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Dragon Gate wraps up a tripleheader weekend in Hokkaido today with the 4rd and last of a 3-event BxB Hulk/Kzy hometown set. It’s become more than just normal house shows because it’s kicked off a tournament to crown new Open The Triangle Gate Champions after previous champions Shun Skywalker, Homare & Gianni Valetta had to vacate the titles because of a Homare injury. The tournament is a round-robin format with 5 participating teams, and at the end the top two teams will meet in the Finals for the titles. Today will feature the third match of the tournament and second for both participating trios.

Today’s event will be held at Sapporo E-One Arena in Hokkaido and can be watched LIVE on DRAGONGATE NETWORK. You will also be able to watch the first match FOR FREE on YouTube. There will be no commentary on the main feed but an alternate feed with wrestler commentary will also be available. There are only 5 matches scheduled but that does not include a planned exhibition match so with that and presumably an intermission along the way the event should have a total running time of just over 2 hours.

Today’s lineup:

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Updates below will begin at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 15 minutes before the event.

7:45 PM PT UPDATE: The player commentary version stream has begun. The no commentary version should begin shortly. And with that…

We are LIVE from Sapporo E-One Stadium in Hokkaido, Japan. There is no commentary. (Yet for the wrestler version, that starts with the first match).

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. The first event Friday night did just under 400, I haven’t seen yesterday’s yet but today already looks like a near sellout. It’s a small venue but from what I see so far I’ll up what was going to be my original prediction of around 450 to closer to 500. (After the first match I only saw about 5-10 empty seats) (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 482)

Opening announcements underway as of 7:50 PM PT/10:50 PM ET. The matches should begin in about 15 minutes.

8 PM PT UPDATE: The YouTube broadcast has begun. As usual it’s only the first match. For now the DRAGONGATE NETWORK stream is wrestler commentary only, they did have some technical difficulties Friday with the no commentary version and there currently is not a no commentary version of yesterday’s event available on demand.

The matches begin at 8:03 PM PT/11:03 PM ET.

Match 1: Yasushi Kanda & Mochizuki Junior vs. Luis Mante & Ryoya Tanaka. 15 minute time limit
Result: Luis Mante & Ryoya Tanaka beat Yasushi Kanda & Mochizuki Junior. Mante pinned Junior after MGK.

The YouTube broadcast ends here. Also noticed clearly some changes to the card from above. Apparently the original post inadvertently listed yesterday’s lineup instead of today’s. There are 6 matches scheduled today, no exhibition match.

Match 2: Genki Horiguchi vs. Jiro Shinbashi. 15 minute time limit (this is/will be a comedy match)
Result: Genki Horiguchi beat Jiro Shinbashi

Match 3: Hyo, Ben-K, JACKY KAMEI & Riiita vs. Kota Minoura, Jason Lee, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato. 20 minute time limit
Result: Kota Minoura, Jason Lee, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato beat Hyo, Ben-K, JACKY KAMEI & Riiita. Minoura pinned Riiita after a sitout piledriver.

Match 4: Dragon Dia (in Dragon Kid mask & gear for entrance) & Yuki Yoshioka vs. Susumu Yokosuka & KAGETORA. 30 minute time limit
Result: Dragon Dia & Yuki Yohsioka beat Susumu Yokosuka & KAGETORA. Dia pinned KAGETORA after DDDDT.

Intermission. (Starting at 9 PM PT/midnight ET)

The matches resume at 9:15 PM PT/12:15 AM ET.

Match 5: Shun Skywalker & Gianni Valletta vs. Madoka Kikuta & KAI. 45 minute time limit
Result: Shun Skywalkier & Gianni Valletta beat Madoka Kikuta & KAI. Valletta pinned Kikuta after a King Kong lariat. Afterwards, Valletta with microphone. In English, he vowed to beat him again next week for the Open The Dream Gate Championship (side note: I thought Valletta was from Italy but it turns out he’s actually from Malta). Kikuta responded in Japanese. Valletta earned the title shot by winning the KING OF GATE Tournament.

Main Event: Open The Triangle Gate Championship Tournament: Strong Machine J, Kzy & U-T vs. YAMATO, Dragon Kid & BxB Hulk. 20 minute time limit
Result: Time Limit Draw. 1 point for each in the standings.

