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Dragon Gate’s latest mid-major event, THE GATE OF ORIGIN 2024, was held earlier today.

Today’s event was held at Sendai Sun Festa in Sendai and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.

The announced paid attendance was 820.

There were last-minute changes to the card due to Luis Mante being removed from the card. Neck injury. Said to be minor. It’s not known how long he may be out.

Match 1: Ben-K & Mochizuki Junior beat Madoka Kikuta & Hyo. Ben-K pinned Hyo after a spear.

Match 2: ISHIN beat Ryu Fuda.

Match 3: Dragon Kid, Susumu Yokosuka & Kagetora beat Ultimo Dragon, Yasushi Kanda & Daiki Yanagiuchi. Kagetora pinned Yanagiuchi.

Match 4: Gianni Valetta beat Riiita.

Match 5: Shun Skywalker, Kota Minoura, KAI, Jason Lee & Homare beat YAMATO, BxB Hulk, Kzy, Mondai Ryu (who I keep mistakenly calling Problem Dragon) & Punch Tominaga. Minoura pinned Tominaga.

Match 6: Open The Triangle Gate Champions Strong Machine J, BIGBOSS Shimizu & U-T beat Masaaki Mochizuki, Don Fujii & Toru Owashi to retain the titles. Shimizu pinned Mochizuki after Shot Put Slam. V5 for the champs.

Main Event: Open The Brave Gate Champion Dragon Dia beat JACKY KAMEI to retain the title. V2 for Dia.

The next event is Saturday at Tokai Municipal Gym in Aichi. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

Dragon Gate continued the Storm Gate 2024 Tour today with their monthly Tokyo big event.

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

The announced paid attendance was 1492.

Match 1: Punch Tominaga beat Daiki Yanagiuchi.

Match 2: Yasushi Kanda & Shuji Kondo beat Toru Owashi (DDT) & BIGBOSS Shimizu. Kanda pinned Shimizu after Candy Magic.

Match 3: Strong Machine J, Kzy & U-T beat Dragon Dia, Madoka Kikuta & Ryoya Tanaka. J pinned Tanaka after Machine Suplex.

Match 4: Ultimo Dragon, Luis Mante, Hyo & JACKY KAMEI beat Dragon Kid, Naruki Doi, Susumu Yokosuka & Kagetora. KAMEI pinned Kid after Jacky Knife.

Match 5: Homare Kato Debut Match: Masaaki Mochizuki beat Homare Kato. Afterwards, Kato joined Z-Brats and it was announced he will compete as simply Homare going forward.

Match 6: Ben-K, BxB Hulk, Riiita & Mochizuki Junior vs. Shun Skywalker, Kota Minoura, KAI & Jason Lee went to a no contest. Gianni Valetta interference.

Main Event: Open The Dream Gate Champion YAMATO beat ISHIN to retain the title. V2 for YAMATO.

The next event is Saturday at Hills Sunpia Yamagata in Yamagata with an Open The Triangle Gate Championship main event. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

Dragon Gate ran a major event, Dangerous Gate 2024, today in Yokohama.

Today’s event was held at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.

The announced paid attendance was 2138.

Match 1: Kzy beat Ryoya Tanaka.

Match 2: Masaaki Mochizuki, Don Fujii & Toru Owashi (DDT) beat Ho Ho Lun, Ho Li & Punch Tominaga. Owashi pinned Tominaga after a running chokeslam.

Match 3: Susumu Yokosuka & Kagetora beat Yasushi Kanda & La Estrella. Kagetora pinned Estrella.

Match 4: Open The Brave Gate Champion Dragon Dia beat Junta Miyawaki (Pro Wrestling NOAH) to retain the title. V1 for Dia.

Match 5: Kota Minoura, Ben-K, BxB Hulk & Mochizuki Junior beat Shun Skywalker, KAI, ISHIN & Jason Lee. Minoura pinned Lee after Golden Rose.

Match 6: Open The Twin Gate Champions Dragon Kid & Naruki Doi beat Shuji Kondo & Kuroshio TOKYO Japan (All-Japan) to retain the titles. Kid pinned Japan after Doible. V2 for the champs.

Match 7: Open The Triangle Gate Champions Strong Machine J. BIGBOSS Shimizu & U-T beat Luis Mante, Hyo & JACKY KAMEI to retain the titles. J pinned KAMEI after Genie Windmill. V3 for the champs.

Main Event: Open The Dream Gate Champion YAMATO beat Madoka Kikuta to retain the title.V1 for YAMATO.

The next event is Saturday at Oro City Hall in Kagoshima. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

UPDATE: After the event, Minorita announced a name change to Riiita following events that transpired during the event, as he is the latest to defect to Z-Brats.

