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While Dragon Gate has not officially announced this on their website, their English language social media accounts-which are considered official-have announced that Ryu Fuda was injured during Saturday’s event in Okayama. Shoulder. Out indefinitely starting with Thursday’s event. He was to have teamed with Kazuma Kinura to face Naruki Doi & KAGETORA. Kenichiro Arai is the replacement. It’s not yet known how long Fuda may be out.
More as it becomes available
MEMORIAL GATE 2026 in Wakayama, Dragon Gate’s annual mid-late winter signature event in Wakayama, kicks off the promotion’s February schedule today. In terms of significance, it’s about on par with the monthly Tokyo events which border on mid-major, with a selection of solid matches and today there is a title match main event, as the Open The Triangle Gate Championship is on the line when Hyo, Ben-K & Mochizuki Junior defend against KAI, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato.
Today’s event will be held at Wakayama Prefectural Gym in Wakayama and can be watched LIVE on DRAGONGATE NETWORK. It’s not yet known if there will be any commentary. There are 6 matches scheduled which is standard for a non-major Dragon Gate event and possibly an intermission along the way, so I’m guessing the running time will be around 2 1/2 hours. (Pre-show Update: There will be no commentary, although an alternate version with rotating wrestler commentary will also be available)
Today’s lineup:
JACKY KAMEI & Riiita vs. Homare & El Cielo
Jiro Shinbashi vs. Genki Horiguchi (comedy match)
Ultimo Dragon & Ho Ho Lun vs. Susumu Yokosuka & KAGETORA
Strong Machine J, Kzy & U-T vs. Madoka Kikiuta, BIGBOSS Shimizu & Kota Minoura
Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia, Ryoya Tanaka & Marcus Mathers vs. YAMATO, Dragon Kid, BxB Hulk & Naruki Doi
Open The Triangle Gate Champions Hyo, Ben-K & Mochizuki Junior vs. KAI, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato for the titles
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Updates below will begin at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 15 minutes before the event.
9:40 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in the next 15 minutes.
9:46 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.
We are LIVE from Wakayama Prefectural Gym in Wakayama, Japan. There is no commentary. For the alternate feed, wrestler commentary will begin once the matches begin.
The paid attendance will be announced after the event. While the venue has a listed capacity of at least 3000 the setup will be nowhere near that. The post-pandemic average for this event that I’ve seen has been in the 550-600 range so I’ll predict that starting out. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 326. Yikes. Yes, a very small setup for the venue but…)
The matches should begin in 20-30 minutes.
The matches begin at 10:05 PM PT/1:05 AM ET.
Match 1: JACKY KAMEI & Riiita vs. Homare & El Cielo. 15 minute time limit
Before the match begins with Love & Peace out first, Ben-K with microphone. This turns into an impromptu promo for the main event.
Result: JACKY KAMEI & Riiita beat Homare & El Cielo. KAMEI pinned Homare after JACKY Knife.
Match 2: Jiro Shinbashi vs. Genki Horiguchi. 15 minute time limit
Result: Genki Horiguchi beat Jiro Shinbashi. Comedy match.
Match 3: Ultimo Dragon & Ho Ho Lun vs. Susumu Yokosuka & KAGETORA. 20 minute time limit
Result: Susumu Yokosuka & KAGETORA beat Ultimo Dragon & Ho Ho Lun. KAGETORA pinned Lun.
Match 4: Strong Machine J, Kzy & U-T vs. Madoka Kikiuta, BIGBOSS Shimizu & Kota Minoura. 30 minute time limit
Result: Madoka Kikuta, BIGBOSS Shimizu & Kota Minoura beat Strong Machine J, Kzy & U-T. Kikuta pinned U-T after a rolling lariat. Afterwards, Minoura-Yuki Yoshioka promo in the ring for their upcoming Open The Dream Gate Championship match.
Intermission.
The matches resume at 11:21 PM PT/2:21 AM ET (about an 18 minute break).
Match 5: Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia, Ryoya Tanaka & Marcus Mathers vs. YAMATO, Dragon Kid, BxB Hulk & Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer). 45 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia, Ryoya Tanaka & Marcus Mathers beat YAMATO, Dragon Kid, BxB Hulk & Naruki Doi. Tanaka pinned Hulk. Afterwards, KAGETORA with microphone. Open The Brave Gate Championship challenge issued to Tanaka. Tanaka with microphone but before he can say anything Horiguchi comes out with GM Ryo Saito right behind. Either we’re going to have a 3-way for the title or KAGETORA-Horiguchi to determine who gets the next shot.
