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Dragon Gate 7/22/23 Results

Dragon Gate continued the KING OF GATE 2023 Tournament today with the first half of the Quarterfinals.

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

The announced paid attendance was 408, a full house/near sellout.

Match 1: Kota Minoura, Ben-K, BxB Hulk & Minorita beat Yuki Yoshioka, Ryu Fuda, Kaito Nagano & Ryoya Tanaka. Ben-K pinned Tanaka after a spear.

Match 2: Masaaki Mochizuki, Mochizuki Jr. & Yasushi Kanda beat Genki Horiguchi, Ichikawa & Shachihoko BOY. Kanda pinned Ichikawa after a diving elbow drop.

Match 3: Kzy & U-T beat Don Fujii & Problem Dragon. U-T pinned Dragon after Gaora.

Match 4: Jason Lee, JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI & Ho Ho Lun beat Dragon Kid, Naruki Doi & Punch Tominaga. KAMEI pinned Tominaga after “JACKY” Knife.

Match 5: YAMATO, Dragon Dia, Takashi Yoshida & Eita beat Shun SKywalker, KAI, H-Y-O & ISHIN. Dia pinned H-Y-O.

Match 6: KING OF GATE Quarterfinals: BIGBOSS Shimizu beat Susumu Mochizuki.

Main Event: KING OF GATE Quarterfinals: Madoka Kikuta beat Shuji Kondo.

As a result, the first KING OF GATE Semifinals will be Shimizu vs. Kikuta. The Semifinals and Finals will be on 8/3.

The next event is tomorrow at Juroku Plaza in Gifu with one of the remaining Quarterfinals, Kota Minoura vs. Yuki Yoshioka. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

Dragon Gate 7/17/23 Results

Dragon Gate continued the KING OF GATE 2023 today, wrapping up Round 2 and setting the Quarterfinals.

Today’s event was held at Kusakabe Fureai Cube in Saitama. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 420.

Match 1: BxB Hulk & Minorita beat Jason Lee & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. Minorita pinned KAMEI after Victor Minorita.

Match 2: Dragon Kid, Susumu Mochizuki, Naruki Doi & Kagetora beat Ultimo Dragon, YAMATO, Shachihoko BOY & Daiki Yanagiuchi. Mochizuki pinned Yanagiuchi after Jumbo Wins!!

Match 3: KING OF GATE Round 2: Kota Minoura beat Punch Tominaga.

Match 4: Shun Skywalker, KAI & H-Y-O beat Masaaki Mochizuki, Yasushi Kanda & Mochizuki Jr. H-Y-O pinned Jr. after Neko Tamashi.

Match 5: KING OF GATE Round 2: Shuji Kondo beat ISHIN.

Main Event: Madoka Kikuta, Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia beat Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu & U-T. Yoshioka pinned U-T after Inferno.

The next event is Saturday at Kobe Art Center in Kobe. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

Dragon Gate 7/16/23 Results

Dragon Gate continued the KING OF GATE 2023 Tournament today with the next day of Round 2.

Today’s event was held at Kanazawa Ryutsu Kaizan in Ishikawa. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced. (Update: The announced paid attendance was 395)

Match 1: Shun Skywalker, KAI & ISHIN beat Kota Minoura, BxB Hulk & Minorita. ISHIN pinned Minorita after a chokeslam.

Match 2: Susumu Mochizuki beat Ichikawa. Which led to…
Match 2 (Again): Susumu Mochizuki beat Ichikawa.

Match 3: Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia & Shachihoko BOY beat YAMATO, Genki Horiguchi & Kagetora. Dia pinned Horiguchi after DDDDT.

Match 4: BIGBOSS Shimizu, Jason Lee, U-T & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI beat Ultimo Dragon, Dragon Kid, Masaaki Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda. Shimizu pinned Kanda after a shot put slam.

Match 5: KING OF GATE Round 2: H-Y-O beat Kzy.

