mochizuki (and a discussion on Best of 2020s in Japan), and the match of the night between ISHIN and Mochizuki Jr!

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Dragongate’s biggest Osaka show of the year, The Gate of Destiny (11/3) is in the books and Mike and Case are back to talk all about it. They discuss the big picture before reviewing the show including the Open The Dream Gate match between YAMATO and Kenoh, the Loser Must Disband match between Z-Brats, Gold Class and Big Hug, and Case and Mike discuss their new close and personal friend, Home Economics Dragon. 

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Welcome back to Open The Voice Gate! Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) are back with an update on the comings and goings of Dragongate.

Joining Case and Mike this week is the English voice of Dragongate, Jae Church (https://twitter.com/dragongateen), for a three hour episode previewing Gate of Destiny. The three talk through the 3 Way Disbands Match, Stalker Ichikawa’s retirement and match against Dump Matsumoto, and Dia vs Tanaka and YAMATO vs Kenoh. After that, they talk about King of Gate, the Dragongate Production question, and have a wide ranging conversation on the status of the Japanese wrestling industry

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It’s a very special episode of Open The Voice Gate as Case and Mike are joined by The Cubs Fan (https://twitter.com/luchablog) to discuss the career of Gran Hamada and his candidacy for the Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame! He’s the godfather of Lucharesu, so what does that mean? What were his business metrics? How incredible of a wrestler was he? What’s his influence case? Over the course of the episode, Case, Mike and Cubs make the argument why Gran Hamada merits Hall of Fame inclusion.

Matches discussed:

4/30/80: Gran Hamada & Satoru Sayama vs. Babe Face & Perro Aguayo

https://vk.com/video-68098508_170607264

9/12/84: Gran Hamada & Mighty Inoue vs. Chavo Guerrero & Hector Guerrero

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZhcBqxO8X0

?/??/90: Gran Hamada, El Hijo del Santo, & Yoshinari Asai vs. Blue Panther, Fuerza Guerrera, & Negro Casas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrLU4SPmagQ

11/13/90: Gran Hamada vs. Blue Panther

https://youtu.be/sV9XONUzjCs?si=qoHr33UhegoaNYlF

11/14/91: Gran Hamada, MASA Michinoku, & Monkey Magic Wakita vs. Dr. Wagner Jr, El Texano, & Silver King

https://vk.com/video/playlist/-207689490_34?z=video-207689490_456239394%2Fclub207689490%2Fpl_-207689490_34

10/17/92: Gran Hamada, El Texano, & Silver King vs. Black Power, El Signo, & Negro Navaro

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjjC4AU0-KI&t=1s

10/10/96: Dick Togo, MEN’s Teioh, Shiryu, Shoichi Funaki, & TAKA Michinoku vs. Gran Hamada, Gran Naniwa, Masato Yakushiji, Super Delfin, & Tiger Mask

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjigyMUxNQI

12/16/96: Dick Togo, MEN’s Teioh, Shiryu, Shoichi Funaki, & TAKA Michinoku vs. Gran Hamada, Gran Naniwa, Masato Yakushiji, Super Delfin, & The Great Sasuke

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXWVfgCmBG8

1/21/97: Dick Togo, MEN’s Teioh, Shiryu, & TAKA Michinoku vs. Gran Hamada, Gran Naniwa, Masato Yakushiji, & The Great Sasuke

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4H03uBUmgE&t=9s

3/10/01: Dick Togo, Gran Hamada, & The Great Sasuke vs. Apache, Pentagon, & Sasuke the Great

https://vk.com/search/video?q=gran%20apache&z=video548721036_456239336

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Dragongate had their monthly Korakuen Hall show last Friday, and Open The Voice Gate is back to talk all about it. Case and Mike spend time on the Loser Gets Expelled Gold Class vs Z-Brats match, talk about the future for the loser, discuss YAMATO vs Kenoh at Gate of Destiny, Konomama Ichikawa’s retirement opponent gets announced, and they close out the show discussing GLEAT ver MEGA and how quiet Edion Arena Osaka can get.

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Before getting into Rewind and Rewatch, Mike and Case touch on Helene, the announcement of Stalker Ichikawa’s retirement and a very fun Kobe Sambo Hall show with Gold Class vs Z-Brats and the debut of Akihiro Sahara.

After that, it’s time for Rewind and Rewatch and the two year Dragon Kid vs Darkness Dragon feud concluding at Absolutemente 2002 with a best of three falls mascara contra mascara match. Case and Mike discuss what sets this feud apart as one of Toryumon’s greatest rivalries, how the Dragon System today is representative of this feud, the development of the multi-team trios match, heel units, Magnum TOKYO’s 2002 and a whole lot more!

Resources to help victims of Hurricane Helene: https://appvoices.org/helene-relief/

The match listing for the show is as follows: 

8/24/00: Dragon Kid vs. SUWA

Features Darkness Dragon’s debut 

https://dragongate.live/title/?program=program_201806011636&episode=16

1/29/01: Dragon Kid vs. Darkness Dragon

NWA World Welterweight Title Tournament, first singles match

https://dragongate.live/title/?program=program_201806011636&episode=21

8/14/01: Dragon Kid, Magnum TOKYO & Ryo Saito vs. Big Fuji, CIMA, & SUWA and Darkness Dragon, Masaaki Mochizuki, & Yasushi Kanda

First televised three-way six-man match. UWA World Trios Title Match

https://dragongate.live/title/?program=program_201806011636&episode=30

11/6/01: Dragon Kid vs. Darkness Dragon 

Singles match in Chicken George 

https://dragongate.live/title/?program=program_201806011636&episode=33

7/14/02: CIMA, Don Fujii & TARU vs. Darkness Dragon, Genki Horiguchi & Magnum TOKYO vs. Dragon Kid, Masaaki Mochizuki & Ryo Saito

Rematch from World, UWA World Trios Title Match 

https://dragongate.live/title/?program=program_201806011636&episode=46

9/8/02: The Match. 

https://dragongate.live/title/?program=program_201806011636&episode=50

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Case returns to the show this week as they have some last thoughts on Gate of Origin. From there, they talk about what could be the Feud of the Year, Gold Class vs Z-Brats as it reached Osaka with Ben-K vs Gianni Valletta & Shun Skywalker, Kota Minoura & Jason Lee vs BXB Hulk, Riiita and Mochizuki Jr. Homare’s first month as a roster member thoughts including PRIME ZONE PLUS+ THOUGHTS, previewing this month’s Kobe Sambo Hall show this weekend, Taiji Ishimori produce, and the busy weeks ahead for GLEAT.

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It’s a Mike solo show week and he’s here to talk all about Gate of Origin 2024 (9/16/24), Dragongate’s big Sendai area show for the year. Before getting into Monday’s show, Mike gives a history of Gate of Origin, where he thinks it ended up settling on Dragongate’s ranking of shows and what he sees Gate of Origin being going forward. From there, Mike reviews a fun show with Dragon Dia defending the Brave Gate against Jacky Kamei, Triangle Gate champions Natural Vibes face the cranky vet team of Masaaki Mochizuki, Don Fujii and Toru Owashi, and the most popular heel unit in the Dragongate Era, Mad Blankey reunites to face Z-Brats!

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Sometimes Dragongate has a show where we have to take stock of the greatness we witnessed. That was the case this week on Voice Gate as we take a look at perhaps Dragongate’s best Korakuen in years, Storm Gate (9/5/24) with 90 chaotic minutes, the debut of Homare Kato, the New Unit Playing Field, YAMATO defending the Dream Gate against ISHIN, the card for Gate of Origin next week, Spiked Mohicans reunite and Case and Mike have a discussion about cakes that use soft drinks.

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For the first Rewind and Rewatch of September, it’s time to unearth the lost first Dragongate in USA show, Friday LA Extreme Night from John Ford Anson Park in Los Angeles on 9/5/2008. Before Mike and Case get into the show itself, we must talk about the events leading up to Dragongate’s American landing including: DG’s relationship with PWG over the years, The BXB Shingo Angle, CIMA’s Myspace, The No-Ring Show, ROH’s 2008 Japan Tour and more. Then it’s time to go to Los Angeles with two title matches as the Real Hazard team of Gamma, YAMATO and Yasushi Kanda defend their Open The Triangle Gate titles against the World-1 Team of Naruki Doi, Masato Yoshino and BXB Hulk and Twin Gate Legends Ryo Saito and Susumu Yokosuka, RyoSuka, defend those belts against The Young Bucks!

Friday LA Extreme Night can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jo6k9wxfcWE 

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It’s a bit of Dragon System Buffet this week as Case and Mike lead off this week with a couple of quick topics before trying to make sense of GLEAT’s 2024, discuss Dragongate in the N-1 Victory tournament, the greatness of the GATE OF MIYANE, Naruki Doi’s homecoming and anniversary show and a whole lot more!

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Before we get to August’s rewind and rewatch, Case and Mike talk about Dragongate’s fun Sunday in Fukuoka with the best 3 minute match of the year, IWRG uploads and Shingo Takagi’s 20th Anniversary Show’s X.

From there it’s time to continue to celebrate the Dragon System’s 25th Anniversary with Rewind and Rewatch. This month, Open The Voice Gate discusses 2002 and 2003 as it relates to the lead up to the Japanese landing of Toryumon X, the final brand of the Toryumon Era. Case and Mike follow the trials and tribulations through different aces, appearances on weird Mutoh All Japan spinoffs, and everything until August 22, 2003, the first ever Japanese Toryumon X show, of which Case and Michael review to close out the very fun episode!

Shows Discussed: 

August 3, 2002: First footage of Toryumon X on tape

https://dragongate.live/title/?program=program_201806011636&episode=48

December 7, 2002: Young Dragons Cup 2002

https://dragongate.live/title/?program=program_201806011636&episode=55

January 19, 2023: AJPW Wrestle-One 2nd

https://vk.com/search?q=ajpw%20wrestle-one%202003&z=video487517522_456239797

February 22, 2023: Yamaha Cup 2003

https://dragongate.live/title/?program=program_201806011636&episode=60

May 11, 2003: Toryumon Mexico Anniversary Show

https://dragongate.live/title/?program=program_201806011636&episode=63

August 22, 2003: Toryumon X Debut

https://dragongate.live/title/?program=program_201806011636&episode=68

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OTVG returns to talk about the third of Dragongate’s traditional Big Five shows, Dangerous Gate 2024! Before Case and Mike get into the show in Yokohama, they take stock of the summer tournaments, discuss wrestling prospects ,issues with originality, the G1 Climax and the N1 Victory. After that, they discuss Monday’s big Dangerous Gate show, YAMATO vs Kikuta, The Battle for Minorita, Natural Vibes vs Big Hug and more!

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This week on Open The Voice Gate, Case and Mike make a claim on their preferred new Olympic sports, discuss the Hayakawa/Minorita/Mini Skywalker events, discuss the 8/1 Dragongate Korakuen Hall show and preview this Monday’s Dangerous Gate 2024 card!

Case’s interview with Tony Khan can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vt9ll9HAuWw

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This week on Open The Voice Gate, Case and Mike return from Kobe World break to discuss how YAMATO’s Dream Gate win, and the post-match promo, is settling in for the guys. They then discuss a very fun Summer Festival version of Kobe Sambo Hall, preview Thursday’s Korakuen and give some second half of 2024 predictions!

The CIMA Vs YAMATO match discussed can be found at: https://m.vk.com/video-207689490_456239557?list=club207689490 

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The 25th Anniversary of the Dragon System, Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival 2024 is in the books and Case and Mike are back to talk all about it. Ben-K defending the Open The Dream Gate against Mr. Dragongate, YAMATO is the main event with a Four Way Twin Gate, Hyo vs Dragon Dia for the Brave Gate and Natural VIbes defending the Triangle Gate against Gold Class!