Main Event: Open The Triangle Gate Champions Hyo, Ben-K & Mochizuki Junior vs. KAI, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato for the titles. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Open The Triangle Gate Champions Hyo, Ben-K & Mochizuki Junior beat KAI, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato to retain the titles. Hyo pinned ISHIN after Samson Driver. V2 for the champs.
The next event is Thursday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.
UPDATE: For the Open The Brave Gate Championship, it will be a KAGETORA-Horiguchi match for the next shot at Tanaka. That match will happen on 2/7 at Kobe Art Center in Kobe. The winner will face Tanaka for the title on 2/23 at Fukuoka International Center in Fukuoka.
Dragon Gate continues the Open The New Year Gate 2026 Tour today with their first visit to Tokyo this year, unusual because it’s both a weekend event and a morning matinee for their monthly mid-major event. In fact, it’s the first EVER such Sunday morning Tokyo event for the promotion! The event is highlighted by an All-Asia Tag Team Championship match as ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato, having won the titles recently in All-Japan Pro Wrestling, will defend them today against Masaaki Mochizuki & Don Fujii, with the match being under PWF (All-Japan) rules and All-Japan referee Krohei Wada being the referee. In the main event, BIGBOSS Shimizu faces Kzy after Shimizu, recently returned from a nearly-year-long absence for potential disciplinary reasons, betrayed Natural Vibes right after his return and it’s built up to this showdown today.
Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on DRAGONGATE NETWORK in Japanese & English. You can also watch the first match FOR FREE on YouTube. As is usually the case here, there are 7 matches on the card and I would anticipate the running time to be a little longer than a normal Korakuen event, probably close to 3 hours (including a probable intermission in the second half).
Today’s lineup:
Ryoya Tanaka & Marcus Mathers vs. Strong Machine J & U-T
Ultimo Dragon, Daiki Yanagiuchi, Akihiro Sahara & Kazuma Kimura vs. Naruki Doi, Toru Owashi, Problem Dragon & Punch Tominaga
Homare & El Cielo vs. Kota Minoura & Jason Lee
Hyo, Ben-K, JACKY KAMEI, Riiita & Mochizuki Junior vs. YAMATO, KAGETORA, Dragon Kid, BxB Hulk & Susumu Yokosuka
Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia vs. Madoka Kikuta & KAI
All-Asia Tag Team Champions ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato s. Masaaki Mochizuki & Don Fujii for the titles. Match held under All-Japan/PWF rules with Kyohei Wada as referee
BIGBOSS Shimizu vs. Kzy
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Updates below will begin at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 15 minutes before the event.
6:15 PM PT UPDATE: Live update begin now.
We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Commentary should begin soon. This is or may be a live GAORA SPORTS broadcast in Japan. Your hosts are Katsuya Ichikawa & Genki Horiguchi.
The paid attendance will be announced after the event. The crowd is still filing in but it looks like a close to full capacity setup with extra chairs around the ring and in front of the bleachers. I haven’t been able to check what advance ticket sales are like but they are up against sumo today, however I’ll still predict they’ll do around 1200. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1556, a legit sellout with standing room only overflow)
The matches should begin in 20-30 minutes. The opening announcements begin about 7 minutes before event start time.
The event begins at 6:35 PM PT/9:35 PM ET. Madoka Kikuta & his heel faction come out first for a heel promo. Notably missing? BIGBOSS Shimizu. ISHIN mentioning him gets interrupted by Kzy, who storms to the ring. The heels leave soon after leaving Kzy to finish the promo. He then brings out Strong Machine J & U-T for the Natural Vibes dance & song before their match. And with that…
The matches begin at 6:40 PM PT/9:40 PM ET.
Match 1: Ryoya Tanaka & Marcus Mathers vs. Strong Machine J & U-T. 15 minute time limit
Result: Ryoya Tanaka & Marcus Mathers beat Strong Machine J & U-T. Mathers pinned U-T after a 450 splash.
