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Dragon Gate continued The Gate Of Passion 2023 Tour today with an event in Tokyo.

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

The announced paid attendance was 1087.

Match 1: BxB Hulk, Ben-K & Minorita beat Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu & Jason Lee. Minorita pinned Lee after a Ben-K spear.

Match 2: Kenichiro Arai & Punch Tominaga beat Genki Horiguchi & Takashi Yoshida. Arai beat Horiguchi with a full nelson clutch.

Match 3: Ultimo Dragon, Dragon Kid & Ichikawa beat Shun Skywalker, Diamante & H-Y-O by DQ. Diamante DQ’d. Mask removal. This was to have been a tag team match but Diamante & Dragon were late additions to make it a 6-man tag.

Match 4: KAI & ISHIN beat Shuji Kondo & Kagetora. KAI pinned Kagetora after Meteor Impact.

Match 5: Don Fujii, Eita & Naruki Doi beat YAMATO, Kaito Nagano & Daiki Yanagiuchi. Doi beat Yanagiuchi with a camel clutch.

Match 6: Strong Machine J & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI beat Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia. KAMEI pinned Dia after JACKY Knife.

Match 7: Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda vs. Masaaki Mochizuki & Mochizuki Jr. went to a double countout.

Main Event: Madoka Kikuta beat Kota Minoura. As a result, Kikuta will face Open The Dream Gate Champion Shun Skywalker for the title at DEAD OR ALIVE 2023 on 5/5 at Aichi Prefectural Gym in Nagoya.

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

Dragon Gate ran a special event dubbed “Historic Legend-Rei-ZERO-” or roughly Legend Of Valor, yesterday as part of the current tour with a lot of outside participation.

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

The announced paid attendance was 469, a super full house/very near sellout. A screenshot posted on Twitter made it look like the venue was legit full, which would’ve been up to 500.

Match 1: Hikaru Sato & Ryo Kawamura beat YAMATO & Punch Tominaga. Kawamura pinned Tominaga after a middle kick.

Match 2: Kikutaro beat Kuishinbo Kamen (Osaka Pro) & Ichikawa in a 3-way by pinning Ichikawa.

Match 3: Takashi Sasaki & Jun Kasai (Freedoms) beat Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda. Kasai pinned Kanda after a vertical drop reverse tiger driver.

Match 4: Masato Tanaka & Takiya Sugawara (ZERO1) beat Don Fujii & Madoka Kikuta. Tanaka pinned Kikuta after Sliding D.

Match 5: Fujita “Jr” Hayato, Jinsei Shinzaki (Michinoku Pro) & Strong Machine J beat Masaaki Mochizuki, Mochizuki Jr. & LEONA (Dradition). Hayato pinned Jr. after K.I.D.

Main Event: Kenoh (Pro Wrestling NOAH) & Shuji Kondo beat Open The Twin Gate Champions Kzy & BIGBOSS Shimizu by TKO to win the titles. Kenoh & Kondo become the 62nd Open The Twin Gate Champions. Kenoh beat Shimizu with a high kick.

The next event was earlier today at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on DRAGONGATE NETWORK.

Dragon Gate continued the Gate Of Passion 2023 Tour today with a Madoka Kikuta hometown event.

Today’s event was held at Kanazawa Ryutsu Kaikan in Ishikawa. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 310.

Match 1: Kzy, Jason Lee & Ho Ho Lun beat Shun Skywalker, H-Y-O & ISHIN. Lee pinned H-Y-O after Maximum Driver.

Match 2: KAI beat Genki Horiguchi.

Match 3: Don Fujii & Kagetora beat Susumu Mochizuki & Mochizuki Jr. Kagetora pinned Jr.

Match 4: BIGBOSS Shimizu & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI” beat Dragon Kid & Takashi Yoshida. KAMEI pinned Yoshida after JACKY Knife.

Main Event: Kota Minoura, BxB Hulk, Ben-K & Mnorita beat YAMATO, Madoka Kikuta, Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia. Minoura pinned Dia after R-301.

The next event is “Historic Legend-Rei-ZERO-” Tuesday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Dragon Gate kicked off their April tour, The Gate Of Passion 2023, today with the first event of the month.

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

The announced paid attendance was 326.

Match 1: YAMATO, Dragon Kid, BxB Hulk & Ben-K beat Genki Horiguchi, Susumu Mochizuki, Kagetora & Takashi Yoshida. Ben-K pinned Horiguchi.

Match 2: ISHIN beat Daiki Yanagiuchi.

Match 3: KAI beat BIGBOSS Shimizu.

Match 4: Minorita & Kaito Nagano beat Ryu Fuda & Mochizuki Jr. Minorita pinned Fuda after Minoritanic.

Match 5: Kzy, Jason Lee & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI beat Naruki Doi, Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia. Lee pinned Dia.

