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. The biggest month in Dragongate history brings us to the biggest show on DG’s calendar: It’s time to preview Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival 2020! Before Case and Mike get into that, they zoom through the 11/5 Korakuen Hall and 11/7 Kyoto KBS Hall shows, touching on the reveal of Boku R Shimizu, SB KENTo and the incompre...
Nov 12, 2020•1 hr 31 min
Welcome back to Open the Voice Gate - Rewind and Rewatch, where Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) are Rewinding and Rewatching the Dragon Gate USA era of shows. It’s time to close out Mania Weekend 2012 with Mercury Rising 2012 from the Deauville Resort on Miami Beach on 3/31/2012. Johnny Gargano finally makes his first defense of the Open the Freedom Gate title on a DGUSA show as he faces Masato Yoshino. The Six Man Tag returns as the Mad Blankey te...
Nov 09, 2020•1 hr 42 min
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. The Gate of Destiny 2020 has come and went and Case and Mike are here to talk about it. Shun Skywalker made his major league GUY return and we have our Kobe World main event! As well, they break down every aspect of this show with the four title matches, a big turn and step forward for someone, an interesting video p...
Nov 04, 2020•1 hr 20 min
Welcome back to Open the Voice Gate - Rewind and Rewatch, where Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) are Rewinding and Rewatching the Dragon Gate USA era of shows. On this very special episode of Open the Voice Gate - Rewind and Rewatch, Case and Mike are joined by Alan4L (https://twitter.com/alan4l) to talk all about Open the Ultimate Gate 2012 from The Deauville Resort in Miami Beach on 3/30/2012, a show that both Alan and Mike were at attendance at! ...
Nov 02, 2020•2 hr 27 min
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. It is time for the most eventful month of shows in Dragon System history and OTVG is back to kick things off with their big The Gate of Destiny 2020 preview! Case and Mike wrap up October in Dragongate by reviewing the 10/25 Naruki Doi 20th Anniversary Homecoming from Nara real quick and then spend over an hour previ...
Oct 29, 2020•1 hr 16 min
Welcome back to Open the Voice Gate - Rewind and Rewatch, where Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) are Rewinding and Rewatching the Dragon Gate USA era of shows. It is Mania Weekend 2012, and DGUSA is hitting South Florida with Heat 2012, from the German American Society Clubhouse in Hollywood, Florida, on 3/29/2012! The trademark match of the Dragon System, the 3-Way Six Man tag, makes its debut as well as Mad Blankey! Before we get to the show, Case...
Oct 26, 2020•1 hr 33 min
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. It’s the second to the last stop before DG’s big November, and Case and Mike are back to talk all about it. Dragongate was back in their friendly confines of Kobe Sambo Hall on 10/17 with a show that started to build up Kobe World Pro Wrestling Festival, finish the build for Gate of Destiny, and led to more quest...
Oct 22, 2020•1 hr 29 min
Welcome back to Open the Voice Gate - Rewind and Rewatch, where Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) are Rewinding and Rewatching the Dragon Gate USA era of shows. 2012 in DGUSA begins with “Open the Golden Gate 2012” in Los Angeles at the Westin Airport Hotel on 1/27/2012 and Case and Mike are here to talk all about it! There’s some housecleaning that’s to be done first as they close out 2011 by talking about the Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards fo...
Oct 19, 2020•1 hr 42 min
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. It’s the calm before the month of November storm, as OTVG is back to review the 10/11 Kyoto show and preview 10/17 Sambo Hall. Kyoto features Dia Inferno’s in ring debut, the Class of 2020 in action and the final pieces falling into place for Gate of Destiny on 11/3. After that, Case and Mike preview this weekend’s s...
Oct 15, 2020•40 min
Welcome back to Open the Voice Gate - Rewind and Rewatch, where Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) are Rewinding and Rewatching the Dragon Gate USA era of shows. The marathon that is DGUSA’s 2011 finally comes to a close on this episode with Freedom Fight 2011, from B.B. King’s Blues Bar and Grill in Manhattan, New York on 11/13/2011! Before Case and Mike get into the show, they take a look around at how the rest of the wrestling world ended 2011, inc...
