The Gate of Bayside (2024) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and GAORA TV event promoted by Dragon Gate. The event took place on January 27, 2024, in Yokohama at the Yokohama Budokan. 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). This was the first event under the Gate of Bayside name.
Production[]
Background[]
The Gate of Bayside (2024) was officially announced on November 8, 2023. The event 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 Ho Ho Lun.
Storylines[]
The Gate of Bayside (2024) 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.
Luís Mante, who defended the Open The Dream Gate Championship against Shun Skywalker
The Gate of Bayside (2024) was main evented by Luís Mante making his first title defense of the Open The Dream Gate Championship against Shun Skywalker. On July 2 at Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival, Diamante lost his mask in the five-way mask vs. mask steel cage survival match, after Skywalker turned on him and later tied the back of his mask to the ring ropes, paving the way for an easy exit from the cage. Three days later, after Diamante sided with Último Dragón, Z-Brats came out and laughed at Diamante for losing his mask, before leaving to Mexico for a brief period of time. Following his return, under the name "Luís Mante" on October 6, their feud culminated to a Four-on-One handicap match on November 9, where Mante defeated Z-Brats in the Four-on-One handicap match, after H.Y.O turned on Skywalker, allowing Mante to secure the win. Reigning Open The Dream Gate Champion Madoka Kikuta would be caught up in their feud, leading to a three-way match on December 24 at Final Gate, where Mante defeated Skywalker and Kikuta to win the Open The Dream Gate Championship. Afterwards, Skywalker demanded to be Mante's first challenger for the title.
Hyo, who defended the Open The Brave Gate Championship against Kagetora
On December 26, Jacky "Funky" Kamei announced the return of the Kung Fu Masters for the Gate of Bayside, alongside Jason Lee, with them challenging Pro Wrestling NOAH's Kaito Kiyomiya and Alejandro to a title match for the Open The Twin Gate Championship.
On January 6, 2024, Strong Machine J, Big Boss Shimizu and Kzy challenged Z-Brats (KAI, ISHIN and Yoshiki Kato) to a title match for the Open The Triangle Gate Championship at Gate of Bayside. Five days later, after Z-Brats successfully defended the titles against M3K (Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki and Yasushi Kanda), the title match was made oficial for the event.
On January 11, Kagetora challenged Hyo to a title match for the Open The Brave Gate Championship at Gate of Bayside, which he accepted.
Results[]
| # | Results | Stipulations | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madoka Kikuta, Dragon Dia and Ryoya Tanaka defeated Don Fujii, Genki Horiguchi and Daiki Yanagiuchi | Six-man tag team match | 4:28 |
| 2 | Gianni Valletta defeated U-T | Singles match | 1:58 |
| 3 | M3K (Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki, Yasushi Kanda, and Mochizuki Junior) vs. BxB Hulk, Dragon Kid, Takashi Yoshida and Punch Tominaga ended in a double ring out | Eight-man tag team match | 8:55 |
| 4 | YAMATO and Shuji Kondo defeated Gold Class (Kota Minoura and Ben-K) | Tag team match | 8:26 |
| 5 | Z-Brats (KAI, ISHIN and Yoshiki Kato) (c) defeated Natural Vibes (Kzy, Big Boss Shimizu and Strong Machine J) | Six-man tag team match for the Open The Triangle Gate Championship | 13:50 |
| 6 | Kaito Kiyomiya and Alejandro (c) defeated Kung Fu Masters (Jason Lee and Jacky "Funky" Kamei) | Tag team match for the Open The Twin Gate Championship | 12:11 |
| 7 | Luís Mante (c) defeated Shun Skywalker | Singles match for the Open The Dream Gate Championship | 21:15 |
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