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Dragon Gate continues the Open The New Year Gate 2026 Tour today with their first visit to Tokyo this year, unusual because it’s both a weekend event and a morning matinee for their monthly mid-major event. In fact, it’s the first EVER such Sunday morning Tokyo event for the promotion! The event is highlighted by an All-Asia Tag Team Championship match as ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato, having won the titles recently in All-Japan Pro Wrestling, will defend them today against Masaaki Mochizuki & Don Fujii, with the match being under PWF (All-Japan) rules and All-Japan referee Krohei Wada being the referee. In the main event, BIGBOSS Shimizu faces Kzy after Shimizu, recently returned from a nearly-year-long absence for potential disciplinary reasons, betrayed Natural Vibes right after his return and it’s built up to this showdown today.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on DRAGONGATE NETWORK in Japanese & English. You can also watch the first match FOR FREE on YouTube. As is usually the case here, there are 7 matches on the card and I would anticipate the running time to be a little longer than a normal Korakuen event, probably close to 3 hours (including a probable intermission in the second half).

Today’s lineup:
Ryoya Tanaka & Marcus Mathers vs. Strong Machine J & U-T
Ultimo Dragon, Daiki Yanagiuchi, Akihiro Sahara & Kazuma Kimura vs. Naruki Doi, Toru Owashi, Problem Dragon & Punch Tominaga
Homare & El Cielo vs. Kota Minoura & Jason Lee
Hyo, Ben-K, JACKY KAMEI, Riiita & Mochizuki Junior vs. YAMATO, KAGETORA, Dragon Kid, BxB Hulk & Susumu Yokosuka
Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia vs. Madoka Kikuta & KAI
All-Asia Tag Team Champions ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato s. Masaaki Mochizuki & Don Fujii for the titles. Match held under All-Japan/PWF rules with Kyohei Wada as referee
BIGBOSS Shimizu vs. Kzy

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Updates below will begin at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 15 minutes before the event.

6:15 PM PT UPDATE: Live update begin now.

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Commentary should begin soon. This is or may be a live GAORA SPORTS broadcast in Japan. Your hosts are Katsuya Ichikawa & Genki Horiguchi.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. The crowd is still filing in but it looks like a close to full capacity setup with extra chairs around the ring and in front of the bleachers. I haven’t been able to check what advance ticket sales are like but they are up against sumo today, however I’ll still predict they’ll do around 1200. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1556, a legit sellout with standing room only overflow)

The matches should begin in 20-30 minutes. The opening announcements begin about 7 minutes before event start time.

The event begins at 6:35 PM PT/9:35 PM ET. Madoka Kikuta & his heel faction come out first for a heel promo. Notably missing? BIGBOSS Shimizu. ISHIN mentioning him gets interrupted by Kzy, who storms to the ring. The heels leave soon after leaving Kzy to finish the promo. He then brings out Strong Machine J & U-T for the Natural Vibes dance & song before their match. And with that…

The matches begin at 6:40 PM PT/9:40 PM ET.

Match 1: Ryoya Tanaka & Marcus Mathers vs. Strong Machine J & U-T. 15 minute time limit
Result: Ryoya Tanaka & Marcus Mathers beat Strong Machine J & U-T. Mathers pinned U-T after a 450 splash.

Match 2: Ultimo Dragon, Daiki Yanagiuchi, Akihiro Sahara & Kazuma Kimura vs. Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer), Toru Owashi (DDT), Problem Dragon & Punch Tominaga. 15 minute time limit
Result: Ultimo Dragon, Daiki Yanagiuchi, AKihiro Sahara & Kazuma Kimura beat Naruki Doi, Toru Owashi, Problem Dragon & Punch Tominaga. Yanagiuchi pinned Tominaga.

Ryoya Tanaka is now the guest on commentary, replacing Horiguchi.

Match 3: Homare & El Cielo vs. Kota Minoura & Jason Lee. 20 minute time limit
Result: Kota Minoura & Jason Lee beat Homare & El Cielo. Minoura pinned Homare after Golden Rose. Afterwards, Kato with microphone. The heels unmasked Cielo during the match and Kato taunted Cielo with his mask.