Main Event: Kota Minoura & Madoka Kikuta beat Shun Skywalker & H-Y-O. Kikuta pinned H-Y-O after Neko Soul.

The next event is tomorrow at Kanazawa Ryutsu Kaikan in Ishikawa, which is a Madoka Kikuta hometown event. There will be no live broadcast.

Dragon Gate wrapped up the Glorious Gate 2023 Tour today with their final event of the month.

Today’s event was held at Hiroshima Industrial Hall in Hiroshima. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 498.

Match 1: Shun Skywalker, KAI & H-Y-O beat Kzy, Strong Machine J & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. Skywalker pinned KAMEI after a moonsault double knee dtop.

Match 2: Shachihoko BOY beat Ichikawa.

Match 3: Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda beat Dragon Kid & Punch Tominaga. Kanda pinned Tominaga after a diving elbow drop.

Match 4: BIGBOSS Shimizu & Jason Lee beat Minorita & Kaito Nagano. Lee pinned Nagano after Maximum Driver.

Match 5: YAMATO & Takashi Yoshida beat Masaaki Mochizuki & Mochizuki Jr. YAMATO pinned Jr. after Gallaria.

Main Event: Kota Minoura, BxB Hulk & Ben-K beat Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia & Madoka Kikuta. Minoura pinned Dia after R-301.

Next up is The Gate Of Passion 2023 tour beginning Saturday at Kyoto KBS Hall in Kyoto. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET. For April, 7 of the first 9 tour events will be on DRAGONGATE NETWORK, but there will be no broadcasts from 4/17-4/30.

Dragon Gate ran the penultimate event of the Glorious Gate 2023 Tour today, the latest in a long run of non-televised house shows.

Today’s event was held at Kirameki Minato Museum in Fukui. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 254.

Match 1: BxB Hulk, Ben-K & Minorita beat Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki & Mochizuki Jr. Ben-K pinned Jr.

Match 2: Don Fujii & Kagetora beat Kaito Nagano & Daiki Yanagiuchi. Fujii pinned Yanagiuchi after a throat ring drop.

Match 3: Kota Minoura beat JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI.

Match 4: Jason Lee & Ho Ho Lun beat Dragon Kid & Genki Horiguchi. Lee pinned Horiguchi with a deformed horizontal cross.

Match 5: Kzy & BIGBOSS Shimizu beat YAMATO & Punch Tominaga. Kzy pinned Tominaga after a running elbow smash.

Main Event: Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia & Madoka Kikuta beat Shun Skywalker, KAI & H-Y-O. Kikuta pinned H-Y-O after a rolling lariat.

The tour-ender is tomorrow at Hiroshima Industrial Hall in Hiroshima. There will be no live broadcast.

Dragon Gate continued the Glorious Gate 2023 Tour today with a house show in Okayama.

Today’s event was held at Sanyo Fureai Park Gym in Okayama. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 254.

Match 1: Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia & Madoka Kikuta beat Kzy, Strong Machine J & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. Kikuta pinned KAMEI after a rolling lariat.

Match 2: Ben-K beat Daiki Yanagiuchi.

Match 3: YAMATO, Dragon Kid, Kagetora & Kaito Nagano beat Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki, Mochizuki Jr. & Yasushi Kanda. Kagetora pinned Jr. after Hisew.

Match 4: Shachihoko BOY & Takashi Yoshida beat BIGBOSS Shimizu & Jason Lee. BOY pinned Lee after Maximim Driver.

Main Event: Kota Minoura, BxB Hulk & Minorita beat Shun Skywalker, KAI & H-Y-O. Minoura pinned H-Y-O after R-301.

The next event is tomorrow at Kirameki Minatokan in Fukui. There will be no live broadcast.

Dragon Gate continued the Glorious Gate 2023 Tour yesterday with a return home to Kobe for a televised event.

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

The announced paid attendance was 387.

Match 1: Jason Lee, JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI & Ho Ho Lun beat Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi & Eita. Lee pinned Horiguchi after Maximum Driver.

Match 2: Punch Tominaga beat Minorita.

Match 3: Don fujii & Kaito Nagano beat BIGBOSS Shimizu & Daiki Yanagiuchi. Fujii pinned Yanagiuchi after a chokeslam.

Match 4: Kagetora, Takashi Yoshida, Shachihoko BOY & Ichikawa beat Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki, Mochizuki Jr. & Yasushi Kanda. Kagetora pinned Masaaki Mochizuki after Kage-sewn.

Match 5: YAMATO & Shuji Kondo beat Kzy & Strong Machine J. Kondo pinned J after a King Kong lariat.

Main Event: Shun Skywalker, KAI & H-Y-O beat Kota Minoura, BxB Hulk & Ben-K and Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia & Madoka Kikuta in a 3-way when Skywalker pinned Dia.

The next event is Friday at Yomiuri TV 1F 10plaza Special Ring in Tokyo. There will be no live broadcast.