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Dragon Gate News: Vacant Championship Update

Dragon Gate has posted an update on the Open The Brave Gate Championship, which was held up last month after Ryu Fuda beat Dragon Kid to win the title but the title change was not recognized due to ISHIN interference. Kid has been named Interim Champion and a tournament will be held to crown a new champion. It’ll be a single-elimination bracket event with qualifying wrestlers from each faction, meaning weighing 82 kg or less, and that means first on 10/18 (doubleheader at Acros Fukuoka) will be matches of Homare vs. KAGETORA and JACKY KAMEI vs. GuC. The winners will meet on 10/24 at Kyoto KBS Hall and that winner will face Kid on 11/5 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo for the title. You’re maybe thinking what I’m thinking-no Ryoya Tanaka? I guess his new faction wasn’t considered.

All tournament events and matches will be available live & on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.

Dragon Gate 10/2/2026 Results

Dragon Gate changed their monthly Tokyo event today to be a tribute show to wrestler Pac, who began bis rise to superstardom in the promotion before moving to the US to join WWE. Pac died earlier this week at just 40.

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. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1203)

Match 1: Dragon Kid, Susumu Yokosuka, Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) & Luis Mante beat Strong Machine J, U-T, GuC & Punch Tominaga. Kid pinned Tominaga after Doi-ble.

Match 2: Open The Owarai Gate Champion Sakura Hirota beat Jiro Shinbashi, and got the required fan support afterwards, to retain the title. V1 for Hirota.

Match 3: YAMATO & KAGETORA beat Masaaki Mochizuki & Keni’chiro Arai. YAMATO beat Arai with a reverse figure 4.

Match 4: Yuki Yoshioka, Kota Minoura & El Cielo beat Madoka Kikuta, KAI & Jason Lee. Cielo pinned Lee after a spinning tombstone piledriver.

Match 5: Ryu Fuda beat ISHIN.

Match 6: Hyo, JACKY KAMEI, Riiita & Mochizuki Junior beat Ryoya Tanaka, Homare, Kazuma Kimura & Tristan Moody. KAMEI pinned Kimura after JACKY Knife.

Main Event: Yoshiki Kato beat Open The Dream Gate Champion Kzy to win the title. Kato becomes the 44th Open The Dream Gate Champion.

The next event is tomorrow at Okazaki Tatsumioka Hall in Aichi. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

Shinjuku Face Final Event Results (9/30/2026)

The sad end of an era has finally come as iconic Tokyo venue Shinjuku Face has now closed after 21 1/2 years following its final event today, a CyberFight produced event with participation from several promotions, independent and major.

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

The paid attendance has not been announced but it’s safe to assume it was a legit sellout of 500.

Match 1: Masami Inahata (DDT) & Shota Kofuji (All-Japan) beat Illusion (DDT) & Homare (Dragon Gate). Inahata pinned Illusion after a double-arm suplex.

Match 2: Brahman Kei won a 22 person battle royal, last eliminating Shuji Kondo. Entrants were not announced in advance. Elimination by pinfall, submission or over top rope. Order of elimination: Sanshiro Takagi, Ken Ohka, Cohaku, Minoru Suzuki, Shinsuke Nakamura (WWE-yes, THE Shinsuke Namaura!), Yumi (Yumi Ohka), Yumehito Imanari, Isami Kodaka, ?, Makoto Oishi, Toru Owashi, ? & ? (team), Brahman Shu, Dick Togo, Sakura Hirota, Antonio Honda, Suwama, Kazuki Hirata, Syuri, Shuji Kondo.

Afterwards…
Yuka Ogawa beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Sanshiro Takagi to win the title. Ogawa becomes the 1913th Champion.

Match 3: MAO, Yuki Ueno & Chris Brookes (DDT) beat Dragon Kid (Dragon Gate), Yuma Aoyagi (All-Japan) & Kuroshio TOKYO Japan (Independent/Freelancer). MAO pinned Japan after a 450 splash.

