Dragon Gate began their 2025 campaign today with the opener of the New Year Gate 2025 tour, the annual East-West competition event. Teams were determined based on their hometown, with foreigners on the West team.
Today’s event was held at Kobe Art Center in Kobe and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.
The announced paid attendance was 338.
Match 1: Yasushi Kanda & Ben-K beat Ryoya Tanaka & Akihiro Sahara. Ben-K pinned Sahara.
Match 2: Genki Horiguchi, Shachihoko BOY, Problem Dragon & JACKY KAMEI beat Kagetora, Punch Tominaga, Daiki Yanagiuchi & Ryu Fuda. KAMEI pinned Tominaga after JFK.
Match 3: Don Fujii, Takashi Yoshida & Naruki Doi beat Masaaki Mochizuki, Mochizuki Junior & ISHIN. Yoshida pinned ISHIN after a body press.
Match 4: Madoka Kikuta beat Honare by DQ. Weapon use.
Match 5: Strong Machine J, Susumu Yokosuka & KAI beat Luis Mante, Ho Ho Lun & Jason Lee. J pinned Lun after Genie Windmill.
Match 6: Dragon Dia & Riiita beat U-t & Hyo. Dia pinned U-T.
Main Event: YAMATO, BxB Hulk & Susumu Yokosuka beat Shun Skywalker, Kota Minoura & Yoshiki Kato. YAMATO pinned Kato after Omniscient & Omnipotent Frankensteiner.
East wins 4-3. All East members received a New Year’s Ball from GM Ryo Saito as a prize.
The next event is Saturday at Kyoto KBS Hall in Kyoto. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.