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With this Sunday being the biggest show of Dragongate’s year, Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival 2024, Case and Mike welcome back Jae Church to preview the show! They break down all the key matches including Ben-K defending the Open The Dream Gate versus Mr. Dragongate YAMATO, as well discuss some 25th Anniversary thoughts, the general Japanese wrestling scene, What’s the deal with GLEAT, DG fan turnover and a whole lot more!

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Open The Voice Gate lead off discussing Mike’s Worst Birthday Present Ever, the Gleat Vol 12 show. Then Case and Mike get into the very fun week of Dragongate including Masaaki Mochizuki vs Mochizuki Jr, The Benefit of a Calm Dream Gate Title picture, Twin Gate expectations, the latest edition of What’s Up With Kota Minoura, Kyoto and Buyuden Previews and much more!

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June’s Rewind and Rewatch, celebrating the 25th Anniversary year of the Dragon System, celebrates some long lost Dragon Gate Infinity TV from June of 2014, Dragon Gate goes to Sapporo for two nights to celebrate local heroes BxB Hulk, Kzy, T-Hawk (and allegedly Super Shisa and Akira Tozawa). A Monster Express vs Millenials trios match headlines the first night and BxB Hulk vs Naruki Doi in a Lumberjack match headlines the second! Case and Mike as well discuss how consuming international wrestling has changed a lot over the years, era’s of piracy, a history of Mr High Tensions, and a whole lot more!

The episodes of Infinity can be viewed at: 

https://youtu.be/v4PyAfr9hug

https://youtu.be/eOCLd2sEMtw

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Welcome back to Open The Voice Gate! Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) are back with an update on the comings and goings of Dragongate.

Case and Mike are back to talk Dragongate and the Voices of Wrestling 30 Under 30 Poll! They go through every Dragon System wrestler under the age of 30, where they have them on the poll, and other topics around their ballots in this year’s poll

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OTVG is back with an impromptu Dragon System Buffett discussing this weekend for Dragongate in Hakata, Case and Mike try to make sense of GLEAT, Ricochet’s free agency, Kobe World and a whole lot more!

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OTVG is back to discuss Dragongate’s Rainbow Gate doubleheader with Luis Mante vs Ben-K for the Dream Gate and YAMATO vs Kota Minoura, Hair versus Hair main events, the returns of Mochizuki Junior and Minorita, The Kobe World 2024 Main Event is set, Hyo vs Flamita and much more!

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Dragongate returned to Sapporo for their first weekend in Hokkaido for 2024 and Open The Voice Gate is back to talk all about it. Flamita’s first Dragongate matches in five years, a big Brave Gate contenders Captain’s Fall match and a Tribe Vanguard reunion. They then discuss the LEC Corporation’s pending exit from wrestling sponsorship, a Dragon System un-retirement, a Look Ahead to this week’s big Kobe and Tokyo Shows, a fun Anniversary match, The State of The Dream Gate and a whole lot more!

The Five On Four Handicap Match: Dragon Kid, Naruki Doi, Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda vs. Ken Ohka, Pescatore Yagi, Syachihoko Machine 2, Toru Owashi & YASSHI from Owashi’s anniversary can be seen at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nw4mNsVWzWM

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May’s Rewind and Rewatch, celebrating the 25th Anniversary year of the Dragon System, celebrates Dead or Alive 2014. Before we get to Aichi and 5/5/2014, Case and Mike go to the timeline discussing such events as the Millenials Japanese landing, wrestling consumption in 2014 & message board culture, Ricochet’s incredible 2014, the rise of Monster Express and much more!

Then it’s time to go to Aichi for the tenth anniversary of Dead or Alive 2014 with the first ever Scapeghost Steel Cage Warfare match between CIMA, Naruki Doi, BXB Hulk, Jimmy Kanda, Mr. Qyu Qyu Tanizaki Naoki Toyonaka Dolphin and Masato Yoshino, Ricochet defending the Dream Gate against YAMATO, Shingo Takagi & Akira Tozawa defending their Twin Gate belts again Masaaki Mochizuki and Don Fujii, and perhaps one of the most decorated Open The Brave Gate Championship matches of all-time, 19 Year Old supernova Flamita defending against Jimmy Susumu!

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In a special episode, Case and Mike talk about the Dragongate career of Eita on the heels of Eita’s signing with Pro Wrestling NOAH. They discuss the huge moments, what ifs, and the many trials and tribulations of El Numero Uno’s tenure in the Dragon System. 

After that, they discuss Flamita’s return to a Dragongate ring, the new axis of the Dragon System, Black Generation, making sense of AAA, and Flamita’s road ahead with Natural Vibes!

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Before getting into Dragongate’s big week in Tokyo, Osaka and Kobe, Case gives a show report of his MLW Lucha Azteca experience. From there, they talk about the huge Triangle Gate match, eras of Natural Vibes, the Class of 2016 pecking order, Mante vs Ben, SaiRyo booking tropes, and a whole lot more!

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Dead or Alive 2024 is in the books, but before we get to that, Case and Mike lead off the show discussing the breaking news of T.N. Revolucion and Kaito Nagano’s retirements. After that, they talk about the incredible Dead or Alive show headlined by one of the things that only Dragongate does best: Steel Cage Survival Mascara Contra Cabellera! They talk about every wrestler coming out of the cage, the emotional post match, and the status of Natural Vibes, Big Hug and Z-Brats coming out of Aichi. Then they discuss Mante vs Gianni, The State of the Dream Gate, Naruki Doi and Historical Greatness, Dia in Best of the Super Junior and a whole lot more!

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In a very special Open The Voice Gate, Jae Church joins Case and Mike in a long form discussion on the state of Dragongate, DG returning to Mania weekend, the Japanese wrestling economy and venues, the upcoming Dead or Alive card, and a whole lot more!

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Before this month’s Rewind and Rewatch, they discuss Dragongate’s weekend in Kobe and a programming note for Voice Gate through Dead or Alive.

April’s Rewind and Rewatch, celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Dragon System, discusses the El Numero Uno 2004 tournament, specifically its final show on April 28th, 2004!

Before Case and Mike review the show, there’s a good deal we must talk about late 2003 to early 2004 Toryumon, especially Hagure Gundam/Aagan Iisou, Sumo’s Dietary Preferences, Why We Don’t Talk About 2004 That Often, Parallels through Dragon System History, Royal Brothers and more!

Then they take us to Yoyogi National Stadium #2 on April 28th, 2004 as Toryumon attempts to decide their last Numero Uno between defending champ CIMA, upstart Shuji Kondo, icon Dragon Kid, and the newly heel again Masaaki Mochizuki. The Crazy Max vs Aagan Iisou feud continues with rival former sumo Don Fujii vs Toru Owashi and Anthony W. Mori finally comes to terms with the end of Royal Brothers! The show can be viewed at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aW-KN6hKLQ

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Dragongate wraps up its stellar Rey de Parejas tournament and is fully on the road to Nagoya and Dead or Alive this week! Case and Mike discuss an incredible Korakuen Hall (4/10) show that concluded the 2024 Rey de Parejas tournament between Big Hug, No Hug, Natural Vibes and YAMATO and Susumu. As well the Cage is back in Aichi, Luis Mante’s next Dream Gate opponent and CAPTAIN’S FALL ELIMINATION RULES in Hakata (4/14)!

Voices of Wrestling’s Wrestlemania Weekend Calendar can be found at: https://www.voicesofwrestling.com/wrestlemania-weekend-2024-full-schedule-map/

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Wrestlemania Weekend 2024 is in the books and Open The Voice Gate is back to review Dragongate’s big return to the United States and the weekend they made famous. Case and Mike have some overall weekend thoughts before getting into the reviews of Dragongate’s appearances at Defy Wrestling, Wrestlecon Supershow, Joey Janela Spring Break, GCW/JCW vs The World, and the great ETU vs Dragongate: Unlock the Unexpected show!

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After a weekend with an earthshattering heel turn in Dragongate, Open The Voice Gate is back to talk about the final Rey de Parejas shows in March and Jason Lee to Z-Brats. Lee’s turn during the Kung Fu Masters versus Shun Skywalker & ISHIN match from Kobe (3/30) takes up the lionshare of this week’s episode with Case and Mike discussing Kobe heel turns, the future of Z-Brats/the Heel Unit, The State of Natural Vibes (it’s not great!) and every angle of Jason’s turn. After that, they review a fun show in Hiroshima (3/31), try to make sense of the block scenarios with one match remaining and a whole lot more!

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On March 31st, 2006, Dragon Gate changed the wrestling world with the Do’FIXER vs Blood Generation Six Man, pioneering the non-WWE Wrestlemania Weekend event. Well it’s 2024, and Dragongate is making their return to Mania Weekend after an eleven year break and Open The Voice Gate is back to talk all about it. Case and Mike discuss the Dragongate Mania Weekend history before previewing every match involving Dragongate this weekend in Philadelphia!

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As Rey de Parejas trends towards its conclusion, Voice Gate is back to take stock of the tournament. Case and Mike talk about what has worked so far in the tournament and on the week’s shows in Fukui, Tsuraga & Nagano, the tournament in perspective, and the global tag team landscape in 2024. As well they review a fun Buyuden Zero show with Big Boss Shimizu vs Shuji Ishikawa and give some thoughts on the United Japan Pro Wrestling press conference!

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Before this month’s Rewind and Rewatch, they discuss Dragongate’s 2nd week of Rey de Parejas action including Natural Vibes exploding, the problem with Tominaga and a look ahead to this week and Buyuden Zero Vol 4.

March’s Rewind and Rewatch celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Dragon System covers one of the key moments of Dragon Gate and the Open The Brave Gate Tournament from March 13, 2005.

Before Case and Mike review the show, we must talk about the NWA World Welter title, the Toryumon Japan singles title situation, ALL CAPS YOSSINO, the Aagan Issou/Crazy Max/Heel Unit situation in January of 2005 and a whole lot more.

Then they take us to Nagoya Congress Center on March 13, 2005 and the one night tournament to decide Dragon Gate’s first Brave Gate champion between YOSSINO, K-Ness, Naoki Tanizaki, PSYCHO from Kaientai Dojo, newly heel Naruki Doi of Blood Generation, Super Shisa and Serious Daniel Mishima. Along the way, we have Final M2K vs Do’FIXER and Blood Generation versus the future Pos.HEARTS and rookies Shingo Takagi and BXB Hulk colliding in their first ever match up.

The show can be viewed at: https://youtu.be/EhN9WqhIuks?si=Nw7FaboTJ0LkPDVV

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The first week of Rey de Parejas is in the books and Case and Mike are back to talk all about it! They talk about the three stops in Tokyo, Himeji, Nagoya including discussing the huge performance Jacky “Funky” Kamei had in Korakuen as Natural Vibes falls apart around him, Good Heelin’, Mike’s first trip to Jerry World, and a whole lot more!

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Dragongate’s big weekend in Osaka is in the books and Case and Mike are back to discuss the big events. First they look through The Gate of Nostalgia and the return of Mad Blankey, reports from inside the building and their thoughts on Saturday’s celebration of the past 25 years of the Dragon System. After that, they break down Sunday’s enormous Champion Gate show with three title matches and preview Rey de Parejas!

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OTVG opens up this week discussing Dragongate’s last weekend of February in Gifu, Hiroshima & Kobe including Yoshiki Kato’s injury in Gifu and how that relates to the big Osaka weekend, and the last build to the doubleheader in Osaka! From there Case and Mike preview Saturday’s Gate of Nostalgia including breaking down the reunions. Due to some weather, Mike closes out the show solo previewing each match of Champion Gate 2024 including Luis Mante defending the Dream Gate against Susumu Mochizuki, The Vacant Triangle Gate Decision Match, Hyo vs Kanda and a whole lot more!

