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Dragon Gate ran the second half of their Tokyo doubleheader today, focused more on promotional crossovers and some inter-faction warfare. And, after yesterday’s results, an inaccurate match promo graphic or two.

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 1239)

Match 1: Jason Lee, KAI & Yoshiki Kato beat Strong Machine J, Kzy & U-T by DQ. J DQ’d. Dangerous weapon use. The official match graphic online incorrectly showed J & Kzy as Open The Triangle Gate Champions but they lost the titles yesterday.

Match 2: Takashi beat Hyo & Punch Tominaga in a 3-way by pinning Tominaga. This was to have been Hyo vs. Tominaga but Takashi was a late add at yesterday’s event.

Match 3: YAMATO, BxB Hulk, Susumu Yokosuka, Kagetora & Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) beat Masaaki Mochizuki, Don Fujii, Ryu Fuda, Daiki Yanagiuchi & Toru Owashi (DDT). Kagetora pinned Fuda.

Match 4: In a Gold Class Contra Love&Peace Match, JACKY KAMEI & Riiita beat Ben-K & Mochizuki Junior. Riiita pinned Junior after Riiitanic. Hyo was special referee. As a result, Gold Class remains the official name of the faction and no more Love&Peace. (UPDATE: Despite this result, per Dragon Gate’s official website they are going to change the faction name to Love&Peace)

Match 5: Luis Mante 20th Anniversary Match: Luis Mante, Ultimo Dragon & Flamita beat Dtagon Bane, Alpha Wolf (Pro Wrestling NOAH) & Bendito by ref stoppage. Bane injury. Later reported to be a concussion.

Match 6: El Desperado (New Japan) & Dragon Kid beat Shun Skywalker & ISHIN. Kid pinned ISHIN after Ultra Huracanrana. Desperado & Kid were seconded by Stardom wrestler Starlight Kid (also masked).

Main Event: Madoka Kikuta, Kota Minoura & Homare beat Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia & Ryoya Tanaka. Kikuta pinned Yoshioka after a rolling lariat.

The next event is Saturday at Espowaru Isanuma in Saitama for a doubleheader. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

UPDATE: The Match 5 result has been updated as per Dragon Gate’s official website, Mante was declared the winner due to the ref stoppage. The Match 4 result has also been updated.

Dragon Gate began a Tokyo doubleheader today with a blowout event featuring 4 title matches, with all but the promotion’s comedy title on the line.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK. It will also be broadcast on GAORA SPORTS in Japan at a later date. 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 1186)

Match 1: Dragon Dia, Luis Mante, Ryoya Tanaka & Yuki Yoshioka beat Ben-K, Hyo, JACKY KAMEI & Riiita. Tanaka pinned Riiita after Cross Saber.

Match 2: Ultimo Dragon, Don Fujii, Gurukun Mask & Bendito beat Toru Owashi (DDT), Problem Dragon, Punch Tominaga & Daiki Yanagiuchi. Bendito pinned Tominaga after La Bendicion.

Match 3: Shun Skywalker, Madoka Kikuta & KAI beat BxB Hulk, Susumu Yokosuka & Kagetora by ref stoppage. Skywalker beat Kagetora.

Match 4: Open The Brave Gate Champion U-T beat Mochizuki Junior to retain the title. V1 for U-T.

Match 5: ISHIN, Yoshiki Kato & Homare beat Open The Triangle Gate Champions Kzy, Strong Machine J & Flamita to win the titles. ISHIN, Kato & Homare become the 93rd Open The Triangle Gate Champions. Homare pinned J after Firebird Splash.

Match 6: Open The Twin Gate Champions Kota Minoura & Jason Lee beat Dragon Kid & Naruki Doi to retain the titles. Minoura pinned Kid after Golden Rose. V2 for the champs.

Main Event: Open The Dream Gate Champion YAMATO beat Masaaki Mochizuki by TKO (ref stoppage-towel) to retain the title. V8 for YAMATO. Next up: Skywalker. That match will happen at Kobe Pro Wrestling Festival 2025, the promotion’s biggest annual event, on 7/13 at Kobe World Hall in Kobe. For those wondering, YAMATO is now only halfway to the all-time successful defense record, which is 15. But it’s possible he could be the last obstacle to Z-Brats controlling everything as they could have all the titles after this depending on the next Brave Gate match as their ranks further grow and their leader has a chance to win the Dream Gate again.

