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Dragon Gate kicked off the 2023 Rey De Parejas Tournament, a tag team tournament being held for the first time since the late 2010s in part due to the coronavirus pendemic.

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

The announced paid attendance was 1198. Vocal cheering was allowed and presumably capacity restrictions were lifted following recent government actions, but both can still be restricted by venues especially for where decisions were previously made.

Match 1: Shun Skywalker, KAI & Diamante beat Shuji Kondo, Eita & Takashi Yoshida. Skywalker pinned Yoshida after a moonsault kneedrop.

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

Match 3: Jason Lee beat Yoshiki Kato.

Match 4: Rey De Parejas Block B: Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda beat Strong Machine J & F. Movhizuki pinned F with Jumbo Pin.

Match 5: Rey De Parejas Block A: Masaaki Mochizuki & Mochizuki Jr. beat H-Y-O & ISHIN. Mochizuki pinned H-Y-O after a reverse Twister.

Match 6: Ultimo Dragon, Ben-K & Minorita beat Genki Horigucho, Kagetora & Ho Ho Lun. Ben-K pinned Horiguchi after Masakari.

Main Event: Rey De Parejas Block A: Yuki Yoshioka & Madoka Kikuta vs. BxB Hulk & Kota Minoura went to a 20 minute time limit draw.

The next event is tomorrow at Fujisan Messe in Shizuoka. There will be no live broadcast.

In other news, the promotion announced their Golden Week blowout event, DEAD OR ALIVE 2023, for 5/5 at Aichi Prefectural Gym in Nagoya. (Golden Week is a week-long national holiday in Japan, generally it’s the first week of May. Almost every promotion, both major ones and smaller independents, hold either a big event or for the smaller ones their biggest event of the year during this week)

Dragon Gate wrapped up the Open The New Year Gate 2023 Tour today with their final event of the month.

Today’s event was held at Heartful Mikumo Sports Culture Center in Mie and may be available on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 305.

Match 1: Kota Minoura & Minorita beat Jason Lee & Punch Tominaga. Minorita pinned Tominaga after Minoritanic.

Match 2: Yasushi Kanda & Mochizuki Jr. beat Kagetora & Ho Ho Lun. Kanda pinned Kagetora after Candy Magic.

Match 3: Ultimo Dragon, Dragon Kid & Eita beat Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu & JACKY ‘FUNKY” KAMEI. Kid pinned KAMEI after Christo.

Match 4: Ben-K & BxB Hulk beat Susumu Mochizuki & Takashi Yoshida. Hulk pinned Yoshida after a spear.

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 the Rey De Parejas 2023 Tournament opener Friday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 1:15 AM PT/4:15 AM ET.

Dragon Gate ran the penultimate event of the Open The New Year Gate 2023 Tour today.

Today’s event was held at Fukuyama Big Rose in Hiroshima and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.

The announced paid attendance was 274.

Match 1: Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia beat BIGBOSS Shimizu & Jason Lee. Yoshioka pinned Lee after Battle Hook.

Match 2: Madoka Kikuta beat Punch Tominaga.

Match 3: Dragon Kid beat JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI & Eita in a 3-way by pinning KAMEI.

Match 4: Susumu Mochizuki, Mochizuki Jr. & Yasushi Kanda beat Ultimo Dragon, YAMATO & Genki Horiguchi. Kanda pinned Horiguchi after Yokosuka Cutter.

Match 5: Kzy beat Shachihoko BOY.

Main Event: Kota Minoura, Ben-K, BxB Hulk & Minorita beat Shun Skywalker, KAI, ISHIN & H-Y-O. Hulk pinned H-Y-O after First Flash.

The tour-ender is tomorrow at Heartful Mikumo Sports Culture Center in Mie. There will be no live broadcast.

Dragon Gate continued their current tour today with a hometown event for U-T. Some hometown event because he wasn’t even on the card.

Today’s event was held at Tobashi Sports Center in Nagoya and may be available on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 310.

Match 1: Kota Minoura, BxB Hulk & Minorita beat Kzy, Jason Lee & Strong Machine J. Hulk pinned Lee after First Flash.

Match 2: Ben-K beat Ryu Fuda.

