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forkboy84 posted:Just like to thank SG Bamboo for doing this. My computer is back up & running but it's nice not having to rush to get it done tonight and can instead focus on trying to find the right deity to pray to in order to magically make my broken hard drive work again long enough for me to backup all of the music I had on it. I recommend R-Studio. I've gotten files from a few broken drives using that.
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https://twitter.com/dragongate_pro/status/1713488278526259253 DG Future class of 2024 young boys announced. Akihiro Sahara (23) is a big boi, Homare Kato (19) will probably have to get a name change quickly (or Yoshiki Kato gets a character), and Dai Tsujiguchi (20) has managed to have an even less catchy name than Daiki Yanagiuchi. It'd be nice to see all 3 get debuts. Though with Daiki's debut pushed to this year, Ryoya in the summer, and Nishikawa/TNR coming back from Mexico recently, it doesn't feel like 2023 was starved for debuts even with Ryoya being the only 2023 trainee to make it. If anything it'll probably just mean more pre-show Future matches on the network.
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Oct 15, 2023 20:48
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Dragongate is sending Mochizuki Jr. and Yoshiki Kato to New Japan for their 11/4 Osaka show. I assume they'll be fighting juniors, but Kato's a pretty big dude.
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 I'm not going to transliterate the whole thing, but the actual text is hilarious if you can read katakana.quote:Yuua byuutifuu ron ininsai
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Oct 23, 2023 21:10
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What makes this Ron Ininsai fellow so beautiful?
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Oct 23, 2023 21:28
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Punch has also been YAMATO's lackey on and off this past year, especially whenever they show up in other promotions or special shows with YAMATO's old character who never sleeps. Full card for Gate of Destiny on 11/5 just released: 1) Minoura/Ben-K/BxB Hulk vs Genki/Kagetora/Mondai 2) Brave Gate: ISHINİ vs Ryoya Tanaka 3) Mocchy/Junior/Kato vs Shun/KAI/HYO 4) Kzy/SMJ/Jason/U-T/Jacky vs Ultimo/Mante/Doi/Kondo/Eita 5) Triangle Gate: YAMATO/DK/Punchİ vs Fujii/Yoshida/Bodyguard 6) Twin Gate: Susumu/Kandaİ vs Yoshioka/Dia 7) Dream Gate: Madoka Kikutaİ vs Big Boss Shimizu I really hope they finally put the belt on Shimizu. Man's earned his stripes.
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Oct 24, 2023 04:33
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I admittedly have a big soft spot for Yoshida, and I'm still mad that he never got to join Gold Class. After they became the handsome weirdo unit and Doi left to go freelance, they should've let Yoshida back in. Fastball Specials with Minorita all day.
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Oct 24, 2023 04:52
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIfY5Mjzakc DG's Youtube house shows don't usually add much to feuds and just show the matches, but the way they built up the Kikuta vs Shimizu feud here was great. The fight even goes outside the building, which is a perspective we rarely get. The other two matches are worth your time too. Timestamps in the description if you don't want to watch the long intro.
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I guess my take is that Kenoh is still in his 30s so he's not quite in the "NOAH only pushes olds" category just yet, and both of his GHC runs have been under 3 months so it's not like he's dominating the main event scene either. A long, solid run at the top would be a great happy medium to anchor the rest of the company while they transition into building new stars under him. Also Kenoh rules and I love the very angry babyman.
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Lamuella posted:I just wish I had faith in Noah not to gently caress it up. I'm lukewarm on Jake Lee, who is like the concept of "Okay" in human form and who has had a series of solid 8/10 matches against the best wrestlers in the world. I'd prefer Kenoh as champ because I prefer Kenoh as a wrestler, but I can't escape the feeling that at any moment after he wins I need to be ready for Fujita to come out with a bag of tallboys and declare himself number one contender. Make it Fujita but it's Jr. Hayato instead.
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Oct 27, 2023 22:42
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Kato joining Z-Brats and Tanaka probably joining D'courage is exactly the kind of unit shakeup stuff I've been wanting from DG. Gate of Destiny has been really solid so far.
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Good god, Kikuta and Shimizu are slinging some BEEF tonight.
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Dimebags Brain posted:Kikuta/Shimizu was a must watch. Amazing display of big guys hitting each other hard. I love the fact that for as much as DG's reputation to most people is that it's all young fast twinks, they can still completely sell a BIG MEATY MEN main event once in a while.
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Didn't see it until now, but GAORA recently put up an HD quality version of Bryan Danielson vs Naruki Doi from 2009 DGUSA. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZCOuCu5EgY&t=276s
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Dragongate Korakuen card tonight: 1) Single: Punch Tominaga vs Daiki Yanagiuchi 2) Tag: Shimizu & U-T vs Genki & Yoshida 3) Trios: Susumu/Kanda/Arai vs Ultimo/Fujii/Kagetora 4) 8-Man: YAMATO/DK/Kondo/Eita vs Minoura/Ben-K/BxB/Doi 5) Single: Masaaki Mochizuki vs Yoshiki Kato 6) 8-Man: Kikuta/Yoshioka/Dia/Tanaka vs Kzy/SMJ/Jason/Jacky 7) 4v1 Handicap: Luis Mante vs Shun/KAI/HYO/ISHIN Lots of interesting potential here: -Possibly Daiki's first singles win since they're actually doing stuff with rookies. -AraKen appearance in the veteran tag should be fun. -Doi in a Gold Class match that doesn't involve the Triangle Gate. -Kato officially in Z-Brats. -Tanaka probably officially in D'courage. -I assume there's no way the main stays 4v1, so look for a new Mante-led unit to form here. But that means it's either outsiders or some people are pulling double duty, because I can't imagine it's going to be like, Ho Ho and Problem Dragon. Nearly the entire roster is on the card.