The second event is tomorrow. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

UPDATE: The result details for Match 3 have been edited-the result above was correct but after watching the replay it was actually a ref stoppage. Skywalker hit SSW on Kagetora and had the 3 count but at 2.99 the ref stopped counting to check on Kagetora, who appeared to be knocked out. No response so the ref called the match off as it looked like Kagetora was legit KO’d. He had to be carried to the back by Yokosuka and GM Ryo Saito and oculdn’t even roll out of the ring on his own. As of right now Kagetora is still on tomorrow’s event (in a 10-man tag) but we’ll see if this changes last-minute. There has been one change already-what was to have been a match of Hyo vs. Punch Tominaga is now a 3-way with Takashi added.

In a brief news post earlier today, Dragon Gate announced Takashi Yoshida, fka Cyber Kong, has changed his name and will compete as just his first name, Takashi, going forward. He has been competing more outside Dragon Gate recently, namely in All-Japan as now part of Hokuto Omori’s faction and occasional DDT participation.

Dragon Gate posted a news announcement regarding the recent absence of BIGBOSS Shimizu-having been out most of this year for potential disciplinary reasons, it was announced today he will remain out at his request and will probably remain out most of, if not the rest of the year. He will be back at some point and the promotion will announce when

Dragon Gate continued The Gate Of Passion 2025 Tour today in Osaka.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka 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 743.

Match 1: Susumu Yokosuka & Kagetora beat Kzy & Strong Machine J. Yoksouka pinned J after Jumbo Wins!

Match 2: Ultimo Dragon, Masaaki Mochizuki, Luis Mante & Toru Owashi (DDT) beat Ben-K, Riiita, JACKY KAMEI & Mochizuki Junior. Mochizuki pinned Riiita after Twister.

Match 3: Open The Brave Gate Championship Tournament Semifinals: U-T beat Ryoya Tanaka.

Match 4: Open The Brave Gate Championship Tournament Semifinals: Homare beat Hyo. As a result, the Finals will be U-T vs. Homare for the title. That match will happen at DEAD OR ALIVE 2025 on 5/5.

Match 5: Jason Lee, KAI & ISHIN beat YAMATO, Dragon Kid & Naruki Doi. Pee beat YAMATO with a rear naked choke.

Match 6: Gianni Valetta beat Don fujii.

Main Event: Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia beat Shun Skywalker & Kota Minoura. Dia pinned Minoura after Double Cork.

The next event is tomorrow at Hiroshima Sangyo Kaikan in Hiroshima. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

Dragon Gate continued THE GATE OF PASSION 2025 Tour Sunday in Mie, mostly featuring the wrestlers who did not go to the US as they were on their way back to Japan after The Collective.

Yesterday’s event was held at Kusunoki Gym in Mie. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 280.

Match 1: Strong Machine J & U-T beat Masaaki Mochizuki & Daiki Yanagiuchi. J pinned Yanagiuchi after Gold Ship.

Match 2: Gianni Valetta beat Problem Dragon.

Match 3: Yasushi Kanda & Shachihoko BOY beat Genki Horiguchi & Punch Tominaga. BOY pinned Tominaga after a moonsault press.

Match 4: Luis Mante beat Ryu Fuda.

Match 5: Don Fujii, BxB Hulk & Kagetora beat Riiita, JACKY KAMEI & Mochizuki Junior. Kagetora pinned Junior.

Main Event: Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia, Madoka Kikuta & Ryoya Tanaka beat KAI, Jason Lee, Homare & Yoshiki Kato. Yoshioka pinned Kato after Battle Hook.

The next event is Saturday at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka with the Semifinals of the Open The Brave Gate Championship Tournament. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

Like the other promotions currently in the US, Dragon Gate today ran an event in Japan with the roster members that did not make the trip to The Collective.

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 announced paid attendance was 409.

Match 1: Riiita & Mochizuki Junior beat Ryu Fuda & Daiki Yanagiuchi. Riiita pinned Yanagiuchi after Riiitanic.

Match 2; KAI, Gianni Valetta & Yoshiki Kato beat Ho Lee, Reach Tominaga & Super Shenlong 2. Valetta pinned 2 after a King Kong kneedrop.

Match 3; Strong Machine J won a 9 man battle royal, last eliminating BxB Hulk.

Open The Brave Gate Championship Tournament Quarterfinals:
Match 4: U-T beat Yosuke <3 Santamaria.
Match 5: Homare beat JACKY KAMEI.
As a result, the Semifinals will be U_T vs. Ryoya Tanaka and Homare vs. Hyo. Those matches will happen on 4/26.

Match 6: Madoka Kikuta & Ryoya Tanaka beat Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia. Kikuta pinned Yoshioka after a rolling lariat.

Main Event: Jason Lee beat Luis Mante. As a result, Lee will face Open The Dream Gate Champion YAMATO for the title at DEAD OR ALIVE 2025 on 5/5.

