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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)

Kobe Pro Wrestling Festival 2026, Dragon Gate’s biggest event of the year, is now in the books.

Today’s event was held at Kobe World Hall in Kobe and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK. This was also 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 but it was a legit sellout. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 3980. That’s less than half capacity but they did have a somewhat large setup)

Pre-show match: Ho Ho Lun, Punch Tomonaga & Tristan Moody beat Shachihoko BOY. Takashi & Problem Dragon. Lun pinned Dragon with Ho Roll.

Match 1: Mochizuki Junior & Kazuma Kimura beat Ryu Fuda & @KEY. Junior pinned Fuda with a German suplex hold.

Match 2: Masakatsu Funaki beat Jiro Shinbashi by submission in 16 seconds. Which led to…
Match 2 (again): Masakatsu Funaki beat Jiro Shinbashi by ref stoppage (technical submission). Which still went less than 3 minutes.

Match 3: Hyo, JACKY KAMEI & Riiita beat Strong Machine J, U-T & GuC to win the vacant Open The Triangle Gate Championship. Hyo, KAMEI & Riiita become the 100th Open The Triangle Gate Champions. Hyo pinned U-T.

Match 4: Shun Skywalker, Gianni Valetta & El Cielo beat Flamita, Luis Mante & Dragon Bane (Pro Wrestling NOAH) and KAI, Jason Lee & Alpha Wolf (Pro Wrestling NOAH) in a 3-way when Skywalker pinned Lee.

Match 5: YAMATO 20th Anniversary Match: YAMATO, KAGETORA, BxB Hulk, Dragon Kid, Susumu Yokosuka & Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) beat Uktimo Dragon, Masaaki Mochizuki, Don Fujii, Genki Horiguchi, Yasushi Kanda & Keni’chiro Arai. YAMATO pinned Horiguchi after Gallaria.

Match 6: Open The Twin Gate Champions Yoshiki Kato & ISHIN beat Yuki Yoshioka & Kota Minoura to retain the titles. Kato pinned Yoshioka. V1 for the champs. On a related note, Yoshioka & Minoura are now a new faction known as XenisS (pronounced “Zenith”).

Match 7: Open The Brave Gate Champion Ryoya Tanaka beat Homare to retain the title. V12(!) for Tanaka. NEW RECORD!!! How many more can he get in his first reign? And who if anyone can stop him? (He does mot yet have the longest reign though. About 3 months to go to take that record from Pac)

Main Event: Kzy beat Open The Dream Gate Champion Madoka Kikuta to win the title. Kzy becomes the 43rd Open The Dream Gate Champion. The last piece of his missing career puzzle in the promotion is missing no longer. Kzy has now won all 4 of the Dragon Gate Championships. Now just a month after turning 40 and approaching his 20th Anniversary in the ring, he is the top dog and, undoubtedly, channeled those Natural Vibes afterwards to send the crowd home very happy because it’s time…it’s KZ Time!

The next event is Saturday at Suzuka Civic Hall in Mie. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

Dragon Gate said their final farewell to Shinjuku Face today with their last event as the closing Tokyo venue.

Today’s event was held at Shinjuku Face 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 bas not yet been announced. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 486, a legit sellout. Just 14 short of full capacity)

Match 1: Hyo vs. Gianni Valetta went to a 10 minute time limit draw.

Match 2: Kikutaro beat Jiro Shinbashi.

Match 3: GuC won a 10 man battle royal, last eliminating Mochizuki Junior.

Match 4: Punch Tominaga 15th anniversary Match: Kendo Ka Shin & Masaaki Movhizuki beat YAMATO & Punch Tominaga. Ka Shin beat Tominaga.

Match 5: Yuki Yoshioka & Kota Minoura beat Susumu Yokosuka & KAGETORA. Minoura pinned KAGETORA after Endgame.

Main Event: Shun Skywalker, Dragon Kid, Strong Machine J, Flamita & Diamante (Luis Mante, back in his old masked persona for one day only) beat Madoka Kikuta, KAI, ISHIN, Jason Lee & Yoshiki Kato. Slywalker pinned Lee after SSW.

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

It’s well-known that Dragon Gate wrestler Don Fujii was a sumo wrestler before turning to pro wrestling-and if you didn’t know, look up the Otake Beya YouTube channel and watch videos they posted earlier this year when they hosted Fujii and other wrestlers. Shiko (foot stomping) is an essential sumo exercise and I thought he was letting up because the promotion has announced he is injured. Knee, possibly aggravated a prior injury. Out indefinitely but at least tomorrow. Card changes have already been made-he was to have teamed with Homare, Ho Ho Lun & Tristan Moody to face Ryoya Tanaka, Genki Horiguchi, KAGETORA & Problem Dragon. They’ve essentially re-done almost the entire card as a result. It’s not yet known how long Fujii may be out but he was not scheduled for the next 2 events afterwards on Sunday and Monday (the latter being their final Shinjuku Face event). He is scheduled for Kobe Pro Wrestling Festival on 7/20 so wait and see there.

