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 time for the first Big Match of 2020! This episode of OTVG has Case and Mike quickly review the last taped show of July, Kobe Sambo Hall, then they get into a Memorial Gate in Wakayama 2020 preview! The gang goes through each match on offer for August 2nd's big show, give their thoughts and their predictions...
Jul 30, 2020•1 hr 18 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 almost Wrestlemania 2011 time, but before DGUSA hit Atlanta, they make a stop in Mike Spears territory in Burlington, NC at the Mid-Atlantic Sportatorium on 4/1/2011 for “Open the Southern Gate!” Before Case and Mike get into the first show of the Mania Weekend Triple Shot, they take a l...
Jul 27, 2020•1 hr 51 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 first ever Open the United Gate Champions are decided as DGUSA ends their first tripleshot at the ACE Arena in Union City, NJ for United: Finale on 1/30/2011. Before we get into that, we cover the 2010 Wrestling Observer Newsletter Awards and the Dragon System representatives and touch on...
Jul 20, 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 week two for DG in front of crowds, and Case and Mike cover the July 12th show from Osaka and the return to Korakuen Hall on July 15th for the first Tokyo show for Dragongate since February. They talk all about the continued ascent of Kota Minoura, the fantastic return of Shuji Kondo, the build to Memorial Gate ...
Jul 18, 2020•1 hr 50 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. This episode of Rewind and Rewatch covers United: Philly, from the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia on 1/292/2011. Before we get into the show itself, Case and Mike breakdown what all was going on in the US Indie scene in late 2010 and early 2011, including our first (and maybe last) ever look ...
Jul 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. Dragongate is back in front of a crowd and Case and Mike are here to talk about the two Kyoto KBS Hall shows from 7/4 and 7/5. The official reveal of Shuji Kondo as “X,” the elevation of Kota Minoura, and the ongoing storyline of Kaito Ishida and Keisuke Okuda are major topics of discussion for the two over this firs...
Jul 09, 2020•1 hr 33 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. This episode of Rewind and Rewatch covers the first DGUSA show of 2011, United: NYC, from B.B. King’s Bar and Grill in New York City on 1/28/2011. It’s time to figure out who will be the first DGUSA Open the United Gate Champions, and that brings us to DGUSA’s debut in New York City. Before w...
Jul 06, 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’s finally here! The first set of Dragongate shows in front of live crowds are coming up on 07/04 & 07/05, but before that, we gotta wrap up Lapis Hall. Case and Mike breakdown the final set of empty arena matches from 6/27 and 6/28, talk about the stylistic change that’s going on with the newer generation of w...
Jul 02, 2020•1 hr 11 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. Note: This show was recorded on 6/16/2020. There’s a quick foreword talking current events before getting into the show itself. This episode of Rewind and Rewatch covers the last DGUSA show of 2010, Freedom Fight, from the Rahway Rec Center in Rahway, New Jersey on 10/30/2010. Well, after...
Jun 29, 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. The empty arena era of DG is coming to a close, but before that we have the second to the last weekend of Rainbow Gate matches. This week, Case and Mike review the matches from 6/20 and 6/21, including Dragongate’s best empty arena match so far and a very surprising tag match. After that, they look ahead to the openi...
Jun 25, 2020•46 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. This week, they look at “Bushido: Code of the Warrior” from 10/29/2010 in Fall River, Massachusetts at the Police Athletic League Hall. Before tackling DGUSA’s iPPV debut, they run through the events leading up to this show, including the disappearance of Chikara Sekigun from DGUSA, the issue...
Jun 22, 2020•1 hr 49 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, they touch on the first two Rainbow Gate matches that went up on Dragongate Network, including the rare defense of an outside title in the AJPW World Junior Title in DG. After that, they talk about Shun Skywalker and Yuki Yoshioka’s ongoing excursion in Mexico and the drama that happened after their la...
Jun 18, 2020•58 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. Joining Case and Mike this week is Kelly Harrass ( https://twitter.com/comicgeekelly ) to review Way of the Ronin 2010 from 9/26/2010 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin at the Miramar Theatre, a show Kelly was at live. Before getting into the show itself, they take time to talk about this being Brya...
Jun 15, 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 your King of Gate Wrap Up. 2020’s King of Gate has come to a close, and it is Eita who is victorious, finally reaching a pinnacle of the promotion after years of starts and stops. Case and Mike review the semi-finals and finals of this years tournament and talk about what might be on the horizon with Eita, Naruki Doi, Masato Yoshino and what would typically be the Ko...
Jun 11, 2020•46 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. This episode covers Untouchable 2010 on September 25th, 2010 from the Congress Theater in Chicago. A lot of things happen across the wrestling world over the two month break between DGUSA shows, so first we revisit the big coming and goings in Dragon Gate, America, and take note of Akira ...
Jun 08, 2020•1 hr 47 min
Welcome back to Open the Voice Gate! Case ( https://twitter.com/_inyourcase ) and Mike ( https://twitter.com/fujiiheya ) are back with your King of Gate Update. Each week during King of Gate, Case and Mike will have a shorter episode breaking down the recent tournament matches, and looking ahead to the future matchups. On this third episode, they talk about the Block Finals, U-T Return Match from May 30th and 31st, as well as preview the final four people in King of Gate going into its last week...
