Dragon Gate Tournaments

The following are all tournaments held by Dragon Gate.

El Numero Uno 2004
The fourth and final El Numero Uno took place over the course of 25 days from March 6-April 25, 2004. This year was similar to the previous year in having eighteen initial participants and a three-round tournament format. The biggest difference was that there would be one winner of the Dragon Scramble and would not only earn entry into the tournament, but would also advance automatically into the semifinals.

An addition to the year was the determination of the weakest participant of the entire league. If two had the same low score and none were victorious in the Dragon Scramble, they would compete in a match where the loser would be considered the weakest wrestler of the year as opposed to the winner of the whole tournament considered the strongest.

This year was heavily marred by injuries that took place as league matches were going on. As a result, the time-frame was extended in the hopes the participants could recover. When it was determined that they would not be healed in time, changes were made in order for the tournament to proceed.

* = Was Henry III Sugawara until after March 26, when he turned on Anthony W. Mori and joined Aagan Iisou under his real name.

* = Ryo Saito was injured following his match on April 2. When it was determined that he would not recover in time to resume his participation, Naoki Tanizaki was chosen to fill in for him beginning April 18. Furthermore, SUWA was injured following his match on April 3. His remaining match was to have been against Saito. With both injured, it was decided their match would be canceled. This left Tanizaki, taking over for Saito, and Doi for second position, as SUWA could not compete further, resulting in a decision match.

Block B Decision Match: Naoki Tanizaki defeated Second Doi (April 24 - 9:13)

Dragon Scramble: Shuji Kondo defeated Anthony W. Mori, Don Fujii, Genki Horiguchi, Keni'chiro Arai, Milano Collection AT, Second Doi, TARU, Takuya Sugawara, YOSSINO, and "brother" YASSHI (April 25 - 15:20)

Maximum Weakest determination Match: Don Fujii defeated "brother" YASSHI (April 25 - 9:40)

Rey De Parejas 2004
The second and final Rey De Parejas took place over the course of 20 days from October 3-November 8, 2004. This year featured three teams single block format and was contested for the inagural Open The Triangle Gate Championship wich was created following the Toryumon split to replace the UWA World Trios Championship. Touru Owashi was originally in the tournament but Shuji Kondo repalced him. During the tournament Magnum was replaced by Ryo Saito. Final M2K (K-ness, Masaaki Mochizuki and Susumu Yokosuka), Do FIXER (Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi and Ryo Saito) and Italian Connection (Milano Collection AT, Anthony W. Mori and YOSSINO) were tied with 6 points and it was done a three way elimination match and the winners would face Aagan Iisou (Shuji Kondo, Takuya Sugawara and "brother" YASSHI) in the finals. Italian Connection defeated Do FIXER and Final M2K to face Aagan Iisou at the finals.

1. Originally the match ended in a no contest the match was restarted and ended in a double countout.

2. The match didn't happen.

One Night Ten Man Tag Tournament
The One Night Ten Man Tag Tournament was a 10 man single-elimination tournament to determine the strongest 10 man tag team in that night.

Open The Brave Gate Championship Tournament
On March 13 2005 Dragon Gate held a single-elimination tournament in the Dragon Gate The Brave Gate Tour 2005; which involved seven wrestlers from Dragon Gate and one from Kaientai Dojo. The seven wrestlers from Dragon Gate were Daniel Mishima, Genki Horiguchi, K-ness, Naoki Tanizaki, Naruki Doi, Super Shisa and YOSSINO and from Kaientai Dojo was PSYCHO. The winner was Naruki Doi and he became the inaugural Open The Brave Gate Champion.

1 The match ended in a no contest at 6:48 minutes, and then it was restarted.

King of Gate 2005
The first King of Gate tournament took place over the course of five days from December 23-25, 2005. Virtually every member of the Dragon Gate roster participated, so a select few were given byes into the second round.

Open The Brave Gate Championship League
Through out February 18 to March 19 2006, Dragon Gate held a Round-Robin tournament, with all matches with a 20 minutes time limit, to determine the Open The Brave Gate Champion after the title being vacated after Dragon Kid second defense ending in a No Contest.

