The Dead or Alive is an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event and GAORA TV event promoted by Dragon Gate in the month of May since 2013 was on May 5. The event has been held annually since 2008 as a pay-per-view (PPV). The event took place every year in Aichi.
The attendance has decreased all over the years until 2012. Then the attendance has increased since 2013. Since 2009 the event didn't feature the Steel Cage Survival 6 Way Match until 2012 it featured a unit vs unit match. Then in 2013, it didn't feature the Steel Cage Survival 6 Way Match and the unit vs unit match. In 2014 the Steel Cage Survival 6 Way Match returned it a new stipulation that their scapegoat would lose their Hair or Mask. In 2015 it was added a new stipulation where the person that participate at the Steel Cage Survival 6 Way Match and his delegate would lose their Hair or Mask but the delegate could be free where the person that participates in the cage match could free his delegate by pinfall or submission.
In 2016 it was added a stipulation that the loser of the Steel Cage Survival 6 Way Match would be bald for one year. In 2018 the events from 2014 and after became available in their streaming service Dragon Gate Network. The 2020 edition of the event, would be canceled, due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, following Japan's declaration of State of Emergency.
Events[]
| # | Event | Date | City | Venue | Attendance | Main event | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dead or Alive (2008) | May 5, 2008 | Aichi, Nagoya, Japan | Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium | 8,000 | BxB Hulk versus CIMA versus Dragon Kid versus Masato Yoshino versus YAMATO versus Yasushi Kanda in Steel Cage Survival 6 Way Match Hair vs Mask | |
| 2 | Dead or Alive (2009) | May 5, 2009 | 8,000 | Naruki Doi (c) versus Akebono for the Open The Dream Gate Championship | |||
| 3 | Dead or Alive (2010) | May 5, 2010 | 1,600 | YAMATO (c) versus Shingo Takagi for the Open The Dream Gate Championship | |||
| 4 | Dead or Alive (2011) | May 5, 2011 | 7000 | Masaaki Mochizuki (c) versus YAMATO for the Open The Dream Gate Championship | |||
| 5 | Dead or Alive (2012) | June 5, 2012 | 6,000 | CIMA (c) versus Cyber Kong for the Open The Dream Gate Championship | |||
| 6 | Dead or Alive (2013) | May 5, 2013 | 6000 | CIMA (c) versus Akira Tozawa for the Open The Dream Gate Championship | |||
| 7 | Dead or Alive (2014) | March 1, 2014 | 6800 | Naruki Doi versus BxB Hulk versus Jimmy Kanda versus Mr. Quu Quu Naoki Tanizaki Tanayoka Dolphin versus Masato Yoshino versus CIMA in Steel Cage Survival 6 Way Match Scapegoat Hair vs Mask | |||
| 8 | Dead or Alive (2015) | May 5, 2015 | 7,000 | T-Hawk versus CIMA versus Shingo Takagi versus Kzy versus YAMATO in Mask vs. Hair Steel Cage Survival Double Risk 6 Way Match | |||
| 9 | Dead or Alive (2016) | May 5, 2016 | 6,000 | Naruki Doi versus YAMATO versus Naoki Tanizaki versus Shingo Takagi versus Cyber Kong versus Kotoka in 1 year bald head Mask vs. Hair Steel Cage Survival Double Risk 6 Way Match | |||
| 10 | Dead or Alive (2017) | May 5, 2017 | 6,000 | YAMATO versus Naruki Doi versus BxB Hulk versus Shingo Takagi versus Cyber Kong in a Steel Cage Survival 5 Way Match for the Open The Dream Gate Championship | |||
| 11 | Dead or Alive (2018) | May 6, 2018 | 4,500 | Masaaki Mochizuki versus YAMATO versus Punch Tominaga versus Shingo Takagi versus Ryo Saito versus El Lindaman versus Yasushi Kanda in a Hair vs. Hair Steel Cage Survival seven-way match | |||
| 12 | Dead or Alive (2019) | May 6, 2019 | 4,653 | Kzy versus YAMATO versus Shun Skywalker versus Naruki Doi versus Big R Shimizu in a "Bonds" Steel Cage Survival 5 Way Match | |||
| 13 | Dead or Alive (2020) | May 6, 2020 | N/A | — | |||
| 14 | Dead or Alive (2021) | May 5, 2021 | 2,180 | YAMATO and KAI versus Dragon Kid and SB KENTo in a Mascara contra Cabellera Steel Cage Survival Tag Team Match | |||
| 15 | Dead or Alive (2022) | May 5, 2022 | 2,640 | KAI (c) versus Susumu Yokosuka for the Open The Dream Gate Championship | |||
| 16 | Dead or Alive (2023) | May 5, 2023 | 2,710 | Shun Skywalker (c) versus Madoka Kikuta for the Open The Dream Gate Championship | |||
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
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