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Dragon Gate has announced an injury which has wide-reaching implications: Yoshiki Kato was injured at yesterday’s Gifu event. Right knee. Out indefinitely but it’s going to be at least a month because he is out of Rey de Parejas 2024 and, as a result, the Open The Triangle Gate Championship is now VACANT. A planned title defense at CHAMPION GATE 2024 in Osaka on 3/3 will now be a determination match for the titles between Shun Skywalker, KAI & ISHIN and Madoka Kikuta, Dragon Dia & Ryoya Tanaka. As for the tournament, Kato was to have teamed with Skywalker. ISHIN is the replacement.

Dragon Gate continued the Truth Gate 2024 Tour today with the penultimate event of the tour in Hiroshima.

Today’s event was held at Fukuyama Big Rose in Hiroshima. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 310)

Match 1: Dragon Dia & Ryoya Tanaka beat Susumu Mochizuki & Genki Horiguchi. Dia pinned Horiguchi after DDDDT.

Match 2: Strong Machine J beat Daiki Yanagiuchi.

Match 3: Luis Mante & Hyo beat Punch Tominaga & Yasushi Kanda. Mante pinned Tominaga after MCK.

Match 4: Madoka KIkuta beat Shachihoko BOY.

Match 5:YAMATO, Naruki Doi & Dragon Kid beat Kota Minoura, Ben-K & BxB Hulk, YAMATO pinned Minoura after Omniscient & Omnipotent Frankensteiner.

Main Event: Shun Skywalker, KAI, ISHIN & Gianni Valetta beat Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu, Jason Lee & U-T. Valetta pinned U-T after a King Kong kneedrop.

The next event is tomorrow at Kobe Art Center in Kobe. While this is not the end of the tour, it is the final event of the month (there is one final event for the tour on 3/5 after some upcoming special standalone events). Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.

Dragon Gate continued the Truth Gate 2024 Your today with a stop in Gifu.

Today’s event was held at Juroku Plaza in Gifu. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 416)

Match 1: Dragon Kid & Yasushi Kanda beat Kagetora & Daiki Yanagiuchi. Kanda pinned Yamaguchi after Ryu’s.

Match 2: Gianni Valetta beat Jason Lee.

Match 3: Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI beat YAMATO, Masaaki Mochizuki & Ho Ho Lun. Kzy pinned Lun after a running elbow smash.

Match 4: Madoka Kikuta & Dragon Dia beat Strong Machine J & U-T. Dia pinned U-T.

Match 5: Luis Mante & Hyo beat Susumu Mochizuki & Problem Dragon. Hyo pinned Dragon after a double biceps senton.

Main Event: Kota Minoura, Ben-K & BxB Hulk beat Shun Skywalker, KAI & ISHIN. Minoura pinned KAI after Babel Gear.

The next event is tomorrow at Fukuyama Big Rose in Hiroshima. There will be no live or on demand broadcastz

Dragon Gate continued the Truth Gate 2024 Tour today with an event in Mie.

Today’s event was held at Heartful Mikuno in Mie. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 346, a super full house/very near sellout.

Match 1; Kota Minoura & Ben-K beat Kzy & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. Ben-K pinned KAMEI after a spear.

Match 2: Gianni Valetta beat Ho Ho Lun.

Match 3: Ultimo Dragon & Yasushi Kanda beat Masaaki Mochizuki & Punch Tominaga. Kanda pinned Tominaga after Ryu’s.

Match 4: Madoka Kikuta, Dragon Dia & Ryoya Tanaka beat BIGBOSS Shimizu, Strong Machine J & Jason Lee. Dia pinned Lee.

Match 5; Luis Mante & Hyo beat Susumu Mochizuki & Takashi Yoshida. Mante pinned Yoshida after Super Tigre.

Main Event: Don Fujii, YAMATO & Dragon Kid beat Shun Skywalker, KAI & ISHIN. YAMATO pinned ISHIN after Gallaria.

The next event is Friday at Juroku Plaza in Gifu. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

Dragon Gate continued the Truth Gate 2024 Tour today with an event in Kyoto.

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

The paid attendance has not yet been announced. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 312)

Match 1: Madoka Kikuta, Dargon Dia & Ryoya Tanaka vs. Shun SKywalker, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato went to a 15 minute time limit draw.

