Episode Details

Welcome back to Open The Voice Gate - Rewind and Rewatch! Case (https://twitter.com/_inyourcase) and Mike (https://twitter.com/fujiiheya) are back to Rewind and Rewatch important events in Dragon System history.

Before getting into Rewind and Rewatch, Mike and Case touch on Helene, the announcement of Stalker Ichikawa’s retirement and a very fun Kobe Sambo Hall show with Gold Class vs Z-Brats and the debut of Akihiro Sahara.

After that, it’s time for Rewind and Rewatch and the two year Dragon Kid vs Darkness Dragon feud concluding at Absolutemente 2002 with a best of three falls mascara contra mascara match. Case and Mike discuss what sets this feud apart as one of Toryumon’s greatest rivalries, how the Dragon System today is representative of this feud, the development of the multi-team trios match, heel units, Magnum TOKYO’s 2002 and a whole lot more!

Resources to help victims of Hurricane Helene: https://appvoices.org/helene-relief/

The match listing for the show is as follows: 

8/24/00: Dragon Kid vs. SUWA

Features Darkness Dragon’s debut 

https://dragongate.live/title/?program=program_201806011636&episode=16

1/29/01: Dragon Kid vs. Darkness Dragon

NWA World Welterweight Title Tournament, first singles match

https://dragongate.live/title/?program=program_201806011636&episode=21

8/14/01: Dragon Kid, Magnum TOKYO & Ryo Saito vs. Big Fuji, CIMA, & SUWA and Darkness Dragon, Masaaki Mochizuki, & Yasushi Kanda

First televised three-way six-man match. UWA World Trios Title Match

https://dragongate.live/title/?program=program_201806011636&episode=30

11/6/01: Dragon Kid vs. Darkness Dragon 

Singles match in Chicken George 

https://dragongate.live/title/?program=program_201806011636&episode=33

7/14/02: CIMA, Don Fujii & TARU vs. Darkness Dragon, Genki Horiguchi & Magnum TOKYO vs. Dragon Kid, Masaaki Mochizuki & Ryo Saito

Rematch from World, UWA World Trios Title Match 

https://dragongate.live/title/?program=program_201806011636&episode=46

9/8/02: The Match. 

https://dragongate.live/title/?program=program_201806011636&episode=50

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