Dragon Gate continued the Hopeful Gate 223 Tour yesterday with the first of a series of 4 wrestler hometown events in a tow.
Yeaterday’s event was held at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. There was no live or on demand broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 340, a super full house/very near sellout.
Match 1: Dragon Kid, Naruki Doi & La Estrella vs. Madoka Kikuta, Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia went to an unspecified time limit draw.
Match 2: Masaaki Mochizuki & Don Fujii beat YAMATO & Punch Tominaga. Mochizuki beat Tominaga with Gedo Clutch.
Match 3: Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda beat Diamante & H-Y-O. Mochizuki pinned H-Y-O.
Match 4: Shun Skywalker & KAI beat BIGBOSS Shimizu & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. KAI pinned KAMEI after Meteor Impact.
Main Event: Strong Machine J, Kzy, Jason Lee & U-T beat Kota Minoura, BxB Hulk, Ben-K & Minorita. J pinned Minorita after Genie Windmill.
The next event is tomorrow at Sapporo E-One Stadium in Hokkaido, the first of 3 straight BxB Hulk/Kzy hometown events over 3 consecutive days. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET. All 3 of these events will be broadcast.
