Gate of Destiny
Professional wrestling pay-per-view event series
The Gate of Destiny is an annual signature professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) created and promoted by the Japanese professional wrestling promotion Dragon Gate . The event has been held annually since 2007 as a pay-per-view (PPV). Attendance stayed constant until 2009. Since 2009, the attendance increased until 2011 and the 2012 Gate of Destiny featured also Dragon Gate USA championship matches. On 2013, the attendance increased with 7100 persons. The best attendance was 7150 persons. The event is part of the Crown Gate tour. The 2020 edition of the event was held with a limited audience due to in part to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic at the time.[ 1]
Event chronology
No.
Event
Date
City
Venue
Attendance
1
The Gate of Destiny 2007
November 25, 2007
Osaka , Japan
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium
6,500
2
The Gate of Destiny 2008
November 16, 2008
6,500
3
The Gate of Destiny 2009
November 23, 2009
6,500
4
The Gate of Destiny 2010
November 23, 2010
7,000
5
The Gate of Destiny 2011
November 16, 2011
7,000
6
The Gate of Destiny 2012
October 21, 2012
6,800
7
The Gate of Destiny 2013
November 3, 2013
Bodymaker Colosseum
7,100
8
The Gate of Destiny 2014
November 2, 2014
7,150
9
The Gate of Destiny 2015
November 1, 2015
Edion Arena Osaka
7,150
10
The Gate of Destiny 2016
November 3, 2016
7,150
11
The Gate of Destiny 2017
November 3, 2017
5,500
12
The Gate of Destiny 2018
November 3, 2018
3,150
13
The Gate of Destiny 2019
November 4, 2019
3,120
14
The Gate of Destiny 2020
November 3, 2020
1,885
15
The Gate of Destiny 2021
November 3, 2021
1,685
16
The Gate of Destiny 2022
November 6, 2022
2,208
17
The Gate of Destiny 2023
November 5, 2023
2,408
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
No. Results[ 19] Stipulations Times 1 Mochizuki Dojo (Keisuke Okuda , Kota Minoura and Yuki Yoshioka ) defeated Tribe Vanguard (BxB Hulk , Kai and Yosuke Santa Maria ) Six-man tag team match 7:57 2 Dragon Dia defeated Ho Ho Lun , Jimmy, Kagetora , Kanjyuro Matsuyama , Mondai Ryu, Oji Shiiba , Punch Tominaga , Stalker Ichikawa and Shachihoko Boy Ten-man battle royal 7:35 3 Kzy and Yamato defeated Mochizuki Dojo (Masaaki Mochizuki and Shun Skywalker )Tag team match 13:28 4 R.E.D. (H.Y.O , Kazma Sakamoto and Takashi Yoshida and Diamante ) vs. Genki Horiguchi , K-ness , Super Shisa and Último Dragón ended in a double count-outEight-man tag team match 14:00 5 Kaito Ishida defeated Susumu Yokosuka (c)Singles match for the Open the Brave Gate Championship 17:47 6 Strong Machine F , Strong Machine G and Strong Machine J (with KY Wakamatsu ) (c) defeated MaxiMuM (Dragon Kid , Jason Lee and Naruki Doi )Six-man tag team match for the Open the Triangle Gate Championship 12:08 7 R.E.D. (Big R Shimizu and Eita ) (c) defeated Ryo Saito and Yasushi Kanda Tag team match for the Open the Twin Gate Championship 12:29 8 Ben-K (c) defeated Masato Yoshino Singles match for the Open the Dream Gate Championship 21:45 (c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
2020
No. Results[ 20] Stipulations Times 1 Jimmy, Mondai Ryu, U-T and Yosuke Santa Maria defeated K-ness , Shachihoko Boy , Konomama Ichikawa and Ho Ho Lun Eight-man tag team match 3:36 2 Team Dragon Gate (Ben-K , Dragon Dia and Strong Machine J ) defeated R.E.D (BxB Hulk , Dia Inferno and H.Y.O ) Six-man tag team match 9:18 3 Team Toryumon (Dragon Kid , Kagetora , Ryo Saito and Shuji Kondo ) defeated Don Fujii , Gamma , Masaaki Mochizuki and The Bodyguard Eight-man tag team match 9:58 4 Kento Kobune , Madoka Kikuta and Taketo Kamei defeated Team Toryumon (Masato Yoshino , Último Dragón and Yasushi Kanda )Six-man tag team match 9:24 5 Yamato defeated Kai by disqualificationSingles match 7:08 6 Keisuke Okuda defeated Kaito Ishida (c)Singles match for the Open the Brave Gate Championship 10:48 7 Team Dragon Gate (Jason Lee and Kota Minoura ) (c) defeated Team Toryumon (Genki Horiguchi and Susumu Yokosuka ) Tag team match for the Open the Twin Gate Championship 11:58 8 R.E.D (Kazma Sakamoto , Kento Kobune and Takashi Yoshida ) defeated Team Boku (Naruki Doi , Punch Tominaga and Ryotsu Shimizu )Six-man tag team match for the vacant Open the Triangle Gate Championship 12:57 9 Eita (c) defeated Kzy Singles match for the Open the Dream Gate Championship 20:52 (c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
