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According to the Dragon Gate English Twitter, there have been changes to tomorrow’s Noatalgia Gate 2024 event because Strong Machine J apparently was injured at the PRIME ZONE+ event earlier this week. Shoulder. Out tomorrow. Status uncertain beyond that. For tomorrow he was to have teamed with U-T & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI to face Kota Minoura, Dragon Dia & Jason Lee. Punch Tominaga is the replacement. Tomonaga is also scheduled to be in the main event, currently a handicap match. If removed as a result, that could become an 8-man tag.

More as it becomes available.

Dragon Gate taped the second episode of PRIME ZONE PLUS today, the new revival of their old PRIME ZONE TV series.

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

The paid attendance has not yet bern announced. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 75)

Match 1: Hyo beat ISHIN by DQ. Shun Skywalker interference.

Match 2: Takashi Yoshida & Problem Dragon beat BIGBOSS Shimizu & Shachihoko BOY. Yoshida beat BOY with Iron Claw.

Main Event: Hyo won a 16 man battle royal, last eliminating Kota Minoura. As a result, Hyo will he appointed GM of PRINE ZONE starting with the next episode.

The next PRIME ZONE PLUS will be on 3/28.

The next event is THE GATE OF NOSTALGIA 2024 Saturday at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka. This is a special standalone event featuring returning former wrestlers and some current wrestlers reviving their old personas for a day (Cyber Kong! Jimmys! More!). Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

Dragon Gate ran the penultimate event of the Truth Gate 2024 Tour today (the rare tour that will stretch into the next month).

Today’s event was held at Kobe Art Center 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 428)

Match 1: Jason Lee, Ho Ho Lun & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI beat Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi & Shachihoko BOY. KAMEI pinned BOY after JACKY Knife.

Match 2: BIGBOSS Shimizu & Punch Tominaga beat Takashi Yoshida & Problem Dragon. Shimizu pinned Dragon after BIGBOSS Press.

Match 3: Kagetora beat U-T.

Match 4: YAMATO, Masaaki Mochizuki & Shuji Kondo beat Kota Minoura, Ben-K & BxB Hulk, YAMATO pinned Minoura after Gallaria.

Match 5: Shun Skywalker & Gianni Valetta beat Kzy & Strong Machine J. Skywalker pinned J.

Main Event: ISHIN won a 9 man battle royal, last eliminating Ryoya Tanaka.

The next event is PRIME ZONE+ Vol. 2 Tuesday at Kobe Lapis Hall in Kobe. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

Dragon Gate has announced an injury which has wide-reaching implications: Yoshiki Kato was injured at yesterday’s Gifu event. Right knee. Out indefinitely but it’s going to be at least a month because he is out of Rey de Parejas 2024 and, as a result, the Open The Triangle Gate Championship is now VACANT. A planned title defense at CHAMPION GATE 2024 in Osaka on 3/3 will now be a determination match for the titles between Shun Skywalker, KAI & ISHIN and Madoka Kikuta, Dragon Dia & Ryoya Tanaka. As for the tournament, Kato was to have teamed with Skywalker. ISHIN is the replacement.

Dragon Gate continued the Truth Gate 2024 Tour today with the penultimate event of the tour in Hiroshima.

Today’s event was held at Fukuyama Big Rose in Hiroshima. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 310)

Match 1: Dragon Dia & Ryoya Tanaka beat Susumu Mochizuki & Genki Horiguchi. Dia pinned Horiguchi after DDDDT.

Match 2: Strong Machine J beat Daiki Yanagiuchi.

Match 3: Luis Mante & Hyo beat Punch Tominaga & Yasushi Kanda. Mante pinned Tominaga after MCK.

Match 4: Madoka KIkuta beat Shachihoko BOY.

Match 5:YAMATO, Naruki Doi & Dragon Kid beat Kota Minoura, Ben-K & BxB Hulk, YAMATO pinned Minoura after Omniscient & Omnipotent Frankensteiner.

Main Event: Shun Skywalker, KAI, ISHIN & Gianni Valetta beat Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu, Jason Lee & U-T. Valetta pinned U-T after a King Kong kneedrop.

The next event is tomorrow at Kobe Art Center in Kobe. While this is not the end of the tour, it is the final event of the month (there is one final event for the tour on 3/5 after some upcoming special standalone events). Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.

Dragon Gate continued the Truth Gate 2024 Your today with a stop in Gifu.

Today’s event was held at Juroku Plaza in Gifu. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 416)

Match 1: Dragon Kid & Yasushi Kanda beat Kagetora & Daiki Yanagiuchi. Kanda pinned Yamaguchi after Ryu’s.

Match 2: Gianni Valetta beat Jason Lee.

Match 3: Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI beat YAMATO, Masaaki Mochizuki & Ho Ho Lun. Kzy pinned Lun after a running elbow smash.