Match 3: BIGBOSS Shimizu & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI beat Ho Ho Lun & Yoshiki Kato. Shimizu pinned Kato after BIGBOSS Press.

Match 4: Ultimo Dragon, YAMATO & Kagetora beat Susumu Mochizuki, Mochizuki Jr. & Yasushi Kanda by ref stoppage. YAMATO beat Jr. With a sleeper hold.

Main Event: Dragon Kid, Dragon Dia, Yuki Yoshioka & Madoka Kikuta beat Shun Skywalker, KAI, H-Y-O & ISHIN. Kid pinned H-Y-O after Bible.

The next event is Saturday at Fukuyama Big Rose in Hiroshima. There will be no live broadcast.

Dragon Gate continued their current tour yesterday with a hometown event for roster member H-Y-O.

Yesterday’s event was held at Loisir Hotel Toyohashi in Aichi and may be available on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 245.

Match 1: Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia & Madoka Kikuta beat Susumu Mochizuki, Mochizuki Jr. & Yasushi Kanda. Yoshioka pinned Jr. with Battle Hook.

Match 2: YAMATO beat Ryu Fuda.

Match 3: Kota Minoura beat ISHIN by DQ. Outside interference.

Match 4: Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI beat Ultimo Dragon, Kagetora & Kaito Nagano. Kzy pinned Nagano after a running elbow smash.

Match 5: Jason Lee & Strong Machine J beat Dragon Kid & Yoshiki Kato. J pinned Kato with a German suplex hold.

Main Event: Shun Skywalker, KAI & H-Y-O vs. Ben-K, BxB Hulk & Minorita went to a no contest. Out of control due to outside interference. Which led to…
Kota Minoura, BxB Hulk, Ben-K & Minorita beat Shun Skywalker, KAI, H-Y-O & ISHIN. Ben-K pinned H-Y-O after a spear. Some homecoming…

The next event was earlier today at Robashi Sports Center in Nagoya. Results will be posted once they are available. There was no live broadcast. The next actual event is Saturday at Fukuyama Big Rose in Hiroshima. There will be no live broadcast.

(Correction: The original post incorrectly stated Saturday’s event is in Aichi. It is in Hiroshima)

Dragon Gate continued their current tour today with the second half of a Kobe weekend doubleheader.

Today’s event was held at Kobe Sambo Hall in Kobe and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK. The results below are courtesy of the Dragon Gate Official Facebook Page.

The announced paid attendance was 374.

Match 1: Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia & Madoka Kikuta beat JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI, Jason Lee & Ho Ho Lun. Kikuta pinned Lun after a lariat.

Match 2: Kaito Nagano & Yoshiki Kato beat Minorita & Ryu Fuda. Kato pinned Fuda after a modified Blood Fall.

Match 3: H-Y-O beat Ichikawa. This went just 32 seconds.

Match 4: Takashi Yoshida & Shachihoko BOY beat Genki Horiguchi & Punch Tominaga. Yoshida pinned Tominaga after a powerbomb.

Match 5: Dragon Kid, Shuji Kondo & Kagetora beat Susumu Mochizuki, Yasushi Kanda & Mochizuki Jr. Kondo pinned Jr. with Gorilla Clutch.

Match 6: YAMATO & Don Fujii beat BIGBOSS Shimizu & Strong Machine J. YAMATO pinned Shimizu after Frankensteiner of the Almighty.

Main Event: Kota Minoura, Ben-K & BxB Hulk beat Open The Triangle Gate Champions Shun Skywalker, KAI & ISHIN to win the titles. Minoura, Ben-K & Hulk become the 84th Open The Triangle Gate Champions. Hulk pinned KAI after First Flash.

The next event is tomorrow at Loisir Hotel Toyohashi in Aichi. There will be no live broadcast.

Dragon Gate began the second half of the Open The New Year Gate 2023 tour today with the first half of a doubleheader in Kobe.

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 340.

Match 1: YAMATO, Naruki Doi, Dragon Kid & Dragon Dia beat Shun Skywalker, KAI, Strong Machine J & Strong Machine F. YAMATO pinned F.

Match 2: Punch Tominaga beat Ichikawa in a 2 man battle royal.