More as it becomes available.

Dragon Gate kicked off the Aggresive Gate 2026 Tour, it’s biggest of the year, with the monthly Tokyo event.

Today’s event was held at Kotakuen 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: Flamita & Luis Mante beat Dragon Kid & Susumu Yokosuka. Flamita pinned Yokosuka after Flam Fly.

Match 2: YAMATO, KAGETORA, BxB Hulk & Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) beat Toru Owashi, Problem Dragon, Punch Tominaga & Ryu Fida. KAGETORA pinned Fuda.

Match 3: TBA, revealed at match time to be Alexander Otsuka, beat Jiro Shinbashi.

Match 4: Hyo, JACKY KAMEI, Riiita & Mochizuki Junior beat Strong Machine J, U-T, GuC & @KEY. Junior pinned @KEY with a German suplex hold.

Match 5: Yuki Yoshioka & Homare beat Ryoya Tanaka & Kazuma Kimura. Homare pinned Kimura.

Match 6: Masaaki Mochizuki, Don Fujii, Genki Horiguchi & Yasushi Kanda beat Madoka Kikuta, KAI, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato. Mochizuki pinned KAI after a buzzsaw kick.

Impromptu Match: Gianni Valetta beat Shun Skywalker.

Match 7: Kota Minoura beat Jason Lee.

Main Event: Kzy beat El Cielo. As a result, Kzy will face Open The Dream Gate Champion Madoka Kikuta for the title at Kobe Pro Wrestling Festival 2026 on 7/20.

The next event is Saturday at Nadazaki Cultural Center in Okayama. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

UPDATE: Also added to 7/20 is Open The Twin Gate Champions JACKY KAMEI & Riiita vs. Yuki Yoshioka & Kota Minoura for the titles.

Dragon Gate ran the last event featuring Shun Skywalker in Osaka today before he leaves the promotion next month.

Today’s event was held at Umeda Stellar Hall in Osaka and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced.

Match 1: Hyo & Mochizuki Junior beat Susumu Yokosuka & BxB Hulk. Hyo pinned Hulk.

Match 2: El Cielo, Ryu Fuda & Ho Ho Lun beat KAI, ISHIN & Jason Lee. Cielo pinned Lee after Cielo Cuarto.

Match 3: Flamita beat Riiita.

Match 4: Madoka Kikuta & Yoshiki Kato beat Masaaki Mochizuki & Don Fujii in 88 seconds. Kikuta pinned Fujii after a rolling lariat.

Match 5: Strong Machine J. Kzy, U-T & GuC beat YAMATO, Dragon Kid, KAGETORA & Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer). Kzy pinned KAGETORA after a running elbow smash.

Main Event: Shun Skywalker, Kota Minoura & Ryoya Tanaka beat Yuki Yoshioka, Luis Mante & Homare. Tanaka pinned Homare after Cross Saber.

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

Dragon Gate runs their monthly same-day house show doubleheader today, this time back in Fukuoka for back-to-back events. It kicks off what actually is a tripleheader with a 3rd event on Monday. Both events today have 6 matches planned with the first half main event being an 8-man tag match between Love & Peace and Natural Vibes. And speaking of Love & Peace, it was announced today that JACKY KAMEI & Riiita are headed to Pro Wrestling NOAH on 7/18 to challenge for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship.

Today’s event(s) will be held at Acros Fukuoka in Fukuoka and can be watched LIVE on DRAGONGATE NETWORK. You will also be able to watch the first match (of both events) FOR FREE on YouTube. There will be no commentary, but the DRAGONGATE NETWORK version will have an alternate feed with wrestler commentary. With 6 matches planned and probably the usual intermission near the end it won’t be a long event, in part because they’ll have the second event shortly after, so the running time should be around 2 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Homare & Kazuma Kimura vs. Yuki Yoshioka & El Cielo
Jiro Shinbashi vs. Takashi
Ultimo Dragon, Luis Mante & Flamita vs. Genki Horiguchi, Yasushi Kanda & Shachihoko BOY
YAMATO, Dragon Kid, BxB Hulk & Susumu Yokosuka vs. Madoka Kikuta, KAI, Yoshiki Kato & Jason Lee
Kota Minours vs. ISHIN
Hyo, JACKY KAMEI, Riiita & Mochizuki Junior vs. Strong Machine J, Kzy, Guc & @KEY

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 9 PM PT/midnight ET. The live stream will begin 15 minutes before the event.

