Infinity 65 or CIMA vs. Gamma: The Neverending Story

All matches occur between June 5 and 16, 2007.

Champion Rundown
Open the Dream Gate Champion: Jushin Liger
Open the Triangle Gate Champions: Shingo Takagi, BxB Hulk & Cyber Kong
Open the Brave Gate Champion: Genki Horiguchi
I-J Tag Team Champions: Gedo & Jado

Don Fujii {Z} vs. Stalker Ichikawa
Ichikawa pins Fujii with a school boy 10 seconds into the match after putting his feet on the ropes. That dastardly little bastard! Fujii and President Okamura insist the match be restarted. Ichikawa catches Fujii with the Kancho. He gets la magistral for 2. He gets a school boy for 2. CIMA laughs as Fujii from the entrance. Ichikawa hits the 619 for 2. Fujii tosses him to the floor. Back in the ring Ichikawa mists Fujii with water. He hits a head scissor takedown. He takes off his shirt and goes for a plancha. Fujii casually walks out of the way. Ichikawa hits a flying chop off of a low platform. Tetsuhiro Kuroda is in the crowd. Fujii wants his chair. Kuroda doesn’t want to give it up. The whole thing turns into a brawl between Fujii and Kuroda. They hit each other with lariats. Ichikawa tries to get back in the game by making his presence known on the microphone, but Fujii and Kuroda ignore him. No closing bell ever happens, but Fujii vs. Kuroda and Ichikawa vs. Yuji Nagata are both made official by Ichikawa’s complaining on the microphone. A few days later Ichikawa tricks Nagata into the match by asking him for an autograph and then revealing he really signed a match contract. Stalker is a clever sucker.

Genki Horiguchi {MO} & Dr. Muscle {MO} vs. K-ness {Z} & Yasushi Kanda {Z}
K-ness and Muscle try to start but Kanda and Horiguchi run in and brawl. Kanda hits a side slam. He hits a suicide dive. Horiguchi whips Kanda into the crowd. Back in the ring Muscle hits K-ness with a legdrop for 2. He puts on a chinlock. Horiguchi hits Kanda with a back bodydrop. He hits an elbowdrop. He and Muscle hit a spike piledriver on the floor. Horiguchi hits a chair shot for 2. He hits a vertical suplex for 2. He puts on a half crab. Kanda dropkicks Muscle’s leg. He hits Horiguchi with an exploder. He hits Muscle with a dragon screw. K-ness cleans house. He hits Horiguchi with a high kick. He hits a brainbuster for 2. Kanda hits a powerslam for 2. Horiguchi hits a low blow and Muscle hits a Blockbuster. He hits a fisherman suplex for 2. Kanda avoids the Miracle Ecstasy Bomb but not Horiguchi’s missile dropkick. K-ness hits an enziguiri. Kanda hits the Ryus for 2. K-ness hits Muscle with the Shouryuukyaku. Kanda hits a German suplex for 2. I thought that was it. Kanda hits the flying elbowdrop for the win at 5:49 shown of 8:46. I wasn’t expecting anything out of this, but Kanda’s intensity made it a hell of a little match.
Rating: ***

After the match Horiguchi mists Kanda and hits him with the Beach Break. A few days later Kanda weighed in for the match and came in at the proper weight. Horiguchi didn’t believe it and demanded Kanda weigh himself again. With Kanda distracted, Horiguchi grabbed the scale and smacked his future Brave Gate opponent with it.