Match 4: Hyo, Ben-K, JACKY KAMEI, Riiita & Mochizuki Junior vs. YAMATO, KAGETORA, Dragon Kid, BxB Hulk & Susumu Yokosuka. 30 minute time limit
Result: Hyo, Ben-K, JACKY KAMEI, Riiita & Mochizuki Junior beat YAMATO, KAGETORA, Dragon Kid, BxB Hulk & Susumu Yokosuka. Hyo pinned KAGETORA after Samson Driver.

Kazuma Kimura is now the guest on commentary, replacing Tanaka.

Match 5: Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia vs. Madoka Kikuta & KAI. 45 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia beat Madoka Kikuta & KAI. Yoshioka pinned KAI after High Fly Flow. (Yoshioka is from Gifu just like the nam whose legacy it seems he will try to carry on, Hiroshi Tanahashi). Afterwards, Yoshioka with microphone. Sounds like an Open The Dream Gate Championship challenge issued to Kikuta. GM Ryo Saito hits the ring to make it official. That match will happen on 2/23 at Fukuoka International Center in Fukuoka.

Susumu Yokusuka is now the guest on commentary, replacing Kimura.

Match 6: All-Asia Tag Team Champions ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato s. Masaaki Mochizuki & Don Fujii for the titles. Match held under All-Japan/PWF rules with Kyohei Wada as referee. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Masaaki Mochizuki & Don Fujii beat All-Asia Tag Team Champions ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato to win the titles. Mochizuki & Fujii become the 129th All-Asia Tag Team Champions. Fujii pinned ISHIN.

Dragon Dia is now the guest on commentary for the final match.

Main Event: BIGBOSS Shimizu vs. Kzy. 1 Hour time limit
Result: BIGBOSS Shimizu beat Kzy
Shimizu has definitely slimmed down a lot during his absence and is much more ripped muscle-wise. Afterwards, his closing heel promo was interrupted by Shun Skywalker coming out. His full-face mask muffled his words on microphone a bit but he clearly emphasized he was challenging Shimizu to a match. (UPDATE: That match will happen on 2/5) Both heel factions got into a brawl as Ryo Saito returned to ringside and the fighting on both sides continued into the backstage area. Kzy rolled back into the ring with microphone to finish up the show. It sounded like Kzy was talking about leaving or breaking up Natural Vibes or something along those lines. But this moodiness and worrying was interrupted by Daiki Yanagiuchi coming out. He wants to join them. And after some brief debating, decision made-he’s in. They danced together to the Natural Vibes song to wrap up the event. Today marks the next step up for the young rising star…and in a funny moment, Akihiro Sahara came out wearing a reggae wig to join them.
He wants in too! And it looks like Natural Vibes now has 5 members as the youngsters join the faction and finish with good vibes to send the crowd home happy.

The next event is 1/24 at Act City Hamamatsu in Shizuoka. There will be no live or on demand broadcasts. No more broadcasts this month. Back to streaming on 2/1 for MEMORIAL GATE 2026 in WAKAYAMA.

Dragon Gate rant he second half of their year-opening doubleheader today in Kobe.

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 paid attendance has not yet been announced.

There was a last-minute change to the card today because of the announcement that BIGBOSS Shimizu, who has been inactive for most of the last year due to an investigation over potential breach of contract, would make his return today. A planned 6-man tag match became an 8-man tag as a result. Shimizu aligned himself with Natural Vibes for his return and going forward.

Match 1: Hyo, JACKY KAMEI, Riiita & Mochizuki Junior beat Ryu Fuda, Daiki Yanagiuchi, Akihiro Sahara & Kazuma Kimura. KAMEI pinned Yanagiuchi after JFK.

Match 2: BxB Hulk, KAGETORA & Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) beat Masaaki Mochizuki, Yasushi Kanda & Demus. Hulk pinned Kanda after First Flash.

Match 3: Shun Skywalker beat Jiro Shinbashi in 13 seconds.

Match 4: ISHIN won a 9 man battle royal.

Match 5: Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia & Ryoya Tanaka beat YAMATO, Dragon Kid & Susumu Yokosuka. Yoshioka pinned Kid after High Fly Flow.

