Rey De Parejas

Rey De Parejas
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Information
Current Winner(s)	D'Courage (Yuki Yoshioka and Madoka Kikuta)
Created by	Último Dragón
Promotion(s)	Dragon Gate (DG) Toryumon Japan
First event	2003
Tournament gimmick	Round-robin tournament for tag team wrestlers

Rey De Parejas (レイ・デ・パレハス, Rei de Parehasu) (Spanish for the "King of Pairs") is a round-robin tag team tournament held by Dragon Gate (DG). It was created in 2003, and held annually by Toryumon Japan to determine the strongest team in the promotion for the year. The tournament would be held over the course of several shows in October and November. Following the tournament's conclusion, several shows that followed would continue on under the Rey De Parejas tour name.

The Rey De Parejas is held under a round-robin system, with two points for a win, one for a draw and none for a loss. The teams finishing on top the points standings in the two blocks advance to the knockout stage, where the winner is determined in a head-to-head match. Matches in the Rey De Parejas have a 20-minute time limit, which is the same as matches for Dragon Gate's Open The Twin Gate Championship.

Following the Toryumon split the tournament was rebranded to three teams tournament in 2004 and It was succeeded by Toryumon Japan's successor Dragon Gate's Summer Adventure Tag League, though it changed its format from round-robin to single-elimination, before being revived in 2023, following the end of the former.

List of winners

Year	Winners	Total won
2003	Hagure Gundam ("brother" YASSHI and Dotti Shuji)	1
2004	Italian Connection (Anthony W. Mori, Milano Collection AT, and YOSSINO)
2023	D'Courage (Yuki Yoshioka and Madoka Kikuta)
2024	Dragon Kid and Naruki Doi

History

The tournament was formed in 2003 by the then-Toryumon Japan, where it was a round-robin tournament. The winner, assuming they are not already the champion, receives an opportunity to wrestle for the Open The Twin Gate Championship not long after the tournament is over. Before, the tournament used to to determine the strongest team (trios in 2004) in the promotion.

The second edition of the tournament was to establish the first Open The Triangle Gate Championships which were the spiritual successor to the UWA World Trios Championships since the split between Último Dragón and the then rebranded Dragon Gate after he Dragón took the Toryumon name and trademarks with him since he owned the rights. However, since then, the tournament was not held for the next two decades being later replaced by the Summer Adventure Tag League, which briefly replaced the Rey De Parejas from 2007 until 2016, which was the last time the tournament was held. During its brief time, the tournament was often used as a platform to push their rising tag teams.

On January 13, 2023, Dragon Gate's general manger Ryo Saito announced the return of the tournament, with the tournament being held from February 3 until March 2.

Results

2003

The first Rey De Parejas took place over the course of eleven days from October 5 until October 26, 2003. In this year's league, there were eight participants broken up into single blocks. The points leaders from each block received entry into the tournament.

Wrestlers	Score
"brother" YASSHI and Dotti Shuji	10
K-ness and Susumu Yokosuka	10
Magnum Tokyo and Milano Collection A.T.	9
CIMA and JUN	9
Dragon Kid and Kenichiro Arai	8
Masaaki Mochizuki and Second Doi	4
YOSSINO and Anthony W. Mori	4
Machine #1 and Machine #2	2