Match 4: Madoka Kikuta & Dragon Dia beat Strong Machine J & U-T. Dia pinned U-T.

Match 5: Luis Mante & Hyo beat Susumu Mochizuki & Problem Dragon. Hyo pinned Dragon after a double biceps senton.

Main Event: Kota Minoura, Ben-K & BxB Hulk beat Shun Skywalker, KAI & ISHIN. Minoura pinned KAI after Babel Gear.

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

Dragon Gate continued the Truth Gate 2024 Tour today with an event in Mie.

Today’s event was held at Heartful Mikuno in Mie. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 346, a super full house/very near sellout.

Match 1; Kota Minoura & Ben-K beat Kzy & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. Ben-K pinned KAMEI after a spear.

Match 2: Gianni Valetta beat Ho Ho Lun.

Match 3: Ultimo Dragon & Yasushi Kanda beat Masaaki Mochizuki & Punch Tominaga. Kanda pinned Tominaga after Ryu’s.

Match 4: Madoka Kikuta, Dragon Dia & Ryoya Tanaka beat BIGBOSS Shimizu, Strong Machine J & Jason Lee. Dia pinned Lee.

Match 5; Luis Mante & Hyo beat Susumu Mochizuki & Takashi Yoshida. Mante pinned Yoshida after Super Tigre.

Main Event: Don Fujii, YAMATO & Dragon Kid beat Shun Skywalker, KAI & ISHIN. YAMATO pinned ISHIN after Gallaria.

The next event is Friday at Juroku Plaza in Gifu. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

Dragon Gate continued the Truth Gate 2024 Tour today with an event in Kyoto.

Today’s event was held at Kyoto KBS Hall in Kyoro and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 312)

Match 1: Madoka Kikuta, Dargon Dia & Ryoya Tanaka vs. Shun SKywalker, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato went to a 15 minute time limit draw.

Match 2: KAI & Gianni Valetta beat Masaaki Mochizuki & Shachihoko BOY. Valetta pinned BOY after a King Kong kneedrop.

Match 3: YAMATO & Susumu Mochizuki beat Yasushi Kanda & Ho Ho Lun. Mochizuki pinned Lun after Yokosuka Cutter.

Match 4: Kota MInoura, Ben-K & BxB Hulk beat Ultimo Dragon, Kzy & U-T. Hulk pinned U-T after E.V.O.

Main Event: Dragon Kid, Naruki Doi (Indpeendent/Freelancer), BIGBOSS Shimizu & Strong Machine J beat Luis Mante, Hyo, Jason Lee & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. J pinned Lee with Machine Suplex.

The next event is tomorrow at Heartful Mikuno in Mie. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

Dragon Gate continued the Truth Gate 2024 Tour today with another event in Fukuoka.

Today’s event was held at Kokura Kita Gym in Fukuoka. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 314.

Match 1; YAMATO & Susumu Mochizuki beat U0T & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. Mochizuki pinned U-T after Yokosuka Cutter.

Match 2: Gianni Valetta beat Genki Horiguchi.

Match 3: Dragon Kid & Yasushi Kanda vs. Shun Skywalker & Yoshiki Kato went to a no contest. Z-Brats interference.

Match 4: Ultimo Dragon, Masaaki Mochizuki & Kagetora beat Kota Minoura, Ben-K & BxB Hulk. Dragon pinned Hulk with La Magistral.

Match 5: Luis Mante & Hyo beat KAI & ISHIN. Hyo pinned ISHIN after Samson Driver.

Main Event: Madoka Kikuta, Dragon Dia & Ryoya Tanaka beat Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu & Jason Lee. Kikuta pinned Lee after a rolling lariat.

The next event is Saturday at Kyoto KBS Hall in Kyoto. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.

Dragon Gate continues the Truth Gate 2024 Tour today with their monthly same-day (or close to it) doubleheader, which usually is held in their hometown of Kobe or in nearby Fukuoka. Today it’ll be in Fukuoka with 2 events back-to-back, separated by a break of a couple hours between the events. They’re primarily house show lineups with nothing major of note but still a unique way to schedule events and allow fans 2 opportunities to see events in a day. This post will contain live results for the early/first event. Results for the second event will be posted tomorrow.

Today’s events will be held at Acros Fukuoka in Fukuoka and can be watched LIVE on DRAGONGATE NETWORK in Japanese. There will also be an alternate stream with wrestler commentary, a different one for each match. The events will have around 2 hours between them so I anticipate each event having a total running time of around 2 hours.

