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Dragon Gate ran a mid-major event, THE GATE OF ORIGIN 2023, today (it’s a holiday in Japan so everyone had big events).

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 555.

Match 1: Madoka Kikuta, Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia beat Strong Machine J, U-T & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. Kikuta pinned KAMEI after a rolling lariat.

Match 2: BIGBOSS Shimizu beat Yoshiki Kato.

Match 3: Kota Minoura & Ben-K beat Ho Ho Lin & Problem Dragon. Minoura pinned Dragon after Golden Rose.

Match 4: Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki, Mochizuki Jr. & Yasushi Kanda beat Don Fujii, Genki Horiguchi, Ryo Saito & Kagetora. Susumu Mochizuki pinned Horiguchi.

Match 5: Luis Mante beat Jason Lee. Mante is the former, and now unmasked, Diamante.

Match 6: Kzy beat Open The Brave Gate Champion ISHIN to win the title. Kzy becomes the 49th Open The Brave Gate Champion.

Main Event: Open The Triangle Gate Champions YAMATO, Dragon Kid & Punch Tominaga beat Shun Skywalker, KAI & H-Y-O to retain the titles. YAMATO pinned H-Y-O after Gallaria. V1 for the champs.

The next event is tomorrow at Aore Nagaoka in Niigata. There will be mo live or on demand broadcast.

UPDATE: There will be a Kzy-ISHIN rematch for the Open The Brave Gate Championship on Saturday.

Dragon Gate continued The Gate Of Victory 2023 Tour today with their monthly mid-major Tokyo event.

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 1296)

Match 1: Masaaki Mochizuki & Mochizuki Jr. vs. Don Fujii & Yoshiki Kato went to a 15 minute time limit draw.

Match 2: Kagetora & Problem Dragon beat Ho Ho Lun & Daiki Yanagiuchiz Kagetora beat Yanagiuchi with a modified camel clutch.

Match 3: Genki Horiguchi beat Yasushi Kanda.

Match 4: Susumu Mochizuki beat Kenichiro Arai.

Match 5: BIGBOSS Shimizu & Strong Machine J beat Shuji Kondo & Eita. Shimizu pinned Eita after Shot Put Slam.

Match 6: Shun Skywalker, KAI, H-Y-O & ISHIN beat Kzy, Jason Lee, U-T & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. ISHIN pinned U-T after Jinchu.

Main Event: YAMATO, Dragon Kid & Punch Tominaga beat Kota Minoura, Ben-K & Naruki Doi and Madoka Kikuta, Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia in a 3-way elimination match, when YAMATO eliminated Ben-K then Tominaga eliminated Yoshioka, to win the vacant Open The Triangle Gate Championship. YAMATO, Kid & Tominaga become the 87th Open The Triangle Gate Champions.

The next event is tomorrow at Mercure Hotel Yokosuka in Kanagawa. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

UPDATE: The promotion has announced that Diamante, who lost his mask in his last DG match earlier this year, will return tomorrow and will now be known as Luis Mante.

Dragon Gate ran the 3rd standalone “Heroic Legend Rei-Zero” event today in Tokyo.

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

The announced paid attendance was 328.

Match 1: Kagetora & Hikaru Sato beat Punch Tominaga & Ryu Kawamura by KO. Sato beat Tominaga with a headbutt.

Match 2: Open The Owarai Gate Champion Kikutaro vs. Lingerie Muto went to a double KO. However, based on audience support, Muto is declared the winner and wins the title. Muto becomes the 33rd Open The Owarai Gate Champion. (This is a comedy title where the champion is decided not necessarily by match result, but by audience decision afterwards)

Match 3: Mochizuki Jr., Yoshiki Kato & Ryoya Tanaka vs. Kai Fujimura, Taishi Ozawa & Yu Owada (Pro Wrestling NOAH) went to a 15 minute time limit draw.

Match 4: Masa Kitamiya & Takashi Sugiura (Pro Wrestling NOAH) beat YAMATO & Don Fujii. Kitamiya beat Fujii with Prison Lock.

Main Event: Dragon Kid & Masato Tnaaka beat Masaaki Mochizuki & Fujita ‘Jr.” Hayato (Michinoku Pro). Tanaka pinned Mochizuki after Sliding D.

