Dragon Gate ran a mid-major event, THE GATE OF ORIGIN 2023, today (it’s a holiday in Japan so everyone had big events).
Today’s event was held at Sendai Sun Festa in Sendai and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK).
The announced paid attendance was 555.
Match 1: Madoka Kikuta, Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia beat Strong Machine J, U-T & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. Kikuta pinned KAMEI after a rolling lariat.
Match 2: BIGBOSS Shimizu beat Yoshiki Kato.
Match 3: Kota Minoura & Ben-K beat Ho Ho Lin & Problem Dragon. Minoura pinned Dragon after Golden Rose.
Match 4: Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki, Mochizuki Jr. & Yasushi Kanda beat Don Fujii, Genki Horiguchi, Ryo Saito & Kagetora. Susumu Mochizuki pinned Horiguchi.
Match 5: Luis Mante beat Jason Lee. Mante is the former, and now unmasked, Diamante.
Match 6: Kzy beat Open The Brave Gate Champion ISHIN to win the title. Kzy becomes the 49th Open The Brave Gate Champion.
Main Event: Open The Triangle Gate Champions YAMATO, Dragon Kid & Punch Tominaga beat Shun Skywalker, KAI & H-Y-O to retain the titles. YAMATO pinned H-Y-O after Gallaria. V1 for the champs.
The next event is tomorrow at Aore Nagaoka in Niigata. There will be mo live or on demand broadcast.
UPDATE: There will be a Kzy-ISHIN rematch for the Open The Brave Gate Championship on Saturday.
