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Dragongate UK 2010

  • 17-04-2010 11:04pm
    #1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,235 ✭✭✭✭


    Ho ho, they're coming back!!!

    Dragon Gate Return Announced.
    "We Promise, We'll be back" The booming words were met by a loud roar of excitment at last year's Dragon Gate UK debut. When finally Dragon Gate landed in the UK for what can only be described as an amazing event, many people were expecting a huge event but they got one of the great shows to ever take place on European Soil.

    The show took place at the Regal in Oxford, a new venue as far as Wrestling in the UK was concerned. However with a turn away crowd of over 500 of the loudest, most intelligent fans in Europe, Dragon Gate left a huge mark that night and Pac stood in the middle of the ring and proclaimed they would return. Now true to their word, Amerchandise present and proudly sponsored by FSM, they return for TWO incredible nights this September. Such was the feeling after the last show that Dragon Gate officials told us they wanted to come to the UK for two events, "The UK event was was the best we have held outside of Japan" was the exact wording and that was down to the immense crowd support.

    Friday Sept 10th at the Broxbourne Civic Hall, Hertford and Saturday Sept 11th at the Burgess Civic Centre, St Ives, Cambridge. Anyone who has follows British Wrestling or British supershows will know all about the Broxbourne Civic Hall, it is one of the premier event venues in the country for Wrestling. It is easily accessable for all forms of transport and with us having to hold a friday event it was decided that we would put it in one ofthe most well known venues to make transportation as easy as possible for everybody.

    The Burgess CiviC Hall will play host to DG on Saturday Sept 11th. This is another AM debut venue and it is absolutely stunning, as you can see in these photos below. It already has state of the art lighting, video screens and sound. The venue also has a balcony and great decor. It is situated in St Ives and is attached to the huge leisure centre, and will seat upto 500 people, so we're expecting another turn away crowd. We discovered the Regal last time and it looks like we have done it again with The Burgess Civic Hall, it is going to have it's room blown off!

    The first Confirmed Match is an epic rematch of quite possibly the 2009 match of the year on European Soil, Susumu Yokosuka takes on Shingo in what will sure to be a show stealing battle. With this in mind the event will be simply and aptly named as "Yokosuka V Shingo 2", it will also feature 4 other matches plus a bonus match (which is announced in FSM (Fighting Spirit Magazine) on sale 22/4) and obviously with those two confirmed for Night 1, it means they are available for matches on night 2 aswell.

    Full Event Details, along with the card layouts are located at www.dragongateuk.com and with the cards & fighters are being announced almost weekly and also in FSM with exclusive announcements and updates. Our update schedule will give you a list of the current months announcements.

    Event Details

    DG:UK "Yokosuka V Shingo 2"
    Friday Sepetember 10th
    Doors Open 7pm, Show Start 7.45, Est Finish 10.15
    Broxbourne Civic Hall
    High Street
    Hoddlesdon
    Herfordshire
    EN11 8BE


    DG:UK "Invasion 2"
    Saturday September 11th
    Doors Open 6.30pm, Show Start 7.20, Est Finish 10.10
    Meet and Greet 4pm - 5.30pm
    Burgess Civic Hall
    Westwood Road
    St Ives
    Cambridgeshire
    PE27 6WU

    *posters are meant as samples, they do not represent final roster or artwork

    Tickets
    ONSALE April 24th at 8.30am. Box Office (023) 9265 2211, online at www.dragongateuk.com. (There will be 2 other numbers that will be for used as tempory ticket lines for the day posted at midnight the night before on our next update)

    Ticket Prices

    £50, £30, £25
    Meet and Greet £10

    Broxbourne Seating Plan [ Click Here ]
    Burgess Seating Plan [ Click Here ]

    Available at Dragon Gate UK .com

    £50 Tickets.
    Front Row, there is no better seat in the house. No Barriers and right next to the ring. AM are always learning and striving to get the best situation for anybody attending our events and with that in mind, we have cut down the number of ringside seats slightly so that there are less in the corners, thus you will have an unparralled view. Please bear in mind, you are front row, you can't get much closer to the action, and with the unique DG style, it is very likely at some point you will have some airbourne superstars heading your way. One lucky (Or Unlucky fan) got a prime taste of this at the last event. Please do understand that with the great view comes a possibly of you having to move should one of the stars fly through the air in your direction! VERY LIMITED QUANITITY!