The next event is tomorrow at Sendai Sun Festa in Sendai. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

Dragon Gate wrapped up the KING OF GATE 2025 Tournament today in Tokyo with the Semifinals and Finals.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK. You can also watch the first match FOR FREE on YouTube.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced.

KING OF GATE Semifinals:
Match 1: Gianni Valletta beat Riiita.
Match 2: ISHIN beat Yuki Yoshioka.

Match 3: Hyo, JACKY KAMEI, Ben-K, Movhizuki Junior & Ho Ho Lun beat Dragon Dia, Ryoya Tanaka, Daiki Yanagiuchi, Ryu Fuda & Kazuma Kimura. Junior pinned Yanagiuvhi with a German suplex hold.

Match 4: Punch Tominaga beat Joe Shinbashi.

Match 5: Strong Machine J, Kzy, U-T & El Cucuy beat BxB Hulk, KAGETORA, Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) & Luis Mante. U-T pinned KAGETORA after Passion.

Match 6: Shun Skywalker & El Cielo beat YAMATO & Dragon Kid. Coro pinned Kid after a spinning tombstone piledriver.

Match 7: Madoka Kikuta, Kota Minoura, Jason Lee, KAI & Yoshiki Kato beat Masaaki Mochizuki, Don Fuji, Genki Hiroyuki, Suzuki Yokosuka & Yasushi Kanda. Minoura pinned Horiguchi after Gang.

Main Event: KING OF GATE Finals: Gianni Valletta beat ISHIN to win the tournament. As a result, Valletta gets the next Open The Dream Gate Championship match against Madoka Kikuta. That match will happen on 12/16.

The next event is tomorrow at Hakodate Arena in Hokkaido. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

Dragon Gate has announced an injury change to upcoming events as KING OF GATE has been quite the physical tournament this year-after being eliminated at today’s event, YAMATO is now sidelined for a bit. Neck. Out indefinitely but at least a week and will miss the next 2 events on 11/29 & 11/30. He was injured during his KING OF GATE Quarterfinals loss to Riiita, who won by ref stoppage to advance to the Semifinals. That on top of Dragon Dia also being out indefinitely with a neck injury. Kota Minoura additionally remains out due to a concussion suffered on 11/15.

On his social media, YAMATO also mentioned forearm numbness and hopes to return at the next Tokyo event, which will be on 12/3 at Korakuen Hall. That would mean a week if that holds. That event will be the KING OF GATE Semifinals & Finals. He also encouraged Riiita in the rest of the tournament.

More as it becomes available.

THE GATE OF NOSTALGIA 2025, Dragon Gate’s annual fun event featuring wrestlers bringing back their old factions & gimmicks again for one day, was held earlier today. And much to my delight that meant…sing it with me…WE ARE JIMMYS! (WE ARE JIMMYS!)

Today’s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 445. I’d call it a full house/near sellout even though they did not as that’s just short of 90% of max capacity)

Pre-show match: JACKY KAMEI, Riiita & Mochizuki Junior beat Daiki Yanagiuchi, Akihiro Sahara & Kazuma Kimura. Junior pinned Yanagiuchi with a German suplex hold.

Match 1: Jimmy Susumu, Jimmy Kagetora & Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!! (with Jimmy Ryo Saito) beat Strong Machine J. Strong Karaoke Machine & Strong Shachihoko Machine in 41 seconds. Susumu pinned Shachihojo after Yokosuka Cutter. Which led to…
Match 1 (again): Jimmy Susumu, Jimmy Kagetora & Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!! (with Jimmy Ryo Saito) beat Strong Machine J. Strong Machine F & Giant Strong Machine. Susumu pinned F with Backslide From Heaven..

Match 2: Open The Owarai Gate Champion Shinbashi Jiro beat Johnson Florida, then got the required audience support to retain the title. V1 for Jiro.

Match 3: Diamante (Luis Mante before he lost his mask), H-Y-O (Hyo) & DiaInferno beat Shun Skywalker, Dragon Dia & Gianni Valetta. Diamante pinned Dia after Vuelta Finale.

Match 4: YAMATO, BxB Hulk & Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) beat Kzy, Yasushi Kanda & Kenichiro Arai and Madoka Kikuta, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato in a 3-way by countout. Which led to…
Match 4 (again): Madoka Kikuta, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato beat YAMATO, BxB Hulk & Naruki Doi, Kzy, Yasushi Kanda & Kenichiro Arai and Toru Owashi (DDT), Shuji Kondo (Independent/Freelancer) & Masaaki Mochizuki in a 4-way elimination match. Order of elimination (team eliminated when one member loses): Kanda by Kondo, Mochizuki by YAMATO, YAMATO by Kikuta.