CIMA {T} & Gamma {MO} vs. Jushin Liger {CTU} & Masaaki Mochizuki {Z}
Liger got this match set up to play mind games with his potential opponents, who are enemies themselves. Mochizuki and CIMA start. Mochizuki hits leg kicks. He hits a shoulder tackle. CIMA knocks Liger off the apron. He and Gamma hit Liger with a double dropkick. Mochizuki cleans house with kicks. Liger hits Gamma with a palm strike. Gamma goes after Mochizuki’s nipple. CIMA disapproves and won’t tag into the match. Gamma hits Liger with a back elbow and a dropkick. CIMA gives Gamma his bottle for the Osuikougeki, but Liger moves and CIMA takes the embarrassing attack. Mochizuki puts CIMA in a half crab. CIMA gets to the ropes. Liger and Mochizuki slam CIMA’s knees to the mat. Liger puts on the Romero Special. Mochizuki hits the apron kick. He hits a vertical suplex for 2. CIMA takes both opponents down and stomps on them. Gamma tags in and cleans house. CIMA throws Gamma his cane, which he uses to clear the ring. They hit stereo dropkicks and planchas. Gamma canes Mochizuki. He hits the Flashback for 2. Gamma wants to hit the Superdrol, but Mochizuki baits him into hitting a clothesline on CIMA. Mochizuki hits an ax kick Liger hits a palm strike. Mochizuki hits a chest kick for 2. He hits the Twister for 2. CIMA hits Mochizuki with a vertical suplex while holding Liger in a leglock. Liger hits a brainbuster for 2. He hits a frog splash for 2. Mochizuki accidentally kicks Liger. CIMA blocks the Sankakugeri and hits the Superdrol. He hits Liger with the Perfect Driver (after Liger feeds him his leg. UGH). CIMA and Gamma hit a Tokarev sandwich. They hit the Schwein Special for 2 when Gamma attacks CIMA!!! CIMA avoids the Blitzkrieg and hits Gamma with a double stomp. Kinta runs in and powders CIMA. Mochizuki hits both opponents with the Sankakugeri. He hits Gamma with the Topé Masaaki. Liger hits CIMA with the Ligerbomb for 2. He hits the brainbuster for 2. He hits the Crash Thunder Buster for the win at 11:00 shown of 13:35. The crowd was going nuts for the odd couple of CIMA and Gamma. Honestly I expected nothing out of this match, but they turned CIMA and Gamma’s hatred for each other into an interesting dimension in a match that was complex to begin with. I love it.
Rating: ***¾

After the match Liger says he will select CIMA’s Dream Key opponent on 6/10 the night of the show. It was supposed to be Jado, but he was injured. An announcement reveals that Gamma will also be involved in the match against the mystery opponent.

CIMA {T} vs. Jushin Liger {CTU} vs. Gamma {MO}
I’d be willing to bet that if Gedo wasn’t busy dropping the ball against Koji Kanemoto in the Best of the Super Juniors Tournament on this night it would be him wrestling CIMA here. Liger says that he picked himself because he’s from Hakata, where the match is taking place. Everyone betrays everyone else to start. Liger takes over with clotheslines. Gamma doesn’t like that, so he takes over with a chair. Liger hits a senton on Gamma. He and CIMA gang up on Gamma. Liger puts on the Romero Special. CIMA tries to sneak in and pin Liger, but only gets 2. Liger puts on a seated abdominal stretch. Gamma hits a dropkick to the face. He gives CIMA the Sweet Angel’s Kiss. CIMA helps Liger give Gamma the Osuikougeki. CIMA hits the Venus and Iconoclasm. Liger shoves him off the top and hits a frog splash for 2. Gamma stops CIMA from hitting the Superdrol so he can hit it himself. He hits CIMA with the Flashback for 2. CIMA blocks the Blitzen. He and Gamma hit Liger with a superkick sandwich. They hit the double Tokarev. CIMA hits the Schwein, but he and Gamma fight over who gets to pin Liger. CIMA hits Gamma with a low blow. Horiguchi trips CIMA. He powders Gamma by mistake. CIMA hits the Crossfire for 2. Liger hits the Ligerbomb for 2. He hits Gamma with a brainbuster for 2 when Kinta attacks Referee Ohya. Gamma canes Liger while Kinta takes over as referee. Kinta low blows CIMA and Gamma gets a roll up for the win at 8:54 shown of 12:11. They found creative ways to keep all three guys in the ring at the same time while making sure they were all at odds with one another. Near the end however there was far too much gaga for this to be great. Gamma has now officially entrenched himself in the Dream Gate chase. He and CIMA will face each other for the Dream Key.
Rating: **¾