Match 6: Madoka Kikuta, Kota Minoura, Jason Lee & KAI beat Strong Machine J, Kzy, U-T & BIGBOSS Shimizu. Kikuta pinned Kzy. The finish came after Shimizu possibly turned on Natural Vibes.

Main Event: Yuki Yoshioka beat El Ciero.

The next event is a same-day doubleheader Sunday at Nagoya International Legend Hall in Nagoya. Both events are legit advance sellouts. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin Saturday at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET for the first event and Sunday at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET for the second event.

In other news, it was announced that the promotion will return to the USA as part of The Collective 2026 on 4/15 at the Horseshoe Casino & Resort in Las Vegas, NV, part of the now-annual WrestleMania week series of independent events before the WWE flagship event. As perhaps part of this, independent US wrestler Marcus Mathers will make his Dragon Gate debut on 1/18 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and will be part of D’Courage while in Japan. New Japan is also set for The Collective with an El Desperado Produced event.

Injury Report: Maybe this is why that match went just 13 seconds-Shun Skywalker is now off both events tomorrow. Shoulder.

Dragon Gate kicked off their 2026 today with the opening event of the Open The New Year Gate 2026 Tour in Kobe.

Today’s event was bels 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 paid attendance has not yet been announced.

Match 1: Strong Machine J, Kzy & U-T beat Susumu Yokosuka, KAGETORA & Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer). J pinned KAGETORA with a Majin windmill hold.

Match 2: Hyo won an 11 man battle royal, last eliminating YAMATO.

Match 3: Ultimo Dragon, El Cucuy & Demus beat Ho Ho Lun, Ho Lee & Reach Tominaga. Dragon pinned Tominaga with La Magistral.

Match 4: Masaaki Mochizuni & Don Fujii beat Jason Lee & ISHIN. Fujii pinned Lee with Nice German.

Match 5: Madoka Kikuta, Kota Minoura, KAI & Yoshiki Kato beat Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia, Daiki Yanaguichi & Kazuma Kimura. Kato pinned Kimura after Cadere Luna.

Match 6: Shun Skywalker & El Ciero beat Ben-K & JACKY KAMEI. Ciero pinned KAMEI after a spinning tombstone piledriver.

Main Event: Open The Brave Gate Champion Ryoya Tanaka beat Riiita to retain the title. V7 for Tanaka.

The next event is tomorrow. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

Dragon Gate wraps up the FANTASTIC GATE 2025 Tour, and their 2025 as a whole, today with the final event of the year in Kobe. It’s the second half of a weekend doubleheader and is mainly a standard house show lineup along with, as is usually the case in their hometown, a battle royal.

Today’s event will be held at Kobe Sambo Hall in Kobe and can be watched LIVE on DRAGONGATE NETWORK. You will also be able to watch the first match FOR FREE on YouTube. There will be no commentary although an alternate feed with wrestler commentary will also be available. There are 7 matches scheduled so with an intermission the event will be on the long side for a house show, probably running around 2 1/2 hours although, for comparison, yesterday’s event went 2 3/4 hours but it also had a title match.

Today’s lineup:
Masaaki Mochizuki & Don Fujii vs. Susumu Yokosuka & KAGETORA
Takashi vs. Jiro Shinbashi
12 man battle royal
Ryu Fuda, Daiki Yanagiuchi & Akihiro Shaara vs. Ho Ho Lun, Ho Lee & Reach Tominaga
YAMATO, Dragon Kid, BxB Hulk & Naruki Doi vs. Madoka Kikuta, Kota Minoura, Jason Lee & KAI
JACKY KAMEI & Riiita vs. Yuki Yoshioka & Ryoya Tanaka
Shun Skywalker & El Cielo vs. ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato

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Updates below will begin at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 15 minutes before the event.

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

We are LIVE from Kobe Sambo Hall in Kobe, Japan. There is no commentary. An alternate wrestler commentary feed will begin with the first match.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Yesterday’s attendance was just reported as 461 so based on that, and the second hals of doubleheaders usually drawing a little better, I’ll predict about 500. Could be a near-sellout from what we see as the event gets started. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 815, a super full house/very near sellout. That’s near legit full capacity)

The matches should begin in 20-25 minutes. There has been a late change to the above card. It sounds like the original 6-man tag match has been changed to an Open The Triangle Gate Championship match.

