Open the Voice Gate

Open the Voice Gate
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Open the Voice Gate

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 Dragon Gate, including show reviews & previews as well as discussion of Dragon Gate's rich history.

  1. 3 DAYS AGO

    Open The Voice Gate - Dragongate The Final Gate 2024 Review & Ichikawa Retirement!

    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. It’s a big Open The Voice Gate this week as Case and Mike are back to talk Dragongate, The Final Gate, and Konomama Ichikawa’s retirement. They lead off with the Shimizu situation, GLEAT’s PR and Subscription strategy. Then it’s time to talk The Final Gate, the YAMATO vs Dragon Dia Double Dream and Brave Gate matches, and the rest of Dragongate’s final “big show of the year. After that, Case and Mike review today’s Korakuen with Konomama Ichikawa vs Hiroshi Tanahashi, a 3 way 6 man tag and a lot of fun from Tokyo! 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. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/open-the-voice-gate/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

    2 hr

  2. DEC 12

    Open The Voice Gate - Shimizu, Final Gate, Stalker Ichikawa!

    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. Mike is back with a bit of a Voice Gate update on his lunch break! He discusses the Shimizu suspension, what is known, where things are, and what he expects to come from this. After that, he talks about the Final Gate card changes, the full card for 12/17’s Ichikawa Retirement show and spends some time laying the argument on why Hollywood Stalker Ichikawa was the greatest comedy wrestler of all time. 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. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/open-the-voice-gate/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

    37 min

  3. DEC 9

    Open The Voice Gate - Dragongate King of Gate 2024 Finals and Final Gate Preview!

    NOTE: This episode was recorded on Saturday, 12/7/24, before the news of Big Boss Shimizu’s suspension that came early morning in the US on Monday, 12/9/24 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 has finally returned to the Dragongate Network and Case and Mike are back to talk all about King of Gate 2024 and Sunday’s Final Gate card. The big news is our 2024 King of Gate Dragon Dia winning the tournament in Korakuen (12/3) in huge fashion and the upcoming Double Dream/Brave Gate title match vs YAMATO at Final Gate! As well, Yoshiki Kato returns as a monster, Daiki Yanagiuchi steps up, Hulk makes obvious friends in Sapporo 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. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/open-the-voice-gate/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

    1h 57m

  4. NOV 27

    Open The Voice Gate - Rewind and Rewatch - T2P Japanese Debut (11/13/01)