    £30 General Seating
    2nd Row and back, for £30 earth pounds? Thats insane. Just one row back for £30! A great view and right in the thick of the atmosphere. Every seat in this section could have should have been included in the higher price point but we aim to bring you the best value possible and some of these will be in the raised area for Broxbourne. The first people that buy can get 2nd row. Incredible!

    £25 Value Seating
    Just like at previous AM events, we have tried to provide some cheaper seating that there is a slight possiblity won't quite have the same view as the higher price tickets, but at the Regal last year, I think all but 8 seats had a perfect view! So here is your chance to get a great seat for a great price, some seats could possibly have a slight reduction in view but as mentioned before out of 420 seats last time, only 8 had anything in view of the ring,

    It should be noted, with the devaulation of the pound. Rising airfares, fuel costs, organisionation along with double the transportation, accomodation costs. We are keeping the price structure as close as possible to last year.



    Meet & Greet & Merchandise Early Entry
    Saturday 4pm - 5.30pm : Burgess Civic
    Like last year, here is your oppertunity to meet the stars of Dragon Gate and the rest of the roster on the events. We will not be offering the VIP/8x10 packs as most people attended the last one and we don't want to have to charge for a pack you already have. Entry will be £10, with 8x10's available between £3-5. You can take a photo if you bring a camera but stars will only be able to sign 8x10's to keep things moving swiftly. There will also be a limit of 75 to make sure everybody gets the chance to meet all of the stars. Entry will also gain you first access to the expansive merchandise and first refusal on the Dragon Gate merchandise available.

    Confirmed Stars
    Shingo, Yokosuka, TBC, TBC, TBC, TBC, TBC, TBC, TBC, TBC, TBC, TBC, TBC, TBC, TBC

    Upto Date Cards
    Yokosuka V Shingo 2
    Friday


    Susumu Yokosuka v SHINGO

    When the dust had settled on the Invasion:UK show, fans were raving about each and every match top to bottom. From Mark Haskins’ outstanding performance that earned him a spot on the Dragon Gate roster, to the incredible six man main event, to Dragon Kid and Yossino being spectacular in every way, there was a lot for the wrestling fans in attendance to be happy about.

    But for most there was one match that stood out amongst all of the others, and ironically it was a match where one competitor went in at less than 100%. SHINGO v Susumu Yokosuka was an intense, dramatic fight that had every single fan either on the edge of their seats or standing on their feet.

    UK fans had been privileged to witness some phenomenal contests live, but few if any had the intensity and drama of this one, and even fewer produced such dynamic and exciting wrestling.

    For Dragon Gate UK’s return, what better match to bring back than Susumu Yokosuka v SHINGO? With both men having furthered their careers since the Invasion:UK show, and with both men wanting to prove more, this match is a match that everyone wants to see repeated.

    If a match with an ill SHINGO as one half of it produced the spectacle at Invasion:UK imagine what you are going to witness in September! SHINGO v Susumu Yokosuka promises to be nothing short of truly amazing!


Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,013 ✭✭✭✭jaykhunter


    this is awesome; i'll try rally the troops to go! it's half of the wBw roster!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 21,235 ✭✭✭✭flahavaj


    jaykhunter wrote: »
    this is awesome; i'll try rally the troops to go! it's half of the wBw roster!

    Well worth the effort man, they were brilliant the last time. Put on a top show and unlike WWE or TNA house shows they went balls out to put on a PPV quality show. The DG crew are unbelieveably sound bunch and were so approachable at the meet and greet. CIMA is the funniest man in wrestling.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,943 ✭✭✭Machismo Fan


    They had to pick a bad time didn't they.:mad: I plan to go to Bound For Glory the month later so I'll have very little in terms of disposable funds. Guess have once again I'll have to wait until the next time they come around.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 21,296 ✭✭✭✭gimmick


    Ithink there should be a PW forum bus for this. Im 100% on for this, and will look into hiring a car to get from one venue to another if others are interested??