Main Event: KING OF GATE Round 2: Madoka Kikuta beat Takashi Yoshida.

The next event is tomorrow at Kasukabe Fureai Cube in Saitama. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

Dragon Gate 7/15/23 Results

Dragon Gate continued the KING OF GATE 2023 Tournament today, wrapping up Round 1 action as the field was narrowed down to 16.

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

The paid attendance has not yet been announced.

There was a last-minute change to the card because Ben-K was removed just before the event. Illness. Out tomorrow as well. As a result, he is out of KING OF GATE and Susumu Mochizuki will get a free pass (again) to the Quarterfinals.

Match 1: Madoka Kikuta, Dragon Dia & Ho Ho Lun beat YAMATO, Kagetora & Kaito Nagano. Lun pinned Nagano.

Match 2: KAI & ISHIN beat Jason Lee & U-T. ISHIN pinned U-T after Death Penalty.

Match 3: Ultimo Dragon, Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki & Mochizuki Jr. beat Kota Minoura, BxB Hulk, Minorita & Ryoya Tanaka. Susumu Mochizuki pinned Tanaka after Yokosuka Cutter.

Match 4: KING OF GATE Round 2: BIGBOSS Shimizu beat Yasushi Kanda.

Match 5: Shun Skywalker & H-Y-O beat Kzy & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. H-Y-O pinned KAMEI after Neko Tamashi.

Main Event: KING OF GATE Round 2: Yuki Yoshioka beat Dragon Kid.

The next event is tomorrow at Kanazawa Ryutsu Kaikan in Ishikawa. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

Dragon Gate 7/14/23 Results

Dragon Gate resumed the KING OF GATE Tournament today after a nearly week long break., wrapping up Round 1 of the tournament with today’s matches.

Today’s event was held at Robashi Sports Center in Nagoya. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced

Match 1: KING OF GATE Round 1: ISHIN beat Minorita.

Match 2: Shun Skywalker & KAI beat Ryu Fuda & Kaito Nagano. KAI pinned Nagano after a lariat.

Match 3: KING OF GATE Round 1: Yasushi Kanda beat Strong Machine J. J was questionable for this match due to injury.

Match 4: KING OF GATE Round 1: Yuki Yoshioka beat JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI.

Match 5: Kota Minoura, BxB Hulk & Ben-K beat Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki & Mochizuki Jr. Minoura pinned Jr. afger Golden Rose.

Match 6: Ultimo Dragon, Dragon Kid, Dragon Dia & Madoka Kikuta beat Kzy, BIGBOSS Shomizu, Jason Lee & Shachihoko BOY. Dia pinned BOY after DDDDT.

Main Event: KING OF GATE Round 1: H-Y-O beat U-T.

The next event is tomorrow at Kyoto KBS Hall in Kyoto with the start of Round 2. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

Dragon Gate 7/9/23 Results

Dragon Gate continued the KING OF GATE Tournament today with more Round 1 matches, reaching the halfway point of the opening round.

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 711)

Match 1: Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu, Jason lee & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI beat Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki, Mochizuki Jr. & Yasushi Kanda. KAMEI pinned Jr. after JACKY Knife.

Match 2: KING OF GATE Tournament Round 1: Takashi Yoshida beat Problem Dragon.

Match 3: Ultimo Dragon, Dragon Kid & Genki Horiguchi beat BxB Hulk, Minorita & Ryoya Tanaka. Kid pinned Tanaka after Golgotha.

Match 4: KING OF GATE Tournament Round 1: YAMATO vs. Don Fujii went to a 15 minute time limit draw. As a result, per the tournament rules, both are out and Dragon Dia gets a free pass into the Quarterfinals as he would’ve faced the winner.

Match 5: Shun Skywalker, H-Y-O & ISHIN beat Madoka Kikuta, Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia. H-Y-O pinned Dia after Neko Tamashi.

Match 6: KING OF GATE Tournament: Ben-K beat KAI.