    Welcome back to Open The Voice Gate - Rewind and Rewatch! Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) are back to Rewind and Rewatch important events in Dragon System history. They’ve done Toryumon Japan and Toryumon X, now it’s time for Mike and Case to take us back to the Toryumon 2000 Project’s Japanese landing (11/13/01)! Before we get there, we have to talk about the elevation of Ryo Saito, the introduction of Skayde as a major lucharesu figure, Mexico debuts, would be Toryumon promotional partners in 2000 & 2001, explaining Kinya Oyanagi’s gimmick, X-LAW and a whole lot more in a chaotic Timeline. Then it’s time for T2P Desembarcamiento on November 13th 2001 and a new style of lucha libre lands in Japan with a special T2P vs Toryumon Japan main event as budding T2P ace Milano Collection AT takes on Toyumon Japan top prospect Ryo Saito in a 2 out of 3 falls match!  Footage List: 5/3/00: T2P lands in Mexico https://dragongate.live/title/?program=program_201806011636&episode=13 9/2/00: Yoshino, Owashi, Iwasa, and Oyanagi debut https://dragongate.live/title/?program=program_201806011636&episode=17 2/17/01: Masato Yoshino, Milano Collection AT, Takamichi Iwasa, Toru Ito & Yasushi Tsujimoto vs. Nitohei Oyanagi, Ryo Saito, Skayde, Takayuki Mori & Takayuki Yagi https://dragongate.live/title/?program=program_201806011636&episode=22 3/4/01: X-Law: Junya Fukumasa, Milano Collection AT & Yaqui vs. Nitohei Oyanagi, Takayuki Mori & TARUcito and Takamichi Iwasa, Toru Ito & Yasushi Tsujimoto (Nitohei Oyanagi, Takayuki Mori, & TARUcito vs. Owashi, Yoshino, & Mishima vs. Milano, Junya, & Takayuki Yagi) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7oN7i2B5jA 5/19/01: Toryumon Mexico runs Arena Coliseo https://vk.com/video/playlist/-207689490_26?z=video-207689490_456239370%2Fclub207689490%2Fpl_-207689490_26 9/8/01: T2P comes to Michinoku Pro. Dick Togo, Masato Yoshino, Stevie "brother" Tsujimoto & Tomohiro Ishii vs. Hideki Nishida, KENtaro Mori, Masao Orihara & The Great Sasuke https://vk.com/video/playlist/-207689490_35?z=video-207689490_456239910%2Fclub207689490%2Fpl_-207689490_35 9/16/01: More T2P vs. MichiPro - KENtaro Mori & Tiger Mask vs. Masato Yoshino & Stevie "brother" Tsujimoto https://vk.com/video/playlist/-207689490_35?z=video-207689490_456239910%2Fclub207689490%2Fpl_-207689490_35 11/13/01: T2P Japanese Landing https://dragongate.live/title/?program=program_201806011636&episode=35 (longer versions are out there) T2P Japanese Landing GAORA TV open: https://youtu.be/KpAne-fB5W8  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. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/open-the-voice-gate/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

    2h 19m

  5. NOV 20

    Open The Voice Gate - CIMA & Shingo Hall of Fame, Prime Zone Plus and More!

    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. Without much live Dragongate this week, Case and Mike get into some big topics surrounding the Dragon System this week including CIMA and Shingo Takagi’s Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame inductions, a deep look into why CIMA was such a strong candidate, they then discuss this week’s excellent Prime Zone Plus show from Kobe Lapis Hall, Mike has a ponderous question about the wrestling industry, some thoughts on the US Indies 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. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/open-the-voice-gate/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

    1h 46m

  6. NOV 13

    Open The Voice Gate - Dragon Kid and Dragongate King of Gate Kickoff!

    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. King of Gate season is finally here in 2024 and Voice Gate returns to talk about the Korakuen Kickoff (11/7)! Leading off the show, they discuss a weird Network upload before getting into the Dragon Kid injury news and updates. After that, they discuss yet another excellent Tokyo show with the Brave Gate vs Dream Gate tournament matchup of YAMATO vs Dragon Dia, the sheer brilliance of Shun Skywalker vs Masaaki Mochizuki (and a discussion on Best of 2020s in Japan), and the match of the night between ISHIN and Mochizuki Jr! 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. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/open-the-voice-gate/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

    2h 4m

  7. NOV 6

    Open The Voice Gate - Dragongate The Gate of Destiny 2024 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 biggest Osaka show of the year, The Gate of Destiny (11/3) is in the books and Mike and Case are back to talk all about it. They discuss the big picture before reviewing the show including the Open The Dream Gate match between YAMATO and Kenoh, the Loser Must Disband match between Z-Brats, Gold Class and Big Hug, and Case and Mike discuss their new close and personal friend, Home Economics Dragon.  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. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/open-the-voice-gate/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

    1h 46m

  8. OCT 31

    Open the Voice Gate - Gate Of Destiny 2024 Preview!

    Case flies solo this week to preview the upcoming Gate Of Destiny PPV with the all-important unit disbands match. Plus, thoughts on 1993 AAA and Samoa Joe's WON HOF candidacy. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/open-the-voice-gate/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

    55 min
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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 Dragon Gate, including show reviews & previews as well as discussion of Dragon Gate's rich history.

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    Open the Voice Gate
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2024
  • Episodes
    346
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