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
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 |
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Date | July 25, 2009 (aired September 4, 2009) |
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City | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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Venue | The Arena |
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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] | 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
2011
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.
- ^ a b "DGUSA.tv". Archived from the original on 2011-04-05. Retrieved 2011-04-05.
External links
Dragon Gate USA
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