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Dragon Gate has announced that Open The Brave Gate Champion Hyo will be temporarily sidelined for the next few days. Illness. Out tomorrow and Wednesday. Condition is improving and at this time is still on for Saturday, when he is to defend the Open The Brave Gate Championship against Genki Horiguchi.
More as it becomes available.
Dragon Gate continued the Fantastic Gate 2023 Tour today with a house show in Nagoya.
Today’s event was held at Nagoya Congress Center in Nagoya. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.
The paid attendance has not yet been announced.
Match 1: KAI & Yoshiki Kato beat Kaito Nagano & Daiki Yanagiuchi. Kato pinned Yanagiuchi after Cadere Luna.
Match 2: Ben-K beat Problem Dragon.
Match 3: Kota Minoura beat JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI.
Match 4; BIGBOSS Shimizu, Strong Machine J & Jason Lee beat Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda. J pinned Kanda after Reflected Candy Magic.
Match 5: Ultimo Dragon & Dragon Kid beat Kzy & U-T. Kid pinned U-T after Bible.
Main Event: Madoka Kikuta & Dragon Dia beat Shun Skywalker & ISHIN, Hyo & Luis Mante and Genki Horiguchi & Kagetora in a 4-way when Dia pinned ISHIN.
The next event is Tuesday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.
Dragon Gate continued the Fantastic Gate 2023 Tour yesterday with an event in Hiroshima.
Yesterday’s event was held at Fukuyama Big Rose in Hiroshima. There was/is no live or on demand broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 408, a full house/near sellout.
Match 1: Kzy, Strong Machine J & Jason Lee beat Madoka Kikuta, Dragon Dia & Ryoya Tanaka. J pinned Tanaka after Gold Ship.
Match 2: Takashi Yoshida & Kaito Nagano beat BIGBOSS Shimizu & Daiki Yanagiuchi. Yoshida pinned Yanagiuchi.
Match 3: Ultimo Dragon, Kota Minoura & Ben-K beat Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda. Minoura pinned Kanda after a jumping knee.
Match 4: Luis Mante & Hyo beat Genki Horiguchi & Naruki Doi. Hyo pinned Horiguchi after a double biceps senton.
Main Event: YAMATO, Dragon Kid, Punch Tominaga & Shachihoko BOY beat Shun Skywalker, Kzy, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato. Kid pinned Kato after Bible.
The latest event was today at Nagoya Congress Center in Nagoya. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.
The next event is Tuesday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo for the final Tokyo event of the year. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.
Developing via the Dragon Gate English Twitter-Yuki Yoshioka, who was to have challenged for the Open The Twin Gate Championship at THE FINAL GATE 2023 on 12/24, is now out due to injury. Eye (mild retinal detachment). Out indefinitely. Match plans TBA.
More as it becomes available. Original source post below.
Just after Mitsuharu Misawa formed Pro Wrestling NOAH in 2000, he would spearhead the creation of an alliance to attempt to better facilitate cooperation between Japanese promotions. Today a new such alliance was formed to modernize those efforts-the United Japan Pro Wrestling Industry Group.
The initial membership will consist of the following promotions: New Japan Pro Wrestling, All-Japan Pro Wrestling, Pro Wrestling NOAH, Dragon Gate Pro Wrestling, Big Japan Pro Wrestling, DDT Pro Wrestling and its affiliated sub-brands (Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling & Ganbare Pro Wrestling) and Stardom. Seiji Sakaguchi is the founding chairman with the executive offices based at New Japan Pro Wrestling HQ and New Japan Chairman Naoki Sugabayashi serving as executive chief.
The biggest thing for fans to get excited about here is a joint event scheduled for 5/6/24 at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo under the United Japan Pro Wrestling banner. More details forthcoming.
New Japan’s English website has posted a press release with much more about this new alliance, read the full statement here:
Dragon Gate continued the Fantastic Gate 223 Your today with an event in Kyoto, and aso announced the full 12/24 card.
Today’s event was held at Kyoto KBS Hall in Kyoto and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.
The announced paid attendance was 445, a super full house/very near sellout.