CIMA {T} vs. Gamma {MO} [Dream Key Match]
The winner gets to face Liger in Kobe World Hall. If CIMA loses he has to face Dr. Muscle and if Gamma loses he doesn’t get to compete on the PPV at all. Kinta is the referee. Gamma attacks CIMA during his entrance. The Outlaw’z make a chair pile and suplex Dragon Kid onto it. In the ring the Outlaw’z gang up on CIMA. Gamma pins CIMA for 2. I just noticed that Gamma has “ACE” shaved into his head. Horiguchi and Yoshino help Gamma hit a triple dropkick for 2. Gamma gives CIMA the Sweet Angel’s Kiss. He brushes his teeth and dribbles spit in CIMA’s face. CIMA hits the Superdrol. He gives Gamma the Sweet Angel’s Kiss and the Osuikougeki. He rams Kinta’s head into Gamma’s crotch. He spits water in Kinta’s face. Gamma hits CIMA with a wrench for 2. He hits a back suplex for 2. He wraps rope around CIMA’s neck and hangs him over the top rope. Horiguchi hits a dropkick on the apron. Gamma makes a chair pile in the ring. CIMA suplexes Gamma onto the chairs. Kinta stops him from hitting a suicide dive. CIMA attacks him. Kid accidentally dropkicks CIMA. Gamma hits a low blow and gets a roll up for 2. He hits the G-Factor for 2. Kinta tries to count CIMA down as fast as he can but CIMA kicks out each time. Gamma hits the Flashback. Kinta goes for a frog splash but CIMA blocks it with his knees. CIMA hits Gamma with a superkick. Kid hits the Messiah. CIMA hits the Schwein for 2 (thanks Referee Ohya). Gamma hits a low blow. CIMA returns the favor. Ryo Saito powders Gamma and CIMA hits the Crossfire for 2 when Kinta attacks Ohya. Gamma hits a superkick. He hits the Gamma Special for 2 when Anthony W. Mori attacks everyone with a cane. Muscle Gang stops Mori, but then hits Gamma with an errant avalanche. CIMA gets the Jorge Clutch for the win and the Dream Key at 9:39 shown of 13:24. This was overbooked as hell, but there was a method to all the madness as in the end Gamma’s crap was all used against him in the biggest match of his career. This was a lot of fun.
Rating: ***½

After the match Kinta hits Mori with a brainbuster. Kid attacks Kinta. Kinta & Dr. Muscle vs. Mori & Kid is made for Kobe World Hall. Gamma, who because of the loss has no PPV match, attacks Muscle and takes his place in the match.

Naruki Doi {MO}, Magnitude Kishiwada {MO} & Masato Yoshino {MO} VS. Ryo Saito {T}, Dragon Kid {T} & Susumu Yokosuka {T} VS. Shingo Takagi {NH}, BxB Hulk {NH} & Cyber Kong {NH} [Elimination Match]
Hulk, Saito and Doi start. They all knuckle up and Saito gets the advantage. The other two take control and try to break Saito’s bridge. Everyone goes for dropkicks in a very silly looking spot. Kid, Kong and Yoshino tag in to the match. Kid and Yoshino try to take Kong down but he levels them with a shoulder tackle. Kong press slams Kid onto Yoshino. They dropkick his knees. Kid asks for a handshake but Yoshino throws him to Kong. Kid jumps off Kong to attack Yoshino. He leaps off Kong’s back to dive onto Yoshino on the floor. Takagi, Kishiwada and Yokosuka come into the match and slap each other. Takagi and Kishiwada tackle Yokosuka. Yokosuka comes back with a tackle on Kishiwada. He puts Takagi in a triangle choke and then hits a head scissors takedown when Takagi tries to escape. Doi and Saito come into the match. Saito hits a shoulder tackle for 2. Kid comes in and works over Doi’s back. Typhoon gets the triple-team on Doi. Yoshino tries to put a stop to that but becomes a weapon for them. Saito hits Doi with a bodyslam. Hulk dropkicks Saito in the corner for 2. He puts on a chinlock. Saito escapes and hits a back elbow. Yoshino dropkicks Hulk’s knee. He puts on a figure 4 leglock. Doi adds the Mark Nulty Special. Takagi and Kong turn the whole mess over. Saito, Yokosuka & Kid put everyone in bow and arrows. Kishiwada goes after Takagi and Kong and gets double clotheslined. Kong and Takagi each double suplex two men while Hulk gets double suplexed. Kishiwada kicks Hulk to the mat. The Outlaw’z beat on Kid on the floor. They do the same to Kong. Doi hits Yokosuka with a low blow. He stacks opponents in the corner and Saito suplexes him into them. Saito suplexes Hulk for 2. Yokosuka kicks Hulk’s back. He hits a clothesline for 2. Kishiwada hits Hulk with a brainbuster for 2. The Outlaw’z, extras and all, attack Hulk in the corner. Doi misses and gets attacked by all of the present New Hazard and Typhoon members. Kong and Takagi swing Saito and Doi around the ring. Yoshino and Kid follow Doi and Saito to the floor with suicide dives. I honestly can’t follow all this action. Everyone dives onto everyone on the floor. Even Kong gets in on the action. Takagi hits Saito with a gutbuster and a DDT. Kishiwada hits Takagi with a senton. He powerbombs Saito onto Takagi. Saito hits Takagi with a head scissors takedown. Hulk dropkicks Saito. He hits Kishiwada with the Mouse. Kid, Yoshino and Hulk put Takagi, Saito and Kishiwada in the Christo, From Jungle and whatever Hulk calls his submission, respectively. The remaining wrestlers put an end to that. Doi and Yokosuka hit Kong with a double back suplex. Kong hits Yokosuka with a German suplex. After a Yokosuka clothesline Doi hits Kong with the Doi 555. Doi hits Yokosuka with a Rydeen Bomb for 2. Everyone ends up in the corner for Some Circus Shit. Saito and Kong take turns missing moves on each other but hitting them on Doi. Kid helps Saito hit Kong with a German suplex. Doi powerbombs Kid into Kong. Saito kills Doi with a German suplex. Takagi swings Saito across the ring. Things get way too fast when Yoshino and Hulk get involved. Doi catches Yokosuka with a roll up for 2. Kid hits Yokosuka with the Dragon Rana by mistake and Doi and Takagi jump on the pile to eliminate Typhoon at 19:06 shown of 22:57.