The event begins at 10:10 PM PT/1:10 AM ET. NEW Open The Triangle Gate Champions Hyo, Ben-K & Mochizuki Junior come out first along with the rest of Live & Peace for a short promo.

The matches begin at 10:15 PM PT/1:15 AM ET.

Match 1: Masaaki Mochizuki & Don Fujii vs. Susumu Yokosuka & KAGETORA. 15 minute time limit
Result: Masaaki Mochizuki & Don Fujii beat Susumu Yokosuka & KAGETORA. Fujii pinned Yokosuka.

Match 2: Takashi vs. Jiro Shinbashi. 15 minute time limit
Result: Takashi beat Jiro Shinbashi. Comedy match

Match 3: 12 man battle royal
Result: U-T wins, last eliminating Reach Tominaga.

Match 4: YAMATO, Dragon Kid, BxB Hulk & Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) vs. Madoka Kikuta, Kota Minoura, Jason Lee & KAI. 30 minute time limit
Result: Madoka Kikuta. Kota Minoura, Jason Lee & KAI beat YAMATO, Dragon Kid, BxB Hulk & Naruki Doi. Kikuta pinned Hulk after a rolling lariat.

Match 5: JACKY KAMEI & Riiita vs. Yuki Yoshioka & Ryoya Tanaka. 30 minute time limit
Result: JACKY KAMEI & Rioita beat Yuki Yoshioka & Ryoya Tanaka. Riiita pinned Tanaka after Riiitanic. Afterwards, Riiita with microphone. Open The Brave Gate Championship challenge issued. Accepted by Tanaka. (UPDATE: It’s now official. That match will happen on 1/8)

Intermission.

The event resumes at midnight PT/3 AM ET.

Match 6: Open The Triangle Gate Champions Hyo, Ben-K & Mochizuki Junior vs. Akihiro Sahara, Daiki Yanagiuchi & Ryu Fuda for the titles. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Open The Triangle Gate Champions Hyo, Ben-K & Mochizuki Junior beat Akihiro Sahara, Daiki Yanagiuchi & Ryu Fuda to retain the titles. Junior pinned Yanagiuchi with a German suplex hold. V1 for the champs.

Main Event: Shun Skywalker & El Cielo vs. ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato. 1 Hour time limit
Result: ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato beat Shun Skywalker & El Cielo. Kato pinned Cielo.

The next event, the first of 2026, is 1/8. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.

Dragon Gate began their final weekend doubleheader of the year with the year’s penultimate event today in Kobe.

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 paid attendance has not yet been announced.

Match 1: Don Fujii & Yasushi Kanda beat Akihiro Sahara & Kazuma Kimura. Fujii beat Kimura with a knee lock.

Match 2: Ryu Fuda won an 11 man battle royal, last eliminating Susumu Yokosuka.

Match 3: Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia & Ryoya Tanaka beat Ho Ho Lun, Ho Lee & Reach Tominaga. Tanaka pinned Tominaga after Cross Saber.

Match 4: Shun Skywalker & El Cielo beat Dragon Kid & Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer). Cielo pinned Kid after a spinning tombstone piledriver.

Match 5: Madoka Kikuta & Yoshiki Kato beat JACKY KAMEI & Riiita. Kato pinned KAMEI after Cadere Luna.

Match 6: PWRevolution Openweight Champion El Cucuy beat ISHIN to retain the title.

Main Event: Open The Triangle Gate Championship Tournament Finals: Hyo, Ben-K & Mochizuki Junior beat Kota mInoura, Jason Lee & KAI and Strong Machine J, Kzy & U-T in a 3-way elimination match, when Hyo beat Lee after MInoura beat J, to win the tournament and the vacant titles. Hyo, Ben-K & Junior become the 97th Optn The Triangle Gate Champions.

The final event of the year is tomorrow. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin TONIGHT at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.

Dragon Gate taped the final episode of PRIME ZONE+ earlier this week in Kobe, with 8 different wrestlers serving as hosts/GMs for this episode.

Tuesday’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 announced paid attendance was 63.

Match 1: KAGETORA beat Kazuma Kimura.

Match 2: Genki Horiguchi beat Jiro Shinbashi.

