Dragon Gate wrapped up March today with the latest Rey De Parejas event, with each block now down to one preliminary match left.
Today’s event was held at Hiroshima Sangyo Kaikan in Hiroshima. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 605, a full house/near sellout.
Match 1: YAMATO, Masaaki Mochizuki & Susumu Mochizuki vs. Kota Minoura, Ben-K & BxB Hulk went to a 15 minute time limit draw.
Match 2: KAI & Gianni Valetta beat Shachihoko BOY & Punch Tominaga. Valetta pinned Tominaga after a King Kong kneedrop.
Match 3: Madoka Kikuta & Dragon Dia beat Kagetora & Ryu Fuda. Dia pinned Fuda after DDDDT.
Match 4: Shun SKywalker, ISHIN & Jason Lee. beat BIGBOSS Shimizu, JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI & Strong Machine J. Lee pinned KAMEI. Apparently Lee defected from Natural Vibes to Z-Brats during yesterday’s main event.
Rey De Parejas:
Match 5: Block A-Dragon Kid & Naruki Doi beat Shuji Kondo & Toru Owashi. Doi pinned Kondo after Ultra Huracanrana. As a result, Kid & Doi win Block A and will advance to the Semifinals.
Main Event: Block B-Luis Mante & Hyo beat Kzy & U-T. Mante pinned U-T after Vuelta Finale.
The top 2 in each block advance to the Semifinals and there is one match left in each. In Block A, the last match is BIGBOSS Shimizu & Strong Machine J vs. KAI & Gianni Valetta and the winner will advance. If there is a time limit draw or it goes to a double countout or no contest, they will have an immediate rematch as they are tied for second. The bottom line is there must be a winner. In Block B, the last match is Mante & Hyo vs. Madoka Kikuta & Dragon Dia. Mante & Hyo advance with a win or time limit draw. If Kikuta & Dia win, a 3-way tiebreaker match also involving Shun Skywalker & ISHIN will be needed. YAMATO & Susumu Mochizuki have already advanced.
The next event is Saturday at Act City Hamamatsu in Shizuoka with Shimizu/J vs. KAI/Valetta. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.
UPDATE: Corrected the Match 4 result as apparently the prior source (the Dragon Gate Official Facebook English page) had it wrong compared to DG’s official Japanese website.
