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 Current Dragongate Roster Dragongate Dead or Alive 2023 Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium, Nagoya Start time: 16:00 JST / 7:00am GMT / 3:00am EST / 12:00am PST It's nearing the end of Golden Week in Japan, and that means  when/if it'll happen elsewhere this year, but it's still a really solid card! U-T Comeback Match: U-T & Jacky 'Funky' Kamei vs Kagetora & Kaito Nagano U-T injured his knee last year, then came back too soon and hurt it again. He teams with Natural Vibes cohort Jacky in his first match back. Kagetora is pretty aimless since High-End disbanded, but he teams with 2022 rookie Nagano, who has not found a unit yet but has been getting over his futbol gimmick.  8-Man Tag: (M3K) Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki, Yasushi Kanda, Punch Tominaga vs Don Fujii, Takashi Yoshida, Problem Dragon, Minorita This was supposed to be the full M3K lineup on the same page after Junior's frustration with Mocchy being a helicopter dad. Unfortunately, Junior suffered a neck injury the other day, so now the classic M2K lineup teams with... Punch, and nobody's less enthused about it than the rest of his team.  Open the Brave Gate Championship: Jason Lee© vs Dragon Dia Jason Lee of Natural Vibes recently defeated Minorita of Gold Class for the Brave Gate belt. Last month, he was challenged by multiple would-be opponents at once, so they held a 4-way #1 contenders match: Dragon Dia of D'Courage defeated Minorita, Mochizuki Junior, and Jacky Kamei. This should be a show-stealer between two of the best juniors in the world right now.  Tag Match: Ultimo Dragon & Naruki Doi vs (Z-Brats) Diamante & HYO Diamante is the son-in-law of Ultimo Dragon's long time lucha rival Negro Casas, and has repeatedly ripped off Ultimo's mask in recent weeks. This will likely lead to a later apuestas where Diamante finally reveals how handsome he is. Doi has been on a hot streak since going freelance, with recent title runs in AJPW & DDT, and HYO has been attempting to redeem himself after a string of losses.  Open the Triangle Gate: (Gold Class) Kota Minoura, Ben-K, BxB Hulk© vs (Natural Vibes) Kzy, Big Boss Shimizu, Strong Machine J After a #1 contenders match between M3K and Gold Class went to a draw, M3K declared they should get the title shot because a double-countout is a "win" for M3K. Natural Vibes said that shouldn't count, so GM Ryo Saito announced that a match between Vibes & M3K would decide who gets the shot, which Vibes won without further shenanigans.  Tag Match: Yuki Yoshioka & YAMATO vs Dragon Kid & Naomichi Marufuji YAMATO, Yoshioka, and Dragon Kid were the final 3 in a battle royal, which qualified them for this match. YAMATO is the veteran ace of post-Toryumon DG, while Yoshioka is the current/future ace. Dragon Kid was the junior ace of Toryumon and its 1st top champion, while Naomichi Marufuji has long been the veteran junior ace of NOAH. I feel like I'm writing the word ace a lot. Marufuji has not set foot in a DG ring before, so this should be interesting.  Open the Twin Gate: (KONGO) Kenoh & Shuji Kondo© vs (Z-Brats) KAI & ISHIN Last month, the KONGO team of Kenoh & Shuji Kondo took the belts off of Big Time (Kzy & Shimizu) of Natural Vibes, marking the first time DG's tag belts have been won by outsiders. Z-Brats are attempting to return the belts home (well, half-home, since Shuji Kondo pulls double-duty), so despite being major heels, they'll probably be the ones the crowd roots for. Kenoh will probably be very angry about something.  Open the Dream Gate: Shun Skywalker© vs Madoka Kikuta Two years ago, in the same venue, on the same date, at the same event, this match happened during Shun's previous Dream Gate run. Then-rookie 'HipHop' Kikuta severely separated his shoulder just 4 minutes in, the match was stopped, and Kikuta was on the shelf for over a year. He's since worked his way back up, joining D'Courage along the way, and now Shun is champion again. But since last time, Shun has become an absolute lunatic. He has put Kikuta through a gauntlet of "quests" to break him down; including fighting his own teammates, handicap matches, and Z-Brats systematically murdering his surgically repaired shoulder. Kikuta seeks to break free from Shun's torment and earn his first ever Dream Gate title reign. If you don't have a Dragongate Network subscription, there are more shows than usual this month, so it's worth a sub. But if not, the opening match is free on Youtube in English or Japanese, and you can probably find a stream for the rest if you look.
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I had totally missed that Junior is hurt, drat. Hope it isn't too serious
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May 4, 2023 23:22
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He basically took a shoot high-angle DDT and was stretchered out, but he was tweeting about it later, so it seems like he's not hospitalized or has a long-term injury.
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May 5, 2023 00:42
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Bonk posted:He basically took a shoot high-angle DDT and was stretchered out, but he was tweeting about it later, so it seems like he's not hospitalized or has a long-term injury. maybe he could appear post-match to further the Junior vs Dad angle?
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Let's goooooooooo
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May 5, 2023 08:05
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Tomoki 'Sun' Kashi is the new referee, he was an old NEX trainee who got injured and has been doing office/backstage stuff ever since.
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May 5, 2023 08:43
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Jason/Dia was real good. Naruki Doi's chest is still red from an AJPW match he wrestled at noon in Tokyo before immediately heading to Nagoya for this. 
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May 5, 2023 09:11
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Nice finish from Marufuji
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May 5, 2023 10:35
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Yeah, I liked that finish Ichikawa's here to get his Stalker name back lmao
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May 5, 2023 10:36
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Ichikawa gave Marufuji a kancho, five stars
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May 5, 2023 10:40
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I like this new lore of ISHIN coming after Kenoh, they can lean into that whenever Z-Brats show up in NOAH again.
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OH poo poo Susumu/Kanda challenge! I like this.
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May 5, 2023 11:03
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OMG that main was insane. More people need to watch this.
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Bonk posted:OMG that main was insane. More people need to watch this. Just watched it, good thing I wasn't spoiled on the result.
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