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Before this month’s Rewind and Rewatch, they discuss Dragongate’s weekend (or lack of it) in Kyoto with one match worth going out of your way to watch.

February’s Rewind and Rewatch celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Dragon System covers one of the key moments of Toryumon Japan: Mochizuki Contra Mochizuki from 2/24/2002.

Before we get to that famous Lucha de Apuestas, we go all the way back to January 2000 and the aftermath of Crazy Max vs Sekigun and the formation of M2K. Case and Mike talk about Toryumon’s unit revolution and the M2K vs Crazy Max vs Toryumon Sekigun feud that enveloped Toryumon Japan from 2000 until 2002, the series of Crazy Max vs M2K apuestas matches, The First 3-Way Six Man, all building to the match that changed the careers of Masaaki Mochizuki and Susumu Mochizuki.

Matches discussed with Dragongate Network links and timestamps:

1/16/00: CIMA, Sumo “Dandy” Fuji, & MAKOTA vs. Dragon Kid, Magnum TOKYO, & Masaaki Mochizuki

https://dragongate.live/title/?program=program_201806011636&episode=9

(Begins at 16:39)

8/24/00: CIMA, Sumo “Dandy” Fuji, & TARU vs. Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki, & Yasushi Kanda

https://dragongate.live/title/?program=program_201806011636&episode=9

(Begins at 23:51)

12/21/00: Stalker Ichikawa & TARU vs. Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda

https://dragongate.live/title/?program=program_201806011636&episode=20

(Begins 58:54)

8/14/01: Big Fuji, CIMA, & SUWA vs. Dragon Kid, Magnum TOKYO, & Ryo Saito vs. Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki, & Yasushi Kanda

https://dragongate.live/title/?program=program_201806011636&episode=30

Begins: 38:30

11/8/01: M2K attacks Ultimo Dragon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cisw3-2OPfk

12/10/01: CIMA vs. Masaaki Mochizuki

https://dragongate.live/title/?program=program_201806011636&episode=36

(Begins: 1:00:52)

2/24/02: Masaaki Mochizuki vs. Susumu Mochizuki

https://dragongate.live/title/?program=program_201806011636&episode=39

(Begins: 35:33)

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Dragongate’s had a busy week in western Japan with shows in Okayama (2/10), the first Acros Fukuoka doubleheader of 2024 (2/11) and Hakata (2/12), so Case and Mike break it down unit by unit. Tanaka’s first win, Strong Machine J returns to New Japan, Gianni Mania, Nostalgia Gate, and a whole lot more on this week’s Voice Gate!

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Dragongate’s kicked off their February and Open The Voice Gate is back to discuss Memorial Gate in Wakayama (2/4) as well as an exciting Korakuen Hall show main evented by the All Out War Z-Brats vs Natural VIbes 10-Man Tag and the final M3K match. As well, Case and Mike discuss the return of the Dragongate Six Man to Mania Weekend, preview a bit of Rey De Parejas and a whole lot more!

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The first ever Gate of Bayside is in the books and Case and Mike are back to talk all about it. Dragongate’s Yokohama big show debut (1/27) and the news coming out of it is the big topic for this week including Luis Mante defending his Dream Gate against number one contender and arch rival Shun Skywalker! As well they touch on the greatness of Kaito Kiyomiya in Dragongate, Mochizuki Jr’s official return, Masked Z 2 and a whole lot more!

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January 31st, 1999 stands alone as the most important date in Dragon System as it marks the Toryumon Japan landing with “King of Dragon” at Korakuen Hall, so Case and Mike are spending an entire Voice Gate looking back at this important event as a part of Dragongate 25!

1/31/24 marks 25 years of the Dragon System so it’s time to look at how it all started. The timeline on this episode starts with the beginning of Yoshihiro Asai’s career in the 80s and takes us around the world with stops in WAR, Arena Naucalpan, Michinoku Pro, Center Stage Atlanta and more. They discuss the first three classes of Toryumon students, the overall indie and major wrestling scene in Japan entering 1999, the ways that Toryumon changed everything and review the first Toryumon Japan show (available on the Network at: https://dragongate.live/title/?program=program_201806011636&episode=1) with Crazy Max vs Magnum Tokyo, Dragon Kid and SAITO main eventing in an elimination tag match!

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It’s the first Kobe shows of the year for Dragongate and Open The Voice Gate is back to talk about them and preview Gate of Bayside. They lead off the show discussing Dragon System member Kazuchika Okada’s impending departure from New Japan Pro Wrestling before getting into Dragongate’s weekend in Kobe, the Return of Prime Zone (Plus+), the Gate of Bayside preview including the big Luis Mante vs Shun Skywalker Dream Gate match, Kaito Kiyomiya returns to defend the Twin Gate with Alejandro versus Jason Lee and Jacky “Funky” Kamei, the Kobe Kung Fu Masters and a whole lot more!

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Dragongate has finally kicked off their 2024 with a huge doubleheader at Korkauen Hall including Masaaki Mochizuki vs Shingo Takagi X celebrating Mocchy’s 30th Anniversary, Big Hug vs Shun vs Natural Vibes for the love and (hug) of one Jacky Funky Kamei, Triangle Gate matchups, Mochizuki Jr and a whole lot more!

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It’s Dragongate’s annual holiday break and Voice Gate is here for some awards, the other part of the Dragon System and more. Case and Mike catch up over the holidays and discuss The Iron Claw before reviewing GLEAT Ver 7 and getting into the 2023 Ulty Awards celebrating the best in Dragongate!

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The 2023 Ulty Awards results can be found at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1f2e8RYU9D1qBM5lT2_nWmQGmaZo-0CtT4yN1tBMdlc0/edit?usp=sharing

Dragongate’s last shows of 2023 have concluded and the world looks a lot different around the Dragon System after The Final Gate! Case and Mike return to discuss the final Big Show, The Dream Gate picture coming out of Fukuoka, they review the rest of the show, and close out the year in the Voice Gate Stock Exchange to play some Stock Up/Stock Down to end 2023!

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As Dragongate closes out their 2023, OTVG returns to talk all things Dragon System in a somewhat of a Holiday Buffet episode. With Korakuen yesterday (12/19) and Final Gate on Christmas Eve, Case and Mike make sense of the Tokyo farewell to 2023, Jacky Funky Kamei’s elevation, the status of the Dream Gate going into to Fukuoka, Twin Gate changes, GLEAT closes out their year in TDCH on the 30th and a whole lot more!

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OTVG returns with a somewhat catch-up, somewhat big topics episode of the program leading off with the Tokyo Sports Awards and the Dragongate issue within, the title programs going into Final Gate, some GLEAT talk as they close our their year, Mocchy in USA, Ryoya Tanaka: could be Rookie of the Year and a whole lot more!

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Case and Mike are back from their holiday and are here to talk about the end of November in Dragongate! Leading off the show this week, they discuss the 2023 Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame results as it pertains to the Dragon System and Lucharesu representation. After that, they use 11/23’s “Genki Horiguchi 25th Anniversary Celebration Exciting Battle” to discuss the state of Dragongate including Hyo & Mante, Shun Skywalker, Kato and Tanaka’s next step in Z-Brats and D’Courage, giving respect to Jacky Funky Kamei, Kikuta at Final Gate, CM Punk, Stardom and a whole lot more!

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On the heels of Gate of Destiny, Dragongate rolls back into Tokyo with a huge Korakuen Hall (11/9) show and Voice Gate is here to discuss it! Sometimes all you need is a BIG HUG as Mante and HYO showed us after the 4 v 1 handicap match and Dragongate getting back to some of their storyline magic. Ryoya Tanaka joined D’Courage and then proceeded to melt our faces in the D’C vs Natural Vibes eight-man and Case and Mike remember some other “Elevation” matches and much more this week on Voice Gate!

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Gate of Destiny is this Sunday and OTVG is spending the entire episode previewing Dragongate’s biggest Osaka show of the year! They lead off discussing the six month build to Kikuta vs Shimizu III, the arguments for either walking out of Edion Arena Osaka as Dream Gate Champion and every angle of the big main event! From there, they break down the remainder of the card, talk about DG and big shows this year, will Susumu/Kanda become the runaway tag team of the year, who needs a bigger match more, ISHIN or Ryoya Tanaka and every other angle possible for this weekend’s huge show!

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Dragongate concludes their October with a fun weekend in Fukuoka and Kagoshima (10/22-23) and Case and Mike have a lot to say about it! After his return earlier this month, Luis Mante’s big weekend leads to OTVG trying to figure out his next unit. Fukuoka meant a close to Yoshiki Kato’s Five Match Series and the guys discuss his series, his new tag team, and Junior & Kato in the Frontier Zone! A failed impromptu SMJ tag team question, the least appetizing TV World Series, Gate of Destiny heat check and more!

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The title card of Gate of Destiny is now clear for Dragongate and Open The Voice Gate is back to talk all about it. Has a somewhat surprising result in Kobe (10/14-15) waivered Kikuta vs Shimizu? The Brave Gate has been defended and who is walking into Osaka as champ and who is he facing? What’s the deal with Don Fujii stealing belts again? All that and a discussion on all-time great Triangle Gate teams this week!

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The Dragon System has had their first big week in October and Open The Voice Gate is back to talk all about it! Luis Mante (ex Diamante) is back and suddenly everything changes! A new induction on the list of Punch matches as we think he’s finally figured this wrestling thing out. The reality of Gate of Origin along with a discussion of the DG Injury Report, Buyuden, SBK/Taku, Dragon Kid’s case for the Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame, and a whole lot more!

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Bad Luck is the topic at hand this week on Open The Voice Gate as Case and Mike discuss the sudden injury of T.N. Revolucion at Dragongate’s Osaka (9/24) show. They discuss the moments where the company has been especially snakebitten over recent years and how these events end up changing the complexion of the promotion. From there, they discuss the latest in Big Boss Shimizu’s climb against the Reiwa Six, the Triangle Gate tournament, the new Brave Gate challenger in Ryu Fuda as well as Natsuhiko Nakajima’s announced departure from Pro Wrestling NOAH, his Dragongate history and more!

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As September ends up being one of Dragongate’s quieter months in recent memory, Open The Voice Gate returns to talk all about the Dragon System. Mike and Case attempt to make sense of the lack of programs in the promotion as they discuss the highlights and lowlights of a fun Kyoto (9/16) stop including T.N. Revolucion’s second week back, Big Boss Shimizu vs Strong Machine J, the Triangle Gate Tournament, and Stock Ups and Stock Downs, and some lessons Dragongate could learn from CMLL’s 90th Aniversario!

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Welcome to TN Talk, the one week rebrand of Open The Voice Gate where Case and Mike talk all about the debut of TN Revolución (nee Takuma Nishikawa) among all the other comings and goings in Dragongate. They discuss the main event of the September 7th Korakuen Hall show, a ranking of the FUTURE era with a perspective towards their main event prospects in terms of TN Revolución, the ongoing Shimizu/Reiwa Six series, Masaaki Mochizuki returning to the States for the first time in over a decade, and much more!

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Open The Voice Gate kicks off this episode with a long discussion about Kento and Takuma’s surprising appearance at GLEAT’s latest Korakuen Hall show, Case and Mike’s impressions of it, and some reporting coming on the heels of their debut. From there they discuss Takuma Nishikawa’s debut in the main event of Dragongate’s September 7th Korakuen Hall show as well as the remarkable position Nishikawa will be put in his Japan debut! After that, they discuss highlights from this last weekend in Kobe and Nara including Ryu Fuda making moves, a return of a favorite, and the Reiwa Leaders vs DG All-Star Kobe main event!

