Monday Aloha Night

September 8, 2008 – Honolulu, Hawaii

Championship rundown:
Open the Dream Gate Champion: Shingo Takagi
Open the Twin Gate Champions: Ryo Saito & Susumu Yokosuka
Open the Triangle Gate Champions: Gamma, YAMATO & Yasushi Kanda
Open the Brave Gate Champion: Genki Horiguchi

Susumu Yokosuka {T}, Ryo Saito {T} & Anthony W. Mori {T} vs. Akira Tozawa {TJ}, Taku Iwasa {TJ} & Kenichiro Arai {TJ}
The clips start with Yokosuka helping Saito hit a German suplex on Arai for 2. Mori misses the Eleganton. Tozawa hits the Apron Kara Tozawa for 2. Iwasa throws him into Mori. Iwasa and Arai hit a double wheelbarrow suplex for 2. Mori counters the Noshigami to a roll up for 2. Iwasa comes back with the Noshigami for 2. Tozawa misses the diving headbutt but hits a recovery headbutt. He goes back up top but Yokosuka brings him down. Yokosuka hits the super exploder and Saito hits the Superfly Splash for 2. Tozawa hits a hurricanrana for 2. Yokosuka hits a lariat for 2. He and Saito hit the Genkai for the win at 2:55 shown of 13:39. Fun little sprint in the footage shown.

K-ness {Z} vs. m.c.KZ
KZ hits a crossbody for 2. K-ness hits an enziguiri. KZ hits the Beat Bomb for 2. He hits the Ace Crusher. He hits KZ Time for 2. K-ness hits the Shouryuukyaku for 2. He puts on the Aoki Hikari but KZ gets to the ropes. He hits the Kaishaku and the Darkness Buster for the win at 2:31 shown of 7:44. Nothing much to see here, just two guys doing there moves.

Cyber Kong {RH}, YAMATO {RH} & Cyber Kongcito {RH} vs. Super Shisa, Shisa BOY & Super Shenlong
BOY and Shenlong hit a double vertical suplex on Kong. Shenlong hits YAMATO with a dropkick for 2. The masked guys gang up on YAMATO in the corner. Super Shisa gets a sunset flip for 2. BOY jumps in to help him get 2 again. He goes for a moonsault but it hits YAMATO’s knees. Kongcito hits an avalanche. Kong follows suit. YAMATO hits an elbow. Kong helps him hit an exploder for 2. Kongcito hits a moonsault for 2. Kong hits a German suplex and the Cyber Bomb for the win at 2:28 shown of 8:43. The masked jobbers got to look competent and Kong got to look like a killer. That’s what I like.

Genki Horiguchi © {RH} vs. Naoki Tanisaki {W1} [Open the Brave Gate Championship Match]
Horiguchi sends Tanisaki to the floor where Real Hazard attacks. In the ring he hits a moonsault for 2. Tanisaki hits a vertical suplex. He hits the FH. He hits a lariat for 2. Horiguchi hits a piledriver for 2. He hits a swinging DDT. Tanisaki hits the DH. He hits the Neji to Hashi for 2 when Real Hazard distracts the referee. The Kongs come in and attack Tanisaki. They hit him with the 3D, getting 2 for Horiguchi. Horiguchi hits a brainbuster for 2. Tanisaki gets a backslide for 2. He hits a facebuster and the Casanova for 2. He hits a hurricanrana for 2. Horiguchi rolls him up and grabs the ropes for the win at 3:47 shown of 8:38. Tanisaki was born to be a babyface in the Brave Gate division, and I wish they’d shown more of this.
Rating: **½

Masaaki Mochizuki {Z} & Don Fujii {Z} vs. Gamma {RH} & Yasushi Kanda {RH}
Real Hazard attacks before the bell. Everyone brawls through the stands. Stalker Ichikawa runs interference on Fujii’s behalf, taking it to Gamma for a moment before getting knocked down the steps. CIMA hits Ichikawa with a chair shot by mistake. In the ring Gamma and Kanda double-team Mochizuki for 2. Mochizuki comes back with the Saikyou High Kick. He hits Gamma with the Sankakugeri and Kanda with the SicK Kick. Fujii blocks the Jon Woo with a lariat, a bulldog and a dropkick. Gamma canes Mochizuki. Mochizuki kicks the cane out of his hand and canes him back. He puts on the anklelock. Gamma gets hold of his cane and uses it to escape. Real Hazard comes in to gang up on Mochizuki in the corner. Gamma and YAMATO hit a double back suplex on Fujii for 2. Kanda misses the flying elbowdrop. Mochizuki hits a chest kick for 2. He hits the Ikkakugeri and Fujii hits a chokeslam for 2. Ichikawa steals Gamma’s cane but Mochizuki kicks him by mistake. Ichikawa takes a cane shot to the face. Mochizuki chest kicks Gamma and Ichikawa hits the Shining Wizard. Fujii hits Ichikawa with an errant lariat. Mochizuki hits Kanda with the Sankakugeri. Fujii gets la magistral for the win at 5:00 shown of 12:25. Nice to see a match get a little time. Ichikawa’s interference here was more offensive than the whole of his work for the last 5 or so years. The rest of the match was mostly stiff work as a background for the comedy.
Rating: **½

Naruki Doi {W1}, Masato Yoshino {W1} & BxB Hulk {W1} vs. Shingo Takagi {T}, Dragon Kid {T} & PAC {T}
Doi and PAC start. They avoid each other’s offense until PAC hits a dropkick. He hits a wild plancha. He hits a splash to Hulk’s back. Takagi hits a diving kneedrop for 2. Hulk hits Kid with a back heel kick. He hits a legdrop. Doi hits the hanging senton for 2. Kid comes back with the 619 to Yoshino and a stunner to Doi. Takagi hits Hulk and Doi with the Complete DDT. Kid hits Yoshino with the Déjà Vu. PAC hits Hulk with an enziguiri. He hits a massive quebrada. Kid hits Hulk with the Messiah. PAC hits a phoenix splash for 2. Hulk hits Takagi with a leg lariat after blocking the STAY DREAM. Yoshino hits the elevated facebuster for 2. He and Doi hit the Sling Blade Bomb for 2. Kid hits the stack hurricanrana on Yoshino. PAC hits a shooting star press for 2. Takagi hits the Pumping Bomber. Kid hits the Ultra Hurricanrana for 2. He goes for the Dragon Rana but Yoshino avoids it. Hulk hits a leg lariat for 2. Going for the pin off of that move after all the craziness in this match deflated the crowd. Yoshino hits the shotgun senton and a suicide dive. Doi hits the Avalanche 555 for 2. He hits PAC with the Rydeen Bomb for 2. Hulk hits the EVO but PAC rolls through for 2. Hulk hits the Mouse. Yoshino hits the Torbellino. Doi hits the Bakatare Sliding Kick for the win at 6:45 shown of 21:56. I’m intensely interested in seeing this entire match, because the seven or so minutes shown were really great and the crowd was whipped into a frenzy almost the entire time.
Rating: ***½

Doi cuts his bland Enrish promo after the match, thanking the fans. He’s got nothing on CIMA’s bi-lingual mess.