Dragon Gate continued the Fantastic Gate 2023 Tour with their penultimate visit to Tokyo this year.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hal in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.
The announced paid attendance was 1399, a legit sellout.
Match 1: YAMATO & Naruki Doi beat Madoka Kikuta & Ryoya Tanaka. YAMATO pinned Tanaka after Gallaria.
Match 2: Genki Horiguchi, Problem Dragon & Punch Tominaga beat Kenichiro Arai, Ho Ho Lun & Daiki Yanagiuchi. Tomonaga beat Yanagiuchi with a flying cross armbar.
Match 3: Kota Minoura & Ben-K beat Shuji Kondo & Kagetora. Minoura pinned Kagetora after a jumping knee strike.
Match 4: Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda beat BIGBOSS Shimizu, Jason Lee & U-T. Masaaki Mochizuki pinned U-T after Twister.
Match 5: Luis Mante beat KAI.
Match 6: Kzy, VENTO & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI beat Shun Skywalker, Yoshiki Kato & Demus. KAMEI pinned Kato after JFK.
Match 7: Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia beat Dragon Kid & Eita. Yoshioka pinned Wita after a frog splash.
Main Event: Hyo beat Open The Brave Gate Champion ISHIN to win the title. Hyo becomes the 51st Open The Brave Gate Champion.
The next event is tomorrow at Kasukabe Fureai Cube in Saitama. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.
UPDATE: Hyo will now defend the title tomorrow against JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. Title matches for THE FINAL GATE 2023 on 12/24 were also announced: Open The Twin Gate Champions Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia vs. Kaito Kiyomiya (Pro Wrestling NOAH) & Alejandro for the titles and Open The Dream Gate Champion Madoka Kikuta vs. Shun Skywalker & Luis Mante in a 3-way for the title.