Match 1: Don Fujii, Dragon Kid, Genki Horigichi & Takashi Yodhida beat Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu, Jason Lee & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. Horiguchi pinned Kzy after Backslide Times.
Match 2: Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda beat Ultimo Dragon, Kaito Nagano & Problem Dragon. Kanda pinned Nagano after Ryu’s.
Match 3: YAMATO beat Yoshiki Kato by DQ. Z-Brats interference.
Match 4: Hyo & Luis Mante beat Kota Minoura & Ben-K. Hyo pinned Minoura after Samson Driver.
Main Event: Shun Skywalker, KAI & ISHIN beat Madoka Kikuta, Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia. Skywalker pinned Yoshioka after SSW.
The next event is Saturday at Fukuyama Big Rose in Hiroshima. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.
Here is the full card for THE FINAL GATE 2023, the last blowout event of the year, on 12/24 at Fukuoka International Center in Fukuoka:
Jason Lee, U-T & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI vs. Ryoya Tanaka, Kaito Nagano & Daiki Yanagiuchi
Open The Brave Gate Champion Hyo vs. Genki Horiguchi for the title
Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda vs. Ultimo Dragon, Don Fujii & Kagetora
8-Man Tag with the following: Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu, Strong Machine J, Kota Minoura, Ben-K, BxB Hulk, Naruki Doi, Shuji Kondo. Teams TBA on 12/23 via lottery
Open The Triangle Gate Champions TAMATO, Dragon Kid & Punch Tominaga vs. KAI, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato for the titles
Open The Twin Gate Champions Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia vs. Kaito Kiyomiya & Alejandro (Pro Wrestling NOAH) for the titles
Open The Dream Gate Champion Madoka Kikuta vs. Shun Skywalker & Luis Mante in a 3-way for the title
Dragon Gate continued the Fantastic Gate 2023 Tour today with a non-televised house show.
Today’s event was held at Shinnanyo Fureai Center in Yamaguchi. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.
The paid attendance has not yet been announced.
Match 1: Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda beat YAMATO, Punch Tominaga & Shachihoko BOY. Kanda pinned Tominaga after a diving elbow drop.
Match 2: Dragon Kid & Jason Lee beat Takashi Yoshida & Kaito Nagano. Lee pinned Nagano after Maximum Driver.
Match 3: Dragon Dia vs. ISHIN went to a no contest. Z-Brats interference.
Match 4: Kota Minoura & Ben-K beat BIGBOSS Shimizu & U-T. Ben-K pinned U-T after a spear.
Match 5: Hyo & Luis Mante beat Kzy & JACKY “FUNKY:” KAMEI. Hyo pinned Kamei after Samson Driver.
Main Event: Madoka Kikuta, Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia & Roya Tanaka beat Shun SKywalker, KAI, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato. Dia pinned ISHIN after DDDDT.
The next event is tomorrow at Kyoto KBS Hall in Kyoto. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.
Dragon Gate continued the Fantastic Gate 2023 Tour yesterday with a house show in Saitama.
Yesterday’s event was held at Kasukabe Fureai Cube in Saitama. There is no on demand broadcast and there was no live broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 305.
Match 1: Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu & U-T beat Shun Skywalker, KAI & Yoshiki Kato. Shimizu pinned Kato after BIGBOSS Press.
Match 2: Jason Lee & Ho Ho Lun beat Dragon Kid & Problem Dragon. Lun pinned Dragon with Ho Roll.
Match 3: Kota Minoura & Ben-K beat YAMATO & Kagetora. Minoura pinned Kagetora after a jumping knee.
Match 4: Luis Mante & VENTO beat ISHIN & Demus. Mante pinned ISHIN after Pertigre.
Match 5: Madoka Kikuta, Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia beat Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda. Dia pinned Kanda after DDDDT.
Main Event: Open The Brave Gate Champion Hyo beat JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI to retain the title. V1 for Hyo. This was a last-minute add to the event following post-event happenings Tuesday at Korakuen Hall.
The next event is Saturday at Shinannyo Fureai Center in Yamaguchi. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.
Dragon Gate continued the Fantastic Gate 2023 Tour with their penultimate visit to Tokyo this year.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hal in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.
The announced paid attendance was 1399, a legit sellout.
