Dragon Gate Open the Triangle Gate Championship

Open the Triangle Gate
Details
Current champion(s) Blood Warriors (Kzy, Naoki Tanisaki and Naruki Doi)
Date won September 2, 2011
Promotion Dragon Gate
Date established November 7, 2004

The Open the Triangle Gate Championship is a professional wrestling trios title in Japanese promotion Dragon Gate. It was created on November 7, 2004 when The Italian Connection faction of Milano Collection AT, Anthony W. Mori & YOSSINO defeated Aagan Iisou's Shuji Kondo, Takuya Sugawara & "brother" YASSHI in a tournament final.[1] Each title belt's face has three emblems on it, shaped in a triangle, that represent Power, Technique & Mind.[2] Not including provisional reigns, there have been a total of 26 recognized individual champions and 22 recognized trios, who have had a combined 27 official reigns.

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Title history

"P" indicates provisional title reigns.
# Wrestlers
(Individual reigns)		 Reigns Successful defenses Date Location Notes
1 The Italian Connection
Milano Collection AT (1), Anthony W. Mori (1) & YOSSINO (1)
1
2
 November 7, 2004 Sapporo, Japan Defeated Aagan Iisou (Shuji Kondo, Takuya Sugawara & "brother" YASSHI) in a tournament final on the Rey de Parejas tour.[3]
- Blood Generation
CIMA (0), Naruki Doi (0) & Shingo Takagi (0)
P
-
 February 23, 2005 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Final M2K (Keni'chiro Arai, Masaaki Mochizuki & Susumu Yokosuka) to become provisional champions due to Milano getting injured. This match was originally against Mochizuki, Yokosuka and K-ness, but K-ness was quickly replaced due to injury.[3]
2 Do FIXER
Dragon Kid (1), Genki Horiguchi (1) & Ryo Saito (1)
1
1
 March 6, 2005 Sapporo, Japan This was a two out of three falls match on The Brave Gate Tour to decide the official champions, which Do FIXER won 2-1.[3]
3 Blood Generation
CIMA (1), Naruki Doi (1) & Don Fujii (1)
1
1
 July 3, 2005 Kobe, Japan Won the title at Pro Wrestling Festival 2005 in Kobe.[3]
4 Do FIXER
Dragon Kid (2), Genki Horiguchi (2) & Ryo Saito (2)
2
1
 July 9, 2005 Morodomi, Japan Won the title on the Rainbow Gate tour.[3]
5 Blood Generation
CIMA (2), Magnitude Kishiwada (1) & Masato Yoshino (2)
(Masato Yoshino formerly YOSSINO)
1
3
 July 12, 2005 Tokyo, Japan This was originally a two out of three falls match on the Rainbow Gate tour, which Do FIXER won 2-1, winning both falls by disqualification; it was restarted as an elimination match, which Blood Generation won.[3]
- Vacated
-
-
 May 27, 2006 Osaka, Japan Before this match, Yoshino and Kishiwada defected to Muscle Outlaw'z. Vacated due to CIMA, Yoshino and Kishiwada losing a title defense to the Muscle Outlaw'z Naruki Doi, Gamma & Naoki Tanisaki by disqualification on the Aggressive Gate tour.[3]
6 Blood Generation
BxB Hulk (1), CIMA (3) & Jack Evans (1)
1
0
 August 20, 2006 Sapporo, Japan Defeated Do FIXER (Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi & Ryo Saito) in a tournament final on the The Gate of Adventure tour.[3]
7 Do FIXER
Dragon Kid (3), Genki Horiguchi (3) & Ryo Saito (3)
3
0
 September 30, 2006 Osaka, Japan Won the title on the Storm Gate tour.[3]
8 Muscle Outlaw'z
Naruki Doi (2), Gamma (1) & Masato Yoshino (3)
1
0
 November 19, 2006 Fukuoka, Japan Defeated Final M2K (K-ness, Yamato Onodera & Susumu Yokosuka) on the Crown Gate tour to become provisional champions when the titles were vacated by Do FIXER due to Dragon Kid suffering from appendicitis. The provisional reign was declared to be official on December 23, 2006 when a scheduled decision match against Do FIXER falls through due to Dragon's sustained illness.[1][3]
9 Pos.HEARTS
BxB Hulk (2), Anthony W. Mori (2) & Super Shisa (1)
1
0
 December 26, 2006 Kobe, Japan Won the title at Live Gate.[3]
10 Muscle Outlaw'z
Naruki Doi (3), Gamma (2) & Masato Yoshino (4)
2
3
