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Dragon Gate continued the Hopeful Gate 223 Tour yesterday with the first of a series of 4 wrestler hometown events in a tow.

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

The announced paid attendance was 340, a super full house/very near sellout.

Match 1: Dragon Kid, Naruki Doi & La Estrella vs. Madoka Kikuta, Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia went to an unspecified time limit draw.

Match 2: Masaaki Mochizuki & Don Fujii beat YAMATO & Punch Tominaga. Mochizuki beat Tominaga with Gedo Clutch.

Match 3: Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda beat Diamante & H-Y-O. Mochizuki pinned H-Y-O.

Match 4: Shun Skywalker & KAI beat BIGBOSS Shimizu & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. KAI pinned KAMEI after Meteor Impact.

Main Event: Strong Machine J, Kzy, Jason Lee & U-T beat Kota Minoura, BxB Hulk, Ben-K & Minorita. J pinned Minorita after Genie Windmill.

The next event is tomorrow at Sapporo E-One Stadium in Hokkaido, the first of 3 straight BxB Hulk/Kzy hometown events over 3 consecutive days. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET. All 3 of these events will be broadcast.

Dragon Gate continued the Hopeful Gate 2023 Tour today with a house show in Kobe, featuring a main event battle royal sponsored by a popular mobile game (played worldwide but very popular in Japan).

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 404, a super full house/very near sellout.

Match 1: Don Fujii, Genki Horiguchi, La Estrella & Punch Tominaga beat Jason Lee, JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI, Ho Ho Lun & Super Shinryu 2. Estrella pinned Shinryu.

Match 2: Madoka Kikuta beat Ichikawa in 9 seconds. Which led to…
Match 2 (again): Madoka Kikura beat Ichikawa.

Match 3: BxB Hulk & Ben-K beat BIGBOSS Shimizu & Strong Machine J. Ben-K pinned J.

Match 4: Masaaki Mochizuki, Yasushi Kanda & Kaito Nagano beat Naruki DOi, Daiki Yanagiuchi & Shuji Kondo. Kanda pinned Yanagiuchi after Ryu’s.

Match 5: Shun Skywalker, Diamante & KAI beat Ultimo Dragon, YAMATO & Takashi Yoshida by DQ. Dragon DQ’d. Mask removal from Diamante.

Main Event: Kzy won an 11 man KING OF LORDS MOBILE “Special Royal Sambo” Battle Royal, last eliminating Kota Minoura. Order of elimination: Susumu Mochizuki, Dragon Kid, Shachihoko BOY, U-T, H.Y.O., ISHIN, Minorita, Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia, Minoura.

The next event is Wednesday at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. There will be no live broadcast.

UPDATE: Ultimo Dragon has been SUSPENDED INDEFINITELY and merchandise sales discontinued by GM Ryo Saito. Continued refusal to have a single match against Diamante. The GM doing this to the founder of the promotion…geez…

Also, Ryoya Tanaka, a new trainee, will have his Debut Match on 5/28 at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2.

Dragon Gate continued the Hopeful Gate 2023 Tour today with their monthly visit to Tokyo.

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

The announced paid attendance was 1101.

Match 1: Dragon Dia & La Estrella beat Kzy & Jason Lee. Estrella pinned Lee.

Match 2: BIGBOSS Shimizu, U-T & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI beat Minorita, Kaito Nagano & Daiki Yanagiuchi. Shimizu pinned Yanagiuchi after Liger Bomb.

Match 3: Takashi Yoshida & Punch Tominaga beat Shachihoko BOY & Problem Dragon. Yoshida pinned Dragon after Pineapple Bomber.

Match 4: KAI, Diamante, H-Y-O & ISHIN beat Ultimo Dragon, Dragon Kid, Kagetora & Eita. Diamante pinned Dragon during attempted mask ripping off.

Match 5: Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda beat Naruki Doi & Shuji Kondo. Mochizuki pinned Doi.

Match 6: Don Fujii 26th Anniversary Match: Masaaki Mochizuki & Don Fujii beat YAMATO & BxB Hulk. Fujii beat YAMATO with Gedo Clutch.

Main Event: Madoka Kikuta, Kota Minoura & Shun Skywalker beat Ben-K, Yuki Yoshioka & Strong Machine J. Kikuta pinned J after a rolling lariat.