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,153 ✭✭✭Jolt2007


    I'm very tempted by this. Very tempted indeed.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,013 ✭✭✭✭jaykhunter


    i'm gonna try get the guys together; but it'd be cool to meet up and possibly ride together. I'll let ya know over the next few days :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 21,296 ✭✭✭✭gimmick


    Im shagged at the mo, but will look at prices etc tmr and will post them here.

    Might even get a match in on the saturday afternoon...


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 195 ✭✭Gambra


    They really like their out of the way villages don't they? What's wrong with putting on shows in Birmingham or Manchester if they can't afford places in London??


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 195 ✭✭Gambra


    Also, since they had The Young Bucks over last year I wonder if they'll have any US talent over? Everything will be crossed for Mike Quackenbush/Jigsaw..


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,284 ✭✭✭Gerard.C


    Munster Mafia in da house


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,013 ✭✭✭✭jaykhunter


    only thing that sucks is Davey Richards won't be there :( signed a contract with ROH


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 21,296 ✭✭✭✭gimmick


    Some info taken from UKFF on transport

    It is all quite straight forward really. The only question is do people want to stay in Broxbourne then move on to St Ives, or go back to London both nights?

    I would recommend going back to London tbh (by train), but if people are more wanting to stay in the locality, grand job, we can source hotels etc that way.

    Bus/Train Info

    Broxbourne

    Travelling by Train

    Train Times from London Euston (EUS) to Broxbourne (BXB)

    EUS (departs): 17:56, 17:59, 18:11, 18:14
    BXB (Arrives): 18:39, 18:47, 18:54, 19:02
    Duration: 43min 48min 43min 48min
    Changes: 1 1 1 1

    Train Times from Broxbourne (BXB) to London Euston

    BXB (Departs): 22:16, 22:24, 22:47, 22:54
    EUS (Arrives): 22:58, 23:13, 23:29, 23:43
    Duration: 42min 49min 42min 49min
    Changes: 1 1 1 1


    Train Times from Brosbourne (BXB) to Huntingdon (HUN)
    BXB (Departs): 22:47, 22:54, 23:54, 00:19
    HUN (Arrives): 00:26, 01:04, 01:52, 02:56
    Duration: 1h 39m, 2h 10m, 1h 58m, 2h 37m
    Changes: 2 2 2 2

    Burgess Hall, St Ives

    Trains From London Euston to Huntingdon

    EUS (Departs): 16:50, 17:06, 17:20, 17:50
    HUN (Arrives): 17:52, 18:20, 18:47, 18:52
    Duration: 1h 2m, 1h 14m, 1h 27m, 1h 2m
    Changes: 1 1 1 1

    From Huntingdon to London Euston
    HUN (Departs): 21:59, 22:33, 22:59
    EUS (Arrives): 23:13, 00:01, 00:20
    Duration: 1h 14m 1h 28m 1h 21m
    Changes: 1 1 1

    ********** IT SHOULD BE NOTED: The closest Train Station to St. Ives is Huntingdon Station. An additional bus route will be necessary to commend the rest of the journey. However, there will be no late night buses, so a Hotel of a Taxi service maybe necessary. Further details for the Bus route, Taxi Service and Hotels will be found below********


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,284 ✭✭✭Gerard.C


    I probably wont look into this too much till my exams are out of the way, the last thing I need now is a big distraction like this. Will more than likely go all the same, unreal craic the last time


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,426 ✭✭✭Roar


    cool, I'd be on for this.

    (Anything to get away from the missus for a weekend really :P)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 21,235 ✭✭✭✭flahavaj


    Almost 100% up for this. It falls nicely between the All Ireland football and hurling final weekends so it could be an epic month all round.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,426 ✭✭✭Roar


    what if we're on the way to the second show and we meet a man with seven wives?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,284 ✭✭✭Gerard.C


    flahavaj wrote: »
    Almost 100% up for this. It falls nicely between the All Ireland football and hurling final weekends so it could be an epic month all round.

    Jesus if things go right for my bais in Tipp I'd say I wont be legally let fly for a few weeks after it!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,426 ✭✭✭Roar


    Gerard.C wrote: »
    Jesus if things go right for my bais in Tipp I'd say I wont be legally let fly for a few weeks after it!!

    erra tis grand, they'll be beaten by cork in munster and fall apart after that so you'll be grand..

