Dragon Gate wrapped up the Rey De Parejas 2024 today with the Semifinals and Finals.
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. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1374, a super full house/very near sellout)
Match 1: Rey De Parejas Semifinals: YAMATO & Susumu Yokosuka (Susumu Mochizuki) beat BIGBOSS Shimizu & Strong Machine J. YAMATO pinned Shimizu after Omniscient & Omnipotent Frankensteiner. Yokosuka changed back from his real name to his longtime ring name effective today.
Match 2: Rey De Parejas Semifinals: Dragon Kid & Naruki Doi beat Luis Mante & Hyo. Kid pinned Hyo after countering Sansom Driver.
Match 3: Masaaki Mochizuki, Don Fujii & Kagetora beat Yasushi Kanda, Shuji Kondo & Punch Tominaga. Kagetora pinned Tomonaga after Gurumakakari.
Match 4: Madoka Kikuta, Dragon Dia, Ryoya Tanaka & Daiki Yanagiuchi beat Kota Minoura, Ben-K, BxB Hulk & Ryu Fuda. Dia pinned Fuda after DDDDT.
Match 5: Ultimo Dragon & Toru Owashi (DDT) beat KAI & Gianni Valetta by DQ. Valetta DQ’d. Mask removal from Dragon.
Match 6: Kzy, U-T & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI vs. Shun Skywalker, ISHIN & Jason Lee went to a double countout. Which led to…
Match 6 (again): In a No Countouts Match, Shun Skywalker, ISHIM & Jason Lee beat Kzy, U-T & JACKY “FUBKY” KAMEI by DQ. KAMEI DQ’d. Chair use.
Main Event: Rey De Parejas Finals: Dragon Kid & Naruki Doi beat YAMATO & Susumu Yokosuka to win the tournament. Kid pinned Yokosuka after Ultra Huracanrana. As a result, Kid & Doi will probably get an Open The Twin Gate Championship shot in the future, maybe at DEAD OR ALIVE 2024 on 5/5. (Post-script thought: 5/5 is a toss-up because the titles are held by Pro Wrestling NOAH wrestlers Kaito Kiyomiya & Alejandro and NOAH has a PPV on 5/4 in Tokyo. The 5/5 event is in Nagoya and it’s also 24 hours before ALL TOGETHER, which will feature Kiyomiya and also Shun Skywalker on opposite sides in a 6-man tag match. We’ll see what happens. I think 5/4 is more likely, but nothing has been announced yet for either event).
Next up is The Gate Of Passion 2024 Tour beginning Saturday at Oro City Hall in Kagoshima. There will be no love or on demand broadcast. That will be followed that night (Sunday Japan tome) by a doubleheader at Acros Fukuoka in Fukuoka with both events live on DRAGONGATE NETWORK beginning at 9 PM PT/midnight ET. I may be able to do live results for the first event.
UPDATE: With regards to the Twin Gate title match, it’s now official for 5/5. Also set for 5/5 is a 5-way Hair vs. Mask cage match with Kzy, JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI, Shun Skywalker, Hyo & Jason Lee (I think he’ll be JACKY “BALDY” KAMEI afterwards) and Open The Dream Gate Champion Luis Mante vs. Gianni Valetta for the title. I think Mante’s fairy tale story that began last year after he lost his own mask in said Hair vs. Mask Cage Match (when he was Diamante) is coming to an ugly end.
