Dragon Gate ran the penultimate event of the Rey De Parejas 2023 today, likely setting up the Finals scheduled for next weekend.
Today’s event was held at Kobe Art Center in Kobe and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.
The announced paid attendance was 368.
Match 1: Rey De Parejas Block A: Yuki Yoshioka & Madoka Kikuta beat Masaaki Mochizuki & Mochizuki Jr. Kikuta pinned Mochizuki after a rolling lariat.
Match 2: Genki Horiguchi, Kagetora & Kaito Nagano beat Ben-K, Minorita & Ichikawa. Kagetora pinned Ichikawa.
Match 3: Takashi Yoshida beat Yoshiki Kato.
Match 4: Rey De Parejas Block B: Strong Machine J & F beat Shun Skywalker & KAI. J pinned Skywalker after Machine Suplex.
Match 5: JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI, Jason Lee & Ho Ho Lun beat Dragon Kid, Dragon Dia & Eita. Lee pinned Dia after Maximum Driver.
Match 6: Rey De Parejas Block B: YAMATO & Naruki Doi vs. Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda went to a double countout.
Main Event: Rey De Parejas Block A: Kota Minoura & BxB Hulk beat H-Y-O & ISHIN. Minoura pinned H-Y-O after Gang.
The final event is Thursday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 1:15 AM PT/4:15 AM ET.
UPDATE: The Semifinals and Finals for the tournament are now set for Thursday as the top 2 teams in each block ate official. The Semifinals are Madoka Kikuta & Yuki Yoshioka vs. Shun Skywalker & KAI and Kota Minoura & BxB Hulk vs. Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda. Winners meet in the Finals in the main event
