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Dragon Gate resumed the Glorious Gate 2023 Tour today after pausing for a major event yesterday.

Today’s event was held at Nagoya Congress Center in Nagoya. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 1002.

Match 1: Kota Minoura, BxB Hulk, Ben-K & Minorita beat YAMATO, Genki Horiguchi, Kaito Nagano & Yoshiki Kato. Minoura pinned Nagano after R-301.

Match 2: Punch Tominaga & Ho Ho Lun beat Masaaki Mochizuki & Mochizuki Jr. Lun pinned Jr. after Horlor.

Match 3: BIGBOSS Shimizu beat Ichikawa in about 30 seconds. Which led to…
Match 3 (again): BIGBOSS Shimizu beat Ichikawa.

Match 4: Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda beat Strong Machine J & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. Mochizuki pinned KAMEI after Yokosuka Cutter.

Match 5: Kzy & Jason Lee beat Naruki Doi & Dragon Kid. Lee pinned Kid with a deformed horizontal cross.

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 next event is Tuesday at Kobe Sambo Hall in Kobe. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 12:45 AM PT/3:45 AM ET. This is the last live broadcast of the month.

Dragon Gate ran MEMORIAL GATE 2023 today, a major event that was part of the current tour marking the halfway point of the series.

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

The announced paid attendance was 454.

Match 1: Open The Triangle Gate Champions Kota Minoura, BxB Hulk & Ben-K beat Don Fujii, Kaito Nagano & Yoshiki Kato to retain the titles. Minoura pinned Nagano after R-301. V2 for the champs.

Match 2: Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda beat Shachihoko BOY & Takashi Yoshida. Kanda pinned BOY after a diving elbow drop.

Match 3: Jason Lee, JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI & Ho Ho Lun beat Shun Skywalker, KAI & H-Y-O. Lee pinned H-Y-O with a modified crucifix hold.

Match 4: Dragon Kid beat Strong Machine J.

Match 5: Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia & Madoka Kikuta beat Naruki Doi, Shuji Kondo & Genki Horiguchi. Kikuta pinned Horiguchi after a rolling lariat.

Match 6: Ryukyu Dragon Champion YAMATO beat Teelan Shisa to retain the title. V3 for YAMATO.

Main Event: Open The Twin Gate Champions Kzy & BIGBOSS Shimizu beat Masaaki Mochizuki & Mochizuki Jr. to retain the titles. Kzy beat Mochizuki with a ground cobra twist. V6 for the champs.

The next event is tomorrow at Nagoya Congress Center in Nagoya. There will be no live broadcast.

Dragon Gate continued the Glorious Gate Tour today with a JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI hometown event.

Today’s event was held at Tottori Industrial Gym in Tottori. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 282.

Match 1: Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia & Madoka Kikuta beat Shun Skywalker, KAI & H-Y-O. Kikuta pinned H-Y-O after a rolling lariat.

Match 2: Eita beat Ichikawa in 5 seconds. Which led to…
Match 2 (Again): Eita beat Ichikawa.

Match 3: Genki Horiguchi & Yoshiki Kato beat Punch Tominaga & Shachihoko BOY. Kato pinned Tominaga after Crescent Backbreaker.

Match 4: Masaaki Mochizuki beat Daiki Yanagiuchi.

Match 5: Don Fujii & Kaito Nagano beat Ryu Fuda & Mochizuki Jr. Fujii beat Fuda with Gedo Clutch.

Main Event: Kzy, Strong Machine J, BIGBOSS Shimizu & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI beat Kota MInoura, Ben-K, Minorita & BxB Hulk. KAMEI pinned Minorta after Torbegino Cross.

The next event is MEMORIAL GATE 2023 Saturday at Wakayama Prefectural Gym in Wakayama. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 2 AM ET/Friday at 11 PM PT.

Dragon Gate continued the Glorious Gate 2023 Tour yesterday with a house show in Hiroshima.

Yesterday’s event was held at Kozakan Arena Bingo in Hiroshima. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 355.

Match 1: Kota Minoura & Ben-K beat Genki Horiguchi & Kaito Nagano. Ben-K pinned Horiguchi after Hook.

Match 2: Masaaki Mochizuji beat Ichikawa in 7 seconds. Which led to…
Match 2 (Again): Masaaki Mochizuki beat Ichikawa.

