Champion Gate in Osaka was a professional wrestling event promoted by Dragon Gate. The event took place on March 3 and on March 4 2012, in Osaka at the Osaka Prefectural Gym and was the first event under the Champion Gate in Osaka.
The day 1 featured 6 matches with two of Dragon Gate's fift championships on the line and the second day featured also 6 matches with two of Dragon Gate's fift championships on the line. The main event of day 1 saw Ryo Saito and Genki Horiguchi and Yasushi Kanda defeating Masaaki Mochizuki, Don Fujii and Gamma for the vacated Open The Triangle Gate Championship and the main event of second day saw CIMA) defeating PAC to retain the Open The Dream Gate Championship. Other top matches included Ricochet successfully defending the Open The Brave Gate Championship against Naruki Doi and Jimmy Kagetora and Jimmy Susumu defeating Mad Blankey (Akira Tozawa and BxB Hulk) to become the new Open The Twin Gate Championship. All in all, the events featured one title changes.
Production[]
Storylines[]
On February 20 PAC won the CIMA Royale and it was announced that he would face CIMA for the Open The Dream Gate Championship at the Champion Gate in Osaka and also Blood Warriors announced that Naruki Doi would face Ricochet for the Open The Brave Gate Championship and later that night Jimmy Kagetora and Jimmy Susumu challenged Blood Warriors (Akira Tozawa and BxB Hulk) for the Open The Twin Gate Championship and Tozawa added the stipulation if Susumu and Kagetra lost they would have to renamed to Jimmy A and Jimmy B. After Blood Warriors turned on Ryo Saito and Genki Horiguchi, Saito and Horiguchi started to pursue the Open The Triangle Gate Championship and after Blood Warriors turned on Yasushi Kanda, Kanda joined Saito and Horiguchi for aiming the Open the Triangle Gate Champions and it was later announced that Kanda, Saito and Horiguchi would face Masaaki Mochizuki, Don Fujii and Gamma for the vacated Open the Triangle Gate Champions. Also before the event Blood Warriors changed their name to Mad Blankey.
Results[]
Day 1[]
| # | Results | Stipulations | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Super Shenlonge defeated Yosuke Watanabe | Singles match | 09:08 |
| 2 | Shingo Takagi and YAMATO defeated Masato Yoshino and Super Shisa | Tag Team match | 13:52 |
| 3 | Akira Tozawa defeated Chihiro Tominaga | Singles match | 9:22 |
| 4 | CK-1 (CIMA and Dragon Kid) defeated PAC and Rich Swann | Tag team match | 12:27 |
| 5 | Jimmyz (Jimmy Kagetora and Jimmy Susumu) defeated Mad Blankey (BxB Hulk and Cyber Kong) | Tag team match | 16:34 |
| 6 | Ricochet (c) defeated Naruki Doi | Singles match for the Open The Brave Gate Championship | 16:29 |
| 7 | Ryo Saito, Genki Horiguchi and Yasushi Kanda (c) defeated Masaaki Mochizuki, Don Fujii and Gamma | Six-man tag team match for the Open The Triangle Gate Championship | 18:00 |
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Day 2[]
| # | Results | Stipulations | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1D | Ryo “Jimmy” Saito defeated Kotoka | Singles match | 4:31 |
| 2 | Mad Blankey (Cyber Kong, Kzy and Naoki Tanisaki) defeated Don Fujii, Dragon Kid and Gamma | Six-man tag team match | 09:57 |
| 3 | Masaaki Mochizuki defeated Super Shenlong | Singles match | 03:31 |
| 4 | Naruki Doi, Rich Swann and Eita Kobayashi defeated Shingo Takagi, YAMATO and Chihiro Tominaga | Six-Man Tag team match | 15:27 |
| 5 | Masato Yoshino and Ricochet defeated Jimmyz (Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!! and Jimmy Kanda) | Tag Team match | 18:26 |
| 6 | Jimmyz (Jimmy Kagetora and Jimmy Susumu) defeated Mad Blankey (Akira Tozawa and BxB Hulk) (c) | Tag Team match for the Open The Twin Gate Championship; If Jimmy Kageotra and Jimmy Susumu lost they would have to rename to Jimmy A and Jimmy B | 25:00 |
| 7 | CIMA (c) defeated PAC | Singles match for the Open The Dream Gate Championship | 24:18 |
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