Dragon Gate continued The Gate Of Victory 2023 Tour today with the first half of a doubleheader in Kobe.
Today’s event was held at Kobe Art Center 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 418) (CORRECTION: Somehow the attendance for the New Japan event got entered here, which was incorrect. The correct attendance is now posted_
Match 1: BIGBOSS Shimizu, Strong Machine J & U-T beat Kota Minoura, Ben-K & BxB Hulk. Shimizu pinned Hulk after Shot Put Slam.
Match 2: Eita & Takashi Yoshida beat Shachihoko BOY & Problem Dragon. Yoshida pinned Dragon after Iron Claw.
Match 3: Shun Skywalker, KAI & H-Y-O beat Ho Ho Lun, Jason Lee & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. KAI pinned Lun with Authorized Gannusoke Clutch.
Match 4: YAMATO beat Yoshiki Kato by submission.
Match 5: Luis Mante & Naruki Doi beat Dragon Kid & Punch Tominaga. Mante pinned Tominaga after Vuelta Finale.
Match 6: Madoka Kikuta, Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia beat Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda. Yoshioka pinned Susumu Mochizuki after Battle Hook.
Main Event: ISHIN beat Open The Brave Gate Champion Kzy to win the title. ISHIN becomes the 50th Open The Brave Gate Champion. Kzy’s 2nd reign quickly ends as the 3rd-shortest reign ever at just 5 days (the shortest reigns ended immediately due to the title vacated with the 2nd shortest being just a day), and he loses it back to the man he beat for it.
The next event is tomorrow. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin TONIGHT at 9 PM PT/midnight ET.
