The Gate of Anniversary was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event promoted by Dragon Gate (DG). The event took place on March 22, 2009, at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan. This was the only Dragon Gate event promoted in the Ryogoku Kokugikan. The event was also available in Japanese commentaries and was broadcasted live at TV Tokyo and as a pay-per-view (PPV).
The show was headlined by Naruki Doi defending the Open The Dream Gate Championship against New Japan Pro-Wrestling's Koji Kanemoto. Another title match for the show featured Masato Yoshino defending the Open The Brave Gate Championship against CIMA.
Two other title matches also took place on the show with WARRIORS-5 (Gamma and Susumu Yokosuka) defending the Open The Twin Gate Championship against Real Hazard (Genki Horiguchi and Ryo Saito), and KAMIKAZE (Shingo Takagi, Dragon Kid and Taku Iwasa) defending the Open The Triangle Gate Championship against WORLD-1 (BxB Hulk, Naoki Tanizaki and PAC) and Real Hazard (Kenichiro Arai, YAMATO and Yasushi Kanda) in a three-way match. The event also featured the "Hollywood" Stalker Ichikawa Bosou 10 match series. All in all, the event featured eight matches.
Production[]
Background[]
The Gate of Anniversary aired in Japan at TV Tokyo and as a pay-per-view 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.
Storylines[]
The Gate of Anniversary featured professional wrestling matches that involved wrestlers from pre-existing feuds and storylines that played out on the Dragon Gate's television program. Wrestlers portrayed heroes or villains as they followed a series of events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.
Results[]
| # | Results | Stipulations | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1D | Shisa BOY and Super Shisa defeated K-ness and Super Shenlong | Tag team match | 6:39 |
| 2 | WARRIORS-5 (KAGETORA and RYOMA) defeated KAMIKAZE (Akira Tozawa and Kenshin Chikano) | Tag team match | 6:31 |
| 3 | Zetsurins (Don Fujii, Magnitude Kishiwada and Masaaki Mochizuki) defeated Kensuke Office (Katsuhiko Nakajima, Kento Miyahara and Takashi Okita) | Six-man tag team match | 10:23 |
| 4 | Kensuke Sasaki defeated "Hollywood" Stalker Ichikawa | Singles match "Hollywood" Stalker Ichikawa Bosou 10 Match Series |
1:30 |
| 5 | WARRIORS-5 (Gamma and Susumu Yokosuka) (c) defeated Real Hazard (Genki Horiguchi and Ryo Saito) by disqualification | Tag team match for the Open The Twin Gate Championship | 12:37 |
| 6 | CIMA defeated Masato Yoshino (c) | Singles match for the Open The Brave Gate Championship | 18:08 |
| 7 | KAMIKAZE (Shingo Takagi, Dragon Kid and Taku Iwasa) defeated WORLD-1 (BxB Hulk, Naoki Tanizaki and PAC) and (Kenichiro Arai, YAMATO and Yasushi Kanda) | Three-way elimination tag team match for the Open The Triangle Gate Championship | 18:25 |
| 8 | Cyber Kong defeated Anthony W. Mori | Mask vs. Hair match | 3:59 |
| 9 | Naruki Doi (c) defeated Koji Kanemoto | Singles match for the Open The Dream Gate Championship | 27:41 |
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Three-way elimination six-man tag team match[]
| Elimination | Wrestler | Team | Eliminated by | Elimination move | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BxB Hulk | WORLD-1 | Kenichiro Arai | Pinned after a Beer bottle attack | 12:30 | |
| 2 | Yasushi Kanda | Real Hazard | Shingo Takagi | Pinned after the Pumping Bomber | 18:25 | |
| Winners: | KAMIKAZE (Shingo Takagi, Dragon Kid and Taku Iwasa) (Still Open The Triangle Gate Champions) | |||||