Jun 04, 2020•46 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. This episode covers Enter the Dragon 2010, Dragon Gate USA’s 1st Year anniversary on July 24, 2010 at the The Arena in Philadelphia. It’s an incredibly stacked show with sudden return of Bryan Danielson to DGUSA as he took on Shingo Takagi along with the blowoff for Kamikaze USA vs Chikar...
Jun 01, 2020•2 hr 5 min
Welcome back to Open the Voice Gate! Case ( https://twitter.com/_inyourcase ) and Mike ( https://twitter.com/fujiiheya ) are back with your King of Gate Update. Each week during King of Gate, Case and Mike will have a shorter episode breaking down the recent tournament matches, and looking ahead to the future matchups. On this second episode, they talk about the second round matchups that aired on Dragongate Network on May 22nd, 23rd, & 24th, and talk about the disparately in match quality i...
May 28, 2020•36 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. This episode covers Uprising, from Mississauga, Ontario, Canada on May 8, 2010 at the International Centre. It’s time for the North American complexion of DGUSA to start to change as DGUSA ends their only Canadian tour with BxB Hulk defending the Open the Freedom Gate title against his World-...
May 26, 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 your King of Gate Update. Each week during King of Gate, Case and Mike will have a shorter episode breaking down the recent tournament matches, and looking ahead to the future matchups. On this first episode, they talk about the first round matchups that aired on Dragongate Network on May 15, 16 & 17th, and discuss the positives and the negatives about them d...
May 21, 2020•39 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. This episode covers Open the Northern Gate, from Windsor, Ontario, Canada on May 7, 2010 at the Windsor Armoury. As Dragon Gate USA refused to treat this disappointing sojourn as a B-Show, OTVG refuses to as well as Case and Mike broke down the news and events between Mania Weekend 2010 a...
May 18, 2020•1 hr 43 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. This episode covers night two of DGUSA’s first Wrestlemania Weekend of shows in 2010 from Phoenix, Arizona, as on 3/27/2010 they held Mercury Rising 2010. It’s time for the “Dragon Gate 6 Man Tradition!” On this episode, Case and Mike talk about the DGUSA farewells for several wrestlers, ...
May 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 is time to go to Phoenix for DGUSA’s Wrestlemania 2010 weekend of shows and Open the Ultimate Gate 2010 on March 26th, 2010 from Celebrity Theater. But that’s not all we need to do, first it’s time to bring the Ballad of Davey Richards to a close and provide the most in-depth look into...
May 04, 2020•1 hr 53 min
It’s time for a very special edition of Open the Voice Gate! Case ( https://twitter.com/_inyourcase ) and Mike ( https://twitter.com/fujiiheya ) are joined by Jae ( https://twitter.com/DragonGateEN & https://twitter.com/dg_jae ) in a conversation talking all things Dragongate. The topics vary from native fans thoughts on the new generation of wrestlers, the vintage footage on the Dragongate Network, how it was to be in Korakuen Hall for the Toryumon Reunion, and the state of Japanese wrestli...
Apr 29, 2020•1 hr 14 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. Welcome to 2010 in our retrospective series where Case and Mike review DGUSA’s Fearless 2010 show from the Congress Theater in Chicago on January 23rd, 2010. But before that, there’s a ton of timeline news and notes between both happenings in Dragongate Japan and USA with Davey Richards’ ...
Apr 27, 2020•1 hr 30 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. In this third show, Case and Mike review “Open the Untouchable Gate” from Chicago on November 28th, 2009. In order to do so, they catch up everyone with what was going on at that time with Dragongate and DGUSA, then break down the show. It’s time for Dragon Gate USA to crown their first e...
Apr 20, 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. In this second show, Case and Mike review “Open the Untouchable Gate” from Chicago on September 6th, 2009. In order to do so, they catch up everyone with what was going on at that time with Dragongate and DGUSA, then break down the show. Davey Richards makes his first appearance in DGUSA ...
Apr 13, 2020•1 hr 37 min
Open the Voice Gate is back! Case ( https://twitter.com/_inyourcase ) and Mike ( https://twitter.com/fujiiheya ) talk about the comings and goings in Dragongate. This episode they review the 4/4 Gate of Passion Empty Arena show, talk about what the future might look like for Dragongate in this era, and then breakdown all of the must watch matches on the Dragongate Network right now as all of the Kobe World/Anniversario shows are available until the 13th! Our podcast provider, RedCircle, offers t...
Apr 09, 2020•1 hr 33 min
Welcome to a new series on Open the Voice Gate, where Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) are Rewinding and Rewatching the Dragon Gate USA era of shows. Starting with this episode, then going biweekly until the promotion gets back going again, Case and Mike are covering each show in the history of DGUSA! In this first episode, they go back to 2009 to discuss the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Show of the Year: Open the Historical Gate from July 25th, 20...
Mar 31, 2020•1 hr 29 min
Open the Voice Gate is back! Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) talk about the Glorious Gate Kobe Sambo Hall show that aired live on YouTube for free: https://youtu.be/eo8B5qfqzHU So they talk all about the first Dragongate show in three weeks. Topics very from how they geared this show for an empty arena, Ben-K now four months out of losing the title, Yoshino’s retirement road, and the rise of Dragon Dia. A fun show about a fun show! Our podcast prov...
Mar 25, 2020•1 hr 19 min