I-J Heavyweight Tag Team Championship Tournament
Before the Open The Twin Gate Championship, the primary tag team championship was the I-J Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. On August 6, 2006 in the Gate Of Adventure - Day 4, Dragon Gate held a one night 8-man single elimination tournament to crown their first I-J Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Don Fujii replaced Magnum TOKYO in the finals for an unknown reason.

Open The Triangle Gate Championship League
Trough out August 11 to August 20 in the Gate Of Adventure 2006 - Days 5 to 12, Dragon Gate held a Round-Robin tournament to decide the new Open The Triangle Gate Champions after the titles being vacated due to CIMA, Yoshino and Kishiwada losing a title defense to Muscle Outlaw'z Naruki Doi, Gamma and Naoki Tanizaki by disqualification on the Aggressive Gate tour and also for Yoshino and Kishiwada defected to Muscle Outlaw'z before the match.

NEX-1 Tournament 2007
Through January 13 to 14, on the Primal Gate 2007- Day 1 and 2, Dragon Gate NEX held their first tournament, to decide who was the top wrestler on Dragon Gate NEX and the winner whould get a long excursion to the United States.

Open The Dream Gate Championship #1 Contendership Tournament
On July 10, on the Rainbow Gate 2007 - Day 1, Dragon Gate a tournament, to decide who was going to be the #1 Contender for the Open The Dream Gate Championship.

Summer Adventure Tag League 2007
The 2007 Summer Adventure League featured ten teams, and was held from 5 August to 26 August. The top four ranked teams from the round robin round qualified for the single-elimination semi-finals. The two winners of the semi-finals met in the final to decide the winner.

Knockout round

King of Gate 2007
The third King of Gate Tournament took place over the course of seven days from December 1-9, 2007. The previous year's winner, Masaaki Mochizuki, no longer received an automatic bye into the second round. Austin Aries became the first gaijin to participate in the tournament.

The tournament ended in controversy when Gamma was declared winner by default due to CIMA's inability to continue after taking numerous kicks to the groin. Dragon Kid, who himself lot to Gamma by less than honorable means, demanded a rematch with Gamma and won, though he is not recognized as the winner of the tournament.

NEX-1 Tournament 2008
This tournament, until now, it was the last NEX-1 tournament and the last tournament held by Dragon Gate NEX, like the previous tournament, the winner would get a long time excursion to the Unites States. This tournament took place on the NEX Sanctuary.24 and 25 and it was held on January 21 and January 28.

Planning Jumbo Six Man Scramble One Night Tag Tournament
This tournament took place on March 16 2008, at the Glorious Gate 2008 - Day 10 on Morodomi Gym “Heartful” in Saga, Japan, this tournament was one single-elimination tournament.

Open The Brave Gate Championship Tournament 2008
Trough out April 25 to April 27 in the Gate Of Passion 2008 - Days 8 and 10, Dragon Gate held a single elimination tournament to decide the new Open The Brave Gate Champion after the title being vacated by Anthony W. Mori due to interference from Yasushi Kanda in the title switch against Masato Yoshino.

Summer Adventure Tag League 2008
The 2008 Summer Adventure League featured nine teams and was held from 9 August to 28 August. The top four ranked teams from the round robin round qualified for the single-elimination semi-finals. The two winners of the semi-finals met in the final to decide the winner.

Knockout round

King of Gate 2008
The fourth King of Gate Tournament took place over the course of six days from December 2-19, 2008. Shingo Takagi was scheduled to participate, but decided to pull out as he was the reigning Open The Dream Gate Champion at the time. His spot would be filled by outsider Madoka, who won a battle royal on November 29 to earn entry.

Ryo Saito legitimately injured his right arm during his first round match with BxB Hulk. It was severe enough for the referee to call the match.

Naoki Tanizaki's ringout loss to Don Fujii in the second round was caused by an intrusion from Cyber Kong.

Battle Of Tokyo 2009
This tournament is a one night single-elimination tournament held by Dragon Gate on the Battle of Tokyo PPV, that took place on January 25 and it was on the Shin-Kiba 1st RING and broadcasted by GAORA TV on Tape Delay.

