Dragon Gate reached the halfway point of The Gate Of Passion 2023 Tour today with a doubleheader in Fukuoka.
Today’s events were held at Acros Fukuoka in Fukuoka and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.
Event 1:
The announced paid attendance was 344.
Match 1: Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI beat Susumu Mochizuki, Yasushi Kanda & Genki Horiguchi. KAMEI pinned Horiguchi.
Match 2: YAMATO & Don Fujii beat Masaaki Mochizuki & Mochizuki Jr. Fujii beat Jr. with Gedo Clutch.
Match 3: Kota Minoura beat Strong Machine J.
Match 4: Dragon Kid & Dragon Dia beat Jason Lee & Kaito Nagano. Dia pinned Nagano after DODDT.
Match 5: KAI, ISHIN & Diamante beat BxB Hulk, Ben-K & Minorita. ISHIN pinned Minoria after a modified scrap buster.
Main Event: Yuki Yoshioka & Madoka Kikuta beat Shun Skywalker & H-Y-O. Yoshioka pinned H-Y-O.
Event 2:
The announced paid attendance was 368, a legit sellout.
Match 1: Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu & Jason Lee beat Kota Minoura, BxB Hulk & Ben-K. Shimizu pinned Hulk with La Magistral.
Match 2: H-Y-O beat Minorita.
Match 3: KAI & ISHIN beat YAMATO & Kaito Nagano. ISHIN pinned Nagano after a chokeslam.
Match 4: Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki, Mochizuki Jr. & Yasushi Kanda beat Don Fujii, Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi & Ichikawa. Susumu Mochizuki beat Ichikawa with a Boston Crab.
Match 5: Shun SKywalker & Diamante beat Strong Machine J & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. Skywalker pinned KAMEI after Cielo Finale.
Main Event: Yuki Yoshioka vs. Dragon Dia & Madoka Kikuta with special referee H-Y-O ended in a DQ. Kikuta DQ’d. Ref assault. Which led to…
Impromptu Match: In a handicap match, Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia & Madoka Kikuta beat Shun Skywalker, KAI, H-Y-O, ISHIN & Diamante. Dia pinned H-YO after Double Cork.
The next event is tomorrow at Kumamoto Castle Hall in Kumamoto, which is a Genki Horiguchi hometown event. There will be no live broadcast. In fact, like this time last month, there are no more live broadcasts the rest of the month. They may not be back on the air until DEAD OR ALIVE 2023 on 5/5.