Match 3: Takashi Yoshida & Ho Ho Lun beat Genki Horiguchi & Ryu Fuda. Lun pinned Fuda.

Match 4: Susumu Mochizuki, Yasushi Kanda, JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI & Jason Lee beat H-Y-O, ISHIN, Ben-K & Minorita. KAMEI pinned Ben-K after JACKY Knife.

Match 5: Eita & Shuji Kondo beat Kzy & BIGBOSS Shimizu. Kondo pinned Shimizu after a King Kong lariat.

Main Event: Masaaki Mochizuki, Mochizuki Jr., Kaito Nagano & Yoshiki Kato beat Yuki Yoshida, Madoka Kikuta, Kota Minoura & BxB Hulk. Mochizuki pinned Kikuta.

The next event is tomorrow. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin TONIGHT at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.

Dragon Gate continued the Open The New Year Gate 2023 tour today with a house show that was a hometown event for Makoka Kikuta.

Today’s event was held at Kanazawa Ryutsu Kaikan in Ishikawa and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.

The announced paid attendance was 259.

Match 1: Kota minoura, BxB Hulk & Minorita beat Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu & Jason Lee. Minoura pinned Lee after R-301.

Match 2: Kagetora beat H-Y-O by DQ. Z-Brats interference.

Match 3: Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki, Mochizuki Junior & Yasushi Kanda beat Ho Ho Lun, Ryu Fuda, Kaito Nagano &Yoshiki Kato. Kanda pinned Fuda after a diving elbow drop.

Match 4: Strong Machine J & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI beat Dragon Kid & Genki Horiguchi. J pinned Horiguchi after Diamond Frame.

Match 6: Ben-K beat Takashi Yoshida.

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

The next event is Saturday at Kobe Sambo Hall in Kobe. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

Dragon Gate reached the halfway point of the Open The New Year Gate 2023 Tour today as they keep up a constant pace of events to start the year.

Today’s event was held at Act City Hamamatsu in Shizuoka and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.

The announced paid attendance was 261.

Match 1: Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu & Strong Machine J beat Shachihoko BOY, Kagetora & Kaito Nagano. J pinned Nagano with a German suplex hold.

Match 2: Ryu Fuda vs. Mochizuki Jr. went to a Double KO.

Match 3: Match 3: KAI beat Yoshiki Kato.

Match 4: Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda beat Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi & Shuji Kondo. Susumu Mochizuki pinned Horiguchi after Yokosuka Cutter.

Match 5: Yuki Yoshioka & Madoka Kikuta beat JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI & Jason Lee. Kikuta pinned KAMEI after Deformed Driver.

Main Event: Kota Minoura, Ben-K & BxB Hulk beat Shun Skywalker, ISHIN & H-Y-O. Ben-K pinned H-Y-O after a spear.

The next event is tomorrow at Kanazawa Ryutsu Kaitan in Ishikawa. There will be no live broadcast.

Dragon Gate continued the Open The New Year Gate 2023 Tour today with the second half of a Tokyo doubleheader, featuring their first title match of the year for their top title, the Open The Dream Gate Championship.

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

The announced paid attendance was 1022.

Match 1: Dragon Kid & Eita beat Dragon Dia & Madoka Kikuta. Kid pinned Dia.

Match 2: BIGBOSS Shimizu, Jason Lee & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI” beat Genki Horiguchi, Kagetora & Ho Ho Lun. KAMEI pinned Horiguchi after “JACKY” Knife.

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

Match 4: YAMATO, Don Fujii, Naruki Doi & Shuji Kondo beat Minorita, Ryu Fuda, Kaito Nagano & Yoshiki Kato. YAMATO pinned Fuda after Gallaria.

Match 5: Kzy & Strong Machine J beat Masaaki Mochizuki & Mochizuki Jr. J pinned Jr. with a German suplex hold.

Match 6: Kota Minoura, Ben-K & BxB Hulk beat KAI, H-Y-O & ISHIN. Hulk pinned H-Y-O after First Flash.

Main Event: Shun Skywalker beat Open The Dream Gate Champion Yuki Yoshioka to win the title. Skywalker becomes the 36th Open The Dream Gate Champion.

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