Dragon Gate continued the Hopeful Gate 2023 Tour this week with 4 non-televised events.
Results from each event are below. There were no broadcasts.
Monday at Hakodate Arena in Hokkaido:
The announced paid attendance was 356, a super full house/very near sellout.
Match 1: Jason Lee & Strong Machine J beat Dragon Dia & La Estrella. Lee pinned Estrella after Maximum Driver.
Match 2: Diamante beat Minorita.
:Match 3: Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda beat Dragon Kid & U-T. Kanda pinned U-T after Ryu’s.
Match 4: Madoka Kikuta & Yuki Yoshioka beat BIGBOSS Shimizu & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. Kikuta pinned KAMEI after a rolling lariat.
Match 5: Masaaki Mochizuki, Don Fujii & Bonito beat YAMATO, Kzy & Punch Tominaga. Bonito pinned Tominaga after a diving body press.
Main Event: Kota Minoura, BxB Hulk & Ben-K beat Shun Skywalker, KAI & H-Y-O. Hulk pinned H-Y-O after First Flash.
Tuesday at Morioka Gym in Iwate:
The announced paid attendance was 215.
Match 1: Results are not available due to Dragon Gate’s results description being incorrect.
Match 2: KAI beat Daiki Yanagiuchi.
Match 3: Kota MInoura & Ben-K beat Genki Horiguchi & La Estrella. Minoura pinned Horiguchi after R-301.
Match 4: Don Fujii & Yuki Yoshioka beat Dragon Kid & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. Yoshioka pinned KAMEI after Inferno.
Match 5: Jason Lee & Strong Machine J beat BxB Hulk & Minorita. Lee pinned Minorita after Maximum Driver.
Main Event: Madoka Kikuta, Dragon Dia & YAMATO beat Shun Skywalker, KAI & H-Y-O. YAMATO pinned H-Y-O after Omniscient & Omnipotent Frankensteiner.
Wednesday at Aore Nagaoka in Niigata:
The announced paid attendance was 256.
Match 1: Masaaki Mochizuki, Yasushi Kanda & Don Fujii beat Jason Lee, Strong Machine J & U-T. Kanda pinned U-T after Ryu’s.
Match 2: Ben-K & Minorita beat Genki Horiguchi & Punch Tominaga. Ben-K pinned Tominaga.
Match 3: Susumu Mochizuki beat Daiki Yanagiuchi by submission.
Match 4: Kota Minoura & BxB Hulk beat KAI & H-Y-O. Minoura pinned H-Y-O after R-301.
Match 5: Shun Skywalker & Diamante beat Dragon Kid & La Estrella. Diamante pinned Estrella after Cielo Finale.
Main Event: Madoka Kikuta, Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia beat Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. Kikuta pinned KAMEI after a rolling lariat.
Today at Wake City Gym in Okayama:
The announced paid attendance was 251.
Match 1: Shun Skywalker, KAI & Diamante beat BIGBOSS Shimizu, Jason Lee & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. Diamante pinned KAMEI.
Match 2: Kagetora beat Genki Horiguchi.
Match 3: Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda beat Dragon Kid & Ho Ho Lun. Kanda pinned Lun after a diving elbow drop.
Match 4: BxB Hulk & Ben-K beat H-Y-O & ISHIN. Ben-K pinned H-Y-O after a spear.
Match 5: Masaaki Mochizuki & Shachihoko BOY beat Kota Minoura & Minorita. BOY pinned Minorita.
Main Event: Madoka Kikuta, Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia beat Kzy, U-T & Strong Machine J. Kikuta pinned U-T after a rolling lariat.
The next event is tomorrow at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.