Match 3: Jason Lee & ISHIN beat Riiita & Mochizuki Junior. ISHIN pinned Junior.

Main Event: Kzy won an 8 man battle royal, last eliminating Daiki Yanagiuchi & Ryu Fuda.

The promotion wraps up their 2025 with a doubleheader Saturday (US time) at Kobe Sambo Hall. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK for both events will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET for the first event and 10 PM PT/1 AM ET for the second event.

Dragon Gate continued the Fantastic Gate 2025 Tour today with their final Tokyo event of the year.

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 1190)

Pre-show match: Ho Ho Lun, Punch Tomonaga & El Cucuy beat Shachihoko BOY, Takashi & Problem Dragon. Cucuy pinned Dragon after Cucuy Buster.

Match 1: Ryu Fuda & Kazuma Kimura beat Ryoya Tanaka & Daiki Yanagiuchi. Fuda pinned Yanagiuchi after Hiryu.

Match 2: Open The Owarao Gate Champion Jiro Shinbashi beat Ultimo Dragon by DQ. But based on audience support, Dragon wins the title. Dragon becomes the 37th Open The Owarai Gate Champion. But the title is now VACANT. Dragon vacated it immediately.

Match 3: Susunu Yokosuka & Yasushi Kanda beat Don Fujii & Ryo Saito, Genki Horiguchi & Kenichiro Arai and Masaaki Mochizuki & Don Fujii in a 4-way when Yokosuka pinned Horiguchi.

Match 4: Kota Minoura, Jason Lee, KAI, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato beat YAMATO, KAGETORA, Dragon Kid, BxB Hulk & Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer). ISHIN pinned KAGETORA.

Match 5: Open The Triangle Gate Championship Tournament: Strong Machine J, Kzy & U-T vs. Hyo, Ben-K & Mochizuki Junior went to a 20 minute time limit draw.

Match 6: Shun Skywalker & El Cielo beat Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia. Cirlo pinned Dia after Cielo Genesis.

Match 7: Open The Twin Gate Champions JACKY KAMEI & Riiita beat Luis Mante & Demus to retain the titles. Riiita pinned Demus after Riiitanic. V1 for the champs.

Main Event: Open The Dream Gate Champion Madoka Kikuta beat Gianni Valletta to retain the title. V3 for Kikuta. Given how unstoppable Valletta has been in Dragon Gate, I count this as an upset.

The next event is tomorrow at Lasukabe Fureai Cube in Saitama. There will be no live or on demand broadcast. (After tomorrow 3 of the remaining 4 events this year will be live & on demand)

Dragon Gate wraps up a tripleheader weekend in Hokkaido today with the 4rd and last of a 3-event BxB Hulk/Kzy hometown set. It’s become more than just normal house shows because it’s kicked off a tournament to crown new Open The Triangle Gate Champions after previous champions Shun Skywalker, Homare & Gianni Valetta had to vacate the titles because of a Homare injury. The tournament is a round-robin format with 5 participating teams, and at the end the top two teams will meet in the Finals for the titles. Today will feature the third match of the tournament and second for both participating trios.

Today’s event will be held at Sapporo E-One Arena in Hokkaido and can be watched LIVE on DRAGONGATE NETWORK. You will also be able to watch the first match FOR FREE on YouTube. There will be no commentary on the main feed but an alternate feed with wrestler commentary will also be available. There are only 5 matches scheduled but that does not include a planned exhibition match so with that and presumably an intermission along the way the event should have a total running time of just over 2 hours.

Today’s lineup:

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Updates below will begin at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 15 minutes before the event.

7:45 PM PT UPDATE: The player commentary version stream has begun. The no commentary version should begin shortly. And with that…

We are LIVE from Sapporo E-One Stadium in Hokkaido, Japan. There is no commentary. (Yet for the wrestler version, that starts with the first match).

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. The first event Friday night did just under 400, I haven’t seen yesterday’s yet but today already looks like a near sellout. It’s a small venue but from what I see so far I’ll up what was going to be my original prediction of around 450 to closer to 500. (After the first match I only saw about 5-10 empty seats) (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 482)

Opening announcements underway as of 7:50 PM PT/10:50 PM ET. The matches should begin in about 15 minutes.