Oct 13, 2020•1 hr 27 min
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. It was a busy week this week in Dragongate with a double header in Fukuoka and a huge Korakuen Hall show, and they’re back to talk about it. The Class of 2020 is moving up, and Case and Mike take some time to talk about the futures of Kento Kobune, Taketo Kamei and Madoka Kikuta. Team Boku is a thing and OTVG discove...
Oct 09, 2020•1 hr 32 min
Welcome back to Open the Voice Gate - Rewind and Rewatch, where Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) are Rewinding and Rewatching the Dragon Gate USA era of shows. The final weekend for DGUSA’s 2011 stops by the former ECW Arena for Bushido 2011: Code of the Warrior on 11/12/2011 in Philadelphia! It’s DGUSA’s final show both at the Asylum Arena and in Philadelphia with two big title matches to send off their time in the most famous indie wrestling arena...
Oct 05, 2020•1 hr 31 min
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. We finish off Storm Gate and September in Dragongate with a review of the 9/26 show from DG’s home base of Kobe Sambo Hall! It’s the redebut of Ryotsu Shimizu, KAI’s first match in R.E.D., the Dream Gate match at Gate of Destiny is made and Ultimo has a friend that he’s going to bring to that show as well as the big ...
Oct 01, 2020•1 hr 49 min
Welcome back to Open the Voice Gate - Rewind and Rewatch, where Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) are Rewinding and Rewatching the Dragon Gate USA era of shows. It’s FINALLY time for DGUSA’s last triple-shot of 2011 and it brings us to the Northeast for Revolt 2011 at the Wonderland Ballroom in Melrose, Massachusetts on 11/11/2011! Before they get into DGUSA, Case and Mike talk about Dragon Gate’s Fall of 2011, including Masaaki Mochizuki’s Dream Gat...
Sep 28, 2020•1 hr 36 min
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. We are left in the wake of Dragongate’s first big show of the year, Dangerous Gate 2020 from Tokyo Ota City Gymnasium on 9/21/2020, and we break down the show every way possible. Who came out as the loser of the Six Way Cage match, and how is it going to play into the rest of 2020? How is the title landscape after th...
Sep 24, 2020•1 hr 45 min
Welcome back to Open the Voice Gate - Rewind and Rewatch, where Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) are Rewinding and Rewatching the Dragon Gate USA era of shows. DGUSA is back in Milwaukee with Way of the Ronin 2011 on 9/11/2011 from the Miramar Theater with one of the more bizarre entries in the history of Dragon Gate USA. Before getting into the show, Case and Mike talk about other big events happening in the last summer and fall 2011, including the...
Sep 21, 2020•1 hr 26 min
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. Dangerous Gate is finally here and OTVG is back to talk about the go-home shows in Osaka and preview DG’s biggest show so far this year. Case and Mike break down the doubleshot in Edion Arena #2 Osaka from 9/12 and 9/13 and then go deep talking about each match on Dragongate’s big show, Dangerous Gate, happening on 9...
Sep 17, 2020•1 hr 38 min
Welcome back to Open the Voice Gate - Rewind and Rewatch, where Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) are Rewinding and Rewatching the Dragon Gate USA era of shows. It’s the biggest show of DGUSA’s 2011 Midwest Weekend, as the company returns to the Congress Theater in Chicago, IL on 9/10/2011 for “Untouchable 2011!” Before we get into the show review, a ton of stuff has been happening in Japan that we need to catch up on. Although it was talked about la...
Sep 14, 2020•1 hr 30 min
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. This week’s episode looks at this week’s big Korakuen show for DG where the final card for the upcoming Dangerous Gate show came into place with a trios match deciding the final cage match entry order, more Yellow Demon Mask intrigue, Toryumon Legends vs the Class of 2020 and more! After that, Case and Mike talk abou...
Sep 11, 2020•1 hr 17 min
Welcome back to Open the Voice Gate - Rewind and Rewatch, where Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) are Rewinding and Rewatching the Dragon Gate USA era of shows. It’s Dragon Gate USA’s first weekend in the Midwest in 2011 and it’s time to go into Lowe Territory as Case and Mike cover “Chasing the Dragon” from Indianapolis, Indiana at the Salvation Army Community Center on 9/9/2011. Before we get to that, there’s landmark events occurring in Dragon Gat...