    :P


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,382 ✭✭✭Motley Crue


    Too far south for me, otherwise I'd go


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 21,235 ✭✭✭✭flahavaj


    Roar wrote: »
    erra tis grand, they'll be beaten by cork in munster and fall apart after that so you'll be grand..

    :P

    In the football maybe.:pac:


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 618 ✭✭✭Pingi


    OOooOOoooOooo


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,284 ✭✭✭Gerard.C


    Any mention of when the next announcement is?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,492 ✭✭✭EdK


    I went to the Dragongate Mercury Rising ppv taping in Phoenix,loved it and met nearly their whole roster,they were all so kind and gracious

    i'd recommend Dragongate fully but you'll be exhausted by the last bell from all the action,but hey that's no bad thing


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 21,296 ✭✭✭✭gimmick


    http://www.dragongateuk.com/

    Tickets available from ^ there at 8.30am tomorrow saturday 24th.

    I am undecided as to what to buy. Front row would be great and all, but not sure can I stretch to that.

    Seating plan for night 1

    Seating plan for night 2

    Think Ill just go for the General and hope for the best.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 21,296 ✭✭✭✭gimmick


    Tickets bought. Went for general. Worked out at €145 for 2 tickets for 2 nights


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 21,296 ✭✭✭✭gimmick


    Busy afternoon. Booked hotels for both nights, decided not to go near London afterall.

    Hiring a car from Stansted.

    Stansted - Broxbourne 43kms
    Broxbourne - St Ives 83 kms
    St Ives - Stansted 68kms

    Staying at the Westwood Lodge in Broxbourne. Less than a mile from the venue. Twin room £61

    Staying at the Travelodge Fernstanton for St Ives, which is 4.5miles from the venue. Twin room £37 (incl visa charge).

    We have a spare seat in the car, possibly 2. if you are interested in travelling with us, let me know asap.

    How bad.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 21,296 ✭✭✭✭gimmick


    Anyone else got any plans made for this?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,284 ✭✭✭Gerard.C


    gimmick wrote: »
    Anyone else got any plans made for this?

    Mid Juneish and I'll have everything sorted I'd say. Going to be doin this one on the cheap I'd say. Funds are gone against me lately


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 21,296 ✭✭✭✭gimmick


    PMd you there.

    Booked flights earlier. €55 return Cork Stansted.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,426 ✭✭✭Roar


    looking forward to this now. even if gimmick is going. ah well. can't have everything I suppose.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,284 ✭✭✭Gerard.C


    Roar wrote: »
    looking forward to this now. even if gimmick is going. ah well. can't have everything I suppose.

    I know he's some state :pac: Were you at the last one?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,426 ✭✭✭Roar


    nope. gimmick bullied me into going to this one.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,284 ✭✭✭Gerard.C


    Roar wrote: »
    nope. gimmick bullied me into going to this one.

    You're in for a treat, some craic the last time!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,426 ✭✭✭Roar


    Gerard.C wrote: »
    You're in for a treat, some craic the last time!

    it's the weekend away from the missus i'm most looking forward to! :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,284 ✭✭✭Gerard.C


    Anyone else from boards thinkin of going?


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 21,296 ✭✭✭✭gimmick


    Anyone at all going to this besides meself??


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,284 ✭✭✭Gerard.C


    I wont be now I'm afraid, I'm out in the big bad world now where theres no money, and as a result of that, no internet too. You're in for some craic tho!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 21,296 ✭✭✭✭gimmick


    Anyone else at all from here heading to this next week?

    Really looking forward to it now.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,013 ✭✭✭✭jaykhunter


    arfanvilla on TWF is selling his 4 ringside tix since he can't go

    I and a few of my friends are unable to attend the Dragon Gate UK shows on 10th September (Broxbourne) and 11th September (Cambridge).

    I am looking to sell my tickets at face value of £50 each which are offically sold out. Front row seats are near the entrance way so plenty of action will come your way. There are 4x Front Row tickets for night 1 (Block A Row I Seat 7-4) and 3 Front Row tickets for night 2 (Block A Row A Seat 5-3).

