Kobe Pro Wrestling Festival 2024, Dragon Gate’s annual biggest event and this year a 25th Anniversary celebration, was held earlier today.
Today’s event was held at Kobe World Hall in Kobe and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.
The paid attendance has not yet been announced. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 4795, a super full house/very near sellout. Maybe it’s me and they didn’t show all the seating on the broadcast but it looked like less, with at least 1/3 of the seating not used due to the setup. The venue can hold over 8000)
Match 1: Madoka Kikuta beat Kota Minoura.
Match 2: Shachihoko BOY, Ryu Fuda, Faiki Yanagiuchi & Ryoya Tanaka beat Takashi Yoshida, Problem Dragon, Punch Tomonaga & Ho Ho Lun. Tanaka pinned Tominaga after Survive.
Match 3: KAI & ISHIN beat Yosuke ❤️ Santamaria & La Estrella. ISHIN pinned Santamaria after Jinchu.
Match 4: Dragon Gate 25th Anniversary Match: Ultimo Dragon, Don Fujii, Yasushi Kanda, Susunu Yokosuka & Kagetora beat Masaaki Mochizuki, Kenichiro Arai, Super Shisa, Ichikawa & Vhocoflake K-ICHI. Dragon pinned Ichikawa after a blocked La Magistral.
Match 5: Open The Triangle Gate Champions Strong Machine J, BIGBOSS Shimizu & U-T beat BxB Hulk, Minorita & Mochizuki Junior to retain the titles. J pinned Hulk with Machine Suplex. V1 for the champs.
Match 6: Dragon Dia beat Open The Brave Gate Champion Hyo to win the title. Dia becomes the 52nd Open The Brave Gate Champion.
Match 7: Open The Twin Gate Champions Dragon Kid & Naruki Doi beat Luis Mante & JACKY KAMEI, Kzy & Flamita and Shun Skywalker & Jason Lee in a 4-way elimination match to retain the titles. Order of elimination (both members eliminated each time): KAMEI by Flamita, Kzy by Skywalker, Lee by Kid. V1 for the champs.
Main Event: YAMATO beat Open The Dream Gate Champion Ben-K to win the title. YAMATO becomes the 40th Open The Dream Gate Champion.
The next event is Saturday at Shimizu Marine Building in Shizuoka. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.