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Mocchy and Kato are throwing some BOMBS tonight. Really stiff match. Tanaka's a perfect fit for DC so far. Holy poo poo you need to watch that D'courage/Vibes 8-man. BABYFACE HYO!!! Goddamn that whole show kicked rear end. DG is back. Bonk fucked around with this message at 12:55 on Nov 9, 2023 |
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I posted about this in the MOTYCs thread but if you find yourself missing classic DG multiman sprints, D'courage vs Natural Vibes 8-man from last week's Korakuen is one of the best they've had in a long time. https://vk.com/video-4499945_456251904?t=2h1m5s
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https://twitter.com/ddtproENG/status/1724543704424501395 LFG
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I had complaints about the huge lull in Dragongate's November schedule because they had Gate of Destiny on the 5th and the hottest Korakuen in months on the 9th and then just... nothing (except a Genki homecoming house show last night), but it turns out they're spoiling us Network subscribers for December: 12/1, 12/2, 12/3 - triple show in Sapporo 12/5 - Korakuen 12/10 - KBS Hall 12/19 - another Korakuen 12/24 - Final Gate 12/26 - Kobe Sanbo Hall And then January has another double Korakuen AND the new pape at Yokohama Budokan, so we won't get a big gap before spring this year.
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I will be so mad if we lose Korakuen, but it'd probably be a while before they did it so I could at least feasibly plan a Japan trip. forkboy84 posted:Dragongate Final Gate 2023 Ultimo Dragon is being replaced in the 6-man by Problem Dragon lmao
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Daiki is also out due to illness, so Shachi will be replacing him. Flu's going around. On the upside, Hyo is feeling better.
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Final Gate starts in 3 hours. The lottery drawing was held for the 8-man (no Doi Darts, sadly), and Natural Vibes all randomly ended up on the same team lol Kzy, Shimizu, Strong Machine J, and Naruki Doi vs Ultimo Dragon, BxB Hulk, Dragon Dia, and Shuji Kondo Please do the Vibes dance Doi
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Genki Horiguchi just hit the Beach Break for the first time in years.  https://twitter.com/KVR216/status/1738841362517168283
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https://twitter.com/SondreBjorn/status/1738845621367222461 Naruki Doi learning the Natural Vibes dance is a Christmas present to me specifically.
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Holy poo poo Kaito Kiyomiya and Alejandro just won the Open the Twin Gate belts
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That's a WAY more stacked Royal Sambo than usual. Instead we're getting... Mondai vs Yoshida singles lmao Hyped for YamaDoi vs DK/Eita, that's gonna rule. YamaDoi-led unit WHEN though 
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 In which Kevin Kelly makes a big dumb sweeping assumption and gets schooled by a far better commentator. All shows that have major plot/unit developments have a separate English feed. The rest are basically glorified house shows that have the wrestlers goofing off on commentary just to give them something to do.
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forkboy84 posted:It's...less bad? Events stay up for longer than they used to which is great, service still costs more than AJPW TV, NJPW World, Wrestle Universe or Stardom World (1,650 Yen a month). A bunch of non-Korakuen house shows in places like Kobe, Kyoto & Osaka plus some others are 1 or 2 camera shoots with the only commentary being wrestlers, but that doesn't really bother me, not like I can understand Japanese anyway. quote:It's still hard to recommend to someone who is DG curious rather than already into the style or having at least some familiarity because of the cost, but hey, they have to at least break even & unlike NJPW, Stardom & NOAH/DDT/TJPW Dragongate don't have a big company behind them who can to some extent other subsidise the cost or just find savings through economics of scale.
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forkboy84 posted:To try & make my best attempt at translating that, because it's either that or sleep before 3am. And trying to match the symbol is kind of fun problem solving. 16-20 are PURE-J, Sportiva, KOBE Meriken, Diana, and Ryukyu Dragon. I'm not at all familiar with Sportiva but they run out of Nagoya, Ryukyu Dragon is like the only wrestling in Okinawa so they get decent numbers, and MeriPro isn't surprising because even though it's only like a 10 seat venue, they run every Friday night.
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forkboy84 posted:Dragongate have 4 shows that are being streamed, including a main event of Masaaki Mochizuki vs Shingo Takagi, a rematch of one of the best singles matches in Dragon System history from the 2015 Gate of Destiny show.
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Holy poo poo, go out of your way to see Shingo vs Mochizuki. That ruled.
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M3K is breaking up in February
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Lily Catts posted:lmao Shun tagging with non-Z-Brats and especially with Minoura... I'd like to make that show, but it conflicts with tickets I already have. I'm seeing them at Defy and JCW on the same day at least, but I'll unfortunately miss the CMLL guys unless they show up on other cards too (which honestly is pretty likely at this point). It's crazy how much DG guys are getting booked though, most of them are doing 2-3 matches every day for the whole weekend.
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Dimebags Brain posted:Jae was on Open the Voice Gate awhile back and he was spitballing ideas to raise Dragongate's profile in the west and the big one he landed on was sending DG guys around to the Mania weekend shows to try and recreate the buzz of the ROH Do Fixer/Blood Gen match and I guess some people in the company had the same idea. Picked a group of guys and booked as much poo poo as they possibly could for Philly. Yeah, Joey Janela is promoting a trios match on his Spring Break show as the spiritual successor to the famous ROH one. They're even acknowledging the generations, which is neat. 
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