Open the Voice Gate

Open the Voice Gate
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The woefully undercovered #2 promotion in Japan now has its own podcast here at Voices of Wrestling! Open the Voice Gate is dedicated to bringing you non-stop coverage of everything Dragongate, including show reviews & previews, as well as discussion of Dragongate's rich history. This podcast is a member of the Voices of Wrestling Podcast Network.Learn more about the Voices of Wrestling Podcast Network at voicesofwrestling.com.

  1. 1d ago

    Those Days: A Michinoku Pro Retrospective Ep. 20 - Michinoku Takes America

    Welcome to Those Days: A Michinoku Pro Retrospective! Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) are back with one last show for Michinoku Pro’s 1996 before turning the page to their eventful 1997. They discuss the peculiar Kawasaki show pairing up with Battlarts before getting into 1996 Observer Awards and their personal Matches and Wrestlers of the Year. From there, it’s time for 1997 and things are kicking off for Michinoku Pro with a huge show in Sapporo and an incredible appearance in Battlarts before it’s time for Michinoku Pro to tour America in the Boston area with their first appearances in ECW and a look into the person who facilitated the entire enterprise. A full match listing of footage covered during this episode can be found at the show post on www.voicesofwrestling.com or in the Open The Voice Gate channel on the VOW Discord. The Those Days Master List can be found at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10PwuAsqNuHSKd_qSd5AUnUWh4DL8JxQX_yQKtoa8IW4/edit?usp=sharing Our podcast provider, Red Circle, offers the listeners the option to sponsor the show. Click on “Sponsor This Podcaster” at https://redcircle.com/shows/open-the-voice-gate and you can donate a single time, or set up a monthly donation to Open the Voice Gate! Please Rate and Review Open The Voice Gate on the podcast platform of your choice and follow us on social media with @openvoicegate!. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

    Those Days: A Michinoku Pro Retrospective Ep. 20 - Michinoku Takes America

  2. Oct 21

    Open The Voice Gate - Brave Gate Tourney in Hakata & WONHOF Thoughts!

    Welcome back to Open The Voice Gate! Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) are back with an update on the comings and goings of Dragongate. OTVG has a deep discussion of where they are at with their Observer Hall of Fame ballots to open tonight’s show, including some stops on Jon Moxley and Great Sasuke, among others. Then they get into the Brave Gate tournament action in Hakata, where Yoshiki Kato is at right now as Dream Gate Champion and looking ahead to a return to Kyoto! Our podcast provider, Red Circle, offers the listeners the option to sponsor the show. Click on “Sponsor This Podcaster” at https://redcircle.com/shows/open-the-voice-gate and you can donate a single time, or set up a monthly donation to Open The Voice Gate! Please Rate and Review Open The Voice Gate on the podcast platform of your choice and follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/openvoicegate. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

  3. Oct 14

    Open The Voice Gate - Dragongate Triangle Gate Greatness in Kobe!

    Welcome back to Open The Voice Gate! Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) are back with an update on the comings and goings of Dragongate. Open The Voice Gate is back after a noteworthy week in the Dragon System and the wrestling world. Before discussing Dragongate’s doubleheader in Kobe, Mike and Case touch on New Japan’s King of Pro Wrestling, Tokyo Bad Boys vs Los Americanos and El Lindaman vs Atsushi Kotoge. From there they discuss the incredible Love and Peace vs Xenostal Nova Triangle Gate match from 10/10, the happenings in the Brave Gate division, Gajadokuro Ryu Fuda and more! Our podcast provider, Red Circle, offers the listeners the option to sponsor the show. Click on “Sponsor This Podcaster” at https://redcircle.com/shows/open-the-voice-gate and you can donate a single time, or set up a monthly donation to Open The Voice Gate! Please Rate and Review Open The Voice Gate on the podcast platform of your choice and follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/openvoicegate. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

  4. Oct 12

    Those Days: A Michinoku Pro Retrospective Ep. 19 - The Peak of Michinoku

    Welcome to Those Days: A Michinoku Pro Retrospective! Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) return to Michinoku Pro to close out 1996 and to finally come across one of the most critically acclaimed matches in company history, 12/16/1996, Sekigun vs Kaientai DX from Hakata Star Lanes. As well, some brutal truths about the promotion come to light by December, the status of Jinsei Shinzaki, and the interesting 1996 of a brand new Michinoku Pro guest star! A full match listing of footage covered during this episode can be found at the show post on www.voicesofwrestling.com or in the Open The Voice Gate channel on the VOW Discord. The Those Days Master List can be found at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10PwuAsqNuHSKd_qSd5AUnUWh4DL8JxQX_yQKtoa8IW4/edit?usp=sharing Our podcast provider, Red Circle, offers the listeners the option to sponsor the show. Click on “Sponsor This Podcaster” at https://redcircle.com/shows/open-the-voice-gate and you can donate a single time, or set up a monthly donation to Open the Voice Gate! Please Rate and Review Open The Voice Gate on the podcast platform of your choice and follow us on social media with @openvoicegate!. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

    Those Days: A Michinoku Pro Retrospective Ep. 19 - The Peak of Michinoku

  5. Oct 7

    Open The Voice Gate - Dragongate Dream Gate Shocker in Korakuen!