Match 3: Don Fujii & Yoshiki Kato beat Punch Tominaga & Mochizuki Jr. Kato pinned Tominaga after Crescent Backbreaker.

Match 4: Eita beat Ryu Fuda.

Match 5: Shachihoko BOY & Dragon Dia beat BxB Hulk & Minorita. BOY pinned Minorita with La Magistral.

Main Event: Kzy, Strong Machine J & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI beat Shun Skywalker, KAI & H-Y-O. Kzy pinned H1Y-O after a running elbow.

The next event was earlier today at Tottori Industrial Gym in Tottori. Results will be posted when available. There was no live broadcast.

Dragon Gate made their debut in Singapore yesterday with the first half of a doubleheader featuring some of the roster facing some of the top talent Singapore has to offer.

Yesterday’s event was held at Singapore Eurasian Community House in Singapore. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 220, a super full house/very near sellout.

Match 1: Aiden Rex, Big Dave & The Eurasian Dragon beat Yuki Yoshioka, Madoka Kikuta & Ho Ho Lun. Dave pinned Lun after Gold Driver.

Match 2: Erfie & Ahmad Arif beat Julian & Showtime. Arif pinned Julian. Completely guessing on names based on translation.

Match 3: Crypto Bro LK beat Brother By (?).

Match 4: Susumu Mochizuki beat DJ KAL.

Match 5: Andruew Tang beat BIGBOSS Shimizu.

Main Event: YAMATO & Dragon Kid beat Dr. Gore & Da Butcherman. YAMATO pinned Gore after Gallaria.

The second event was earlier today. Results will be posted when available. There was no live broadcast. The next event for the current tour was also earlier today at Atelier Himeji in Hyogo. Results will be posted when available. There was no live broadcast.

The next upcoming event is tomorrow at Kozakan Sports Park Bingo in Hiroshima. There will be no live broadcast.

Dragon Gate ran the second half of CHAMPION GATE 2023 today, headlined by the first Open The Dream Gate Championship defense for Shun Skywalker as the promotion’s top titleholder.

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

The announced paid attendance was 528.

Match 1: Kota Minoura, BxB Hulk & Ben-K beat Jason Lee, JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI & Ho Ho Lun. Minoura pinned Lun after R-301.

Match 2: Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki & Mochizuki Jr. beat Don Fujii, Ichikawa & Shachihoko BOY. Susumu Mochizuki pinned Ichikawa with a cut-back La Magistral. Which led to…
Impromptu Match: Mochizuki Jr. vs. Don Fujii went to a double countout.

Match 3: KAI & H-Y-O beat Genki Horiguchi & Kagetora. H-Y-O pinned Horiguchi after a diving senton.

Match 4: Dragon Kid, Eita & Dragon Dia beat YAMATO, Naruki Doi & Takashi Yoshida. Dia pinned Yoshida.

Match 5: Open The Twin Gate Champions Kzy & BIGBOSS Shimizu beat Yuki Yoshioka & Madoka Kikuta to retain the titles. Shimizu pinned Yoshioka after BIGBOSS Press. V5 for the champs.

Main Event: Open The Dream Gate Champion Shun Skywalker beat Strong Machine J to retain the title. V1 for Skywalker.

The next event is Friday at Singapore Eurasian Community House in Singapore. There will be no live broadcast.

Dragon Gate ran the first half of CHAMPION GATE 2023 today, a doubleheader that will feature all the promotion’s championships contested for over two events.

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

The announced paid attendance was 455. Osaka seems to still be quite strict about reduced capacity despite the Japanese government easing most if not all its pandemic restrictions. So this number likely isn’t nearly as bad as it sounds for the venue.

Match 1: Shun Skywalker, KAI & H-Y-O vs. Strong Machine J, Kzy & BIGBOSS Shimizu went to a 15 minute time limit draw.

Match 2: YAMATO beat Ichikawa by submission in 28 seconds. Which led to…
Match 2 again: YAMATO beat Ichikawa by KO.

Match 3: Masaaki Mochizuki (who seemingly has gone light blonde and looks much different than what Pro Wrestling NOAH fans are used to) & Don Fujii beat Yoshiki Kato & Kito Nagano. Fujii beat Kato with Gedo Clutch.

