>Dragon Gate’s new Open the Dream Gate Champion, Madoka Kikuta (25), has called out freelance announcer Seiji Miyane (62) for a “direct confrontation.”
>Kikuta, who had been leading the heel faction Z-Brats, crushed Shun Skywalker with a rolling lariat at the Ota-ku show on the 17th to capture the promotion’s top title. “Don’t you ever talk big in front of me again. Against real strength, this result is only natural,” he said, emphasizing the difference in level.
>Meanwhile, Miyane appeared at the same venue to announce the card for his self-produced event, *THE GATE OF MIYANE* (Sept. 24, Korakuen Hall). For the fifth match, he booked Honoka and a mysterious “X” against Kikuta & Yoshiteru Kato. Fired up to put an end to Kikuta’s misdeeds, he declared, “We’ll settle this cleanly.”
>Hearing this, the new champion scoffed: “You’re underestimating me. Seiji Miyane, get in the ring yourself.” Taking aim at Miyane, who has traded verbal jabs with Shun Skywalker, Kikuta sneered: “You’ve never once stood in front of me. You can only stand up to some half-baked loudmouth like Shun Skywalker. In front of real strength, you’re the kind of guy who couldn’t even get in the ring. Maybe Miyane does have a good nose though, since he can sniff out true strength.”
>Will Kikuta’s fangs reach even the face of Japan’s daytime television?
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