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Another injury…this time in Dragon Gate as they report Shun Skywalker is grounded for now. Knee. Out indefinitely and off tomorrow’s event in Okayama as a result. He was to have faced Shachihoko BOY. ISHIN is the replacement. If he misses any further time it could jeopardize their Rey De Parejas spot.

More as it becomes available.

Dragon Gate continued the Rey De Parejas 2024 today with an event in Nagoya.

Today’s event was held at Nagoya Congress Center Event Hall in Nagoya. There is/was bo live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 1362. A super full house/very near sellout.

Match 1: Madoka Kikuta & Dragon Dia beat BxB Hulk & Ryu Fuda. Dia pinned Fuda after DDDDT.

Match 2: Masaaki Mochizuki beat Shachihoko Machine.

Match 3: Rey De Parejas Block A: KAI & Gianni Valetta beat Kota Minoura & Ben-K. Valetta pinned Ben-K after a King Kong kneedrop.

Match 4: BIGBOSS Shimizu, Strong Machine J, JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI & Ho Ho Lun beat Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi, Yasushi Kanda & Problem Dragon. KAMEI pinned Dragon after “JACKY” Knife.

Match 5: Rey De Parejas Block B: YAMATO & Susumu Mochizuki vs. Luis Mante & Hyo went to a 20 minute time limit draw.

Main Event: Rey De Parejas Block A: Kzy & U-T beat Shun Skywalker & ISHIN. U-T pinned ISHIN after Passion.

The next event is Saturday at Sanyo Fureai Park General Gym in Okayama. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

Dragon Gate continued the Rey De Parejas today with Day 2 in Hyogo.

Today’s event was held at Atelier Himeji in Hyogo. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 368, a full house/near sellout.

Match 1: Rey De Parejas Block B: Madoka Kikuta & Dragon Dia beat Kzy & U-T. Dia pinned U-T after DDDDT.

Match 2: JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI beat Ryoya Tanaka.

Match 3: KAI & Gianni Valetta beat Shachihoko BOY & R\yu Fuda. Valetta pinned Fuda after a King Kong kneedrop.

Match 4: Masaaki Mochizuki, Dragon Kid, Yasushi Kanda & Genki Horiguchi beat YAMATO, Susumu Mochizuki, BxB Hulk & Punch Tominaga. Horiguchi pinned Tominaga after Backslide From Heaven.

Match 5: Rey De Parejas Block B: Luis Mante & Hyo beat Shun Skywalker & ISHIN. Mante pinned ISHIN after Pertigre.

Main Event: Rey De Parejas Block A: BIGBOSS Shimizu & Strong Machine J ebat Kota Minoura & Ben-K. J pinned Minoura after Genie Windmill.

The next event is tomorrow at Nagoya International Conference Center Event Hall in Nagoya. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

Dragon Gate kicked off the 2024 Rey De Parejas today, a tag tram tournament that was on hiatus the last couple years due to the pandemic

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

The announced paid attendance was 1324, likely a legit sellout.

Match 1: Masaaki Mochizuki beat Ryu Fuda.

Match 2: Shun Skywalker & ISHIN beat Daiki Yanagiuchi & Ryoya Tanaka. ISHIN pinned Yanagiuchi after Junshu.

Match 3: BxB Hulk, Takashi Yoshida, Kagetora & Punch Tominaga beat Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu, Strong Machine J & U-T. Tominaga pinned U-T.

Rey de Parejas:
Match 4: Block B-YAMATO & Susumu Mochizuki beat Madoka Kikuta & Dragon Dia. YAMATO pinned Kikuta.
Match 5: Block A-Shuji Kondo & Toru Owashi (DDT) vs. KAI & Gianni Valetta went to a double countout.
Match 6: Block A-Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) & Dragon Kid beat Kota Minoura & Ben-K. Doi pinned Minoura.
Main Event: Block B-Jason Lee & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI beat Luis Mante & Hyo. KAMEI pinned Mante after “JACKY” Knife.

The next event is Saturday at Atelier Himeji in Hyogo. There will be no live or on demand broadcast. In fact, there are no more broadcasts (live or on demand) scheduled until 3/30. Only that event and the finals on 4/10 will be watchable outside of being there.

Dragon Gate wrapped up the Truth Gate 2024 Your today with an event in Yokohama.

Today’s event was held at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 264.

Match 1: Dragon Kid, BxB Hulk & Kagetora beat Madoka Kikuta, Dragon Dia & Ryoya Tanaka. Kagetora pinned Tanaka.

Match 2: Gianni Valetta beat Punch Tominaga.

Match 3: Masaaki Mochizuki & Takashi Yoshida beat Jason Lee & Ho Ho Lun. Yoshida pinned Lun after a release powerbomb.

Match 4: Shun Skywalker, KAI & ISHIN beat Kzy, U-T & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. KAI pinned U-T after Meteo Impact.

Main Event: Strong Machine J, BOGBOSS Shomizu, Kota Minoura & Ben-K beat Luis Mante, Hyo, YAMATO & Susumu Mochizuki. Ben-K pinned Hyo after a spear.

