The Open The Triangle Gate Championship is the trios championship in Dragon Gate. It is one of the keystones of the promotion given its popularity for high level trios matches. The title belts are adorned with emblems for three principles: Physical, Heart, and Skill. It is the spiritual successor to the UWA World Trios Championships from the Toryumon Japan days.
Overview[]
The first champions were crowned in the finale of the last Rey de Parejas league tournament in 2004 with The Italian Connection of Anthony W. Mori, Milano Collection AT, and YOSSINO defeating Aagan Iisou of "brother" YASSHI, Shuji Kondo, and Takuya Sugawara. Since then, it has proven very difficult for any champion team to maintain hold of the titles for an extended amount of time due to the high level of competition and the frequency of the defenses. Furthermore, it is uncommon for the exact three individuals to have multiple reigns together, with the Do FIXER team of Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi, and Ryo Saito having the most at three and the Jimmyz stable that has a total of 9 reigns.
During the first ever reign of the titles under the Italian Connection, Milano became injured with a very serious muscle strain. After teasing some thoughts of having Super Shisa taking in place in the next defense, it was ultimately decided that the belts would be vacated on the February 23, 2005 show at Korakuen Hall. Then head official Yasushi Kanda refused to accept this and made the Blood Generation of CIMA, Naruki Doi, and Shingo Takagi against Final M2K of Kenichiro Arai, Masaaki Mochizuki, and Susumu Yokosuka contender match a provisional (or interim) championship match. The winners would then compete in a proper decision match against Do FIXER on March 6. This reign is not officially recognized as part of the championship lineage.
Jack Evans became the first gaijin, or foreign talent, to win a Dragon Gate championship when he teamed with CIMA and BxB Hulk in Blood Generation to win Triangle Gate in a decision match against the Do FIXER team on August 20, 2006.
On November 18, 2018 Genki Horiguchi, Kzy and Susumu Yokosuka became the first team to break the record of title defenses with six consecutive title defenses.
In June 2021 following the promotion's rebranding, the promotion unveiled a new version of the title, with the new logo of the promotion.
Championship Tournament[]
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.
Wrestlers | Score |
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Shuji Kondo, Takuya Sugawara and "brother" YASSHI (Aagan Iisou) |
10 |
Milano Collection AT, Anthony W. Mori and YOSSINO (Italian Connection) |
6 |
K-ness, Masaaki Mochizuki and Susumu Yokosuka (Final M2K) |
6 |
Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi and Magnum Tokyo/Ryo Saito (Do FIXER) |
6 |
CIMA, Shingo Takagi and TARU (Crazy MAX) |
4 |
Don Fujii, Second Doi and Naoki Tanizaki (Iron Perms) |
4 |
Michael Iwasa, Daniel Mishima and Johnson Florida (Florida Express) |
4 |
Results | Milano Mori YOSSINO |
CIMA Takagi TARU |
Kondo Sugawara YASSHI |
K-ness Mochizuki Yokosuka |
Kid Horiguchi Magnum/Saito |
Fujii Doi Tanizaki |
Iwasa Mishima Florida |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Milano Mori YOSSINO |
X | CIMA Takagi TARU (18:21) |
Kondo Sugawara YASSHI (13:14) |
K-ness Mochizuki Yokosuka (22:07) |
Milano Mori YOSSINO (22:25) |
Milano Mori YOSSINO (16:10) |
Milano Mori YOSSINO (10:37) |
CIMA Takagi TARU |
CIMA Takagi TARU (18:21) |
X | Kondo Sugawara YASSHI (12:46) |
Note 2 [1] | Kid Horiguchi Magnum (15:05) |
Fujii Doi Tanizaki (15:49) |
CIMA Takagi TARU (10:54) |
Kondo Sugawara YASSHI |
Kondo Sugawara YASSHI (13:14) |
Kondo Sugawara YASSHI (12:46) |
X | Double Countout (5:28)[2] |
Kondo Sugawara YASSHI (16:09) |
Kondo Sugawara YASSHI (14:19) |
Iwasa Mishima Florida (6:20) |
K-ness Mochizuki Yokosuka |
K-ness Mochizuki Yokosuka (22:07) |
Note 2[3] | Double Countout (5:28)[4] |
X | Kid Horiguchi Saito (22:02) |
Fujii Doi Tanizaki (14:45) |
K-ness Mochizuki Yokosuka (11:59) |
Kid Horiguchi Magnum/Saito |
Milano Mori YOSSINO (22:25) |
Kid Horiguchi Magnum (15:05) |
Kondo Sugawara YASSHI (16:09) |
