Gate of Destiny (2017)

The Gate of Destiny (2017) is professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and a GAORA TV event promoted by Dragon Gate. The event will take place on November 3, 2017, in Osaka at the Edion Arena Osaka and is the seventh annual event under the Gate of Destiny name.

The main event will feature a Open The Dream Gate Championship match between Masaaki Mochizuki and Susumu Yokosuka.

Background
The Dangerous Gate (2017) aired in Japan through Dragon Gate's internet streaming site, Niconico, with Japanese language commentaries. The Japanese commentary was provided by Katsuya Ichikawa. The event also aired on tape delay on Japanese TV Gaora Sports to be launched in Dragon Gate's ~ Infinity ~ Series.

Storylines
The Gate of Destiny (2017) will feature professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portray villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.

The Gate of Destiny (2017) will be main evented by  Masaaki Mochizuki defending the Open The Dream Gate Championship against Susumu Yokosuka.On September 18, at Dangerous Gate, VerserK (Shingo Takagi, T-Hawk, El Lindaman, Takashi Yoshida and Punch Tominaga) would defeat Jimmyz (Jimmy Susumu, Jimmy Kanda, Jimmy K-ness J.K.S. and Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!!) in a Ten-Man Elimination No Disqualification Loser Disbands Match, thus forcing Jimmyz to disband. After the match, the former Jimmyz members talked about how they started 6 years ago and then they announced that they would team up until October 5 in a tour, in which was later announced as the Farewell Jimmyz Gate.

During the tour, Jimmyz would face other teams, on the fouth day of the tour, Jimmyz (Jimmy Susumu and Jimmy Kanda) and Masaaki Mochizuki would face VerserK (Shingo Takagi, T-Hawk and Takashi Yoshida). During the match, VerserK would attempt to hit with the red box but Susumu reversed and instead accidentally hit Kanda with red box, T-Hawk would take advantage of that to get the win.

After the match, Takagi accused Susumu of doing it on purpose, then Takagi offered Susumu a chance to join VerserK but Susumu didn't gave an answer, also Yoshida also offered a to join VerserK also, but he denied. Then, on the tour's last day on October 5, Jimmyz were against VerserK in a Twelve-Man Tag Team match, during the end of the match, Kanda would turn on Susumu and join VerserK. After the match, VerserK started to attack Susumu leading to Dragon Kid and Eita making the save. The three would later challenged them with a partner, then Mochizuki appeared and offered him to be his partner and he accepted. After that Susumu would later challange him and Mochizuki accepted. The match between the two would later be announced on the following day.In the Open The Twin Gate Championship match will be CK-1 (CIMA and Dragon Kid) against MaxiMuM (Big R Shimizu and Ben-K). On July 23, CK-1 defeated DoiYoshi (Naruki Doi and Masato Yoshino) to retain the Open the Twin Gate Champions, later they Naruki Doi and YAMATO's 267 days reign. Then Kotoka would pin one-half of the Open The Twin Gate Champions Dragon Kid. Then on September 5 Kotoka asked his MaxiMuM stablemate Big R Shimizu to challenge Kid and his partner CIMA for the Open The Twin Gate Championship at the Dangerous Gate, in which CIMA accepted the challenge. Later, on September 18, CIMA and Dragon Kid would defeat Kotoka and Big R Shimizu to retain the Open the Twin Gate Champions. After the match, Ben-K and Shimizu would challenge CIMA and Kid for the Open The Twin Gate Championship at the Gate of Destiny, in which CIMA accepted.