Main Event: KING OF GATE Tournament: Kota Minoura beat Naruki Doi.

The next event is Friday at Robashi Sports Center in Nagoya. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

Dragon Gate 7/8/23 Results (2 Events)

Dragon Gate ran 2 separate events today, continuing the KING OF GATE Tournament and also running the second “Heroic Legend Rei-Zero” event.

First, the KING OF GATE event:
Today’s event was held at Act City Hamamatsu in Shizuoka. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 304.

Match 1: Shun SKywalker, KAI, ISHIN & H-Y-O beat Kzy, U-T, Don Fujii & Ho Ho Lun. ISHIN pinned Lun after a small leg chokeslam.

Match 2: KING OF GATE Tournament Round 1: Shuji Kondo beat Genki Horiguchi.

Match 3: KING OF GATE Tournament Round 1: Dragon Kid beat Kagetora.

Match 4: Kota Minoura, BxB Hulk & Ben-K beat Ultimo Dragon, BIGBOSS Shimizu & Ichikawa. Ben-K pinned Ichikawa after countering La Magistral.

Match 5: YAMATO, Madoka Kikuta & Yuki Yoshioka beat Susumu Mochizuki, Yasushi Kanda & Punch Tominaga. Yoshioka pinned Tominaga after Flashbang.

Main Event: KING OF GATE Tournament Round 1: Dragon Dia beat Jason Lee.

Second, Heroic Legend Rei-Zero 2:
Today’s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.

The announced paid attendance was 353.

Match 1: YAMATO & Masaaki Mochizuki beat Munenori Sawa & Fuminori Abe. YAMATO pinned Abe after Omniescent & Omnipotent Frankensteiner.

Match 2: Hikaru Sato, Takefuim Ito & Ryo Kawamura beat Ben-K, Minorita & Punch Tominaga by ref stoppage (TKO). Kawamura beat Tominaga. Strikes.

Match 3: TBA, revealed to be Kikutaro, beat Ichikawa for the vacant Open The Owarai Gate Championship and won the audience decision after the match for the title. Kikutaro becomes the 32nd Open The Owarai Gate Champion.

Match 4: Madoka Kikuta & Yuki Yoshioka beat MUSASHI & Nohashiro (?) (Michinoku Pro). Kikuta pinned Nohashiro after a rolling lariat.

Match 5: BIGBOSS Shimizu, Mochizuki Jr. & Daiki Yanagiuchi beat Masa Kitamiya, Kai Fujimura & Taishi Ozawa (Pro Wrestling NOAH). Shimizu pinned Ozawa after BIGBOSS Press. I believe this is Yanagiuchi’s first career win.

Main Event: Open The Twin Gate Champions Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda beat Takuya Sugawara & Masato Tanaka (ZERO1) to retain the titles. Kanda pinned Sugawara after Candy Magic. V2 for the champs.

The next event is tomorrow at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

Dragon Gate 7/7/23 Results

Dragon Gate kicked off the 2023 KING OF GATE Tournament today, their annual singles tournament featuring the entire roster in a bracket-style single-elimination format event.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall 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 1189)

Match 1: KAI, H-Y-O & ISHIN beat U-T, Jason Lee & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. H-Y-O pinned U-T after O Kick.

Match 2: Genki Horiguchi & Takashi Yoshida beat Kaito Nagano & Daiki Yanagiuchi. Yoshida pinned Yanagiuchi after a released powerbomb.

Match 3: KING OF GATE Round 1: Kzy beat Eita.

Match 4: KING OF GATE Round 1: Punch Tominaga beat BxB Hulk.

Match 5: Ultimo Dragon, Don Fujii & Dragon Kid beat Susumu Mochizuki, Yasushi Kanda & Mochizuki Jr. Fujii beat Jr. with a ground Manjigatame.

Match 6: YAMATO, Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia & Kagetora beat Naruki Doi, Minorita, Kota Minoura & Ben-K. Dia pinned Minorita after DDDDT.

