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
Information
Promotion	Dragon Gate USA
Date	July 25, 2009 (aired September 4, 2009)
Venue	The Arena
City	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pay-per-view chronology
Enter the Dragon 2009 Untouchable
Enter The Dragon chronology
Enter the Dragon 2009 Enter The Dragon 2010

#	Results	Stipulations
0 !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
Information
Promotion	Dragon Gate USA
Date	July 24, 2010
Venue	The Arena
City	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pay-per-view chronology
Uprising 2010 Enter the Dragon 2010 Untouchable 2010
Enter The Dragon chronology
Enter The Dragon 2009 Enter the Dragon 2010 Enter The Dragon 2011

#	Results	Stipulations
0 !Dark 1	Lince Dorado vs Super Sheng Long - Time Limit Draw	Singles match
0 !Dark 2	Cheech & Cloudy defeated Rexx Reed & Tommaso Ciampa	Tag team Match
0 !Dark 3	Jimmy Jacobs defeated Sami Callihan	Singles match
1	CIMA defeated Johnny Gargano	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 , Jig Saw , Hallowicked defeated YAMATO, Akira Tozawa, Jon Moxley & Gran Akuma	8Man Elimination Tag Team Match
7	Bryan Danielson defeated Shingo	Singles match

2011

Enter the Dragon 2011
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
Uprising 2011 Enter the Dragon 2011 Chasing The Dragon
Enter The Dragon chronology
Enter The Dragon 2010 Enter the Dragon 2011

#	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. http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/PPV_Reports_5/article_34910.shtml. Retrieved 2009-10-07. 

Specific

1. ^ Caldwell, Jaspn (2009-06-17). "DGUSA News: Dragon Gate USA announces PPV distribution deal with ROH's previous distributor". Pro Wrestling Torch. http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/Other_News_4/article_32891.shtml. Retrieved 2009-07-04. 
2. ^ 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 10839593. 
3. ^ ^{a b} http://www.dgusa.tv/newsalerts.htm

External links

• DGUSA.tv