Main Event: Aja Kong (OZ Academy) & Chihiro Hashimoto (Sendai Girls) beat Mayumi Ozaki (OZ Academy) & Sareee (Independent/Freelancer). Kong & Hashimoto won by letting Yuka Ogawa pin Ozaki. This was a comedy brawl everywhere with everyone getting involved. Afterwards, everyone gathered in the ring for the final send-off to the venue, with one final symbolic gesture…

Yuka Ogawa awarded the DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Championship to Shinjuku Face. Shinjuku Face becomes the 1914th Champion. The title belt was left in the ring attached to the ropes. Due to the venue now being closed, DDT announced the title is now VACANT. But a fitting end nonetheless.

MANY THANKS FACE…

BREAKING: Wrestler Pac Dies (Updated x2)

Very sad developing story-Ben Satterley, best known to wrestling fans worldwide as Pac, has died. He was only 40. No details regarding circumstances are known at this time but he just competed for All Elite Wrestling last night.

Before jumping to WWE as Adrian Neville in 2012 then to AEW in 2019, Pac started out in his native England but made a name for himself in Japan over several years in Dragon Gate, thriving in the promotion’s Junior Heavyweight-oriented style with death-defying acrobatics & physicality, where he still holds the record for longest Open The Brave Gate Championship reign at almost 15 months and held the successful defense record with 11 until it was broken recently by Ryoya Tanaka. He also was a former Open The Dream Gate Champion, Open The Twin Gate Champion and Open The Triangle Gate Champion, making him one of the few wrestlers to hold every title in the promotion.

More as it becomes available. Until then, I join fans worldwide in sending my deepest condolences and mourning the loss of another brother taken from us way too soon. RIP and GOD BLESS, Pac.

UPDATE: As tributes continue to pour in, New Japan posted an article remembering Pac. He competed in the 2012 Best Of The Super Junior Tournament, reaching the Semifinals, and just this past June he challenged Shota Umino for the IWGP Global Championship.

Dragon Gate has also posted a tribute to Pac, which can be viewed at the link below (in Japanese but with an image in English):

https://blog.spora.jp/dragongate/archives/33241

UPDATE 2: A few details about his death were just revealed. He was reportedly found passed out inside a car outside an Illinois restaurant, and per the Cook County (Illinois) Medical Examiner’s office there were no indications of foul play or trauma and his death does not appear to be suspicious. An autopsy has reportedly been performed but results may take several weeks.

Dragon Gate 9/20/2026 Results (Updated)

Dragon Gate ran a special standalone event today, TOHOKU DRAGONGATEWAY 2026, in Sendai.

Today’s event was held at Sendai Sun Festa in Sendai 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.

Match 1: Yuki Yoshioka & Kota Minouta beat Masaaki Mochizuki & Tristan Moody. Minoura pinned Moody after Last Ride.

Match 2: Strong Machine J & U-T beat Lucky Oshima & Tsuguchi Big Circus. J pinned both after a senton.

Match 3: KAI, ISHIN & Jason Lee beat Susumu Yokosuka, KAGETORA & Ho Ho Lun. ISHIN pinned Lun.

Match 4: Ryoya Tanaka, Homare & Kazuma Kimura beat Hyo, JACKY KAMEI & Mochizuki Junior and El Cielo, Luis Mante & Sangre Azteca Jr. (Michinoku Pro) in a 3-way when Homare pinned Junior.

Match 5: Ryu Fuda beat Open The Brave Gate Champion Dragon Kid to win the title. But because of ISHIN interference contributing to the title change, it will not be recognized and the title is now HELD UP. (Another way of saying it is now VACANT),

Main Event: Kzy & YAMATO beat Madoka Kikuta & Yoshiki Kato. Kzy pinned Kato after a running elbow smash.

The next event is tomorrow at Esupowaru Isanyma in Saitama. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

UPDATE: Injury Report-Homare was injured during this event. Knee. Out indefinitely.

Dragon Gate 9/12/2026 Results

Dragon Gate returned to Tokyo today for TOKIO INFINITY hPa 2026, a special standalone event.

Today’s event was held at Ebara Wave Arena Ota/Ota City General Gym in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced.

Pre-show match: Takashi, Problem Dragon & Ryu Fuda beat Punch Tominaga, Ho Ho Lun & Tristan Moody. Fuda pinned Moody after Hiryu.