8:44 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in about 10 minutes. Actually…

8:45 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Acros Fukuoka in Fukuoka, Japan. There is no commentary. The wrestler commentary feed begins with the first match.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. We can only see a couple rows of seats from hard camera right now but usually hte first half of these events draws the smaller crowd. The venue’s capacity is in the 600-700 range, no clue about advance ticket sales but I’ll predict a crowd around 450.

The matches should begin in about 20 minutes.

9 PM PT UPDATE: The YouTube broadcast begins now. As usual, only the first match.

The matches begin at 9:05 PM PT/12:05 AM ET.

Before the first match begins, Paradox (YAMATO, Dragon Kid, Susumu Yokosuka) comes out. YAMATO with microphone. He has a bag which apparently has the vacated Open The Triangle Gate Championship belts and returns it to GM Ryo Saito. It sounds like there might be a determination match to crown new champions next month at Kobe World Hall in Kobe.

Match 1: Homare & Kazuma Kimura vs. Yuki Yoshioka & El Cielo. 15 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Yoshioka & El Cielo beat Homare & Kazuma Kimura. Cielo pinned Kimiura after a spinning tombstone piledriver.

The YouTube broadcast ends here.

Match 2: Jiro Shinbashi vs. Takashi. 15 minute time limit
Result: Takashi beat Jiro Shinbashi. Usual comedy match slot.

Match 3: Ultimo Dragon, Luis Mante & Flamita vs. Genki Horiguchi, Yasushi Kanda & Shachihoko BOY. 20 minute time limit
Result: Ultimo Dragon, Luis Mante & Flamita beat Genki Horiguchi, Yasushi Kanda & Shachihoko BOY. Flamita pinned BOY.

Match 4: YAMATO, Dragon Kid, BxB Hulk & Susumu Yokosuka vs. Madoka Kikuta, KAI, Yoshiki Kato & Jason Lee. 20 minute time limit
Result: Madoka Kikuta, KAI, Yoshiki Kato & Jason Lee beat YAMATO, Dragon Kid, BxB Hulk & Susumu Yokosuka. Kikuta pinned Hulk after a rolling lariat.

Intermission. We should be back in about 10 minutes.

The matches resume at 10:25 PM PT/1:25 AM ET.

Match 5: Kota Minours vs. ISHIN. 45 minute time limit
Result: ISHIN beat Kota Minoura

Main Event: Hyo, JACKY KAMEI, Riiita & Mochizuki Junior vs. Strong Machine J, Kzy, GuC & @KEY. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Strong Machine J, Kzy, GuC & @KEY beat Hyo, JACKY KAMEI, Riiita & Mochizuki Junior. GuC pinned Junior.

The next event is coming up after a short break. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

Dragon Gate ran episode 20 of PRIME ZONE+ today, with Dragon Kid serving as the GM.

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.

Match 1: GuC & El Cielo beat Kota Minoura & Ryu Fuda. Cielo pinned Fuda after a spinning tombstone piledriver.

Match 2: Homare beat JACKY KAMEI, Kazuma Kimura & Jiro Shinbashi in a 4-way by pinning Shinbashi.

Main Event: Dragon Kid, @KEY & Mochizuki Junior beat Kzy, Genki Horiguchi & Punch Tominaga. @KEY pinned Tominaga after Star Burst.

The next episode will be on 8/18.

The next event is tomorrow at Kaikyo Messe Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

Dragon Gate’s English language social media accounts posted an important notice earlier today regarding DRAGONGATE NETWORK: It will be down and unavailable in early July due to scheduled maintenance. It’s an unusually long period by streaming service standards-7/5-7/8 Japan time, meaning it could start on 7/4 in the US. It’s expected to end on 7/7 at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET. There are 3 Dragon Gate events scheduled during that time but the likelihood of any of them being planned to air live is virtually zero, and it does come after next month’s Korakuen Hall event on 7/2 so if you miss it live don’t wait too long to watch on demand or you may have to wait a while longer.

Apparently I missed a title change in Dragon Gate last month and didn’t know it until this was just reported-the Open The Triangle Vate Championship is now VACANT. Previous champions Gurukun Mask, Churaumi Saber & Tiran Shisa have vacated the titles today due to Shisa retiring after a successful defense yesterday at a Ryukyu Dragon Pro Wrestling event. They won the titles on 5/17 from Natural Vibes. No word yet on plans to crown new champions.

More as it becomes available