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Dragon Gate reached the halfway point of The Gate Of Passion 2023 Tour today with a doubleheader in Fukuoka.

Today’s events were held at Acros Fukuoka in Fukuoka and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.

Event 1:
The announced paid attendance was 344.

Match 1: Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI beat Susumu Mochizuki, Yasushi Kanda & Genki Horiguchi. KAMEI pinned Horiguchi.

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

Match 3: Kota Minoura beat Strong Machine J.

Match 4: Dragon Kid & Dragon Dia beat Jason Lee & Kaito Nagano. Dia pinned Nagano after DODDT.

Match 5: KAI, ISHIN & Diamante beat BxB Hulk, Ben-K & Minorita. ISHIN pinned Minoria after a modified scrap buster.

Main Event: Yuki Yoshioka & Madoka Kikuta beat Shun Skywalker & H-Y-O. Yoshioka pinned H-Y-O.

Event 2:
The announced paid attendance was 368, a legit sellout.

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

Match 2: H-Y-O beat Minorita.

Match 3: KAI & ISHIN beat YAMATO & Kaito Nagano. ISHIN pinned Nagano after a chokeslam.

Match 4: Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki, Mochizuki Jr. & Yasushi Kanda beat Don Fujii, Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi & Ichikawa. Susumu Mochizuki beat Ichikawa with a Boston Crab.

Match 5: Shun SKywalker & Diamante beat Strong Machine J & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. Skywalker pinned KAMEI after Cielo Finale.

Main Event: Yuki Yoshioka vs. Dragon Dia & Madoka Kikuta with special referee H-Y-O ended in a DQ. Kikuta DQ’d. Ref assault. Which led to…
Impromptu Match: In a handicap match, Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia & Madoka Kikuta beat Shun Skywalker, KAI, H-Y-O, ISHIN & Diamante. Dia pinned H-YO after Double Cork.

The next event is tomorrow at Kumamoto Castle Hall in Kumamoto, which is a Genki Horiguchi hometown event. There will be no live broadcast. In fact, like this time last month, there are no more live broadcasts the rest of the month. They may not be back on the air until DEAD OR ALIVE 2023 on 5/5.

Dragon Gate continues The Gate Of Passion 2023 Tour today after taking a week off.

Today’s event was held at Nagasaki Peace Hall in Nagasaki. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 258.

Match 1: Kzy & Strong Machine J beat YAMATO & Don Fujii. Kzy pinned Fujii.

Match 2: Kikutaro beat Ichikawa.

Match 3: KAI & ISHIN beat Genki Horiguchi & BIGBOSS Shimizu. ISHIN pinned Horiguchi after a small thigh type chokeslam.

Match 4: Ultimo Dragon & Dragon Kid beat Jason Lee & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. Kid pinned KAMEI after Christo.

Match 5: Madoka Kikuta, Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia beat Shun Skywalker, Diamante & H-Y-O. Kikuta pinned H-Y-O after a rolling lariat.

Main Event: Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki, Mochizuki Jr. & Yasushi Kanda beat Kota Minoura, BxB Hulk, Ben-K & Minorita. Kanda pinned Minorita after a diving elbow drop.

The next event is a doubleheader tomorrow at Acros Fukuoka on Fukuoka. The first event is just underway as of this post. Both events are streaming live on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.

Dragon Gate continued The Gate Of Passion 2023 Tour with the second half of a doubleheader in Kobe today.

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 376.

Match 1: Match 1: Dragon Dia, Minorita & Mochizuki Jr. beat Jason Lee, JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI & Ho Ho Lun. Dia pinned Lun.

Match 2: KAI & ISHIN beat Kagetora & Kaito Nagano. ISHIN pinned Nagano after Capital Punishment.

Match 3: Genki Horiguchi, Shuji Kondo & Punch Tominaga vs. Kota Minoura, BcB Hulk & Ben-K went to a double countout.

Match 4: In a special rules Royal Sambo 8 man battle royal, YAMATO, Dragon Kid & Yuki Yoshioka won as the last 3 left after eliminating Takashi Yoshida, Ultimo Dragon, Eita, Don Fujii and last Ichikawa. As a result, the 3 winners will be part of a special tag team match on 5/5 at Aichi Preectural Gym with the 4th participant being Naomichi Marufuji (Pro Wrestling NOAH).

