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Dragon Gate USA Fearless 2011

• CIMA def. Rich Swan via pinfall. Good opener despite a lot of technical issues.
• Arik Cannon over AR Fox, Alex Colon, Scott Reed, Tony Nese and Brodie Lee.
• Yokosuka def. Ricochet via pinfall in an AMAZING contest! Ricochet took two jumbo no katchi lariats!
• Misaki Mochizuki def. Sammi Callaghan in a stiff match-up!
• Jon Davis def. Pinkie Sanchez
• Johnny Gargano vs. Austin Aries was up next. Lots of technical issues during this match that prevented me from seeing its conclusion.
• Yoshino and Pac retain the tag titles def. Yamato and Akira Tozawa! GREAT main event!

-NOTES-

The beginning of the show was plauged with freezing, frame skips and slow down. The iPPV was good but the technical issues prevented it from being great.

EVOLVE 7 Results and Comments

-Shiima Xion def. Jimmy Jacobs to start things off in a quick match.

-Silas Young def Tony Nese. Nese had a great showing! Terrific match-up!

-Johnny Gargano def. John Davis in a hard-hitting match with great psychology.

-Frightmare and Jigsaw def. Jason Gory and Facade in a high flying match-up.

-Sami Callihan def. Zack Sabre Jr via KO. It was a slobber knocker of a match! INCREDIBLE!

-Intermission was up next. They showed Larry Sweeney vs. Sal Rinaro. R.I.P Sweeney.

-Upon returning from intermission, John Davis came out to address the crowd. Said he will "not let you down again."

-AR Fox def. Rich Swan in what was arguably the match of the night!

-Chuck Taylor def. Akira Tozawa in a very good match. I'm amazed Tozawa lost this one especially since he's been on fire as of late. Tozawa has IT!

-In a tie breaker match Johnny Gargano def. Chuck Taylor after Reby Sky threw in the towel. Total BS. The crowd and everyone in the iPPV chat did not approve.

-Austin Aries def. John Moxley in his final indy match. Moxley will indeed be missed. Hope he does well in the WWE!

-COMMENTS-

EVOLVE 7 was a strong Pro Wrestling show. While I wish EVOLVE would go more of the MMA route that they started out with, the wrestling remains solid from some of the hardest working guys in the business. There were certainly no bad matches on the card. In my opinion, you had one five star match with the majority of the rest being four stars. The productions values were VERY good. At least on our end, we didn't experience any issues. It should be noted that Lenny Leonard was not on commentary. I can't recall the name of the announcer who filled in. While he wasn't bad, he certainly wasn't great either. Austin Aries helped with commentary for the first part of the show and Jimmy Jacobs during the second.

THE BOTTOM LINE: EVOLVE 7 was well worth the money! You can view the replay now on http://www.wwnlive.com

FINAL RATING:

Open the Ultimate Gate 2011 Results (PPV Spoilers)

 
1. Johnny Gargano over Jimmy Rave

2. Rich Swann over Lince Dorado, Silas Young, AR Fox, Arik Cannon and Sami Callihan (Arik & Sami left mid-way through the match in protest)

3. Brodie Lee over Stalker Ichikawa

4. Brodie Lee over Chuck Taylor

5. Open the United Gate Titles: PAC & Masato Yoshino retain over CIMA & Naruki Doi

6. Arik Cannon & Sami Callihan (The Dirty Ugly Fucks) over Dark City Fight Club

7. Jimmy Jacobs over Austin Aries; post-match Aries calls out Ronin to put them over and pass the torch.  Interrupted by Blood Warriors.  Back and forth on the mic before Aries attacks Ronin and claims to have found his purpose in joining Blood Warriors.

8. Bunkhouse Match; Title Shot on the Line: Akira Tozawa over Jon Moxley

9. Open the Freedom Gate Title: YAMATO over Akira Tozawa to retain

ADDITIONAL COMMENTARY

Just like the previous nights event, Dragon Gate presented another incredible show! The entire card was well paced with a short intermission about halfway through. The Open the United Gate Titles match featuring PAC and Masato Yoshino vs. CIMA & Naruki Doi had to go close to a half hour if not longer. These guys put on an incredible match-up that is well worth the cost of the upcoming pay-per-view. But if that weren't enough, Austin Aries had what was his supposed final match in Dragon Gate U.S.A vs. Jimmy Jacobs. This was an emotional match that ended with Jacobs beating Aries. Aries of course began to obligatory speech that had all of us in the crowd emotionally invested. Aries called out Ronin, putting them over. Out came Blood Warriors in what looked to be interference. But it was all a ploy to lure Ronin in. Austin Aries struck along with the rest of Blood Warriors, leaving Ronin laying. All of us in the crowd were shocked and the memorable chant of "We Got Worked" rang true throughout the crowd. Hotlanta was hot for Akira Tozawa. Jon Moxley challenges Tozawa to a bunkhouse match, saying that if he can defeat him the Freedom Gate Championship will be on the line. This was a violent match that spilled out into the crowd. Yours truly took Moxley's boot to the shoulder as he was flung over the guard rail courtesy of Tozawa. Tozawa defeated Moxley and the belt was up for grabs! Everyone in the crowd was behind Tozawa and he and Yamato put on a five star match.

