DGUSA Enter the Dragon
Enter the Dragon / Open the Historic Gate is the first professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Dragon Gate USA that was taped on July 25, 2009 at The Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and aired September 4, 2009.[1]
Enter the Dragon was awarded Best Major Show of 2009 by Wrestling Observer Newsletter.[2]
Background
See also: Professional wrestling
Enter the Dragon featured five professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers were portrayed as either villains or heroes in the scripted events that build tension and culminated into a wrestling match or series of matches.
Results
2009
| Enter the Dragon 2009 | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Dragon Gate USA | |||
| Date |
July 25, 2009 (aired September 4, 2009) | |||
| Venue | The Arena | |||
| City | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |||
| Pay-per-view chronology | ||||
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| Enter The Dragon chronology | ||||
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| # | Results | Stipulations |
|---|---|---|
| Dark[3] | Lince Dorado defeated Cheech, Cloudy, Johnny Gargano, Chris Jones, Louis Lyndon, Aaron Arbo, and Andy Harner | Fray |
| Dark[3] | 2 Cold Scorpio defeated Ken Doane | Singles match |
| 1 | YAMATO defeated BxB Hulk | Singles match |
| 2 | The Colony (Fire Ant & Soldier Ant), Jigsaw and Mike Quackenbush defeated F.I.S.T. (Icarus & Gran Akuma), Amasis and Hallowicked | Eight Man Tag Team match |
| 3 | Dragon Kid defeated Masato Yoshino | Singles match |
| 4 | The Young Bucks (Nick and Matt Jackson) defeated Warriors-5 (CIMA and Susumu Yokosuka) | Tag team match |
| 5 | Naruki Doi defeated Shingo | Singles match |
2010
| Enter the Dragon 2010 | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Dragon Gate USA | |||
| Date | July 24, 2010 | |||
| Venue | The Arena | |||
| City | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |||
| Pay-per-view chronology | ||||
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| Enter The Dragon chronology | ||||
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| # | Results | Stipulations |
|---|---|---|
| Dark 1 | Lince Dorado vs Super Shenlong - Time Limit Draw | Singles match |
| Dark 2 | Cheech & Cloudy defeated Rexx Reed & Tommaso Ciampa | Tag team Match |
| Dark 3 | Jimmy Jacobs defeated Sami Callihan | Singles match |
| 1 | CIMA defeated Johnny Gargano | Singles match |
| 2 | Chuck Taylor defeated Ricochet, Arik Cannon & Adam Cole | Four Way Match |
| 3 | Naruki Doi defeated Drake Younger | Singles match |
| 4 | BxB Hulk defeated Masaaki Mochizuki | Dragon Gate Open the Freedom Gate |
| 5 | Rich Swann defeated Scott Reed | Singles match |
| 6 | Masato Yoshino, Mike Quackenbush, Jigsaw & Hallowicked defeated YAMATO, Akira Tozawa, Jon Moxley & Gran Akuma | 8 Man Elimination Tag Team Match |
| 7 | Bryan Danielson defeated Shingo | Singles match |
2011
| Enter the Dragon 2011 | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Dragon Gate USA | |||
| Date |
June 5, 2011 (aired June 5, 2011) | |||
| Venue | B.B. King's Blues Club & Grill | |||
| City | Manhattan, NY | |||
| Pay-per-view chronology | ||||
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| Enter The Dragon chronology | ||||
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| # | Matches | Stipulations |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Masato Yoshino defeated Ricochet | Singles match |
| 2 | A.R. Fox defeated Pinkie Sanchez | Singles match |
| 3 | Jon Davis defeated Tony Nese, Ahtu, Flip Kendrick, Louis Lyndon, Facade, Sugar Dunkerton, Caleb Konley, and Cedrick Alexander | FRAY! |
| 4 | Sami Callihan & Arik Cannon defeated Masaaki Mochizuki and Susumu Yokosuka | Tag Team match |
| 5 | Johnny Gargano & Chuck Taylor & Rich Swann defeated CIMA & Brodie Lee & Austin Aries | Trios match |
| 6 | YAMATO defeated PAC | Open The Freedom Gate Title Match |
References
- General
- Radican, Sean (2009-08-31). "Radican's DGUSA 9/4 Enter the Dragon PPV Review (Yamato-Hulk, Young Bucks-CIMA & Yokosuka)". PW Torch. Retrieved 2009-10-07.
- Specific
- ↑ Caldwell, Jaspn (2009-06-17). "DGUSA News: Dragon Gate USA announces PPV distribution deal with ROH's previous distributor". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2009-07-04.
- ↑ Meltzer, Dave (2011-01-26). "Biggest issue of the year: The 2011 Wrestling Observer Newsletter Awards Issue". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Campbell, CA: 1–40. ISSN 1083-9593.
- 1 2 http://www.dgusa.tv/newsalerts.htm
External links
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