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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. Open The Voice Gate returns to discuss this momentous week in Dragongate. Case springs a surprise anniversary on Mike to lead off this week’s episode, but then they get into the pressing news of the week, Eita (finally) goes freelance. After that, they talk the annoying habit of Kota Minoura getting involved in a perfectly great Madoka Kikuta Dream Gate challenge for DEAD OR ALIVE. Then it’s onto the title matches from Memorial Gate, the stops in Nagoya and Kobe, talking Buyuden and playing the game show sensation Remember That Guy.  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

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 Dragongate’s Memorial Gate 2023 Week and Open The Voice Gate is here to talk all about it. They lead off the show discussing March 18th’s Wakayama special including the Open The Twin Gate championship with Kzy and Big Boss Shimizu defending the titles against the Father and Son team of Masaaki Mochizuki and Mochizuki Jr! They then preview the big show the next day in Nagoya as Dragongate starts on their road to DEAD OR ALIVE! From there, they discuss their comps for the Class of 2022, and play Remember This Guy! 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

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 biggest weekend in Dragongate’s 2023 is in the books and Open The Voice Gate is back to talk all about the finals of Rey de Parejas and Champion Gate 2023! They look at the Dream Gate scene and how Strong Machine J did on Dragongate’s Testing Ground. From there they talk about Jason Lee vs Minorita for the Brave Gate and the history of great international wrestlers in the Dragon System. With Daiki Yanagiuchi’s debut, they talk about the company’s all time great Debut Matches, and Don Fujii’s claim to be the Wrestler of the Week. They close it out discussing the Unit Landscape after Champion Gate weekend, Gold Class, Dragon Kid and Eita, Ranking the Rey de Parejas teams, Yasushi Kanda did what, 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

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 almost March and full steam ahead for Dragongate as they enter their biggest week of the year! On this episode, Case and Mike talk about the closing stages of Rey de Parejas, including the Kobe (2/26) Art Center show as they look ahead to this weekend’s Champion Gate shows. They discuss Shun Skywalker’s surprising Dream Gate challenger Strong Machine J and the role of Champion Gate as a proving ground, DoiYAMA’s stunning Rey de Parejas, YAMATO and the All Star Jr Festival, the remaining title programs for Champion Gate, preview Thursday’s Rey de Parejas finals from Korakuen, and play a game where Case tries to Remember This Guy! 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

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. Rey de Parejas is about to enter its final week, and Open The Voice Gate is back to talk all about it. Leading off this week, they touch on the Muto Retirement Show and the Dragongate participation on it. From there, Case takes Mike through the Rey de Parejas teams and their performances to this point, and scenarios in the final week of block play. After that, they breakdown all of the tournament matches this week, including Dragongate’s full shows in a day/night double header in Fukuoka, and they close out discussing perhaps the match of the tournament, Jason Lee and Jacky “Funky” Kamei vs Madoka Kikuta and Yuki Yoshioka! 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

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. After a hot first week of Rey de Parejas, it’s time to take things down to a simmer in Kyoto and Okayama! Open The Voice Gate returns to have an important talk about Mike’s production equipment purchases, the Dragongate roster’s Bang choices, Ryu Fuda, Kyoto woes and one of the damnedest hot tags they’ve ever seen! 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

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 the first Rey de Parejas in 20 years and Open The Voice Gate returns to talk all about it. It’s a big day for Dragongate as clap rules have been lifted and Case and Mike are on the moon talking about how great the kickoff was in Korakuen (2/3) with the return of DoiYAMA versus the Double Dragons, Madoka Kikuta’s big night and more! They then continue with the round robin matches in Shizuoka (2/4) and the wrestling capital of Japan, Gifu (2/5) to close out the week! (Production note: I had gremlins while recording, the audio is entirely listenable and will have it fixed on future episodes. My apologizes -Mike) 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

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. As Dragongate closes out their January schedule, Open The Voice Gate is back to talk about the world of Dragongate. Leading off, they audible into some AAA talk with SB KENTo & Takuma Fujiwara’s latest appearance with Takuma Nishikawa in tow. Big things are afoot with the announcement of the All Star Jr Festival 2023 Powered by the LEC Corporation, and Case and Mike talk about the Dragongate angle and their history with New Japan. After that, they discuss a doubleheader from Kobe Sambo Hall (1/21-22) with an Open The Triangle Gate championship match between Z-Brats and Gold Class along with Rey de Parejas previews! 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

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’s first Tokyo appearances in 2023 are in the books and Voice Gate is back to talk about it! Leading off the show this week, Case and Mike lead off with a discussion of the Open The Dream Gate title match between Yuki Yoshioka, the result, and what the title picture looks like after that. Then they discuss all angles of High End Alliance vs Z-Brats Loser Must Disband, Class of 2022 continues to step forward, the return of Rey de Parejas before closing out on DGinUSA and SB KENTo vs Lucky Ali! The Rey de Parejas match Case referred two between CIMA/Jun vs Magnum/Milano can be viewed at: https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV114411Z7a2/?spm_id_from=333.337.search-card.all.click 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

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 2023 and Open The Voice Gate is back to talk about the first weekend of their year! Leading off the show, Case and Mike discuss the recently released FSM 50 and Dragongate’s strong appearance this year. From there, they discuss the season openers in Osaka (1/7) and Kyoto (1/8), clap crowds returning for TV loop shows, the easing into the year, and the build to the big January doubleheader in Korakuen on 1/11 & 1/12! 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