Results	Shuji YASSHI	K-ness Yokosuka	Magnum Milano	CIMA JUN	Kid Arai	Mochizuki Doi	YOSSINO Mori	Machine #1 Machine #2
Shuji YASSHI	X	Shuji YASSHI (11:41)	Shuji YASSHI (15:23)	Shuji YASSHI (4:05)	Kid Arai (12:41)	Shuji YASSHI (15:36)	Shuji YASSHI (14:04)	Machine #1 Machine #2 (8:31)
K-ness Yokosuka	Shuji YASSHI (11:41)	X	K-ness Yokosuka (17:03)	K-ness Yokosuka (14:14)	K-ness Yokosuka (12:26)	K-ness Yokosuka (13:27)	YOSSINO Mori (12:17)	K-ness Yokosuka (11:30)
Magnum Milano	Shuji YASSHI (15:23)	K-ness Yokosuka (17:03)	X	Draw (30:00)	Magnum Milano (13:48)	Magnum Milano (12:35)	Magnum Milano (16:08)	Magnum Milano (5:50)
CIMA JUN	Shuji YASSHI (4:05)	K-ness Yokosuka (14:14)	Draw (30:00)	X	CIMA JUN (12:26)	CIMA JUN (13:52)	CIMA JUN  (11:23)	CIMA JUN (8:25)
Kid Arai	Kid Arai (12:41)	K-ness Yokosuka (12:26)	Magnum Milano (13:48)	CIMA JUN (12:26)	X	Kid Arai (10:54)	Kid Arai (9:34)	Kid Arai (9:06)
Mochizuki Doi	Shuji YASSHI (15:36)	K-ness Yokosuka (13:27)	Magnum Milano (12:35)	CIMA JUN (13:52)	Kid Arai (10:54)	X	Mochizuki Doi (11:03)	Mochizuki Doi (6:20)
YOSSINO Mori	Shuji YASSHI (14:04)	YOSSINO Mori (12:17)	Magnum Milano (16:08)	CIMA JUN  (11:23)	Kid Arai (9:34)	Mochizuki Doi (11:03)	X	YOSSINO Mori (7:09)
Machine #1 Machine #2	Machine #1 Machine #2 (8:31)	K-ness Yokosuka (11:30)	Magnum Milano (5:50)	CIMA JUN (8:25)	Kid Arai (9:06)	Mochizuki Doi (6:20)	YOSSINO Mori (7:09)	X

	Final
	1	Dotti Shuji and "brother" YASSHI	Pin
	2	K-ness and Susumu Yokosuka	19:24

2004

The 2004 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 inaugural 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 replaced 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.

Final standings

Wrestlers	Score
Shuji Kondo, "brother" YASSHI and Takuya Sugawara (Aagan Iisou)	10
Milano Collection AT, YOSSINO and Anthony W. Mori (Italian Connection)	6
Masaaki Mochizuki and Susumu Yokosuka and K-ness. (Final M2K)	6
Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi and Magnum Tokyo/Ryo Saito (Do FIXER)	6
CIMA, TARU and Shingo Takagi (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 YOSSINO Mori	CIMA TARU Takagi	Kondo YASSHI Sugawara	Mochizuki Yokosuka K-ness.	Kid Horiguchi Magnum/Saito	Fujii Doi Tanizaki	Iwasa Mishima Florida
Milano YOSSINO Mori	X	CIMA TARU Takagi (18:21)	Kondo YASSHI Sugawara (13:14)	Mochizuki Yokosuka K-ness. (22:07)	Milano YOSSINO Mori (22:25)	Milano YOSSINO Mori (16:10)	Milano YOSSINO Mori (10:37)
CIMA TARU Takagi	CIMA TARU Takagi (18:21)	X	Kondo YASSHI Sugawara (12:46)	No Contest	Kid Horiguchi Magnum (15:05)	Fujii Doi Tanizaki (15:49)	CIMA TARU Takagi (10:54)
Kondo YASSHI Sugawara	Kondo YASSHI Sugawara (13:14)	Kondo YASSHI Sugawara (12:46)	X	Double Countout (5:28)	Kondo YASSHI Sugawara (16:09)	Kondo YASSHI Sugawara (14:19)	Iwasa Mishima Florida (6:20)
Mochizuki Yokosuka K-ness.	Mochizuki Yokosuka K-ness. (22:07)	No Contest	Double Countout (5:28)	X	Kid Horiguchi Saito (22:02)	Fujii Doi Tanizaki (14:45)	Mochizuki Yokosuka K-ness. (11:59)
Kid Horiguchi Magnum/Saito	Milano YOSSINO Mori (22:25)	Kid Horiguchi Magnum (15:05)	Kondo YASSHI Sugawara (16:09)	Kid Horiguchi Saito (22:02)	X	Kid Horiguchi Magnum (17:47)	Iwasa Mishima Florida (12:13)
Fujii Doi Tanizaki	Milano YOSSINO Mori (16:10)	Fujii Doi Tanizaki (15:49)	Kondo YASSHI Sugawara (14:19)	Fujii Doi Tanizaki (14:45)	Kid Horiguchi Magnum (17:47)	X	Double DQ (12:34)
Iwasa Mishima Florida	Milano YOSSINO Mori (10:37)	CIMA TARU Takagi (10:54)	Iwasa Mishima Florida (6:20)	Mochizuki Yokosuka K-ness. (11:59)	Iwasa Mishima Florida (12:13)	Double DQ (12:34)	X

