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Dragon Gate continued the New Year Gate 2024 Tour today with an event in Ishikawa, likely the first visit back for hometown star Madoka Kikuta since the devastating earthquake at the start of the year.

Today’s event was held at Kimassi Kanazawa in Ishikawa. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 325.

Match 1: Kota Minoura, Ben-K & BxB Hulk beat Strong Machine J, Jason Lee & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. Ben-K pinned Lee after a spear.

Match 2: BIGBOSS Shimizu beat Kaito Nagano.

Match 3: Gianni Valletta beat Shachihoko BOY. Possibly yet another squash.

Match 4: Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda vs. Ultimo Dragon, YAMATO & Genki Horiguchi went to a double countout.

Match 5: Hyo & Luis Mante beat Kzy & U-T. Hyo pinned U-T after Samson Driver.

Main Event: Madoka Kikuta, Dragon Dia & Takashi Yoshida beat KAI, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato. Kikuta pinned Kato after a rolling lariat.

The next event is Saturday at Kobe Sambo Hall in Kobe to start a weekend doubleheader. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.

Dragon Gate continued the New Year Gate 2024 Tour today with an event in Shizuoka.

Today’s event was held at Act City Hamamatsu in Shizuoka. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 286.

Match 1: Kota Minoura, Ben-K & BxB Hulk beat Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda. Ben-K pinned Kanda after a spear.

Match 2: Jason Lee beat Genki Horiguchi.

Match 3: Gianni Valletta beat Kaito Nagano in 38 seconds. That’s 2 straight superfast squashes.

Match 4: Ultimo Dragon, Dragon Dia & Madoka Kikuta beat YAMATO, Don Fujii & Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer). Kikuta pinned Fujii after a rolling lariat.

Match 5: luis Mante & Hyo beat Strong Machine J & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. Mante pinned KAMEI after MCT.

Main Event; Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu & U-T beat KAI, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato. Kzy pinned Kato with Skayde Schoolboy.

The next event is tomorrow at Kanazawa Distribution Hall in Ishikawa. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

Dragon Gate ran the second half of their Tokyo doubleheader today to wrap ip their first monthly big events there.

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

The announced paid attendance was 1010.

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

Match 2: Gianni Valletta beat Daiki Yanagiuchi. Potential squash, it went just 46 seconds.

Match 3: Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) & Shuji Kondo beat YAMATO & Punch Tominaga. Doi pinned Tominaga after Bakatare Sliding Kick.

Match 4: Ultimo Dragon, Don Fujii, Genki Horiguchi, Kenichiro Arai & Kagetora beat Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu, Jason Lee, Strong Machine J & U-T. Kagetora pinned U-T after Gurumakakari.

Match 5: Luis Mante beat JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI.

Match 6: Open The Triangle Gate Champions KAI, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato beat Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda to retain the titles. Kato pinned Kanda with Authorized Gannosuke Clutch. V1 for the champs.

Main Event: Shun Skywalker beat Hyo.

The next event is Saturday at Act City Hamamatsu in Shizuoka. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

UPDATE: After the event, various promotions in Europe began advertising Mochizuki Jr. for upcoming events. Per a social media post by British Kingdom Pro Wrestling in England, Mochizuki is headed there for 3 months starting in late February and has also been announced for an upcoming event in Germany’s wXw promotion (one of the top European promotions).

Dragon Gate ran their first Tokyo event of the year today, the first half of a doubleheader. Today was headlined by a Masaaki Mochizuki 30th Anniversary match.

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

The announced paid attendance was 1485, a legit sellout.

Match 1: Luis Mante & Hyo beat Kagetora & Ryoya Tanaka. Hyo pinned Tanaka after Hunting.

Match 2: BIGBOSS Shimizu & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI beat Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda. KAMEI pinned Kanda after JACKY Knife.

Match 3: Open The Owarai Gate Champion Longerie Muto vs. Don Fujii went to a double countout. But based on post-match fan reactions/support, Muto retains the title. V1 for Muto. (This is a comedy title where the champion can lose the match but retain the title as fan reaction determines who wins)

Match 4: KAI & Gianni Valletta beat Ultimo Dragon & Punch Tominaga. Vallenta pinned Tomonaga after a King Kong kneedrop.