8 PM PT UPDATE: The YouTube broadcast has begun. As usual it’s only the first match. For now the DRAGONGATE NETWORK stream is wrestler commentary only, they did have some technical difficulties Friday with the no commentary version and there currently is not a no commentary version of yesterday’s event available on demand.

The matches begin at 8:03 PM PT/11:03 PM ET.

Match 1: Yasushi Kanda & Mochizuki Junior vs. Luis Mante & Ryoya Tanaka. 15 minute time limit
Result: Luis Mante & Ryoya Tanaka beat Yasushi Kanda & Mochizuki Junior. Mante pinned Junior after MGK.

The YouTube broadcast ends here. Also noticed clearly some changes to the card from above. Apparently the original post inadvertently listed yesterday’s lineup instead of today’s. There are 6 matches scheduled today, no exhibition match.

Match 2: Genki Horiguchi vs. Jiro Shinbashi. 15 minute time limit (this is/will be a comedy match)
Result: Genki Horiguchi beat Jiro Shinbashi

Match 3: Hyo, Ben-K, JACKY KAMEI & Riiita vs. Kota Minoura, Jason Lee, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato. 20 minute time limit
Result: Kota Minoura, Jason Lee, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato beat Hyo, Ben-K, JACKY KAMEI & Riiita. Minoura pinned Riiita after a sitout piledriver.

Match 4: Dragon Dia (in Dragon Kid mask & gear for entrance) & Yuki Yoshioka vs. Susumu Yokosuka & KAGETORA. 30 minute time limit
Result: Dragon Dia & Yuki Yohsioka beat Susumu Yokosuka & KAGETORA. Dia pinned KAGETORA after DDDDT.

Intermission. (Starting at 9 PM PT/midnight ET)

The matches resume at 9:15 PM PT/12:15 AM ET.

Match 5: Shun Skywalker & Gianni Valletta vs. Madoka Kikuta & KAI. 45 minute time limit
Result: Shun Skywalkier & Gianni Valletta beat Madoka Kikuta & KAI. Valletta pinned Kikuta after a King Kong lariat. Afterwards, Valletta with microphone. In English, he vowed to beat him again next week for the Open The Dream Gate Championship (side note: I thought Valletta was from Italy but it turns out he’s actually from Malta). Kikuta responded in Japanese. Valletta earned the title shot by winning the KING OF GATE Tournament.

Main Event: Open The Triangle Gate Championship Tournament: Strong Machine J, Kzy & U-T vs. YAMATO, Dragon Kid & BxB Hulk. 20 minute time limit
Result: Time Limit Draw. 1 point for each in the standings.

The next event is tomorrow at Sendai Sun Festa in Sendai. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

Dragon Gate wrapped up the KING OF GATE 2025 Tournament today in Tokyo with the Semifinals and Finals.

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.

KING OF GATE Semifinals:
Match 1: Gianni Valletta beat Riiita.
Match 2: ISHIN beat Yuki Yoshioka.

Match 3: Hyo, JACKY KAMEI, Ben-K, Movhizuki Junior & Ho Ho Lun beat Dragon Dia, Ryoya Tanaka, Daiki Yanagiuchi, Ryu Fuda & Kazuma Kimura. Junior pinned Yanagiuvhi with a German suplex hold.

Match 4: Punch Tominaga beat Joe Shinbashi.

Match 5: Strong Machine J, Kzy, U-T & El Cucuy beat BxB Hulk, KAGETORA, Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) & Luis Mante. U-T pinned KAGETORA after Passion.

Match 6: Shun Skywalker & El Cielo beat YAMATO & Dragon Kid. Coro pinned Kid after a spinning tombstone piledriver.

Match 7: Madoka Kikuta, Kota Minoura, Jason Lee, KAI & Yoshiki Kato beat Masaaki Mochizuki, Don Fuji, Genki Hiroyuki, Suzuki Yokosuka & Yasushi Kanda. Minoura pinned Horiguchi after Gang.

Main Event: KING OF GATE Finals: Gianni Valletta beat ISHIN to win the tournament. As a result, Valletta gets the next Open The Dream Gate Championship match against Madoka Kikuta. That match will happen on 12/16.

The next event is tomorrow at Hakodate Arena in Hokkaido. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.