Dragon Gate continues the Truth Gate 2024 Tour today with their monthly same-day (or close to it) doubleheader, which usually is held in their hometown of Kobe or in nearby Fukuoka. Today it’ll be in Fukuoka with 2 events back-to-back, separated by a break of a couple hours between the events. They’re primarily house show lineups with nothing major of note but still a unique way to schedule events and allow fans 2 opportunities to see events in a day. This post will contain live results for the early/first event. Results for the second event will be posted tomorrow.
Today’s events will be held at Acros Fukuoka in Fukuoka and can be watched LIVE on DRAGONGATE NETWORK in Japanese. There will also be an alternate stream with wrestler commentary, a different one for each match. The events will have around 2 hours between them so I anticipate each event having a total running time of around 2 hours.
Today;s lineup (event 1):
Kzy, U-T & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI vs. BxB Hulk, Genki Horiguchi & Yasushi Kanda
Kagetora vs. Gianni Valetta
Strong Machine J & Jason Lee vs. Masaaki Mochizuki & Ryoya Tanaka
BIGBOSS Shimizu vs. Yoshiki Kato
Ultimo Dragon, Luis Mante & Hyo vs. Shun Skywalker, KAI & ISHIN
Madoka Kikuta, Dragon Dia, YAMATO & Susumu Mochizuki vs. Kora Minoura, Ben-K, Dragon Kid & Naruki Doi
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Updates below will begin at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin at 7:45 PM PT/10:45 PM ET for the first event. The second event will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET. (Live results are not scheduled for the second event but that is subject to change)
7:45 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.
We are LIVE from Acros Fukuoka in Fukuoka, Japan. Commentary will join later. (Update: There is no commentary on the main stream, only on the Wrestler Commentary version)
The paid attendance will be announced after the events. This is a small venue and I think it normally has a max capacity of close to 500 for wrestling, and the first events of doubleheaders typically draw a smaller crowd than the second. The crowd is still filing in but it looks at least half full, so I’ll predict it’ll be about “average” for these events which is around 375. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 531, a full house/near sellout)
The matches should begin in 15-20 minutes.
Opening greeting & announcements begin at 7:55 PM PT.
The matches begin at 8:07 PM PT but right as intros are about to start we lose the feed. There was some kind of error screen in Japanese right before it cut out so it’s definitely on their end. Looks like they’re working on it so hopefully updates will resume shortly.
The live feed is restored at 8:11 PM PT so only out for about 4 minutes.
When we return Natural Vibes is in the ring then Z-Brats come out. Promo segment. And a minute later the feed cuts out again. Must be some kind of issue with the venue. A few seconds later we get audio back although there’s “waiting for live feed” music mixed in and no video.
Video restored at 8:17 PM PT as the first match has already started. (Post-show note: There were no further technical issues after this)
Match 1: Kzy, U-T & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI vs. BxB Hulk, Genki Horiguchi & Yasushi Kanda. 15 minute (I think) time limit
Result: Kzy, U-T & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI beat BxB Hulk, Genki Horiguchi & Yasushi Kanda. KAMEI pinned Horiguchi.
Match 2: Kagetora vs. Gianni Valetta. 15 minute time limit
Result: Gianni Valetta beat Kagetora. Glorified squash. His Takashi Iizuka-like entrance rampage through the crowd was longer than the match.
Match 3: Strong Machine J & Jason Lee vs. Masaaki Mochizuki & Ryoya Tanaka. 20 minute time limit
Result: Strong Machine J & Jason Lee beat Masaaki Mochizuki & Ryoya Tanaka. J beat Tanaka with a single leg Boston Crab.
Match 4: BIGBOSS Shimizu vs. Yoshiki Kato. 30 minute time limit
Result: No Contest. Z-Brats interference. Heel beatdown until Luis Mante & Hyo made the save. Shimizu & Shun Skywalker promo followed.
Intermission. Updates will resume after the break. (Started at 9 PM PT)
The matches resume at 9:17 PM PT.
Match 5: Ultimo Dragon, Luis Mante & Hyo vs. Shun Skywalker, KAI & ISHIN. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Ultimo Dragon, Luis Mante & Hyo beat Shun Skywalker, KAI & ISHIN. Hyo pinned ISHIN after Samson Driver.
Main Event: Madoka Kikuta, Dragon Dia, YAMATO & Susumu Mochizuki vs. Kora Minoura, Ben-K, Dragon Kid & Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer). 1 Hour time limit
Result: Madoka Kikuta, Dragon Dia, YAMATO & Susumu Mochizuki beat Kota Minoura, Ben-K, Dragon Dia & Naruki Doi. YAMATO pinned Minoura after Gallaria.
The second event of today’s doubleheader is scheduled to begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET and can be watched live and on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.
UPDATE: Here are the results from Event 2:
The announced paid attendance was 636, a super full house/very near sellout.
Match 1: Madoka Kikuta, Dragon Dia & Ryoya Tanaka beat Kota Minoura, Ben-K & BxB Hulk. Tanaka pinned Hulk.
Match 2: Genki Horiguchi beat U-T.
Match 3: Ultimo Dragon & Masaaki Mochizuki beat Naruki Doi & Kagetora. Dragon pinned Kagetora with La Magistral.
Match 4: Strong Machine J beat ISHIN.
Match 5: Shun Skywalker, KAI, Yoshiki Kato & Gianni Valetta beat Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu, Jason Lee & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. Valetta pinned KAMEI after a King Kong kneedrop.
Main Event: Susumu Mochizuki, Yasushi Kanda & YAMATO beat Luis Mante, Hyo & Dragon Kid. Mochizuki pinned Hyo after Jumbo Wins!
The next event is tomorrow at Kokura Kita Gym in Fukuoka. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.