Semifinal

Final

Aagan Iisou (Shuji Kondo, Takuya Sugawara and "brother" YASSHI)

Pin

Italian Connection (Milano Collection A.T., YOSSINO and Anthony W. Mori)

Pin

Italian Connection (Milano Collection A.T., YOSSINO and Anthony W. Mori)

17:26

Final M2K (Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Yokosuka and K-ness) Do FIXER (Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi and Ryo Saito)

29:38

Three-way decision match

Elimination	Wrestler	Team	Eliminated by	Elimination move	Time
1	Genki Horiguchi	Do Fixer	Susumu Yokosuka	Pinned after the Yokosuka Cutter	25:02
2	Susumu Yokosuka	Final M2K	Milano Collection A.T.	Pinned after the Victoria Milanese	29:38
Winners:	Italian Connection (Milano Collection A.T., YOSSINO and Anthony W. Mori)

2023

After a two-decade break, the return of the tournament was announced by Dragon Gate General Manager Ryo Saito and took place from Febraury 3 to March 2, 2023, with the tournament returning to its tag team format, instead of the trios one used in 2004.

Block A		Block B
BxB Hulk and Kota Minoura	7	Shun Skywalker and KAI	8
Yuki Yoshioka and Madoka Kikuta	6	Susumu Mochizuki and Yasushi Kanda	6
H.Y.O and ISHIN	5	Strong Machine J and Strong Machine F	5
Jason Lee and Jacky "Funky" Kamei	5	YAMATO and Naruki Doi	5
Masaaki Mochizuki and Mochizuki Junior	4	Dragon Kid and Dragon Dia	4
Kaito Nagano and Yoshiki Kato	3	Ben-K and Minorita	0

Block A	Yoshioka Kikuta	Hulk Minoura	Lee Kamei	Nagano Kato	Mochizuki Junior	H.Y.O ISHIN
Yoshioka Kikuta	X	Draw (20:00)	Lee Kamei (19:23)	Kikuta Yoshioka (10:58)	Kikuta Yoshioka (13:17)	Draw (20:00)
Hulk Minoura	Draw (20:00)	X	Lee Kamei (9:38)	Hulk Minoura (14:01)	Hulk Minoura (13:25)	Hulk Minoura (18:13)
Lee Kamei	Lee Kamei (19:23)	Lee Kamei (9:38)	X	Nagano Kato (10:00)	Draw (20:00)	H.Y.O ISHIN (17:41)
Nagano Kato	Kikuta Yoshioka (10:58)	Hulk Minoura (14:01)	Nagano Kato (10:00)	X	Draw (20:00)	H.Y.O ISHIN (8:37)
Mochizuki Junior	Kikuta Yoshioka (13:17)	Hulk Minoura (13:25)	Draw (20:00)	Draw (20:00)	X	Mochizuki Junior (11:40)
H.Y.O ISHIN	Draw (20:00)	Hulk Minoura (18:13)	H.Y.O ISHIN (17:41)	H.Y.O ISHIN (8:37)	Mochizuki Junior (11:40)	X
Block B	YAMATO Doi	Kid Dia	Ben-K Minorita	Mochizuki Kanda	Machine J Machine F	Skywalker KAI
YAMATO Doi	X	YAMATO Doi (12:00)	YAMATO Doi (12:00)	Double Countout (9:52)	Draw (20:00)	Skywalker KAI (11:39)
Kid Dia	YAMATO Doi (12:00)	X	Kid Dia (13:02)	Mochizuki Kanda (13:48)	Kid Dia (9:56)	Skywalker KAI (14:05)
Ben-K Minorita	YAMATO Doi (12:00)	Kid Dia (13:02)	X	Mochizuki Kanda (11:20)	Machine J Machine F (4:24)	Skywalker KAI (13:02)
Mochizuki Kanda	Double Countout (9:52)	Mochizuki Kanda (13:48)	Mochizuki Kanda (11:20)	X	Mochizuki Kanda (11:07)	Skywalker KAI (7:29)
Machine J Machine F	Draw (20:00)	Kid Dia (9:56)	Machine J Machine F (4:24)	Mochizuki Kanda (11:07)	X	Machine J Machine F (11:57)
Skywalker KAI	Skywalker KAI (11:39)	Skywalker KAI (14:05)	Skywalker KAI (13:02)	Skywalker KAI (7:29)	Machine J Machine F (11:57)	X

