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Open The Voice Gate - Dragongate 50 Days from Kobe World & 30 Under 30!

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 is declaring it summer between Mike’s Thunderstorm Warnings and it being June and they return to make sense of a very difficult time in Dragongate. They open with a mystery topic before discussing Sunday’s Kobe Sambo Hall (5/31) show, trying to make more sense of Kobe World 50 days out, Korakuen Doubleheader preview and the VOW 30 Under 30 List! 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. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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Open The Voice Gate - Dragongate's Sapporo Trip Review and More!

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 first Sapporo weekend of the year in the books (5/22-4), Mike and Case are back to make sense of the events in Dragongate. They discuss the state of the promotion with Kobe World two months out, the situations now with new Triangle Gate and Twin Gate champions, and the good and bad from three shows in Hokkaido! 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. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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Those Days: A Michinoku Pro Retrospective Ep: 16 - World Championship Title Series

Welcome to Those Days: A Michinoku Pro Retrospective! Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) return to Michinoku Pro and late July 1996 where MichiPro has entered a Title Match Frenzy! They discuss the changing Japanese media climate before getting into The Great Sasuke and Tiger Mask IV’s July CMLL Mexico tour. From there, it’s time to talk about The World Championship Title Series tour, try to figure out the legitimacy of the Central American Middleweight Title, observe the growth of the young roster. Soon it’s August 5th, 1996 and it’s time to go to Sumo Hall for the J-Crown Finals between Ultimo Dragon and Sasuke, and the night that completely changed Sasuke’s physical trajectory. To finish up, they return to The World Championship Title Series and a new top Michinoku Pro match, and matches to hunt down! A full match listing of footage covered during this episode can be found at the show post on www.voicesofwrestling.com or in the Open The Voice Gate channel on the VOW Discord. 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 social media with @openvoicegate! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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Open The Voice Gate - The State of Dragongate with Jae!

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. On this episode, Case and Mike are joined by the Dragongate English play-by-play commentator and Dragon System Historian Jae (https://bsky.app/profile/dgjae.bsky.social) for almost a three-and-a-half hours of discussion of Dragongate’s 2026, the overall promotion, The Dia, Magnum and CIMA Situations, business discussions 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. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Those Days: A Michinoku Pro Retrospective Ep: 15 - Michinoku Pro invades Budokan Hall!

Welcome to Those Days: A Michinoku Pro Retrospective! Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) return to Michinoku Pro and it’s time for the Inoki World Wrestling Peace Festival (including a new shocking Inoki fact), Skydiving J, and a deeper look at the formation of Kaientai DX! They take a deep look at the failed Inoki Los Angeles gambit, including how Great Sasuke ended up there, before discussing “Crisis in Lucha Paradise,” a reemerged comp tape covering June of 1996, including Sasuke/Hamada/TM4 vs KDX and the first-ever Michinoku Pro KDX ten-man tag! After that, they discuss the MPro participation on New Japan’s Skydiving J show, the all Juniors Budokan Hall show including Liger vs Togo, Ultimo vs Naniwa, Delfin vs TAKA and main evented by an IWGP Jr Title match between The Great Sasuke and Black Tiger II! A full match listing of footage covered during this episode can be found at the show post on www.voicesofwrestling.com or in the Open The Voice Gate channel on the VOW Discord. 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 social media with @openvoicegate!. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/open-the-voice-gate/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Open The Voice Gate - Golden Colosseum (4/26) Review & Magnum TOKYO

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 Golden Week so it’s time for Dragongate’s annual big show in Nagoya, now under a new name as Golden Colosseum, and Open The Voice Gate is back to talk all about it. They discuss the result of the Steel Cage Warfare 6-Way Match and where they expect the participants to go from Psypatra vs Gajadokuro, as well as Dragongate’s best match in a while, Jacky Kamei & Riiita vs Susumu Yokosuka & KAGETORA and everything else from 4/26’s show. Then to close out the show, they follow up on Magnum TOKYO situation and DIA on the heels of the post-Golden Colosseum press releases! 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 Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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Open The Voice Gate - Dragongate The Gate of Sin City & Golden Colosseum Preview