Match 2: Ultimo Dragon, Daiki Yanagiuchi, Akihiro Sahara & Kazuma Kimura vs. Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer), Toru Owashi (DDT), Problem Dragon & Punch Tominaga. 15 minute time limit
Result: Ultimo Dragon, Daiki Yanagiuchi, AKihiro Sahara & Kazuma Kimura beat Naruki Doi, Toru Owashi, Problem Dragon & Punch Tominaga. Yanagiuchi pinned Tominaga.
Ryoya Tanaka is now the guest on commentary, replacing Horiguchi.
Match 3: Homare & El Cielo vs. Kota Minoura & Jason Lee. 20 minute time limit
Result: Kota Minoura & Jason Lee beat Homare & El Cielo. Minoura pinned Homare after Golden Rose. Afterwards, Kato with microphone. The heels unmasked Cielo during the match and Kato taunted Cielo with his mask.
Match 4: Hyo, Ben-K, JACKY KAMEI, Riiita & Mochizuki Junior vs. YAMATO, KAGETORA, Dragon Kid, BxB Hulk & Susumu Yokosuka. 30 minute time limit
Result: Hyo, Ben-K, JACKY KAMEI, Riiita & Mochizuki Junior beat YAMATO, KAGETORA, Dragon Kid, BxB Hulk & Susumu Yokosuka. Hyo pinned KAGETORA after Samson Driver.
Kazuma Kimura is now the guest on commentary, replacing Tanaka.
Match 5: Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia vs. Madoka Kikuta & KAI. 45 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia beat Madoka Kikuta & KAI. Yoshioka pinned KAI after High Fly Flow. (Yoshioka is from Gifu just like the nam whose legacy it seems he will try to carry on, Hiroshi Tanahashi). Afterwards, Yoshioka with microphone. Sounds like an Open The Dream Gate Championship challenge issued to Kikuta. GM Ryo Saito hits the ring to make it official. That match will happen on 2/23 at Fukuoka International Center in Fukuoka.
Susumu Yokusuka is now the guest on commentary, replacing Kimura.
Match 6: All-Asia Tag Team Champions ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato s. Masaaki Mochizuki & Don Fujii for the titles. Match held under All-Japan/PWF rules with Kyohei Wada as referee. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Masaaki Mochizuki & Don Fujii beat All-Asia Tag Team Champions ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato to win the titles. Mochizuki & Fujii become the 129th All-Asia Tag Team Champions. Fujii pinned ISHIN.
Dragon Dia is now the guest on commentary for the final match.
Main Event: BIGBOSS Shimizu vs. Kzy. 1 Hour time limit
Result: BIGBOSS Shimizu beat Kzy
Shimizu has definitely slimmed down a lot during his absence and is much more ripped muscle-wise. Afterwards, his closing heel promo was interrupted by Shun Skywalker coming out. His full-face mask muffled his words on microphone a bit but he clearly emphasized he was challenging Shimizu to a match. (UPDATE: That match will happen on 2/5) Both heel factions got into a brawl as Ryo Saito returned to ringside and the fighting on both sides continued into the backstage area. Kzy rolled back into the ring with microphone to finish up the show. It sounded like Kzy was talking about leaving or breaking up Natural Vibes or something along those lines. But this moodiness and worrying was interrupted by Daiki Yanagiuchi coming out. He wants to join them. And after some brief debating, decision made-he’s in. They danced together to the Natural Vibes song to wrap up the event. Today marks the next step up for the young rising star…and in a funny moment, Akihiro Sahara came out wearing a reggae wig to join them.
He wants in too! And it looks like Natural Vibes now has 5 members as the youngsters join the faction and finish with good vibes to send the crowd home happy.
The next event is 1/24 at Act City Hamamatsu in Shizuoka. There will be no live or on demand broadcasts. No more broadcasts this month. Back to streaming on 2/1 for MEMORIAL GATE 2026 in WAKAYAMA.
Dragon Gate rant he second half of their year-opening doubleheader today in Kobe.
Today’s event was held at Kobe Sambo Hall in Kobe and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK. You can also watch the first match FOR FREE on YouTube.
The paid attendance has not yet been announced.
There was a last-minute change to the card today because of the announcement that BIGBOSS Shimizu, who has been inactive for most of the last year due to an investigation over potential breach of contract, would make his return today. A planned 6-man tag match became an 8-man tag as a result. Shimizu aligned himself with Natural Vibes for his return and going forward.
