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Dragon Gate continued their October tour, The Gate Of Victory 2025, with their monthly Tokyo event today.

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 FEEE on YouTube.

The paid attendance has not yet bern announced.

Match 1: Ryu Fuda & Daiki Yanagiuchi beat Mochizuki Junior & Akihiro Sahara. Yanagiuchi pinned Sahara

Match 2: YAMATO, BxB Hulk, Dragon Kid & Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) beat Masaaki Mochizuki, Don Fujii, Takashi & Punch Tominaga. Hulk pinned Tominaga after First Flash.

Match 3: Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia & Ryoya Tabaka beat Strong Machine J, Kzy & U-T. Dia pinned U-T after DDDDT.

Match 4: Susumu Yokosuka & Kagetora beat Kota Minoura & Jason Lee. Yokosuka pinned Lee after Jumbo Wins!

Match 5: Luis Mante, Aero Panther & Fight Panther Jr. beat Hyo, JACKY KAMEI & Riiita. Aero Panther pinned KAMEI after Panther Splash.

Math 6: Open The Triangle Gate Champions KAI, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato beat Shun Skywalker, Homare & Kazuma Kimura to retain the titles. ISHIN pinned Kimura after Death Penalty. V1 for the champs.

Main Event: Open The Dream Gate Champion Madoka Kikuta beat Ben-K to retain the title. V1 for Kikuta.

The next event is Saturday, there will be 2 US time events that day. First is at Oro City Hall in Kagoshima. There will be no live broadcast. Second is the first half of a same-day doubleheader at Acros Fukuoka in Fukuoka. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 9 PM PT/midnight ET.

UPDATE: After match 5 the Panthers made an Open The Twin Gate Championship challenge. That match will happen at one of the Acros Fukuoka events but which one is not yet known. Probably will be the second event.

Dragon Gate kicked off the Storm Gate 2025 Tour, the September 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. You can also watch the first match FOR FREE on YouTube.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced.

Match 1: Mochizuki Junior beat Kazuma Kimura.

Match 2: Don Fujii, Takashi & Problem Dragon beat Strong Machine J, Kzy & U-T. Takashi pinned U-T after Pineapple Bomber.

Match 3: Masaaki Mochizuki, Daiki Yanagiuchi, Ryu Fuda & Akihiro Sahara beat YAMATO, BxB Hulk, Susumu Yokosuka & Kagetora. Fuda pinned Kagetora.

Match 4: Shun Skywalker & Homare beat Dragon Dia & Yuki Yoshioka and Naruki Doi & Dragon Kid in a 3-way when Skywalker pinned Dia.

Match 5: Hyo, Ben-K & Riiita beat Madoka Kikuta, Jason Lee & Kota Minoura. Ben-K pinned Minoura after a spear. Afterwards, Ben-K made an Open The Dream Gate Championship challenge to Minoura. Accepted. That match will happen on 10/8.

Match 6: Open The Brave Gate Champion Ryoya Tanaka beat JACKY KAMEI to retain the title. V3 for Tanaka. Next up: Fuda. That match will happen on 9/14 at Sendai Sun Festa in Miyagi.

Main Event: In a Ladder Match, KAI, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato beat Open The Triangle Gate Champions Luis Mante, Flamita & Bendito to win the titles. KAI, ISHIN & Kato become the 95th Open The Triangle Gate Champions. Next up: Skywalker, Homare & Kimura. That match will happen on 10/8.

The next event is Saturday at Hills Sunpia Yamagata in Yamagata. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

UPDATE: The former Z-Brats members are now a faction known as GAJADOKURO. That group does not include Shun Skywalker & Homare.

Dragon Gate taped the latest episode of PRIME ZONE+ today, which didn’t seem to have a GM but focused on D’Courage.

Today’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 paid attendance has not yet bern announced.

Match 1; In a handicap match, ISHIN beat Kzy & U-T. By pinning U-T.

Match 2: Takashi beat Kazuma Kimura.