 January 21, 2007 Kobe, Japan Won the title on the Primal Gate tour.[3]
11 Typhoon
CIMA (4), Ryo Saito (4) & Susumu Yokosuka (1)
1
1
 March 25, 2007 Tsu, Japan Won the title at Memorial Gate.[3]
12 Muscle Outlaw'z
Naruki Doi (4), Gamma (3) & Magnitude Kishiwada (2)
1
0
 April 9, 2007 Kobe, Japan Won the title at Live Gate.[3]
13 Typhoon
CIMA (5), Ryo Saito (5) & Susumu Yokosuka (2)
2
0
 April 15, 2007 Yokkaichi, Japan Won the title on the Glorious Gate tour.[3]
14 New Hazard
BxB Hulk (3), Cyber Kong (1) & Shingo Takagi (1)
1
1
 May 10, 2007 Tokyo, Japan Won the title on the Aggressive Gate tour.[3]
- Vacated
-
-
 July 13, 2007 - Vacated due to Hulk suffering a jaw injury.[1]
15 Muscle Outlaw'z
Naruki Doi (5), Magnitude Kishiwada (3) & Masato Yoshino (5)
1
0
 July 22, 2007 Kobe, Japan Defeated New Hazard (Cyber Kong, Jack Evans & Shingo Takagi) on the WrestleJAM tour.[4]
16 Mushozoku
Don Fujii (2), K-ness (1) & Masaaki Mochizuki (1)
1
3
 September 9, 2007 Fukuoka, Japan Won the title on the Storm Gate tour.[5]
17 New Hazard
BxB Hulk (4), Cyber Kong (2) & Shingo Takagi (2)
2
1
 February 24, 2008 Fukui, Japan Won the title on the Truth Gate tour.[3]
- Vacated
-
-
 May 14, 2008 Tokyo, Japan Vacated after a title defense against Gamma, Genki Horiguchi & YAMATO on the Aggressive Gate tour ended in a no contest when Takagi and Kong betrayed Hulk to form Real Hazard. An immediate decision match was made.[3]
18 Real Hazard
Gamma (4), Shingo Takagi (3) & YAMATO (1)
1
1
 May 14, 2008 Tokyo, Japan Defeated BxB Hulk, Naruki Doi & Masato Yoshino on the Aggressive Gate tour.[3]
19 Tozawajuku
Keni'chiro Arai (1), Taku Iwasa (1) & Shinobu (1)
1
0
 June 28, 2008 Nagoya, Japan Won the title on the Gate of Maximum tour.[3]
20 Real Hazard
Gamma (5), Yasushi Kanda (1) & YAMATO (2)
1
2
 July 12, 2008 Akashi, Japan Won the title on the Rainbow Gate tour.[3]
21 Zetsurins
Don Fujii (3), Magnitude Kishiwada (4) & Masaaki Mochizuki (2)
1
3
 September 28, 2008 Fukui, Japan Won the title at Memorial Gate.[3]
22 KAMIKAZE
Taku Iwasa (2), Shingo Takagi (4) & Dragon Kid (4)
1
2
 February 15, 2009 Fukuoka, Japan Won the title on the Truth Gate tour.[3]
23 WARRIORS-5
CIMA (6), Gamma (6) & KAGETORA (1)
1
1
 April 15, 2009 Tokyo, Japan Won the title on the Gate of Passion tour.[3]
23 WORLD-1
Masato Yoshino (6), BxB Hulk (5) & PAC (1)
1
2
 June 7, 2009 Nagoya, Japan Won the title on the Gate of Maximum tour.[3]
25 Zetsurins
Don Fujii (4), Masaaki Mochizuki (3) and Akebono (1)
1
3
 October 14, 2009 Tokyo, Japan Won the title on the Gate of Victory tour.[3]
26 Deep Drunkers
Takuya Sugawara (1), Yasushi Kanda (2) and Kzy (1)
1
0
 May 5, 2010 Aichi, Japan Won the title at the Dead or Alive 2010 PPV.[3]
27 WARRIORS
CIMA (7), Gamma (7) & Genki Horiguchi (4)
1
1
 May 13, 2010 Tokyo, Japan Won the title on the Aggressive Gate tour.[3]
28 WORLD-1
Naruki Doi (6), Naoki Tanisaki (1) & PAC (2)
1
0
 June 20, 2010 Fukuoka, Japan Won the title on the Gate of Maximum tour.[3]
29 WARRIORS
CIMA (8), Gamma (8) & Genki Horiguchi (5)
2
3
 June 24, 2010 Osaka, Japan Won the title on the Gate of Maximum tour.[3]
30 Naoki Tanisaki (2), Takuya Sugawara (2) & Yasushi Kanda (3)
1
1
 October 25, 2010 Miyazaki, Japan Won the title on the Gate of Victory tour.[3][6]
31 Blood Warriors
CIMA (9), Dragon Kid (5) and Ricochet (1)
1
5
 December 26, 2010 Fukuoka, Japan Won the title at the Final Gate 2010 PPV.[3][7]
- Vacated
-
-
 May 15, 2011 Sapporo, Japan Vacated due to Blood Warriors ejecting Dragon Kid from the group.[3]
32 Junction Three
Masato Yoshino (7), YAMATO (3) and Gamma (9)
1
2
 June 18, 2010 Fukuoka, Japan Defeated Blood Warriors (CIMA, Naruki Doi and BxB Hulk) to win the vacant title on the Champion Gate tour.[3]
33 Blood Warriors
Kzy (2), Naoki Tanisaki (3) and Naruki Doi (7)
1
3
 September 2, 2010 Kobe, Japan Won the title on the Storm Gate tour.[3]

List of reigns by length

As of February 28, 2012.