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Open The Voice Gate returns with an earlier episode to discuss and review Dragongate’s biggest Tokyo show of the year, Dangerous Gate 2023! Case and Mike offer their big picture and business thoughts before getting into the Kikuta vs Minoura Dream Gate main event, YAMATO vs Fujita “Jr.” Hayato, Tomohiro Ishii’s first Dragon System match in almost 23 years, Takuma Nishikawa’s Japanese debut announcement and much more! 

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Dangerous Gate 2020, Dragongate’s biggest Tokyo show of the year is this Sunday (8/20) and Open The Voice Gate is here to preview it! Fresh off the heels of winning King of Gate 2023, Kota Minoura is challenging Open the Dream Gate champion Madoka Kikuta in the main event with a 3-Way Twin Gate match, YAMATO vs Fujita “Jr.” Hayato, Tomohiro Ishii’s first Dragon System match in 22 years and ISHIN vs Junior fill out the Ota City Gymnasium card and Case and Mike spend almost an hour and half previewing it. Closing out the episode, they go to the greater Dragon System and Mexico with the big Riot Lucha appearance of SB KENTo and Takuma!

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King of Gate 2023 has been crowned and Case and Mike are back to talk all about it. They lead off the show discussing the tournament, Kota Minoura and Big Boss Shimizu. From there they talk about the rapidly approaching Dangerous Gate major show coming up in less than two weeks, discuss a Weekly Pro cover, review the big week in house shows including U-T’s homecoming in a rapidly changing Nagoya!

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There’s only one night left in Dragongate’s King of Gate 2023 tournament and Open The Voice Gate is back to talk all about it. Case and Mike have an unplanned immediate segue to this weekend’s GLEAT VER MEGA show before getting into Dragongate’s last week in Tsushima and Yamaguchi. With Thursday’s semi-final and final ahead of us in Korakuen Hall, they look at the semifinalists path to Korakuen, their takeaways from the tournament and every way to preview the prospective final.

After that, in order to celebrate U-T’s 10th Anniversary Match this weekend, Case and Mike look at three of their favorite U-T matches available on the Dragongate Network!

Joint - U-T vs Super Shisa, 4/16/19 - https://dragongate.live/title/?program=std_vol76&episode=1

Case - U-T vs Shun, 12/4/18 - https://dragongate.live/title/?program=program_201805301615&episode=33

Mike - Open The Twin Gate- Big Ben (c) vs U-T & KAI, 3/3/19 - https://dragongate.live/title/?program=comp_infinity2019&episode=6

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And then there were five wrestlers remaining in Dragongate’s King of Gate 2023 tournament, and Open The Voice Gate returns to talk about how we got here. It’s quarterfinal action in Kobe (7/22) and Gifu (7/23) last week with Shimizu vs Susumu, Kikuta vs Kondo and the big hometown Yoshioka vs Minoura matches. As well, Case and Mike talk about in depth the very special Gifu show, available in full on the Dragongate Network as well as partially on YouTube, as well as a very ominous Toryumon X network upload!

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It’s a jam packed second week of King of Gate 2023! Case and Mike lead off this week with their spoiler free recommendations, then talk about who to keep an eye on through the rest of the tournament and on the road to Dangerous Gate! From there, they review the action from Aichi, Kyoto, Kanazawa and Saitama before looking ahead to the quarterfinals and this weekend in Kobe and Gifu!

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It’s King of Gate Season! Open The Voice Gate returns to kick off Dragongate’s big singles tournament. Case and Mike lead off the show with their spoiler free recommendations. After that it’s into Dragongate’s busiest weekend of the year with comprehensive reviews of Korakuen’s King of Gate Kickoff, Buyuden Zero Vol 2, Tournament action in Hamatsu, and the big return to Osaka to close out the weekend. After that, they conclude the episode previewing this weekend’s tournament matches!

Fujita/Mochizuki vs Abe/Hidaka can be found: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Gor7Sa-6z5GTNqDggkyMKQJeNjnB3JmH/edit 

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Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival 2023 is in the rear view and Open The Voice Gate is here to talk all about it. They lead off talking big picture and discussing the business of Dragongate’s biggest show of the year. From there, it’s the Five Way Steel Cage Survival Match and how all five came out of Kobe World Kinen Hall, Kikuta vs Yoshioka, YAMATO vs Hiromu and talk about the entire show. Closing out the episode, Case and Mike look ahead to the King of Gate Kickoff this Friday in Tokyo and the weekend in Osaka!

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It’s Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival Week and Open The Voice Gate is back with special guest Jae Church, the English voice of Dragongate, for a super-sized episode previewing this year’s show, talking Reiwa Big Six, SBK/Fujiwara, G-Something, and a whole lot more!

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With the official announcement of SB KENTo and Takuma Fujiwara’s departure from Dragongate coming over the weekend, Case and Mike spend the first half of the show discussing the news with some new reporting. They discuss the context of the departure and the announcement along with what their exit means for their career and Dragongate’s future. From there, they discuss the new upload of the first ever 4-Way 6-Man Tag from 8/30/03 and their thoughts on Shin M2K vs Crazy Max vs Italian Connection vs Do’FIXER, and their first half of 2023 Dragongate matches of the year!

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We are at the final Network stop before Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival and Voice Gate is back to talk all about it. It’s the Mascara Contra Mascara 5 Way Steel Cage Survival match main eventing Dragongate’s biggest show of the year over the Dream Gate title match, and Case and Mike discuss the finalized card and its implications. They then review the rest of the day-night double header in Hakata, do a Spot Check on the roster and where they are this year at Kobe World vs last year, and preview this weekend’s Okinawa trip!

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We are at the final Network stop before Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival and Voice Gate is back to talk all about it. It’s the Mascara Contra Mascara 5 Way Steel Cage Survival match main eventing Dragongate’s biggest show of the year over the Dream Gate title match, and Case and Mike discuss the finalized card and its implications. They then review the rest of the day-night double header in Hakata, do a Spot Check on the roster and where they are this year at Kobe World vs last year, and preview this weekend’s Okinawa trip!

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Open The Voice Gate opens this week with a long discussion about SB KENTo and Takuma Fujiwara and their departure from Dragongate. This is a wide-arching discussion based on Case and Mike’s original reporting on the situation and the Observer’s report from June 2nd. They spend close to an hour discussing their timeline of events, preconceived notions of the Dragon System’s departures, SBK and Fujiwara, how they anticipate how the situation will fall out.

From there we are one month from Kobe Pro Wrestling Festival and the card is becoming clear after a big weekend in Tokyo and Kobe! YAMATO vs Hiromu Takahashi is signed, the masked man situation becomes clear, and Yasushi Kanda has the best match of his 25 year career on this jam packed Voice Gate!

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Voice Gate is back to talk about Dragongate’s Osaka return and how the road to Kobe World Pro-Wrestling Festival became more clear as Madoka Kikuta will defend the Dream Gate against D’Courage teammate and former champion Yuki Yoshioka. Case and Mike discuss the July 2nd main event, ramifications, and a quick history of unit-mate Dream Gate matches! From there, they discuss the debut of Ryoya Tanaka, Dragongate’s strong attendance in Osaka, What’s the deal with Eita and a whole lot more!

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Open The Voice Gate returns to make sense of three nights of Hokkaido. Case and Mike lead off with a quick Barry chat before discussing Dragongate’s first Sapporo tripleshot of the year. They try to figure out Kobe World after a meandering weekend of Kzy and BxB Hulk hometown shows, take stock of La Estrella’s return, talk about top 5 Big Match wrestlers, and preview this weekend’s show in Osaka!

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It’s the first full week of the Reiwa Big Six era, and Case and Mike talk all about the six-man tag from Korakuen on the 11th, each of the Big Six members, people left out, and how the company looks six weeks out from Kobe World! The inevitable Diamante and Ultimo Dragon match took a left turn, and Voice Gate has the latest on the stunning indefinite suspension of the Principal. Closing out the program, they discuss La Estrella’s return, the class of 2023’s Ryoya Tanaka, and look ahead to this week’s tripleshot in Hokkaido!

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DEAD or ALIVE 2023 is in the books and Open The Voice Gate is here with same day audio about Dragongate’s first Big Show of the year. It was the story two years in the making, as Shun Skywalker and Madoka Kikuta faced off in a rematch of the promotion’s shortest-ever Dream Gate match, and Case and Mike discuss the wide ranging implications of the main event and the post-match. After that, they work their way back down the card, discuss all four championship matches, a hard truth about a future apuestas match, and the one Twin Gate match that Mike really wants to happen although it might end terribly.

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It’s Golden Week and DEAD OR ALIVE 2023 is this Friday and Voice Gate is back to talk all about it! It’s time for Dragongate’s first big show of the year in Nagoya with Shun Skywalker defending the Open The Dream Gate against Madoka Kikuta in a rematch two years in the making! Case and Mike talk their way through the card and then discuss Ryukyu Dragon Pro Wrestling Memorial main event with YAMATO defending the Ryou title against the Don of Okinawa, Guruken Mask, preview Wednesday and Thursday’s Kyoto KBS Hall double shot, and look ahead to Don Fujii’s 26th Anniversary. 

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As Dragongate stares down DEAD OR ALIVE 2023 on May 5th, Open The Voice Gate is joined by the English voice of Dragongate, Jae Church for a near three hour episode! On this show, they preview DEAD OR ALIVE, discuss the 20th anniversary of El Numero Uno 2023, and get Jae’s thoughts on the state of Dragongate, the roster, the road ahead, and the wrestling industry in Japan post-COVID lockdowns!

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This is a Dragon System Buffet edition of OTVG! This week, Mike and Case finally come to terms with GLEAT and try to figure this company out off the heels of their first Korakuen Hall show of the year. From there, they discuss the important anniversary this week of El Numero Uno 2003 and when Genki Horiguchi became a superstar. After that, it’s SSW Quest Game 2 time in Fukuoka, and they close out the episode talking about Dragongate’s doubleheader at Acros Fukuoka!

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With this weekend’s doubleheader from Kobe Sambo Hall in the books, Dragongate is on the way to DEAD OR ALIVE and Open The Voice Gate returns to talk all about it. Case and Mike take a look at the company’s four title programs as they head towards Aichi, including the SSW Quest Shun Skywalker is making Madoka Kikuta endure, A questionable Twin Gate challenge team, Jason Lee faces his biggest test in Dragon Dia and Natural Vibes teaches M3K a lesson in rules of wrestling. Of course the show touches on a lot more including GLEAT, a Murder Garage, what is the future of US Indie Wrestling, awful NXT footage and a whole lot more!

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This week, Case is solo to talk about Masaaki Mochizuki's Buyuden show, the April 5 Korakuen Hall show, and all things Dragongate including Madoka Kikuta's rise back to the main event, Mochizuki Junior being a Top 10 guy, Naruki Doi's continued greatness, and more!

Open The Voice Gate returns to discuss this momentous week in Dragongate. Case springs a surprise anniversary on Mike to lead off this week’s episode, but then they get into the pressing news of the week, Eita (finally) goes freelance. After that, they talk the annoying habit of Kota Minoura getting involved in a perfectly great Madoka Kikuta Dream Gate challenge for DEAD OR ALIVE. Then it’s onto the title matches from Memorial Gate, the stops in Nagoya and Kobe, talking Buyuden and playing the game show sensation Remember That Guy. 