Kid Horiguchi Saito (22:02) |
X | Kid Horiguchi Magnum (17:47) |
Iwasa Mishima Florida (12:13) |
Fujii Doi Tanizaki |
Milano Mori YOSSINO (16:10) |
Fujii Doi Tanizaki (15:49) |
Kondo Sugawara YASSHI (14:19) |
Fujii Doi Tanizaki (14:45) |
Kid Horiguchi Magnum (17:47) |
X | Double DQ (12:34) |
Iwasa Mishima Florida |
Milano Mori YOSSINO (10:37) |
CIMA Takagi TARU (10:54) |
Iwasa Mishima Florida (6:20) |
K-ness Mochizuki Yokosuka (11:59) |
Iwasa Mishima Florida (12:13) |
Double DQ (12:34) |
X |
Semifinal | Final | ||||||||||||
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Aagan Iisou (Shuji Kondo, Takuya Sugawara and "brother" YASSHI) | Pin | ||||||||||||
Italian Connection (Milano Collection AT, Anthony W. Mori and YOSSINO) | Pin | Italian Connection (Milano Collection AT, Anthony W. Mori and YOSSINO) | 17:26 | ||||||||||
Final M2K (K-ness, Masaaki Mochizuki and Susumu Yokosuka) and Do FIXER (Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi and Ryo Saito) | 29:38 | ||||||||||||
Title History[]
# | Trios Team (Individual Reigns) |
Team Reigns | Date | Location | Event | Length | Defenses | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Italian Connection (Anthony W. Mori, Milano Collection AT, and YOSSINO) |
1 | November 7, 2004 | Sapporo, Hokkaido | Rey de Parejas Open The Triangle Gate - Day 16 | 108 Days | 2 | Defeated Aagan Iisou ("brother" YASSHI, Shuji Kondo, and Takuya Sugawara) in tournament finals. |
— | Vacated | — | February 23, 2005 | Tokyo | — | — | — | The Italian Connection vacated titles due to Milano's injury. |
— | Blood Generation (CIMA (0), Naruki Doi (0), and Shingo Takagi (0)) |
Provisional
|
February 23, 2005 | Tokyo | Truth Gate 2005 - Day 10 | 11 Days | 0 | Defeated Final M2K (Kenichiro Arai, Masaaki Mochizuki, and Susumu Yokosuka) to become interim champions. This match was originally against Mochizuki, Yokosuka and K-ness, but K-ness was quickly replaced due to injury. |
2 | Do FIXER (Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi, and Ryo Saito) |
1 | March 6, 2005 | Sapporo, Hokkaido | The Brave Gate Tour 2005 - Day 2 | 119 Days | 2 | Defeated interim champions Blood Generation in proper decision match. It was a a two out of three falls match which Do FIXER won 2-1. |
3 | Blood Generation (CIMA, Don Fujii, and Naruki Doi) |
1 | July 3, 2005 | Kobe, Hyogo | Kobe World Pro Wrestling Festival 2005 | 6
Days |
1 | |
4 | Do FIXER (Dragon Kid (2), Genki Horiguchi (2), and Ryo Saito (2)) |
2 | July 9, 2005 | Sapporo | Rainbow Gate 2005 - Day 3 | 3
Days |
1 | |
5 | Blood Generation (CIMA (2), Magnitude Kishiwada, and Masato Yoshino (2)) |
2 | July 12, 2005 | Tokyo | Rainbow Gate 2005 - Day 4 | 319 Days | 4 | Defeated Do FIXER in an elimination rules restart after original 2/3 falls match ended in an undecisive disqualification. |
— | Vacated | — | May 27, 2006 | Osaka | — | — | — | Before this match, Yoshino and Kishiwada defected to Muscle Outlaw'z. Vacated due to CIMA, Yoshino and Kishiwada losing a title defense to the Muscle Outlaw'z Naruki Doi, Gamma & Naoki Tanizaki by disqualification on the Aggressive Gate tour. |
6 | Blood Generation (BxB Hulk, CIMA (3), and Jack Evans) |
1 | August 20, 2006 | Sapporo, Hokkaido | Gate Of Adventure - Day 12 | 41 Days | 0 | Defeated Do FIXER (Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi, and Ryo Saito) in tournament finals. |
7 | Do FIXER (Dragon Kid (3), Genki Horiguchi (3), and Ryo Saito (3)) |
3 | September 30, 2006 | Osaka | Storm Gate 2006 - Day 9 | 47 Days | 0 | |
— | Vacated | — | November 16, 2006 | — | — | — | — | Titles were declared vacated when Dragon Kid is hospitalized for appendictis. |
8 | Muscle Outlaw'z (Gamma, Naruki Doi (2), and Masato Yoshino (3)) |
1 | November 19, 2006 | Hakata, Fukuoka | Crown Gate 2006 - Day 5 | 34 Days | 0 | Defeated Final M2K (K-ness, Susumu Yokosuka, and Yamato Onodera) in a decision match. |
9 | Pos.HEARTS (Anthony W. Mori (2), BxB Hulk (2), and Super Shisa) |
1 | December 26, 2006 | Kobe, Hyogo | Live Gate 2006 Vol. 8 | 26 Days | 1 | |
10 | Muscle Outlaw'z (Gamma (2), Naruki Doi (3), and Masato Yoshino (4)) |
2 | January 21, 2007 | Kobe, Hyogo | Live Gate 2006 Vol. 8 | 63 Days | 3 | |
