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Post by Starshine on Feb 2, 2016 1:32:15 GMT -5
If you're not familiar with Dragon Gate, they're a Japanese promotion with strong ties to lucha libre. Wrestlers tend to be aligned with units (stables) which will often break up, usually leading to members either joining other units or forming new ones. Currently there are four units in Dragon Gate. On the face side there are OVER GENERATION, TRIBE VANGUARD, and MaxiMuM. While the heel side is represented by VerserK.
There are four "serious" titles in the company, Open the Dream Gate (top title), Open the Brave Gate (secondary title, weight limit of 83kg/183lbs), Open the Twin Gate (tag title), and Open the Triangle Gate (six man tag title). There is also one joke title which is the Open the Owarai Gate, which is often defended on dark matches and whose champion is not determined by wins and losses, but by post match fan applause between the people involved in the match (occasionally even including the ones who weren't wrestling).
Current champions are as follows: Open the Dream Gate - Masaaki Mochizuki Open the Brave Gate - KAGETORA Open the Twin Gate - CIMA and Dragon Kid Open the Triangle Gate - Shingo Takagi, Takashi Yoshida and El Lindaman Open the Owarai Gate - 'Hollywood' Stalker Ichikawa
Unit Rollcall
VerserK Shingo Takagi, Takashi Yoshida, "brother" YASSHI, T-Hawk, El Lindaman, Punch Tominaga, Yasushi Kanda
OVER GENERATION CIMA, Gamma, Dragon Kid, Eita, Takehiro Yamamura, Kaito Ishida, Mondai Ryu
TRIBE VANGUARD YAMATO, BxB Hulk, Kzy, Yosuke♡Santa Maria, Flamita
MaxiMuM Masato Yoshino, Naruki Doi, Big R Shimizu, Ben-K, Kotoka
Unaffiliated Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Yokosuka, Genki Horiguchi, Ryo Saito, K-ness, KAGETORA, Don Fujii, Shachihoko BOY, Keni'chiro Arai, 'Hollywood' Stalker Ichkawa, Super Shisa, U-T, Shun Skywalker, Hyou Watanabe, Yuki Yoshioka, Katsumi Takashima
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Post by Mondai Rogue on Feb 2, 2016 5:33:23 GMT -5
If Shachihoko BOY still has a unit by Friday, I riot.
Also Dia Hearts need to win so BxB Hulk has a unit to come home to! And face Kzy is being so much fun to watch right now.
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Post by 2coldMack is even more baffled on Feb 2, 2016 5:50:25 GMT -5
I'm not super happy about either ME or Dia. Hearts having to disband when the Jimmyz STILL f***ing exist. Feels like they've been around forever, and every guy there could probably be doing something more interesting at this point.
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Post by Mondai Rogue on Feb 2, 2016 6:08:35 GMT -5
I'm not super happy about either ME or Dia. Hearts having to disband when the Jimmyz STILL f***ing exist. Feels like they've been around forever, and every guy there could probably be doing something more interesting at this point. Jimmyz move a ton of merch and are loved by the home fanbase by all accounts, they'll probably stick together for another year or two. I agree though. They're a bit long in the tooth as an act and I'd love to see them be freshened up. Naoki joining VerserK was great, even if he is a lower unit member for now.
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Post by Starshine on Feb 2, 2016 6:25:31 GMT -5
My gut says Shizimu turns on DH and joins VerserK. But my head says ME loses. I don't know which way they'll go. I'm legitimately interested in the result of this one. I don't remember another unit disband match being this up in the air. Especially since both units still seem relatively fresh with the recent additions of the ex-Millennials. As for the Jimmyz, I totally bought that they'd break up last year against MAD BLANKEY and the Millennials. But that train just keeps on rocking. Plus Horiguchi without his Jimmy mantle just seems wrong at this point.
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Post by 魔界5号 on Feb 2, 2016 6:30:57 GMT -5
Just recently started watching them and I've really enjoyed what I've seen.
My first match was Shingo vs Mochizuki and it was f***ing awesome. I've watched Masaaki before when he appeared in PWG but this match was a whole 'nother level.
I checked out a few matches from Final Gate too and really enjoyed Shingo vs CIMA as well as Monster Express vs The Jimmys.
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Post by Starshine on Feb 2, 2016 6:58:48 GMT -5
Just recently started watching them and I've really enjoyed what I've seen. My first match was Shingo vs Mochizuki and it was f***ing awesome. I've watched Masaaki before when he appeared in PWG but this match was a whole 'nother level. I checked out a few matches from Final Gate too and really enjoyed Shingo vs CIMA as well as Monster Express vs The Jimmys. Yeah, Mochizuki is a boss. IMO he's easily the best wrestler they have on the roster. It's always awesome when he's given a spotlight match on a show. There was also a pretty awesome Dream Gate title match he had with Yoshino last year too (skip to about the 2 hour mark). You can almost always count on him to deliver.
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Post by Starshine on Feb 4, 2016 3:40:23 GMT -5
Ok, I've finally managed to workout how niconico works, and I'll be watching this thing live in about an hour.
GO MONSTER EXPRESS!