The next event is Saturday at Kariya City Industrial Promotion Center Aioi Hall in Aichi. There will be no live broadcast.

Dragon Gate continued the Hopeful Gate 20223 Tour today with another non-televised house show.

Today’s event was held at Yokkaichi Kusunoki Ryokuchi Gym in Mie. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 312.

Match 1: Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda beat BxB Hulk & Ben-K. Kanda pinned Hulk after Candy Magic.

Match 2: Jason Lee & Strong Machine J beat Genki Horiguchi & Kagetora. Lee pinned Horiguchi after Maximum Driver.

Match 3: Kota Minoura beat Kaito Nagano.

Match 4: Diamante, KAI & ISHIN beat Ultimo Dragon, Dragon Kid & Shachihoko BOY. Diamante pinned BOY after a tombstone piledriver.

Match 5: Don Fujii & Takashi Yoshida beat Shun Skywalker & H-Y-O. Fujii beat H-Y-O with Gedo Clutch.

Main Event: Madoka Kikuta, Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia beat Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu & U-T. Kikuta pinned U-T after a rolling lariat.

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

Dragon Gate resumed the Glorious Gate 2023 Tour today, beginning a new chapter after Madoka Kikuta won the Open The Dream Gate Championship just 24 hours ago.

Today’s event was held at Tsushima City Cultural Center in Aichi. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 336.

Match 1: Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda beat Kzy & U-T. Mochizuki pinned U-T after Aqualiner.

Match 2: Ben-K beat Kagetora.

Match 3: Jason Lee & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI beat YAMATO & Punch Tominaga. Lee pinned Tomonaga after Maximum Driver.

Match 4: Diamante, H-Y-O & ISHIN beat Ultimo Dragon, Dragon Kid & Genki Horiguchi. ISHIN pinned Horiguchi after Capital Punishment.

Match 5: Shun Skywalker & KAI beat BIGBOSS Shimizu & Strong Machine J. Skywalker pinned J.

Main Event: Madoka Kikuta, Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia beat Kota Minoura, BxB Hulk & Minorita. Kikuta pinned Minorita after a vertical drop high speed piledriver.

The next event is tomorrow at Yokkaichi Kusunoki Ryokuchi Gym in Mie. There will be no live broadcast.

DEAD OR ALIVE 2023, Dragon Gate’s annual Golden Week blowout event today, is now in the books

Today’s event was held at Aichi Prefectural Gym in Nagoya and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK and vis PPV on SkyPerfecTV in Japan (for the next week).

The paid attendance has not yet been announced as these are quick results via the Dragon Gate Official Twitter.

Match 1: U-T Return Match: Kagetora & Kaito Nagano beat U-T & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. Kagetora pinned U-T.

Match 2: Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki, Yasushi Kanda & Punch Tominaga beat Don Fujii, Takashi Yoshida, Problem Dragon & Minorita. Kanda pinned Dragon after a diving elbow drop.

Match 3: Open The Brave Gate Champion Jason Lee beat Dragon Dia to retain the title. V1 for Lee.

Match 4: Ultimo Dragon & Naruki Doi beat Diamante & H-Y-O. Dragon pinned H-Y-O with La Magistral.

Match 5: Open The Triangle Gate Champions Kota Minoura, Ben-K & BxB Hulk beat Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu & Strong Machine J to retain the titles. Minoura pinned J after Engranahe. V3 for the champs.

Match 6: Naomichi Marufuji (Pro Wresting NOAH) & Dragon Kid beat YAMATO & Yuki Yoshioka. Marufuji pinned Yoshioka. Which led to…
Impromptu Match: Naomichi Marufuji beat Ichikawa by TKO.

Match 7: Open The Twin Gate Champions Kenoh (Pro Wrestling NOAH) & Shiji Kondo beat KAI & ISHIN to retain the titles. Kenoh pinned ISHIN after PFS. V1 for the champs.

Main Event: Madoka Kikuta beat Open The Dream Gate Champion Shun Skywalker to win the title. Kikuta becomes the 37th Open The Dream Gate Champion.

The next event is tomorrow at Tsushima Cultural Center in Aichi. There will be no live broadcast.

UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 2710.