Dragon Gate continued the Open The New Year Gate 2023 tour today with their 3rd straight event, keeping up a fast & furious pace to open the year.
Today’s event was held at Yamamori Gym in Mie. There was no live broadcast but a recap package (nearly 50 minutes long) can be watched on demand on YouTube.
The announced paid attendance was 236.
Match 1: Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia & Madoka Kikuta beat BIGBOSS Shimizu, Jason Lee & Strong Machine J. Yoshioka pinned Lee after Battle Hook.
Match 2: Don Fujii & Shachihoko BOY beat Ichikawa & Punch Tominaga. Fujii pinned Ichikawa after an elbow drop in just 17 seconds. Which led to…
Don Fujii & Shachihoko BOY beat Ichikawa & Punch Tominaga. Fujii pinned Ichikawa after a failed Getman suplex.
Match 3: Susumu Mochizuki, Mochizuki Jr. & Yasushi Kanda beat Ultimo Dragon, Genki Horiguchi & Ho Ho Lun. Mochozuki pinned Horiguchi after Yokosuka Cutter.
Match 4: ISHIN beat Kaito Nagano.
Match 5: Kota Minoura & Minorita beat Kzy & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. Minoura pinned KAMEI after R-301.
Main Event: Dragon Kid, Takashi Yoshida & Problem Dragon beat KAI, BxB Hulk & H-Y-O. Yoshida pinned H-Y-O after Pineapple Bomber.
The next event is Wednesday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.
