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All hell breaks loose during introductions and all six men go right at it. Doi beats Swann down and puts the boots to him in the middle of the ring. CIMA comes in and lays in some chops and then they take turns hitting leapfrog drops onto Swann, followed by a top rope somersault senton onto Swann. Doi runs Swann over with a shoulderblock, then they do a fast paced exchange with Swann nailing Doi with a dropkick then tags out to Gargano, who comes right in and eats a dropkick from CIMA. Gargano recovers and hits a double stomp to CIMA's back, then a kneelift and neckbreaker. Ricochet pops in with a missile dropkick, but Taylor comes in and goes at it with Ricochet, who rotates completely around Taylor and hits an armdrag. Taylor retaliates with a twisty armdrag into a cradle for 2, then a windmill backbreaker and Gargano hits a running knee. Ronin hits a series of triple teams on CIMA, then Swann pokes CIMA in the eye just for kicks. Gargano and Taylor whip CIMA into the ropes for a double back elbow, dance, then stomp the hell out of CIMA and TAylor covers for 2. CIMA finally tags out to Doi, who comes in and unloads with kicks on Taylor, then ties Taylor's leg in the ropes and hits a running dropkick to the knee. Ricochet comes in and Taylor drives him into the Ronin corner, and Gargano tags in and puts the boots to Ricochet. Ricochet trips Gargano and goes for a standing moonsault, but Gargano kicks him right out of the air and mocks Blood Warriors' little cheer thing. Taylor dropkicks Ricochet right in the mouth, then gets a headscissors on Ricochet and humps his head into the mat as Gargano puts on an Indian Deathlock and bridges it into the Muta Lock. Ricochet makes the ropes, then pops off his back and hits a headscissors, AJ Styles-style.
CIMA tags in and superkicks Gargano and follows up with a rolling senton for 2. CIMA gets an upside down double chickenwing stretch, but Swann comes in and grabs CIMA's ass to force the break. Okay. CIMA hits a slingshot senton on Gargano and tags in Ricochet, and Gargano just tackles Ricochet to his back, repeatedly drills him in the face with punches, and tags out to Swann, who comes in and stomps on Ricochet's head for 2. Doi comes in and nails Swann from behind, and Ricochet and hit a nice dropkick and standing moonsault for 2. Ricochet gets a snapmare and swinging enziguiri to Swann for 2. CIMA and Doi come in and hit a wheelbarrow suplex into a Codebreaker from CIMA, and then they dance to mock Ronin. Doi hangs Swann upside down in the corner and puts the boots to him, then hits a running dropkick. Ricochet comes back in and hits a hard kick to the chest, followed by a spinebuster, and then Blood Warriors does so much stuff in about a seven second period that I just can't recap it all, but they did a lot of damage. Ricochet gets Swann in an Indian Deathlock while Doi and CIMA hit repeated double curb stomps, then put a chair under Swann's face and do it again because Taylor and Gargano were distracting the referee. CIMA just repeatedly swats Swann in the head with his boot and then slaps him around in the corner. CIMA whips Swann across the ring and Swann puts on the brakes, but CIMA dropkicks him into the corner and goes up top, but Swann gets a leaping Frankensteiner and standing 450, and dirves CIMA into the Ronin corner and both Taylor and Gargano come in.
Gargano gets CIMA in a Tarantula in the corner as Taylor hits a running boot to CIMa and then dives over CIMA and wipes out Ricochet on the floor. Gargano gets a short cutter on CIMA for 2 and then CIMA rolls to the floor so Gargano hits a dive, then tries another off the apron and Doi sweeps his legs out from under him. Ronin gets Doi alone in the ring and hit a repeated series of splashes for 2, then Taylor hits Sole Food, a uranage, and a kick to the chest for 2. Doi gets Taylor tangled in the ropes and just goes nuts slapping him in the face and hits a running tackle, running dropkick, and top rope rolling senton on Taylor. Taylor goes for the Awful Waffle, but Doi escapes and hits the Rydeen Bomb for 2. CIMA goes after Swann, who slips off the top rope and gets dropkicked by CIMA, who follows up with an electric drop for 2. Swann comes back with a superkick and guillotine legdrop for 2. CIMA goes for a double stomp and Swann dodges, but now Blood Warriors all take turns hitting big moves on Swann but only gets 2.
Okay, it's picking up and I'll do my best to recap. Ricochet goes for a Lionsault but Gargano dropkicks him out of midair and lawn darts him into the second turnbuckle. Gargano with a superkick and twisting cutter for 2 on Ricochet. Crowd chants "this is awesome" as Ricochet pulls himself up in the corner, and Gargano hits a running elbow in the corner, Ricochet leapfrogs Gargano and hits a Flatliner and a standing double moonsault for 2. Taylor comes in and goes at it with Ricochet as they exchange chops, Taylor rolls under a charge and Ronin hits a triple leaping enziguiri. Gargano with the full nelson faceplant to Doi and then Gargano and Taylor hold Ricochet up and Swann springboards off of Ricochet's chest to hit a flying headscissors on CIMA, then Taylor and Gargano parachute drop Ricochet. Swann goes up top for another triple team, but the other members ofBlood Warriors break it up and CIMA hits an Iconoclasm on Swann onto Gargano. Ricochet with an inverted Frankensteiner on Taylor for 2, then fires kicks at Taylor's leg but eats a spinning enziguiri from Swann and a running boot from Taylor. Swann oges for a handspring move but Doi dropkicks him in the face, hits Doi Fives, and a sliding kick for 2. CIMA dumps Gargano to the floor as all three members of Blood Warrios have Swann alone in the ring. They take turns nailing high impact moves on Swann, and CIMA and Ricochet hit stereo missile dropkicks on Swann. Ricochet goes for a twisting dive over the top rope but gets caught up, and since Gargano and Taylor are nice guys, they sell it anyway. CIMA hits the Schwein, Doi hits a cradle driver, and that's all she wrote.
Winners: Blood Warriors
Lots of action going on in this one, and Ricochet blowing his dive at the end took some air out of the finish, but there was a lot going on in this one and it was generally good if not quite at the level of past years.
Masato Yoshino and PAC run in and attack Blood Warriors, and they end up having a standoff. CIMA grabs a mic and tells them that they're going to take their title tomorrow. Yoshino tells CIMA that World-1 will never give up, and CIMA will see that tomorrow. PAC says that tonight was a historic night for being DGUSA's first in-house iPPV, and he and Yoshino thank everyone for joining them tonight. Yoshino asks them if they liked the show (the fans cheer), and Yoshino says thanks and they'll see everyone back there tomorrow.
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Okay, Aries-YAMATO and PAC-Tozawa were both really, really good, but nothing else on the show really stood out to me that much. I felt like the Dragon Gate six man was okay, but a step down from what they've done in years past and nothing else really grabbed my interest to any great degree.
On the bright side, however, is that the video quality was excellent for this show. For their first time out doing this, I thought the whole thing came off great and, other than a bit of a hiccup when I tried to get in at the start, the video was 100% reliable the entire evening, didn't freeze once, and delivered great picture quality. This was light years better than what Gofightlive does and it came off like more of a professionally produced TV product. I also like that they ran videos during intermission instead of making us stare at a logo for 20 minutes.
Overall, I'd give this a thumbs up and certainly think it's worth the $15 price tag. The two matches I liked are well worth the price and, if you're not going to compare the six man to the ones they did in previous years, I think it stands out as a good, fast paced match as well.
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