Match 2: KAI & Gianni Valetta beat Masaaki Mochizuki & Shachihoko BOY. Valetta pinned BOY after a King Kong kneedrop.

Match 3: YAMATO & Susumu Mochizuki beat Yasushi Kanda & Ho Ho Lun. Mochizuki pinned Lun after Yokosuka Cutter.

Match 4: Kota MInoura, Ben-K & BxB Hulk beat Ultimo Dragon, Kzy & U-T. Hulk pinned U-T after E.V.O.

Main Event: Dragon Kid, Naruki Doi (Indpeendent/Freelancer), BIGBOSS Shimizu & Strong Machine J beat Luis Mante, Hyo, Jason Lee & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. J pinned Lee with Machine Suplex.

The next event is tomorrow at Heartful Mikuno in Mie. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

Dragon Gate continued the Truth Gate 2024 Tour today with another event in Fukuoka.

Today’s event was held at Kokura Kita Gym in Fukuoka. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 314.

Match 1; YAMATO & Susumu Mochizuki beat U0T & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. Mochizuki pinned U-T after Yokosuka Cutter.

Match 2: Gianni Valetta beat Genki Horiguchi.

Match 3: Dragon Kid & Yasushi Kanda vs. Shun Skywalker & Yoshiki Kato went to a no contest. Z-Brats interference.

Match 4: Ultimo Dragon, Masaaki Mochizuki & Kagetora beat Kota Minoura, Ben-K & BxB Hulk. Dragon pinned Hulk with La Magistral.

Match 5: Luis Mante & Hyo beat KAI & ISHIN. Hyo pinned ISHIN after Samson Driver.

Main Event: Madoka Kikuta, Dragon Dia & Ryoya Tanaka beat Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu & Jason Lee. Kikuta pinned Lee after a rolling lariat.

The next event is Saturday at Kyoto KBS Hall in Kyoto. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.

Dragon Gate continues the Truth Gate 2024 Tour today with their monthly same-day (or close to it) doubleheader, which usually is held in their hometown of Kobe or in nearby Fukuoka. Today it’ll be in Fukuoka with 2 events back-to-back, separated by a break of a couple hours between the events. They’re primarily house show lineups with nothing major of note but still a unique way to schedule events and allow fans 2 opportunities to see events in a day. This post will contain live results for the early/first event. Results for the second event will be posted tomorrow.

Today’s events will be held at Acros Fukuoka in Fukuoka and can be watched LIVE on DRAGONGATE NETWORK in Japanese. There will also be an alternate stream with wrestler commentary, a different one for each match. The events will have around 2 hours between them so I anticipate each event having a total running time of around 2 hours.

Today;s lineup (event 1):
Kzy, U-T & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI vs. BxB Hulk, Genki Horiguchi & Yasushi Kanda
Kagetora vs. Gianni Valetta
Strong Machine J & Jason Lee vs. Masaaki Mochizuki & Ryoya Tanaka
BIGBOSS Shimizu vs. Yoshiki Kato
Ultimo Dragon, Luis Mante & Hyo vs. Shun Skywalker, KAI & ISHIN
Madoka Kikuta, Dragon Dia, YAMATO & Susumu Mochizuki vs. Kora Minoura, Ben-K, Dragon Kid & Naruki Doi

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Updates below will begin at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin at 7:45 PM PT/10:45 PM ET for the first event. The second event will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET. (Live results are not scheduled for the second event but that is subject to change)

7:45 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Acros Fukuoka in Fukuoka, Japan. Commentary will join later. (Update: There is no commentary on the main stream, only on the Wrestler Commentary version)

The paid attendance will be announced after the events. This is a small venue and I think it normally has a max capacity of close to 500 for wrestling, and the first events of doubleheaders typically draw a smaller crowd than the second. The crowd is still filing in but it looks at least half full, so I’ll predict it’ll be about “average” for these events which is around 375. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 531, a full house/near sellout)

The matches should begin in 15-20 minutes.

Opening greeting & announcements begin at 7:55 PM PT.

The matches begin at 8:07 PM PT but right as intros are about to start we lose the feed. There was some kind of error screen in Japanese right before it cut out so it’s definitely on their end. Looks like they’re working on it so hopefully updates will resume shortly.

The live feed is restored at 8:11 PM PT so only out for about 4 minutes.