	Semifinals (March 2)					Final (March 2)
	A2	Yuki Yoshioka and Madoka Kikuta	Pin
	B1	KAI and Shun Skywalker	9:58
						A2	Yuki Yoshioka and Madoka Kikuta	Pin
						B2	Susumu Mochizuki and Yasushi Kanda	22:54
	B2	Susumu Mochizuki and Yasushi Kanda	Pin
	A1	Kota Minoura and BxB Hulk	12:25

2024

The 2024 edition of the Rey de Parejas took place from March 6 to April 10. The tournament features outside participants from Mozuku Tominaga and Shuri Joe from Ryukyu Dragon Pro Wrestling and DDT Pro-Wrestling Toru Owashi. On February 24, it was announced that Yoshiki Kato was sidelined with a right knee injury, forcing him to withdraw from the tournament. He was replaced by his Z-Brats stablemate ISHIN.

Current standings

Block A		Block B
Naruki Doi and Dragon Kid	8	YAMATO and Susumu Yokosuka	7
Big Boss Shimizu and Strong Machine J	7	Luís Mante and Hyo	6
Shuji Kondo and Toru Owashi	5	Shun Skywalker and ISHIN	5
KAI and Gianni Valletta	4	Kzy and U-T	4
Kota Minoura and Ben-K	1	Jason Lee and Jacky "Funky" Kamei	4
Mozuku Tominaga and Shuri Joe	1	Dragon Dia and Madoka Kikuta	4

Block A	Minoura Ben-K	Shimizu Machine	Doi Kid	Kondo Owashi	KAI Valletta	Tominaga Joe
Minoura Ben-K	X	Shimizu Machine (17:39)	Doi Kid (15:01)	Kondo Owashi (13:16)	KAI Valletta (10:31)	Draw (20:00)
Shimizu Machine	Shimizu Machine (17:39)	X	Doi Kid (12:13)	Draw (20:00)	Shimizu Machine (12:47)	Shimizu Machine (14:54)
Doi Kid	Doi Kid (15:01)	Doi Kid (12:13)	X	Doi Kid (13:30)	KAI Valletta (4:51)	Doi Kid (13:05)
Kondo Owashi	Kondo Owashi (13:16)	Draw (20:00)	Doi Kid (13:30)	X	Double Count out (5:25)	Kondo Owashi (11:45)
KAI Valletta	KAI Valletta (10:31)	Shimizu Machine (12:47)	KAI Valletta (4:51)	Double Count out (5:25)	X	Double Count out (8:51)
Tominaga Joe	Draw (20:00)	Shimizu Machine (14:54)	Doi Kid (13:05)	Kondo Owashi (11:45)	Double Count out (8:51)	X
Block B	Mante Hyo	Dia Kikuta	Kzy U-T	Lee Kamei	YAMATO Yokosuka	Skywalker ISHIN
Mante Hyo	X	Draw (20:00)	Mante Hyo (16:02)	Lee Kamei (19:23)	Draw (20:00)	Mante Hyo (11:45)
Dia Kikuta	Draw (20:00)	X	Dia Kikuta (10:12)	Lee Kamei (18:09)	YAMATO Yokosuka (14:02)	Draw (20:00)
Kzy U-T	Mante Hyo (16:02)	Dia Kikuta (10:12)	X	Kzy U-T (11:34)	YAMATO Yokosuka (18:40)	Kzy U-T (16:59)
Lee Kamei	Lee Kamei (19:23)	Lee Kamei (18:09)	Kzy U-T (11:34)	X	YAMATO Yokosuka (16:30)	Skywalker ISHIN (16:51)
YAMATO Yokosuka	Draw (20:00)	YAMATO Yokosuka (14:02)	YAMATO Yokosuka (18:40)	YAMATO Yokosuka (16:30)	X	Skywalker ISHIN (15:56)
Skywalker ISHIN	Mante Hyo (11:45)	Draw (20:00)	Kzy U-T (16:59)	Skywalker ISHIN (16:51)	Skywalker ISHIN (15:56)	X

	Semifinals (April 10)					Final (April 10)
	A1	Naruki Doi and Dragon Kid	Pin
	B2	Luís Mante and Hyo	10:46
						A1	Naruki Doi and Dragon Kid	Pin
						B1	YAMATO and Susumu Yokosuka	21:44
	B1	YAMATO and Susumu Yokosuka	Pin
	A2	Big Boss Shimizu and Strong Machine J	9:54