Dragon Gate kicked off the final tour of the year, Fantastic Gate 2023, with a weekend tripleheader centered around hometown events for BxB Hulk & Kzy.
All 3 events were held at Sapporo E-One Arena in Hokkaido and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.
Friday:
The announced paid attendance was 351.
Match 1: Shun Skywalker & KAI beat BxB Hulk & Ben-K. KAI pinned Hulk with Authorized Gannosuke Clutch.
Match 2: Dragon Kid beat Jason Lee.
Match 3: Susumu Mochizuki, Yasushi Kanda & Genki Horiguchi beat YAMATO, Don Fujii & Problem Dragon. Kanda pinned Dragon after a diving elbow drop.
Match 4: ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato beat Panther & Luis Mante. ISHIN pinned Panther.
Match 5: Strong Machine J beat Kota Minoura.
Main Event: Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu, U-T & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI beat Madoka Kikuta, Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia & Ryoya Tanaka. KAMEI pinned Tanaka after JFK.
Saturday:
The announced paid attendance was 416.
Match 1: Strong Machine J, U-T & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI beat YAMATO, Dragon Kid & Genki Horiguchi. KAMEI pinned Horiguchi.
Match 2: Don Fujii beat Problem Dragon.
Match 3: Shun Skywalker, KAI, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato beat Madoka Kikuta, Yui Yoshioka, Dragon Dia & Ryoya Tanaka. ISHIN pinned Tanaka after Jinchu.
Match 4: Panther & Luis Mante beat Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Handa. Panther pinned Kanda after a Samson driver.
Main Event: Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu & Jason Lee beat BxB Hulk, Kota Minoura & Ben-K. Kzy pinned Hulk after a running elbow smash.
Today:
The paid attendance has not yet been announced.
Match 1: Madoka Kikuta, Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia beat Susumu Mochizuki, Yasushi Kanda & Genki Horiguchi. Yoshioka pinned Horiguchi after Battle Hook.
Match 2: Strong Machine J & F beat Ryoya Tanaka & Problem Dragon. J pinned Dragon with Machine Suplex.
Match 3: Panther & Luis Mante vs. Kota Minoura & Ben-K went to a no contest. Z-Brats interference.
Match 4: BIGBOSS Shimizu, Jason Lee, U-T & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI beat Shun Skywalker, KAI, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato. KAMEI pinned ISHIN after JACKY Knife.
Main Event: BxB Hulk & Kzy beat YAMATO & Dragon Kid. Hulk pinned Kid after E.V.O.P.
The next event is Tuesday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 1:15 AM PT/4:15 AM ET.