When we return Natural Vibes is in the ring then Z-Brats come out. Promo segment. And a minute later the feed cuts out again. Must be some kind of issue with the venue. A few seconds later we get audio back although there’s “waiting for live feed” music mixed in and no video.

Video restored at 8:17 PM PT as the first match has already started. (Post-show note: There were no further technical issues after this)

Match 1: Kzy, U-T & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI vs. BxB Hulk, Genki Horiguchi & Yasushi Kanda. 15 minute (I think) time limit
Result: Kzy, U-T & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI beat BxB Hulk, Genki Horiguchi & Yasushi Kanda. KAMEI pinned Horiguchi.

Match 2: Kagetora vs. Gianni Valetta. 15 minute time limit
Result: Gianni Valetta beat Kagetora. Glorified squash. His Takashi Iizuka-like entrance rampage through the crowd was longer than the match.

Match 3: Strong Machine J & Jason Lee vs. Masaaki Mochizuki & Ryoya Tanaka. 20 minute time limit
Result: Strong Machine J & Jason Lee beat Masaaki Mochizuki & Ryoya Tanaka. J beat Tanaka with a single leg Boston Crab.

Match 4: BIGBOSS Shimizu vs. Yoshiki Kato. 30 minute time limit
Result: No Contest. Z-Brats interference. Heel beatdown until Luis Mante & Hyo made the save. Shimizu & Shun Skywalker promo followed.

Intermission. Updates will resume after the break. (Started at 9 PM PT)

The matches resume at 9:17 PM PT.

Match 5: Ultimo Dragon, Luis Mante & Hyo vs. Shun Skywalker, KAI & ISHIN. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Ultimo Dragon, Luis Mante & Hyo beat Shun Skywalker, KAI & ISHIN. Hyo pinned ISHIN after Samson Driver.

Main Event: Madoka Kikuta, Dragon Dia, YAMATO & Susumu Mochizuki vs. Kora Minoura, Ben-K, Dragon Kid & Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer). 1 Hour time limit
Result: Madoka Kikuta, Dragon Dia, YAMATO & Susumu Mochizuki beat Kota Minoura, Ben-K, Dragon Dia & Naruki Doi. YAMATO pinned Minoura after Gallaria.

The second event of today’s doubleheader is scheduled to begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET and can be watched live and on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.

UPDATE: Here are the results from Event 2:

The announced paid attendance was 636, a super full house/very near sellout.

Match 1: Madoka Kikuta, Dragon Dia & Ryoya Tanaka beat Kota Minoura, Ben-K & BxB Hulk. Tanaka pinned Hulk.

Match 2: Genki Horiguchi beat U-T.

Match 3: Ultimo Dragon & Masaaki Mochizuki beat Naruki Doi & Kagetora. Dragon pinned Kagetora with La Magistral.

Match 4: Strong Machine J beat ISHIN.

Match 5: Shun Skywalker, KAI, Yoshiki Kato & Gianni Valetta beat Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu, Jason Lee & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. Valetta pinned KAMEI after a King Kong kneedrop.

Main Event: Susumu Mochizuki, Yasushi Kanda & YAMATO beat Luis Mante, Hyo & Dragon Kid. Mochizuki pinned Hyo after Jumbo Wins!

The next event is tomorrow at Kokura Kita Gym in Fukuoka. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

Dragon Gate continued the Truth Gate 2024 Tour today with an event in Okayama.

Today’s event was held at Hotel Saint Inn Kurashiki in Okayama. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 214)

Match 1; Kota Minoura, Ben-K & BxB Hulk beat Madoka Kikuta, Dragon Dia & Ryoya Tanaka. Ben-K pinned Tanaka after a spear.

Match 2: YAMATO & Yasushi Kanda beat Masaaki Mochizuki & Kagetora. Kanda pinned Kagetora after Candy Magic.

Match 3; Ultimo Dragon, Dragon Kid, Susumu Mochizuki & Genki Horiguchi beat BIGBOSS Shimizu, Strong Machine J, Jason Lee & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. Mochizuki pinned Lee after Jumbo Wins!

Match 4: ISHIN & Gianni Valetta beat Kzy & U-T. Valetta pinned U-T after a King Kong kneedrop.

Main Event; Shachihoko BOY, Hyo & Luis Mante beat Shun Skywalker, KAI & Yoshiki Kato. Mante pinned Kato after Super Tigre.