The next event is tomorrow at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Dragon Gate wrapped up the Storm Gate 2023 Tour today with the final event of the month.

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 465.

Match 1: Open The Triangle Gate Championship Tournament: YAMATO, Dragon Kid & Punch Tominaga beat Jason Lee, Ho Ho Lin & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. Kid pinned Lun after Bible.

Match 2: Kzy won an 11 man battle royal, last eliminating Susumu Mochizuki.

Match 3: Ben-K & Eita beat Genki Horiguchi & Kagetora. Eita pinned Horiguchi after a Ben-K spear.

Match 4: Shun Skywaker, KAI, H-Y-O & ISHIN beat Don Fujii, Naruki Doi, Shuji Kondo & Ryu Fuda. ISHIN pinned Fuda.

Match 5: Open The Triangle Gate Championship Tournament: Madoka Kikuta, Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia beat Yoshiki Kato, Kaito Nagano & Ryoya Tanaka. Yoshioka pinned Tanaka after Flashbang. As a result, because there are only 3 teams in the semifinals due to a Double Elimination in one match, there will instead be a 3-way on Friday for the vacant titles. The 3rd team in the match is Kota Minoura, Ben-K & Natuki Doi.

Main Event; BIGBOSS Shimizu beat Kota Minoura.

Next up is the The Gate Of Victory 2023 Tour beginning tomorrow at Yokkaichi Kusunoki Ryokuchi Gym in Mie. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

Injury Report: Ryu Fuda was injured in the 8-man tag match. Arm. Out tomorrow. He was to have faced KAI. Ichikawa is the replacement.

Announced for THE GATE OF DESTINY 2023 on 11/5 at Osaka Prefectural Gym in Osaka is Open The Dream Gate Champion Madoka Kikuta vs. BIGBOSS Shimizu for the title.

Dragon Gate continues their September tour, Storm Gate 2023, today with their monthly Tokyo 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 1320, which sounds like a legit sellout.

Match 1: Kzy & Strong Machine J beat Kota Minoura & BxB Hulk. J pinned Hulk after Machine Suplex.

Match 2: U-T, Jason Lee & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI beat Ultimo Dragon, Kagetora & Punch Tominaga. KAMEI pinned Tominaga after JFK.

Match 3: Don Fujii beat Masaaki Mochizuki & Ichikawa in a 3-way by pinning Ichikawa.

Match 4: KAI, H-Y-O & ISHIN beat Shuji Kondo, Ryu Fuda & Daiki Yanagiuchi. H-Y-O pinned Yanagiuchi after a double biceps senton.

Match 5: Naruki Doi, Eita & Takashi Yoshida beat Susumu Mochizuki, Yasushi Kanda & Mochizuki Jr. Eita beat Jr. with a camel clutch.

Match 6: BIGBOSS Shimizu beat Ben-K.

Main Event: Takuma Nishikawa Japan Debut Match: YAMATO, Dragon Kid & Takuma Nishikawa beat Madoka Kikuta, Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia. Nishikawa pinned Dia after Limit Bomb.

The next event is Saturday at Hills Sunpia Yamagata in Yamagata. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

Dragon Gate began The Gate Of Adventure 2023, their August tour, today.

Today’s event was held at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced. (Update: The announced paid attendance was 328, a super full house/very near sellout).

Match 1: Kzy, Jason Lee, U-T & Ho Ho Lun beat YAMATO, Dragon Kid, Naruki Doi & Kagetora. Lee pinned Kagetora with a modified crucifix hold.

Match 2: Don Fujii, Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda beat BxB Hulk, Takashi Yoshida & Yoshiki Kato. Kanda pinned Kato after a diving elbow drop.

Match 3: Shun Skywalker & ISHIN beat Masaaki Mochizuki & Mochizuki Junior by countout. Junior counted out.

Match 4: KAI & H-Y-O beat Strong Machine J & BIGBOSS Shimizu. KAI pinned J with Authorized Gannosuke Clutch.

Main Event: Kota Minoura, Ben-K & Minorita beat Madoka Kikuta, Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia. Minoura pinned Dia after Golden Rose.

The next event is tomorrow at Fukuyama Big Rose in Hiroshima. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.