Match 3: In a Summer-Themed Yukata Match, Dragon Kid, Susumu Yokosuka & BxB Hulk beat JACKY KAMEI, Riiita & Mochizuki Junior. Yokosuka pinned Junior after Yokosuka Cutter. Apparently you had to remove the opponent’s yukata first before pinfall or submission, but I will update after I have a chance to watch the match. (Edit: The winner was the team that first removed an opponent’s yukata)

Match 4: Yuki Yoshioka beat Akihiro Sahara.

Match 5: Dragon Dia beat DAIKI (Daiki Yanagiuchi).

Main Event: Ryoya Tanaka beat RYU (Ryu Fuda).

The next episode will be on 10/24.

The next event is tomorrow at Nara 100 Year Hall in Nara. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin TONIGHT at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET. It also has been announced that the following non-televised events-8/2, 8/9, and 8/10-are now available on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.

Dragon Gate ran a same-day doubleheader today in Fukuoka.

Today’s events were held at Acros Fukuoka in Fukuoka and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance for the events were, respectively, 361 and 481)

Event 1:
KAI & Yoshiki Kato beat Riiita & Mochizuki Junior. Kato pinned Junior after Cadena Luna.

Match 2: Susumu Yokosuka beat Yasushi Kanda.

Match 3: Ultimo Dragon, Dragon Kid, YAMATO & BxB Hulk beat Genki Horiguchi, Don Fujii, Luis Mante & Bendito. Kid pinned Horiguchi.

Match 4; JACKY KAMEI beat Flamita, Homare & ISHIN in a 4-way by pinning Flamita.

Match 5: Hyo & Ben-K beat Strong Machine J & Kzy. Ben-K pinned J after a spear.

Main Event: Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia & Ryoya Tanaka beat Madoka Kikuta, Kota Minoura & Jason Lee. Yoshioka pinned Lee after High Fly Flow.

Event 2:
Match 1: Madoka Kikuta, Kota MInoura & Jason Lee beat YAMATO, Dragon Kid & Kazuma Kimura. Minoura pinned Kimura after Last Ride.

Match 2: Genki Horiguchi beat Don Fujii.

Match 3: Hyo, Ben-K, JACKY KAMEI & Riiita beat Dragon Kid, BxB Hulk, Susumu Yokosuka & Kagetora. KAMEI pinned Kagetora after JACKY Knife.

Match 4: Yuki Yoshioka & Ryoya Tanaka beat Strong Machine J & Kzy. Tanaka pinned Kzy after Cross Saber.

Match 5: Dragon Dia beat Homare.

Main Event: Open The Triangle Gate Champions Luis Mante, Flamita & Bendito beat KAI, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato to retain the titles. Flamita pinned Kato. However, both teams objected to the result and thus it has been placed under commissioner custody. It was later decided there would be a REMATCH. That match will happen on 9/4 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. UPDATE: Homare interference set up the finish, he laid out ISHIN then put Flamita on top for 3. V2 for the champs.

Impromptu Match: Shun Skywalker beat ISHIN. This match happened after the event ended.

At some point today, KAMEI made an Open The Brave Gate Championship challenge to Ryoya Tanaka. Accepted. That match will happen on 9/4.

The next event is PRIME ZONE+ Vol. 15 Friday at Kobe Lapis Hall in Kobe. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

He isn’t really one, and he certainly is no Jedi, but Shun Skywalker is a bit of a big man high-flier in Dragon Gate. But he’s been grounded for now. Knee injury suffered at DANGEROUS GATE 2025 Sunday. Out at least a week. No further details known yet.

More as it becomes available.

DANGEROUS GATE 2025, Dragon Gate’s monthly signature major event, went down earlier today.

Today’s event was held at Ota City General Gym 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 1930)

Match 1: ISHIN beat Homare.

Match 2: Don Fujii, Ryu Fuda, Daiki Yanagiuchi & Akihiro Sahara beat Hyo, JACKY KAMEI, Riiita & Mochizuki Junior. Fuda pinned Junior after Flying Dragon.