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It’s Dragongate’s Memorial Gate 2023 Week and Open The Voice Gate is here to talk all about it. They lead off the show discussing March 18th’s Wakayama special including the Open The Twin Gate championship with Kzy and Big Boss Shimizu defending the titles against the Father and Son team of Masaaki Mochizuki and Mochizuki Jr! They then preview the big show the next day in Nagoya as Dragongate starts on their road to DEAD OR ALIVE! From there, they discuss their comps for the Class of 2022, and play Remember This Guy!

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The biggest weekend in Dragongate’s 2023 is in the books and Open The Voice Gate is back to talk all about the finals of Rey de Parejas and Champion Gate 2023! They look at the Dream Gate scene and how Strong Machine J did on Dragongate’s Testing Ground. From there they talk about Jason Lee vs Minorita for the Brave Gate and the history of great international wrestlers in the Dragon System. With Daiki Yanagiuchi’s debut, they talk about the company’s all time great Debut Matches, and Don Fujii’s claim to be the Wrestler of the Week. They close it out discussing the Unit Landscape after Champion Gate weekend, Gold Class, Dragon Kid and Eita, Ranking the Rey de Parejas teams, Yasushi Kanda did what, and a whole lot more!

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It’s almost March and full steam ahead for Dragongate as they enter their biggest week of the year! On this episode, Case and Mike talk about the closing stages of Rey de Parejas, including the Kobe (2/26) Art Center show as they look ahead to this weekend’s Champion Gate shows. They discuss Shun Skywalker’s surprising Dream Gate challenger Strong Machine J and the role of Champion Gate as a proving ground, DoiYAMA’s stunning Rey de Parejas, YAMATO and the All Star Jr Festival, the remaining title programs for Champion Gate, preview Thursday’s Rey de Parejas finals from Korakuen, and play a game where Case tries to Remember This Guy!

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Rey de Parejas is about to enter its final week, and Open The Voice Gate is back to talk all about it. Leading off this week, they touch on the Muto Retirement Show and the Dragongate participation on it. From there, Case takes Mike through the Rey de Parejas teams and their performances to this point, and scenarios in the final week of block play. After that, they breakdown all of the tournament matches this week, including Dragongate’s full shows in a day/night double header in Fukuoka, and they close out discussing perhaps the match of the tournament, Jason Lee and Jacky “Funky” Kamei vs Madoka Kikuta and Yuki Yoshioka!

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After a hot first week of Rey de Parejas, it’s time to take things down to a simmer in Kyoto and Okayama! Open The Voice Gate returns to have an important talk about Mike’s production equipment purchases, the Dragongate roster’s Bang choices, Ryu Fuda, Kyoto woes and one of the damnedest hot tags they’ve ever seen!

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It’s the first Rey de Parejas in 20 years and Open The Voice Gate returns to talk all about it. It’s a big day for Dragongate as clap rules have been lifted and Case and Mike are on the moon talking about how great the kickoff was in Korakuen (2/3) with the return of DoiYAMA versus the Double Dragons, Madoka Kikuta’s big night and more! They then continue with the round robin matches in Shizuoka (2/4) and the wrestling capital of Japan, Gifu (2/5) to close out the week!

(Production note: I had gremlins while recording, the audio is entirely listenable and will have it fixed on future episodes. My apologizes -Mike)

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As Dragongate closes out their January schedule, Open The Voice Gate is back to talk about the world of Dragongate. Leading off, they audible into some AAA talk with SB KENTo & Takuma Fujiwara’s latest appearance with Takuma Nishikawa in tow. Big things are afoot with the announcement of the All Star Jr Festival 2023 Powered by the LEC Corporation, and Case and Mike talk about the Dragongate angle and their history with New Japan. After that, they discuss a doubleheader from Kobe Sambo Hall (1/21-22) with an Open The Triangle Gate championship match between Z-Brats and Gold Class along with Rey de Parejas previews!

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Dragongate’s first Tokyo appearances in 2023 are in the books and Voice Gate is back to talk about it! Leading off the show this week, Case and Mike lead off with a discussion of the Open The Dream Gate title match between Yuki Yoshioka, the result, and what the title picture looks like after that. Then they discuss all angles of High End Alliance vs Z-Brats Loser Must Disband, Class of 2022 continues to step forward, the return of Rey de Parejas before closing out on DGinUSA and SB KENTo vs Lucky Ali!

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Dragongate has kicked off their 2023 and Open The Voice Gate is back to talk about the first weekend of their year! Leading off the show, Case and Mike discuss the recently released FSM 50 and Dragongate’s strong appearance this year. From there, they discuss the season openers in Osaka (1/7) and Kyoto (1/8), clap crowds returning for TV loop shows, the easing into the year, and the build to the big January doubleheader in Korakuen on 1/11 & 1/12!

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It’s award time for Open The Voice Gate! With Dragongate on winter holiday, Case and Mike are here to present the 2022 Ulty Awards! Before they get to that, they discuss the Flagship Podcast’s Japan Free Agent News, noise crowds in Osaka, and Case has a very special quiz for Mike. Then it’s award time. Join Open The Voice Gate as they go through 2022 to decide Dragongate’s MVP, Rookie of the Year, Unit of the Year and so much more!

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Open The Voice Gate finishes out 2022 with Dragongate’s final two shows of the year! Leading off the show, Case and Mike discuss The Final Gate 2022, the Christmas Day spectacular with Yuki Yoshioka defending the Dream Gate against the resurgent Ben-K and Shingo Takagi’s first match in the company in over four years! Then to close out the year, they discuss the hometown finale with another remarkable Rookies vs Vets match and an excellent D’Courage vs Z-Brats main event! 

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As Dragongate steamrolls their way towards The Final Gate and the end of 2022, Open the Voice Gate is back discussing their final Korakuen Hall (12/16) show of the year with Kzy vs Shun Skywalker as well as The Gate of Origin (12/18) with an excellent Twin Gate defense between Kzy and Big Boss Shimizu against YAMATO and Takashi Yoshida. Then closing out the show, they preview The Final Gate with Shingo Takagi’s return home after four years and the most popular man in years, Ben-K, taking on the Open The Dream Gate Champion Yuki Yoshioka!  

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With two weeks left in Dragongate’s 2022 schedule, Open The Voice Gate is back on the road to The Final Gate 2022! This week, Case and Mike review an excellent Kyoto farewell (12/10) with an exception D’Courage vs Naruki Doi & Eita tag match and a newsworthy rare Nagoya show (12/11) with business notes on the heels of a show with an U-T Homecoming, Dragon Kid vs Ultimo Dragon and D’Courage vs Gold Class. Then closing out this week’s episode, a special report from friend of the show Mark/Gutsdozer (https://www.youtube.com/@gutsdozer) on the illustrious K-JAX.  

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It’s been a huge week in the Dragon System and Open The Voice Gate is back to talk all about it. Leading off the show, they discuss the Hokkaido trip (12/2 - 12/4). Case and Mike talk about the title matches in Hokkaido, the magic of these trips, and why these trips matter for Dragongate. From there, they discuss the enormous Fantastic Gate kick off from Tokyo Korakuen Hall (12/6) with the monumental Yoshioka vs Mochizuki Dream Gate Match, Shingo Takagi’s return home, Yoshiki Kato’s debut, and the rest of the first big show of December! 

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Open The Voice Gate returns from their holiday to talk about the world of Dragongate including their holiday in Okinawa! Leading off, Case and Mike discuss a very fun weekend in Okinawa with our friends at Ryukyu Dragon Pro Wrestling including the man the mystery K-Jax. After that, they discuss the latest in #DGinUSA with the 2023 announcements and the 2022 King of Indies tournament with an impassioned discussion SB KENTo’s greatness. Concluding this week’s show, they cross over to GLEAT to discuss Kaito Ishida’s comings and goings with the young promotion. 

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Open The Voice Gate returns first to have an Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame talk up top. Mike walks Case through his would-be ballot and they have a conversation on why some of the best Dragon System candidates have never been on the ballot. From there they discuss the Pro Wrestling NOAH “Global Dream” show (11/11) with Yuki Yoshioka teaming with Kaito Kiyomiya taking on Kota Minoura and Kenoh! We have begun posting "Best-Of" clips from each episode on YouTube. Last week we chose our discussion on the Dragongate Dojo! https://youtu.be/irPR7_DDcrY

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Open The Voice Gate returns to discuss Dragongate’s November Korakuen Hall (11/9) show with the big 3-way 6-man main event of Z-Brats vs Gold Class vs Natural Vibes and the next Dream Gate match being made. From there, they discuss tomorrow’s (11/11) NOAH Global Dream show with Dragongate participation and then with the news of Mania Weekend, their Dragongate Mania Shows.

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With The Gate of Destiny 2022 in the books, Open The Voice Gate is back to talk all about it. Case and Mike give their big thoughts on Dragongate’s biggest show of the Fall and then spend the remainder of the near two hour episode discussing everything that happened this morning. They discuss the Dream Gate picture coming out of Yoshioka vs YAMATO as well as who is Masked Z, Takuma Fujiwara’s brief return from Mexico and a whole lot more!

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This Sunday is The Gate of Destiny 2022, and Open The Voice Gate are here to talk all about it. Before Case and Mike get to their preview of one of Dragongate’s biggest shows of the year, they discuss the new YouTube uploads, including the first allowed cheering crowd in the company since March 2020 and the last batch of #DGinUSA with big shows with Defy and Prestige Wrestling. After that, they breakdown every match of The Gate of Destiny from the opener with the return of Naruki Doi, to the Open the Dream Gate Championship match where Yuki Yoshioka defends against YAMATO, returning to Japan looking to get an unprecedented sixth Dream Gate Championship!

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OTVG returns as Dragongate closes out their October. Leading off the program this week, Case and Mike talk about the Acros Fukuoka Doubleheader (10/23). They touch on two shows that definitely happened in one day, including Dragon Dia’s scary moment, Minorita’s 1st Anniversary, Eita, What’s up with the Shiiba Family? And a whole lot more. They spend the second half then discussing #DGinUSA including SB KENTo’s GCW debut and Deadlock’s Carolina Classic!

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As Dragongate gets closer and closer to Gate of Destiny on November 6th, Open The Voice Gate returns to talk about a big week in the promotion. Case and Mike lead off the week discussing the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame and the Dragon System candidates. Then they go into DGinUSA to discuss YAMATO’s trip to AAW for the Jim Lyman Memorial Tournament. After that, they return to Dragongate proper to discuss two noteworthy Kobe Sambo Hall (10/15 & 16) shows with Brave and Triangle Gate matches, big matches made for Gate of Destiny and more!

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It was a big week in the Dragon System, so Open The Voice Gate is back to talk all about it. Case and Mike lead off this week discussing 10/6’s Korakuen Hall show, including the next stage in the Natural Vibes and Z-Brats feud and Yoshioka vs YAMATO. They then breeze through 10/8’s Kyoto show with a Match of the Year contender. Closing out this week’s show, they discuss DGinUSA from Dragon Lee vs Shun Skywalker in Mexico to trials and tribulations with GCW to Ben-K’s West Coast Pro trip!

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There were no live Dragongate shows on the network this week, so it’s a mixed topic sort of Voice Gate. They lead off talking about the death of Antonio Inoki and the loss it means to the industry, preview Thursday’s Korakuen and following up on last week’s discussion on the State of Dragongate, a look around DGinUSA and closing out the show, a very fun game where Case and Mike select their months of the year Dragongate Mixtape!

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Case returns to the show this week, and the two spend most of the show discussing the State of Dragongate in terms of Naruki Doi moving to freelance status with the promotion. As well they discuss Dangerous Gate 2022, Talent Development, What The Departures Really Mean, and much more. Then to close out the show, they review an interesting Kobe Sambo Hall with new look M3K, the Doi announcement and a new spin on the Royal Sambo.

