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.
Enter the Dragon was awarded Best Major Show of 2009 by Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
Background
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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| Promotion | Dragon Gate USA | ||
| Date | July 25, 2009 (aired September 4, 2009) | ||
| City | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ||
| Venue | The Arena | ||
| Pay-per-view chronology | |||
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| Enter The Dragon chronology | |||
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| # | Results | Stipulations |
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| Dark | Lince Dorado defeated Cheech, Cloudy, Johnny Gargano, Chris Jones, Louis Lyndon, Aaron Arbo, and Andy Harner | Fray |
| Dark | Too Cold Scorpio defeated Kenn 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 (Matt and Nick 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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| Promotion | Dragon Gate USA | ||
| Date | July 24, 2010 | ||
| City | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ||
| Venue | The Arena | ||
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| Enter The Dragon chronology | |||
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| # | Results | Stipulations |
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| 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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| Promotion | Dragon Gate USA | ||
| Date | June 5, 2011 (aired June 5, 2011) | ||
| City | Manhattan, NY | ||
| Venue | B.B. King's Blues Club & Grill | ||
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| Enter The Dragon chronology | |||
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| # | Matches | Stipulations |
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| 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.
- ^ "DGUSA.tv". Archived from the original on 2011-04-05. Retrieved 2011-04-05.
External links
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