Match 1: Hyo, JACKY KAMEI, Riiita & Mochizuki Junior beat Ryu Fuda, Daiki Yanagiuchi, Akihiro Sahara & Kazuma Kimura. KAMEI pinned Yanagiuchi after JFK.
Match 2: BxB Hulk, KAGETORA & Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) beat Masaaki Mochizuki, Yasushi Kanda & Demus. Hulk pinned Kanda after First Flash.
Match 3: Shun Skywalker beat Jiro Shinbashi in 13 seconds.
Match 4: ISHIN won a 9 man battle royal.
Match 5: Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia & Ryoya Tanaka beat YAMATO, Dragon Kid & Susumu Yokosuka. Yoshioka pinned Kid after High Fly Flow.
Match 6: Madoka Kikuta, Kota Minoura, Jason Lee & KAI beat Strong Machine J, Kzy, U-T & BIGBOSS Shimizu. Kikuta pinned Kzy. The finish came after Shimizu possibly turned on Natural Vibes.
Main Event: Yuki Yoshioka beat El Ciero.
The next event is a same-day doubleheader Sunday at Nagoya International Legend Hall in Nagoya. Both events are legit advance sellouts. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin Saturday at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET for the first event and Sunday at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET for the second event.
In other news, it was announced that the promotion will return to the USA as part of The Collective 2026 on 4/15 at the Horseshoe Casino & Resort in Las Vegas, NV, part of the now-annual WrestleMania week series of independent events before the WWE flagship event. As perhaps part of this, independent US wrestler Marcus Mathers will make his Dragon Gate debut on 1/18 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and will be part of D’Courage while in Japan. New Japan is also set for The Collective with an El Desperado Produced event.
Injury Report: Maybe this is why that match went just 13 seconds-Shun Skywalker is now off both events tomorrow. Shoulder.
Dragon Gate kicked off their 2026 today with the opening event of the Open The New Year Gate 2026 Tour in Kobe.
Today’s event was bels at Kobe Sambo Hall in Kobe and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK. You can also watch the first match FOR FREE on YouTube.
The paid attendance has not yet been announced.
Match 1: Strong Machine J, Kzy & U-T beat Susumu Yokosuka, KAGETORA & Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer). J pinned KAGETORA with a Majin windmill hold.
Match 2: Hyo won an 11 man battle royal, last eliminating YAMATO.
Match 3: Ultimo Dragon, El Cucuy & Demus beat Ho Ho Lun, Ho Lee & Reach Tominaga. Dragon pinned Tominaga with La Magistral.
Match 4: Masaaki Mochizuni & Don Fujii beat Jason Lee & ISHIN. Fujii pinned Lee with Nice German.
Match 5: Madoka Kikuta, Kota Minoura, KAI & Yoshiki Kato beat Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia, Daiki Yanaguichi & Kazuma Kimura. Kato pinned Kimura after Cadere Luna.
Match 6: Shun Skywalker & El Ciero beat Ben-K & JACKY KAMEI. Ciero pinned KAMEI after a spinning tombstone piledriver.
Main Event: Open The Brave Gate Champion Ryoya Tanaka beat Riiita to retain the title. V7 for Tanaka.
The next event is tomorrow. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.
Dragon Gate wraps up the FANTASTIC GATE 2025 Tour, and their 2025 as a whole, today with the final event of the year in Kobe. It’s the second half of a weekend doubleheader and is mainly a standard house show lineup along with, as is usually the case in their hometown, a battle royal.
Today’s event will be held at Kobe Sambo Hall in Kobe and can be watched LIVE on DRAGONGATE NETWORK. You will also be able to watch the first match FOR FREE on YouTube. There will be no commentary although an alternate feed with wrestler commentary will also be available. There are 7 matches scheduled so with an intermission the event will be on the long side for a house show, probably running around 2 1/2 hours although, for comparison, yesterday’s event went 2 3/4 hours but it also had a title match.