Match 1: YAMATO & Naruki Doi beat Madoka Kikuta & Ryoya Tanaka. YAMATO pinned Tanaka after Gallaria.
Match 2: Genki Horiguchi, Problem Dragon & Punch Tominaga beat Kenichiro Arai, Ho Ho Lun & Daiki Yanagiuchi. Tomonaga beat Yanagiuchi with a flying cross armbar.
Match 3: Kota Minoura & Ben-K beat Shuji Kondo & Kagetora. Minoura pinned Kagetora after a jumping knee strike.
Match 4: Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda beat BIGBOSS Shimizu, Jason Lee & U-T. Masaaki Mochizuki pinned U-T after Twister.
Match 5: Luis Mante beat KAI.
Match 6: Kzy, VENTO & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI beat Shun Skywalker, Yoshiki Kato & Demus. KAMEI pinned Kato after JFK.
Match 7: Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia beat Dragon Kid & Eita. Yoshioka pinned Wita after a frog splash.
Main Event: Hyo beat Open The Brave Gate Champion ISHIN to win the title. Hyo becomes the 51st Open The Brave Gate Champion.
The next event is tomorrow at Kasukabe Fureai Cube in Saitama. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.
UPDATE: Hyo will now defend the title tomorrow against JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. Title matches for THE FINAL GATE 2023 on 12/24 were also announced: Open The Twin Gate Champions Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia vs. Kaito Kiyomiya (Pro Wrestling NOAH) & Alejandro for the titles and Open The Dream Gate Champion Madoka Kikuta vs. Shun Skywalker & Luis Mante in a 3-way for the title.
Dragon Gate kicked off the final tour of the year, Fantastic Gate 2023, with a weekend tripleheader centered around hometown events for BxB Hulk & Kzy.
All 3 events were held at Sapporo E-One Arena in Hokkaido and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.
Friday:
The announced paid attendance was 351.
Match 1: Shun Skywalker & KAI beat BxB Hulk & Ben-K. KAI pinned Hulk with Authorized Gannosuke Clutch.
Match 2: Dragon Kid beat Jason Lee.
Match 3: Susumu Mochizuki, Yasushi Kanda & Genki Horiguchi beat YAMATO, Don Fujii & Problem Dragon. Kanda pinned Dragon after a diving elbow drop.
Match 4: ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato beat Panther & Luis Mante. ISHIN pinned Panther.
Match 5: Strong Machine J beat Kota Minoura.
Main Event: Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu, U-T & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI beat Madoka Kikuta, Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia & Ryoya Tanaka. KAMEI pinned Tanaka after JFK.
Saturday:
The announced paid attendance was 416.
Match 1: Strong Machine J, U-T & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI beat YAMATO, Dragon Kid & Genki Horiguchi. KAMEI pinned Horiguchi.
Match 2: Don Fujii beat Problem Dragon.
Match 3: Shun Skywalker, KAI, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato beat Madoka Kikuta, Yui Yoshioka, Dragon Dia & Ryoya Tanaka. ISHIN pinned Tanaka after Jinchu.
Match 4: Panther & Luis Mante beat Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Handa. Panther pinned Kanda after a Samson driver.
Main Event: Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu & Jason Lee beat BxB Hulk, Kota Minoura & Ben-K. Kzy pinned Hulk after a running elbow smash.
Today:
The paid attendance has not yet been announced.
Match 1: Madoka Kikuta, Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia beat Susumu Mochizuki, Yasushi Kanda & Genki Horiguchi. Yoshioka pinned Horiguchi after Battle Hook.
Match 2: Strong Machine J & F beat Ryoya Tanaka & Problem Dragon. J pinned Dragon with Machine Suplex.
Match 3: Panther & Luis Mante vs. Kota Minoura & Ben-K went to a no contest. Z-Brats interference.
Match 4: BIGBOSS Shimizu, Jason Lee, U-T & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI beat Shun Skywalker, KAI, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato. KAMEI pinned ISHIN after JACKY Knife.
Main Event: BxB Hulk & Kzy beat YAMATO & Dragon Kid. Hulk pinned Kid after E.V.O.P.
The next event is Tuesday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 1:15 AM PT/4:15 AM ET.
