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 on the airwaves and Case and Mike spend this update talking about the 2/21/21 and 2/23/21 Kyoto KBS Hall shows where the title challenges for Champion Gate were finally locked down. As well, there is an Injury Report, talk about the status of Masquerade, Natural Vibes v2 & the imminent YAMATO/D...
Feb 24, 2021•1 hr 12 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 has entered their final year existence as Rewind and Rewatch goes back to Queens for Revolt 2014 on 2/22/2014 This promotion may be on its dying days, but the rest of the wrestling world did not stand idly by as Case and Mike talk about more Davey Richards drama, the launch of the WWE N...
Feb 23, 2021•1 hr 34 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. With no new shows to talk about or uploaded content on the Dragongate Network, it’s time for the return of the Dragon System Buffet! This week, Case and Mike take questions from listeners ranging from the history of mic work in Dragon Gate, Shun Skywalker’s title run, Crazy Max, Michinoku Pro, Gran Hamada, King o...
Feb 17, 2021•1 hr 10 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’s concludes 2013, their last full calendar year, with Freedom Fight 2013 from the cursed Brooklyn Lyceum in New York on 11/17/2013! Before getting into today’s episode, Case and Mike have to jump to Japan to talk about the fall of 2013, including the most brain-melting Unit Shuffle ...
Feb 15, 2021•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. The topic for this weekly update is the peculiar 2/5 Korakuen Hall show. Case and Mike breakdown the formation of the unnamed YAMATO & Dragon Kid unit, talk about the weird main event, Kzy and Natural Vibes 2.0, a moment for La Estrella, King of the Hill and Yoga and a whole lot more! The NHK piece mentioned ...
Feb 11, 2021•47 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’s penultimate NYC weekend begins with Fearless 2013 from the Elks Lodges in Queens, NY on 11/16/2013! Before getting into today’s episode, Case and Mike talk about the big events leading up to DGUSA’s conclusion to 2013 including the Young Bucks’ moves to both Ring of Honor and New ...
Feb 08, 2021•1 hr 22 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 concluded their January schedule with their doubleheader in Fukuoka and Case and Mike are here to talk all about it. They breakdown their favorite matches of the Open the Twin Gate contendership tournament. As well they talk about Ultimo in 2021, Kazma’s unsurprising fit within Dragon Gate, the return ...
Feb 04, 2021•1 hr 25 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 Dragon Gate USA’s fourth anniversary weekend, and episode 44 covers the the final DGUSA anniversary show “Enter the Dragon 2013: Fourth Anniversary Celebration” from the Highline Ballroom in New York City on 7/28/2013 Before getting into today’s episode, Case and Mike take a look at...
Feb 01, 2021•1 hr 50 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. There were no shows this week in Dragongate so Case and Mike have a very Dragon System buffet edition of OTVG! They talk about the Kyushu Pro Tag Team title match where Genki Horiguchi and Susumu Yokosuka defend against Osaka Pro legend Billy Ken Kid and former Wrestle-1 star Alejandro. After that, they touch on ...
Jan 28, 2021•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. It is Dragon Gate USA’s final anniversary weekend, and episode 43 covers the first show of it: Bushido: Code of the Warrior 2013 from the Queens Elks Lodge in, Queens, NY on 7/27/2013! Before getting into today’s episode, Case and Mike take a look at the North American landscape with more...
Jan 25, 2021•1 hr 35 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. Case and Mike talk about the 1/17 Open the New Year Gate show from Kobe Sambo Hall, including “WHO WON THE WEEK”, the greatness of Masquerade vs R.E.D, Natural Vibes 2.0, THE AUDITION, Unit Shift and Injury List updates and more! Our podcast provider, RedCircle, offers the listeners the option to sponsor the show...
Jan 21, 2021•1 hr 4 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 wrap up Mania Weekend 2013, so on episode 42 Case and Mike review Mercury Rising 2013 from the Meadowlands Expo Center in Secaucus, NJ on 4/7/2013. Before getting into today’s episode, they look at both Dragon Gate and Dragon Gate UK. It’s the very short era of the Aquatic Twins,...
Jan 18, 2021•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. Mike is going solo this week as he reviews the first week of Dragongate’s 2021 season. Big things are afoot in unit shuffle season as DG held shows on 1/9 in Kyoto, 1/10 in Osaka and the very rare 1/12 & 1/13 Korakuen doubleheader with Open the Twin Gate and Open the Triangle Gate title matches main eventing the ...
Jan 14, 2021•1 hr 4 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 Mania Weekend 2013, so on episode 41 Case and Mike review Open The Ultimate 2013 from the Meadowlands Expo Center in Secaucus, NJ on 4/6/2013. Before getting into today’s episode, they talk about the remainder of the independent Wrestlemania 29 shows as 2013 was truly the start of the mo...
Jan 11, 2021•1 hr 39 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 winter break, so OTVG is taking this week to do a retrospective and talk about their Best of 2020! Case and Mike decide their DG MVPs, Most Outstanding, Rookie of the Year, Most Improved, Breakout Star, Best Tag Team, Feud of the Year, Show of the Year, Small Show of the Year and then each of their ...
