Dragon Gate’s first blowout event of 2024, THE GATE OF BAYSIDE 2024, is now in the books.
Today’s event was held at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.
The paid attendance has not yet been announced. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 2086, a full house/near sellout)
Match 1: Madoka Kikuta, Dragon Dia & Ryoya Tanaka beat Don Fujii, Genki Horiguchi & Daiki Yanagiuchi. Kikuta pinned Yanagiuchi after a hip drop.
Match 2: Gianni Valetta beat U-T. Potential squash yet again, it didn’t even go 2 minutes.
Match 3; Mochizki Jr. Return Match: Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki, Mochizuki Jr. & Yasushi Kanda vs. Dragon Kid, BxB Hulk, Takashi Yoshida & Punch Tominaga went to a double countout. Jr. has been out of action for several months due to injuries and is preparing to leave the promotion soon for an international training excursion, which will be to Europe.
Match 4: YAMATO & Shuji Kondo beat Kota Minoura & Ben-K. YAMATO beat Minoura with a body scissor sleeper hold.
Match 5: Open The Brave Gate Champion Hyo beat Kagetora to retain the title. V3 for Hyo.
Match 6: Open The Twin Gate Champions Kaito Kiyomiya & Alejandro (Pro Wrestling NOAH) beat Jason Lee & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI to retain the titles. Kiyomiya pinned KAMEI after Transformed Shining Wizard. V1 for the champs.
Match 7: Open The Triangle Gate Champions KAI, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato beat Kzy, Strong Machine J & BIGBOSS Shimizu to retain the titles. KAI pinned J after Meteo Impact KAI. V2 for the champs.
Main Event: Open The Dream Gate Champion Luis Mante beat Shun Skywalker to retain the title. V1 for Mante.
The next event is tomorrow at Fujisan Messe in Shizuoka. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.
