Dragon Gate continued the Rainbow Gate 2023 Tour today with the second half of a weekend doubleheader in Saitama.
Today’s event was held at Espowa Isanonuma in Saitama. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.
The paid attendance has not yet been announced. (Update: The announced paid attendance was 306)
Match 1: Madoka Kikuta & Yuki Yoshioka beat Jason Lee & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. Yoshioka pinned KAMEI after Inferno.
Match 2: KAI beat Ryoya Tanaka.
Match 3: Kzy & U-T beat Genki Horiguchi & Problem Dragon. U-T beat Dragon with a ground cobra twist.
Match 4: Kota Minoura & BxB Hulk beat Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda. Hulk pinned Kanda after South Road.
Match 5: YAMATO & BIGBOSS Shimizu beat Ben-K & Minorita. Shimizu pinned Minorita after BIGBOSS Press.
Main Event: Ultimo Dragon, Dragon Kid & Strong Machine J beat Shun Skywalker, Diamante & H-Y-O. Kid pinned H-Y-O after Bible.
The tour-ender is tomorrow at Sendai Sun Festa in Sendai. There will be mo live or on demand broadcast.
For next weekend, the special 7/1 event in Kobe at Kobe Art Center will be broadcast LIVE FOR FREE on DRAGONGATE NETWORK. The start time will likely be 3 AM PT/6 AM ET although there is an event there at midnight PT/3 AM ET. Probably the latter will be free, which will feature all participating 7/2 wtestlers and signing ceremonies for all title matches on 7/2. There also have been some changes for the 7/2 event:
Fallout from the Kenoh 15th Anniversary Event in Pro Wrestling NOAH: The second match, Masaaki Mochizuki & Don Fujii vs. Kenoh & Shuji Kondo match has been changed to Mochizuki & Kenoh vs. Fujii & Kondo.
Also, pre-show match 2, which is KAI & H-Y-O vs. TBA-a rookie selection team-is set. The rookie selection team will be Mochizuki Jr. & Ryoya Tanaka.
The 7/2 event will be available live on PPV in Japan and DRAGONGATE NETWORK outside Japan.