11 | Typhoon (CIMA (4), Ryo Saito (4), and Susumu Yokosuka) |
1 | March 25, 2007 | Tsu, Mie | Memorial Gate 2007 | 15 Days | 1 | |
12 | Muscle Outlaw'z (Gamma (3), Magnitude Kishiwada (2), and Naruki Doi (4)) |
1 | April 9, 2007 | Kobe, Hyogo | Primal Gate 2007 - Day 4 | 5
Days |
0 | |
13 | Typhoon (CIMA (5), Ryo Saito (5), and Susumu Yokosuka (2)) |
2 | April 14, 2007 | Yokkaichi, Mie | Glorious Gate 2007 - Day 6 | 26 Days | 0 | |
14 | New Hazard (BxB Hulk (3), Cyber Kong, and Shingo Takagi) |
1 | May 10, 2007 | Tokyo | Aggressive Gate 2007 - Day 9 | 63 Days | 1 | |
— | Vacated | — | July 12, 2007 | — | — | — | — | New Hazard vacated the titles due to Hulk being injured. |
15 | Muscle Outlaw'z (Magnitude Kishiwada (3), Masato Yoshino (5), and Naruki Doi (5)) |
2 | July 22, 2007 | Kobe, Hyogo | WrestleJAM Season 2 - Day 6 | 49 Days | 0 | Defeated New Hazard (Cyber Kong, Jack Evans, and Shingo Takagi) in a decision match. |
16 | Mushozoku (Don Fujii (2), K-ness, and Masaaki Mochizuki) |
1 | September 9, 2007 | Hakata, Fukuoka | Storm Gate 2007 - Day 2 | 168 Days | 3 | |
17 | New Hazard (BxB Hulk (4), Cyber Kong (2), and Shingo Takagi (2)) |
2 | February 24, 2008 | Fukui | Truth Gate 2008 - Day 10 | 80 Days | 1 | |
— | Vacated | — | May 14, 2008 | Tokyo | — | — | — | Titles were declared vacant when Takagi and Kong betray Hulk just before the start of the second defense to form Real Hazard. |
18 | Real Hazard (Gamma (4), Shingo Takagi (3), and YAMATO) |
1 | May 14, 2008 | Tokyo | Aggressive Gate 2008 - Day 2 | 45 Days | 1 | Defeated BxB Hulk, Masato Yoshino, and Naruki Doi in a decision match. |
19 | Tozawa-juku (Kenichiro Arai, Shinobu and Taku Iwasa) |
1 | June 28, 2008 | Nagoya, Aichi | Gate Of Maximum 2008 - Day 8 | 14 Days | 0 | |
20 | Real Hazard (Gamma (5), YAMATO (2), and Yasushi Kanda) |
2 | July 12, 2008 | Akashi, Hyogo | Rainbow Gate 2008 - Day 1 | 78 Days | 2 | |
21 | Zetsurins (Don Fujii (3), Magnitude Kishiwada (4), and Masaaki Mochizuki (2)) |
1 | September 28, 2008 | Fukui | Storm Gate 2008 - Day 11 | 140 Days | 3 | |
22 | KAMIKAZE (Dragon Kid (4), Shingo Takagi (4), and Taku Iwasa (2)) |
1 | February 15, 2009 | Hakata, Fukuoka | Truth Gate 2009 - Day 6 | 59 Days | 2 | |
23 | WARRIORS-5 (CIMA (6), Gamma (6), and KAGETORA) |
1 | April 15, 2009 | Tokyo | Gate Of Passion 2009 - Day 4 | 53 Days | 1 | |
24 | WORLD-1 (BxB Hulk (5), Masato Yoshino (6), and PAC) |
1 | June 7, 2009 | Nagoya, Aichi | Gate Of Maximum 2009 - Day 3 | 129 Days | 2 | |
25 | Zetsurins (Akebono, Don Fujii (4), and Masaaki Mochizuki (3)) |
1 | October 14, 2009 | Tokyo | Gate Of Victory 2009 - Day 10 | 203 Days | 3 | |
26 | Deep Drunkers (Kzy, Takuya Sugawara, and Yasushi Kanda (2)) |
1 | May 5, 2010 | Aichi | Dead Or Alive 2010 | 8
Days |
0 | |
27 | WARRIORS (CIMA (7), Gamma (7), and Genki Horiguchi (4)) |
1 | May 13, 2010 | Tokyo | Aggressive Gate 2010 - Day 1 | 38 Days | 1 | |
28 | WORLD-1 (Naoki Tanizaki, Naruki Doi (6), and PAC (2)) |
2 | June 20, 2010 | Hakata, Fukuoka | The Gate Of Maximum 2010 - Day 8 | 4
Days |
0 | |
29 | WARRIORS (CIMA (8), Gamma (8), and Genki Horiguchi (5)) |
2 | June 24, 2010 | Osaka | The Gate Of Maximum 2010 - Day 10 | 123 Days | 3 | |
30 | Team Doi (Naoki Tanizaki (2), Takuya Sugawara (2), and Yasushi Kanda (3)) |
1 | October 25, 2010 | Nobeoka, Miyazaki | Gate Of Victory 2010 - Day 13 | 62 Days | 1 | |
31 | WARRIORS/Blood Warriors (CIMA (9), Dragon Kid (5), Ricochet) |
1 | December 26, 2010 | Fukuoka | Final Gate 2010 | 140 Days | 5 | |
— | Vacated | — | May 15, 2011 | Sapporo, Hokkaido | — | — | — | Titles are declared vacant when Dragon Kid is kicked out of Blood Warriors following the fifth defense. |
32 | Junction Three (Gamma (9), Masato Yoshino (7), and YAMATO (3)) |
1 | June 18, 2011 | Hakata, Fukuoka | Champion Gate in Hakata 2011 - Day 1 | 76 Days | 2 | Defeated Blood Warriors (BxB Hulk, CIMA, and Naruki Doi) in a decision match. |
33 | Team Doi Darts (Kzy (2), Naoki Tanizaki (3), and Naruki Doi (7)) |
2 | September 2, 2011 | Kobe, Hyogo | Storm Gate 2011 - Day 8 | 139 Days | 5 | |