Open The Twin Gate Championship #1 Contendership Tournament
On April 18 and 19 on the Gate of Passion 2009 - Days 7 and 8, Dragon Gate held a single-elimination tournament to decide the team that was going to be the #1 Contenders and that was going to face WARRIORS-5 (Gamma and Susumu Yokosuka).

Summer Adventure Tag League 2009
The 2009 Summer Adventure League featured nine teams, and was held from 1 August to 26 August. The top four ranked teams from the round robin round qualified for the single-elimination semi-finals. The two winners of the semi-finals met in the final to decide the winner.

Knockout round

Open The Brave Gate Championship Tournament 2009
On August 29, 2009 Dragon Gate held a tournament to crown the new Open The Brave Gate Champion, after being vacated due to Masato Yoshino being the Open The Dream Gate Champion.

Battle Of Tokyo 2010
This tournament was a one-night single-elimination tournament held by Dragon Gate on the Battle of Tokyo PPV, that took place on January 19 and it was on the Shin-Kiba 1st RING and broadcasted by GAORA TV on Tape Delay.

King of Gate 2010
The fifth King of Gate Tournament took place over the course of five days from April 3-14, 2010. While he was a part-time member of the Dragon Gate roster at the time, Takuya Sugawara was still listed as an outsider.

Summer Adventure Tag League 2010
The 2010 Summer Adventure League featured ten teams, and was held from 30 July to 25 August. The round robin round featured two blocks of five teams each, and the top two teams from each block qualified for the single-elimination semi-finals. The two winners of the semi-finals met in the final to decide the winner.

Knockout round

Open The Brave Gate Championship Tournament 2010
On August 29, 2010 at the Storm Gate 2010 - Day 2, Dragon Gate held a one night single-elimination tournament to decide the new Open The Brave Gate Champion after the title being vacated due to Masato Yoshino also being the Open The Dream Gate Champion.

Open The Brave Gate Championship #1 Contendership 2011
On January 9, 2011 to January 10, at the Primal Gate 2011 - Day 1 and 2, Dragon Gate held a 4-man single-elimination tournament to decide who was going to face PAC for the Open The Brave Gate Championship.

King of Gate 2011
The sixth King of Gate Tournament took place over the course of six days from May 12-21, 2011.

Summer Adventure Tag League 2011
The 2011 Summer Adventure League featured twelve teams, and was held from 3 August to 7 August, covering three shows; the format of the League was changed to a single-elimination tournament. Four teams received a bye into the second round. Kotoka qualified to be Don Fujii's partner by beating Shisa BOY, Super Shenlong and Eita Kobayashi.

King of Chop I
The first tournament took place on April 16, 2012 at Kobe Sambo Hall in Hyogo. The tournament had been announced at the previous Sambo Hall show on March 18 along with the sixteen participants. It was further announced that the winner would receive a 300,000 yen cash prize and a special privilege of their choosing, which could be virtually anything from a title shot or match making rights.

"Naoki Tanisaki" was originally listed as a participant, but he was "unable to show." He was "replaced" in the tournament by Tomahawk T.T.

Mondai Ryu surrendered by Akira Tozawa throwing in the towel for him.

Not only did Masato Yoshino and Masaaki Mochizuki have the first fan decision split, but they had two, forcing a total of five chop exchanges before the fan decision was more decisive.

For his victory prize, Eita Kobayashi requested from CIMA to be included into the King of Gate tournament, even though all sixteen participants had already been announced. CIMA chose to bow out of King of Gate, allowing for Kobayashi to participate. Kobayashi also noted his wish to partake on a learning excursion to Mexico when CIMA next toured the country at the end of May. He would pass an in-ring test at the next Sambo Hall show, allowing him to go.

King of Gate 2012
The seventh King of Gate Tournament will take place over the course of six days from May 10-19, 2012. CIMA was scheduled to participate, but agreed to pull out and be replaced by Eita Kobayashi, who wanted to enter the tournament as his prize for winning the King of Chop tournament on April 19, 2012.

