DRAGON GATE - Infinity 113 + 114!

CATCHIN' UP TIME~!

Two more Infinity's to look at in order to wrap up King Of Gate, and we'll start with 113 which sees the 4 second round matchups.

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King of Gate - Round 2: Magnitude Kishiwada vs. Madoka

Madoka tried and tried but when you're up against the BEHEMOTH that is Killer Kish that's not gonna get the job done maaan. So yeah, fun big man vs. little man match (odd choice of words since Kish is significantly shorter) with a killer finish that makes Magnitude look strong heading into the semis.

King of Gate - Round 1: Masaaki Mochizuki vs. Taku Iwasa

The series of Mochi beating lessons into young Taku continues. Iwasa was all uppity and getting in the vets face, challenging him to a war.... and a war was what he got. Match was filled with heavy duty strikes from both guys, real intense stuff. Iwasa came close a few times to getting a HUGE win, but he just wasn't quite able to break that threshold and eventually he was overwhelmed and found himself hanging onto life support as Mochi started mounting the pressure. The finish was a sick sick SICK series of high kicks that made one Mirko Cro Cop squirm. Very enjoyable match.

King of Gate - Round 1: Don Fujii vs. Naoki Tanisaki

Oh poor Naoki, poor young naive Naoki..... The big Don was too smart for him here. One of the funniest finishes I've seen in a while, as during a brawl on the outside, Don took Tanisaki outside the arena, gave him a slam, and shut the door, running back to the ring. Naoki couldn't make it back and Fujii makes it through to the semis in EPIC fashion.

King of Gate - Round 1: BxB Hulk vs. Naruki Doi

This all World-1 battle was definitely the showcase match of the tournament up to this point, and boy did it live up to it. A really awesome match in which BxB seemed to have a death wish. He took some completely insane bumps in this and it's a miracle he was walking afterwards. This was definitely the most near-fall laden match of the KOG so far, as both guys dropped bigtime bombs down the stretch getting the old 2.999999!!! on numerous occasions. The sickest of BxB's bumps came for the finish as he was KILLED deader than dead by a neck crunching Muscular Bomb (a move that needs to stop being done to anyone over 5'6), sending Doi into the semi finals to meet Don Fujii.

Another better than average show this time out. Two very good competitive matches, and two matches that were entertaining for other reasons.

INFINITY #112 - 8/10

114

And we move to the semi finals. Naruki Doi takes on Don Fujii and Masaaki Mochizuki takes on KILLER KISH. The winners meet in the final in the main event.

King Of Gate - Semi Final: Masaaki Mochizuki vs. Magnitude Kishiwada

Short, all action match here. Kish had some BAAAAA RUTAL offence in this including his awesome Superfly splash which squished Mochi, a face destroying lariat on a chair holding Mochizuki and legit one of the coolest brainbuster I've ever seen. It wasn't enough though, as Mochi's technique won out in the end, catching an arm submission out of nowhere for the win.I enjoyed the heck out of this match. Great way to start the show.

King Of Gate - Semi Final: Don Fujii vs. Naruki Doi

The story of this was Don trying all his cheap tactics to win without getting any damage. He tried the countout move he did to Tanisaki, by placing Doi in an ABDOMINAL STRETCH up in the cheap seats and then running down to the ring. Didn't work as Doi made it back at 19 and a half. Other tactics came up short too and eventually he realised Doi would have to be fully beaten if he wanted to go through. Unfortunately for Fujii, he wasn't able to do that as in a very surprising finish which mirrored the opener, Naruki Doi caught a KIMURA from the guard to advance. Fun match.

King Of Gate - Final: Masaaki Mochizuki vs. Naruki Doi

The two men who have been the most dominant in the tournament, rightfully meet in the final. They put together a heck of a match, which probably only trailed Doi's match with Hulk for match of the tournament honours. Real awesome back and forth action, especially down the stretch. They teased a couple of submission finishes, playing off the semi finals nicely. The crowd were really buying one of Mochi's ankle lock attempts in particular. Eventually though, it was the move which won Doi his 1st and 2nd round matches - the Muscular Bomb - which got the duke. Awesome match to finish a kick ass tournament.

After Doi's post match celebration we get highlights of Tozawa asking Shingo and Iwasa to form a unit. They seem to accept.

Excellent show to finish KOG.

INFINITY #114 - 8/10