Match 5: Kzy, BGIBOSS Shimizu & Strong Machine J beat Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda. Shimizu pinned Mochizuki after a shot put slam. As a result, Kzy, Shimizu & J get an Open The Triangle Gate Championship match on 5/5.

Main Event: In a handicap match, Shun Skywalker, KAI & H-Y-O beat Madoka Kikuta.

The next events are Saturday at Mr. Maz Tokitsu Store Rooftop (special short event) and at Nagasaki Peace Hall in Nagasaki. There will be no live broadcasts.

Dragon Gate continued The Gae Of Passion 2023 Tour today with the first half of a Kobe doubleheader.

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 303.

Match 1: Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu & Strong Machine J beat Don Fujii, Ichikawa & Kaito Nagano. Shimizu beat Ichikawa in 13 seconds. Which led to…
Match 1 (again): Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu & Strong Machine J beat Don Fujii, Ichikawa & Kaito Nagano. shimizu pinned Ichikawa after a bodyslam crush.

Match 2: Diamante & H-Y-O beat Jason Lee & Ho Ho Lun. Diamante pinned Lun after a tombstone piledrver.

Match 3: Ultimo Dragon, YAMATO, Takashi Yoshida & Punch Tominaga beat Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi, Kagetora & Shachihoko BOY. YAMATO pinned BOY after Gallaria.

Match 4: Masaai Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda vs. Kota Minoura, BxB Hulk & Ben-K went to a double countout.

Match 5: Dragon Dia beat JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI, Minorita & Mochizuki Jr. in a 4-way elimination match. Order of elimination: Jr., Minorita, KAMEI. As a result, Dia will face Open The Brave Gate Champion Jason Lee for the title on 5/5 at Aichi Prefectural Gym.

Main Event: Shun Skywalker, KAI & H-Y-O beat Madoka Kikuta, Yuki Yoshioka & Shuji Kondo. KAI pinned Yoshioka after Meteor Impact.

The next event is tomorrow. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin TONIGHT at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET.

Dragon Gate continued The Gate Of Passion 2023 Tour today with an event in 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 1087.

Match 1: BxB Hulk, Ben-K & Minorita beat Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu & Jason Lee. Minorita pinned Lee after a Ben-K spear.

Match 2: Kenichiro Arai & Punch Tominaga beat Genki Horiguchi & Takashi Yoshida. Arai beat Horiguchi with a full nelson clutch.

Match 3: Ultimo Dragon, Dragon Kid & Ichikawa beat Shun Skywalker, Diamante & H-Y-O by DQ. Diamante DQ’d. Mask removal. This was to have been a tag team match but Diamante & Dragon were late additions to make it a 6-man tag.

Match 4: KAI & ISHIN beat Shuji Kondo & Kagetora. KAI pinned Kagetora after Meteor Impact.

Match 5: Don Fujii, Eita & Naruki Doi beat YAMATO, Kaito Nagano & Daiki Yanagiuchi. Doi beat Yanagiuchi with a camel clutch.

Match 6: Strong Machine J & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI beat Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia. KAMEI pinned Dia after JACKY Knife.

Match 7: Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda vs. Masaaki Mochizuki & Mochizuki Jr. went to a double countout.

Main Event: Madoka Kikuta beat Kota Minoura. As a result, Kikuta will face Open The Dream Gate Champion Shun Skywalker for the title at DEAD OR ALIVE 2023 on 5/5 at Aichi Prefectural Gym in Nagoya.

The next event is Saturday at Kobe Sambo Hall in Kobe. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

Dragon Gate ran a special event dubbed “Historic Legend-Rei-ZERO-” or roughly Legend Of Valor, yesterday as part of the current tour with a lot of outside participation.

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

The announced paid attendance was 469, a super full house/very near sellout. A screenshot posted on Twitter made it look like the venue was legit full, which would’ve been up to 500.

Match 1: Hikaru Sato & Ryo Kawamura beat YAMATO & Punch Tominaga. Kawamura pinned Tominaga after a middle kick.