King of Chop II
A second tournament was announced following the end of the 2012 King of Gate tournament. It took place over the course of two nights as opposed to one, occurring on June 9 and 10, 2012. Both shows were at Sapporo Teisen Hall in Hokkaido. There were twenty competitors this time around and the brackets were determined by a random drawing from the fans following the opening match on June 9. Competitors 1-10 made up Block A and 11-20 made up Block B. Competitors 1-4 and 17-20 were placed in a "Handicap Set" where they competed in a bonus round. The first and bonus rounds took place on June 9 while the remaining rounds took place on June 10.

General Manager Takayuki Yagi deemed Shingo Takagi's double-handed chop to be acceptable. However, he did not accept the use of a Mongolian chop, which Shingo playfully used on Naruki Doi just as their round began. Doi and Masato Yoshino appealed for Shingo to be disqualified as a result, but Yagi instead issued him a warning.

Jimmy Kagetora was involved in both rounds that featured a fan decision split, including the first to occur in the finals. Along with having to compete in the "Handicap Set" and all of his rounds going to fan decision, he received a total of 29 chops.

Summer Adventure Tag League 2012
The 2012 Summer Adventure League featured eight teams with three members instead of the usual two. The round robin round features two blocks of four teams each, and the top team from each block will qualify for the finals to decide the winner of the tournament while the last team from each block will face each other to determine the last placed team. The tournament was constested for the vancated Open The Triangle Gate Championship. Super Shenlong III qualified to be Shingo Takagi and YAMATO's partner by beating Chihiro Tominaga. The tournament was held from 2 August to 19 August.

Last Place Mondai Ryu, Kzy and Cyber Kong lost to Ryo "Jimmy" Saito, Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!! and Naoki Tanizaki in 16:31 to become the last placed team

Six Unit Warfare One Night Tag Tournament
It was a one night tag tournament to determine the strongest team in this years and it was to replace this years Summer Adventure Tag League that was a six-man tag team tournament for the vacated Open The Triangle Gate Championship.

King of Gate 2013
The 2013 King of Gate tournament, a sixteen man tournament, took take place from May 10 to May 25, covering seven shows.

Summer Adventure Tag League 2013
The 2013 Summer Adventure League reverted to teams of two members, and was held from 7 September to 28 September. The round robin round featured two blocks of four teams each, and the top team from each block qualified for the finals. The Block A match between Shingo Takagi and Akira Tozawa versus Naruki Doi and Masato Yoshino ended in a no contest with no points awarded when Doi turned on Yoshino and joined MAD BLANKEY. This caused Yoshino to team up with the Former Super Shenlong III: Yosuke Watanabe for his final Block A match against Masaaki Mochizuki and Don Fujii. T-Hawk and Eita defeated YAMATO and BxB Hulk to become the Provisional Open The Twin Gate Championsand win the tournament.

Open The Brave Gate Championship Tournament 2013
On September 28 and 29, at Summer Adventure Tag League 2013 - Days 13 and 14, Dragon Gate held a tournament to crown a new Open The Brave Gate Champion after the the title being vacated due to Masato Yoshino voluntarily vacated the title, feeling that the title belonged to the younger generation.

Open the Triangle Gate Championship Next Challenger Team One Night Tournament
This was a one night tournament featured at the Miracle Gate show and it was to determine the 1º contender for the Open The Triangle Gate Championship. The winners would recieve a shot a the same night for the Open The Triangle Gate Champions. The winners were Millennials (T-Hawk, Eita and Flamita and the later that night defeated Mad Blankey (YAMATO, Cyber Kong and BxB Hulk) to win the Open The Triangle Gate Championship.

King of Gate 2014
The 2014 King of Gate tournament, a sixteen man tournament, took take place from May 9 to May 31, covering nine shows.

Open The Triangle Gate Championship #1 Contendership Tournament 2014
On August 2 and 3 at the Gate of Generation 2014 - Days 1 and 2, Dragon Gate held a tournament to decide the #1 Contender that was going to face MAD BLANKEY (Cyber Kong, Kzy and Naruki Doi) on August 10, 2014.

Summer Adventure Tag League 2014
The 2014 Summer Adventure Tag League and was held from 5 September to 23 September. The round robin round featured two blocks of four teams each, and the top team from each block qualified for the finals. During the tournament Kotoka injured himeself and he was place on his last match by Yuga Hayashi.

