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| − | On March 7, Doi and Kid faced each other in a match. Doi would show signs of a heel turn such as using his former [[VerserK]] attire, attack Kid during his entrance and using heel a low blow to win the match. Later that night, Tribe Vanguard won the four-way eight-man tag team elimination match, after Ben-K accidentally attacked Kanda. Shimizu would beg Eita to not kick them out of the stable, YAMATO would provoke Eita, leading him to berate the other units. Eita would proceed to offer Doi to join R.E.D, but Dragon Kid interrupted and questioned Doi's tactics. Doi responded that he just joined in the 20th Anniversary fan service by wearing his old VerserK attire. General Manager [[Takayuki Yagi]] capitalized on the opportunity and announced the rules for the Steel Cage Survival match, as well multiple tag team matches between members of the respective units to decide, which member would enter in the match. Eita would select [[Takashi Yoshida]] as his partner and their opponents would be Big Ben. Doi would select Kid as his partner, leading Yoshino to choose [[Kaito Ishida]]. On March 16, Natural Vibes decided via lottery, which members would face each other. During the event, Doi warned Kid that if he retrieved the flag he would kick him out of the stable, while Kid responded that he would keep MaxiMuM all together. Kzy and [["brother" YASSHI]] defeated [[Genki Horiguchi]] and [[Susumu Yokosuka]], with Kzy pinning Horiguchi to represent Natural Vibes in the match. YAMATO joked that he would kick out Maria, leading him to return from his injury. YAMATO and U-T defeated [[Kagetora]] and KAI, with YAMATO pinning Kagetora to represent Tribe Vanguard in the match. |
+ | On March 7, Doi and Kid faced each other in a match. Doi would show signs of a heel turn such as using his former [[VerserK]] attire, attack Kid during his entrance and using heel a low blow to win the match. Later that night, Tribe Vanguard won the four-way eight-man tag team elimination match, after Ben-K accidentally attacked Kanda. Shimizu would beg Eita to not kick them out of the stable, YAMATO would provoke Eita, leading him to berate the other units. Eita would proceed to offer Doi to join R.E.D, but Dragon Kid interrupted and questioned Doi's tactics. Doi responded that he just joined in the 20th Anniversary fan service by wearing his old VerserK attire. General Manager [[Takayuki Yagi]] capitalized on the opportunity and announced the rules for the Steel Cage Survival match, as well multiple tag team matches between members of the respective units to decide, which member would enter in the match. Eita would select [[Takashi Yoshida]] as his partner and their opponents would be Big Ben. Doi would select Kid as his partner, leading Yoshino to choose [[Kaito Ishida]]. On March 16, Natural Vibes decided via lottery, which members would face each other. During the event, Doi warned Kid that if he retrieved the flag he would kick him out of the stable, while Kid responded that he would keep MaxiMuM all together. Kzy and [["brother" YASSHI]] defeated [[Genki Horiguchi]] and [[Susumu Yokosuka]], with Kzy pinning Horiguchi to represent Natural Vibes in the match. YAMATO joked that he would kick out Maria, leading him to return from his injury. YAMATO and U-T defeated [[Kagetora]] and KAI, with YAMATO pinning Kagetora to represent Tribe Vanguard in the match. On March 21 at [[Memorial Gate in Wakayama (2019)|Memorial Gate in Wakayama]], Kid lost the [[Open the Brave Gate Championship]] to [[Susumu Yokosuka]]. During the event, [[Shun Skywalker]] and [[Hyou Watanabe]] defeated [[Yuki Yoshioka]] and [[Kota Minoura]], with Shun pinning Minoura to represent Mochizuki Dojo in the match. On April 10, Doi and Kid defeated Ishida and Yoshino, with Doi pinning Ishida to represent MaxiMuM in the match. Doi blackmailed Kid that if he helped him win the match, he wouldn't kick him out of the stable. Yoshino proposed facing Doi to decide who would represent MaxiMuM in the match, but Doi refused. Later that night, Big Ben defeated Eita and Yoshida, with Shimizu pinning Eita, to represent R.E.D in the match. Afterwards, Shimizu dared Eita to kick him out of the stable. Yoshida declared that he was not on Eita's side causing tensions in R.E.D, leading Sakamoto and Kanda to choose Eita's side, dividing the stable, leading to the match [[PAC]] would join Eita's side. On April 28, Big Ben lost the Open The Twin Gate Championship to KAI and YAMATO, after Eita cost them the match. On May 4, Shimizu and Doi teamed with each other facing Kzy and YAMATO in a predule match. Shimizu would bring MaxiMuM attire to the match. The match ended with Doi scoring the win for the team over Kzy. |