2021
No. Results[ 21] Stipulations Times 1 Naruki Doi , Takashi Yoshida , Don Fujii and Gamma defeated Natural Vibes (Kzy , Genki Horiguchi , Jacky "Funky" Kamei and U-T )Eight-man tag team match 7:59 2 Jason Lee defeated Ho Ho Lun , Yosuke Santa Maria , Strong Machine J , Mondai Ryu, Super Shisa , Punch Tominaga , Konomama Ichikawa and Shachihoko Boy Nine-person battle royal 7:08 3 Masaaki Mochizuki , Yasushi Kanda and Takumi Hayakawa defeated Último Dragón and Iihashi Brothers (Riki Iihashi and Ishin Iihashi )Six-man tag team match 10:42 4 MASQUERADE (Shun Skywalker , Kota Minoura , Dragon Dia and La Estrella) defeated R.E.D (Kai , Diamante , SB Kento and Dia Inferno ) by disqualification Eight-man tag team match 10:04 5 R.E.D (Eita , Kaito Ishida and H.Y.O ) (c) defeated High-End (Ben-K , Dragon Kid and Kagetora )Six-man tag team match for the Open the Triangle Gate Championship 11:09 6 Natural Vibes (King Shimizu and Susumu Yokosuka ) (c) defeated Kongo (Kenoh and Haoh ) Tag team match for the Open the Twin Gate Championship 14:00 7 Yamato (c) defeated BxB Hulk Singles match for the Open the Dream Gate Championship 19:36 (c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
2022
No. Results[ 22] Stipulations Times 1 Natural Vibes (Kzy , Jason Lee , Jacky "Funky" Kamei and U-T ) defeated Naruki Doi , Último Dragón , Don Fujii and Shuji Kondo Eight-man tag team match 9:32 2 Yasushi Kanda and Ishin Iihashi defeated Genki Horiguchi and Kaito NaganoTag team match 3:43 3 Takashi Yoshida , Yosuke Santa Maria , Ho Ho Lun and Punch Tominaga defeated Gurukun Mask, Konomama Ichikawa , Shachihoko Boy and Mondai RyuEight-man tag team match 2:26 4 Z-Brats (BxB Hulk and Diamante ) defeated Gold Class (Kota Minoura , Ben-K and Minorita ) Handicap match 8:03 5 Eita defeated Takuma FujiwaraSingles match 9:52 6 D'courage (Dragon Dia and Madoka Kikuta ) (c) defeated Natural Vibes (Big Boss Shimizu and Strong Machine J ) Tag team match for the Open the Twin Gate Championship 12:02 7 H.Y.O (c) defeated Dragon Kid Singles match for the Open the Brave Gate Championship 12:54 8 Z-Brats (Kai , Shun Skywalker and Masked Z ) defeated M3K (Masaaki Mochizuki , Susumu Mochizuki and Mochizuki Junior) (c) Six-man tag team match for the Open the Triangle Gate Championship 12:26 9 Yuki Yoshioka (c) defeated Yamato Singles match for the Open the Dream Gate Championship 23:08 (c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
2023
No. Results[ 23] Stipulations Times 1 Gold Class (Ben-K , BxB Hulk and Kota Minoura ) defeated Genki Horiguchi , Kagetora and Mondai Ryu Six-man tag team match 4:23 2 Ishin (c) defeated Ryoya TanakaSingles match for the Open the Brave Gate Championship 9:43 3 Z-Brats (H.Y.O , Kai and Shun Skywalker ) defeated M3K (Masaaki Mochizuki & Mochizuki Jr. ) and Yoshiki Kato Six-man tag team match 7:07 4 Eita , Luis Mante , Naruki Doi , Shuji Kondo and Último Dragón defeated Natural Vibes (Jacky "Funky" Kamei , Jason Lee , Kzy , Strong Machine J and U-T )Ten-man tag team match 10:21 5 Dragon Kid , Punch Tominaga and Yamato (c) defeated Don Fujii , Takashi Yoshida and The Bodyguard Six-man tag team match for the Open the Triangle Gate Championship 14:03 6 D'courage (Dragon Dia and Yuki Yoshioka ) defeated M3K (Susumu Mochizuki and Yasushi Kanda ) (c) Tag team match for the Open the Twin Gate Championship 21:29 7 Madoka Kikuta (c) defeated Big Boss Shimizu Singles match for the Open the Dream Gate Championship 25:35 (c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
Notes
^ Yamato was the last of the six men to climb the cage and grab one of the five flags and subsequently got his head shaved.
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