Dragon Gate kicked off the 2025 KING OF GATE Tournament, the promotion’s top annual singles tournament, today in Tokyo.
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: Kota Minoura, Jason Lee, KAI & Yoshiki Kato beat Dragon Dia, Ryu Fuda, Daiki Yanagiuchi & Kazuma Kimura. Kato pinned Yanagiuchi after Cadere Luna.
Match 2: Masaaki Mochizuki beat Jiro Shinbashi.
Match 3: Gianni Valetta & El Cielo beat Punch Tominaga & El Cucuy. Valetta pinned Tominaga after a King Kong kneedrop.
Match 4: Ultimo Dragon, Takashi & Churaumi Saver beat Strong Machine J, Kzy & U-T. Saver pinned U-T after a firebird splash.
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Match 5: ISHIN beat Luis Mante.
Match 6: Shun Skywalker beat Naruki Doi.
Match 7: Hyo, Ben-K, JACKY KAMEI, Riiita & Mochizuki Junior beat YAMATO, KAGETORA, Dragon Kid, BxB Hulk & Susumu Yokosuka. Hyo pinned YAMATO after Samson Driver.
KING OF GATE Round 1:
Match 8: Ryoya Tanaka beat Homare.
Main Event: Yuki Yoshioka beat Madoka Kikuta. So with the Open The Dream Gate Champion out early (of course), that pretty much guarantees a title shot for the eventual winner.
As a result of today, ISHIN will face the El Cucuy-Ryu Fuda winner, Yoshioka will face the Takashi-U-T winner, Skywalker will face the Mochizuki-Minoura winner and Tanaka will face the Hyo-YAMATO winner in Round 2.
The next event is Saturday at Kobe Art Center in Kobe. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET. Unfortunately this is the last scheduled live or on demand broadcast for the tournament until the Finals.