— | Vacated | — | January 19, 2012 | Tokyo | — | — | — | Titles are declared vacant due to Tanizaki injury, Tomahawk T.T attempting to participate in sixth defense as Tanizaki, and the match ending in disqualification. |
34 | Jimmyz (Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!! (6), Jimmy Kanda (4), and Ryo "Jimmy" Saito (6)) |
1 | March 3, 2012 | Osaka | Champion Gate In Osaka 2012 - Day 1 | 64 Days | 1 | Defeated Team Veteran Returns (Don Fujii, Gamma, and Masaaki Mochizuki) in a decision match. |
35 | WORLD-1 INTERNATIONAL (Masato Yoshino (8), Naruki Doi (8), and PAC (3)) |
1 | May 6, 2012 | Aichi | Dead or Alive 2012 | 77 Days | 5 | |
— | Vacated | — | July 22, 2012 | Kobe, Hyogo | — | — | — | Titles are declared vacant due to PAC leaving Dragon Gate following fifth defense. |
36 | MAD BLANKEY (Akira Tozawa, BxB Hulk (6), Naoki Tanisaki) |
1 | August 19, 2012 | Hakata, Fukuoka | Summer Adventure Tag League 2012 - Day 8 | 63 Days | 2 | Defeated Team Veteran Returns (CIMA, Gamma, Magnitude Kishiwada) in 2012 Summer Adventure Tag League Tournament Finals. |
37 | Team Veteran Returns (Gamma (10), HUB, Magnitude Kishiwada (5)) |
1 | October 21, 2012 | Osaka | Gate Of Destiny 2012 | 27 Days | 1 | |
38 | WORLD-1 INTERNATIONAL (Masato Yoshino (9), Naruki Doi (9), Shachihoko BOY) |
2 | November 17, 2012 | Osaka | Crown Gate 2012 - Day 7 | 6
Days |
0 | Won a three-way elimination match with Team Veteran Returns and Jimmyz (Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!!, Mr. Kyu kyu Toyonaka Dolphin, Ryo "Jimmy" Saito). |
39 | Jimmyz (Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!! (7), Naoki Tanizaki (4), Ryo "Jimmy" Saito (7)) |
1 | November 23, 2012 | Morodomi, Saga | Crown Gate 2012 - Day 9 | 77 Days | 4 | |
40 | WORLD-1 INTERNATIONAL (Naruki Doi (10), Rich Swann, Shachihoko BOY (2)) |
3 | March 3, 2013 | Osaka | Champion Gate 2013 - Day 2 | 94 Days | 1 | |
41 | M2K (Jimmy Susumu (3), K-ness (2), Masaaki Mochizuki (4)) |
1 | June 5, 2013 | Tokyo | Gate Of Maximum 2013 - Day 6 | 11 Days | 0 | |
42 | Jimmyz (Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!! (8), Jimmy Kanda (5), Ryo "Jimmy" Saito (8)) |
2 | June 16, 2013 | Hakata, Fukuoka | Champion Gate In Hakata 2013 | 64 Days | 1 | |
43 | We Are Team Veteran (Dragon Kid (6), K-ness (3), Masaaki Mochizuki (5)) |
1 | August 19, 2013 | Miyazaki | Gate Of Generation 2013 - Day 8 | 19 Days | 0 | |
— | Vacated | — | September 7, 2013 | Osaka | — | — | — | We Are Team Veteran vacated the titles along with Open The Twin Gate Championship due to Dragon Kid injury. |
44 | MAD BLANKEY (BxB Hulk (7), Cyber Kong (3), YAMATO (4)) |
2 | October 6, 2013 | Miyazaki | Gate Of Victory 2013 - Day 3 | 60 Days | 1 | Defeated Monster Express (Akira Tozawa, Masato Yoshino, and Shingo Takagi) in a decision match. |
45 | Millenials (Eita, Flamita, T-Hawk (2)) |
1 | December 5, 2013 | Tokyo | Miracle Gate 2013 | 17 Days | 0 | |
46 | Jimmyz (Jimmy Susumu (4), Mr. Kyu Kyu Naoki Tanizaki Toyonaka Dolphin (5), Ryo "Jimmy" Saito (9)) |
1 | December 22, 2013 | Tokyo | Final Gate 2013 | 55 Days | 3 | Won the title in a three-way elimination match, which also included We Are Team Veteran (CIMA, Dragon Kid and Masaaki Mochizuki). |
— | Vacated | — | February 15, 2014 | Nagoya | — | — | — | Title vacated after Saito was sidelined with a back injury. |
47 | Jimmyz (Jimmy Kanda (6), Jimmy Susumu (5), Mr. Kyu Kyu Naoki Tanizaki Toyonaka Dolphin (6)) |
1 | Febuary 20, 2014 | Kobe | Truth Gate 2014 - Day 2 | 24 Days | 1 | Won the title by defeating Mad Blankey (Cyber Kong, Kzy and Naruki Doi) in a decision match. |
48 | Milennials (Eita (2), T-Hawk (3), U-T) |
2 | March 16, 2014 | Wakayama | Memorial Gate 2014 In Wakayama | 90 Days | 1 | |
49 | MAD BLANKEY (Cyber Kong (4), Kzy (3), Naruki Doi (11)) |
3 | March 16, 2014 | Fukuoka | Champion Gate In Hakata 2014 - Day 1 | 117 Days | 3 | Won the title in a three-way elimination match, also involving We Are Team Veteran (Don Fujii, Dragon Kid and Masaaki Mochizuki). |
50 | We Are Team Veteran (CIMA (10), Don Fujii (5), Gamma (11)) |
3 | October 9, 2014 | Tokyo | Gate Of Victory 2014 - Day 5 | 10 Days | 0 | |
51 | Jimmyz (Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!! (9), Jimmy Susumu (6), Ryo "Jimmy" Saito (10)) |