The next event is a doubleheader tomorrow at Acros Fukuoka in Fukuoka. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK for both events will begin TONIGHT at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET for the first event and at midnight PT/3 AM ET for the second event. Live results are scheduled for the first event.

Dragon Gate continued the Truth Gate 2024 Tour today with their monthly Tokyo event.

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

The announced paid attendance was 1394, a full house/near sellout.

Match 1: Dragon Kid & Shuji Kondo vs. Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) & YAMATO went to a 15 minute time limit draw.

Match 2: Don Fujii beat Daiki Yanagiuchi.

Match 3: Kota Minoura, Ben-K & BxB Hulk beat Kagetora, Takashi Yoshida & Punch Tominaga. Ben-K pinned Tominaga after a spear.

Match 4: Eita beat Jason Lee.

Match 5: Ultimo Dragon, Luis Mante & Hyo beat Madoka Kikuta, Dragon Dia & Ryoya Tanaka. Mante pinned Tanaka after Vuelta Finale.

Match 6: M3K Final & Mochizuki Jr. Sendoff Match: Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda beat Madaaki Mochizuki & Mochizuki Jr. Susumu Mochizuki pinned Mochizuki Jr. after Jumbo Wins! Jr. is now headed on a training excursion to Europe and apparently the M3K faction is now disbanded.

Main Event: In an elimination match, Shun Skywalker, KAI, ISHIN, Yosjiki Kato & Gianni Valetta beat Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu, U-T, Strong Machine J & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. Order of elimination: KAI by J, U-T by Valetta, Kato by Shimizu, J by ISHIN, Kzy by Valetta, Shimizu & Valetta simultaneously, Skywalker by KAMEI, KAMEI by ISHIN.

The next event is Saturday at Hotel Saint In Kurishiki in Okayama. There will be no live or on demand broadcast. However, later that night in the US both events of a doubleheader at Acros Fukuoka in Fukuoka will be live on DRAGONGATE NETWORK beginning Saturday at 7:45 PM PT/10:45 PM ET for the first event and 11:45 PM PT/2:45 AM ET for the second event. Live results are scheduled for the first event.

In news coming out of today, 2 title matches were announced for CHAMPION GATE 2024 on 3/3: Open The Brave Gate Champion Hyo vs. Yasushi Kanda for the title and Open The Dream Gate Champion Luis Mante vs. Susumu Mochizuki for the title.

Also, the field for this year’s Rey de Parejas Tournament was announced: Block A is Kota Minoura & Ben-K, BIGBOSS Shimizu & Strong Machine J, Dragon Kid & Naruki Doi, Toru Owashi & Shuji Kondo, KAI & Gianni Valetta, and a team from Ryukyu Dragon Pro Wrestling (Update: That team is Mozoku Tominaga & Shuri Joe). Block B is Luis Mante & Hyo, Madoka Kikuta & Dragon Dia, Kzy & U-T, Jason Lee & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI, YAMATO & Susumu Mochizuki and Shun Skywalker & Yoshiki Kato. Usual round-robin tournament format, the top 2 teams in each block will advance to the Semifinals. If there are ties, tiebreaker matches will be held. The tournament starts on 3/6 at Korakuen and ends on 4/10 at Korakuen. At this time only those 2 events and 3/30 ate scheduled for DRAGONGATE NETWORK broadcasts but that is subject to change.

2/9 UPDATE: There may have been some name changes after this event. Dragon Gate’s official news blog is indicating Masaaki Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda may now be going by their real names going forward, meaning they would be Shigeaki Mochizuki & Hiroyuki Kanda, respectively.

Dragon Gate continues the Truth Gate 2024 Tour today with their annual mid-winter major event in Wakayama, MEMORIAL GATE 2024 in Wakayama. 2 title matches are on tap for today’s event-first up, Open The Brave Gate Champion Hyo defends the title against Punch Tominaga, who usually is more of a comedy wrestler & jobber but somehow managed to get himself nominated as the next challenger. In the main event, trios action is on tap as Open The Triangle Gate Champions KAI, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato defend the titles against Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. The undercard is highlighted by the penultimate match together for the M3K faction as the 3 Mochizukis-Masaaki, Susumu & Junior (Masaaki & Junior are father-son, Susumu is not related to either) and Yasushi Kanda are in 8-man tag action. Later this week they will apparently disband and Junior will be heading to Europe for a training excursion.