Match 4: Dragon Kid, Yuki Yoshioka, Dragon Dia & Madoka Kikuta beat Genki Horiguchi, Naruki Doi, Eita & Takashi Yoshida. Yoshioka pinned Horiguchi after a frog splash.

Match 5: Jason Lee beat Open The Brave Gate Champion Minorita to win the title. Lee becomes the 47th Open The Brave Gate Champion.

Main Event: Open The Triangle Gate Champions Kota Minoura, Ben-K & BxB Hulk beat Susumu Mochizuki, Yasushi Kanda & Mochizuki Jr. to retain the titles. Ben-K pinned Mozhicuki Jr. V1 for the champs.

The second half of the event is tomorrow. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin TONIGHT at 9:45 PM ET/12:45 AM ET.

Dragon Gate wrapped up the Rey De Parejas 2023 today, finishing the tournament being held for the first time since before the pandemic began in 2020.

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

The announced paid attendance was 1186.

Match 1: Rey De Parejas Semifinals: Yuki Yoshioka & Madoka Kikuta beat Shun Skywalker & KAI. Yoshioka pinned KAI after a frog splash

Match 2: Rey De Parejas Semifinals: Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda beat Kota Minoura & BxB Hulk. Kanda pinned Hulk.

Match 3: H-Y-O & ISHIN vs. Ryukyu Dragon & Teelan Shisa went to a No Contest. YAMATO interference.

Match 4: Daiki Yanaguchi Debut Match: Don Fujii beat Daiki Yanaguchi.

Match 5: Kzy, BIGBOSS Shimizu & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI beat Masaaki Mochizuki, Mochizuki Jr. & Shachihoko BOY. Kzy pinned BOY after a running elbow smash.

Match 6: Strong Machine J & Jason Lee beat Ben-K & Minorita. J pinned Ben-K with Machine suplex.

Match 7: YAMATO, Naruki Doi, Shuji Kondo & Takashi Yoshida beat Dragon Kid, Kagetora, Eita & Dragon Dia. Ymato pinned Kagetora after Frankensteiner of the Almighty.

Main Event: Rey De Parejas Finals: Yuki Yoshioka & Madoka Kikuta beat Susumu Mochzuki & Yasushi Kanda to win the tournament. Kikuta pinned Kanda after a rolling lariat. As a result, Yoshioka & Kikuta will face Open The Twin Gate Champions Kzy & BIGBOSS Shimizu for the titles on Sunday at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka.

The next event is CHAMPION GATE 2023 in OSAKA, the start of the GLORIOUS GATE 2023 Tour, a doubleheader beginning Saturday at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 12:45 AM PT/3:45 AM ET. (The second half of the doubleheader will be later that night and will also be a live broadcast)

Dragon Gate ran the penultimate event of the Rey De Parejas 2023 today, likely setting up the Finals scheduled for next weekend.

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 368.

Match 1: Rey De Parejas Block A: Yuki Yoshioka & Madoka Kikuta beat Masaaki Mochizuki & Mochizuki Jr. Kikuta pinned Mochizuki after a rolling lariat.

Match 2: Genki Horiguchi, Kagetora & Kaito Nagano beat Ben-K, Minorita & Ichikawa. Kagetora pinned Ichikawa.

Match 3: Takashi Yoshida beat Yoshiki Kato.

Match 4: Rey De Parejas Block B: Strong Machine J & F beat Shun Skywalker & KAI. J pinned Skywalker after Machine Suplex.

Match 5: JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI, Jason Lee & Ho Ho Lun beat Dragon Kid, Dragon Dia & Eita. Lee pinned Dia after Maximum Driver.

Match 6: Rey De Parejas Block B: YAMATO & Naruki Doi vs. Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda went to a double countout.

Main Event: Rey De Parejas Block A: Kota Minoura & BxB Hulk beat H-Y-O & ISHIN. Minoura pinned H-Y-O after Gang.

The final event is Thursday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 1:15 AM PT/4:15 AM ET.

UPDATE: The Semifinals and Finals for the tournament are now set for Thursday as the top 2 teams in each block ate official. The Semifinals are Madoka Kikuta & Yuki Yoshioka vs. Shun Skywalker & KAI and Kota Minoura & BxB Hulk vs. Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda. Winners meet in the Finals in the main event