Kishiwada hits Takagi with a clothesline. Takagi comes back with a vertical suplex. Kong hits Kishiwada with a German suplex. Takagi hits the Pumping Bomber. Hulk hits the EVO for 2. Kong clotheslines Takagi by mistake. Yoshino hits Another Space and climbs the ropes. Hulk knocks him down only to get German superplexed by Doi. Doi hits the Doi 555 and the Bakatare Sliding Kick for 2. Yoshino hits the Torbellino and the Lightning Spiral for 2. Hulk gets triple-teamed in the corner. The Outlaw’z hit a double Doomsday Device. Doi and Yoshino hit suicide dives on Kong and Takagi. Kishiwada hits Hulk with the Last Ride. He hits a splash off the top for 2. Hulk counters the Last Ride to a hurricanrana for 2. Kishiwada recovers and hits a lariat for 2. Jack Evans tries to help but Yasushi Kanda keeps him from stopping another Last Ride. That gets 2 when Takagi makes the save. Kong counters From Jungle to the Cyber Bomb for 2. Takagi hits Doi with a DVD off the apron to the floor. Kong hits Yoshino with the Pineapple Bomber for 2. Takagi hits the Blood Fall for 2. He hits Kishiwada with the Original Falconry. Yoshino rolls Kong up for 2. He gets the Speed Star for the win at 25:28 shown of 33:10. You want a spot-fest then get all this. I can’t imagine the extra eight minutes would have enhanced this match at all. A little goofiness I didn’t like at the beginning doesn’t come close to soiling what has got to be one of the best spot-fests I’ve ever seen.
Rating: ****½

The win gives the Muscle Outlaw’z a shot at New Hazard’s Triangle Gate belts in Kobe on PPV. And speaking of the PPV, back on June 10th Typhoon won another of these 9-man tags when Yokosuka scored the winning pin. He used that as an opportunity to challenge Gedo and Jado for the I-J Tag Team Championships in Kobe with Saito as his partner, assuming that Jado would be back in action by then. Jado responded by taking out Saito and Yokosuka from behind. So the PPV looks like this…

-Akira Tozawa & Taku Iwasa vs. YAMATO & Jack Evans
-Don Fujii vs. Tetsuhiro Kuroda
-Gamma & Kinta Tamaoka vs. Dragon Kid & Anthony W. Mori
-Yuji Nagata vs. Stalker Ichikawa
-Genki Horiguchi vs. Yasushi Kanda
-Gedo & Jado vs. Ryo Saito & Susumu Yokosuka
-Masaaki Mochizuki vs. Koji Kanemoto
-Shingo Takagi, Cyber Kong & BxB Hulk vs. Magnitude Kishiwada & Speed Muscle
-CIMA vs. Jushin Liger

It’s the biggest show of the year! Don’t miss it! The show ends by showing YAMATO pinning Super Shelong on June 16th in a match that also included Kanda and Jack Evans. After the match Horiguchi attacked Yasushi Kanda, busting him open. President Okamura got involved, so Horiguchi attacked him as well.