Wrestlers Days Held Date Won Date Lost
CIMA, Magnitude Kishiwada & Masato Yoshino 319 July 12, 2005 May 27, 2006
Don Fujii, Masaaki Mochizuki & Akebono 203 October 14, 2009 May 5, 2010
Don Fujii, K-ness & Masaaki Mochizuki 168 September 9, 2007 February 24, 2008
Don Fujii, Magnitude Kishiwada & Masaaki Mochizuki 140 September 28, 2008 February 15, 2009
CIMA, Dragon Kid and Ricochet 140 December 26, 2010 May 15, 2011
Masato Yoshino, BxB Hulk & PAC 129 June 7, 2009 October 14, 2009
CIMA, Gamma and Genki Horiguchi 123 June 24, 2010 October 25, 2010
Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi & Ryo Saito 119 March 6, 2005 July 3, 2005
Kzy, Naoki Tanisaki & Naruki Doi 179+ September 2, 2011 Current champion
Milano Collection AT, Anthony W. Mori & YOSSINO 108 November 7, 2004 February 23, 2005
BxB Hulk, Cyber Kong & Shingo Takagi 80 February 24, 2008 May 14, 2008
Gamma, Yasushi Kanda & YAMATO 78 July 12, 2008 September 28, 2008
Masato Yoshino, YAMATO & Gamma 76 June 18, 2011 September 2, 2011
BxB Hulk, Cyber Kong & Shingo Takagi 64 May 10, 2007 July 13, 2007
Naruki Doi, Gamma & Masato Yoshino 63 January 21, 2007 March 25, 2007
Naoki Tanisaki, Takuya Sugawara and Yasushi Kanda 62 October 25, 2010 December 26, 2010
Taku Iwasa, Shingo Takagi & Dragon Kid 59 February 15, 2009 April 15, 2009
CIMA, Gamma & KAGETORA 53 April 15, 2009 June 7, 2009
Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi & Ryo Saito 50 September 30, 2006 November 19, 2006
Naruki Doi, Magnitude Kishiwada & Masato Yoshino 49 July 22, 2007 September 9, 2007
Gamma, Shingo Takagi & YAMATO 45 May 14, 2008 June 28, 2008
BxB Hulk, CIMA & Jack Evans 41 August 20, 2006 September 30, 2006
CIMA, Gamma and Genki Horiguchi 38 May 13, 2010 June 20, 2010
Naruki Doi, Gamma & Masato Yoshino 34 November 19, 2006 December 26, 2006
BxB Hulk, Anthony W. Mori & Super Shisa 26 December 26, 2006 January 21, 2007
CIMA, Ryo Saito & Susumu Yokosuka 25 April 15, 2007 May 10, 2007
CIMA, Ryo Saito & Susumu Yokosuka 15 March 25, 2007 April 9, 2007
Keni'chiro Arai, Taku Iwasa & Shinobu 14 June 28, 2008 July 12, 2008
CIMA, Naruki Doi & Shingo Takagi1 11 February 23, 2005 March 6, 2005
Takuya Sugawara, Yasushi Kanda & Kzy 8 May 5, 2010 May 13, 2010
CIMA, Naruki Doi & Don Fujii 6 July 3, 2005 July 9, 2005
Naruki Doi, Gamma & Magnitude Kishiwada 6 April 9, 2007 April 15, 2007
Naruki Doi, Naoki Tanisaki & PAC 4 June 20, 2010 June 24, 2010
Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi & Ryo Saito 3 July 9, 2005 July 12, 2005

1This was a provisional championship reign.

List of combined reigns by length, by wrestler

Rank Wrestler # Of Reigns Combined Days
1. CIMA 9 771
2. Masato Yoshino 7 762
3. Gamma 9 519
4. Don Fujii 4 517
5. Magnitude Kishiwada 4 514
6. Masaaki Mochizuki 3 511
7. Dragon Kid 5 371
8. BxB Hulk 5 340
9. Genki Horiguchi 5 333
10. Naruki Doi 7 355+
11. Shingo Takagi 4 248
12. Ryo Saito 5 212
13. Akebono 1 203
14. YAMATO 3 199
15. Naoki Tanisaki 3 245+
16. K-ness 1 168
17. Yasushi Kanda 3 148
18. Cyber Kong 2 144
19. Ricochet 1 140
20. Anthony W. Mori 3 134
21. PAC 2 133
22. Kzy 2 187+
23. Milano Collection AT 1 108
24. Taku Iwasa 2 73
25. Takuya Sugawara 2 70
26. KAGETORA 1 53
27. Jack Evans 1 41
28. Susumu Yokosuka 2 40
29. Super Shisa 1 26
30. Keni'chiro Arai 1 14
31. Shinobu 1 14

References

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