1 | October 19, 2014 | Yokkaichi | Gate Of Victory 2014 - Day 11 | 70 Days | 1 | |
52 | Dia. Hearts (Big R Shimizu, Dragon Kid (7), Masaaki Mochizuki (6)) |
1 | December 28, 2014 | Fukuoka | Final Gate 2014 | 91 Days | 3 | |
53 | Jimmyz (Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!! (10), Jimmy Kagetora (2), Jimmy Susumu (6)) |
1 | March 29, 2015 | Saga | Glorious Gate 2015 - Day 12 | 77 Days | 2 | |
— | Vacated | — | June 14, 2015 | Fukuoka | — | — | — | Title vacated after Kagetora was sidelined with an injury. |
54 | CIMA (11), Don Fujii (6), Gamma (12) | 2 | June 14, 2015 | Fukuoka | Champion Gate In Hakata 2015 - Day 2 | 335 Days | 4 | Defeated Jimmyz (Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!!, Jimmy Susumu and Ryo "Jimmy" Saito) to win the vacant title. |
— | Vacated | — | November 1, 2015 | Osaka | — | — | — | CIMA, Don Fujii, and Gamma voluntarily vacated the titles. |
55 | MONSTER EXPRESS (Akira Tozawa (2), Masato Yoshino (10), T-Hawk (4)) |
1 | December 5, 2015 | Hokkaido | Fantastic Gate 2015 - Day 3 | 273 Days | 4 | Defeated VerserK (Naruki Doi, Shingo Takagi and YAMATO) in a decision match for the vacant titles. |
56 | Jimmyz (Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!! (11), Jimmy Kanda (6), Ryo "Jimmy" Saito (11) |
3 | September 4, 2016 | Okinawa | Summer Adventure Tag League 2016 - Day 13 | 107 Days | 3 | |
— | Vacated | — | December 20, 2016 | Tokyo | — | — | — | Title vacated after Horiguchi was sidelined with an injury. |
57 | Jimmyz (Jimmy Susumu (8), Jimmy Kanda (8) and Ryo "Jimmy" Saito (12)) |
1 | December 25, 2016 | Fukuoka | Final Gate 2016 | 69 Days | 0 | Defeated VerserK (El Lindaman, Cyber Kong and Mondai Ryu) and Masato Yoshino, Kotoka and Ben-K in Three-Way Elimination Six-man Tag Team match for the vacant titles. |
58 | VerserK (Shingo Takagi (5), Cyber Kong (5) and T-Hawk (5)) |
1 | March 4, 2017 | Osaka | Champion Gate in Osaka 2017 - Day 1 | 15 Days | 0 | |
— | Vacated | — | March 19, 2017 | Nagoya | — | — | — | Title vacated after Cyber Kong was sidelined with a shoulder injury. |
59 | MaxiMuM (Naruki Doi (12), Big R Shimizu (2) and Ben-K) |
1 | March 20, 2017 | Wakayama | Memorial Gate in Wakayama 2017 | 103 Days | 1 | Defeated VerserK (Shingo Takagi, T-Hawk and "brother" YASSHI) for the vacated titles. |
60 | VerserK (Shingo Takagi (6), Takashi Yoshida (6) and El Lindaman) |
1 | July 1, 2017 | Osaka | Rainbow Gate 2017 - Day 8 | 124 Days | 1 | Yoshida was formely known as Cyber Kong. |
61 | Tribe Vanguard (YAMATO (5), BxB Hulk (8) and Kzy (4)) |
1 | November 3, 2017 | Osaka | Gate of Destiny 2017 | 50 Days | 1 | This was a three-way match, also involving MaxiMuM (Naruki Doi, Masato Yoshino and Kotoka. |
62 | MaxiMuM (Naruki Doi (13), Masato Yoshino (11) and Jason Lee) |
1 | December 23, 2017 | Fukuoka | Final Gate 2017 | 134 Days | 2 | |
63 | Natural Vibes (Kzy (5), Genki Horiguchi (12) and Susumu Yokosuka (9)) |
1 | May 6, 2018 | Aichi | Dead or Alive 2018 | 231 Days | 6 | |
64 | R.E.D (Takashi Yoshida (7), Yasushi Kanda (9) and Kazma Sakamoto) |
1 | December 23, 2018 | Fukuoka | Final Gate 2018 | 210 Days | 3 | |
65 | Strong Machines (Strong Machine J, Strong Machine F and Strong Machine G) |
1 | July 21, 2019 | Kobe | Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival (2019) | 147 Days | 3 | |
66 | R.E.D (Takashi Yoshida (8), H.Y.O and Diamante) |
1 | December 15, 2019 | Fukuoka | Final Gate 2019 | 54 Days | 0 | This was a three-way match, also involving Natural Vibes (Kzy, Genki Horiguchi and Susumu Yokosuka. |
67 | Toryumon (Dragon Kid (8), Ryo Saito (13) and Kenichiro Arai (2)) |
1 | February 7, 2020 | Tokyo | Truth Gate - Day 4 | 22 Days | 0 | This was a three-way match, also involving Dragon Gate (Keisuke Okuda, Strong Machine J and Yosuke♥Santa Maria). |
68 | Dragon Gate (Ben-K (2), Dragon Dia and Strong Machine J (2)) |
1 | February 29, 2020 | Osaka | Champion Gate in Osaka (2020) | 205 Days | 1 | |
69 | R.E.D (Takashi Yoshida (9), Kazma Sakamoto (2) and Diamante (2)) |
1 | September 21, 2020 | Tokyo | Dangerous Gate (2020) | 43 Days | 0 | |
