I haven’t received any new Inifnities or shows lately so I thought I’d do a quick catch up on some events going on in Dragon Gate lately. Be warned though of course that this will contain spoilers for upcoming Infinities so if you like to get your updates from the shows then you should stop reading.

First of all, and possibly the biggest news in a long time (at least for me ;)) is that we have a new Brave Gate champion. K-ness is the man to take out Naoki Tanizaki. Naoki had been a bit of a surprise champion, but a popular one nonetheless and his win was certainly a big...

Big news today K-ness fans, as Genki called out X and it turned out to be K-ness!

So what this means is the K-ness will be taking SaiRyo’s place in all of his matches, not least of all the mask vs hair elimination cage match at the upcoming FINAL GATE! K-ness mask will be on the line once again, and this will also be his second of such matches. This entry also puts him on the opposite side of...

I got into an interesting discussion with CP Munk over at the SSS forums about Naruki Doi’s outfits. In a previous post I stated how I found Doi’s entrance outfits in big matches to lack taste and frankly, don’t fit his character. Although there is one more PPV this year to come, I’m not sure we’ll see much in the way of Doi’s coats there, so I...

Some terrible news in that SaiRyo has suffered a serious injury to his tendon and will be out for the foreseeable future. Based on the fact he is such a major focus of several storylines right now, most notably the Susumu heel turn, this will cause some serious problems. His replacement for the FINAL GATE match and all upcoming matches has yet to be announced.

This is a terrible shame as I felt Ryo has finally come into his own as a heel after such a poor start earlier in the year and was incredibly interesting to watch right now. Hopefully his recovery will be swift and he will be...

Unfortunately some sad news to report today. Taku Iwasa announced his retirement at the latest Buyuden due to injuries sustained to his neck. Shingo Takagi and fans apparently managed to talk him out of an actual retirement and to take an indefinite leave of absence, but it would appear a return would seem unlikely.

Iwasa was an original T2P graduate but took his time really finding his place in the roster. After failing to form his own stable with Raimu Mishima, known as Iwasa Gundam, he and Mishima formed one of the most successful comedy duos in recent wrestling memory known as...

In what will go down as no surprise to anyone, Shingo and YAMATO advance to face Ryo and Genki for the Twin Gate after defeating Michizuki and Nakajima in the finals.

Ryo and Genki made a demand before they would accept the match though – they get to choose a special guest referee. Now I’m not sure what position RH are in to be making such demands. They HAVE to defend their title against Shingo/YAMATO so making demands seems stupid. But alas, this is how it will go down.

The match is scheduled for Korakuen on September 17th. Let’s hope it is as good as their