OPEN THE BRAVE GATE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH KAITO ISHIDA (C) VS. YOSUKE♡SANTA MARIA
Mike: It’s a shame that as a byproduct of 2020, Kaito Ishida has been ignored throughout the wrestling world. After winning the Brave Gate in his hometown in 2019, Ishida’s put together a top tier Brave reign that should be looked back at in the same light as great runs like PAC’s 11-defense reign and the quality of Akira Tozawa’s “eternal” reign. Next up in his legacy is a defense against Yosuke Santa Maria. Given that Maria’s either an underdog or a comedy figure, Ishida demanded that this defense opens Dragongate’s first S Tier show of the year. And a storyline like that plays right into Maria’s strengths, who I long have considered much more of a better character and wrestler when being an underdog babyface.
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On a normal DG big show, this would be the sleeper match of the night, however, we live in a world where Kzy has a singles match and he’s made his mark in those. If this is given time and RED schtick is kept to a minimum, this can be the beginning to a Show of the Year contender. As we approach a full year with Ishida as Brave champion, there’s a natural inclination to look for a new champion. I don’t think that night is here yet, however, there are worse people to put the belt on other than Maria. Still think Ishida retains. Prediction: Kaito Ishida
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Case: Assuming we get a proper blow-off to the feud, there will be no better storyline in wrestling this year than the continued violence between Kaito Ishida and Keisuke Okuda. Their war has stretched far beyond matters concerning the Open the Brave Gate Championship and has seeped into a deeply personal, troubling rivalry. Given how strange this year has been, it’s easy to forget that away from Okuda, Kaito Ishida has been an excellent champion (despite only defending the title three times) and is closing in on a year as Brave Gate champion,
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something that only PAC has done as Dragon Kid fell one day short of a year as champion in 2012-2013. Ishida’s reign has proven to me that he can only go up from here. Once he puts the white strap behind him, he’ll be on his way to becoming a future Dream Gate champion. That will have to wait, however, as after seeing him take a flash pin from Maria on the 9/13 Osaka show, I have no doubts that Ishida is retaining his title here. Hopefully, he resumes his chaotic rivalry with Okuda after this. Prediction: Kaito Ishida
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Jon: Yosuke Santa Maria has two modes. She can lean into comedy, just as likely to batter an opponent’s face with her ass as with her fists. She can also crank things up, playing as fierce and violent an underdog as you’ll find. The prior is why this will open the show, Ishida deriding Maria as a “comedy wrestler” and deeming her worthy only of the opening slot. The latter is why this match is can’t-miss. At the 9/9 Korakuen show, she made her claim for the belt in somber, low tones without so much as a smile; she’s not showing up at Ota City to kiss.
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Her opponent, Kaito Ishida, only operates in one gear: kick. His nearly year-long Brave Gate reign comes with a COVID-shaped asterisk next to it, but match-for-match has supplied rippers that rival the run of his predecessor, Susumu Yokosuka. As the others said, we’re all waiting for Ishida and Okuda to spark things up again, but until then this’ll do just fine. Prediction: Kaito Ishida
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YASUSHI KANDA, KAGETORA, GAMMA & HO HO LUN VS.
KEISUKE OKUDA, PROBLEM DRAGON, PUNCH TOMINAGA, U-T
Mike: Normal circumstances dictate that this would be the “get everyone else on the show” opener. With 2020 and Ishida demanding to open, it gets pushed up a spot, but I fully believe this match will serve that purpose. You’ve got folks who don’t make televised shows for weeks at a time (Kanda, Lun, Dragon, Tominaga), people who just take it easy (Gamma), and folks with weary injury histories that make you want to not rely on them (Kanda, U-T, Dragon). And then you have “The Most Interesting Man in Wrestling,” Keisuke Okuda.
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In a year of a three-way war, one of its longest-lasting battles is between Okuda and Kaito Ishida. What originally started as a feud for the Brave Gate has spiraled out of control, and in recent months Ishida has tried to recruit Okuda to join R.E.D. and Okuda, a man of zero chill, has zero patience for anyone within the Dragongate Army. As he’s the most featured player in this match, I suspect he will be scoring the fall. If that doesn’t happen (and he’s leading a team where that certainly is in doubt given Problem Dragon and Punch Tominaga), I hope he flips out again and maybe punches Tominaga in the face for being Punch Tominaga. Prediction: Okuda, Dragon, Tominaga & U-T
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Case: Speaking of Okuda, I’m sure he hates his life here. He’s teaming with some absolute dorks. U-T is very talented but Okuda has been teaming with Ben-K as of late. He’s taking a drastic step down the card with this match. I don’t see any way a team with Tominaga, Problem Dragon, and a pissed off Okuda win. This has Kanda success written all over it. Prediction: Yasushi Kanda, Kagetora, Gamma, & Ho Ho Lun
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Jon: Listen, this match is almost certainly going to center around Keisuke Okuda, but I’m not sure there’s anything that hasn’t already been said in this preview to further drive home how much Okuda rules, and how much we wish he has doing anything other than this match. What we haven’t talked about enough yet, is how grateful we should all be that U-T’s returned from injury, and how we should cherish every moment we get with him before he breaks himself again. Before he went down he was probably the most exciting dude on the DG roster in 2019, Dragon Gate English
and I’ve been giggling and clapping like a stupid toddler at all of his output since he returned at last month’s Korakuen. Really try to breathe it all in when he starts snagging those roll-ups, tijeras and cobra stretches from out of thin air, because really, it’s going to be sweet relief from whatever the hell the rest of this match is. Prediction: DQ, Keisuke Okuda is going to murder somebody.
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