Dragon Gate’s annual Golden Week blowout event, DEAD OR ALIVE 2024, is now in the books.
Today’s event was held at Aichi Prefectural Gym in Nagoya and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK. You can also watch the first match FOR FREE on YouTube.
The announced paid attendance was 3085.
Match 1: YAMATO, Susumu Yokosuka & Kagetora beat Kota Minoura, Ben-K & BxB Hulk, YAMATO pinned Minoura after Gallaria.
Match 2: Toru Owashi (DDT) & BIGBOSS Shimizu beat KAI & ISHIN by DQ. ISHIN DQ’d.
Match 3: Ultimo Dragon, Madoka Kikuta, Dragon Dia & Ryoya Tanaka beat Masaaki Mochizuki, Don Fujii, Yasushi Kanda & Problem Dragon. Dia pinned Dragon after a modified driver.
Match 4: U-T beat Strong Machine J.
Match 5: Dragon Kid & Naruki Doi beat Open The Twin Gate Champions Kaito Kiyomiya & Alejandro (Pro Wrestling NOAH) to win the titles. Kid & Doi become the 66th Open The Twin Gate Champions. Doi pinned ALejandro after Doi-ble.
Match 6: Open The Dream Gate Champion Luis Mante beat Gianni Valetta to retain the title. V3 for Mante. As unstoppable as the big man Valetta has been since showing up earlier this year, I would still call that a mild upset.
Main Event: In a Mascara Contra Caballera Barbed Wire 5-way Survival Match, where the only way to “win” was to grab one of 4 flags posted across the ring and escape, the “winners” in order were JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI, Kzy, Shun Skywalker & Jason Lee, meaning the loser was Hyo. As a result, surely to the disappointment of many female fans, Hyo loses his hair. Post-match, after Z-Brats shaved Hyo’s head and forced Kzy & KAMEI to do the same, the end promo maybe hinted at KAMEI leaving Natural Vibes on good terms to align with Mante & Hyo.
The next event is The Gate Of Passion 2024 tour-ender tomorrow at Tsushima City Cultural Center in Aichi. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.
UPDATE: KAMEI is out of Natural Vibes and now with Mante & Hyo, who call themselves Big Hug. Confirmed by Dragon Gate announcing he has been added to a special event with Mante/Hyo scheduled for tomorrow.
