Masked mans name is El Cielo

Thinking that it will be Susumu challenging Kikuta for Osaka.

Impressed with a KOG that will have even fewer TV matches than last year. Running in October with finals on Osaka night 1 & title match on night 2, or in December for the 2 Sambo Hall nights was right there.

I’m not going to be able to go to Osaka for Gate of Destiny due to work commitments.

October youtu.be/SMVcOoCMwbg?...

Mochizuki Dojo ends here.

Yeah

fwiw, Sugiura was always the plan. Likely would have been an in ring angle to set up whatever this match on the Noah show would have been had Ozawa not got hurt instead of backstage though.

Everyone that could make the weight from Mochizuki Dojo has had their first Brave Gate challenge this year. Pretty big accomplishment. Akihiro was born over 85 kg so not gonna happen for him, I don’t think.

They are actually saying rattlesnake shake.

RIP to the All Japan kid. So tragic.

我 Ga = we 蛇 Ja = Snake 髑髏　Dokuro = Skull Take a shot every time I accidentally say dokoro since it’s a common word I say every day whereas I only talk about skulls 5 days out of the week.

Any single one of these things: The ring gear The entrance music The hairline Would be enough to sink a regular wrestler. KAMEI overcomes all of it. Hes incredible.

End of the day it doesn’t matter since it’s a Japanese term, so the spacing is purely for stylization unlike 悪冠一色 which was butchered Chinese that got further butchered when romanized from the Japanese pronunciation. 悪冠一色/アーガンイーソー was meant to be È Guān Yī Sè which Ho Ho insists means nothing.

Music also sounds like the 悪冠一色 theme. Endlessly amused by KAI also telling me to absolutely not call them SNAKE SKULLS and then that’s all they say in the song.

It’s an 悪冠一色 situation where they will just be using 我蛇髑髏 so writing it in English will just be literal. I asked how to stylize it (Gajadokuro, Gaja Dokuro, Ga Ja Dokuro) and KAI told me use the first one. So I’ll use that. Or maybe GAJADOKURO.

我蛇髑髏 がじゃどくろ Gajadokuro

youtu.be/9PQmwPaV0wM?... September.

The Triangle Gate match on Thursday is a ladder match.

PZ doesn’t really count but I can’t help but think this was a flag for something.

I’m going to take credit for this since I brought the topic up on commentary with Kagetora in Kobe.

King of Chop at next Prime Zone.

Club Yanagi closed.

Did the dark match he did in this gear ever end up anywhere?

Ultimo gave the NWA middleweight title he vacated to Sasuke instead of a Toryumon guy under the premise of keeping it warm for him until he came back. So when he does win to back after 4 years and 30 defenses from Sasuke he vacates it immediately because he had already signed with WWE

So Flamita doing the thing where he’s too noble to accept the title defense due to all the interference (he did this with the Brave Gate a long time ago). GM decides to do a rematch in an unsanctioned match type in Korakuen to handle the interference. He doesn’t know what that match type is yet.

Dia wasn’t wrong last year though. Should have changed his name, entrance music, and ring gear a long time ago.

Two years in row now Kamei has challenged a D’Courage member for the Brave Gate and they tell him yeah you’re good and all but you’re also a geek. Match got set for 9/4 in Korakuen

Looking at the winners/finalists of G1, TJPW Princess Cup, and 5 Star GP I can’t help but think KOG will be Shun vs Hyo.

This project has gotten away from me a bit - I have to redo everything really. I’m up to 2002 and the 3/3 ~ 3/15 span has to be up there as the worst two weeks any wrestling company has had.

The partners for Shun & Homare on the Miyane show are both from outside. Not Shingo afaik. New Japan is in Hokkaido that week.

It’s back. youtube.com/@dragongateo...

“This channel was removed because it violated our Community Guidelines.” Wonder what video got it.

Have no idea why the network YouTube page is gone. Maybe it got copyright struck.

I wonder what they still have. The first Chicken George show from August 8th, 1999 for example - this was the actual Toryumon Japan launch show but nothing from it ever came out except ~2 minutes of clips on the CMAX vhs. A vault type series would be amazing - if they still had the footage.

For some reason I thought there was one more TV episode, but actually with the June 20th, 2004 upload last month the network finally finished the entire Toryumon catalog (took 7 years!) No idea if they will continue from here with the Infinity episodes.

Backstage: AJPW green boy and Junior had a confrontation DK & Pink Aoyagi, YAMATO & Tall Aoyagi want to team up. Maybe these are for the Doi show. Ishin Yoshiki & KAI will challenge for the triangle gate for the 700th time this year in Fukuoka next week

Hope Shun can take the time to rest if he needs it. The first injury being a fake created a cried wolf situation but the Osaka knee injury and the Korakuen knockout were probably legit.

Live in 15.

Kimura made Sugihara tap in this exhibition from Nagano. Not quite Yoshiki vs Punch but definitely a clear gap. Did quite a bit more here than he has in his first 2, hopefully he gets to show out in Ota

Might have a new best match of 2025 after that.

This changes depending on who I’m asking, but Gaora On Demand PPV looks like the place right now, not on either network. Will just wait for announcement and stop asking🫡

Ota-ku 8/17 3PM start Homare vs ISHIN Hyo JFK Rita Jr vs Fujii Daiki Fuda Aki Vinegar sponsored battle royal Brave: Ryoya vs Mocchy Yamato DK Kimura vs Aoyagis & Green Boy Triangle: Team Mexico vs Bane Wolf S・Crazy 2/3 falls Twin: MinoLee vs Dia&Yuki Dream: Shun vs Kikuta

For gate of destiny they want to do full setup with both commentary both days but #2 may not have space for both tables, & there might be schedule conflict for Ichikawa san so it’s up in the air. Would prefer not to go because mental health doesn’t handle overnight stays but if I have to go I will

Yeah ISHIN vs Homare set up came backstage

New matches for Ota Twin: Dia & Yuki Triangle: Bane, Wolf, Super Crazy 2/3 falls YAMATO DK Kimura vs AJPW Aoyagi Bros and some green boy I expect Homare vs ishin too.

Doi’s show will be at Shinjuku FACE and seems like it’s going to be PPV somewhere.

August. Fun trailer. youtu.be/wAGSsMtWJjg?...

This Mie house show has the best crowd.

An associate of Flamita/Bendito is spending summer vacation here, he’s the one doing the sns videos, posters, and setting up the camera for the house shows. He’s going home soon though.