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Dragon Gate ran the penultimate event of the Glorious Gate 2023 Tour today, the latest in a long run of non-televised house shows.

Today’s event was held at Kirameki Minato Museum in Fukui. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 254.

Match 1: BxB Hulk, Ben-K & Minorita beat Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki & Mochizuki Jr. Ben-K pinned Jr.

Match 2: Don Fujii & Kagetora beat Kaito Nagano & Daiki Yanagiuchi. Fujii pinned Yanagiuchi after a throat ring drop.

Match 3: Kota Minoura beat JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI.

Match 4: Jason Lee & Ho Ho Lun beat Dragon Kid & Genki Horiguchi. Lee pinned Horiguchi with a deformed horizontal cross.

Match 5: Kzy & BIGBOSS Shimizu beat YAMATO & Punch Tominaga. Kzy pinned Tominaga after a running elbow smash.

Main Event: Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia & Madoka Kikuta beat Shun Skywalker, KAI & H-Y-O. Kikuta pinned H-Y-O after a rolling lariat.

The tour-ender is tomorrow at Hiroshima Industrial Hall in Hiroshima. There will be no live broadcast.

Dragon Gate continued the Glorious Gate 2023 Tour today with a house show in Okayama.

Today’s event was held at Sanyo Fureai Park Gym in Okayama. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 254.

Match 1: Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia & Madoka Kikuta beat Kzy, Strong Machine J & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. Kikuta pinned KAMEI after a rolling lariat.

Match 2: Ben-K beat Daiki Yanagiuchi.

Match 3: YAMATO, Dragon Kid, Kagetora & Kaito Nagano beat Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki, Mochizuki Jr. & Yasushi Kanda. Kagetora pinned Jr. after Hisew.

Match 4: Shachihoko BOY & Takashi Yoshida beat BIGBOSS Shimizu & Jason Lee. BOY pinned Lee after Maximim Driver.

Main Event: Kota Minoura, BxB Hulk & Minorita beat Shun Skywalker, KAI & H-Y-O. Minoura pinned H-Y-O after R-301.

The next event is tomorrow at Kirameki Minatokan in Fukui. There will be no live broadcast.

Dragon Gate continued the Glorious Gate 2023 Tour yesterday with a return home to Kobe for a televised event.

Yesterday’s event was held at Kobe Sambo Hall in Kobe and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.

The announced paid attendance was 387.

Match 1: Jason Lee, JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI & Ho Ho Lun beat Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi & Eita. Lee pinned Horiguchi after Maximum Driver.

Match 2: Punch Tominaga beat Minorita.

Match 3: Don fujii & Kaito Nagano beat BIGBOSS Shimizu & Daiki Yanagiuchi. Fujii pinned Yanagiuchi after a chokeslam.

Match 4: Kagetora, Takashi Yoshida, Shachihoko BOY & Ichikawa beat Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki, Mochizuki Jr. & Yasushi Kanda. Kagetora pinned Masaaki Mochizuki after Kage-sewn.

Match 5: YAMATO & Shuji Kondo beat Kzy & Strong Machine J. Kondo pinned J after a King Kong lariat.

Main Event: Shun Skywalker, KAI & H-Y-O beat Kota Minoura, BxB Hulk & Ben-K and Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia & Madoka Kikuta in a 3-way when Skywalker pinned Dia.

The next event is Friday at Yomiuri TV 1F 10plaza Special Ring in Tokyo. There will be no live broadcast.

Dragon Gate announced today that current wrestler Eita has signed a new contract with the promotion, while terms were not announced it suggests Eita will have more freedom to compete elsewhere outside the promotion including continuing in Pro Wrestling NOAH, where he has made regular appearances over the last couple years (Alejandro, formerly Aleja before apparently leaving Dragon Gate for NOAH, seemed to also have such an arrangement). He will continue to be a regular in Dragon Gate as well.

Dragon Gate resumed the Glorious Gate 2023 Tour today after pausing for a major event yesterday.

Today’s event was held at Nagoya Congress Center in Nagoya. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 1002.

Match 1: Kota Minoura, BxB Hulk, Ben-K & Minorita beat YAMATO, Genki Horiguchi, Kaito Nagano & Yoshiki Kato. Minoura pinned Nagano after R-301.

Match 2: Punch Tominaga & Ho Ho Lun beat Masaaki Mochizuki & Mochizuki Jr. Lun pinned Jr. after Horlor.

Match 3: BIGBOSS Shimizu beat Ichikawa in about 30 seconds. Which led to…
Match 3 (again): BIGBOSS Shimizu beat Ichikawa.

Match 4: Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda beat Strong Machine J & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. Mochizuki pinned KAMEI after Yokosuka Cutter.

Match 5: Kzy & Jason Lee beat Naruki Doi & Dragon Kid. Lee pinned Kid with a deformed horizontal cross.

Main Event: Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia & Madoka Kikuta beat Shun Skywalker, KAI & H-Y-O. Kikuta pinned H-Y-O after a rolling lariat.

The next event is Tuesday at Kobe Sambo Hall in Kobe. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 12:45 AM PT/3:45 AM ET. This is the last live broadcast of the month.

