Memorial Gate in Wakayama (2018)

The Memorial Gate in Wakayama 2018 is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event and GAORA TV event promoted by Dragon Gate. The event will take place on March 29, 2018, in Wakayama at the Wakayama Prefectural Gym and is the seventh event under the Memorial Gate in Wakayama.

Background
The Memorial Gate in Wakayama 2018 will be aired in Japan through Dragon Gate's internet streaming site, Niconico, with Japanese language commentaries. The Japanese commentary will be provided by Katsuya Ichikawa. The event would also air on tape delay on Japanese TV Gaora Sports to be launched in Dragon Gate's ~ Infinity ~ Series.

Storylines
The Memorial Gate in Wakayama (2018) features professional wrestling matches that involved wrestlers from pre-existing feuds and storylines that played out on the Dragon Gate's television program. Wrestlers portrayed heroes or villains as they followed a series of events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.

In the Open The Brave Gate Championship Punch Tominaga would make his first title defense against Yasushi Kanda. On December 23, Tominaga was kicked out of VerserK. Afterwards, he started with former VerserK stablemates Shingo Takagi and Yasushi Kanda, mostly Takagi for the way he treated him. Tominaga then pinned Kanda on February 7 and challenged him for the Open The Brave Gate Championship. Kanda accepted, stating that he would expect a "quick and easy first title defense". However, on March 3 at Champion Gate in Osaka Tominaga defeated Kanda to become the new champion after Takagi tried to attack Tominaga with a box, but he wouldhit Kanda instead. This led Kanda challenging Tominaga into a rematch at the Memorial Gate in Wakayama.