Match 3: Ben-K won a 14-man battle royal, last eliminating Kzy.

Match 4: Open The Brave Gate Champion Ryoya Tanaka beat Masaaki Mochizuki to retain the title. V2 for Tanaka.

Match 5: Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi & Ryo Inoue (All-Japan) beat YAMATO, Dragon Kid & Kazuma Kimura. Inoue pinned Kimura.

Match 6: In a 3 Falls Match, Open The Triangle Gate Champions Luis Mante, Flamita & Bendito beat Dragon Bane, Alpha Wolf & Super Crazy (Pro Wrestling NOAH) 2-1 to retain the titles. V1 for the champs.

Match 7: Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia beat Open The Twin Gate Champions Kota Minoura & Jason Lee to win the titles. Yoshioka & Dia become the 69th Open The Twin Gate Champions. Yoshioka pinned Minoura after High Fly Flow. The post-hair-losing at DEAD OR ALIVE 2025 comeback really takes off now for Yoshioka as he gets some revenge on Z-Brats.

Main Event: Madoka Kikuta beat Open The Dream Gate Champion Shun Skywalker to win the title. Kikuta becomes the 42nd Open The Dream Gate Champion. 2nd reign begins and ends Skywalker’s latest before it even got going. Based on post-match comments translated from Weekly Pro, Z-Brats is all but dead now as Kikuta took pretty much everyone in the faction except Homare (and the occasionally-appearing Gianni Valetta) to form a new faction.

The next event is Thursday at Kumamoto Castle Hall Civic Hall in Kumamoto. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

Dragon Gate continued The Gate Of Adventure 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. You can also watch the first match FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 1250.

Match 1: Masaaki Mochizuki & Daiki Yanagiuchi beat BxB Hulk & Kagetora. Mochizuki pinned Kagetora after Shin Saikyo High Kick.

Match 2: Strong Machine J, Kzy & U-T beat Ultimo Dragon, Bendito & Punch Tominaga. J pinned Tominaga after Machine Suplex.

Match 3: Kazuma Kimura Debut Match: Ben-K beat Kazuma Kimura.

Match 4: YAMATO, Dragon Kid, Susumu Yokosuka & Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) beat Hyo, JACKY KAMEI, Riiita & Mochizuki Junior. YAMATO pinned Junior after Gallaria.

Match 5: Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf (Pro Wrestling NOAH) beat Flamita & Luis Mante. Bane pinned Flamita after Twisterbane.

Match 6: Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia & Ryoya Tanaka beat Kota Minoura, Jason Lee & KAI. Yoshioka pinned Lee after High Fly Flow.

Main Event: Madoka Kikuta & ISHIN beat Shun Skywalker & Homare by ref stoppage. Kikuta beat Skywalker.

The next event is Saturday at Atelier Himeji in Hyogo. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

Dragon Gate wrapped up the Aggressive Gate 2025 Tour with the last 2 events this weekend.

Yesterday’s event was held at Nadasaki Bunka Center in Okayama. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 228.

Match 1: Strong Machine J, Flamita & Bendito beat Hyo, Ben-K & JACKY KAMEI. Bendito pinned KAMEI.

Match 2: YAMATO & Susumu Yokosuka beat Luis Mante & Mochizuki Junior. Yokosuka pinned Junior after Yokosuka Cutter.

Match 3: Masaaki Mochizuki beat Riiita.

Match 4: Shun Skywalker & Homare beat Jason Lee & ISHIN. Skywalker pinned ISHIN.

Match 5: Dragon Kid & Shachihoko BOY beat Kzy & U-T. BOY pinned U-T.

Main Event: Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia & Ryoya Tanaka beat Madoka Kikuta, Kota Minoura & KAI. Dia pinned KAI.

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 342.