Today’s event will be held at Wakayama Prefectural Gym in Wakayama and can be watched LIVE on DRAGONGATE NETWORK in Japanese. There will also be an alternate version with wrestler commentary. This is my first time watching Dragon Gate live on the service so it’s hard to predict how long the event will run, but between 7 matches and 2 title matches (plus a potential squash), and most regular matches have 15-20 minute time limits I’ll guess maybe 3 hours. (Update: You can also watch the first match FOR FREE on YouTube)

Today’s lineup:
Madoka Kikuta & Dragon Dia vs. Genki Horiguchi & Kagetora
Ryoya Tanaka vs. Strong Machine J
Kota Minoura, Ben-K & BxB Hulk vs. Don Fujii, Takashi Yoshida & Ho Ho Lun
Jason Lee & U-T vs. Shun Skywalker & Gianni Valetta
Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki, Mochizuki Junior & Yasushi Kanda vs. Ultimo Dragon, Luis Mante, YAMATO & Dragon Kid
Open The Brave Gate Champion Hyo vs. Punch Tominaga for the title
Open The Triangle Gate Champions KAI, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato vs. Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI for the titles

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Updates below will begin at 9:45 PM PT/12:45 AM ET. The event is scheduled to begin at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.

9:43 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. Updates will begin in a few minutes when we go to the venue. (We can hear live audio from the venue but no video yet)

9:49 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now…

We are LIVE from Wakayama Prefectural Gym in Wakayama, Japan. Commentary will begin in a few minutes. The wrestler commentary version features a different wrestler on commentary for each match.

The paid attendance will be announced later today. This is a small venue and last year’s event here, held in mid-March, drew just under 500, so I think a safe estimate will be 450-500. (There is much more capacity, which would’ve probably pushed it closer to 2000, but it’s not used) (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 462)

The matches should begin in about 10-15 minutes.

The Natural Vibes faction comes out to open the event. Kzy with microphone. He gets the crowd fired up before talking about today’s main event. They are then joined by their opponents, Open The Triangle Gate Champions KAI, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato. Main event promo follows.

The matches (really this time) begin at 10:17 PM PT. It looks like a hard-camera-only view today with no onscreen graphics, akin to a house show on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

Match 1: Madoka Kikuta & Dragon Dia vs. Genki Horiguchi & Kagetora. 15 minute time limit
Result: Madoka Kikuta & Dragon Dia beat Genki HoriguchI & Kagetora. Dia pinned Horiguchi after DDDDT.

Match 2: Ryoya Tanaka vs. Strong Machine J. 15 minute time limit
Result: Strong Machine J beat Ryoya Tanaka

Match 3: Kota Minoura, Ben-K & BxB Hulk vs. Don Fujii, Takashi Yoshida & Ho Ho Lun. 20 minute time limit
Result: Kota Minoura, Ben-K & BxB Hulk beat Don Fujii, Takashi Yoshida & Ho Ho Lun. Ben-K pinned Yoshida after a spear.

Match 4: Jason Lee & U-T vs. Shun Skywalker & Gianni Valetta. 30 minute time limit
Result: Shun Skywalker & Gianni Valetta beat Jason Lee & U-T. Valetta pinned U-T after a King Kong kneedrop. Glorified squash. Valetta has a lot of Takashi Iizuka in him.

Match 5: Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki, Mochizuki Junior & Yasushi Kanda vs. Ultimo Dragon, Luis Mante, YAMATO & Dragon Kid. 30 minute time limit
Result: Double Countout. Dragon Kid & Ultimo Dragon promo followed.

Intermission. (Starting at 11:43 PM PT)

The matches resume at 11:58 PM PT.

Match 6: Open The Brave Gate Champion Hyo vs. Punch Tominaga for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Open The Brave Gate Champion Hyo beat Punch Tominaga to retain the title. V4 for Hyo.

Main Event: Open The Triangle Gate Champions KAI, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato vs. Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI for the titles. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Open The Triangle Gate Champions KAI, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato beat Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI to retain the titles. KAI pinned Kzy after Falcon Arrow. V3 for the champs. After the match, the champs did a short promo on the losers then Natural Vibes were left to do the show-closing promo.

The next event is Wednesday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET. The broadcast will be available in Japanese and English.