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

Dragon Gate’s second Dragon Gate USA revival event, THE GATE OF REVOLUTION 2025, is today as part of The Collective, and promises to be even bigger than the first event was earlier this week. 8 matches are currently scheduled with possibly now an Open The Dream Gate Championshi pmatch as, following events at the end of Wednesday’s event, YAMATO may now be defending the title against Rich Swann. There is also an independent PWR Tag Team Title match scheduled and Stardom will provide another women’s match and more.

Today’s event will be held at Meet Las Vegas in Las Vegas, NV and can be watched LIVE on TrillerTV/FITE with a Triller+ subscription ($7.99/month or $71.99/year) in English. There will not be any time limits so it’s hard to predict exactly how long the event will run but with 8 matches I’m thinking it’ll be 2 1/2-3 hours.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Ben-K, Hyo & Kzy vs. Shun Skywalker, Kota Minoura & ISHIN
Dragon Kid & Ultimo Dragon vs. Susumu Yokosuka & Ho Ho Lun
Diablo Azteca vs. Rhys Maddox & Kid Lynx in a 3-way
Rey Horus & Vary Morales vs. Colt Stevens & Dave Dutra
Hanan & Saya Iida vs. Hyan & Kharisma
Mike Sydal & Willie Mack vs. La Estrella & Viento and El Cucuy & Oni El Bendito in a 3-way
PWR Tag Team Champions Arkangel Divino & Ultimo Maldito vs. Aero Panther & Fight Panther Jr. for the titles
Open The Dream Gate Champion YAMATO vs. Rich Swann for the title (tentative with regards to being for the title)

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.

8 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

Mandatory FBI Warning then…

Waiting to go to the venue. At 8:03 PM PT…

We are LIVE from Meet Las Vegas in Las Vegas, NV. There is no commentary. Also this appears to be an event co-produced with/promoted by Pro Wrestling Revolution.

The paid attendance may or may not be announced later. This is a small venue with a very small-looking setup. The setup looks to be for 250-300 but barely looks 1/3 full. They may be lucky to get 100. (Late-arriving crowd so revising my estimate to 150-200)

Match 1: Diablo Azteca vs. Rhys Maddox & Kid Lynx in a 3-way
Result: Diablo Azteca beat Rhys Maddox & Kid Lynx in a 3-way by pinning Maddox.

It sounds like the first match was a pre-show match as the ring announcer says the next match is the first official match. We also now have commentary. Your hosts are Rich Bocchini & Joe Dombrowski (who is also the ring announcer).

Match 2: Rey Horus & Vary Morales vs. Colt Stevens & Dave Dutra
Result: Colt Stevens & Dave Dutra beat Rey Horus & Vary Morales. Dutra pinned Morales after Border Wall.

Match 3: Mike Sydal & Willie Mack vs. La Estrella & Viento and El Cucuy & Oni El Bendito in a 3-way
Result: El Cucuy & Oni El Bendito beat Mike Sydal & Willie Mack and La Estrella & Viento in a 3-way when Bendito pinned Viento.

Match 4: Hanan & Saya Iida (Stardom) vs. Hyan & Kharisma
Result: Hanan & Saya Iida beat Hyan & Kharisma. Hanan pinned Kharisma with a blockbuster hold.

Match 5: Dragon Kid & Ultimo Dragon vs. Susumu Yokosuka & Ho Ho Lun
Result: Dragon Kid & Ultimo Dragon beat Susumu Yokosuka & Ho Ho Lun. Kid pinned Yokosuka after Ultra Huracanrana. Post-match Matt Sydal came out for a promo with the Dragons & Yokosuka. In English but hard to understand what he was saying due to audio levels.

Match 6: PWR Tag Team Champions Arkangel Divino & Ultimo Maldito vs. Aero Panther & Fight Panther Jr. for the titles
Result: PWR Tag Team Champions Arkangel Divino & Ultimo Maldito beat Aero Panther & Fight Panther Jr. to retain the titles.

Match 7: Open The Dream Gate Champion YAMATO vs. Rich Swann in a NON-TITLE match
Result: YAMATO beat Rich Swann

Main Event: Ben-K, Hyo & Kzy vs. Shun Skywalker, Kota Minoura & ISHIN
Result: Ben-K, Hyo & Kzy beat Shun Skywalker, Kota Minoura & ISHIN. Ben-K pinned ISHIN after a spear. As the winners celebrated, Skywalker apparently grabbed and dragged a fan to the back with him just before the feed ended.

End Show.