Dragon Gate began their August tour, The Gate Of Adventure 2024, 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. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1364)

Match 1: Strong Machine J, Kzy & U-T beat Ben-K, BxB Hulk & Mochizuki Junior. U-T pinned Junior after Fuego.

Match 2: Ultimo Dragon, La Estrella & Junta Miyawaki (Pro Wrestling NOAH) beat Don Fujii, Punch Tominaga & Daiki Yanagiuchi. Miyawaki pinned Tominaga after STV.

Match 3: Kota Minoura beat Minorita.

Match 4: Masaaki Mochizuki, Shuji Kondo & Toru Owashi (DDT) beat Dragon Kid, Naruki Doi & Kagetora. Kondo pinned Kid after a countered Doi-ble.

Match 5: Luis Mante beat BIGBOSS Shimizu.

Match 6: Hyo & JACKY KAMEI beat YAMATO & Susumu Yokosuka. Hyo pinned Yokosuka after Samson Driver.

Main Event: Shun Skywalker, Jason Lee, KAI & ISHIN beat Madoka Kikuta, Dragon Dia, Ryoya Tanaka & Ryusuke Taguchi (New Japan). ISHIN pinned Tanaka after Jinchu.

The next event is Saturday at Sanyo Fureai Park General Gym in Okayama. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

Dragon Gate wrapped up their July schedule today with a special standalone event, Dragon Gate Summer Festival 2024.

Today’s event was held at Kobe Sambo Hall in Kobe and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.

The announced paid attendance was 562, a super full house/very near sellout.

There were last-minute changes to the card due to Ryu Fuda being off. Left hand injury.

Match 1: Masaaki Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda beat Mochizuki Junior & Daiki Yanagiuchi. Mochizuki pinned Yanagiuchi after Twister.

Match 2: Don Fujii, Shachihoko BOY, Takashi Yoshida & La Estrella beat Ultimo Dragon, Ho Ho Lun, Ho Li & Punch Tominaga. Estrella pinned Tominaga after Firebird Splash.

Match 3: Luis Mante & Hyo beat KAI & Jason Lee by DQ. Lee DQ’d. Ref assault.

Match 4: Madoka Kikuta won a 10 man battle royal, last eliminating Ben-K.

Match 5: Susumu Yokosuka & Kagetora beat BxB Hulk & Yosuke <3 Santamaria. Kagetora pinned Santamaria.

Main Event; YAMATO, Dragon Kid & Naruki Doi beat Strong Machine J, BIGBOSS Shimizu & U-T. YAMATO pinned U-T after Gallaria.

Next up is The Gate Of Adventure 2024 Tour beginning Thursday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Kobe Pro Wrestling Festival 2024, Dragon Gate’s annual biggest event and this year a 25th Anniversary celebration, was held earlier today.

Today’s event was held at Kobe World Hall in Kobe and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 4795, a super full house/very near sellout. Maybe it’s me and they didn’t show all the seating on the broadcast but it looked like less, with at least 1/3 of the seating not used due to the setup. The venue can hold over 8000)

Match 1: Madoka Kikuta beat Kota Minoura.

Match 2: Shachihoko BOY, Ryu Fuda, Faiki Yanagiuchi & Ryoya Tanaka beat Takashi Yoshida, Problem Dragon, Punch Tomonaga & Ho Ho Lun. Tanaka pinned Tominaga after Survive.

Match 3: KAI & ISHIN beat Yosuke ❤️ Santamaria & La Estrella. ISHIN pinned Santamaria after Jinchu.

Match 4: Dragon Gate 25th Anniversary Match: Ultimo Dragon, Don Fujii, Yasushi Kanda, Susunu Yokosuka & Kagetora beat Masaaki Mochizuki, Kenichiro Arai, Super Shisa, Ichikawa & Vhocoflake K-ICHI. Dragon pinned Ichikawa after a blocked La Magistral.

Match 5: Open The Triangle Gate Champions Strong Machine J, BIGBOSS Shimizu & U-T beat BxB Hulk, Minorita & Mochizuki Junior to retain the titles. J pinned Hulk with Machine Suplex. V1 for the champs.

Match 6: Dragon Dia beat Open The Brave Gate Champion Hyo to win the title. Dia becomes the 52nd Open The Brave Gate Champion.

Match 7: Open The Twin Gate Champions Dragon Kid & Naruki Doi beat Luis Mante & JACKY KAMEI, Kzy & Flamita and Shun Skywalker & Jason Lee in a 4-way elimination match to retain the titles. Order of elimination (both members eliminated each time): KAMEI by Flamita, Kzy by Skywalker, Lee by Kid. V1 for the champs.

Main Event: YAMATO beat Open The Dream Gate Champion Ben-K to win the title. YAMATO becomes the 40th Open The Dream Gate Champion.

