{"id":114671,"date":"2022-07-20T18:39:19","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T22:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=114671"},"modified":"2022-07-20T18:39:19","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T22:39:19","slug":"perros-del-mal-de-japon-high-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2022\/07\/20\/perros-del-mal-de-japon-high-end\/","title":{"rendered":"Match Point: Dragon Gate\/NOAH &#8211; Perros Del Mal De Japon (c) vs HIGH-END (7\/21\/22)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Open the Triangle Gate Championship is the symbol of unit supremacy within <strong>Dragon Gate<\/strong>. Its lineage goes back to the UWA World Trios Championship when it belonged to <strong>Toryumon<\/strong>. This battle for the titles, however, is not taking place in a Dragon Gate ring. Instead, it will be at <strong>Pro Wrestling NOAH\u2019s <em>Star Navigation 2022<\/em><\/strong> in Korakuen Hall. Following the last defense of <strong>Perros Del Mal De Japon<\/strong>\u00a0in Dragon Gate on a house show, <strong>NOSAWA Rongai<\/strong> called out <strong>YAMATO<\/strong>; \u2018The Almighty\u2019 wasn\u2019t one to back down from the challenge, nominating the <strong>HIGH-END<\/strong>\u00a0veteran force of himself, <strong>Dragon Kid<\/strong>, and <strong>Kagetora<\/strong> as the next challengers. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Perros demanded that this take place at a NOAH event. While <strong>Eita<\/strong> is a Dragon Gate wrestler, Perros Del Mal De Japon was a unit built from Perros Del Mal in Mexico and then brought to NOAH by NOSAWA. After some hot potatoing of the belts in NOAH, HIGH-END want to bring the titles back to the unit warfare one Dragon Gate. They\u2019ve even gone as far as to say they\u2019re the most important belts in Dragon Gate since they control the landscape. Thus, it\u2019s a belt that\u2019s very important to them.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udce3 COMING UP NEXT: 21 July @ Korakuen \ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udfe2 STAR NAVIGATION 2022<br \/>\ud83d\uddd3 Thursday<br \/>\ud83d\udece 18:30 \ud83c\uddef\ud83c\uddf5<br \/>\ud83d\udcfa ABEMA <\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc51 Open The Triangle Gate Championships<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Eita_Luchador?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Eita_Luchador<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/suzuki_kotaro_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@suzuki_kotaro_<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NOSAWARONGAI187?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@NOSAWARONGAI187<\/a> (c)<br \/>\ud83c\udd9a<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dragon_Kid_0202?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Dragon_Kid_0202<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yamato_oldtype?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@yamato_oldtype<\/a>   @kagetora_dge (HIGH-END)<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/noah_ghc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#noah_ghc<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DRAGONGATE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#DRAGONGATE<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0jfYyOZ0ff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/0jfYyOZ0ff<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; PRO WRESTLING NOAH (@noahglobal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/noahglobal\/status\/1548911760002154497?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 18, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Perros Del Mal De Japon vs HIGH-END &#8211; What to Know<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">If HIGH-END Loses, Destruction May Follow<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">YAMATO acted quickly as the leader of the unit to roll with the veterans of the group. One person who took exception to this was <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/01\/30\/dragon-gate-ben-k-twin-gate-championship-contenders-tournament\/\" target=\"_self\"><strong>Ben-K<\/strong><\/a>, someone who\u2019s a former Open the Dream Gate Champion as well as the unit\u2019s youngest member at 30. After a string of wins, he kept asking and pleading with YAMATO to let him replace either Dragon Kid or Kagetora, despite both having wins over Eita in singles action. YAMATO told him he understood his frustration, but he should leave it to the veterans. Since the first time he asked to be a replacement, Ben-K began acting super cocky to show he\u2019s still at that top level.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Although, after his and YAMATO\u2019s loss to NOSAWA and Eita, it looks like he\u2019s come to terms with the veterans going to war. Yet, this isn\u2019t very convincing in hindsight. <\/span>Dragon Gate isn\u2019t afraid to end units a year in, it has happened with <strong>Masquerade<\/strong>. HIGH-END hasn\u2019t even duplicated the fire that unit had. They\u2019ve failed to accomplish anything together as a unit. They haven\u2019t been a very successful group, and Ben-K could be primed to get back into the upper tier of Dragon Gate. A HIGH-END loss here could set them on a path of self-destruction, or at the very least Ben-K pulling an &#8220;I told you so,&#8221; eventually leaving the unit. Much is riding on this match as the winner walks into <strong><em>Kobe World<\/em><\/strong> as the defending champions.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Prediction <\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Using some twisted logic that could be wrong in the end. YAMATO, DK, and Kagetora all have matches on one night of <em>Kobe World<\/em>. Assuming they follow the blueprint of last year where titles are defended across both night it seems like a no-brainer to have Perros retain against HIGH-END. Plus, all of the Perros Triangle Gate matches have been good. The <strong>Natural Vibes<\/strong> one, in particular, is great, with some fantastic action between <strong>U-T<\/strong> and <strong>Kotaro Suzuki<\/strong> to be seen. They\u2019re also massively popular, so it makes sense for them to walk into the big show as the champions. Plus, it&#8217;s believed those belts are being saved for three Mochizuki\u2019s. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em><span class=\"s1\">Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world. Looking to watch Dragon Gate? All their live shows will be on their steaming service\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dragongate.live\/?param=\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dragon Gate Network<\/a>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Open the Triangle Gate Championship is the symbol of unit supremacy within Dragon Gate. Its lineage goes back to the UWA World Trios Championship when it belonged to Toryumon. This battle for the titles, however, is not taking place in a Dragon Gate ring. 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