Dragon Gate continued The Gate Of Victory 2023 Tour today with a same-day doubleheader in Fukuoka.
Today’s events were held at Acros Fukuoka in Fukuoka and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.
The paid attendance has not yet been announced for both events. (UPDATE: For Event 1, the announced paid attendance was 541. For Event 2, the announced paid attendance was 624, a full house/near sellout)
There were last minute changes to both events due to Kota Minoura being removed from both events. Illness.
Event 1:
Match 1: Kzy, Strong Machine J, U-T & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI beat Shun Skywalker, KAI, H-Y-O & ISHIN. KAMEI pinned H-Y-O after Jacky Knife.
Match 2: Genki Horiguchi & Jason Lee beat Kagetora & Punch Tominaga. Lee pinned Tominaga after Maximum Driver.
Match 3: Ben-K beat Yoshiki Kato.
Match 4: Luis Mante & Dragon Kid beat BxB Hulk & Ryoya Tanaka. Mante pinned Tanaka after Vuelta Finale.
Match 5: YAMATO & Naruki Doi beat Masaaki Mochizuki & Mochizuki Jr. Doi pinned Jr. after Bakatare Slising Kick.
Main Event: BIGBOSS Shimizu, Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda beat Madoka Kikuta, Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia. Shimizu pinned Dia after BIGBOSS Press.
Event 2:
Match 1: Shun Skywalker, KAI & ISHIN beat Mochizuki Jr., Daiki Yanagiuchi & Ryoya Tanaka. ISHIN beat Yanagiuchi with a Boston Crab.
Match 2: Ben-K & BxB Hulk beat Kagetora & Punch Tominaga. Ben-K pinned Tominaga after Masakari.
Match 3: Yuki Yoshioka beat H-Y-O.
Match 4: Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda beat Genki Horiguchi & Ryo Saito. Kanda pinned Saito after a diving elbow drop.
Match 5: Masaaki Mochizuki beat Yoshiki Kato by submission.
Match 6: Madoka Kikuta & Dragon Dia beat BIGBOSS Shimizu & U-T. Dia pinned U-T with a countered rollup.
Main Event: YAMATO, Luis Mante, Dragon Kid & Naruki Doi beat Kzy, Strong Machine J, U-T & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. Mante pinned KAMEI after Vuelta Finale.
The next event is tomorrow at Oro City Hall in Kagoshima. There will be no live or on demand broadcast. there also are no more broadcasts scheduled the rest of the month. For November only 4 of 15 events are scheduled to be broadcast, headlined by THE GATE OF DESTINY 2023 on 11/5 at Osaka Prefectural Gym in Osaka.