Match 5: YAMATO, Dragon Kid, BxB Hulk, Kzy & Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) beat Madoka Kikuta, Dragon Dia, Ben-K, Strong Machine J & Kota Minoura. YAMATO pinned Minoura after Gallaria.

Match 6: Shun Skywalker, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato beat Shuji Kondo, Toru Owashi (DDT) & Takuya Sugawara (Independent/Freelancer) by DQ. Kato DQ’d.

Main Event: Masaaki Mochizuki 30th Anniversary Match: Shingo Takagi (New Japan) beat Masaaki Mochizuki.

The next event is tomorrow. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

UPDATE: A few hours after the event, following happenings today after their tag match, Open The Brave Gate Champion Hyo vs. Kagetora for the title was added to THE GATE OF BAYSIDE 2024 on 1/27.

Dragon Gate continues the New Year’s Gate 2024 Tour today with a non-televised house show.

Today’s event was held at Yamanori City Gym in Mie. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 272.

Match 1: Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu & Jason Lee beat Kota Minoura, Ben-K & BxB Hulk. Kzy pinned Hulk with Skayde Schoolboy.

Match 2: JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI beat Kaito Nagano.

Match 3: Ultimo Dragon, Madoka Kikuta & Dragon Dia beat Genki Horiguchi, Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda. Kikuta pinned Horiguchi after a tolling lariat.

Match 4: Hyo & Luis Mante beat U-T & Strong Machine J. Hyo pinned U-T after Samson Driver.

Main Event: YAMATO, Dragon Kid. Don Fujii & Punch Tomonaga beat Shun Slywalker, KAI, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato. YAMATO pinned ISHIN after Omnipotent & Omniscient Frankensteiner.

The next event is Wednesday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo for the first half of a doubleheader, featuring a Masaaki Mochizuki 30th Anniversary Match as Mochizuki faces former Dragon Gate star Shingo Takagi (now with New Japan). Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

Dragon Gate continued the New Year Gate 2024 Tour today with their first Osaka event of the year.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.

The announced paid attendance was 879, a super full house/very near sellout.

Match 1: U-T, Jason Lee & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI” beat Madoka Kikuta, Dragon Dia & Ryoya Tanaka. KAMEI pinned Tanaka after JFK.

Match 2: KAI & Yoshiki Kato beat Kota Minoura & Ben-K. KAI pinned Ben-K with Gannosuke Clutch.

Match 3: Yasushi Kanda vs. Strong Machine J went to a double countout.

Match 4: Ultimo Dragon, Dragon Kid, Don Fujii & Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) beat YAMATO, Takashi Yoshida, Problem Dragon & Eita. Doi pinned Dragon after Bakatare Sliding Kick.

Match 5: Masaaki Mochizuki & Susumu Mochizuki beat Kzy & BIGBOSS Shimizu. Susumu Mochizuki pinned Kzy after Jumbo Wins!

Main Event: Luis Mante & Hyo beat Shun Skywalker & ISHIN. Mante pinned ISHIN after Spertigre.

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

Dragon Gate kicked off their 2024-the promotion’s 25th Anniversary year-today with the start of the New Year Gate 2024 tour, their first event of the year.

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

The announced paid attendance was 468.

Match 1; Jason Lee & U-T beat Punch Tominaga & Daiki Yanagiuchi. Lee pinned Yanagiuchi.

Match 2; Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda vs. YAMATO, Dragon Kid & Eita went to a 15 minute time limit draw.

Match 3: Ben-K & Kaito Nagano beat Ryoya Tanaka & Madoka Kikuta. Ben-K pinned Tanaka after a spear.

Match 4: Dragon Dia beat Kota Minoura.

Match 5: Hyo & Lios Mante beat Ultimo Dragon & Kagetora. Hyo pinned Kagetora after Samson Driver.

Main Event: Kzy, Strong Machine J, BIGBOSS Shimizu & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI beat Shun SKywalker, KAI, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato. J pinned ISHIN after Machine Suplex.

The next event is tomorrow at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

From 2012 until early 2020 when the pandemic put everything on hold, Dragon Gate ran a monthly series called PRIME ZONE that streamed on DRAGONGATE NETWORK. If you’ve never seen it before and want to check it out, you can now watch all 85 episodes FOR FREE on DRAGONGATE NETWORK, even if you are not a paying subscriber. Each episode ran for between 50-90 minutes and featured 2 or 3 matches and other content.