The next event is Saturday at Shimizu Marine Building in Shizuoka. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

Dragon Gate ran their monthly Tokyo event today as they begin the final push to their biggest event of the year in just over 2 weeks.

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 announced paid attendance was 1374, a super full house/very near sellout.

Match 1: Shuji Kondo beat Kota Minoura.

Match 2: KAI & ISHIN beat Susumu Yokosuka & Kagetora. ISHIN pinned Kagetora.

Match 3: Ultimo Dragon, BxB Hulk, Minorita & Ryu Fuda beat Yasushi Kanda, Toru Owashi (DDT), Punch Tominaga & Daiki Yanagiuchi. Minorita pinned Yanagiuchi after Minoritonic.

Match 4: Strong Machine J, BIGBOSS Shimizu & U-T beat Madoka Kikuta, Ryoya Tanaka & Pa Estrella. U-T pinned Estrella after Birnjabe Perfect.

Match 5: Kzy, Flamita, Luis Mante & JACKY KAMEI beat Dragon Kid, Naruki Doi, Shun Skywalker & Jason Lee. KAMEI pinned Kid.

Match 6: Masaaki Mochizuki vs. Mochizuki Junior went to a Double KO.

Main Event: YAMATO & Dragon Dia beat Ben-K & Hyo. Dia pinned Hyo after countering Samson Driver.

The next event is tomorrow at Fujisan Messe in Shizuoka. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

Dragon Gate ran the second half of their tour-opening Tokyo doubleheader today.

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 & JACKY KAMEI beat La Estrella & El Cucuy. JAMEI pinned Cucuy after JACKY Knife.

Match 2: Ultimo Dragon, Toru Owashi (DDT) & Shuji Kondo (Indpendent/Freelancer) beat Don Fujii, Punch Tominaga & Daiki Yanagiuchi. Owashi pinned Yanagiuchi after a chokeslam.

Match 3: Masaaki Mochizuki & Mochizuki Junior beat Ben-K & Minorita. Junior beat Minorita with a standing camel clutch.

Match 4: Shun Skywalker, KAI, ISHIN & Jason Lee beat Dragon Kid, Naruki Doi, Susumu Yokosuka & Kagetora. Skywalker pinned Kid after a modified double kneedrop.

Match 5: Strong Machine J, BIGBOSS Shimizu & Kzy beat Madoka Kikuta, Dragon Kid & Ryoya Tanaka. J pinned Tanaka after Machine suplex.

Match 6: Open The Brave Gate Champion Hyo beat Flamita to retain the title. V7 for Hyo.

Main Event: In a Hair vs. Hair match, YAMATO beat Kota Minoura. As a result, Minoura loses his hair. He’s now the second Gold Class member that’s also Bald Class (Ben-K is the other).

The next event is Saturday at Shimomatsu City Municipal Gym in Yamaguchi. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

Dragon Gate ran the first half of a major doubleheader in Tokyo today, featuring a pair of returns and a big title match.

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. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1193, a full house/near sellout)

Match 1: Madoka Kikuta beat La Estrella.

Match 2: Ultimo Dragon, Masaaki Mochizuki & El Cucuy beat Don Fujii, Toru Owashi (DDT) & Shuji Kondo (Independent/Freelancer). Mochizuki pinned Fujii after Bukogatame.

Match 3: Mochizuki Junior Return Match: Mochizuki Junior beat Yasushi Kanda. Junior is back from a training excursion to Europe for the first half of the year.

Match 4: YAMATO, Naruki Doi, Susumu Yokosuka & Kagetora beat Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu, Strong Machine J & U-T. YAMATO pinned Kzy after Gallaria.

Match 5: Minorita Return Match: Hyo & JACKY KAMEI beat Kota Minoura & Minorita. Hyo pinned Minorita after Samson Driver. Minorita returns from an extended absence due to injuries.

Match 6: Dragon Kid, Dragon Dia, Flamita & Ninja Mack (Pro Wrestling NOAH) beat Shun Skywalker, KAI, ISHIN & Jason Lee. Flamita pinned ISHIN after Flam Fly.

Main Event: Ben-K beat Open The Dream Gate Champion Luis Mante to win the title. Ben-K becomes the 39th Open The Dream Gate Champion. 2nd time Ben-K has been the champion, and it ends quite a story for Mante over the last year, from being unmasked at DEAD OR ALIVE 2023 when he was Diamante to going away amidst uncertainty about his future to returning andw inning the Dream Gate in December.

The next event is tomorrow, featuring Open The Brave Gate Champion Hyo vs. Flamita for the title and in the main event it’s YAMATO vs. Kota Minoura in a Hair vs. Hair match. Someone is leaving bald. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK in Japanese and English will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.