— | Vacated | — | November 1, 2020 | Osaka | — | — | — | Title vacated after Diamante being sidelined with an injury. |
70 | R.E.D (Takashi Yoshida (10), Kazma Sakamoto (3) and SB KENTo) |
1 | November 3, 2020 | Osaka | Gate of Destiny (2020) | 71 Days | 2 | Defeated Toryumon (Dragon Kid, Shuji Kondo, and Kagetora) and Dragon Gate (U-T, Yosuke♥Santa Maria and Ben-K) in Three-Way Elimination Six-man Tag Team match for the vacant titles. |
71 | Natural Vibes (Kzy (6), Genki Horiguchi (13) and Susumu Yokosuka (10)) |
2 | January 14, 2021 | Tokyo | Open The New Gate 2021 - Day 5 | 112 Days | 1 | |
72 | Masquerade (Dragon Dia (2), Jason Lee (2) and La Estrella) |
1 | May 3, 2021 | Aichi | Dead or Alive (2021) | 138 Days | 2 | |
73 | R.E.D (Eita (3), H.Y.O (2) and Kaito Ishida) |
1 | September 20, 2021 | Tokyo | Dangerous Gate (2021) | 86 Days | 2 | |
74 | Masquerade (Shun Skywalker, Jason Lee (3) and Kota Minoura) |
1 | December 15, 2021 | Tokyo | Fantastic Gate 2021 - Day 7 | 28 Days | 0 | |
75 | R.E.D (Eita (4), H.Y.O (3) and Kaito Ishida (2)) |
2 | January 12, 2022 | Tokyo | Open The New Year Gate 2022 - Day 1 | <1 Day | 0 | |
— | Vacated | — | January 12, 2022 | Tokyo | — | — | — | The titles were vacated after H.Y.O and the rest of R.E.D turned on Eita and Kaito Ishida. |
76 | Natural Vibes (Kzy (7), U-T (2) and Jacky "Funky" Kamei) |
1 | February 20, 2022 | Fukuoka | Open The Truth Gate 2022 - Day 8 | 13 Days | 0 | Defeated Z-Brats (H.Y.O, BxB Hulk and Shun Skywalker) in a tournament final to become the champions. |
77 | Gold Class (Naruki Doi (14), Kaito Ishida (3) and Kota Minoura (2) with Minorita) |
1 | March 5, 2022 | Osaka | Champion Gate in Osaka (2022) | 61 Days | 0 | While Doi, Ishida and Minoura orginally won the titles, Dragon Gate also recognizes Minorita as also champion in their place, under the Freebird Rule. |
77 | Los Perros del Mal de Japón (Eita (5), Nosawa Rongai and Kotaro Suzuki) |
1 | May 5, 2022 | Aichi | Dead or Alive (2022) | 33 Days | 0 | |
78 | Stinger (Yoshinari Ogawa, Seiki Yoshioka and Yuya Susumu) |
1 | June 7, 2022 | Tokyo | Star Navigation 2022 - Day 2 | 1 Day | 0 | |
79 | Atsushi Kotoge, Daisuke Harada and YO-HEY | 1 | June 8, 2022 | Tokyo | Star Navigation 2022 - Day 3 | 15 Days | 0 | |
— | Vacated | — | June 23, 2022 | — | — | — | — | The titles were vacated after Daisuke Harada suffered a fever. |
80 | Los Perros del Mal de Japón (Eita (6), Nosawa Rongai (2) and Kotaro Suzuki (2)) |
2 | June 23, 2022 | Tokyo | N Innovation | 37 Days | 1 | Defeated Atsushi Kotoge, Extreme Tiger and YO-HEY for the vacant titles. |
81 | M3K (Masaaki Mochizuki (7), Susumu Mochizuki (11), and Mochizuki Junior) |
1 | July 30, 2022 | Kobe | Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival (2022) | 136 Days | 2 | This was a Special Guest Referee match, where Yasushi Kanda served as the special guest referee. |
82 | Z-Brats (KAI, Shun Skywalker (2), and ISHIN) |
1 | November 6, 2022 | Osaka | Gate of Destiny (2022) | 77 Days | 2 | |
83 | Gold Class (Kota Minoura (3), Ben-K (3), and BxB Hulk (9)) |
1 | January 22, 2023 | Kobe | Open The New Year Gate 2023 - Day 9 | 118 Days | 3 | |
84 | Natural Vibes (Kzy (8), Big Boss Shimizu (3), and Jacky "Funky" Kamei (2)) |
1 | May 20, 2023 | Sapporo | Hopeful Gate 2023 - Day 10 | 43 Days | 0 | |
85 | Gold Class (Kota Minoura (4), Minorita (2), and Naruki Doi (15)) |
1 | July 2, 2023 | Kobe | Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival 2023 | 55 Days | 0 | |
— | Vacated | — | August 26, 2023 | — | — | 41 Days | — | The titles were vacated after Minorita suffered a torn ACL. |
86 | YAMATO (6), Dragon Kid (9) and Punch Tominaga | 1 | October 6, 2023 | Tokyo | The Gate Of Victory 2023 - Day 3 - | 79 Days | 2 | Defeated Gold Class (Kota Minoura, Ben-K and Naruki Doi) and D'Courage (Dragon Dia, Yuki Yoshioka and Madoka Kikuta) in a three-way tournament final match to become the new champions. |
87 | Z-Brats (KAI (2), ISHIN (2), and Yoshiki Kato) |
1 | December 24, 2023 | Fukuoka | Final Gate 2023 | 62 Days | 2 | |
— | Vacated | — | February 24, 2024 | — | — | 8 Days | — | The titles were vacated after Kato suffered a right knee injury. |
Notes[]
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.