Truly, Dragon Gate U.S.A here in Atlanta is something I will never forget. Both Saturday and Sunday were incredibly special and two of the best days of my life. I can only hope that Dragon Gate will come back to Atlanta in the very near future. I look forward to writing reviews for these shows when they are available on DVD. -PWDragon

ROH Results: Honor Takes Center Stage Night 2 – Atlanta, GA (4/2)

The following results are from a recent Ring of Honor Wrestling internet pay-per-view. The event took place on April 2nd, 2011 at the Center Stage Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia and aired live on GoFightLive.Tv


Tag-Team Match
Wrestling’s Greatest Tag-Team (Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin) defeated The American Wolves (Eddie Edwards and Davey Richards).

Singles Match
El Generico defeated Roderick Strong.

Tag-Team Match
The Briscoe Brothers (Jay and Mark Briscoe) defeated The All-Night Xpress (Rhett Titus and Kenny King).

SHIMMER Tag-Team Title Match
Daizee Haze and Tomoka Nakagawa defeated Hiroyo Matsumoto and Ayumi Kurihara.

In-Ring Segment
Jim Cornette came out and offered Davey Richards a chance at Eddie Edwards’ ROH World Championship, however Davey declined and said Eddie is like a brother to him.

Singles Match
Christopher Daniels defeated Michael Elgin.

Singles Match
Tomasso Ciampa defeated “The Notorious 187″ Homicide.

Singles Match
Colt Cabana defeated Dave Taylor.

Tag-Team Match
The Kings of Wrestling (Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli) defeated Adam Cole and Kyle O’Reilly.

Note from Wayne: Ring of Honor once again showed quality in tag-team wrestling here tonight. Briscoes and All-Night Xpress was match of the night in my opinion, followed closely by WGTT and the American Wolves. Overall a great 2 nights worth of wrestling action. Would recommend those that want to catch both shows on a replay to pay the $20, the 2 nights were really that good.

Source: Force of Wrestling

Dragon Gate USA Results - Mercury Rising (Atlanta GA) 4/2/11

Dragon Gate U.S.A was without a doubt the best live event I have ever been to! I'll take it further than that: Seeing Dragon Gate U.S.A live tonight was one of, if not the, best night in my life! Amazing action, amazing crowd! Many people make fun of wrestling because they fail to understand it. But I was certainly able to suspend my belief for well over three hours while watching some of the most amazing athletes in the world exhibit the greatest art form there is or will ever be -- Pro Wrestling. You know the best part? There's another Dragon Gate event at 12:00 PM tomorrow. -PWDRAGON

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Here are the results for tonights Dragon Gate USA iPPV

-BONUS CARD-
-Sal Rinauro def. Sugar Dunkerton
-RPW Tag Team Title Match: The Usual Suspects def. Hot Like Lava
-Jimmy Rave def. Kyle Matthews
-RPW Heavyweight Title Match: J-Rod def. Bull Buchanan




Jon Moxley vs Arik Cannon
Winner via pinfall John Moxley

Winner: Jon Moxley
Reby Sky comes out with a microphone to protest the decision, and Moxley shoves Valerie Malone at Reby, leading to a catfight between them. Reby gives Valerie a DDT, but Trina Michaels takes her shoe off and knocks Reby out from behind. Moxley dips Trina and lays one on her to celebrate.
We go to a backstage promo from Austin Aries saying he doesn’t need to be here in DGUSA but wants YAMATO’s title. Aries says nothing short of unconsciousness will put him down tonight, and tonight he will become a champion.

Elimination Match: Jimmy Jacobs vs Brodie Lee vs Stalker Ichickawa vs Silas Young vs AR Fox vs Jon Davis
Stalker Ichikawa is eliminated.
AR Fox is eliminated.
Silas Young is eliminated.
Jon Davis is eliminated.
Winner: Brodie Lee

We go backstage to Arik Cannon, who says he’s been doing this for a long time, and there are nights when you win and lose, but then there are nights like tonight where you get fucked. He’s pissed off, and now it’s time to do things his way.

