Match 3: YAMATO, Dragon Kid & Genki Horiguchi beat Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda. Horiguchi pinned Kanda with Backslide From Heaven.
Match 4: Luis Mante & VIENTO beat Madoka Kikuta & Dragon Dia. Mante pinned Dia after MCT.
Main Event: Strong Machine J, Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu & U-T beat Shun Skywalker, KAI, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato. J pinned Kato after Genie Windmill.
The next event is THE FINAL GATE 2023 Sunday at Fukuoka International Center in Fukuoka. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.
UPDATE: Daiki Yanagiuchi is now off Sunday. Illness. He was to have teamed with Ryoya Tanaka & Kaito Nagano to face Jason Lee, U-T & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. Shachihoko BOY is the replacement.
Dragon Gate ran their final Tokyo event of the year today as they continued the Fantastic Gate 2023 Tour.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.
The announced paid attendance was 1343.
Before the event began, it was announced that the Open The Twin Gate Championship is now VACANT. Previous champions Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia vacated the titles today, with Dia returning the belts, due to a Yoshioka injury (eye). It’s a minor injury but this means Yoshioka won’t be able to return for their scheduled title defense Sunday against Kaito Kiyomiya & Alejandro (Pro Wrestling NOAH. Alejandro actually was in Dragon Gate until earlier this year as Aleja). The NOAH duo will now face Ben-K & Kota Minoura for the titles Sunday.
Match 1: Punch Tominaga beat Yoshiki Kato.
Match 2: Kzy, Strong Machine J, BIGBOSS Shimizu, U-T & Jason Lee beat Don Fujii, Genki Horiguchi, Kagetora, Takashi Yoshida & Daiki Yanagiuchi. Shimizu pinned Yanagiuchi after Power BOSS.
Match 3: ISHIN beat JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI by countout.
Match 4: Ultimo Dragon & VIENTO beat Super Crazy & Demus. Dragon pinned Demus after Asai DDT.
Match 5; Kota Minoura, BxB Hulk & Ben-K beat Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda. Minoura pinned Kanda after Golden Rose.
Match 6: YAMATO, Naruki Doi, Dragon Kid & Alejandro beat Dragon Dia, Ryoya Tanaka, Eita & Shuji Kondo. Alejandro pinned Tanaka after a modified Yoshitonic.
Main Event: Madoka Kikuta & Luis Mante beat Shun Skywalker & KAI by DQ. Skywalker DQ’d. Which led to… Main Event (again): Madoka Kikuta, Luis Mante & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI beat Shun Skywalker, KAI & ISHIN. KAMEI pinned Skywalker after “JACKY” Knife. That’s not insignificant, in particular for KAMEI. I would call that a definite upset.
The next event is tomorrow at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. There will be no live or on demand broadcast. This is the last non-televised event of the year as both remaining events after this will be live and on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.
It was also announced today that the first Korakuen event of 2024 on 1/10 (the first half of a doubleheader) will be a Masaaki Mochizuki 30th Anniversary Event. For his 30th Anniversary match, Mochizuki will face Shingo Takagi, the former Dragon Gate star who began his career in the promotion before moving to New Japan Pro Wrestling, where he reached superstardom and is a former IWGP World Heavyweight Champion among other accolades. Check out the promo poster below for the event, which should be live and on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK (confirmation will come later this month(:
Following up on the Yuki Yoshioka injury (eye) in Dragon Gate, a breaking update-The Open The Twin Gate Championship held by Yoshioka and Dragon Dia is now VACANT. This means Yoshioka will not be back in time for Saturday. They were supposed to defend the titles against Kaito Kiyomiya & Alejandro, who will now face Ben-K & Kota Minoura for the titles.
Dragon Gate has announced that Open The Brave Gate Champion Hyo will be temporarily sidelined for the next few days. Illness. Out tomorrow and Wednesday. Condition is improving and at this time is still on for Saturday, when he is to defend the Open The Brave Gate Championship against Genki Horiguchi.
Dragon Gate continued the Fantastic Gate 2023 Tour today with a house show in Nagoya.
Today’s event was held at Nagoya Congress Center in Nagoya. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.
The paid attendance has not yet been announced.
Match 1: KAI & Yoshiki Kato beat Kaito Nagano & Daiki Yanagiuchi. Kato pinned Yanagiuchi after Cadere Luna.
Match 2: Ben-K beat Problem Dragon.
Match 3: Kota Minoura beat JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI.
Match 4; BIGBOSS Shimizu, Strong Machine J & Jason Lee beat Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda. J pinned Kanda after Reflected Candy Magic.
Match 5: Ultimo Dragon & Dragon Kid beat Kzy & U-T. Kid pinned U-T after Bible.
Main Event: Madoka Kikuta & Dragon Dia beat Shun Skywalker & ISHIN, Hyo & Luis Mante and Genki Horiguchi & Kagetora in a 4-way when Dia pinned ISHIN.
The next event is Tuesday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.
Dragon Gate continued the Fantastic Gate 2023 Tour yesterday with an event in Hiroshima.
Yesterday’s event was held at Fukuyama Big Rose in Hiroshima. There was/is no live or on demand broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 408, a full house/near sellout.
Match 1: Kzy, Strong Machine J & Jason Lee beat Madoka Kikuta, Dragon Dia & Ryoya Tanaka. J pinned Tanaka after Gold Ship.