3. ^ Naruki Doi protested against the match because it turned out that under the mask of Shenlong was actually concealed Dragon Kid, who with the Bible brought the pinfall over Kzy. The referee restarted the match with the true Shenlong.
List of combined reigns[]
† | Indicates the current champions |
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By team[]
Rank | Team | Reigns | Defenses | Combined days |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Natural Vibes (Kzy, Genki Horiguchi and Susumu Yokosuka) |
2 | 7 | 343 |
2 | MONSTER EXPRESS (Akira Tozawa, Masato Yoshino and T-Hawk) |
1 | 5 | 273 |
3 | Jimmyz (Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!!, Jimmy Kanda and Ryo "Jimmy" Saito) |
3 | 3 | 235 |
4 | Blood Generation (CIMA, Magnitude Kishiwada, and Masato Yoshino) |
1 | 219 | |
5 | R.E.D (Takashi Yoshida, Yasushi Kanda, and Kazma Sakamoto) |
210 | ||
6 | Dragon Gate Generation (Ben-K, Dragon Dia and Strong Machine J) |
1 | 205 | |
7 | Zetsurins (Don Fujii, Magnitude Kishiwada and Masaaki Mochizuki) |
3 | 203 | |
8 | Do FIXER (Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi, and Ryo Saito) |
3 | 2 | 172 |
9 | Mushozoku (Don Fujii, K-ness and Masaaki Mochizuki) |
1 | 3 | 168 |
10 | WARRIORS (CIMA, Gamma and Genki Horiguchi) |
2 | 4 | 161 |
11 | We Are Team Veteran (CIMA, Don Fujii and Gamma) |
2 | 150 | |
12 | Strong Machines (Strong Machine J, Strong Machine F, and Strong Machine G) |
1 | 3 | 147 |
13 | New Hazard (BxB Hulk, Cyber Kong, and Shingo Takagi) |
2 | 2 | 142 |
14 | WARRIORS/Blood Warriors (CIMA, Dragon Kid and Ricochet) |
1 | 5 | 140 |
Zetsurins (Don Fujii, Magnitude Kishiwada and Masaaki Mochizuki) |
3 | |||
15 | Team Doi Darts (Kzy, Naoki Tanizaki and Naruki Doi) |
139 | ||
16 | Masquerade (Dragon Dia, Jason Lee and La Estrella) |
1 | 138 | |
17 | MaxiMuM (Naruki Doi, Masato Yoshino and Jason Lee) |
2 | 134 | |
18 | WORLD-1 (BxB Hulk, Masato Yoshino and PAC) |
129 | ||
19 | VerserK (Shingo Takagi, Takashi Yoshida and El Lindaman) |
1 | 125 | |
20 | Italian Connection (Anthony W. Mori, Milano Collection AT and YOSSINO) |
2 | 119 | |
21 | Gold Class (Kota Minoura, Ben-K, and BxB Hulk) |
3 | 118 | |
22 | MAD BLANKEY (Cyber Kong, Kzy, Naruki Doi) |
117 | ||
23 | M3K (Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki, and Mochizuki Junior) |
2 | 106 | |
24 | MaxiMuM (Naruki Doi, Big R Shimizu and Ben-K) |
1 | 103 | |
25 | Jimmyz (Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!!, Naoki Tanizaki and Ryo "Jimmy" Saito) |
4 | 100 | |
Muscle Outlaw'z (Gamma, Masato Yoshino and Naruki Doi) |
2 | 3 | ||
26 | WORLD-1 INTERNATIONAL (Naruki Doi, Rich Swann and Shachihoko BOY) |
1 | 1 |
94 |
27 | Dia. Hearts (Big R Shimizu, Dragon Kid and Masaaki Mochizuki) |
3 | 91 | |
28 | Millenials (Eita, U-T and T-Hawk) |
1 | 90 | |
29 | R.E.D (Eita, H.Y.O and Kaito Ishida) |
2 | 2 | 86 |
30 | YAMATO, Dragon Kid and Punch Tominaga | 1 | 79 | |
31 | WORLD-1 INTERNATIONAL (Masato Yoshino, Naruki Doi and PAC) |
4 | 78 | |
Real Hazard (Gamma, YAMATO and Yasushi Kanda) |
2 | |||
