With only one month left until Kobe Pro Wrestling Festival 2025, the promotion’s biggest event of the year, Dragon Gate continues the Rainbow Gate 2025 Tour today and the road to their signature blowout event starting today with a very busy weekend ahead. The first stop is Kyoto for a lunchtime matinee event that will continue the build that began in Tokyo last week, but from more of the signature faction warfare point ahead of next month’s Open The Dream Gate Championship match between YAMATO & Shun Skywalker. There’s even a rumor Skywalker may leave Dragon Gate if he can’t win the title. They’re not on opposite sides today but YAMATO & his Paradox faction still have to deal with those pesky Z-Brats today and probably throughout a busy several days for the promotion. This is also the uncommon live broadcast event that is at a convenient weekend time for fans in the US and also from one of the most scenic small venues in pro wrestling.
Today’s event will be held at Kyoto KBS Hall in Kyoto and can be watched LIVE on DRAGONGATE NETWORK. There will be no commentary on the main broadcast but an alternate broadcast with rotating wrestler commentary (different each match) will also be available. There are 6 matches scheduled so how long the event will run may depend on whether or not there is an intermission but probably will be a little over 2 hours.
Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Dragon Dia & Ryoya Tanaka vs. Kzy & U-T
Ultimo Dragon & Susumu Yokosuka vs. Luis Mante & Bendito
Hyo, JACKY KAMEI & Riiita vs. Shun Skywalker, KAI & Homare
Yuki Yoshioka vs. Ben-K
Strong Machine J & Flamita vs. ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato
YAMATO, Dragon Kid & BxB Hulk vs. Madoka Kikuta, Kota Minoura & Jason Lee
Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.
Updates below will begin at 9 PM PT/midnight ET. The broadcast is scheduled to begin 15 minutes before the event.
8:45 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We can see the magnificent stained glass wall inside Kyoto KBS Hall that makes for a very picturesque backdrop on the hard camera view.
8:57 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.
We are LIVE from Kyoto KBS Hall in Kyoto, Japan. There is no commentary. The alternate wrestler commentary will start with the first match.
The paid attendance will be announced sometime after the event. Usually the venue is set up for between 450-600 for wrestling, I can’t see beyond the front row except opposite hard camera so it’s hard to really predict accurately. I’ll guess it’ll be around 350. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 285)
The matches should begin in 10-15 minutes.
The matches begin at 9:05 PM PT/12:05 AM ET.
Pre-show Exhibition Match: A match between two apparent new trainees (couldn’t hear their names) went to a 5 minute time limit draw. (Per Dragon Gate’s official English language Twitter, the trainees are Ryota Sugihara and Kazuma Kimura, both 23 and the “Dragon Gate Future” Class of 2025)
The actual scheduled matches begin at 9:15 PM PT.
Match 1: Dragon Dia & Ryoya Tanaka vs. Kzy & U-T. 15 minute time limit
Result: Time Limit Draw
Match 2: Ultimo Dragon & Susumu Yokosuka vs. Luis Mante & Bendito. 15 minute time limit
Result: Luis Mante & Bendito beat Ultimo Dragon & Susumu Yokosuka. Mante pinned Yokosuka.
Match 3: Hyo, JACKY KAMEI & Riiita vs. Shun Skywalker, KAI & Homare. 20 minute time limit
Result: Shun Skywalker, KAI & Homare beat Hyo, JACKY KAMEI & Riiita. Skywalker pinned KAMEI after SSW.
Match 4: Yuki Yoshioka vs. Ben-K. 30 minute time limit
Result: Ben-K beat Yuki Yoshioka. Ben-K was given a sponsor prize afterwards followed by a related promo.
Intermission.
The matches resume at 10:57 PM PT/1:57 AM ET (20 minute break). First is a talk segment with one of the ring announcers & Susumu Yokosuka. Also some kind of giveaway for some lucky fans (this may be related to a promotion for new DRAGONGATE NETWORK subscribers).
Match 5: Strong Machine J & Flamita vs. ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato. 30 minute time limit
Result: Strong Machine J & Flamita beat ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato. Flamita pinned Kato after a 450 splash. After a ref bump Flamita was briefly unmasked and it broke down until Mante & Bendito made the save. Afterwards, Mante with microphone. Challenge issued to Z-Brats for the Open The Triangle Gate Championship with Bendito & Flamita. After ISHIN seemingly accepts GM Ryo Saito enters the ring and makes it official. Only question is when. Based on what the wrestler commentary was saying, it sounds like Kobe Pro Wrestling Festival 2025. (UPDATE: It’s now official for Kobe Pro Wrestling Festival 2025)
Main Event: YAMATO, Dragon Kid & BxB Hulk vs. Madoka Kikuta, Kota Minoura & Jason Lee. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Madoka Kikuta, Kota Minoura & Jason Lee beat YAMATO, Dragon Kid & BxB Hulk. Kikuta pinned Hulk after a rolling lariat. Afterwards, Skywalker came out for the show-ending promo and another staredown with YAMATO as the countdown to Kobe World Hall continues.
The next event is a doubleheader tomorrow at Acros Fukuoka in Fukuoka. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 9 PM PT/midnight ET. Both events of the doubleheader will be live broadcasts with the second event scheduled to begin 4 hours after the first event starts.