Today’s lineup:
Masaaki Mochizuki & Don Fujii vs. Susumu Yokosuka & KAGETORA
Takashi vs. Jiro Shinbashi
12 man battle royal
Ryu Fuda, Daiki Yanagiuchi & Akihiro Shaara vs. Ho Ho Lun, Ho Lee & Reach Tominaga
YAMATO, Dragon Kid, BxB Hulk & Naruki Doi vs. Madoka Kikuta, Kota Minoura, Jason Lee & KAI
JACKY KAMEI & Riiita vs. Yuki Yoshioka & Ryoya Tanaka
Shun Skywalker & El Cielo vs. ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato
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9:45 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.
We are LIVE from Kobe Sambo Hall in Kobe, Japan. There is no commentary. An alternate wrestler commentary feed will begin with the first match.
The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Yesterday’s attendance was just reported as 461 so based on that, and the second hals of doubleheaders usually drawing a little better, I’ll predict about 500. Could be a near-sellout from what we see as the event gets started. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 815, a super full house/very near sellout. That’s near legit full capacity)
The matches should begin in 20-25 minutes. There has been a late change to the above card. It sounds like the original 6-man tag match has been changed to an Open The Triangle Gate Championship match.
The event begins at 10:10 PM PT/1:10 AM ET. NEW Open The Triangle Gate Champions Hyo, Ben-K & Mochizuki Junior come out first along with the rest of Live & Peace for a short promo.
The matches begin at 10:15 PM PT/1:15 AM ET.
Match 1: Masaaki Mochizuki & Don Fujii vs. Susumu Yokosuka & KAGETORA. 15 minute time limit
Result: Masaaki Mochizuki & Don Fujii beat Susumu Yokosuka & KAGETORA. Fujii pinned Yokosuka.
Match 2: Takashi vs. Jiro Shinbashi. 15 minute time limit
Result: Takashi beat Jiro Shinbashi. Comedy match
Match 3: 12 man battle royal
Result: U-T wins, last eliminating Reach Tominaga.
Match 4: YAMATO, Dragon Kid, BxB Hulk & Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) vs. Madoka Kikuta, Kota Minoura, Jason Lee & KAI. 30 minute time limit
Result: Madoka Kikuta. Kota Minoura, Jason Lee & KAI beat YAMATO, Dragon Kid, BxB Hulk & Naruki Doi. Kikuta pinned Hulk after a rolling lariat.
Match 5: JACKY KAMEI & Riiita vs. Yuki Yoshioka & Ryoya Tanaka. 30 minute time limit
Result: JACKY KAMEI & Rioita beat Yuki Yoshioka & Ryoya Tanaka. Riiita pinned Tanaka after Riiitanic. Afterwards, Riiita with microphone. Open The Brave Gate Championship challenge issued. Accepted by Tanaka. (UPDATE: It’s now official. That match will happen on 1/8)
Intermission.
The event resumes at midnight PT/3 AM ET.
Match 6: Open The Triangle Gate Champions Hyo, Ben-K & Mochizuki Junior vs. Akihiro Sahara, Daiki Yanagiuchi & Ryu Fuda for the titles. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Open The Triangle Gate Champions Hyo, Ben-K & Mochizuki Junior beat Akihiro Sahara, Daiki Yanagiuchi & Ryu Fuda to retain the titles. Junior pinned Yanagiuchi with a German suplex hold. V1 for the champs.
Main Event: Shun Skywalker & El Cielo vs. ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato. 1 Hour time limit
Result: ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato beat Shun Skywalker & El Cielo. Kato pinned Cielo.
The next event, the first of 2026, is 1/8. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.
Dragon Gate began their final weekend doubleheader of the year with the year’s penultimate event today in Kobe.
Today’s event was held at Kobe Sambo Hall in Kobe and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK. You can also watch the first match FOR FREE on YouTube.
The paid attendance has not yet been announced.
Match 1: Don Fujii & Yasushi Kanda beat Akihiro Sahara & Kazuma Kimura. Fujii beat Kimura with a knee lock.
Match 2: Ryu Fuda won an 11 man battle royal, last eliminating Susumu Yokosuka.
Match 3: Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia & Ryoya Tanaka beat Ho Ho Lun, Ho Lee & Reach Tominaga. Tanaka pinned Tominaga after Cross Saber.
Match 4: Shun Skywalker & El Cielo beat Dragon Kid & Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer). Cielo pinned Kid after a spinning tombstone piledriver.
Match 5: Madoka Kikuta & Yoshiki Kato beat JACKY KAMEI & Riiita. Kato pinned KAMEI after Cadere Luna.