32 | Jimmyz (Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!!, Jimmy Kagetora and Jimmy Susumu) |
77 | ||
33 | Z-Brats (KAI, Shun Skywalker, and ISHIN) | |||
34 | Junction Three (Gamma, Masato Yoshino and YAMATO) |
76 | ||
35 | R.E.D (Takashi Yoshida, Kazma Sakamoto and SB KENTo) |
1 | 71 | |
36 | Jimmyz (Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!!, Jimmy Susumu and Ryo "Jimmy" Saito) |
70 | ||
37 | Los Perros del Mal de Japón (Eita, Nosawa Rongai, and Kotaro Suzuki) |
2 | 3 | |
38 | Jimmyz (Jimmy Susumu, Jimmy Kanda and Ryo "Jimmy" Saito) |
1 | 2 | 69 |
39 | MAD BLANKEY (Akira Tozawa, BxB Hulk and Naoki Tanisaki) |
63 | ||
40 | Team Doi (Naoki Tanizaki, Takuya Sugawara, and Yasushi Kanda) |
1 | 62 | |
41 | Z-Brats (KAI, ISHIN, and Yoshiki Kato) |
2 | ||
42 | Gold Class (Naruki Doi, Kaito Ishida, and Kota Minoura with Minorita) |
0 | 61 | |
43 | MAD BLANKEY (BxB Hulk, Cyber Kong and YAMATO) |
60 | ||
44 | KAMIKAZE (Dragon Kid, Shingo Takagi and Taku Iwasa) |
2 | 59 | |
45 | Jimmyz (Jimmy Susumu, Mr. Kyu Kyu Toyonaka Dolphin, Ryo "Jimmy" Saito) |
3 | 55 | |
Gold Class (Kota Minoura, Minorita, Naruki Doi) |
0 | |||
46 | R.E.D (Takashi Yoshida, H.Y.O, and Diamante) |
0 | 54 | |
47 | WARRIORS-5 (CIMA, Gamma and KAGETORA) |
1 | 53 | |
48 | Typhoon (CIMA, Ryo Saito and Susumu Yokosuka) |
2 | 50 | |
Tribe Vanguard (YAMATO, BxB Hulk and Kzy) |
1 | |||
49 | Muscle Outlaw'z (Magnitude Kishiwada, Masato Yoshino and Naruki Doi) |
0 | 49 | |
50 | Real Hazard (Gamma, Shingo Takagi and YAMATO) |
1 | 45 | |
51 | Natural Vibes (Kzy, Big Boss Shimizu, and Jacky "Funky" Kamei) |
0 | 43 | |
52 | R.E.D (Takashi Yoshida, Kazma Sakamoto and Diamante) |
1 | 41 | |
Blood Generation (BxB Hulk, CIMA and Jack Evans) | ||||
53 | Masquerade (Shun Skywalker, Jason Lee and Kota Minoura) |
1 | 28 | |
54 | Team Veteran Returns (Gamma, HUB and Magnitude Kishiwada) |
27 | ||
55 | Pos.HEARTS (Anthony W. Mori, BxB Hulk and Super Shisa) |
0 | 26 | |
56 | Jimmyz (Jimmy Kanda, Jimmy Susumu and Mr. Kyu Kyu Naoki Tanizaki Toyonaka Dolphin) |
1 | 24 | |
57 | Toryumon Generation (Dragon Kid, Ryo Saito, and Kenichiro Arai) |
0 | 22 | |
58 | We Are Team Veteran (Dragon Kid, K-ness and Masaaki Mochizuki) |
19 | ||
59 | Millenials (Eita, Flamita and T-Hawk) |
17 | ||
60 | VerserK (Shingo Takagi, Cyber Kong and T-Hawk) |
16 | ||
61 | Tozawa-juku (Kenichiro Arai, Shinobu and Taku Iwasa) |
14 | ||
62 | Natural Vibes (Kzy, U-T, and Jacky "Funky" Kamei) |
13 | ||
63 | M2K (Jimmy Susumu, K-ness and Masaaki Mochizuki) |
11 | ||
64 | Deep Drunkers (Kzy, Takuya Sugawara, and Yasushi Kanda) |
8 | ||
65 | Blood Generation (CIMA, Don Fujii and Naruki Doi) |
1 | 6 | |
Muscle Outlaw'z (Gamma, Magnitude Kishiwada and Naruki Doi) |
0 | |||
WORLD-1 INTERNATIONAL (Masato Yoshino, Naruki Doi and Shachihoko BOY) | ||||
66 | Atsushi Kotoge, Daisuke Harada and YO-HEY | 15 | ||
67 | WORLD-1 (Naoki Tanizaki, Naruki Doi, and PAC) |
4 | ||
68 | Stinger (Yoshinari Ogawa, Seiki Yoshioka, and Yuya Susumu) |
1 |
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