Dragon Gate began the Hopeful Gate 2024 Tour, the May tour, today with their monthly Tokyo event.
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.
Match 1: Luis Mante & Hyo beat Madoka Kikuta & Ryoya Tanaka. Hyo pinned Tanaka after Samson Driver.
Match 2: Don Fujii, Toru Owashi (DDT) & Takashi Yoshida beat Punch Tominaga, Ryu Fuda & Daiki Yanagiuchi. Owashi pinned Tanagiuchi after a chokeslam.
Match 3: Jason Lee & Gianni Valetta beat Yasushi Kanda & Kenichiro Arai. Valetta pinned Kanda after a King Kong kneedrop.
Match 4: Ultimo Dragon, Masaaki Mochizuki, BxB Hulk & Dragon Dia beat Dragon Kid, Naruki Doi, Genki Horiguchi & Shuji Kondo. Dia pinned Horiguchi after a modified driver. This likely was Dia’s last match in the promotion for at least a month due to New Japan participation in the Best Of The Super Junior 31 Tournament as an injury replacement.
Match 5: Kzy beat JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI.
Match 6; YAMATO & Susumu Yokosuka beat Kota Minoura & Ben-K by DQ. Minoura DQ’d. Ref assault.
Main Event: BIGBOSS Shimizu, Strong Machine J & U-T beat Open The Triangle Gate Champions Shun Skywalker, KAI & ISHIN to win the titles. Shimizu, J & U-T become the 90th Open The Triangle Gate Champions. J pinned KAI with Machine Suplex.
The next event is Saturday at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.