As the independent WrestleMania Week festival known as The Collective kicks off today, Dragon Gate is among the first from Japan to join the festivities with a revival of their former Dragon Gate USA sub-brand for the first of 2 events this week (the second vent is Friday). The event will feature a combination of wrestlers from Dragon Gate, US independents and The Collective host Game Changer Wrestling and even Stardom which will have a women’s match on the event. It’s the best week of the year for pro wrestling and it starts today!

Today’s event will be held at The Pearl Theater at The Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, NV and can be watched LIVE on TrillerTV//FITE with a Triller+ subscription ($7.99/month or $71.99/year). Commentary is TBD but will almost certainly be in English. If you’re a new subscriber there is a 1 week free trial so you can watch this and all The Collective events FOR FREE! The subscription includes the live broadcast and unlimited on demand replays. Be careful when going online to watch as a time change for the event was announced yesterday-originally scheduled to begin at 8 PM PT it has now been pushed back to 9 PM PT-this is not shown correctly on Triller or Dragon Gate’s websites. When the event does start it has 6 matches so it will probably run around 2 hours.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Ho Ho Lun vs. Rhys Maddox
Starlight Kid & AZM vs. Natsuko Tora & Konami
Ultimo Dragon, La Estrella & El Cucuy vs. Evan Rivers, Judas Icarus & Travis Williams
Kzy vs. Marcus Mathers
Ben-K & Hyo vs. Rich Swann & Willie Mack and Cole Radrick & Alex Prince in a 3-way
YAMATO, Dragon Kid & Susumu Yokosuka vs. Shun Skywalker, Kota Minoura & ISHIN

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 9 PM PT/midnight ET.

Pre-show Update: Just before 10 AM PT it was announced that current Dragon Gate GM (and former wrestler) Ryo Saito will make a special appearance at the event, as will Matt Sydal, currently signed with All Elite Wrestling but out due to injury.

9 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

Mandatory FBI Warning then a 10 second countdown before…

Another Mandatory FBI Warning then…

We are LIVE form The Pearl Theater at The Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, NV. Your hosts are Joe Dombrowski (who is also our ring announcer) & Rich Bocchini.

The paid attendance should be announced at a later time. Usually these in-casino Vegas venues hold anywhere from 500-2000, I’ve never been to this particular one yet so I don’t know what the setup is and from what I can see at ringside it’s not a legit sellout. But a decent-looking and sounding crowd, I’m going to guess it’ll be in the range of 600-700.

We get right to the matches after the ring announcer’s intro. Presumably no time limits like there normally is in Japan.

Match 1: Kzy vs. Marcus Mathers
Result: Kzy beat Marcus Mathers

Match 2: Stardom Match-Starlight Kid & AZM vs. Natsuko Tora & Konami
Result: Starlight Kid & AZM beat Natsuko Tora & Konami. AZM pinned Konami after Azumi Sushi.

Match 3: Ho Ho Lun vs. Rhys Maddox
Result: Ho Ho Lun beat Rhys Maddox

Match 4: Ultimo Dragon, La Estrella & El Cucuy vs. Evan Rivers, Judas Icarus & Travis Williams
Result: Ultimo Dragon, La Estrella & El Cucuy beat Evan Rivers, Judas Icarus & Travis Williams. Dragon pinned Rivers with La Magistral.

Match 5: Ben-K & Hyo vs. Rich Swann & Willie Mack and Cole Radrick & Alex Prince in a 3-way
Result: Rich Swann & WIllie Mack beat Ben-K & Hyo and Cole Radrick & Alex Prince in a 3-way when Swann pinned Hyo.

Matt Sydal comes out. He puts the promotion and everyone over and also promotes Friday’s event at Meet Las Vegas.

Main Event: YAMATO, Dragon Kid & Susumu Yokosuka vs. Shun Skywalker, Kota Minoura & ISHIN
Result: YAMATO, Dragon Kid & Susumu Yokosuka beat Shun Skywalker, Kota Minoura & ISHIN. YAMATO pinned ISHIN after Ragnarok. YAMATO post-match promo followed to wrap things up…although Rich Swann interrupted things. He’s spent some time in Dragon Gate in the past and, despite all respect for YAMATO, he wants a match against him Friday. Accepted by YAMATO in Japanese. Swann then left the ring to end the broadcast.

For the first Dragon Gate USA event in a decade it was a good mix of Japanese and American & European independent wrestling. A little more emphasis on the latter but the Stardom match was a nice addition too, and it was a neat & tidy presentation wrapping up in just over 2 hours. And there’s one more event coming which hopefully will lead to more US returns in the future.

End Show.

The second event of the US return is Friday at Meet Las Vegas. Live streaming on TrillerTV/FITE with a Trillet+ subscription as part of The Collective will begin at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.