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 award time for Open The Voice Gate! With Dragongate on winter holiday, Case and Mike are here to present the 2022 Ulty Awards! Before they get to that, they discuss the Flagship Podcast’s Japan Free Agent News, noise crowds in Osaka, and Case has a very special quiz for Mike. Then it’s award time. Join Open The Voice Gate as they go through 2022 to decide Dragongate’s MVP, Rookie of the Year, Unit of the Year and so much 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

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. Open The Voice Gate finishes out 2022 with Dragongate’s final two shows of the year! Leading off the show, Case and Mike discuss The Final Gate 2022, the Christmas Day spectacular with Yuki Yoshioka defending the Dream Gate against the resurgent Ben-K and Shingo Takagi’s first match in the company in over four years! Then to close out the year, they discuss the hometown finale with another remarkable Rookies vs Vets match and an excellent D’Courage vs Z-Brats main event!  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

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. As Dragongate steamrolls their way towards The Final Gate and the end of 2022, Open the Voice Gate is back discussing their final Korakuen Hall (12/16) show of the year with Kzy vs Shun Skywalker as well as The Gate of Origin (12/18) with an excellent Twin Gate defense between Kzy and Big Boss Shimizu against YAMATO and Takashi Yoshida. Then closing out the show, they preview The Final Gate with Shingo Takagi’s return home after four years and the most popular man in years, Ben-K, taking on the Open The Dream Gate Champion Yuki Yoshioka!   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

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. With two weeks left in Dragongate’s 2022 schedule, Open The Voice Gate is back on the road to The Final Gate 2022! This week, Case and Mike review an excellent Kyoto farewell (12/10) with an exception D’Courage vs Naruki Doi & Eita tag match and a newsworthy rare Nagoya show (12/11) with business notes on the heels of a show with an U-T Homecoming, Dragon Kid vs Ultimo Dragon and D’Courage vs Gold Class. Then closing out this week’s episode, a special report from friend of the show Mark/Gutsdozer (https://www.youtube.com/@gutsdozer) on the illustrious K-JAX.   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

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 been a huge week in the Dragon System and Open The Voice Gate is back to talk all about it. Leading off the show, they discuss the Hokkaido trip (12/2 - 12/4). Case and Mike talk about the title matches in Hokkaido, the magic of these trips, and why these trips matter for Dragongate. From there, they discuss the enormous Fantastic Gate kick off from Tokyo Korakuen Hall (12/6) with the monumental Yoshioka vs Mochizuki Dream Gate Match, Shingo Takagi’s return home, Yoshiki Kato’s debut, and the rest of the first big show of December!  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

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. Open The Voice Gate returns from their holiday to talk about the world of Dragongate including their holiday in Okinawa! Leading off, Case and Mike discuss a very fun weekend in Okinawa with our friends at Ryukyu Dragon Pro Wrestling including the man the mystery K-Jax. After that, they discuss the latest in #DGinUSA with the 2023 announcements and the 2022 King of Indies tournament with an impassioned discussion SB KENTo’s greatness. Concluding this week’s show, they cross over to GLEAT to discuss Kaito Ishida’s comings and goings with the young promotion.  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

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. Open The Voice Gate returns first to have an Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame talk up top. Mike walks Case through his would-be ballot and they have a conversation on why some of the best Dragon System candidates have never been on the ballot. From there they discuss the Pro Wrestling NOAH “Global Dream” show (11/11) with Yuki Yoshioka teaming with Kaito Kiyomiya taking on Kota Minoura and Kenoh! We have begun posting "Best-Of" clips from each episode on YouTube. Last week we chose our discussion on the Dragongate Dojo! https://youtu.be/irPR7_DDcrY Please subscribe and like at: https://www.youtube.com/@VoicesWrestling 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

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. Open The Voice Gate returns to discuss Dragongate’s November Korakuen Hall (11/9) show with the big 3-way 6-man main event of Z-Brats vs Gold Class vs Natural Vibes and the next Dream Gate match being made. From there, they discuss tomorrow’s (11/11) NOAH Global Dream show with Dragongate participation and then with the news of Mania Weekend, their Dragongate Mania Shows. 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. {{PODCASTotvg}} Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/open-the-voice-gate/donations

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. With The Gate of Destiny 2022 in the books, Open The Voice Gate is back to talk all about it. Case and Mike give their big thoughts on Dragongate’s biggest show of the Fall and then spend the remainder of the near two hour episode discussing everything that happened this morning. They discuss the Dream Gate picture coming out of Yoshioka vs YAMATO as well as who is Masked Z, Takuma Fujiwara’s brief return from Mexico 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

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. This Sunday is The Gate of Destiny 2022, and Open The Voice Gate are here to talk all about it. Before Case and Mike get to their preview of one of Dragongate’s biggest shows of the year, they discuss the new YouTube uploads, including the first allowed cheering crowd in the company since March 2020 and the last batch of #DGinUSA with big shows with Defy and Prestige Wrestling. After that, they breakdown every match of The Gate of Destiny from the opener with the return of Naruki Doi, to the Open the Dream Gate Championship match where Yuki Yoshioka defends against YAMATO, returning to Japan looking to get an unprecedented sixth Dream Gate Championship! 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