    Please PM me or email me on arfanvilla@hotmail.co.uk if you are interested or email Mark Sloan (event organiser) on mark@amerchandise.co.uk to deal direct with A-Merchandise to safeguard buying the tickets, thank you.
    I'm putting up the front row tickets for both nights at BEST OFFER PRICE, so put please pm me your offers. A good opportunity for anyone who hasn't got front row to maybe get cheaper front row tickets.
    For anyone interested, i will post tickets ASAP using first class mail or send them via Amerchandise.

    Sorry to promote another forum but i figured someone might want to avail of this. And you can see the details without actually signing up.

    Too rich for my blood :( Wish there was some cheaper way but I can't afford to go.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,426 ✭✭✭Roar


    looking forward to this, even if I haven't watched any wrestling of any kind in I dunno how long. Pure road trip / spring break.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 21,296 ✭✭✭✭gimmick




    Really looking fwd to seeing these 2 events on DVD. This is the latter half of one of the best macthes of the weekend. Insanity...


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 21,296 ✭✭✭✭gimmick


    Review from Alan4L in UKFF.

    I disagree with his match of the weekend, but overall, I agree with what he is saying
    here's my review that will be up shortly on www.wrestlingobserver.com. The radio show will have some coverage this week at some point as well.

    NIGHT 1
    The Broxbourne venue was really cool. The tiered seating was awesome and made for a great view.

    Dark: The All Stars beat the LDRS for the IPW-UK Tag Titles

    This was a match that’s been build up all year on the UK scene. The All Stars became #1 contenders for the belts in April in Sittingbourne. The match was very good and you could tell these four were trying to impress on the big stage. The All Stars are a heel team who while not the flashiest, are very solid wrestlers and are good in their roles. The LDRS are a very over babyface team on the UK indies and are both extremely talented wrestlers. Marty Scurll is a perfect fit for Dragon Gate and has the look and charisma to do well over there if he gets the chance. Zach Sabre is great also, but his style is probably a better fit for a New Japan, Zero1 or BattlARTS (his influences are guys like Shibata and Minoru Tanaka). Match went about 15 minutes and got over real good. Loads of cool moves down the stretch and great babyface fire from the LDRS. Sabre took one seriously NASTY bump on his head. Finish was cool with Scurll getting destroyed on the outside and Dynamite came off the top with a diving headbutt on Sabre (who had Whiplash in a Minoru Special), leading to a double team facebuster for the pin.

    1. Cyber Kong beat Joey Hayes

    Basically a squash match but Hayes got some opportunities to show his stuff and he was impressive. He had a lot of charisma which complimented the uber-charismatic Kong. Very fun stuff. Only thing missing was the glorious CYBER COMBINATION. Kong ended up winning with a powerbomb in less than ten minutes. Kong got over big with his charisma.

    2. Mark Haskins beat Lion Kid

    Haskins is a now a regular in Japan, having done three long tours this year alone. He has improved so much in the last year it’s ridiculous. Much of the improvement can be connected with the confidence he’s gained in himself from being over in Dragon Gate hanging with the best wrestlers in the world night in, night out. Lion Kid is a character created by A-Merchandise and personally I think it’s marketing genius. They have every kind of merchandise you can imagine from masks to wristbands to teddy bears. There’s even a Lion Girl. It’s great! Only problem is that in front of audiences full of male fans in their 20’s there is A LOT of heckling. Personally I think it’s really undeserved as the lad works really hard in the ring and is pretty darn good. It’s a character that does great on more family oriented shows but here at this show, not so much. If you could block out the annoying heckles, this was a good match – the chain wrestling was slick, there were some good spots and the finishing stretch was nice. Haskins hit his Tombstone variation for the win.