Main Event: Ben-K, Dragon Kid & Jason Lee beat Shingo Takagi (New Japan), Cyber Kong & Chihiro Tominaga. Ben-K pinned Tominaga after a spear.

The next event is Friday at Kunimidai Gym in Saga. There will be no live or on demand broadcast. There are no more broadcasts scheduled this month so the rest of KING OF GATE 2025 will be untelevised until the Finals.

Dragon Gate has announced another injury casualty affecting KING OF GATE 2025, unfortunately it takes out another potential contender as the injured participant is Kota Minoura. Concussion. Occurred yesterday. Out indefinitely. He was to have faced Masaaki Mochizuki in the tournament tomorrow. Mochizuki will now get a forfeit win and a free pass to Round 2. No wors yet on how long Minoura may be out.

Dragon Gate has just announced an injury change to upcoming events, somewhat significant because Open The Brave Gate Champion Ryoya Tanaka is headed to the disabled list. Shoulder. Out indefinitely but will be at least a couple weeks because he is now off 11/22, meaning he is out of KING OF GATE and YAMATO will get a forfeit win and advance to the Quarterfinals as a result.

More as it becomes available.

Dragon Gate kicked off the 2025 KING OF GATE Tournament, the promotion’s top annual singles tournament, today in Tokyo.

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: Kota Minoura, Jason Lee, KAI & Yoshiki Kato beat Dragon Dia, Ryu Fuda, Daiki Yanagiuchi & Kazuma Kimura. Kato pinned Yanagiuchi after Cadere Luna.

Match 2: Masaaki Mochizuki beat Jiro Shinbashi.

Match 3: Gianni Valetta & El Cielo beat Punch Tominaga & El Cucuy. Valetta pinned Tominaga after a King Kong kneedrop.

Match 4: Ultimo Dragon, Takashi & Churaumi Saver beat Strong Machine J, Kzy & U-T. Saver pinned U-T after a firebird splash.

KING OF GATE Round 1:
Match 5: ISHIN beat Luis Mante.
Match 6: Shun Skywalker beat Naruki Doi.

Match 7: Hyo, Ben-K, JACKY KAMEI, Riiita & Mochizuki Junior beat YAMATO, KAGETORA, Dragon Kid, BxB Hulk & Susumu Yokosuka. Hyo pinned YAMATO after Samson Driver.

KING OF GATE Round 1:
Match 8: Ryoya Tanaka beat Homare.
Main Event: Yuki Yoshioka beat Madoka Kikuta. So with the Open The Dream Gate Champion out early (of course), that pretty much guarantees a title shot for the eventual winner.

As a result of today, ISHIN will face the El Cucuy-Ryu Fuda winner, Yoshioka will face the Takashi-U-T winner, Skywalker will face the Mochizuki-Minoura winner and Tanaka will face the Hyo-YAMATO winner in Round 2.

The next event is Saturday at Kobe Art Center in Kobe. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET. Unfortunately this is the last scheduled live or on demand broadcast for the tournament until the Finals.

THE GATE OF DESTINY 2025, Dragon Gate’s major 2-day Osaka event, concluded today with Day 2.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK. This also may have been a live GAORA SPORTS broadcast in Japan. You can also watch the first match FOR FREE on YouTube.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 878)

Match 1: Daiki Yanagiuchi & Akihiro Sahara beat Ryu Fuda & Kazuma Kimura. Sahara pinned Kimura after Inception Trigger.

Match 2: Don Fujii beat Shinbashi Jiro.

Match 3: YAMATO, Dragon Kid, BxB Hulk & Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) beat Ultimo Dragon, Problem Dragon, Masaaki Mochizuki & Ho Ho Lun. Hulk pinned Problem Dragon after First Flash.

Match 4: Ryoya Tanaka, Luis Mante & El Cucuy beat Madoka Kikuta, Jason Lee & Kota Minoura by DQ. Minoura DQ’d. Deadly weapon use.

Match 5: Susumu Yokosuka & KAGETORA beat Strong Machine J & Kzy and Ben-K & Mochizuki Junior in a 3-way when KAGETORA pinned Junior.