    Welcome back to Open The Voice Gate! Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) are back with an update on the comings and goings of Dragongate. Open The Voice Gate is back to discuss perhaps the most surprising Dream Gate result in company history as well as everything coming out of a newsworthy Korakuen Hall (10/2) show! Yoshiki Kato is now the Dream Gate champion and Case and Mike spend the first half of the show discussing the ramifications of his match with Kzy. From there, they discuss how the situation with the Brave Gate got cleared up in an confusion fashion, a great semi-main event, Fuda finally in Gajadokuro, KENICHIRO ARAI GREATNESS and a whole lot more! Case’s KENTA article can be found at https://www.voicesofwrestling.com/2026/10/06/if-not-kenta-then-who/ Our podcast provider, Red Circle, offers the listeners the option to sponsor the show. Click on “Sponsor This Podcaster” at https://redcircle.com/shows/open-the-voice-gate and you can donate a single time, or set up a monthly donation to Open The Voice Gate! Please Rate and Review Open The Voice Gate on the podcast platform of your choice and follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/openvoicegate. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

  6. Sep 30

    Open The Voice Gate - PAC

    Welcome back to Open The Voice Gate! Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) are back with an update on the comings and goings of Dragongate. Open The Voice Gate returns to discuss the recent passing of Benjamin Satterly, better known as PAC. They discuss his Dragongate legacy, his entire career including PWG, DGUSA & DGUK, NXT and AEW, his feuds with Ricochet and Dragon Kid, and a lot more about the greatest foreigner in Dragon System history. Case’s PAC article can be found at https://www.voicesofwrestling.com/2026/09/29/remembering-the-man-that-gravity-forgot-pacs-career-in-10-matches/ Our podcast provider, Red Circle, offers the listeners the option to sponsor the show. Click on “Sponsor This Podcaster” at https://redcircle.com/shows/open-the-voice-gate and you can donate a single time, or set up a monthly donation to Open The Voice Gate! Please Rate and Review Open The Voice Gate on the podcast platform of your choice and follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/openvoicegate. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

  7. Sep 23

    Open The Voice Gate - Dragongate Tohoku Dragongateway

    Welcome back to Open The Voice Gate! Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) are back with an update on the comings and goings of Dragongate. Dragongate’s annual named show in Sendai, Tohoku Dragongateway is in the books and Open The Voice Gate returns to discuss the booking malpractices of this week. Before Case and Mike get into that, they discuss the release of the 2026 Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame ballots and their initial thoughts on the Japanese and Modern US/Canada categories. After that it’s time to talk about the disaster of Dragon Kid vs Ryu Fuda for the Open The Brave Gate title and where this leaves the white belt, a weak showing makes us wonder what’s the actual Dream Gate match next month, and a lot more! Last year’s The Case for Masaaki Mochizuki episode can be heard here: https://www.voicesofwrestling.com/2025/10/23/open-the-voice-gate-the-case-for-masaaki-mochizuki/ or wherever you get your podcasts. Our podcast provider, Red Circle, offers the listeners the option to sponsor the show. Click on “Sponsor This Podcaster” at https://redcircle.com/shows/open-the-voice-gate and you can donate a single time, or set up a monthly donation to Open The Voice Gate! Please Rate and Review Open The Voice Gate on the podcast platform of your choice and follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/openvoicegate. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

  8. Sep 16

    Open The Voice Gate - Dragongate Tokyo Infinity Hectopascal 2026 Review!

    Welcome back to Open The Voice Gate! Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) are back with an update on the comings and goings of Dragongate. Dragongate’s final Big Show of the year, Tokyo Infinity Hectopascal, is in our rearview, and Open The Voice Gate is back to break it all down! Case and Mike spend time discussing the booking ramifications of Ryoya Tanaka vs Dragon Kid as well as breaking down the entire show including the four title matches, the return of Uhaa Nation after 11 years, Jiro Shimbashi vs Minoru Suzuki, and a whole lot more! Our podcast provider, Red Circle, offers the listeners the option to sponsor the show. Click on “Sponsor This Podcaster” at https://redcircle.com/shows/open-the-voice-gate and you can donate a single time, or set up a monthly donation to Open The Voice Gate! Please Rate and Review Open The Voice Gate on the podcast platform of your choice and follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/openvoicegate. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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The woefully undercovered #2 promotion in Japan now has its own podcast here at Voices of Wrestling! Open the Voice Gate is dedicated to bringing you non-stop coverage of everything Dragongate, including show reviews & previews, as well as discussion of Dragongate's rich history. This podcast is a member of the Voices of Wrestling Podcast Network.Learn more about the Voices of Wrestling Podcast Network at voicesofwrestling.com.

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  • Creator
    Open the Voice Gate
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2026
  • Episodes
    448
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
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  • Show Website
    Open the Voice Gate

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