Last Place Ryotsu Shimizu and Yuga Hayashi lost to Kzy and Naruki Doi in 11:53 to become the last placed team

Knockout round

Open The Brave Gate Championship Tournament 2015
On January 10 to January 12, 2015 at the Open The New Year Gate 2015 - Days 1 to 3, Dragon Gate held a single elimination tournament to determine the new Open The Brave Gate Champion after the the being vacated due to Flamita left the belt in the ring in protest, following his tenth defense ending in a disqualification.

Open The Dream Gate Title #1 Contendership 2015
On January 16, 2015 at the Open The New Year Gate 2015 - Day 4, Dragon Gate held a one night single-elimination tournament to determine the #1 Contender for the Open The Dream Gate Championship and winner would face BxB Hulk on February 5, 2015.

King of Gate 2015
The 2015 King of Gate tournament, a sixteen man tournament, took take place from May 8 to May 30, covering seven shows.

Summer Adventure Tag League 2015
The 2015 Summer Adventure Tag League and was held from 5 September to 27 September. The round robin round featured two blocks of four teams each, and the top team from each block qualified for the finals. On September 9 CIMA was injured and was replaced by Takehiro Yamamura. Knockout round

Open The Triangle Gate Championship Tournament 2015
On November 22 and 25,2015, and on December 5 and 6, 2015, at the Crown Gate 2015 - Days 15 and 16, and at the Fantastic Gate 2015 - Days 2 and 3, Dragon Gate held a single-elimination tournament to determine the new Open The Triangle Gate Champions.

King of Gate 2016
The 2016 King of Gate tournament was a round-robin tournament, featuring 4 blocks and took place from May 8 to June 12, covering twenty shows. On block A the match between Shingo Takagi and Punch Tominaga ended in a time limit draw due to a double count out so neither Takagi or Tominaga received points. On block B Eita and Akira Tozawa were tied with 7 points and on June 11 Tozawa defeated Eita to pass to the semifinals.

1. This match ended in a double count out and none of them received points.

Summer Adventure Tag League 2016
On July 7 it was announced the 2016 Summer Adventure Tag League and it will be held from August 6 to September 10. The round robin round featured two blocks of four teams each, and the top team from each block qualified for the finals. On July 24 it was announced that Kotoka would miss the tournament due to facial injuries and Cyber Kong will replace him as partner for Shingo Takagi and Osaka06 (CIMA and Gamma) replaced the team of Mondai Ryu and Cyber Kong. Futa Nakamura and Masaaki Mochizuki forfeit their first and second and third match due to Nakamura getting injured on the first day. Knockout round

New Year Unit Six Man Tag Team Tournament
New Years Unit War 6 Man Tag Team Tournament was a single-elimination trios tournament held in Dragon Gate to determine the strongest team in the promotion for the year. The tournament was held in one show. On January 6, 2016 Dragon Gate announced a trios tournament named New Years Unit War 6 Man Tag Team Tournament one night trios tournament on January 18 and the first round will be contested under 2 count rules and the rest of the rounds will be normal 3 count rules. It was also announced the stables that will be part of the tournament. The stables that will be part of the tournament are Over Generation, VerserK, Jimmyz, Tribe Vanguard and some Unaffiliated teams. It will be two teams from VerserK, one from Over Generation, one from Jimmyz and one from Tribe Vanguard, and it will also have three Unaffiliated teams. Later Kaito Ishida was replaced by Punch Tominaga.

Open The Brave Gate Championship Tournament 2017
On March 4, 2017 Dragon Gate's General Manager and Referee Takayuki Yagi announced a single elimination tournament to determine the new Open The Brave Gate Champion after being vacated due to massive interference from both Over Generation and VerserK and the semifinals and the final will take place on the Memorial Gate in Wakayama.

King of Gate 2017
The 2017 King of Gate tournament, a round-robin tournament, featuring 4 blocks and will take place from May 9 to June 11, covering twenty shows. On May 5 Cyber Kong was forced to revert to his real name Takashi Yoshida. Jimmy K-ness J.K.S. was forced to forfeit his match against Don Fujii on June 3 due to pulling the calf muscle in his right leg.