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Dragon Gate continued the Rey De Parejas 2023 yesterday with the 3rd event of the tournament, coming after nearly a week off since the last event.

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

The announced paid attendance was 349.

Match 1: Shun Skywalker, H-Y-O, ISHIN & Diamante beat Kota Minoura, Ben-K, BxB Hulk & Minorita. H-Y-O pinned Minorita.

Match 2: KAI beat Ryu Fuda.

Match 3: Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia & Madoka Kikuta beat Genki Horiguchi, Eita & Takashi Yoshida. Kikuta pinned Horiguchi after a rolling lariat.

Match 4: Rey De Parejas Block A: Yoshiki Kato & Kaito Nagano beat JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI & Jason Lee. Kato pinned KAMEI after countering “JACKY” Knife.

Match 5: NOSAWA Rongai Final Dragon Gate Match: Ultimo Dragon, Dragon Kid & NOSAWA Rongai beat Susumu Mochizuki, Yasushi Kanda & Mochizuki Jr. Dragon pinned Jr. with La Magistral. (NOSAWA is also retiring on 2/21 at the Pro Wrestling NOAH Keiji Muto Retirement Event at the Tokyo Dome)

Main Event: Rey De Parejas Block B: Strong Machine F & J vs. YAMATO & Naruki Doi went to a 20 minute time limit draw.

The next event was earlier today at Hotel Saint Inn Kurashiki in Okayama. Results will be posted when available. There was no live broadcast.

Dragon Gate continued the Rey De Parejas 2023 today with Day 3 of the tournament.

Today’s event was held at Tajimi City Industrial Culture Center in Gifu. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 434.

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

Match 2: Don Fujii & Ho Ho Lun beat Ichikawa & Kagetora. Fujii pinned Ivhikawa after a failed German suplex

Match 3: YAMATO beat Mochizuki Jr.

Match 4: Diamante, H-Y-O & ISHIN beat Ultimo Dragon, Dragon Kid & Grnki Horiguchi. ISHIN pinned Horiguchi aftrr Death Penalty.

Match 5: Rey De Parejas Block A: Kota Minoura & BxB Hulk beat Kaito Nagano & Yoshiki Kato. Minoura pinned Nagano after Engranaje.

Main Event: Rey De Parejas Block B: Shun Skywalker & KAI beat Ben-K & Minorita. Skywalker pinned Minorita after SSW.

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

Dragon Gate continued the Rey De Parejas 2023 today with Day 2 of the tag team tournament.

Today’s event was held at Fujisan Messe in Shizuoka and may be available on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 269.

Match 1: Kota Minoura, BxB Hulk & Don Fujii beat Susumu Mochizuki, Yasushi Kanda & Genki Horiguchi. Minoura pinned Horiguchi after R-301.

Match 2: YAMATO beat Ho Ho Lun.

Match 3: ISHIN beat Kagetora.

Match 4: Rey De Parejas Block A: Masaaki Mochizuki & Mochizuki Jr. vs. JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI & Jason Lee went to a 20 minute time limit draw.

Match 5: Ultimo Dragon, Shuji Kondo, Yuki Yoshioka & Madoka Kikuta beat Shun SKywalker, KAY, Diamante & H-Y-O. Kondo pinned H-Y-O after a King Kong lariat.

Main Event: Rey De Parejas Block B: Dragon Kid & Dragon Dia beat Ben-K & Minorita. Dia pinned Minorita after DDDDT.

The next event is tomorrow at Tajimi City Industrial Culture Center in Gifu. There will be no live broadcast.

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.