Dragon Gate continued the Rainbow Gate 2023 Tour today with a return home to Kobe for a house show.
Today’s event was held at Kobe Sambo Hall in Kobe and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.
The announced paid attendance was 394.
Match 1: YAAMTO, Don Fujii & Naruki Doi beat Dragon Kid, Kagetora & Eita. Doi pinned Kagetora.
Match 2: In an Open The Owarai Gate Championship Practice Match, Problem Dragon beat Ichikawa in 25 seconds.
Match 3: ISHIN won a 10 man battle royal, last eliminating La Estrella.
Match 4: Kota Minoura, BxB Hulk, Ben-K & Minorita beat Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki, Yasushi Kanda & Ryoya Tanaka. Minorita pinned Tanaka after Minoritanic.
Match 5: Shun Skywalker & KAI beat Strong Machine J & U-T. KAI pinned U-T after Meteor Impact.
Main Event: Madoka Kikuta, Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia beat Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu & Jason Lee. Kikuta pinned Shimizu after a rolling lariat.
The next event is Tuesday at Loisir Hotel Toyohashi in Aichi. There will be no broadcast.
In other news, additional matches for Kobe Pro Wrestling Festical on 7/2 have been announced:
Open The Brave Gate Champion Jason Lee vs. ISHIN for the title. But this is conditional on ISHIN making the 82 kg weight limit on 7/1. If he doesn’t, it will be a NON-TITLE match
Open The Triangle Gate Champions Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI vs. Kota Minoura, Minorita & Naruki Doi for the ttiles
Ultimo Dragon vs. Strong Machine J, Shun Skywalker & Diamante in a 4-way Cage Survival Mascara Contra Mascara Match. The ultimate loser will lose their mask
Kenoh (Pro Wrestling NOAH) participation among others