The next event is tomorrow at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo to begin the Rey De Parejas tournament. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 1:15 AM PT/4:15 AM ET. After tomorrow only 2 other tournament events will be broadcast (3/30 at Kobe Sambo Hall then 4/10 at Korakuen for the Finals).

CHAMPION GATE in Osaka, Dragon Gate’s early March standalone blowout event, is the second half of an Osaka weekend doubleheader for the promotion today. Named because usually it features all the promotion’s titles on the line, excluding a comedy title, but this time only 3 of 4 are being defended as the Open The Twin Gate Championship currently resides with Pro Wrestling NOAH. The title matches make up half the lineup and feature Open The Brave Gate Champion Hyo vs. Yasushi Kanda for the title, a match for the vacant Open The Triangle Gate Championship and, in the main event, Open The Dream Gate Champion Luis Mante vs. Susumu Mochizuki for the title.

There was a late change to the lineup because, after missing yesterday because of it, Strong Machine J remains out today due to a shoulder injury.

Today’s event will be held at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka and can be watched LIVE on DRAGONGATE NETWORK in English. There will also be a no commentary version as there’s no Japanese or wrestler commentary version scheduled (assumed on Japanese because for yesterday there was no commentary aside from the separate English version). With only 6 matches, even though 3 are title matches, and factoring in yesterday’s event going just under 3 hours I’m anticipating today will go about 3 hours. There probably will be an intermission at the halfway point but this is not confirmed. (Last-second Update: You can also watch the first match FOR FREE on YouTube)

Today’s lineup:
Masaaki Mochizuki, Don Fujii & Ryu Fuda vs. Kota Minoura, Ben-K & BxB Hulk
Takashi Yoshida vs. Gianni Valetta
YAMATO, Dragon Kid, Naruki Doi, Shachihoko BOY & Ho Ho Lun vs. Kzy, U-T, BIGBOSS Shimizu, Jason Lee & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI
Open The Brave Gate Champion Hyo vs. Yasushi Kanda for the title
Shun Skywalker, KAI & ISHIN vs. Madoka Kikuta, Dragon Dia & Ryoya Tanaka for the Open The Triangle Gate Championship
Open The Dream Gate Champion Luis Mante vs. Susumu Mochizuki for the title

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

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.

9:40 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in a few minutes.

9:45 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now…

We are LIVE from Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka, Japan. There is no commentary on the non-English version.

The paid attendance will be announced sometime later today. Yesterday’s event did an announced 1028, which was a sellout and one of the best numbers for the venue in some time, which has been doing reduced capacity since the pandemic started (I think it’s legit full capacity is in the 1300-1500 range) and the crowd is still filing in, so hopefully they’ll match that today so my prediction will be around 1000. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1102, a legit sellout. Some people apparently left during intermission as there was a front row notably empty for the last 2 matches)

The matches should begin in about 15 minutes. Opening announcements begin at 9:55 PM PT.

The matches begin at 10:08 PM PT/1:08 AM ET.

Match 1: Masaaki Mochizuki, Don Fujii & Ryu Fuda vs. Kota Minoura, Ben-K & BxB Hulk. 15 minute time limit
Result: Kota Minoura, Ben-K & BxB Hulk beat Masaki Mochizuki, Don Fujii & Ryu Fuda. Ben-K pinned Fuda after a spear. This match was Fuda’s return from an extended absence due to injury.

Match 2: Takashi Yoshida vs. Gianni Valetta. 20 minute time limit
Result: Gianni Valetta beat Takashi Yoshida. Fun hoss fight for 7+ minutes plus Valetta’s usual pre and post-match rampage carnage.

Natural Vibes out before their match for their pre-match dance routine and promo.

Match 3: YAMATO, Dragon Kid, Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer), Shachihoko BOY & Ho Ho Lun vs. Kzy, U-T, BIGBOSS Shimizu, Jason Lee & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. 30 minute time limit
Right before the start there was a comedy spot as a fan’s cell phone went off. Not set to silent, hahaha!
Result: YAMATO, Dragon Kid, Naruki Doi, Shachihoko BOY & Ho Ho Lun vs. Kzy, U-T, BIGBOSS Shimizu, Jason Lee & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. Kid pinned KAMEI.

Match 4: Open The Brave Gate Champion Hyo vs. Yasushi Kanda for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Open The Brave Gate Champion Hyo beat Yasushi Kanda to retain the title. V5 for Hyo.

Intermission. Updates will resume in about 15 minutes (as of 11:26 PM PT).

The matches resume at 11:37 PM PT.

Match 5: Shun Skywalker, KAI & ISHIN vs. Madoka Kikuta, Dragon Dia & Ryoya Tanaka for the Open The Triangle Gate Championship. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Shun Skywalker, KAI & ISHIN beat Madoka Kikuta, Dragon Dia & Ryoya Tanaka to win the vacant Open The Triangle Gate Championship. Skywalker, KAI & ISHIN become the 89th Open The Triangle Gate Champions. ISHIN pinned Tanaka.