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 a jam-packed Voice Gate with both Dragongate at Mania Weekend and Golden Colosseum (4/26) to preview! Case and Mike break down their thoughts on Mania Weekend and DG’s participation before reviewing The Gate of Sin City (4/15) and other Dragongate appearances across the weekend. They then preview the entire Golden Colosseum show, give their thoughts on who’s losing the cage match, the frustration over the Twin Division, the Title Match build game, 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 Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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Those Days: A Michinoku Pro Retrospective Ep. 14 - The Formation of Kaientai DX

Welcome to Those Days: A Michinoku Pro Retrospective! Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) return to Michinoku Pro and it’s time for the full formation of the legendary stable, Kaientai DX in the spring of 1996! Over the course of the episode, they discuss Michinoku Pro’s 3/16/96 Ota Ward Gymnasium show, Sasuke vs Liger and Jinsei Shinzaki’s return to Japan versus the Great Muta at the Tokyo Dome, unexpected debuts, and the Super Powers unite as Sasuke and Super Delfin team for the first time in Michinoku Pro history in a handicap match against Dick Togo, Men’s Teioh and Shiryu on 6/23/96. A full match listing of footage covered during this episode can be found at the show post on www.voicesofwrestling.com or in the Open The Voice Gate channel on the VOW Discord. 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 social media with @openvoicegate!. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/open-the-voice-gate/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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Open The Voice Gate - Dragongate The Gate of Passion Review!

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 Dragongate’s The Gate of Passion Tokyo Korakuen Hall (4/6) show in the books, Voice Gate is back to talk all about it and the road to Golden Colosseum! Mike and Case discuss the Aichi Cage Match being finalized post-Dream Gate match, Kikuta vs KAI, Class of 2016’s 10th Anniversary match, the frustrations with Aichi’s build, 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 Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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Open The Voice Gate - Dia Leaves Dragongate

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. On this episode of Open The Voice Gate, Mike and Case discuss Dragon Dia/DIA’s departure from Dragongate, the company response, the overall situation that’s known so far, DIA’s legacy within Dragongate, D’Courage going further and more. They then discuss highlights from this week’s show from Kobe (3/29) and preview next Monday’s Korakuen Hall show (4/6)! 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 Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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Those Days: A Michinoku Pro Retrospective Ep. 13 - Michinoku's UK Excursion

Welcome to Those Days: A Michinoku Pro Retrospective! Welcome to 1996! Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) put a bow on Michinoku Pro’s 1995 with the Observer and their top wrestlers and matches in Michinoku Pro, and talk about 1995 in context of Michinoku’s history. From there, it’s on to 1996 with an enormous Sapporo show headlined by The Great Sasuke teaming with Giant Zebra vs Gran Naniwa and Mr. Pogo, Kaientai returns, MichiPro in the UK, and the beginning of a tale about a CMLL World Welterweight title as El Pantera defends in Osaka against Super Delfin! A full match listing of footage covered during this episode can be found at the show post on www.voicesofwrestling.com or in the Open The Voice Gate channel on the VOW Discord. 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 social media with @openvoicegate!. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/open-the-voice-gate/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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Open The Voice Gate - The Situation Around the CIMA/Magnum Talk Show

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. On this week’s episode of Open The Voice Gate, Case and Mike discuss Dragongate’s press release from 3/16 and how it relates to the CIMA and Magnum Tokyo talkshow from 2/28, the incendiary comments from the show, the situations of CIMA and Magnum, Takashi Okamura vs Toru Kido, Dragongate’s opacity as it relates to how it operates, the Dragon Dia situation, and everything surrounding this event, including translations from said talk show. 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 Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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