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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.

Dragon Gate announced today that current wrestler Eita has signed a new contract with the promotion, while terms were not announced it suggests Eita will have more freedom to compete elsewhere outside the promotion including continuing in Pro Wrestling NOAH, where he has made regular appearances over the last couple years (Alejandro, formerly Aleja before apparently leaving Dragon Gate for NOAH, seemed to also have such an arrangement). He will continue to be a regular in Dragon Gate as well.

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.