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This week, Mike is flying solo and is here to review Dangerous Gate 2022! He looks at the big picture happenings in Dragongate coming out of their biggest Tokyo show of the year, looks at the business numbers and then breaks down the show match by match to talk about Yuki Yoshioka vs Eita, M3K vs The Iihashis & Fujii and everything else from Dangerous Gate!

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This week, Case and Mike breakdown and preview the entire Dangerous Gate 2022 card from the big Open the Dream Gate Championship match between Yuki Yoshioka and Eita to Kaito Nagano’s big show debut against Yasushi Kanda. After that, it’s time to look at Dragongate in North America, as they talk about SB KENTo, La Estrella, Shun Skywalker, Takuma Fujiwara and now the debuting Takuma Nishikawa’s matches in Mexico for indie promotions, IWRG and AAA along with appearances in ETU in the States!

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This week on Open The Voice Gate Case and Mike talk about the big topics coming out of a big week of shows in Osaka (9/4) and Tokyo (9/8)! The first big HIGH-END turn! Fathers and Sons collide!! Eita and Yoshioka! Don Fujii in a dress! Excursion takes! And a whole lot more!

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This week on Open The Voice Gate Case and Mike look at the shows from this weekend in Kobe and Nara and then take listener questions. It’s a sleepy weekend in Dragongate as they have their monthly hometown show and visit Nara for Naruki Doi’s Homecoming, as Voice Gate picks out the best things from the weekend. They then spend the rest of the episode dipping into the mailbag of listener questions from Twitter and Discord!

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Case and Mike open this week with a wide ranging discussion of the Dragongate FUTURE class and where they place at this time with comparable rookie classes. They touch on all members on it, including the newly debuting Kaito Nagano. They discuss DG’s stop in Fukuoka (8/21) with the second generation war between Ishin Iihashi and Mochizuki Jr. reaching a new level, the world that is revolving around Ben-K, and the Dream Gate build between Yuki Yoshioka and Eita. They then close out the show talking about Masato Yoshino’s appearance in GLEAT, how they feel about it, their read of the situation and the overall Stronghearts/Dragongate relationship (NOTE: Case and Mike mention this several times during the Yoshino talk but this show was recorded before the GLEAT show on 8/24)

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Open The Voice Gate returns to discuss Dragongate’s Summer Adventure Festival (8/14). Case and Mike touch on the company’s Osaka business especially in light of the competing shows, the fun and interesting format the Summer Adventure Festival had, generational warfare, and close out the show running down #DGinUSA, discussing all of the announced shows for SB KENTo, La Estrella, Shun Skywalker, YAMATO and Ben-K!

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Open The Voice Gate returns as Dragongate kicks off their back half of 2022. Case and Mike discuss this week’s (8/10) Korakuen Hall show with the big Eita vs Kzy #1 Contender main event along with the departure of Keisuke Okuda, the Mochizuki Jr vs Ishin Iihashi feud, and a whole lot more!

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Dragongate had their biggest shows of the year and now Open The Voice Gate is back to make sense of Kobe World Weekend 2022! They spend over two hours breaking down Ultimo Dragon’s 35th Anniversary Celebration and Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival 2022 including how KAI, Yuki Yoshioka and Kota Minoura are looking coming out of the weekend, the truly special Twin Gate match between Kung Fu Masters and Z-Brats, festivities, and a whole lot more!

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On this impromptu episode of Open The Voice Gate, Case and Mike discuss the news of Kaito Ishida’s departure from Dragongate, how that leaves the company, his prospects, a timeline of his career and more. After that, they close out the show with a final Kobe World Weekend preview, including their thoughts on second night opponents, mood makers on the first night, and the prospects of Ultimo vs Hijo del Santo!

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Welcome back to Open The Voice Gate! Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) are back with an update on the comings and goings of Dragongate.

After this week’s Kobe Sambo Hall show, the final stop before Dragongate’s Kobe World Weekend, Case and Mike welcomed back Jae (https://twitter.com/dg_jae & https://twitter.com/dragongateen) on the show to preview the biggest weekend of Dragongate’s year. They discuss the state of the company going into Ultimo Dragon’s 35th Anniversary Show as well as Kobe World Pro Wrestling Festival 2022, including booking for two nights, the status of the Dream Gate matches, Kota Minoura and Gold Class, M3K, Dragongate rookies and excursions, Eita, and more!

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This week on Voice Gate, Case and Mike lead off with Dragongate Excursion news including a name not previously mentioned as coming to North America soon! After that, they give a conflicted review on Kyoto (7/17), they talk big picture less than two weeks from Kobe World Weekend, breakdown their top ten matches in Kobe World history, and close out with some psychic damage for everyone, Case and Mike included.

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This week on Voice Gate, Case and Mike take a big picture look at Dragongate after the shows in Tokyo (7/7) and Osaka (7/10). They discuss the Dream Gate title scene and two straight years of questionable booking for the top prize over Kobe World Weekends, and the rest of the title picture, M3K, Ben-K, and a look into 2022 DG Awards at the halfway point!

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OTVG kicks off Kobe World 2022 month with a big look around the Dragon System! Leading off, Case and Mike discuss the 6/26 Kasukabe Open the Triangle Gate match with Perros Del Mal De Japon defending against Natural Vibes. Then they discuss the first Dragongate show of July from Kobe Sambo Hall including a look into the peaks of Dream Gate champions, the first challenge made for Kobe World Weekend, and the build to 7/7’s Korakuen show with the Dream Gate and Apuestas match. Closing out the show, it’s time for our first check in on La Estrella and Takuma Fujiwara as Case and Mike review some of their first matches making tape!

The Open The Triangle Gate Title match can be found at: https://dragongate.live/title/?program=match_DirectorsCut2022&episode=41 

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With Dragongate taking a vacation in the Ryukyu Islands, Open the Voice Gate is back to talk about the 6/18 & 6/19 shows in Okinawa. Case and Mike talk about the vibe of these shows, a celebration of Gurukun Mask, Sasha Banks in Dragongate?!?, Kagetora, the 20th anniversary of Impact and the sliding doors of Motor City Machine Guns vs Speed Muscle, Estrella’s US debut, and more!

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This week on Voice Gate, Case and Mike look at the three shows from last weekend in Fukuoka (6/11-6/12) as well as turn the clock back to 2010 to discuss the Hanshin Battle: Dragon Gate vs Osaka Pro from 6/18/2010. In Fukuoka, they discuss the now three-way Dream Gate program between champion KAI, King of Gate Yuki Yoshioka, and now top contender Shuji Kondo, as well as the next steps in Don Fujii vs Dragon Dia and Ryukyu Dragon’s involvement over the next few weeks.

Then they discuss the inter-promotional lost show between two of western Japan’s premiere promotions! The most Fire Pro opening match ever! Heel Super Shisa?! What happens when Kuishinibo Kamen faces Don Fujii and Masaaki Mochizuki? And the big Osaka Pro Wrestling Championship match between CIMA and Billyken Kid!

Hanshin Battle can be viewed at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uW_dA6FiFNE

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It’s been a HUGE week in the Dragon System and Voice Gate is back with a near two hour episode talking all about it. Case and Mike cover the finals of the 2022 King of Gate tournament and how the future looks for Yuki Yoshioka, talk the earth shattering debut of Ryoto Mochizuki/Mochizuki Jr, Upcoming trips to Toryumon Casa, Strong Machine J’s breakdancing, a war over a skateboard, What An Ultimo Show is, the Triangle Gate Situation, Riki Iihashi, and so much more!

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It’s a jam-packed Voice Gate this week as Case and Mike look all around the Dragon System. For the first hour and a half, they go through Dragongate’s past week, including King of Gate 2nd Round Matches & Quarterfinals, the retirement of Shoya Sato, more fun with Perros, Shuji Kondo is a bad man, and Yuki Yoshioka’s historic May. After that, they take a look back at GLEAT’s G-Pro Wrestling Volume 25 with CIMA’s 25th Anniversary match and El Lindaman vs Shigehiro Irie!

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Kicking off this jam packed episode, Case and Mike do their reporting with sourcing on the Nosawa/NOAH/DG situation that was brought up on Wrestling Observer shows. They spend about half an hour discussing what they found out, questions about the Observer’s reporting, and every angle possible about this story.

After that, they talk all about Dragongate’s King of Gate 2022 tournament and its three shows in Hokkaido (5/20-22) along with the first 2nd round match in Hakodate (5/23). Case and MIke opine on Jason Lee vs Ben-K, Kota Minoura vs Kzy, why Naruki Doi might be the smartest wrestler today along with Minorita’s big weekend in matches and fashion choices, and more!

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King of Gate 2022 rolls along and Voice Gate has returned to discuss the second week of the tournament. This week Case and Mike cover Dragongate’s Tajimi, Gifu (5/14) and Kobe Sambo Hall (5/15) shows including first round matches between U-T & Kagetora, Takuma Fujiwara & Ishin Iihashi, & Dragon Dia & HYO. As well they preview the remaining first round matches this weekend in Sapporo and discuss the impending retirement of Shoya Sato.

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King of Gate 2022 has officially kicked off and Voice Gate is back talking all about Opening Day from Korakuen Hall! (5/11) After such a big first night, Case and Mike spend the entire episode breaking down King of Gate, talk about the 2022 FUTURE class, Strong Machine J, Don Fujii, Keisuke Okuda and more!

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Dead or Alive 2022 is in the books and Case and Mike are back to review it! On this huge episode of Voice Gate, they review Dead or Alive including the superlative Dream Gate match between KAI and Susumu Yokosuka along with the rest of the card and the big news and events happening around it. After that, they conclude the show with an in depth King of Gate 2022 preview!

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The Hot Season is upon us! Dead or Alive 2022 is on Thursday, and Open the Voice Gate returns to preview Dragongate’s first big show of the year! This week, Mike is joined by longtime Dragongate fanatic Alan4L (https://twitter.com/Alan4L) to preview the enormous card for Nagoya. They spend nearly two hours breaking down every match on the show including an in-depth consideration of Susumu Yokosuka’s fate if he loses his Dream Gate challenge. Closing out the show,, Alan gives his King of Gate predictions and a lot more!

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The second Korakuen Hall show (4/25) is in the books and the huge events around Jason Lee, Open The Voice Gate has A LOT to talk about this week. Case and Mike discuss the Jason Lee Rights to Negotiate 3-way 6-man Tag and all that happened afterwards. After reviewing the rest of Korakuen, they give an initial preview and discussion of 2022’s King of Gate, try to decide which roster members are Seinfeld fans, review last weekend’s Kobe Sambo Hall (4/21) show and talk about the impending Dragongate exit of Gamma and Super Shisa.

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On this week’s Voice Gate, Case and Mike review the Fukuoka Doubleheader (4/17)! As it’s all roads to DEAD OR ALIVE, Case and Mike put the weekend’s shows in context of the first Big Five show of the year and Monday’s big Korakuen. As well, they discuss an upcoming Voice Gate segment, they have odes to Shun Skywalker and Ishin Iihashi, and much much more!

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On this week’s Voice Gate, Case and Mike review Final Burst Out - K-ness Forever (4/7), Dragongate’s themed first April Tokyo Korakuen Hall show, as well as from the YouTube Digests (4/10) SB KENTo vs Takuma Fujiwara from Okayama They discuss the retirement/graduation match as a Dragon System genre, the next step in Jason Lee vs Shun Skywalker, Takuma Fujiwara being the 2022 Rookie of the Year, and much more! 

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On this week’s Voice Gate, Case and Mike look into the big house show and homecoming matches of the last few weeks in Dragongate! After that, they conclude their retrospective of the career of K-ness, as it’s time to talk about Absolutamente and the biggest match of early Toryumon as Dragon Kid faces his archrival Darkness Dragon in a Mascara contra Mascara match. Case also makes Mike drink Coca-Cola Starlight for the first time while recording.

