Dragon Gate Weekend Schedule 2010.4.3-4 (King of Gate First Round)

Dragon Gate Weekend Schedule:

2010.4.3 Hyogo, Kobe Sambo Hall

Sugawara, Yasushi Kanda, Kzy vs. Don Fujii, Super Shisa, Genki Horiguchi

K-ness, Susumu Yokosuka vs. Akira Tozawa, Super Shenlong

King of Gate 2010 Bracket A: KAGETORA vs. Dragon Kid

King of Gate 2010 Bracket A: Naruki Doi vs. Gamma

King of Gate 2010 Bracket A: CIMA vs. Masato Yoshino

King of Gate 2010 Bracket A: YAMATO vs. Masaaki Mochizuki


2010.4.4 Kyoto, KBS Hall

Kotoka, Super Shenlong vs. Kzy, Kenichiro Arai

YAMATO, KAGETORA, Akira Tozawa vs. Masaaki Mochizuki, Super Shisa, Anthony W. Mori

King of Gate 2010 Bracket B: Don Fujii vs. Genki Horiguchi

King of Gate 2010 Bracket B: Shingo Takagi vs. Takuya Sugawara

CIMA, Gamma, Dragon Kid vs. Naruki Doi, Masato Yoshino, Naoki Tanisaki

King of Gate 2010 Bracket B: BxB Hulk vs. Cyber Kong

King of Gate 2010 Bracket B: K-ness vs. Susumu Yokosuka

KING OF GATE 2010 BRACKETS

So, here are the brackets for the King of Gate Tournament happening within the span of 2010.4.3 to 2010.4.14.

The competitors this year are Shingo Takagi, Takuya Sugawara, Genki Horiguchi, Don Fujii, Cyber Kong, BxB Hulk, Susumu Yokosuka, K-Ness, YAMATO, Masaachi Mochizuki, Masato Yoshima, CIMA, Naruki Doi, Gamma, KAGETORA, and Dragon Kid. Below is the official bracket...



First round; First bracket: Takagi VS Sugawara, Horiguchi VS Fujii, Cyber Kong VS BxB Hulk, Yokosuka VS K-Ness.

First round; Second bracket: YAMATO VS Mochizuki, CIMA VS Masato Yoshina, Naruki Doi VS Gamma, KAGETORA VS Dragon Kid.

And as an extra, how many of you caught Wrestlemania on Sunday? If you did, then why? Dragon Gate had an incredible show that night that I'll be putting up in it's entirety as soon as Vimeo stops having issues. I think they're under site maintenance for X amount of time.

Dragon Gate Results

Sorry, peeps. A few days late on this one. Dragon Gate 3/28/2010 results NEX Premium 13 at the Dragon Gate Arena.

March 28 2010 - NEX Premium 13, Dream Gate

Super Shisa over Takuya Tomakomai at 9:04 - Cross Heel Hold

Don Fujii over Kotoka at 5:44 - HIMEI

Anthony W. Mori over Hollywood Stalker Ichikawa at 10:23 From - Vertical Drop Brainbuster

Cyber Kong over Super Shenlong at 7:19 - Power Bomb

Akira Tozawa and KAGETORA over Yasushi Kanda and KZY at 13:00 - Ikkitousen

New Japan Pro Wrestling presents "New Dimension"

I hope everyone is excited for New Dimension on 4/4, which will be the inaugural night of the Super J Tag Tournament. The lineup has been announced, and as usual, I'm here with the story.

NJPW “NEW DIMENSION”, 4/4/10

Tokyo, Korakuen Hall

1. Tiger Mask & Ryusuke Taguchi
vs.
Mitsuhide Hirasawa & Kyosuke Mikami

Manabu Nakanishi
vs.
King Fale (debut)

Yuji Nagata, Super Strong Machine & Wataru Inoue
vs.
Masato Tanaka *ZERO1*, Tomohiro Ishii & Gedo

Togi Makabe
vs.
Tomoaki Honma

Hiroshi Tanahashi, Yujiro Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito
vs.
Toru Yano, Takashi Iizuka & "Machine Gun" Karl Anderson

IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship Match
Naomichi Marufuji *Pro Wrestling NOAH* defends against multiple-time champion, Jushin Thunder Liger

IWGP Heavyweight Championship Match
Shinsuke Nakamura defends against the 2010 New Japan Cup Winner, Hirooki Goto

NJPW Press Conference and Contract Signing.