    3. Susumu Yokosuka vs. Shingo Takagi

    Last year this match stole the show and was one of my matches of the year. Everyone knows how good both these guys are. They’re both in the top ten in the world for my money. The match went as you’d think – hard hitting, intense, and really really heated. Susumu is probably the most clever wrestler in the world. He does so many little things that you’d probably only notice and appreciate if you’re paying close attention but if you do it’s glorious. Some of the highlights included a big Exploder exchange, Susumu going into his Zombie mode, Shingo hitting his crazy forearm combo and his out of nowhere punch and much more. Shingo evened the series at 1-1 with a Last Falconry after several big nearfalls for both guys. They hinted at a rubber match in the future. This was great stuff. ****1/2

    4. YAMATO vs. Naruki Doi

    A rematch from the Sumo Hall main event in March. I should have noted in the last match that Cyber Kong was out seconding Shingo and the crowd absolutely ate up everything he did on the outside. He was hilarious. Such an amazing character. Well he was back out here for this match and he was even better. I seriously want a bonus on the DVD of all the promos he cut into the ringside cameras. As for the match itself – it was very good. YAMATO was his usual charismatic self and Doi was as smooth as ever. Loads of cool exchanges and some great strikes and submissions. Doi won with a Bakatare Sliding Kick. Probably around the ***3/4 to **** range.

    5. World-1 (PAC, BxB Hulk, Masato Yoshino) vs. Veteran Army (Masaaki Mochizuki, CIMA, Dragon Kid)

    Huge reactions to everyone for their entrances. The match was insane – definitely my match of the night. Mochizuki was incredible with his kicks, CIMA was a great general, Kid was as impressive as I’ve seen him in months, Hulk was full of great spots, Yoshino was lightning fast in everything he did and Pac was amazing in the role of hometown hero. There were so many ridiculously crazy moments and spots – Mochi meshed sooooo well with PAC and Hulk as I knew he would producing some cool stuff, Dragon Kid hid an insane reverse rana on PAC after PAC landed on his feet from a shooting star and he also planted him with a sick Ultra Rana. I’m probably forgetting a thousand other great things. But what I won’t forget is the finish as PAC blew the roof off the place hitting an Inside Out 450 (one of the more insane top rope moves in his arsenal). PAC cut a great promo afterwards thanking the crowd and the wrestlers and all that jazz. A great end to a fantastic show. ****3/4

    NIGHT 2
    Got to the lovely St. Ives for the meet & greet on Saturday afternoon. First thing that happens upon arriving in the car park is having CIMA give our group a big Uuuuuuu! Pose while walking over to the fields for a jog. What a man.

    The meet & greet was awesome, as they always are. Everyone was there having fun from the wrestlers to the fans to the staff. Cyber Kong and YAMATO were a riot. Fantastically well run and worth the small price.

    Dark Match: Stixx vs. Extreme Dean

    This was without question the match of the weekend that I was least looking forward to, but it turned out to be the match I was most pleasantly surprised by. Total heel vs. face match – Stixx looks like Big Show facially and is pretty funny interacting with the crowd. Dean was excellent – a fantastic babyface. He hit an awesome tope which brought the crowd to their feet. Really fun match, both guys were impressive.

    1. Cyber Kong vs. Marty Scurll

    Very similar to Kong vs. Hayes from Night 1. Scurll responded to the pre-match pineapple squishing by snapping a banana and flexing – GET MARTY TO JAPAN!! Again no Cyber Combination so I cried a little. The match was really fun with Scurll looking great when he got offense and selling for Cyber really well. Cyber was just epic. He won with a powerbomb again.

    2. Masato Yoshino vs. Lion Kid

    Exact same issues as Kid/Haskins. Really smooth, technical match that if watched with the crowd on mute would be very enjoyable. Yoshino is a beast on the mat with his training under Jorge Rivera in the class with Milano Collection AT, Shuji Kondo and the likes, and he really displayed it here. I loved some of his submissions. Kid did very good for himself again and gets the William Regal bonus point for the instant tapping once Yoshino locked in Sol Naciente, making the move look killer.