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Joining Case and Mike on this special episode of Voice Gate is the English voice of Dragongate, Jae (http://twitter.com/dg_jae)! As Jae is his biggest fan, we spend almost a full hour going through the career of K-ness, including pre-Toryumon tidbits, K-ness’ relationship with Kzy and a whole lot more. The remaining hour and a half is a grab bag discussing Japanese wrestling business in 2021, Dragongate and the “forbidden door,” what a DG Mania 6-Man would look like in 2022, injury updates, Magnum Tokyo and even more!

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It’s Dragongate’s last live show of the month in Kobe (3/19) and Voice Gate is here to talk all about it. Case and Mike spend the first half of the show talking about the magic the promotion is putting together right now in their home base. After that, they review two matches available on Dragongate’s Youtube from Saitama and Nagoya including an incredible Natural Vibes vs Z-Brats match, as well as the first ever match from New Japan between Dragon System members CIMA and Kazuchika Okada.

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This week’s show is a look back into the feud that was Masato Yoshino vs K-ness. For eleven years the two had seven singles matches that built onto each other and embodied the Hot Fighting and the innovation that the Dragon System became known for. As well, they talk about Dragon System in the New Japan Cup and more!

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Champion Gate and the March Korakuen are in the books and Open the Voice Gate is here to talk about the biggest week of Dragongate’s 2022. The House of Boys is gone and now we are in the era of Gold Class! Shun Skywalker’s obsession with Jason Lee and Eita and Maria getting their act together are the other big topics from Korakuen, and then Case and Mike review Champion Gate. They give more roses to the 2022 Rookie of the Year Takuma Fujiwara and discuss the four excellent title matches and end the show talking about the reformation of Big Boss Shimizu!

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Dragongate is fast approaching their biggest weekend of 2022 and Voice Gate returns to talk all about it. They start the show talking about the 2/27 Kobe Art Center show with the transcendent Jacky Funky Kamei and Takuma Fujiwara match and an excellent Z-Brats vs Shimizu, Dia and Yoshioka main event. From there, they discuss GALLI and Case’s adventure to meet the Principal Ultimo Dragon and preview the Champion Gate title matches!

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A lot of things are happening everywhere and Voice Gate has a lot to talk about this week! They lead off talking about the status of the Japanese wrestling industry and spend a good amount of time talking about GLEAT and El Lindaman’s big night. From there, they discuss the double header in Fukuoka and Memorial Gate!

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Case and Mike spend the first bit talking about what would happen if Cody Rhodes showed up in Dragongate. From there, they begin to look back at big matches in K-ness’ career starting with the first EVER 3-way trios match in Dragon System history between M2K, Crazy Max and Seikigun from 8/14/01 and then one of the biggest disbands matches in history between The Jimmyz and Mad Blankey from Dangerous Gate 2015. After that, they review an excellent Kyoto KBS Hall show from 2/11, take stock in Z-Brats and the Hot Boys, and look ahead to the big end of February and start of March!

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Big things are happening in Dragongate and Voice Gate returns to take stock of all that. After the momentous 2/4/22 Korakuen, Case and Mike lead off talking about the end of R.E.D and rise of Z-Brats, including an in-depth retrospective of the dominant heel unit. The Masquerade ball has come to a close as well, so they discuss the legacy of R.E.D’s heated rivals as well. Then they get into a Korakuen review, evaluate the FUTURE class’ progress, a peculiar Dream Gate match, and a whole lot more!

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Voice Gate takes a step back through time and celebrates the anniversary of Toryumon Japan’s first show from 1/31/1999. Case and Mike talk about the pre-Toryumon histories of the first two classes of Ultimo Dragon Gym, the situation with Magnum Tokyo, Bukoh Dojo, what backyarding was in Japan, the Toryumon/Michinoku Pro relationship, and a whole lot more!

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Dragongate is back on the Network, and Voice Gate is here to talk all about this week’s (1/22) Kobe Sambo Hall show with a fascinating card forced by Omnicron concerns including some big performances from Dragon Dia, Yuki Yoshioka, Jacky Funky Kamei & Takuma Fujiwara! After that, they discuss their Dragongate 2022 Primer, take listeners questions about the primer, and a lot more!

The Dragongate 2022 Primer can be found at: https://www.voicesofwrestling.com/2022/01/25/the-2022-dragongate-primer-everything-you-need-to-know-about-dragongate/

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This Voice Gate is a special Rewind and Rewatch episode covering the 2019 Rookie Ranking tournament! Case and Mike spend time talking about the events leading up to the tournament, why 2018 made it essential to have this, and then breakdown this phenomenal set of shows that launched or revitalized many of the Dragongate roster who stood tall after 1/12 & 1/13’s Korakuen Hall shows. We’re talking Shun Skywalker, Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia, HYO, U-T, Kota Minoura & Kaito Ishida on Rewind and Rewatch!

The 1/12 & 1/13 shows WERE on the Dragongate Network but did not make an episode of Infinity so are no longer on the network. However some enterprising people have made it possible to watch these matches. Use the password OTVG (all caps) to watch the following

First Round - Shun Skywalker vs Dragon Dia: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x875v84

First Round - Hyo Watanabe vs Yuki Yoshioka: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x875v83

First Round - U-T vs Kota Minoura: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x875v81

Semi Final A: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x875v80

Semi Final B: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x875v7z

The 1/16/2019 Korakuen Hall show can be accessed on the Dragongate Network here: https://dragongate.live/title/?program=comp_infinity2019&episode=1

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It’s time for the 2022 Dragongate Unit Shuffle! Case and Mike spend almost two and a half hours talking about the incredibly eventful first week of Dragongate’s year including Dragon Dia and Yuki Yoshioka’s return, R.E.D. transforming, Gurukun Mask, a FUTURE check in, and a whole whole lot of Unit Shuffle Talk!

Mike’s Unit Shuffle Tracker can be accessed here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DorYsdDrJA0wHi1atWJh_vOqUVRso5r1N_-L489wg-U/edit?usp=sharing

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With Dragongate on winter break, it’s time for a bit of a buffet. But since it’s also time for the OTVG Awards, consider this a banquet. Case and Mike talk about the big happenings within the Dragon System and Japan to start 2022, then discuss the Brave Gate matches SB KENTo had against Problem Dragon in Gifu and against U-T in Nagoya, and then conclude the show with their awards for 2021!

The complete OTVG Awards can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vgwGRKsGeqQsXpz7ZpYx38l-ehNfFS6V42edRX7EuyU/edit?usp=sharing

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Voice Gate ends Dragongate’s 2021 schedule with a monster show talking all about The Final Gate 2021, the company as it enters 2022, new champions, Dragongate FUTURE, K-ness’ retirement and the excellent finale in Kobe Sambo Hall!

The opener of Final Gate of with Masaaki Mochizuki, Don Fujii, Yasushi Kanda & Kagetora vs Shoya Sato, Ryu Fuda, Takumi Hayakawa & Takuma Fujiwara is available for free on YouTube here:

https://youtu.be/npYBUldGx2Q

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Voice Gate returns to preview the final major show of Dragongate’s year, The Final Gate 2021 from Fukuoka on 12/26. Case and Mike spend over an hour and a half breaking down this major card, discuss what 2022 might look like for various roster members, whose match will be their biggest match of their career, an argument about limited edition Mountain Dew flavors, and more!

The full production version of the Open the Brave Gate match between SB KENTo and Jacky “Funky” Kamei from Kobe Sambo Hall on 10/17/21 can be viewed on GAORA”s YouTube at

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Voice Gate returns to discuss one of Dragongate’s big finale weeks with their final show of the year in Kyoto (12/11) and Tokyo (12/15). A lot of roses for the rookies of Dragongate and some people who put forth middling performances are a big throughline this week as Case and Mike talk about how good the Masquerade feud is, the title picture, Naruki Doi’s House of Hot Boys, Kevin James as Sean Payton, and a whole lot more!

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Voice Gate returns to discuss one of the most busy and newsworthy weeks in Dragognate’s recent memory! They first review and talk about the shocking 12/1 Korakuen Hall show including the shocking result of the Dragon Dia & Shun Skywalker vs Dia Inferno & Diamante Mascara contra Mascara match. From there, they talk about the Hokkaido weekend, an upcoming Brave Gate match, a lot of FUTURE discussion, and preview this upcoming weekend’s 2021 Kyoto Finale!

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Voice Gate returns to discuss the 11/27 Gate of Origin show! Case and Mike further try to make sense of 2021 in Dragongate in terms of the Dream Gate match between YAMATO and Ben-K. Then they review the entire show, have a bit of a Tohoku region primer and business talk, discuss the three debutees from this weekend, and then touch on a very jam-packed December for Dragongate!

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Voice Gate returns to discuss the 11/5 Korakuen Hall show with the GHC Junior Tag Team Championship match between Perros del Mal del Japon of NOSAWA Rongai & Eita defending against Masquerade and the return of one of the most controversial people in Dragon System history. As well, Case and Mike talk about this next turn in the Dragon Dia vs Dia Inferno feud, the awkward build to Gate of Origin in some facets, Dragon System across the world, 2021 Rookies of the Year and a whole lot more!

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LEC Cleanpa! presents The Gate of Destiny 2021 is the main topic on today’s show as Case and Mike review Dragongate’s big Osaka show of the year. Is the Dream Gate now cursed? They don’t know but they try to make sense of the YAMATO vs BXB Hulk match as well as the excellent Twin Gate match between Natural Vibes and Kongoh and the rest of the card. As well they discuss the supposed greatness of Cleanpa! toilet cleaner, Dragongate Skills Competitions and the rest of The Gate of Destiny and look ahead to 11/5’s Korakuen Hall show!

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The LEC Corporation/CLEANPA present The Gate of Destiny 2021 makes up the majority of this week’s Voice Gate as Case and Mike preview Dragongate’s big annual Osaka show happening next Wednesday! YAMATO defends the Dream Gate against BXB Hulk in a main event that feels more 2016 than 2021 along with more DG/NOAH interactions in the Twin Gate. As well they discuss this past weekend’s Fukuoka doubleheader including the debut of Takumi Hayakawa, preview the two matches known for next Friday’s Korakuen, and talk some Target Shopping and George Zimmer.

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The Class of 2020 was the story of this week in Dragongate, and OTVG is here to talk all about it. Mike and Case lead off talking about SB KENTo vs the now Jacky “Funky” Kamei for the Brave Gate and discuss the rest of a very eventful double-shot in Kobe Sambo Hall. As well, they preview this weekend’s Fukuoka doubleheader, discuss the impending departure of Sora Fujikawa, and the reemergence of Osaka Pro in this near two hour episode!

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Dragongate has returned on air, and so has OTVG to talk all about October’s Korakuen (10/7) & Kyoto (10/9) shows. The All Out War between R.E.D. and Masquerade highlighted one of DG’s best performances in Tokyo this year and the Dream and Twin Gate pictures are now clear going into Gate of Destiny in November. As well Kenzo Suzuki, with blatant disrespect towards Genki Horiguchi has now made his impression felt and brings with him Pro Wrestling NOAH’s Kenoh & Haoh in the promotion, so Case and Mike close out the show talking about the burgeoning relationship between NOAH and DG!

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There were no televised shows in the world of Dragongate over the last week, but no fear, OTVG is here previewing Thursday’s (10/7) Korakuen Hall show and then Case and Mike play a game.

Welcome to the first ever OTVG Unit Shake Up! Case and Mike blow up all of the units and make what units they find most interesting going forward. We’ve got super face units, redemption units, lucha libre units, t-shirt selling units and more that the they two present to each other and discuss their logic behind it!