Masato Yoshino vs Sami Callihan
 Winner  Masato Yoshino
We go backstage to Jon Moxley, and he says he’s a trendsetter and everyone follows everything he does, but Austin Aries is yesterday’s news and he’ll be out of DGUSA forever after he loses tonight…FOREVER! FOREVER! FOREVER! FOREVER! FOREVER! FOREVER! (In case you don’t know, he’s mocking an old Terry Funk promo)

Open The Brave Gate Title Match
PAC vs Akira Tozawa
Winner via pinfall PAC
We go backstage to Ronin, who say that they’re going to do the Dragon Gate six man a little different this year by proving that they belong in the ring with Blood Warriors and can beat them.
We go backstage to PAC, who simply tells Blood Warriors that they’ve got his attention, then walks off.

Open The Freedom Gate Title vs DGUSA Career
YAMATO vs. Austin Aries
Winner via pinfall YAMATO

We go backstage to Jimmy Jacobs who says sometimes he gets past the roadblocks and sometimes he doesn’t, because Brodie Lee beat him for the second time, but now he’s going to get back up tomorrow and wrestle Austin Aries in his last match in DGUSA. He says that while Aries had a hell of a match tonight, he didn’t get the job done, and tomorrow’s not going to see Aries ride off into the sunset, he’s going out with a bang and tomorrow will be his End Time.

Chuck Taylor, Johnny Gargano & Rich Swann vs CIMA, Naruki Doi & Ricochet
 Winners via pinfall Blood Warriors

Source: pwinsider.com

ADDITIONAL COMMENTARY

Mercury Rising was Dragon Gate's first event on iPPV. I was lucky enough to be there live and I can tell you that the crowd was red hot all night long! It's tough to choose a favorite match from this event. PAC vs. Akira Tozawa was simply unreal with high flying, hard hitting action. Yamato vs. Austin Aries had emotional investment and was a strong match that had everything from high-flying to technical wrestling. It's going to be difficult for anyone to pry the Freedom Gate title away from Yamato. But I think it may very well have been the Main Event Grudge Match Six Man Traditional tag featuring Blood Warriors of CIMA, Naruki Doi & Ricochet vs. Ronin of Chuck Taylor, Johnny Gargano & Rich Swann that stole the show. Truthfully, Tozawa vs. PAC makes this an automatic buy but when you combine it with Aries vs. Yamato and the six man tag team match-up, you have an event that is very special and will be remembered for years to come.

Dragon Gate USA Results – Burlington, North Carolina (4/1)

 The following results are from a recent Dragon Gate USA live event. The event took place on April 1st, 2011 at the Mid-Atlantic Sportatorium in Burlington, North Carolina.

Singles Match
Brodie Lee defeated Jon Moxley.

Breakout Challenge Final
Arik Cannon defeated Jimmy Rave.

Singles Match
Sami Callihan defeated Rich Swann via Submission.

Singles Match
Naruki Doi defeated Jon Moxley.

Fatal-Four-Way Breakout Challenge Match
Arik Cannon defeated AR Fox, Facade and Shiima Xion.

Singles Match
CIMA defeated Johnny Gargano.

Fatal-Four-Way Breakout Challenge Match
Jimmy Rave defeated Jon Davis, Kyle Matthews and Sugar Dunkerton.

Tag-Team Match
Pac and Ricochet defeated Chuck Taylor and Akira Tozawa.

Source: Force of Wrestling

Ring of Honor - Honor Takes Center Stage Night 1 Results

The following results are from a recent Ring of Honor Wrestling internet pay-per-view. The event took place on April 1st, 2011 at the Center Stage Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia and aired live on GoFightLive.Tv

Ring Of Honor World Title Match
Eddie Edwards (c) defated “The Fallen Angel” Christopher Daniels.

Ring Of Honor World Tag-Team Title Match
Wrestling’s Greatest Tag-Team (Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin) defeated Kings of Wrestling (Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli) (w/Shane Hagadorn) to become the NEW ROH World Tag-Team Champions.

Final Battle 2010 Rematch
Davey Richards defeated Roderick Strong (w/Truth Martini)

Tag-Team Match
Jay and Mark Briscoe defeated Adam Cole and Kyle O’Reilly

Singles Match
Michael Elgin defeated El Generico

Tag-Team Match
Hiroyo Matsumoto and Ayumi Kurihara defeated Sara Del Ray and Serena Deeb

Four Corner Survival Match
Homicide defeated Tomasso Ciampa (w/Prince Nana and Princess Mia), Colt “Boom Boom” Cabana and Caleb Konley (w/Truth Martini)

Note from Wayne: If you are ordering this pay-per-view or getting the DVD, the top three matches are ones that you really should go out of your way in seeing. The tag-team match really blew me away tonight, and showed just how good a tag-team division there really is in Ring of Honor Wrestling and why World Wrestling Entertainment are missing quality tag-team wrestling that it once had pride in promoting.

Source: Force of Wrestling