Match 6: PWRevolution Openweight Champion El Cucuy beat ISHIN to retain the title.
Main Event: Open The Triangle Gate Championship Tournament Finals: Hyo, Ben-K & Mochizuki Junior beat Kota mInoura, Jason Lee & KAI and Strong Machine J, Kzy & U-T in a 3-way elimination match, when Hyo beat Lee after MInoura beat J, to win the tournament and the vacant titles. Hyo, Ben-K & Junior become the 97th Optn The Triangle Gate Champions.
The final event of the year is tomorrow. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin TONIGHT at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.
Dragon Gate taped the final episode of PRIME ZONE+ earlier this week in Kobe, with 8 different wrestlers serving as hosts/GMs for this episode.
Tuesday’s event was held at Kobe Lapis Hall in Kobe and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK. You can also watch the first match FOR FREE on YouTube.
The announced paid attendance was 63.
Match 1: KAGETORA beat Kazuma Kimura.
Match 2: Genki Horiguchi beat Jiro Shinbashi.
Match 3: Jason Lee & ISHIN beat Riiita & Mochizuki Junior. ISHIN pinned Junior.
Main Event: Kzy won an 8 man battle royal, last eliminating Daiki Yanagiuchi & Ryu Fuda.
The promotion wraps up their 2025 with a doubleheader Saturday (US time) at Kobe Sambo Hall. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK for both events will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET for the first event and 10 PM PT/1 AM ET for the second event.
The last of what is now a year-end awards trilogy from Pro Wrestling Illustrated came out today, as we go down from 500 (wrestlers) to 250 (women) and now 100 (tag teams). The second PWI Tag Team 100 list was revealed today and features both men’s and women’s teams. Naturally I’ve browsed the list already so below are the top ranked teams and how various Japan-based teams fared.
Because this is only in digital format and the print edition will not be out for another 3 weeks or so, those waiting for the latter should stop here to avoid SPOILERS! Otherwise, click below.
Continue reading “News: 2025 PWI Tag Team 100 Announced (SPOILERS!)”Dragon Gate continued the Fantastic Gate 2025 Tour today with their final Tokyo event of the year.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK. You can also watch the first match FOR FREE on YouTube
The paid attendance has not yet been announced. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1190)
Pre-show match: Ho Ho Lun, Punch Tomonaga & El Cucuy beat Shachihoko BOY, Takashi & Problem Dragon. Cucuy pinned Dragon after Cucuy Buster.
Match 1: Ryu Fuda & Kazuma Kimura beat Ryoya Tanaka & Daiki Yanagiuchi. Fuda pinned Yanagiuchi after Hiryu.
Match 2: Open The Owarao Gate Champion Jiro Shinbashi beat Ultimo Dragon by DQ. But based on audience support, Dragon wins the title. Dragon becomes the 37th Open The Owarai Gate Champion. But the title is now VACANT. Dragon vacated it immediately.
Match 3: Susunu Yokosuka & Yasushi Kanda beat Don Fujii & Ryo Saito, Genki Horiguchi & Kenichiro Arai and Masaaki Mochizuki & Don Fujii in a 4-way when Yokosuka pinned Horiguchi.
Match 4: Kota Minoura, Jason Lee, KAI, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato beat YAMATO, KAGETORA, Dragon Kid, BxB Hulk & Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer). ISHIN pinned KAGETORA.
Match 5: Open The Triangle Gate Championship Tournament: Strong Machine J, Kzy & U-T vs. Hyo, Ben-K & Mochizuki Junior went to a 20 minute time limit draw.
Match 6: Shun Skywalker & El Cielo beat Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia. Cirlo pinned Dia after Cielo Genesis.
Match 7: Open The Twin Gate Champions JACKY KAMEI & Riiita beat Luis Mante & Demus to retain the titles. Riiita pinned Demus after Riiitanic. V1 for the champs.
Main Event: Open The Dream Gate Champion Madoka Kikuta beat Gianni Valletta to retain the title. V3 for Kikuta. Given how unstoppable Valletta has been in Dragon Gate, I count this as an upset.
The next event is tomorrow at Lasukabe Fureai Cube in Saitama. There will be no live or on demand broadcast. (After tomorrow 3 of the remaining 4 events this year will be live & on demand)