Main Event: Open The Dream Gate Champion Luis Mante vs. Susumu Mochizuki for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Open The Dream Gate Champion Luis Mante beat Susumu Mochizuki to retain the title. V2 for Mante. Afterwards, Hyo joined Mante in the ring for the post-match victory promo to end the show.

The next event is Tuesday at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama to wrap up the Truth Gate 2024 Tour. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

Dragon Gate ran a special standalone event today, The Gate Of Nostalgia 2024, featuring several returning wrestlers from years past and current wrestlers reviving old personas/gimmicks for one day only.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1028, a legit sellout. That’s one of the best numbers if not the best number for anyone at the venue since the pandemic began in 2020)

Match 1: Kota Minoura, Dragon Dia & Jason Lee beat U-T, JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI & Punch Tominaga. Dia pinned Tominaga after DDDDT. Tominaga was a late replacement for Strong Machine J, who was pulled due to a shoulder injury. (J also is now off tomorrow’s event)

Match 2: Jackson & Johnson Florida beat Don Fujii & Yasushi Kanda by DQ. Fujii DQ’d. Chair use (Florida Bros. American Flag chair). Comedy match.

Match 3: BxB Hulk, Masaaki Mochizuki & Dragon Kid beat Genki Horiguchi, Ryo Saito & Cyber Kong (Takashi Yoshida). Hulk pinned Saito after First Flash.

Match 4: Madoka Kikuta & Ryoya Tanaka vs. Big R Shimizu (BIGBOSS Shimizu) & Ben-K went to a no contest. Z-Brats interference.

Match 5: Jimmy Susumu (Susumu Mochizuki) & Jimmy Kagetora (Kagetora) beat Luis Mante & Hyo. Susumu pinned Hyo after Jumbo Wins!

Main Event: In a handicap match, YAMATO, Naruki Doi, Kzy, Problem Dragon & Punch Tominaga vs. Shun Skywalker, KAI, ISHIN & Gianni Valetta went to a double countout. Which led to…
Main Event (again): In a handicap match, Shun Skywalker, KAI, ISHIN & Gianni Valetta beat YAMATO, Naruki Doi, Kzy, Problem Dragon & Punch Tominaga. Valetta pinned Tominaga after a King Kong kneedrop.

The next event is CHAMPION GATE 2024 in Osaka tomorrow. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin TONIGHT at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET. I will try to do live results if possible.

According to the Dragon Gate English Twitter, there have been changes to tomorrow’s Noatalgia Gate 2024 event because Strong Machine J apparently was injured at the PRIME ZONE+ event earlier this week. Shoulder. Out tomorrow. Status uncertain beyond that. For tomorrow he was to have teamed with U-T & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI to face Kota Minoura, Dragon Dia & Jason Lee. Punch Tominaga is the replacement. Tomonaga is also scheduled to be in the main event, currently a handicap match. If removed as a result, that could become an 8-man tag.

More as it becomes available.

Dragon Gate taped the second episode of PRIME ZONE PLUS today, the new revival of their old PRIME ZONE TV series.

Today’s event was held at Kobe Lapis Hall in Kobe and cam be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.

The paid attendance has not yet bern announced. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 75)

Match 1: Hyo beat ISHIN by DQ. Shun Skywalker interference.

Match 2: Takashi Yoshida & Problem Dragon beat BIGBOSS Shimizu & Shachihoko BOY. Yoshida beat BOY with Iron Claw.

Main Event: Hyo won a 16 man battle royal, last eliminating Kota Minoura. As a result, Hyo will he appointed GM of PRINE ZONE starting with the next episode.

The next PRIME ZONE PLUS will be on 3/28.

The next event is THE GATE OF NOSTALGIA 2024 Saturday at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka. This is a special standalone event featuring returning former wrestlers and some current wrestlers reviving their old personas for a day (Cyber Kong! Jimmys! More!). Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

Dragon Gate ran the penultimate event of the Truth Gate 2024 Tour today (the rare tour that will stretch into the next month).

Today’s event was held at Kobe Art Center in Kobe and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 428)

Match 1: Jason Lee, Ho Ho Lun & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI beat Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi & Shachihoko BOY. KAMEI pinned BOY after JACKY Knife.

Match 2: BIGBOSS Shimizu & Punch Tominaga beat Takashi Yoshida & Problem Dragon. Shimizu pinned Dragon after BIGBOSS Press.

Match 3: Kagetora beat U-T.

Match 4: YAMATO, Masaaki Mochizuki & Shuji Kondo beat Kota Minoura, Ben-K & BxB Hulk, YAMATO pinned Minoura after Gallaria.

Match 5: Shun Skywalker & Gianni Valetta beat Kzy & Strong Machine J. Skywalker pinned J.

Main Event: ISHIN won a 9 man battle royal, last eliminating Ryoya Tanaka.

The next event is PRIME ZONE+ Vol. 2 Tuesday at Kobe Lapis Hall in Kobe. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.