Today;s lineup (event 1):
Kzy, U-T & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI vs. BxB Hulk, Genki Horiguchi & Yasushi Kanda
Kagetora vs. Gianni Valetta
Strong Machine J & Jason Lee vs. Masaaki Mochizuki & Ryoya Tanaka
BIGBOSS Shimizu vs. Yoshiki Kato
Ultimo Dragon, Luis Mante & Hyo vs. Shun Skywalker, KAI & ISHIN
Madoka Kikuta, Dragon Dia, YAMATO & Susumu Mochizuki vs. Kora Minoura, Ben-K, Dragon Kid & Naruki Doi

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin at 7:45 PM PT/10:45 PM ET for the first event. The second event will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET. (Live results are not scheduled for the second event but that is subject to change)

7:45 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Acros Fukuoka in Fukuoka, Japan. Commentary will join later. (Update: There is no commentary on the main stream, only on the Wrestler Commentary version)

The paid attendance will be announced after the events. This is a small venue and I think it normally has a max capacity of close to 500 for wrestling, and the first events of doubleheaders typically draw a smaller crowd than the second. The crowd is still filing in but it looks at least half full, so I’ll predict it’ll be about “average” for these events which is around 375. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 531, a full house/near sellout)

The matches should begin in 15-20 minutes.

Opening greeting & announcements begin at 7:55 PM PT.

The matches begin at 8:07 PM PT but right as intros are about to start we lose the feed. There was some kind of error screen in Japanese right before it cut out so it’s definitely on their end. Looks like they’re working on it so hopefully updates will resume shortly.

The live feed is restored at 8:11 PM PT so only out for about 4 minutes.

When we return Natural Vibes is in the ring then Z-Brats come out. Promo segment. And a minute later the feed cuts out again. Must be some kind of issue with the venue. A few seconds later we get audio back although there’s “waiting for live feed” music mixed in and no video.

Video restored at 8:17 PM PT as the first match has already started. (Post-show note: There were no further technical issues after this)

Match 1: Kzy, U-T & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI vs. BxB Hulk, Genki Horiguchi & Yasushi Kanda. 15 minute (I think) time limit
Result: Kzy, U-T & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI beat BxB Hulk, Genki Horiguchi & Yasushi Kanda. KAMEI pinned Horiguchi.

Match 2: Kagetora vs. Gianni Valetta. 15 minute time limit
Result: Gianni Valetta beat Kagetora. Glorified squash. His Takashi Iizuka-like entrance rampage through the crowd was longer than the match.

Match 3: Strong Machine J & Jason Lee vs. Masaaki Mochizuki & Ryoya Tanaka. 20 minute time limit
Result: Strong Machine J & Jason Lee beat Masaaki Mochizuki & Ryoya Tanaka. J beat Tanaka with a single leg Boston Crab.

Match 4: BIGBOSS Shimizu vs. Yoshiki Kato. 30 minute time limit
Result: No Contest. Z-Brats interference. Heel beatdown until Luis Mante & Hyo made the save. Shimizu & Shun Skywalker promo followed.

Intermission. Updates will resume after the break. (Started at 9 PM PT)

The matches resume at 9:17 PM PT.

Match 5: Ultimo Dragon, Luis Mante & Hyo vs. Shun Skywalker, KAI & ISHIN. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Ultimo Dragon, Luis Mante & Hyo beat Shun Skywalker, KAI & ISHIN. Hyo pinned ISHIN after Samson Driver.

Main Event: Madoka Kikuta, Dragon Dia, YAMATO & Susumu Mochizuki vs. Kora Minoura, Ben-K, Dragon Kid & Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer). 1 Hour time limit
Result: Madoka Kikuta, Dragon Dia, YAMATO & Susumu Mochizuki beat Kota Minoura, Ben-K, Dragon Dia & Naruki Doi. YAMATO pinned Minoura after Gallaria.

The second event of today’s doubleheader is scheduled to begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET and can be watched live and on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.

UPDATE: Here are the results from Event 2:

The announced paid attendance was 636, a super full house/very near sellout.

Match 1: Madoka Kikuta, Dragon Dia & Ryoya Tanaka beat Kota Minoura, Ben-K & BxB Hulk. Tanaka pinned Hulk.

Match 2: Genki Horiguchi beat U-T.

Match 3: Ultimo Dragon & Masaaki Mochizuki beat Naruki Doi & Kagetora. Dragon pinned Kagetora with La Magistral.

Match 4: Strong Machine J beat ISHIN.

Match 5: Shun Skywalker, KAI, Yoshiki Kato & Gianni Valetta beat Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu, Jason Lee & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. Valetta pinned KAMEI after a King Kong kneedrop.

Main Event: Susumu Mochizuki, Yasushi Kanda & YAMATO beat Luis Mante, Hyo & Dragon Kid. Mochizuki pinned Hyo after Jumbo Wins!

The next event is tomorrow at Kokura Kita Gym in Fukuoka. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.