Dragon Gate ran 2 separate events today, continuing the KING OF GATE Tournament and also running the second “Heroic Legend Rei-Zero” event.
First, the KING OF GATE event:
Today’s event was held at Act City Hamamatsu in Shizuoka. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 304.
Match 1: Shun SKywalker, KAI, ISHIN & H-Y-O beat Kzy, U-T, Don Fujii & Ho Ho Lun. ISHIN pinned Lun after a small leg chokeslam.
Match 2: KING OF GATE Tournament Round 1: Shuji Kondo beat Genki Horiguchi.
Match 3: KING OF GATE Tournament Round 1: Dragon Kid beat Kagetora.
Match 4: Kota Minoura, BxB Hulk & Ben-K beat Ultimo Dragon, BIGBOSS Shimizu & Ichikawa. Ben-K pinned Ichikawa after countering La Magistral.
Match 5: YAMATO, Madoka Kikuta & Yuki Yoshioka beat Susumu Mochizuki, Yasushi Kanda & Punch Tominaga. Yoshioka pinned Tominaga after Flashbang.
Main Event: KING OF GATE Tournament Round 1: Dragon Dia beat Jason Lee.
Second, Heroic Legend Rei-Zero 2:
Today’s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.
The announced paid attendance was 353.
Match 1: YAMATO & Masaaki Mochizuki beat Munenori Sawa & Fuminori Abe. YAMATO pinned Abe after Omniescent & Omnipotent Frankensteiner.
Match 2: Hikaru Sato, Takefuim Ito & Ryo Kawamura beat Ben-K, Minorita & Punch Tominaga by ref stoppage (TKO). Kawamura beat Tominaga. Strikes.
Match 3: TBA, revealed to be Kikutaro, beat Ichikawa for the vacant Open The Owarai Gate Championship and won the audience decision after the match for the title. Kikutaro becomes the 32nd Open The Owarai Gate Champion.
Match 4: Madoka Kikuta & Yuki Yoshioka beat MUSASHI & Nohashiro (?) (Michinoku Pro). Kikuta pinned Nohashiro after a rolling lariat.
Match 5: BIGBOSS Shimizu, Mochizuki Jr. & Daiki Yanagiuchi beat Masa Kitamiya, Kai Fujimura & Taishi Ozawa (Pro Wrestling NOAH). Shimizu pinned Ozawa after BIGBOSS Press. I believe this is Yanagiuchi’s first career win.
Main Event: Open The Twin Gate Champions Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda beat Takuya Sugawara & Masato Tanaka (ZERO1) to retain the titles. Kanda pinned Sugawara after Candy Magic. V2 for the champs.
The next event is tomorrow at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.