Match 2: Kikutaro beat Kuishinbo Kamen (Osaka Pro) & Ichikawa in a 3-way by pinning Ichikawa.

Match 3: Takashi Sasaki & Jun Kasai (Freedoms) beat Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda. Kasai pinned Kanda after a vertical drop reverse tiger driver.

Match 4: Masato Tanaka & Takiya Sugawara (ZERO1) beat Don Fujii & Madoka Kikuta. Tanaka pinned Kikuta after Sliding D.

Match 5: Fujita “Jr” Hayato, Jinsei Shinzaki (Michinoku Pro) & Strong Machine J beat Masaaki Mochizuki, Mochizuki Jr. & LEONA (Dradition). Hayato pinned Jr. after K.I.D.

Main Event: Kenoh (Pro Wrestling NOAH) & Shuji Kondo beat Open The Twin Gate Champions Kzy & BIGBOSS Shimizu by TKO to win the titles. Kenoh & Kondo become the 62nd Open The Twin Gate Champions. Kenoh beat Shimizu with a high kick.

The next event was earlier today at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.

Dragon Gate continued the Gate Of Passion 2023 Tour today with a Madoka Kikuta hometown event.

Today’s event was held at Kanazawa Ryutsu Kaikan in Ishikawa. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 310.

Match 1: Kzy, Jason Lee & Ho Ho Lun beat Shun Skywalker, H-Y-O & ISHIN. Lee pinned H-Y-O after Maximum Driver.

Match 2: KAI beat Genki Horiguchi.

Match 3: Don Fujii & Kagetora beat Susumu Mochizuki & Mochizuki Jr. Kagetora pinned Jr.

Match 4: BIGBOSS Shimizu & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI” beat Dragon Kid & Takashi Yoshida. KAMEI pinned Yoshida after JACKY Knife.

Main Event: Kota Minoura, BxB Hulk, Ben-K & Mnorita beat YAMATO, Madoka Kikuta, Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia. Minoura pinned Dia after R-301.

The next event is “Historic Legend-Rei-ZERO-” Tuesday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Dragon Gate kicked off their April tour, The Gate Of Passion 2023, today with the first event of the month.

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 326.

Match 1: YAMATO, Dragon Kid, BxB Hulk & Ben-K beat Genki Horiguchi, Susumu Mochizuki, Kagetora & Takashi Yoshida. Ben-K pinned Horiguchi.

Match 2: ISHIN beat Daiki Yanagiuchi.

Match 3: KAI beat BIGBOSS Shimizu.

Match 4: Minorita & Kaito Nagano beat Ryu Fuda & Mochizuki Jr. Minorita pinned Fuda after Minoritanic.

Match 5: Kzy, Jason Lee & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI beat Naruki Doi, Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia. Lee pinned Dia.

Main Event: Kota Minoura & Madoka Kikuta beat Shun Skywalker & H-Y-O. Kikuta pinned H-Y-O after Neko Soul.

The next event is tomorrow at Kanazawa Ryutsu Kaikan in Ishikawa, which is a Madoka Kikuta hometown event. There will be no live broadcast.

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

Today’s event was held at Hiroshima Industrial Hall in Hiroshima. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 498.

Match 1: Shun Skywalker, KAI & H-Y-O beat Kzy, Strong Machine J & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. Skywalker pinned KAMEI after a moonsault double knee dtop.

Match 2: Shachihoko BOY beat Ichikawa.

Match 3: Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda beat Dragon Kid & Punch Tominaga. Kanda pinned Tominaga after a diving elbow drop.

Match 4: BIGBOSS Shimizu & Jason Lee beat Minorita & Kaito Nagano. Lee pinned Nagano after Maximum Driver.

Match 5: YAMATO & Takashi Yoshida beat Masaaki Mochizuki & Mochizuki Jr. YAMATO pinned Jr. after Gallaria.

Main Event: Kota Minoura, BxB Hulk & Ben-K beat Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia & Madoka Kikuta. Minoura pinned Dia after R-301.

Next up is The Gate Of Passion 2023 tour beginning Saturday at Kyoto KBS Hall in Kyoto. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET. For April, 7 of the first 9 tour events will be on DRAGONGATE NETWORK, but there will be no broadcasts from 4/17-4/30.