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DG’s September schedule has come to a close, and OTVG is here to make sense of it. Leading off the show, Case and Mike review a Kobe Sanbo Hall show (9/23) that left them with more questions than answers about the Dream Gate scene and a potentially very exciting RED vs Masquerade close of 2021.

After that, it’s time to revisit the Dragon System Buffet! On this trip, Case and Mike double dip into Dragongate FUTURE to talk about 9/23’s FUTURE match and 7/22’s first ever FUTURE tag match. Then they take some time with some Tenryu Project to discuss some IJ Tag Lore and Kenichiro Arai’s exploits. Finally, it’s time for the main course, the protein to mellow out the carbs from before: Masaaki Mochizuki vs Kenoh from the NOAH N-1 Victory tournament!

Links to the Dragon System Buffet are as follows:

Sora Fujikawa vs Takuma Fujiwara - 9/23/21 - https://dragongate.live/title/?program=livevod_KSBHL_20210923&episode=1

Takumi Hayakawa & Ishin Iihashi vs Takuma Fujiwara & Riki Iihashi - 7/22/21 - https://dragongate.live/title/?program=match_DGfuture&episode=7

IJ Tag Titles - Kenichiro Arai & Shota © vs KAMIKAZE & Tatsuhito Takaiwa - 8/25/21 - https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1aA411F7i9?from=search&seid=9529043395066759439&spm_id_from=333.337.0.0

N-1 Victory - Masaaki Mochizuki vs Kenoh - 9/26/21 - https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1jL41147m8/

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Open The Voice Gate returns to review Tokyo’s Big Five show, Dangerous Gate 2021, including YAMATO vs Kota Minoura for the Dream Gate, perplexing future directions, the huge Riki and Ishin Iihashi debut, a bit on Dragongate’s Injury List including a new entrant for it, Dragongate’s training system versus the rest of Japan’s, and a whole lot more!

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Dangerous Gate 2021 is upon us and OTVG is here to preview it! Before getting to Monday’s Big Five show, Case and Mike talk about Kazma Sakamoto and his seeming departure from Dragongate and review an uneven Osaka Edion 2 (9/11) show. Then for almost an hour, they break down Dangerous Gate 2021 including the three title matches, the Iihashi Brother’s debut, the big Special Singles Match, and why Mike has a lot of problems with this show’s layout.

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Mike is rolling solo this week as he takes a quick look at 9/8’s Korakuen show. The card of Dangerous Gate 2021 has come into picture with a needed change in the Dream Gate scene, the debut of a very obvious Strong Machine and more!

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This week on Open The Voice Gate, Case and Mike close out a frustrating August from Dragongate by reviewing the 8/28 Kobe Sambo Hall show & 8/29’s Naruki Doi Homecoming in Nara. As well, they preview next week’s Korakuen Hall show, speculate on who the mystery Strong Machine will be, and come to terms with the possible Dangerous Gate Dream Gate matches. Closing out the show, Case and Mike look back at the career of the Rampaging Muscle Naruki Doi and talk about his big moments inspired by his homecoming!

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Open The Voice Gate opens up the show talking about gaijin in Dragon System history off the heels of Case getting to see PAC vs Matt Sydal live. After that, they touch on the FUTURE project and review a particularly frustrating Kyoto (8/21) show and try to figure out lessons DG learned from 2016 versus 2021.

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Open The Voice Gate opens up the show reviewing a Typical Acros Fukuoka doubleheader (8/15) and discussing the posted SB KENTo vs Kagetora Brave Gate match from Nagoya (8/8). After that, they dip into the mailbag, talking about favorite and least favorite years of the Dragon System, the rookie and dojo situation, themes and if Masato Yoshino is a hall-of-famer (he is).

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Open The Voice Gate is here tackling the big events coming out of the Gate of Adventure shows in Osaka (8/9) and Tokyo (8/11)! Case and Mike spend the first portion of the show talking about the ever changing Brave Gate scene, the Future project and the impending debut of the Iihashi brothers, the questions with the Dream Gate picture and the first week of Ryo Saito as General Manager. After that they further review the shows and preview this weekend’s doubleheader in Fukuoka!

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The biggest weekend in Dragon System history is in the books and OTVG returns to talk all about 2021’s Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival and the retirement show for Masato Yoshino, Speed Star Final. Over two hours breaking down the weekend that Dragongate had including the title pictures coming out of Kobe, a new role for Ryo Saito, and for your consideration: the 2021 Most Outstanding Wrestler!

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With the biggest weekend in Dragon System history upon us, OTVG spends almost two hours previewing Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival 2021 and Speed Star Final! Case and Mike breakdown both shows (at least what was known at time of recording) and preview the big Kobe World Kinen Hall weekend ahead of us. With each title having back-to-back defenses, they give their thoughts on what’s going to be the most likely outcome coming out of Kobe, and what they’d think would be the most interesting outcome. You will not find a preview as in-depth and covering all the angles as you will find this week with OTVG!

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In this special edition of Speed Star, Case and Mike are joined by the English voice of Dragongate Jae! (https://twitter.com/dg_jae / https://twitter.com/DragonGateEN)

For almost 2 hours, the three talk about Masato Yoshino, his importance to the Dragon System, and memories about the Speed Star as his career draws to a close. As well they discuss the next generation of Dragongate including what makes SB KENTo so special, upcoming returns and debuts, Toryumon into Dragon Gate timelines, Kobe World & Speed Star Final thoughts and more!

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On this edition of Speed Star, Case and Mike invite returning guest Alan4L (https://twitter.com/Alan4L) back to remember Masato Yoshino. It’s a deep cut, into their archives, episode of Yoshino goodness covering these three matches (and a lot of fun tangents):

Mike’s pick - Absolutamente (9/8/02) - UWA Trios - CIMA, Don Fujii & TARU (c) vs Milano Collection AT, YOSSINO & “brother” YASSINI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DGWhP3Ds7s

Case’s pick - Summer Adventure Tag League II (8/28/08) - Masato Yoshino & Naruki Doi vs Shingo Takagi & Dragon Kid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIeumrNGb58

Alan’s pick - King of Gate 2016 (6/4/2016) - Masato Yoshino vs El Lindaman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XukC2cQiXk

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The road to 2021’s Kobe Pro Wrestling Festival and Speed Star Final is coming to a close and OTVG has a lot to say about it. The show opens with a frank talk about the addition of a YAMATO Dream Gate shot at Speed Star Final and an initial discussion about the four scenarios coming out of the biggest weekend in Dragon System history both creatively and business-wise. Afterwards, Case and Mike review an excellent 7/9 Korakuen show with the blowoff between YAMATO and KAI in the return of the No Ropes match and Masato Yoshino’s Tokyo farewell and touch on the big points on an uneven 7/11 return to Kyoto’s KBS Hall.

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Joining Case and Mike on this split episode this week is Voices of Wrestling’s Jon Hernandez (https://twitter.com/OldJonHernandez)! This week they kick off the show by previewing the go home Korakuen for Kobe World and Speed Star Final on 7/9, including Jon’s thoughts on the build to Dragongate’s biggest weekend of its existence, a return of a Dragon System wayward son, and checking in on Ultimo.

Afterwards, they transition into Speed Star: A Celebration of the Hall of Fame Career of the Cornerstone of the Dragon System, Masato Yoshino. This episode focuses on Yoshino’s rise and first ever Dream Gate win as well as his career-long friendship/feud with Naruki Doi. All of the matches are available on the Dragongate Network!

The Matches Are:

Case - Naniwa-Style Elimination Tag - World-1 (Yoshino, Doi, BXB Hulk & Naoki Tanizaki) vs Warriors (CIMA, Gamma, Ryo Saito & Genki Horiguchi) - Dead or Alive 2010 (5/5/2010): https://dragongate.live/title/?program=comp_BigEventsFeature&episode=24

Mike - Open the Dream Gate - YAMATO (c) vs Masato Yoshino - Kobe World Pro Wrestling Festival 2010 (7/11/2010): https://dragongate.live/title/?program=comp_BigEventsFeature&episode=36

Jon - Open the Dream Gate - Masato Yoshino (c) vs Naruki Doi - The Gate of Destiny 2013 (11/3/2013): https://dragongate.live/title/?program=comp_BigEventsFeature&episode=54

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Dragongate is about to turn the page into their biggest month of the promotion’s history, and OTVG is back to talk all about it! This week Case and Mike talk about the recently translated Masato Yoshino interview (https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/o9kp7e/dragon_gate_two_part_interview_with_masato/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) which talks about his injury and his career, and then try to put Speed Star Final into perspective a month out. Afterwards, they review a very fun Kobe Sanbo Hall Show from 6/26 which put the final pieces together for the title matches at Kobe World!

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Dragongate took the week off, but OTVG didn’t! This week, Case and Mike preview this weekend’s Kobe Sanbo hall show, talk about more hometown shows coming up, provide the most thorough coverage of the Kaito Ishida situation that wasn’t, including their process and sourcing about reporting it, and conclude the show talking about their top ten units in Dragon System history!

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It’s a quieter week within the Dragon System, but OTVG has you more than covered! Case and Mike spend most of this week’s show talking about Dragongate’s 6/12 show from Genki Horiguchi’s hometown of Kunamoto, but also talk Eita in NOAH, Weezer, and dating app reps.

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Starting off this week, Case and Mike spend a good deal of time talking about Dragon System member Shingo Takagi winning the IWGP World Heavyweight title, the System’s response & place in the 2021 wrestling landscape. Afterwards, they review a very fun 6/5/2021 Kobe Sambo Hall show, do a bit of Kobe World and Speed Star Final speculation, and close out the show previewing 6/12’s Genki Horiguchi Homecoming from Kunamoto!

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King of Gate 2021 has come to a close and the roads to Kobe Pro Wrestling Festival 2021 and Speed Star Final are upon us with this week’s OTVG! Case and Mike give a near instant reaction to the 6/3 Korakuen Hall show with the King of Gate Semi-Finals and Finals, talk about the position of SB KENTo, YAMATO, Kzy & Kota Minoura coming out of the tournament, discuss the new members of HIGH-END and Natural Vibes, and a whole lot more!

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On the first full episode of Speed Star, Case and Mike are joined by Rich Kraetsch (https://twitter.com/voiceswrestling) to dip into the Monster Express and early MaxMiuM portions of Yoshino’s career. After discussing how special and singular Masato Yoshino is, they review the following matches!

Open the Twin Gate - Masato Yoshino & Shachihoko BOY (c) vs Jimmy Susumu & Jimmy Kagetora - 4/9/2015 - https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1FW411V7QX?from=search&seid=17634362650358660561

3-Way Elimination Losing Unit Must Disband - Monster Express vs VerserK vs Dia.Hearts - 2/4/2016 - https://youtu.be/uaprwTFhtzM

Open the Twin Gate - CIMA & Dragon Kid (c) vs Masato Yoshino & Naruki Doi - 7/23/2017 - https://dragongate.live/title/?program=comp_BigEventsFeature&episode=43

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Week two of King of Gate 2021 is in the books and Case and Mike return to talk about their semi-annual triple-shot in Hokkaido from 5/21 until 5/23. Lots of Jason Lee love, talk about the man with the biggest brain in wrestling, HYO, and some tough talk about a roster member. They conclude the show looking ahead to the final week of the tournament and who is still alive in league play.

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It is King of Gate season and it is time to decide the Dragongate Number 1 Player Champion! Case and Mike review the 5/14 Empty Arena “Opening Day” show along with the 5/15 & 5/16 Acros Fukuoka doubleheader. As well they look at the league as it sits currently, look ahead to this weekend’s shows in Sapporo and talk about Ben-K and Naruki Doi COVID situations!

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