Match 7: KING OF GATE Round 1: BIGBOSS Shimizu beat Shun Skywalker.

Main Event: KING OF GATE Round 1: Madoka Kikuta beat Masaaki Mochizuki.

KING OF GATE Round 1: Susumu Mochizuki beat Diamante by default/forfeit. Diamante withdrawal from the tournament after the 7/2 event.

Day 2 is tomorrow at Act City Hamamatsu in Shizuoka. There will be no live or on demand broadcast. Also tomorrow is “Heroic Legend -ZERO- Vol. 2” at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin TONIGHT AT 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.

Injury Report: Not A Super Strong Machine

He may be the biological son of 1980s-1990s New Japan wrestler Super Strong Machine, but apparently Dragon Gate wrestler Strong Machine J was not strong enough to avoid injury at the major Kobe event Sunday. He saved his mask but at a physical price. Left shoulder injury. Out indefinitely and is questionable for KING OF GATE-his first match is scheduled for 7/14 against Yasushi Kanda. If he can’t go Kanda probably will get a forfeit win. (Also already out is Diamante but that was per his request so Susumu Mochizuki gets a forfeit win on 7/7. Diamante lost his mask on that same 7/2 match)

More as it becomes available.

Dragon Gate 7/2/23 Results

Kobe Pro Wrestling Festival 2023, Dragon Gate’s biggest annual event of the year (their version of WrestleMania), is now in the books.

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

The announced paid attendance was 5150.

Pre-show Match 1: Shachihoko BOY, Takashi Yoshida & Problem Dragon beat Genki Horiguchi, Punch Tominaga & Ho Ho Lun. Yoshida pinned Tominaga after Pineapple Bomber.

Pre-show Match 2: KAI & H-Y-O beat Mochizuki Junior & Ryoya Tanaka. H-Y-O pinned Tanaka after Zero Kick.

Match 1: Dragon Dia, La Estrella & Eita beat Kagetora, U-T & Taro Nohashi (Michinoku Pro). Dia pinned U-T after DDDDT.

Match 2: ISHIN beat Open The Brave Gate Champion Jason Lee to win the title. ISHIN becomes the 48th Open The Brave Gate Champion.

Match 3: Kenoh (Pro Wrestling NOAH) & Masaaki Mochizuki beat Don Fujii & Shuji Kondo. Kenoh pinned Fujii after PFS. This was originally to have been Mochizuki & Fujii vs. Kenoh & Kondo but was changed after Kenoh disbanded Kongo last week.

Match 4: TBA, which was revealed as Shingo Takagi (New Japan) beat Ichikawa in 17 seconds. Which led to…
Match 4 (Again): Shingo Takagi beat Ichikawa by TKO. Towel.

Match 5: Open The Twin Gate Champions Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda beat BxB Hulk & Ben-K to retain the titles. Mochizuki pinned Hulk after a modified Yokosuka Cutter. V1 for the champs.

Match 6: Hiromu Takahashi (New Japan) beat YAMATO.

Match 7: Kota Minoura, Minorita & Naruki Doi beat Open The Triangle Gate Champions Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI to win the titles. Minoura, Minorita & Doi become the 86th Open The Triangle Gate Champions. Minoura pinned Kzy after Golden Rose.

Match 8: Open The Dream Gate Champion Madoka Kikuta beat Yuki Yoshioka to retain the title.V1 for Kikuta.

Main Event: In a Mascara Contra Mascara Cage Survival 5-Way Match, where the only way to escape was to climb to the top of the cage and retrieve your mask and the last one left was the ultimate loser, the participants were Ultimo Dragon, Dragon Kid, Shun Skywalker, Diamante & Strong Machine J. The ultimate loser was Diamante. As a result, Diamante loses his mask.

Next up is KING OF GATE 2023, the promotion’s annual singles tournament, starting Friday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

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