The free access is until 1/24/24 at 6:59 AM PT/9:59 AM ET. Click below to access the page:
https://dragongate.live/dragongate_studio/

This and much more content is part of DRAGONGATE NETWORK, available worldwide for 1650 yen/month (around $12 US).

Dragon Gate wrapped up their 2023 today with the final event of the Fantastic Gate 2023 Tour, a hometown event for the promotion.

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 726, which sounds like a legit sellout.

Match 1: Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu & U-T beat Dragon Dia, Ryoya Tanaka & Kaito Nagano. Shimizu pinned Tanaka after BIGBOSS Press.

Match 2: Takashi Yoshida beat Problem Dragon.

Match 3: BxB Hulk, Shachihoko BOY, Kagetora & Punch Tominaga beat Ultimo Dragon, Don Fujii, Genki Horiguchi & Shuji Kondo. Kagetora pinned Horiguchi.

Match 4: Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda vs. KAI, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato went to a double countout.

Match 5: YAMATO & Naruki Doi beat Dragon Kid & Eita. YAMATO pinned Kid after Gallaria.

Main Event: Shun Skywalker won a 9 man battle royal, last eliminating JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. Participants included NEW Open The Dream Gate Champion Luis Mante

The 2024 schedule begins with the New Year Gate 2024 Tour, starting on 1/6 at Kyoto KBS Hall in Kyoto. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.

Additionally, ahead of the coming return of the promotion’s old PRIME ZONE series all episodes of the prior iteration are available FOR FREE on DRAGONGATE NETWORK for a limited time, no registration required.

UPDATE; Apparently Skywalker got a nice reward for winning the battle royal today-the first shot at Mante for the Open The Dream Gate Championship. That match will happen at THE GATE OF BAYSIDE 2024 on 1/27 at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama.

UPDATE 2: Also added to 1/27 is NEW Open The Twin Gate Champions Kaito Kiyomiya & Alejandro vs. Jason Lee & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI for the titles. On 1/11 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo will be NEW Open The Triangle Gate Champions KAI, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato vs. Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda for the titles and Hyo vs. Shun Skywalker in a NON-TITLE matchz

Dragon Gate’s final blowout event of 2023, THE FINAL GATE 2023, is now in the books.

Today’s event was held at Fukuoka International Center in Fukuoka and will be available on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK tomorrow at 5 PM PT/8 PM ET. The event was streamed live on the service but on demand availability is delayed due to broadcast rights.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 2286)

Match 1: Jason Lee, U-T & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI beat Ryoya Tanaka, Kaito Nagano & Shachihoko BOY. KAMEI pinned Tanaka after “JACKY” Knife. BOY was a late replacement for the absent Daiki Yanagiuchi (illness).

Match 2: Open The Brave Gate Champion Hyo beat Genki Horiguchi to retain the title. V2 for Hyo.

Match 3: Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda beat Don Fujii, Kagetora & Problem Dragon. Masaaki Mochizuki pinned Dragon after Twister.

Match 4: Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu, Strong Machine J & Naruki Doi beat Ultimo Dragon, BxB Hulk, Dragon Dia & Shuji Kondo. J pinned Hulk with Machine Suplex. The teams for this match were determined by random draw at the event.

Match 5: KAI, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato beat Open The Triangle Gate Champions YAMATO, Dragon Kid & Punch Tominaga to win the titles. KAI, ISHIN & Kato become the 88th Open The Triangle Gate Champions. Kato pinned Tominaga after Cadere Luna.

Match 6: Kaito Kiyomiya & Alejandro (Pro Wrestling NOAH) beat Open The Twin Gate Champions Ben-K & Kota Minoura to win the titles. Kiyomiya & Alejandro become the 65th Open The Twin Gate Champions. Kiyomiya pinned Minoura after Transformed Shining Wizard.

Main Event: Luis Mante beat Open The Dream Gate Champion Madoka Kikuta & Shun Skywalker in a 3-way elimination match to win the title. Mante becomes the 38th Open The Dream Gate Champion. Skywalker DQ’d first then Mante pinned Kikuta. What a turnaround for Mante, who began the year as Diamante then left for several months after losing his mask this summer, returned under a new unmasked identity and now has won the top title in the promotion.

The next event, their final event of the year, is Tuesday at Kobe Sambo Hall in Kobe. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.