Dragon Gate USA PPV taping report
November 28, 2009
Philadelphia, Pa. at The Arena
Report by John Gmosh, Torch reader

(1) Qualifier #1: Gran Akuma beat Johnny Gargano, Hallowicked, Lince Dorado, Matt Jackson, and Nick Jackson at 9:34.

(2) Qualifier #2: BxB Hulk beat Brian Kendrick via Superkick/Roll-Up at 12:33.

(3) Salute to Skyade Qualifier #3: CIMA beat Jorge Rivera, Mike Quackenbush, and Super Crazy at 9:19.

(4) Qualifier #4: YAMATO beat Davey Richards with a Sitout Tombstone at 21:26.

[INTERMISSION]

(5) Jigsaw beat Eddie Kingston at 7:50.

(6) Naruki Doi & Masato Yoshino beat SHINGO & Dragon Kid.

(7) BxB Hulk pinned YAMATO to become the first Open the Freedom Gate champion at 25:56. Elimination #1 - YAMATO pinned CIMA with roll-up preceded by an Akuma low blow. Elimination #2 - BxB Hulk pinned Gran Akuma via pinfall at 19:58. BxB Hulk then pinned YAMATO.

SHOW NOTES

-- Attendance was way down from the first show. You really have to wonder if this style can continue to draw a year from now.

-- BxB Hulk was definitely the most over guy on the show.

-- A lot of the Dragon Gate performers must be fans of Ultimate Warrior because it seemed many of them were trying to do their best impression of him throughout the show. The DG guys should just eliminate the first ten minutes of their matches since none of the work done in the first half ever seems to matter. Once they get into their "let's run as fast we can and hit as many moves as we can" stretch, the first half of the match is rendered pointless.

-- While the show provided a ton of great high spots, I can't imagine myself coming back next time. There was no variety between matches. Everyone had the same purpose of hitting as many moves as possible and kicking out of everything they could in the time they were allotted. I'd enjoy the style more if they didn't try to work body parts in the beginning of the match since they never went back to the body part again.

-- The toy drive seemed to be a major bust, as almost no fans donated, unfortunately.

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