Dragon Gate changed their monthly Tokyo event today to be a tribute show to wrestler Pac, who began bis rise to superstardom in the promotion before moving to the US to join WWE. Pac died earlier this week at just 40.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.
The paid attendance has not yet been announced.
Match 1: Dragon Kid, Susumu Yokosuka, Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) & Luis Mante beat Strong Machine J, U-T, GuC & Punch Tominaga. Kid pinned Tominaga after Doi-ble.
Match 2: Open The Owarai Gate Champion Sakura Hirota beat Jiro Shinbashi, and got the required fan support afterwards, to retain the title. V1 for Hirota.
Match 3: YAMATO & KAGETORA beat Masaaki Mochizuki & Keni’chiro Arai. YAMATO beat Arai with a reverse figure 4.
Match 4: Yuki Yoshioka, Kota Minoura & El Cielo beat Madoka Kikuta, KAI & Jason Lee. Cielo pinned Lee after a spinning tombstone piledriver.
Match 5: Ryu Fuda beat ISHIN.
Match 6: Hyo, JACKY KAMEI, Riiita & Mochizuki Junior beat Ryoya Tanaka, Homare, Kazuma Kimura & Tristan Moody. KAMEI pinned Kimura after JACKY Knife.
Main Event: Yoshiki Kato beat Open The Dream Gate Champion Kzy to win the title. Kato becomes the 44th Open The Dream Gate Champion.
The next event is tomorrow at Okazaki Tatsumioka Hall in Aichi. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.