Match 1: Hyo, Ben-K, JACKY KAMEI & Riiita beat Don Fujii, Yasushi Kanda, Shachihoko BOY & Takashi. Hyo pinned BOY after a double biceps senton.

Match 2: Ryu Fuda beat Mochizuki Junior.

Match 3: YAMATO, Dragon Kid, BxB Hulk, Susumu Yokosuka & Kagetora beat Ho Ho Lun, Ho Ri, Reach Tominaga, Problem Dragon & Yosuke<3 Santamaria. Kagetora pinned Tominaga.

Match 4: Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia & Ryoya Tanaka beat Masaaki Mochizuki, Akihiro Sahara & Daiki Yanagiuchi. Tanaka pinned Mochizuki after Survive.

Match 5: Flamita, Luis Mante & Bendito beat Strong Machine J, Kzy & U-T. Flamita pinned U-T after a firebird splash.

Main Event: An 8 man battle royal ended in a No Contest when the last 2 left, Shun Skywalker & Madoka Kikuta, simultaneously eliminated each other.

The next event is Saturday at Kariya Industrial Promotion Center Aioi Hall in Aichi to begin the August tour, The Gate Of Adventure 2025. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

In other news, because apparently the old man has nothing better to do after losing, Mochizuki has challenged Tanaka for the Open The Brave Gate Championship, a belt he has less than no business challenging for. That match will happen on 8/17 at DANGEROUS GATE 2025 at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo.

Heroic Legend Rei-ZERO Vol. 7, the latest in Dragon Gate’s series of off-beat events focusing on cross-promotional matches, was held today.

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

The paid attendance has not yet been announced. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 237)

Match 1: Daga & Owadasan (Pro Wrestling NOAH) beat Masaaki Mochiuki & Punch Tominaga. Daga beat Tominaga with a sharpshooter.

Match 2: Munetatsu Nakamura & Mizuki Watase (Ganbare Pro) beat Daiki Yanagiuchi & Akihiro Sahara. Watase pinned Yanagiuchi after Bear Elbow.

Match 3: Riiita & Mochizuki Junior beat Munenori Sawa & Fuminori Abe. Riiita pinned Sawa after Riiitanic.

Match 4: All-Japan 6-Man Tag Team Champions Hokuto Omori, Kumaarashi & Takashi beat YAMATO, BxB Hulk & Susumu Yokosuka to retain the titles. Takashi pinned Yokosuka after Cyber Bomb. V3 for the champs.

Match 5: Open The Brave Gate Champion Ryoya Tanaka beat Jun Masaoka to retain the title. V1 for Tanaka.

Main Event: Strong Machine J & Shiro Koshinaka beat Madoka Kikuta & ISHIN. Koshinaka pinned ISHIN with a demon windmill hold.

The next event is Saturday at Nadasaki Cultural Center in Okayama. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

Dragon Gate continued the Aggressive Gate 2025 Tour yesterday in Toyama.

Yesterday’s event was held at Ariso Dome in Toyama. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 379, a super full house/very near sellout.

Match 1: Strong Machine J,. Kzy & U-T beat Dragon Kid, Susumu Yokosuka & Daiki Yanagoichi. J pinned Yanagiuchi after Machine Lariat.

Match 2: Dragon Dia beat Ho Ho Lun.

Match 3: Yuki Yoshioka & Ryoya Tanaka beat Flamita & Bendito. Tanaka pinned Bendito after Survive.

Match 4: In an Exhibition Match, YAMATO beat Dai Tsujiguchi by submission.

Match 5: Shun Skywalker & Homare beat Jason Lee & KAI. Skywalker pinned Lee after Psychic Blaster.

Main Event: Hyo, Ben-K, JACKY KAMEI & Riiita beat Madoka Kikuta, Yoshiki Kato, Kota Minoura & ISHIN. Hyo pinned ISHIN after Samson Driver.

The next event is Heroic Legend Rei-ZERO Vol. 7 tomorrow at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo, part of the venue’s month-long 20th Anniversary celebration. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.