[[File:Pacdream.jpg|thumb|3000x300px|[[PAC]], who defended the [[Open The Dream Gate Championship]] against [[Dragon Kid]] at the event.|left]] |
[[File:Pacdream.jpg|thumb|3000x300px|[[PAC]], who defended the [[Open The Dream Gate Championship]] against [[Dragon Kid]] at the event.|left]] |
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Revision as of 19:14, 7 May 2019
The Dead or Alive (2018) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and GAORA TV event promoted by Dragon Gate. The event took place on May 6, 2019, in Aichi at the Aichi Prefectural Gym and is the eleventh annual event under the Dead or Alive name. The event will also be available at Dragon Gate's streaming website, Dragon Gate Network.
The event featured a Unit bonds Seven-man steel cage match including Natural Vibes' Kzy, Tribe Vanguard's YAMATO, Mochizuki Dojo's Shun Skywalker, MaxiMuM's Naruki Doi and R.E.D's Big R Shimizu in the main event.
Production
Background
The Dead or Alive (2019) will air in Japan through Dragon Gate's internet streaming site, Niconico, with Japanese language commentaries. The Japanese commentary was provided by Katsuya Ichikawa. The event also aired on tape delay on Japanese TV Gaora Sports to be launched in Dragon Gate's ~ Infinity ~ Series. The event aired worldwide on Dragon Gate's internet streaming website, Dragon Gate Network. The full match card was announced on May 1.
Storylines
The Dead or Alive (2019) will feature professional wrestling matches that involved wrestlers from pre-existing feuds and storylines that played out on the Dragon Gate's television program. Wrestlers portrayed heroes or villains as they followed a series of events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.
R.E.D, who are currently divided into two sides after tension between the unit, and take part into the event.
The Dead or Alive (2019) is the third major Dragon Gate show following the Memorial Gate in Wakayama (2019). The match will feature one representative from all units, Natural Vibes' Kzy, Tribe Vanguard's YAMATO, Mochizuki Dojo's Shun Skywalker, MaxiMuM's Naruki Doi and R.E.D's Big R Shimizu. Since January 13, 2019, Dragon Kid began proclaiming himself as the leader of MaxiMuM and started berating the other members of MaxiMuM, after losing their matches. Kid would accuse his stablemates efforts, stating that they only worked hard when there was a prize on the line. His actions started to annoy is MaxiMuM stablemate Naruki Doi, leading Doi to ask Kid to leave MaxiMuM. Meanwhile, in R.E.D, since January 16, during a match between R.E.D and MaxiMuM, Big R Shimizu accidentally hit his stablemate Ben-K on two occasions which caused some tension between them. Shimizu had previously cost R.E.D a match, with his stablemates leaving the arena without him. Shimizu's mistakes would repeat during his matches, leading R.E.D's leader Eita to accuse him of doing it on purpose, and blamed Ben-K and Shimizu for the loses and accused them of being incompetent. Leading to the match, Tribe Vanguard had three casualties with BxB Hulk and Yosuke♥Santa Maria, being injured and Flamita in Mexico, YAMATO had to ask KAI to join Tribe Vanguard, which he accepted. On February 5, tensions would come ahead between Natural Vibes, Tribe Vanguard, Mochizuki Dojo and R.E.D. Eita would criticize each stable weak points and agreed to a match with each other on March 7. Eita would nominate himself, PAC, Kazma Sakamoto and Yasushi Kanda for the match, leaving Shimizu arguing that he and Ben-K should be in the match due to holding the Open The Twin Gate Championship. Mochizuki Dojo would try to enter the match, Eita protested, but Shimizu wanted them in the match, leading Eita to claim that he was the leader of R.E.D. Five days later, Eita would accidentally hit Ben-K with a chair, costing his match against U-T. Shimizu blamed Eita for Ben-K's loss and demanded an explanation, but he refused claiming they were the ones who lost the match. Ben-K and Shimizu errors, leading Eita to threat them that he would kick them out of the stable. Despite Big Ben, retaining the Open The Twin Gate Championship on March 3 at Champion Gate in Osaka, Eita warned them that he had no problems of kicking them out.