    3. Susumu Yokosuka vs. Masaaki Mochizuki

    THE BEST MATCH OF THE WEEKEND. Maybe my second or third favourite match of the year. I was telling everyone for weeks that this would be incredible and even my expectations were exceeded. This was a rematch of the Mochizuki Contra Mochizuki match from 2002 Toryumon where Susumu lost his surname and had to become Yokosuka. So to say it’s a storied rivalry is an understatement. From the offset this was amazing. One awesome moment after another, all weaved together into an incredible story with both guys working a limb on the other and building so much off of that. We got some INSANE kick vs. lariat exchanges that were just brutal to witness from 10 feet away and some great submission teases. Mochi got a huge nearfall off a Dragon Suplex, Susumu got one from a Jumbo No Katchigatame and there were loads more as well. The crowd were going mental during all this – one of the most heated matches I’ve ever seen live. Susumu won with a Mugen and both guys collapsed and stayed down for ages, selling the epic struggle that this match was. God this was incredible. ****3/4 and at times I was thinking higher.

    4. YAMATO & Shingo Takagi vs. Naruki Doi & BxB Hulk

    And we followed the best match of the weekend with perhaps the second best. Early going, this was not slow per se, but they weren’t doing anything crazy. It was a good solid tag with four charismatic, great wrestlers. Then about half way through things turned and it produced the best tag wrestling you’ll see anywhere this year. This match had the most ridiculously nutty exchanges of the weekend – stuff was stringed together that I’ve never seen from these guys and the crowd lost their minds again. All four were killing each other with strikes, hitting one big move after another, making one big pinfall save after another.... poor Cyber couldn’t take it at ringside – IT WAS ALL TOO MUCH FOR THE BIG MAN! Yoshino was in the other corner and he was going nuts, pretty much marking out for what his peers were doing. Just you all gotta see this match. BxB won with the sickest EVO ever, getting the fall on the man who took his hair – Shingo. ****3/4 again.

    5. PAC & Mark Haskins vs. CIMA & Dragon Kid

    Biggest match of Haskins career here and he stepped up bigtime. CIMA and Kid got the heat and were really good at mixing in some funny entertainment spots while maintaining the seriousness. This was like a really good TNA X-Division style tag with some really great spots involving all four men. PAC’s flying is by far the best in the world, CIMA is a great base and has some nice flying of his own, Kid is still an amazing flyer and Haskins hung with all three. We got big dives, big hurricanranas and everything else you’d expect. The UK duo hit a big series of moves ending with Haskins tombstone and a 360 Shooting Star from PAC for the win. ****1/2. This time it was Haskins turn to do the post show mic work and all the wrestlers came down, except Susumu who was a little tardy and CIMA chastised him while the crowd chanted YOKOSUKA. Dragon Storm hit the speakers as everyone said their goodbyes and it was the perfect end to a perfect wrestling weekend.

    Post show, Yoshino, YAMATO, Shingo and Kong all went out to the merch tables and kindly sold A-Merchandise’s products for them. Yoshino was enthusiastically trying to get people to buy the TNA PPV that he was on where he and Alex Shelley tore the house down. These guys are such awesome people.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 21,235 ✭✭✭✭flahavaj


    ALAN4L is some hero, sound sound man. That is all.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 21,296 ✭✭✭✭gimmick


    This weekend made me feel somewaht good about myself as well given I really and truly do not fit the general "look" of an adult wrestling fan.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,242 ✭✭✭chordtype


    gimmick wrote: »
    This weekend made me feel somewaht good about myself as well given I really and truly do not fit the general "look" of an adult wrestling fan.

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    Describe this look please.


    Sounds like two fun shows. Next time I'll be considering hitting these up.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 21,296 ✭✭✭✭gimmick


    Erra, just not like me I guess? :p

    I better not give a description for fear of insulting anyone.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,426 ✭✭✭Roar


    a great weekend, some fantastic matches.. night one was the better i think, the venue was better, the atmosphere was better, and shingo v yokosuka was absolutely sensational.

    i thought cyber kong was rubbish tbh, dunno what the hype is about him. especially considering his match on night two was the exact same as the night before.

    Pac's inside out 450 the first night truly was a "holy f*cking sh!t" moment

    other than the wrestling, the other highlights were picking up a rare marvin gaye LP in oxfam which is worth a couple of hundred quid ( i paid 4 quid for it!), two fantastic curries and Saint Ives itself, which is like a postcard. It was beautiful.

    the biggest fail of the weekend was our sat nav, which brought us the most roundabout ways to places imaginable. ugh.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 21,296 ✭✭✭✭gimmick


    DVDs are available on pre order now. See this trailer. Its class



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