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. 2 DAYS AGO

    Open The Voice Gate - Dragongate The Gate of Bayside 2025 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. The first big show of Dragongate’s 2025 is in the books and Open The Voice Gate is back to talk all about it. They start with some State of the Union discussion about venues and scheduling before getting into Gate of Bayside. They review the big YAMATO vs Strong Machine J Dream Gate match along with the rest of the card; look ahead to Kyoto this weekend 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 35m

  2. JAN 22

    Open The Voice Gate - Dragongate at Mania, 1on1, Young Dragon's Cup and Bayside Preview!

    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. To kick off this week’s show, Case and Mike discuss Dragongate’s impending return to Wrestlemania Weekend, what they can report on, what they expect, and their excitement for Dragongate in Vegas. Then it’s time to talk Dragongate’s huge last week with the doubleheader in Tokyo (1/15 & 16) and the Young Dragon’s Cup in Kobe (1/18 & 19). To kick off the reviews, they give their spoiler free recommendations. From there, they discuss the Premium 1on1 show, the events of 1/16 and the entire Young Dragon’s Cup tournament, their ranking of the participants and preview Gate of Bayside! 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 53m

  3. JAN 15

    Open The Voice Gate - Dragongate 2025 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. Dragongate has kicked off their 2025 schedule and Open The Voice Gate is back to talk about the first week’s shows in Kobe (1/9), Kyoto (1/11) and Osaka (1/12)! They give their mostly spoiler-free recommendations and then discuss the East vs West Battle and first shows on their taping loop. They discuss the three title matches coming up in Yokohama, the YAMATO vs SMJ Dream Gate match, new members of Gold Class, can Mike predict the Dead or Alive cage match, Young Dragon’s Cup Preview 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 49m

  4. JAN 9

    Open The Voice Gate - Rewind and Rewatch - Blood Generation (1/14/05)

    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. Surprise! Open The Voice Gate is back with one last 25th Anniversary episode of Rewind and Rewatch as it’s time to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the founding of the transformative heel stable Blood Generation from 1/14/2005! But first, we must talk about the steps that led us to needing Blood Generation. That takes us back to the initial Toryumon split, Odiaba Everyday Pro Wrestling, the shedding of the roster, Aagan Issou, Waku Waku Fujii Land and more! Then it’s time for one of the most important nights and shows in Dragongate history, the first SkyPerfect PPV of 2005 from Korakuen Hall on January 14th 2005! 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 5m

  5. JAN 8

    Open The Voice Gate - The 2024 Ulty Awards!

    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 is on holiday break so that means one thing to Case and Mike: TIME FOR THE 2024 ULTY AWARDS. They discuss their thoughts on the shows going on in Japan over New Year’s week (This was recorded on 1/4/25) and Cases’ thoughts on the year-end Kobe Sambo Hall shows up top. Then they get to their ballots, decide Dragongate’s MVP, Whose stock went up in 2024 and whose went down, and the top shows and matches of Dragongate’s 2024! Their written ballots can be found at voicesofwrestling.com or in the #Open-The-Voice-Gate channel on the VOW discord! 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 45m

  6. JAN 3

    Open The Voice Gate - Rewind and Rewatch - Class of 2016

    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. To complete the Dragon System’s 25th Anniversary year, Case and Mike go back to 2016 and the rookie class of 2016: Ben-K, Shun Skywalker, Yuki Yoshioka, HYO and Katsumi Takashima and their famous match on December 1, 2016 against the veteran team of CIMA, Masaaki Mochizuki, Dragon Kid, Don Fujii and Gamma. They take everyone through the major Junior Heavyweight tournaments the 2016 Super J Cup and the WWE Cruiserweight Classic, Tozawa’s departure, the Summer of Eita, YAMATO’s bad start to his long Dream Gate reign to discuss how the largest dojo class to that point of modern Dragon System history grew in front of our eyes and faced their toughest early test in the brutal Korakuen Hall match! The footage listing can be found in the #open-the-voice-gate channel in the Voices of Wrestling discord or on the show post at Voices of Wrestling! 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 32m

  7. 12/18/2024

    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

  8. 12/12/2024

    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
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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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  • Creator
    Open the Voice Gate
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2025
  • Episodes
    352
  • Rating
    Clean
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