Naruki Doi, who represented MaxiMuM in the five-way Steel Cage Survival match.
On March 7, Doi and Kid faced each other in a match. Doi would show signs of a heel turn such as using his former VerserK attire, attack Kid during his entrance and using heel a low blow to win the match. Later that night, Tribe Vanguard won the four-way eight-man tag team elimination match, after Ben-K accidentally attacked Kanda. Shimizu would beg Eita to not kick them out of the stable, YAMATO would provoke Eita, leading him to berate the other units. Eita would proceed to offer Doi to join R.E.D, but Dragon Kid interrupted and questioned Doi's tactics. Doi responded that he just joined in the 20th Anniversary fan service by wearing his old VerserK attire. General Manager Takayuki Yagi capitalized on the opportunity and announced the rules for the Steel Cage Survival match, as well multiple tag team matches between members of the respective units to decide, which member would enter in the match. Eita would select Takashi Yoshida as his partner and their opponents would be Big Ben. Doi would select Kid as his partner, leading Yoshino to choose Kaito Ishida. On March 16, Natural Vibes decided via lottery, which members would face each other. During the event, Doi warned Kid that if he retrieved the flag he would kick him out of the stable, while Kid responded that he would keep MaxiMuM all together. Kzy and "brother" YASSHI defeated Genki Horiguchi and Susumu Yokosuka, with Kzy pinning Horiguchi to represent Natural Vibes in the match. YAMATO joked that he would kick out Maria, leading him to return from his injury. YAMATO and U-T defeated Kagetora and KAI, with YAMATO pinning Kagetora to represent Tribe Vanguard in the match. On March 21 at Memorial Gate in Wakayama, Kid lost the Open the Brave Gate Championship to Susumu Yokosuka. During the event, Shun Skywalker and Hyou Watanabe defeated Yuki Yoshioka and Kota Minoura, with Shun pinning Minoura to represent Mochizuki Dojo in the match. On April 10, Doi and Kid defeated Ishida and Yoshino, with Doi pinning Ishida to represent MaxiMuM in the match. Doi blackmailed Kid that if he helped him win the match, he wouldn't kick him out of the stable. Yoshino proposed facing Doi to decide who would represent MaxiMuM in the match, but Doi refused. Later that night, Big Ben defeated Eita and Yoshida, with Shimizu pinning Eita, to represent R.E.D in the match. Afterwards, Shimizu dared Eita to kick him out of the stable. Yoshida declared that he was not on Eita's side causing tensions in R.E.D, leading Sakamoto and Kanda to choose Eita's side, dividing the stable, leading to the match PAC would join Eita's side. On April 28, Big Ben lost the Open The Twin Gate Championship to KAI and YAMATO, after Eita cost them the match. On May 4, Shimizu and Doi teamed with each other facing Kzy and YAMATO in a predule match. Shimizu would bring MaxiMuM attire to the match. The match ended with Doi scoring the win for the team over Kzy.
PAC, who defended the Open The Dream Gate Championship against Dragon Kid at the event.
On April 12, U-T challenged Susumu Yokosuka to a match for his Open The Brave Gate Championship, which he accepted. The title match was made official for the event. The following day, PAC published a statement of his Twitter page, nominating Dragon Kid to be his next challenger for his Open The Dream Gate Championship at Dead or Alive or otherwise he wouldn't come back to Dragon Gate. Kid who was surprised by PAC's challenge and accepted the match. The match was made official hours later.