Sep 07, 2020•1 hr 40 min
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 eight shows, August is over, the Gate of Adventure has concluded, and we are now full speed ahead to Ota City Gymnasium and Dangerous Gate! This week’s episode has Case and Mike review the August 30th Kobe Sambo Hall show, preview the upcoming shows in Okinawa and the big go home show at Korakuen Hall on Se...
Sep 03, 2020•1 hr 6 min
Welcome back to Open the Voice Gate - Rewind and Rewatch, where Case ( https://twitter.com/_inyourcase ) and Mike ( https://twitter.com/fujiiheya ) are Rewinding and Rewatching the Dragon Gate USA era of shows. It's DGUSA's two year anniversary! Before ending the anniversary weekend with "DGUSA Enter the Dragon 2011 - Second Anniversary Celebration," Case and Mike talk about the big events of May and June 2011 including Jon Moxley reporting to FCW, and how indicative his class at WWE's developme...
Aug 31, 2020•1 hr 44 min
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. It’s Dragongate’s first appearance in Fukuoka since February, and Case and Mike are here to break it down. In the “mini Korakuen” venue of Acros Fukuoka DG had an afternoon/evening doubleshot on 8/23 featuring a Shuji Kondo singles match, a Kyushu Pro invasion, Diamante being an absolute mad man, a Doctor Muscle appe...
Aug 27, 2020•59 min
Welcome back to Open the Voice Gate - Rewind and Rewatch, where Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) are Rewinding and Rewatching the Dragon Gate USA era of shows. The Second Anniversary has us roll into the NYWC Sportatorium for “Uprising 2011” on 6/4/2011, but before that, Case and Mike have to dip into Japan to catch everyone up to speed on what’s happening in Dragon Gate. It’s Dead or Alive and King of Gate time for DG in 2011, with a ton of turns a...
Aug 24, 2020•1 hr 48 min
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. Let’s hear it for the kids! This week’s update reviews the Gate of Adventure stop in DG’s home arena, Kobe Sambo Hall from 8/15/2020, takes a look at this week’s doubleheader in Acros Fukuoka on 8/23/2020, and looks ahead to November, and the insane month Dragongate will have with now the postponed Kobe Pro Wrestling...
Aug 20, 2020•1 hr 13 min
Welcome back to Open the Voice Gate - Rewind and Rewatch, where Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) are Rewinding and Rewatching the Dragon Gate USA era of shows. It’s the 2nd Anniversary triple-shot weekend, and it kicks off on 6/3/2011 in Revere, Massachusetts at the Wonderland Ballroom with Fearless 2011. Before the show, we step into the timeline to talk about the DGUSA events post-Wrestlemania 2011 leading up to this weekend of shows. A note on La...
Aug 17, 2020•1 hr 24 min
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. Just a heads up: Case and I had a bunch of internet gremlins get a hold of this recording, and I had to use a low quality capture and piece it together. Apologies for the sound quality (Case is louder, I'm soft and rode levels). Will be fixed next week. - Mike On this week’s update, Case and Mike talk about the AEW/S...
Aug 14, 2020•2 hr 5 min
Welcome back to Open the Voice Gate - Rewind and Rewatch, where Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) are Rewinding and Rewatching the Dragon Gate USA era of shows. It is time to close out Wrestlemania Weekend 2011 with Open the Ultimate Gate 2011 from Atlanta's Presidental Ballroom on 4/3/2011. After a short timeline to catch everyone up to speed and to see how much Mike remembers of this Wrestlemania, the pair sit down and review the final show in Jon ...
Aug 10, 2020•1 hr 25 min
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. Memorial Gate in Wakayama 2020 has come and gone, and we are now in the era of "El Numero Uno" Eita as Open the Dream Gate Champion! This OTVG Weekly Update starts off with discussing the big title change as Eita defeated Naruki Doi on 8/2/2020. Case and Mike talk about the career defining victory of Eita, what we ca...
Aug 06, 2020•1 hr 28 min
Welcome back to Open the Voice Gate - Rewind and Rewatch, where Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) are Rewinding and Rewatching the Dragon Gate USA era of shows. DGUSA is finally in Atlanta, and it's time for their second Wrestlemania Weekend! To help us out in reviewing the first ever WWNLive iPPV, friend of the show Joey Bay (https://twitter.com/joey_bay) stops by to talk about how it was like watching Mercury Rising 2011 from Atlanta's Presidental ...
Aug 03, 2020•1 hr 47 min