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Post by Starshine on Feb 4, 2016 4:40:23 GMT -5
BxB Hulk returned during the opening talky bit between the two units in the main event and VerserK. Then it looked like he proposed the main event be changed to a three way with VerserK.
Looks like we'll be seeing a Hulk/Tozawa reunion to challenge DoiYAMA.
Opening match was fun. I love OG's gimmick of getting a child in the crowd to ring the match bell. Post match U-T attacked Yamamura, before being booted from the ring by OG's Kaito Ishida.
Damn, the video started off well, but after match one became extremely choppy to the point I can't actually make out what's going on. Nothing I try improves it at all. I really don't want the main event spoiled, and this just isn't anyway to watch it so I'll have to catch a timeshift replay. Very disappointing Nico Nico.
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Post by 2coldMack is even more baffled on Feb 4, 2016 11:32:01 GMT -5
Also, brother YASSHI's back, which.....f***ing shocks the hell out of me, but cool.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2016 11:52:40 GMT -5
I wish you could get more than a week to watch the shows on niconico. I can't always find the time to watch the shows before they expire.
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Post by Starshine on Feb 5, 2016 6:15:06 GMT -5
Ok, that main event was BONKERS. Shachihoko BOY pinned Shingo! He pinned the f***ing Dream Gate Champion! Kzy looked like a boss taking as much offence from YAMADoi as he did and even Tozawa and Shimizu shined. If I can find a link this week I'll definitely share it here. This was easily as good as the -akatsuki-/MAD BLANKEY unit disband match from a couple of years back. Also on a more somber note, Don Fujii injured his knee at todays show to the point the match had to be stopped. To steal Jae's descriptor, he's a wonderful man, and I hope he heals up quick. EDIT - Linky linky
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Post by Starshine on Feb 5, 2016 6:57:34 GMT -5
I wish you could get more than a week to watch the shows on niconico. I can't always find the time to watch the shows before they expire. Is it even a week? Mine says it expires tomorrow.
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Post by 魔界5号 on Feb 5, 2016 7:05:26 GMT -5
Checked out the Unit Disband match and really enjoyed it, awesome to see Shachihoko BOY get the pinfall on Shingo since I enjoy him a lot. Everyone got a chance to shine and get their shit in and it was a super fun watch.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2016 7:41:16 GMT -5
Glad this is a thing, because I BADLY want to get into Dragon Gate but don't know how to get going.
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Post by Starshine on Feb 5, 2016 7:45:19 GMT -5
Glad this is a thing, because I BADLY want to get into Dragon Gate but don't know how to get going. Welcome aboard. Don't be intimidated. There're ways to get institutionalized into this whole Dragon System thing. This thread is as good a starting place as any.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2016 13:47:57 GMT -5
I wish you could get more than a week to watch the shows on niconico. I can't always find the time to watch the shows before they expire. Is it even a week? Mine says it expires tomorrow. I think so. Or it might depend on the show. I was reading the rules through Google Translate, so it could have been lost in translation, too. Haha. The last (well...only) time I got a show on niconico, I was able to watch about a week after the show. Of course, I didn't know that once you start the show, you can't stop and go back. So, I only got to see about 10 minutes before I got interrupted and then couldn't watch any more of it.
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Post by Starshine on Feb 14, 2016 4:50:47 GMT -5
Ongoing Truth Gate restults (via IHeartDG):
In an absolute shocker, Jimmy Susumu has won the Dream Gate title for the second time and struck the first big blow to recently unstoppable VerserK. His first title reign ended approximately 10 years ago.
Besides that, with Maria pinning Kotoka last Korakuan show, and Tanizaki tonight, she'll get the Brave Gate title match, likely at Champion Gate in March.
Susumu accepted a rematch with Takagi, but with the added stipulation that should he lose again he must leave VerserK. At the same time there appeared to be tension between Takagi and YAMATO following the loss.
Also it appears that T-Hawk and Shizimu have buried the hatchet, and the latter is now a member of MONSTER EXPRESS.
Also this happened yesterday:
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Post by 2coldMack is even more baffled on Feb 14, 2016 11:22:11 GMT -5
Genuinely f***ing shocking, yeah. Good for Susumu.
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Post by Starshine on Feb 17, 2016 22:33:27 GMT -5
For anyone interested Dragon Gate Records released the VerserK and a new Gamma theme on iTunes today.
They can be hard to find as you can't simply search 'Dragon Gate.' But here's a list of all singles currently available:
Wolfish Soldier [YO-HEI] - VerserK's theme Shout at the Brain 2016 [YO-HEI] - Gamma's OVER GENERATION theme Live my Dreams (Millennial Mix) [MASAKAZU MURATA] - Kotoka's Millennials theme Live my Dreams [MASAKAZU MURATA] - Kotoka's VerserK theme Be My Friends [Kota Aoki] - MONSTER EXPRESS' theme Aurora [el'z] - T-Hawk's MONSTER EXPRESS theme Overdrive the Mirage -Over Generation Mix- [soyokaze] - Eita's OVER GENERATION theme Time to Go Crazy -Dream Walker from Ebe2 City- [Acma] - Kzy's 2016 theme
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