In the Open The Triangle Gate Championship match, R.E.D (Takashi Yoshida, Yasushi Kanda and Kazma Sakamoto will make their third title defense against Mochizuki Dojo (Masaaki Mochizuki, Hyou Watanabe and Kota Minoura). On April 10, Mochizuki and Watanabe defeated Kanda and Sakamoto, with Watanabe pinning Kanda. Mochizuki was impressed with Watanabe scoring the victory, and Mochizuki called out Minoura and challenged them to match, with General Manager Takayuki Yagi making the match official for the event.
Seven-way steel cage match rules
- Each unit will field one member as a representative. These representatives will be decided via intra-unit tag matches;
- There will be 4 flags set at the top of the cage. Climbing to the top and retrieving a flag earns you an escape;
- After 10 minutes have elapsed, fighters will be free to attempt to retrieve a flag.
- The representative that doesn’t retrieve a flag is the loser;
- The loser will be forced to kick a member out of their unit. Who that member is will be left totally up to the representative’s discretion, but the removal of one member is mandatory.
- Each escaped representative will also gain the optional right to choose a member to kick out a member of their unit. Whether they use this privilege is entirely up to their discretion.
Unit Representative matches
- Glorious Gate - March 16 (Kobe Sambo Hall - Hyogo, Kobe, Japan)
| # | Results | Stipulations | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kzy and "brother" YASSHI defeated Susumu Yokosuka and Genki Horiguchi | Natural Vibes Dead or Alive Representative Decision Match | 17:27 |
- Glorious Gate - March 17 (Nagoya Congress Center - Aichi, Nagoya, Japan)
| # | Results | Stipulations | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | YAMATO and U-T defeated Kagetora and KAI | Tribe Vanguard Dead or Alive Representative Decision Match | 16:46 |
- Memorial Gate in Wakayama - March 21 (Wakayama Prefectural Gym - Wakayama, Japan)
| # | Results | Stipulations | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shun Skywalker and Hyou Watanabe defeated Yuki Yoshioka and Kota Minoura | Mochizuki Dojo Dead or Alive Representative Decision Match | 14:42 |
- The Gate of Passion - April 10 (Kourakuen Hall - Tokyo, Japan)
| # | Results | Stipulations | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Naruki Doi and Dragon Kid defeated Masato Yoshino and Kaito Ishida | MaxiMuM Dead or Alive Representative Decision Match | 13:57 |
| 2 | Big Ben (Big R Shimizu and Ben-K) defeated Eita and Takashi Yoshida | R.E.D Dead or Alive Representative Decision Match | 11:38 |
Results
| # | Matches | Stipulations | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jason Lee, Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia and Keisuke Okuda defeated Natural Vibes (Genki Horiguchi, Punch Tominaga and "brother" YASSHI) and Mondai Ryu | Eight-Man Tag Team match | 5:38 |
| 2 | Ryo Saito and K-ness. defeated "Hollywood" Stalker Ichikawa and Shachihoko BOY | Tag Team match | 5:06 |
| 3 | MaxiMuM (Masato Yoshino and Kaito Ishida) defeated R.E.D (Eita and Ben-K) | Tag Team match | 9:22 |
| 4 | Machine Army (Strong Machine J, Strong Machine F and Strong Machine G) (with Shogun KY Wakamatsu) defeated Tribe Vanguard (KAI, Kagetora and Yosuke♥Santa Maria) | Six-Man Tag Team match | 10:22 |
| 5 | Susumu Yokosuka (c) defeated U-T | Singles match for the Open The Brave Gate Championship | 14:10 |
| 6 | R.E.D (Takashi Yoshida, Yasushi Kanda and Kazma Sakamoto (c) defeated Mochizuki Dojo (Masaaki Mochizuki, Hyou Watanabe and Kota Minoura | Six-Man Tag Team match for the Open The Triangle Gate Championship | 9:47 |
| 7 | PAC (c) defeated Dragon Kid | Singles match for the Open The Dream Gate Championship | 21:58 |
| 8 | Kzy (Natural Vibes), Naruki Doi (MaxiMuM), Shun Skywalker (Mochizuki Dojo) and YAMATO defeated Big R Shimizu (R.E.D) | ”Bonds” Five-way Steel Cage Survival match | 35:20 |
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