Jan 07, 2021•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. On episode 40, Case and Mike review Heat 2013 from the Pappy Pineda Dome in Huntington Park, CA on 1/27/2013. Before getting into today’s episode, they look at the bigger moments of the wrestling world to start 2013 including some bad ROH TV tapings, the first ever Wrestle Kingdom live-stream...
Jan 04, 2021•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. Closing out 2020, Mike and Case start the show talking about the passing of Brodie Lee/John Huber, memories of him in Dragon Gate and Dragongate USA including his top matches in the Dragon System and the public response they’ve seen from the roster upon hearing the news. They discuss the 12/27 “fan appreciation” Kobe...
Dec 31, 2020•1 hr
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 first show of 2013 on episode 39, as Case and Mike review Revolt 2013 from the Pappy Pineda Dome in Huntington Park, CA on 1/26/2013. Before getting into today’s episode, they look at how Dragon Gate in Japan finished out their 2012 and began their 2013. Scott Reed tours Japan! CIMA ...
Dec 28, 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. OTVG is here early this week to talk all about The Final Gate 2020! Case and Mike spend nearly ninety minutes discussing and reviewing Dragongate’s final major show of the year, including a long discussion about the Open the Dream Gate match and Ben-K, the R.E.D. vs Toryumon Loser Must Disband match and its position ...
Dec 22, 2020•1 hr 27 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 first show of 2013 on episode 38, as Case and Mike review Open the Golden Gate 2013 from Lakeview Jr High School in Santa Monica, CA on 1/25/2013. Before getting into today’s episode, they go through their top ten DGUSA matches of 2012 and review Gabe Sapolsky’s State of the Union ad...
Dec 21, 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. The time has come for The Final Gate, Dragongate’s last big show of the year, and OTVG is back to get everyone caught up to speed for it! First Case and Mike review the 12/13 Kyoto and the 12/15 Korakuen Hall show with the debut of La Estrella, Shun-gun turning into Masquerade and the 2020 Doi Darts match. Then they ...
Dec 18, 2020•1 hr 47 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 final show of 2012 on episode 37, as Case and Mike review Freedom Fight 2012 from 11/4/2012 at the NYWC Sportatorium in Deer Park, New York Before getting into today’s episode, Case and Mike talk about the insane Fall of 2012 that the wrestling industry experienced, including DDT at ...
Dec 14, 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. If November 2020 was the biggest month in recent Dragon System history, then the first week of December was the busiest, as Case and Mike breakdown and review Dragongate’s 12/2 Korauken show, the tripleheader in Sapporo from 12/4 to 12/6, and the home base show from Kobe Sambo Hall on 12/8. Huge things are afoot as D...
Dec 10, 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. It’s the penultimate show of 2012 on episode 36, as Case and Mike review Uprising 2012 from 11/3/2012 at the Flyers Skate Zone in Vorhees, New Jersey. Before getting into today’s episode, Case and Mike go over the events in Dragon Gate of this fall and winter, including the return of Magnitud...
Dec 07, 2020•1 hr 18 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. Podcast note: We recorded this on December 1st, so this was before Korakuen happened and all the shows that were announced for Hokkaido on the 4th-6th. Case and Mike are back to review the last B-Level major show of the Dragongate year, Gate of Origin from Sendai from 11/28, and give a preview for the Korakuen that o...
Dec 03, 2020•1 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’s already time to bid adieu to 2012, as DGUSA is in the Northeast for their last weekend of the year. Episode 35 covers Fearless 2012 from the Everett Rec Center in Everett, Massachusetts on 11/2/2012. Before getting into today’s episode, Case and Mike go over the events in the WWN world s...
Nov 30, 2020•1 hr 32 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 a special mailbag edition of OTVG! When Case and Mike sat down to record, there wasn’t a full card for Gate of Origin, so they preview the Twin and Triangle Gate matches that were announced. After that, they took listener questions ranging from Dragon Kid & BXB Hulk’s top matches to Anthony W. Mori to best y...
Nov 27, 2020•1 hr 10 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 say farewell to one of DGUSA’s most hallowed venues.The Midwest farewell to DGUSA, Enter the Dragon 2012: Third Anniversary Celebration is the topic of this week’s Rewind and Rewatch from Congress Theater in Chicago on 7/26/2012. Before getting into DGUSA, Case and Mike talk abou...
Nov 23, 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. Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival has come and passed and OTVG is here to talk all about it. Case and Mike take the whole episode to review the Dragon System’s 21st show at Kobe World Kinen Hall. From the Open the Dream Gate main event to the official announcement of Masato Yoshino’s retirement to the Dragon Royal, they sp...
Nov 18, 2020•1 hr 23 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 for the last Midwest trip of DGUSA’s existence as review Untouchable 2012 from Taylor, Michigan at the Gibraltar Trade Center on 7/28/2012! Before we get into the show, we talk about the busy time EVOLVE had in the lead up to this DGUSA weekend, including an EVOLUTION’S END match, ...
Nov 16, 2020•1 hr 15 min