Match 2: Takashi Yoshida & Kaito Nagano beat BIGBOSS Shimizu & Daiki Yanagiuchi. Yoshida pinned Yanagiuchi.
Match 3: Ultimo Dragon, Kota Minoura & Ben-K beat Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda. Minoura pinned Kanda after a jumping knee.
Match 4: Luis Mante & Hyo beat Genki Horiguchi & Naruki Doi. Hyo pinned Horiguchi after a double biceps senton.
Main Event: YAMATO, Dragon Kid, Punch Tominaga & Shachihoko BOY beat Shun Skywalker, Kzy, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato. Kid pinned Kato after Bible.
The latest event was today at Nagoya Congress Center in Nagoya. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.
The next event is Tuesday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo for the final Tokyo event of the year. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.
Developing via the Dragon Gate English Twitter-Yuki Yoshioka, who was to have challenged for the Open The Twin Gate Championship at THE FINAL GATE 2023 on 12/24, is now out due to injury. Eye (mild retinal detachment). Out indefinitely. Match plans TBA.
More as it becomes available. Original source post below.
After experience several days of discomfort, Yuki Yoshioka underwent an eye examination where he was diagnosed with a mild retinal detachment.
Just after Mitsuharu Misawa formed Pro Wrestling NOAH in 2000, he would spearhead the creation of an alliance to attempt to better facilitate cooperation between Japanese promotions. Today a new such alliance was formed to modernize those efforts-the United Japan Pro Wrestling Industry Group.
The initial membership will consist of the following promotions: New Japan Pro Wrestling, All-Japan Pro Wrestling, Pro Wrestling NOAH, Dragon Gate Pro Wrestling, Big Japan Pro Wrestling, DDT Pro Wrestling and its affiliated sub-brands (Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling & Ganbare Pro Wrestling) and Stardom. Seiji Sakaguchi is the founding chairman with the executive offices based at New Japan Pro Wrestling HQ and New Japan Chairman Naoki Sugabayashi serving as executive chief.
The biggest thing for fans to get excited about here is a joint event scheduled for 5/6/24 at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo under the United Japan Pro Wrestling banner. More details forthcoming.
New Japan’s English website has posted a press release with much more about this new alliance, read the full statement here:
Dragon Gate continued the Fantastic Gate 223 Your today with an event in Kyoto, and aso announced the full 12/24 card.
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 445, a super full house/very near sellout.
Match 1: Don Fujii, Dragon Kid, Genki Horigichi & Takashi Yodhida beat Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu, Jason Lee & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. Horiguchi pinned Kzy after Backslide Times.
Match 2: Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda beat Ultimo Dragon, Kaito Nagano & Problem Dragon. Kanda pinned Nagano after Ryu’s.
Match 3: YAMATO beat Yoshiki Kato by DQ. Z-Brats interference.
Match 4: Hyo & Luis Mante beat Kota Minoura & Ben-K. Hyo pinned Minoura after Samson Driver.
Main Event: Shun Skywalker, KAI & ISHIN beat Madoka Kikuta, Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia. Skywalker pinned Yoshioka after SSW.
The next event is Saturday at Fukuyama Big Rose in Hiroshima. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.
Here is the full card for THE FINAL GATE 2023, the last blowout event of the year, on 12/24 at Fukuoka International Center in Fukuoka: Jason Lee, U-T & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI vs. Ryoya Tanaka, Kaito Nagano & Daiki Yanagiuchi Open The Brave Gate Champion Hyo vs. Genki Horiguchi for the title Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda vs. Ultimo Dragon, Don Fujii & Kagetora 8-Man Tag with the following: Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu, Strong Machine J, Kota Minoura, Ben-K, BxB Hulk, Naruki Doi, Shuji Kondo. Teams TBA on 12/23 via lottery Open The Triangle Gate Champions TAMATO, Dragon Kid & Punch Tominaga vs. KAI, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato for the titles Open The Twin Gate Champions Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia vs. Kaito Kiyomiya & Alejandro (Pro Wrestling NOAH) for the titles Open The Dream Gate Champion Madoka Kikuta vs. Shun Skywalker & Luis Mante in a 3-way for the title
Dragon Gate continued the Fantastic Gate 2023 Tour today with a non-televised house show.
Today’s event was held at Shinnanyo Fureai Center in Yamaguchi. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.
The paid attendance has not yet been announced.
Match 1: Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda beat YAMATO, Punch Tominaga & Shachihoko BOY. Kanda pinned Tominaga after a diving elbow drop.
Match 2: Dragon Kid & Jason Lee beat Takashi Yoshida & Kaito Nagano. Lee pinned Nagano after Maximum Driver.
Match 3: Dragon Dia vs. ISHIN went to a no contest. Z-Brats interference.
Match 4: Kota Minoura & Ben-K beat BIGBOSS Shimizu & U-T. Ben-K pinned U-T after a spear.
Match 5: Hyo & Luis Mante beat Kzy & JACKY “FUNKY:” KAMEI. Hyo pinned Kamei after Samson Driver.
Main Event: Madoka Kikuta, Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia & Roya Tanaka beat Shun SKywalker, KAI, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato. Dia pinned ISHIN after DDDDT.
The next event is tomorrow at Kyoto KBS Hall in Kyoto. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.