Match 1: Homare & Kazuma Kimura beat Masaaki Mochizuki & Mochizuki Junior. Homare pinned Junior.

Match 2: Susumu Yokosuka, KAGETORA, Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer), Don Fujii & BxB Hulk beat Ultimo Dragon, Strong Machine J, U-T, GuC & @KEY. Yosouka pinned GuC after Genkai.

Match 3: Minoru Suzuki beat Jiro Shinbashi.

Match 4: Open The Triangle Gate Champions Hyo, JACKY KAMEI & Riiita beat Genki Horiguchi, Yasushi Kanda & Keni’chiro Arai to retain the titles. KAMEI pinned Kanda after JACKY Knife. V1 for the champs.

Match 5: Open The Twin Gate Champions ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato beat El Cielo & Luis Mante to retain the titles. Kato pinned Mante after Cadere Luna. V2 for the champs.

Match 6: Uhaa Nation (fka Apollo Crews in WWE), Yuki Yoshioka & Kota Minoura beat Madoka Kikuta, KAI & Jason Lee. Nation pinned Lee after Uhaa Combination.

Match 7: Dragon Kid beat Open The Brave Gate Champion Ryoya Tanaka to win the title. Kid becomes the 56th Open The Brave Gate Champion. The unthinkable…it’s all over for Tanaka. He falls just days short of the all-time longest reign at 14 months. He needed about 20 more days for the record. But he still has the all-time defense record with 12.

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

The next event is tomorrow at Saku Sozokan in Nagano. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

Dragon Gate 9/3/2026 Results (Updated x2)

Dragon Gate wrapped up the Rey De Parejas 2026 Tournament today in Tokyo.

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.

Match 1: Rey De Parejas Semifinals: El Cielo & Luis Mante beat Susumu Yokosuka & KAGETORA. Mante pinned Yokosuka after Super Tigre.

Match 2: Rey De Parejas Semifinals: Yuki Yoshioka & Kota Minoura beat ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato. Minoura pinned ISHIN.

Match 3: Don Fujii, Toru Owashi & Punch Tomonaga beat Ultimo Dragon, Masaaki Mochizuki & Jiro Shinbashi. Shinbashi got scared of a Fujii piledriver and quit.

Match 4: Genki Horiguchi, Yasushi Kanda & Keni’chiro Arai beat Madoka Kikuta, KAI & Jason Lee. Horiguchi pinned KAI with Backslide From Heaven.

Match 5: YAMATO vs. Hidetaka Monma went to a 10 minute time limit draw.

Match 6: Hyo, JACKY KAMEI, Riiita, Mochizuki Junior & Gianni Valletta beat Kzy, Strong Machine J, U-T, GuC & Flamita. Valletta pinned U-T after a King Kong kneedrop. At least today Valletta was part of Love&Peace. I hope this is not a regular thing. He has to be a monster heel like he has been.

Match 7: Dragon Kid, BxB Hulk & Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) beat Ryoya Tanaka, Homare & Kazuma Kimura. Kid pinned Tanaka after Ultra Huracanrana.

Main Event: Rey De Parejas Finals: El Cielo & Luis Mante beat Yuki Yoshioka & Kota Minoura to win the tournament. Cielo pinned Yoshioka after a spinning tombstone piledriver. As a result, Cielo & Mante will likely get an Open The Twin Gate Championship shot in the future.

The next event is Saturday at Hills Sunpia Yamagata in Yamagata to start the Storm Gate 2026 Tour (the September tour). There will be no live or on demand broadcast. Only 3 more broadcasts are scheduled this month out of roughly 12 events.

UPDATE: One title match has been announced coning out of today…just not the expected one. Open The Owarai Gate Champion Sakura Hirota vs. Jiro Shinbashi for the title has been announced for 10/2. Comedy title match.

UPDATE 2: Cielo & Mante will get their Twin Gate shot on 9/12 at Ebara Wave Arena Ota/Ota City General Gym.

Dragon Gate 8/18/2026 Results

Dragon Gate ran their latest episode of PRIME ZONE+ yesterday, with one of the referees serving as episode GM.