This past Sunday, the match and date were officially set, as both 2010 NJ Cup winner, Hirooki Goto and NJPW's IWGP Heavyweight Champion, Shinsuki Nakamura, officially signed the contract for the IWGP Championship match to be held on 4/4 at Korakuen Hall. This is Hirooki Goto's second year in a row winning the coveted NJ Cup, and although last year's attempt to capture the IWGP Heavyweight Championship was unsuccessful, he is planning otherwise this year.

At the press conference, Hirooki stated, "The New Japan Cup is a symbol of strength, while the IWGP Championship is a symbol of excellence. Having won the cup again, I intend to prove myself by winning the IWGP Heavyweight Championship at Korakuen this year."

The champion replied, "Goto won the NJ Cup this year and proved himself a strong competitor for my title. However, Goto needs not to blab so much. I'm not looking for a war of words. He may have won the tournament, but he will not win my championship."

Also, following their statements, Goto was asked in a Q&A session about his injury from last year. Goto replied, "My injury is over and I am fully recovered."

Indeed 4/4 at Korakuen Hall is shaping up to be an incredible event. I will also be keeping you updated as word filters down about the other tournaments coming up in New Japan Puroresu, including the Super J, and this year's inaugural Super J Tag Team Tournament.

Some Coverage of the New Japan Cup

NJPW and ZERO1 News

In light of Hirooki Goto's recent victory in the New Japan Cup Tournament, the IWGP Heavyweight Championship bout between Hirooki Goto and the current champion, Shinsuki Nakamura, along with an IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship bout between Jushin Liger and Huzimaru Masamiti, have been scheduled for April 4, 2010 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.

In other NJPW news, the first ever New Japan Super J Tag Team Tournament has been set for May 8, 2010. Tournament brackets have yet to be announced, but I will update as soon as they are.



Hiroshi Tanahashi also made an appearance at the Dainichi Universe in Osaka, Japan this past Sunday, March 21, where he met with fans, signed DVDs, collectibles and T-shirts. He also competed in a paper, rock, scissors tournament, in which he actually lost. What's worse is that flannel shirt that he wore to the event. However, he's still one of the best performers out there right now.

In ZERO1 News:

Hartley Jackson, the Australian Professional Wrestler, is going to be returning to Japan for ZERO1 in April for the "Yamato Shinshu Chikara Matsuri" at the Yasukuni Shrine on April 11,2010 and the Hokkaido Tour from April 13 - April 15. The 10-year veteran of professional wrestling has wrestled in Australia, Japan and the USA in the past.

And a little late, but here are the results for ZERO1 VS. Nagoya Wakate Senbatsu Sen event at the Nagoya City Sports Center in Aichi, Japan on March 14, 2010:

Main Event

O Shinjiro Otani
(ZERO1)
VS
Kenta Kosugi X
(DEP)

(14:02 → Spiral Bomb)
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Tag Match

O Kohei Sato
(ZERO1)
KAMIKAZE
(ZERO1)
VS
Yasu Kubota
(Sportiva Entertainment)
Shigehiro Irie X
(DEP)

(13:12 → German Suplex Hold)
_____________________________________________________________________________________

Single Match

O Ryouji Sai
(ZERO1)
VS
Akito X
(Sportiva Entertainment)

(11:55 → Nachi Waterfall)
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Single Match

O Kintaro Kanemura
(XWF)
VS
Mammoth Soldier X
(Sportiva Entertainment)

(5:04 → Roundhouse Kick)
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Tag Match

O Minoru Fujita
(ZERO1)
Takuya Sugawara
(ZERO1)
VS
Michio Kageyama X
(DEP)
Touru Sugiura
(DEP)

(13:58 → Sasuke Segway)
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Tag Match

Shota Takanishi
(ZERO1)
X Yoshikazu Yokoyama
(ZERO1)
VS
Yuzuru Saito O
(ZERO1)
Kenta Kakinuma
(ZERO1)

(9:37 → Crab Hold)