Dragon Gate ran MEMORIAL GATE 2023 today, a major event that was part of the current tour marking the halfway point of the series.

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

The announced paid attendance was 454.

Match 1: Open The Triangle Gate Champions Kota Minoura, BxB Hulk & Ben-K beat Don Fujii, Kaito Nagano & Yoshiki Kato to retain the titles. Minoura pinned Nagano after R-301. V2 for the champs.

Match 2: Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda beat Shachihoko BOY & Takashi Yoshida. Kanda pinned BOY after a diving elbow drop.

Match 3: Jason Lee, JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI & Ho Ho Lun beat Shun Skywalker, KAI & H-Y-O. Lee pinned H-Y-O with a modified crucifix hold.

Match 4: Dragon Kid beat Strong Machine J.

Match 5: Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia & Madoka Kikuta beat Naruki Doi, Shuji Kondo & Genki Horiguchi. Kikuta pinned Horiguchi after a rolling lariat.

Match 6: Ryukyu Dragon Champion YAMATO beat Teelan Shisa to retain the title. V3 for YAMATO.

Main Event: Open The Twin Gate Champions Kzy & BIGBOSS Shimizu beat Masaaki Mochizuki & Mochizuki Jr. to retain the titles. Kzy beat Mochizuki with a ground cobra twist. V6 for the champs.

The next event is tomorrow at Nagoya Congress Center in Nagoya. There will be no live broadcast.

Dragon Gate continued the Glorious Gate Tour today with a JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI hometown event.

Today’s event was held at Tottori Industrial Gym in Tottori. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 282.

Match 1: Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia & Madoka Kikuta beat Shun Skywalker, KAI & H-Y-O. Kikuta pinned H-Y-O after a rolling lariat.

Match 2: Eita beat Ichikawa in 5 seconds. Which led to…
Match 2 (Again): Eita beat Ichikawa.

Match 3: Genki Horiguchi & Yoshiki Kato beat Punch Tominaga & Shachihoko BOY. Kato pinned Tominaga after Crescent Backbreaker.

Match 4: Masaaki Mochizuki beat Daiki Yanagiuchi.

Match 5: Don Fujii & Kaito Nagano beat Ryu Fuda & Mochizuki Jr. Fujii beat Fuda with Gedo Clutch.

Main Event: Kzy, Strong Machine J, BIGBOSS Shimizu & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI beat Kota MInoura, Ben-K, Minorita & BxB Hulk. KAMEI pinned Minorta after Torbegino Cross.

The next event is MEMORIAL GATE 2023 Saturday at Wakayama Prefectural Gym in Wakayama. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 2 AM ET/Friday at 11 PM PT.

Dragon Gate continued the Glorious Gate 2023 Tour yesterday with a house show in Hiroshima.

Yesterday’s event was held at Kozakan Arena Bingo in Hiroshima. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 355.

Match 1: Kota Minoura & Ben-K beat Genki Horiguchi & Kaito Nagano. Ben-K pinned Horiguchi after Hook.

Match 2: Masaaki Mochizuji beat Ichikawa in 7 seconds. Which led to…
Match 2 (Again): Masaaki Mochizuki beat Ichikawa.

Match 3: Don Fujii & Yoshiki Kato beat Punch Tominaga & Mochizuki Jr. Kato pinned Tominaga after Crescent Backbreaker.

Match 4: Eita beat Ryu Fuda.

Match 5: Shachihoko BOY & Dragon Dia beat BxB Hulk & Minorita. BOY pinned Minorita with La Magistral.

Main Event: Kzy, Strong Machine J & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI beat Shun Skywalker, KAI & H-Y-O. Kzy pinned H1Y-O after a running elbow.

The next event was earlier today at Tottori Industrial Gym in Tottori. Results will be posted when available. There was no live broadcast.

Dragon Gate made their debut in Singapore yesterday with the first half of a doubleheader featuring some of the roster facing some of the top talent Singapore has to offer.

Yesterday’s event was held at Singapore Eurasian Community House in Singapore. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 220, a super full house/very near sellout.

Match 1: Aiden Rex, Big Dave & The Eurasian Dragon beat Yuki Yoshioka, Madoka Kikuta & Ho Ho Lun. Dave pinned Lun after Gold Driver.

Match 2: Erfie & Ahmad Arif beat Julian & Showtime. Arif pinned Julian. Completely guessing on names based on translation.

Match 3: Crypto Bro LK beat Brother By (?).

Match 4: Susumu Mochizuki beat DJ KAL.

Match 5: Andruew Tang beat BIGBOSS Shimizu.

Main Event: YAMATO & Dragon Kid beat Dr. Gore & Da Butcherman. YAMATO pinned Gore after Gallaria.

The second event was earlier today. Results will be posted when available. There was no live broadcast. The next event for the current tour was also earlier today at Atelier Himeji in Hyogo. Results will be posted when available. There was no live broadcast.

The next upcoming event is tomorrow at Kozakan Sports Park Bingo in Hiroshima. There will be no live broadcast.