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

The announced paid attendance was 68.

Match 1: Kzy & U-T beat Lucky Oshima & Tsujidai Circus (a pair of clowns). Kzy beat both simultaneously with a ground cobra twist.

Match 2: Homare won a 7 man battle royal, last eliminating Ryoya Tanaka.

Match 3: JACKY KAMEI beat SUN Florida.

Main Event: Susumu Yokosuka & KAGETORA beat Jackson & Johnson Florida in 6 seconds. KAGETORA pinned Jackson. Which led to…
Main Event (again): Susumu Yokosuka & KAGETORA beat Jackson & Johnson Florida in 12 seconds. KAGETORA pinned Jackson. Which led to…
Main Event (yet again): Susumu Yokosuka & KAGETORA beat Jackson & Johnson Florida by DQ. Jackson DQ’d. Weapon use.

The next event is Friday at Oro City Hall in Kagoshima. There will be no live or on demand broadcast, but any Rey De Parejas matches may be available on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK at a later date.

Dragon Gate 8/4/2026 Results (Updated x2)

Dragon Gate kicked off the annual Rey De Parejas tournament (a round-robin format tag team event) today with their monthly Tokyo event, which also was the final event for Shun Skywalker in the promotion. He’a not retiring but it’s unclear what future plans are.

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.

Match 1: Ryoya Tanaka, Kazuma Kimura & Tristan Moody beat JACKY KAMEI, Riiita & Mochizuki Junior and Madoka Kikuta, Kai & Jason Lee in a 3-way when Tanaka pinned Junior.

Match 2: TBA, revealed at match time to be Yasushi Kanda, beat Jiro Shinbashi in 45 seconds. Comedy squash.

Match 3: Ultimo Dragon, Yuki Yoshioka, Kota Minoura, Punch Tominaga & Ryu Fuda beat Masaaki Mochizuki, Genki Horiguchi, Don Fujii, Takashi & Problem Dragon.Fuda pinned Dragon after a Minoura R-301 (he stole the pin).

Match 4: YAMATO, BxB Hulk, Dragon Kid & Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) beat Kzy, U-T, GuC & @KEY. YAMATO pinned GuC after Gallaria.

Match 5: Rey De Parejas Block B: El Cielo & Luis Mante beat Flamita & Sangre Azteca Jr. Mante pinned Flamita.

Match 6: Rey De Parejas Block A: Strong Machine J & LEONA beat Susumu Yokosuka & KAGETORA. J pinned KAGETORA.

Match 7: Shun Skywalker Dragon Gate Final Match: Shun Skywalker beat Homare.

Main Event: Rey De Parejas Block A: Hyo & Gianni Valetta beat ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato. Valetta pinned ISHIN after a King Kong kneedrop.

The next event is Saturday at Atelier Himeji in Hyogo. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

UPDATE: The next challenger for Open The Brave Gate Champion Ryoya Tanaka was decided today…Ryu Fuda made the challenge but…OVERRULED!!! It was decided that Dragon Kid is next. That match will happen on 9/12 at Ebara Wave Arena Ota (Ota City General Gym). If Tanaka retains, he will be about 2 weeks away from passing Pac for longest title reign to date and it will be a new record 13th defense.

UPDATE 2: The first challenger for Open The Dream Gate Kzy has also been announced: YAMATO. That match will happen on 9/12.

Dragon Gate News: First Rey De Parejas Teams Announced (Updated)

One of the big items coning out of Kobe Pro Wrestling Festival yesterday was upcoming announcements about Dragon Gate’s Rey De Parejas, their annual tag team tournament in August. It will be a round-robin format with 2 blocks, and the first 2 teams were announced today:

Block A: Strong Machine J & LEONA (Dradition)

Block B: Yuki Yoshioka & Kota Minoura

More to come in the coming days/weeks.

UPDATE: Additional announcements since:

Block A: JACKY KAMEI & Riiita, Genki Horiguchi & Yasushi Kanda

Block B: GuC & @KEY, Flamita & Sangre Azteca Jr. (the latter from Michinoku Pro)