Dragon Gate ran a special standalone event today, The Gate Of Nostalgia 2024, featuring several returning wrestlers from years past and current wrestlers reviving old personas/gimmicks for one day only.
Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.
The paid attendance has not yet been announced. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1028, a legit sellout. That’s one of the best numbers if not the best number for anyone at the venue since the pandemic began in 2020)
Match 1: Kota Minoura, Dragon Dia & Jason Lee beat U-T, JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI & Punch Tominaga. Dia pinned Tominaga after DDDDT. Tominaga was a late replacement for Strong Machine J, who was pulled due to a shoulder injury. (J also is now off tomorrow’s event)
Match 2: Jackson & Johnson Florida beat Don Fujii & Yasushi Kanda by DQ. Fujii DQ’d. Chair use (Florida Bros. American Flag chair). Comedy match.
Match 3: BxB Hulk, Masaaki Mochizuki & Dragon Kid beat Genki Horiguchi, Ryo Saito & Cyber Kong (Takashi Yoshida). Hulk pinned Saito after First Flash.
Match 4: Madoka Kikuta & Ryoya Tanaka vs. Big R Shimizu (BIGBOSS Shimizu) & Ben-K went to a no contest. Z-Brats interference.
Match 5: Jimmy Susumu (Susumu Mochizuki) & Jimmy Kagetora (Kagetora) beat Luis Mante & Hyo. Susumu pinned Hyo after Jumbo Wins!
Main Event: In a handicap match, YAMATO, Naruki Doi, Kzy, Problem Dragon & Punch Tominaga vs. Shun Skywalker, KAI, ISHIN & Gianni Valetta went to a double countout. Which led to…
Main Event (again): In a handicap match, Shun Skywalker, KAI, ISHIN & Gianni Valetta beat YAMATO, Naruki Doi, Kzy, Problem Dragon & Punch Tominaga. Valetta pinned Tominaga after a King Kong kneedrop.
The next event is CHAMPION GATE 2024 in Osaka tomorrow. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin TONIGHT at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET. I will try to do live results if possible.
