Final Gate (2021)

Final Gate (2021)
Promotional poster featuring the Dragon Gate roster
Tagline(s)	"The Last Big Match of 2021!!" (Japanese: 2021年最後のビッグマッチ!!, Hepburn: 2021-nen Saigo no Biggu Matchi!!)
Information
Promotion	Dragon Gate
Sponsor(s)	GAORA
Date	02021-12-26-0000December 26, 2021
Attendance	2,012
Venue	Fukuoka International Center
City	Fukuoka, Japan
Event chronology
Previous The Gate of Origin (2021)
Next Memorial Gate in Wakayama (2022)
Final Gate chronology
Previous Final Gate (2020)
Next Final Gate (2022)

The Final Gate (2021) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and GAORA TV event promoted by Dragon Gate. The event took place on December 26, 2021, in Fukuoka at the Fukuoka International Center and it was the sixteenth annual event under the Final Gate. The event aired 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 was main evented by YAMATO defending the Open The Dream Gate Championship against KAI.

The event included another championship matches with DoiYoshi (Naruki Doi and Takashi Yoshida) defending the Open The Twin Gate Championship against R.E.D (SB KENTo and H.Y.O) and a match between Masquerade members Shun Skywalker and Kota Minoura, where if Skywalker lost, he would be forced to leave Masquerade.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event had some restrictions in the attendance, after the Japanese Government lifted the State of Emergency.

Production

Background

The Final Gate (2021) 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 also featured English commentary provided by Jae Church and Larry Dallas. On December 20, it was announced that due to an on-mechanical complication at the venue, that the English commentary for the event would be tapped in the comming days.

Storylines

The Final Gate (2021) 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.

YAMATO, who defend his Open the Dream Gate Championship against KAI in the main event.

The Final Gate (2021) was main evented by YAMATO defending the Open The Dream Gate Championship against KAI. On November 27 at Gate of Origin, in a post-match interview, KAI challenged YAMATO to a title match for the Open The Dream Gate Championship, after YAMATO had sucessfully defended the title against Ben-K. Following a victory in a tag team match, between High-End and R.E.D, YAMATO stated that KAI "was not qualified to wear the title belt", despite KAI's intentions to become the best wrestler in the promotion.

In the Open The Twin Gate Championship, DoiYoshi (Naruki Doi and Takashi Yoshida) defended their titles against R.E.D (SB KENTo and H.Y.O). On December 11, H.Y.O and KENTo defeated Doi and Yoshida in a non-title match. Afterwards, H.Y.O and KENTo challenged Doi and Yoshida to a title match for the Open The Twin Gate Championship at Final Gate, which they accpeted, setting up the title match.

In October, as part of the feud between Masquerade and R.E.D, Dragon Dia reignited his feud with Dia Inferno, during which Shun Skywalker and Diamante, were caught in the middle of Dia and Inferno. This led to on November 5, General Manager Ryo Saito to announce a Mask vs. Mask tag team match, with Skywalker teaming with Dia and Inferno with R.E.D stablemate Diamante on December 1, with the loser of the fall having to unmask. At the event, Diamante and Inferno won the Lucha de Apuestas match, with Dia being pinned by Diamante after Skywalker purposely pushed Dia into Diamante, and as a result, Dia was forced to unmask. This led to a rift between him and the rest of Masquerade, who blamed Skywalker for Dia losing his mask. After winning the Open The Triangle Gate Championship on December 15, Skywalker was challenged by stableamte Kota Minoura to a match, where the if he lost, he would be forced to leave the stable.

Results

#	Results	Stipulations	Times
1	Masaaki Mochizuki, Don Fujii, Yasushi Kanda and Kagetora defeated Shoya Sato, Takuma Fujiwara, Ryu Fuda and Takumi Hayakawa	Eight-man tag team match	10:53
2	Strong Machine J and Churaumi Saver defeated Punch Tominaga and Ultra Soki	Tag team match	10:34
3	Diamante defeated La Estrella	Singles match	9:47
4	Natural Vibes (Susumu Yokosuka and U-T) defeated The Iihashi Brothers (Riki Iihashi and Ishin Iihashi)	Tag team match	9:27
5	Último Dragón, Jason Lee and Yosuke♥Santa Maria defeated Genki Horiguchi, Konomama Ichikawa and Shachihoko BOY	Six-man tag team match	11:23
6	Shun Skywalker defeated Kota Minoura by disqualification	Singles match Had Skywalker lost, he would be forced to leave Masquerade.	15:22
7	Natural Vibes (Kzy, Big Boss Shimizu and Jacky "Funky" Kamei) defeated High-End (Ben-K, Dragon Kid and Keisuke Okuda) and R.E.D (Eita, BxB Hulk and Kaito Ishida)	Three-way six-man tag team match	19:42
8	R.E.D (SB KENTo and H.Y.O) defeated DoiYoshi (Naruki Doi and Takashi Yoshida (c)	Tag Team match for the Open The Twin Gate Championship	13:14
9	KAI defeated YAMATO (c)	Singles match for the Open The Dream Gate Championship	27:16
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match – refers to the video of that match

Three-way six-man tag team match

Elimination	Wrestler	Team	Eliminated by	Elimination move	Time
1	Keisuke Okuda	High-End	BxB Hulk	Pinned after the First Flash	15:22
2	Kaito Ishida	R.E.D	Big Boss Shimizu	Pinned after the Big Boss Press	19:42
Winners:	Natural Vibes (Kzy, Big Boss Shimizu and Jacky "Funky" Kamei)