Paradise Vibes - A Dragongate Podcast

On May 5th, 2023, Madoka Kikuta defeats Shun Skywalker for the Open the Dream Gate Championship and closes Dragongate's annual Dead or Alive show with a promo that will change the landscape of the promotion forever. September 16th, 2024 marks 500 days since the company announced its six Reiwa Generation leaders, and in a special episode of Paradise Vibes, Antony and Eden take the opportunity to di...

We're back! After a very busy August away from the podcast, Antony and Eden kick the episode off by taking stock of the key moments from Dangerous Gate before quick notes on Prime Zone and the Gate of Miyane. From there, it's all about September's Korakuen, one of the best top-to-bottom shows held in the building in years. There are long dissections of Homare Kato's explosive debut, the latest tur...

Antony and Eden are back for a -by recent standards - extremely bitesize edition of Paradise Vibes, running down everything that went down on a very busy August 1st Korakuen show, and everything set up in the process for next week's Dangerous Gate show. Eden and Milo's recent articles shouted out at the end of the episode can be found at https://sixtyminutedraw.com . Twitter: @ParaVibesPod

Antony and Eden are back for the review of reviews as we digest everything from the weekend of Dragongate's Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival 2024! The main attraction is of course, up first with a full run-down of the fashion on display at Saturday's pre-show press conference and fan meet (04:29). After that, it's just the small matter of Kobe World itself (19:31). Of course, it wouldn't be a Paradise...

It's officially the biggest weekend in the Dragongate year, as the company's flagship event takes place on Sunday in Kobe. Antony and Eden are back to run down what the week has had in store so far, and everything still to come. It begins with a match-by-match analysis of Wednesday's Buyuden Zero show at Shinjuku FACE (03:18), also featuring a deep-ish dive into what awaits Luis Mante in NOAH's 20...

Antony and Eden return from the wrestling Hinterland just in time for Kobe World with a rundown of the key moments coming out of the July 5th Korakuen show, highlighted by the father-son showdown between Masaaki Mochizuki and Mochizuki Jr. There's also in-depth discussion of the new Gold Class landscape, Yuki Yoshioka's first appearance for over half a year and at least one mention of 2023 visual...

Antony and Eden return with a belated episode covering the Kobe and Korakeun shows that kicked off a pretty quiet June for Dragongate. Starting with the June 2nd Kobe show (02:00) featuring the in-ring return of Yosuke Santa Maria and debut of Kung Fu Masters 2, before really digging into the back-to-back shows at Korakuen Hall. A full run-through of the first night (09:55) features takes on the d...

Antony and Eden return to run through how Dragongate saw out the month of May, with recaps of Hong Kong, Sapporo, and of course - Prime Zone. From there, it's all about upcoming shows, with a huge week looming as DG heads home for a Kobe show ahead of a massive Korakuen double header. All of it is previewed here, as well as in-depth discussions of Dia's run in NJPW's Best of Super Juniors 31. Twit...

Antony and Eden are back with a stacked episode to run through everything Dragongate since the curtain fell on Dead or Alive. Starting off with the sad retirements of Kaito Nagano and T.N. Revolución and reflecting on their times with the company (01:40) before a quick glance at UJPW All Together (17:12) and a field report from British Kingdom Pro (ft. Mochizuki Jr and Kota Minoura) in Swindon (23...

Antony and Eden return to discuss one of the most important and foundational Dragongate shows in years. The match-by-match breakdown starts with the latest collision between Gold Class and the new veteran unit (07:49) as well as the rest of the undercard. There's an in-depth discussion of the impact and implications of U-T vs. Strong Machine J (15:55), before talking NotHug's Twin Gate triumph (29...

Antony and Eden are back to discuss everything (and there is So Much) going on at this weekend's Dead or Alive 2024. Leading in with a small chat about recent Dragongate presence at British Kingdom Pro (02:40) and where it may go in future, there's also a quick Prime Zone rundown (13:19) before the match-by-match preview of DG's marquee Golden Week show. (18:44).

After truly one of the months of all time, Antony and Eden officially kick off Paradise Vibes with a belated Wrestlemania recap (01:28), running through Dragongate's involvement at the Collective before a full rundown of ETU vs. Dragongate: Unlock the Unexpected (36:57). Closer to home for DG there's a quick recap of March's Prime Zone (01:15:20) before wrapping up with the April 10th Korakuen (01...

Welcome to Paradise Vibes! In this pilot episode, we introduce what the podcast is set to be going forward, diving into our histories with wrestling in general as well as Dragongate specifically, There's also the obligatory 'fan profile' of sorts, touching on favourite wrestlers, units, matches and themes, along with a discussion of everything Natural Vibes - where it's been and where it could go....