Final Gate (2019)

Final Gate (2019)
Promotional poster featuring the Dragon Gate roster
Tagline(s)	"Last Big Match in 2019"
Information
Promotion	Dragon Gate
Sponsor(s)	GAORA
Date	02019-12-15-0000December 15, 2019
Venue	Fukuoka International Center
City	Fukuoka, Japan
Event chronology
Previous Gate of Destiny (2019)
Next TBA
Final Gate chronology
Previous Final Gate (2017)
Next Final Gate (2020)

The Final Gate (2019) is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and GAORA TV event promoted by Dragon Gate. The event will take place on December 15, 2019, in Fukuoka at the Fukuoka International Center and it was the thirteenth annual event under the Final Gate. The event will air on GAORA and Dragon Gate Network streaming service in both English and Japanese commentaries and was broadcasted live at SKY PerfecTV! as pay-per-view (PPV). The event will be main evented by Ben-K defending the Open The Dream Gate Championship against Naruki Doi.

The event will include two championship matches with Strong Machines (Strong Machine J, Strong Machine F and Strong Machine G) defending the Open The Triangle Gate Championship against Natural Vibes (Kzy, Genki Horiguchi and Susumu Yokosuka) and R.E.D (Diamanté, H.Y.O and Takashi Yoshida) and R.E.D (Big R Shimizu and Eita) defending the Open The Twin Gate Championship against Tribe Vanguard (BxB Hulk and YAMATO).

Production

Background

The Final Gate (2019) aired live through Dragon Gate's internet streaming site, Dragon Gate Network, 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. The event will also feature English commentary. On November 23, it was announced that Naomichi Marufuji would make a special guest appearance to face "Hollywood" Stalker Ichikawa as part of the 20th Anniversary Celebration Series.

Storylines

The Final Gate (2019) featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.

Ben-K, who will defend the Open the Dream Gate Championship against Naruki Doi in the main event.

The Final Gate (2019) will be main evented by Ben-K making his third title defense of the Open The Dream Gate Championship against Naruki Doi. On November 4, 2019 at Gate of Destiny, Ben-K defeated Masato Yoshino to make his third successful title defense of the Open The Dream Gate Championship. Afterwards, Yoshino's MaxiMuM stablemate Naruki Doi came to the ring and proclaimed as the next challenger for Ben-K's title, leading the champion to accept the challenge. Three days later, Doi and Yoshino faced Ben-K and Shun Skywalker in a winning effort. Leading to the match, Ben-K had previously turned on Doi in September 2018, when they were part of MaxiMuM, in order to join ANTIAS (later known as R.E.D).

Strong Machines (Strong Machine J, Strong Machine F and Strong Machine G), who will defend the Open the Dream Gate Championship against Open The Triangle Gate Championship against Natural Vibes (Kzy, Genki Horiguchi and Susumu Yokosuka) and R.E.D (Diamanté, H.Y.O and Takashi Yoshida) at the event.

In the Open The Twin Gate Championship match, R.E.D (Eita and Big R Shimizu) will defend their titles against Tribe Vanguard (BxB Hulk and YAMATO). On November 23, 2019, Hulk and YAMATO defeated R.E.D (Big R Shimizu and Diamante), after YAMATO pinned Shimizu. Afterwards, Hulk and YAMATO challenged Shimizu and his partner Eita to a title match for the Open The Twin Gate Championship, but Eita refused it, leading the general manager Takayuki Yagi to make the match official, despite Eita protesting against the decision. Hulk and YAMATO held the Open The Twin Gate Championship for 150 days, vacating it on December 19, 2018, after Hulk was sidelined with a neck injury, and only returned to in-ring competition in July 2019.

In the Open The Triangle Gate Championship match, the Strong Machines (Strong Machine J, Strong Machine F and Strong Machine G) will make their third title title defense against Natural Vibes (Kzy, Genki Horiguchi and Susumu Yokosuka) and R.E.D (Diamante, H.Y.O and Takashi Yoshida). On November 26, 2019, Natural Vibes lost to R.E.D by countout. Later that night, R.E.D interfered in a match between the Strong Machines and Masaaki Mochizuki, Ryo Saito and Yasushi Kanda, causing the match to end in a no contest. Afterwards, H.Y.O stated that he had the right partners to win the titles, due to being unable to win the Open The Triangle Gate Championship, when he was part of Mochizuki Dojo, then Natural Vibes, who lost to R.E.D countout loss to R.E.D earlier that night, came to the ring and announce their intentions of challenging for the titles. In April 2019, Strong Machines made their debut defeating Natural Vibes, before starting an undefeated streak.

Results

#	Results	Stipulations
1	"Hollywood" Stalker Ichikawa vs. Naomichi Marufuji	Singles match Dragon Gate 20th Anniversary Celebration Series
2	Strong Machines (Strong Machine J, Strong Machine F and Strong Machine G) (c) (with Shogun KY Wakamatsu) vs. Natural Vibes (Kzy, Genki Horiguchi and Susumu Yokosuka) and R.E.D (Diamante, H.Y.O and Takashi Yoshida)	Thee-way six-man tag team match for the Open The Triangle Gate Championship
3	R.E.D (Eita and Big R Shimizu) (c) vs. Tribe Vanguard (BxB Hulk and YAMATO)	Tag Team match for the Open The Twin Gate Championship
4	Ben-K (c) vs. Naruki Doi	Singles match for the Open The Dream Gate Championship
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match – refers to the video of that match