Match 6: Taiji Ishimori (New Japan) beat Hyo.

Match 7: Shun Skywalker, Homare & Gianni Valetta beat Open The Triangle Gate Champions KAI, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato to win the titles. Slywalker, Homare & Valetta become the 96th Open The Triangle Gate Champions. Valetta pinned ISHIN after King Kong Kneedrop EX.

Main Event: JACKY KAMEI & Riiita beat Open The Twin Gate Champions Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia to win the titles. KAMEI & Riiita become the 70th Open The Twin Gate Champions. Riiita pinned Dia after Riiitanic.

The next event is Wednesday at Suzuka City Northern Gym in Nagano. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

THE GATE OF DESTINY 2025, Dragon Gate’s latest major event, began today with the first of 2 events in Osaka.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka 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 865.

Before everything got going, a name change was announced as Kagetora is changing his ring name to KAGETORA. In Japanese that’s a more stylized appearance in all English caps instead of Japanese kanji symbols.

Match 1: KAI & Yoshiki Kato beat Ben-K & Mochizuki Junior. Kato pinned Junior after Cadere Luna.

Match 2: Jiro Shinbashi Debut Match: Open The Owarai Gate Champion Kuishinbo Kamen beat Jiro Shinbashi, but Shinbashi got the majority of audience support post-match to win the title. Shinbashi becomes the 36th Open The Owarai Gate Champion. Not a bad way to make your debut if you’re going to be a comedy wrestler, winning the comedy title in the process.

Match 3: Ultimo Dragon, Dragon Kid, BxB Hulk, Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) & KAGETORA beat Masaaki Mohizuki, Don Fujii, Takashi, Shachihoko BOY & Kikutaro (Independent/Freelancer). KAGETORA pinned BOY.

Match 4: Luis Mante beat El Cucuy & Gianni Valetta in a 3-way by pinning Cucuy.

Match 5: Open The Brave Gate Champion Ryoya Tanaka beat Billy Ken Kid (Osaka Pro) to retain the title. V6 for Tanaka.

Match 6: Hyo, JACKY KAMEI & Riiita beat Kota Minoura, Jason Lee & ISHIN, Shun Skywalker, Homare & El Siello (?) and Strong Machine J, Kzy & U-T in a 4-way elimination match. Order of elimination (one wrestler being eliminated means the whole team was out): Homare by ISHIN, U-T by Hyo, Lee by Riiita.

Main Event: Open The Dream Gate Champion Madoka Kikuta beat Susumu Yokosuka to retain the title. V2 for Kikuta.

The second event is tomorrow. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin TONIGHT at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.

Dragon Gate taped their latest episode of PRIME ZONE+ today, with Ryoya Tanaka getting his turn as the GM/showrunner.

Today’s event was held at Kobe Lapis Hall in Kobe and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK. You can also watch the first match FOR FREE on YouTube.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced.

This month’s episode featured King Of Chop 2025, Dragon Gate’s annual tournament to see who has the best/hardest chop in the promotion. WHOOOOOOO! (8-man single elimination). The winner of each match is determined by decision or submission/give up.

King Of Chop:
Match 1: Mochizuki Junior beat Riiita.
Match 2: Yoshiki Kato beat Problem Dragon.
Match 3: JACKY KAMEI beat Don Fujii by DQ.
Ryoya Tanaka got a bye to the Semifinals.

Match 4: Dragon Kid beat Ryu Fuda, Daiki Yanagiuchi & Kazuma Kimura in a 4-way by pinning Kimura. As a result, Kid gets the 8th & last spot in King Of Chop.

King Of Chop Semifinals:
Match 5: Ryoya Tanaka beat Mochizuki Junior.
Match 6: Yoshiki Kato beat JACKY KAMEI.
Match 7: Yoshiki Kato beat Dragon Kid.

Match 8: In a special cosplay match, Hyo & Ben-K beat Strong Machine J & U-T. Ben-K pinned U-T after a spear.

Main Event: King Of Chop Finals: Yoshiki Kato beat Ryoya Tanaka to win the tournament. As a result, Kato gets to be GM for the next PRIME ZONE+, but he decided to transfer the rights to Daiki Yanagiuchi & Ryu Fuda instead.

That next PRIME ZONE+ will be on 12/23.

The next event is tomorrow at Kyoto KBS Hall in Kyoto. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.