Open the Twin Gate Championship
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| Current champion(s) | Monster Express (Masato Yoshino and Shachihoko Boy) | ||||||||||
| Date won | March 1, 2015 | ||||||||||
| Date established | October 12, 2007 | ||||||||||
| Promotion | Dragon Gate | ||||||||||
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The Open the Twin Gate Championship is a professional wrestling tag team title in Japanese promotion Dragon Gate. Dragon Gate had used the WAR IJ Tag Team Championship since 2006, until 2007 when Naruki Doi & Masato Yoshino introduced the new Twin Gate after winning the Summer Adventure Tag League tournament. They later defeated the IJ champions, Keni'chiro Arai & Taku Iwasa, to unify the titles and become the first Twin Gate champions. There have been a total of 25 recognized individual champions and 20 recognized teams, who have had a combined 36 official reigns. Masaaki Mochizuki and Don Fujii hold the most successful defenses with 6.
Title history
- "P" indicates provisional title reigns.
| # | Wrestler | Reigns | Date | Days held | Successful defenses | Location | Event | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Muscle Outlaw'z Naruki Doi & Masato Yoshino |
1 | October 12, 2007 | 119 | 2 | Tokyo, Japan | The Gate of Victory | Defeated Tozawajuku (Keni'chiro Arai & Taku Iwasa) to unify the Dragon Gate I-J Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. | |
| 2 | Tozawajuku Keni'chiro Arai & Taku Iwasa |
1 | February 8, 2008 | 87 | 2 | Tokyo, Japan | Truth Gate | [1] | |
| 3 | Typhoon Ryo Saito & Susumu Yokosuka |
1 | May 5, 2008 | 144 | 3 | Nagoya, Japan | DEAD or ALIVE | [2] | |
| 4 | WORLD-1 Naruki Doi (2) & Masato Yoshino (2) |
2 | September 26, 2008 | 9 | 0 | Osaka, Japan | Storm Gate | [3] | |
| 5 | Real Hazard Cyber Kong & YAMATO |
1 | October 5, 2008 | 147 | 4 | Fukuoka, Japan | The Gate of Victory | [4] | |
| 6 | WARRIORS-5 Gamma & Susumu Yokosuka (2) |
1 | March 1, 2009 | 65 | 1 | Osaka Japan | Truth Gate | [5] | |
| 7 | Real Hazard Ryo Saito (2) and Genki Horiguchi |
1 | May 5, 2009 | 135 | 3 | Aichi Japan | Gate of Anniversary | [5] | |
| 8 | KAMIKAZE Shingo Takagi (1) and YAMATO (2) |
1 | September 17, 2009 | 101 | 3 | Tokyo, Japan | Storm Gate. | [5] | |
| 9 | WARRIORS-5 CIMA and Gamma (2) |
1 | December 27, 2009 | 0 | 0 | Tokyo, Japan | Final Gate 2009. | [5] | |
| - | Vacated | - | December 27, 2009 | - | Tokyo, Japan | CIMA & Gamma returned the titles immediately and declared themselves provisional champions | |||
| 10 | WARRIORS-5 CIMA (2) and Gamma (3) |
2 | February 10, 2010 | 40 | 0 | Tokyo, Japan | Truth Gate | Defeated WORLD-1 (Naruki Doi and Masato Yoshino) to win the vacant titles | [5] |
| 11 | KAMIKAZE Cyber Kong (2) and Shingo Takagi (2) |
1 | March 22, 2010 | 52 | 1 | Tokyo, Japan | Compilation Gate. | [5] | |
| 12 | K-neSuka K-ness and Susumu Yokosuka (3) |
1 | May 13, 2010 | 194 | 4 | Tokyo, Japan | Aggressive Gate. | [5] | |
| 13 | Gamma (4) and Naruki Doi (3) | 1 | November 23, 2010 | 48 | 1 | Osaka, Japan | Gate of Destiny. | [5][6] | |
| 14 | Masaaki Mochizuki and Don Fujii | 1 | January 10, 2011 | 27 | 0 | Nagoya, Japan | Primal Gate | [5] | |
| 15 | Blood Warriors Genki Horiguchi (2) and Ryo Saito (3) |
2 | February 6, 2011 | 133 | 2 | Fukuoka, Japan | Truth Gate. | [5] | |
| 16 | Junction Three Dragon Kid and PAC |
1 | June 19, 2011 | 28 | 0 | Fukuoka, Japan | Champion Gate | [5] | |
| 17 | Blood Warriors CIMA (3) and Ricochet |
1 | July 17, 2011 | 136 | 3 | Kobe, Japan | Kobe Puroresu Festival 2011 | [5] | |
| - | Vacated | - | November 30, 2011 | - | - | Tokyo, Japan | CIMA & Ricochet vacated the titles so Ricochet can focus on his Open the Brave Gate Championship, and CIMA can focus on going for the Open the Dream Gate Championship | ||
| 18 | Blood Warriors/Mad Blankey Akira Tozawa and BxB Hulk |
1 | December 1, 2011 | 94 | 2 | Tokyo, Japan | Fantastic Gate | Defeated Junction Three (KAGETORA and Susumu Yokosuka). | [5] |
| 19 | Jimmyz Jimmy KAGETORA and Jimmy Susumu (4) |
1 | March 4, 2012 | 98 | 3 | Osaka, Japan | Champion Gate. | [5] | |
| 20 | Mad Blankey BxB Hulk (2) and "Naoki Tanisaki" |
1 | June 10, 2012 | 7 | 0 | Sapporo, Japan | Gate of Maximum. | [5] | |
| 21 | Jimmyz Jimmy KAGETORA (2) and Jimmy Susumu (5) |
2 | June 17, 2012 | 35 | 0 | Fukuoka, Japan | Champion Gate in Hakata | It was a 3-Way elimination tag match which also included K-Ness and Keni'chiro Arai of MadoGiwa Windows. | |
| 22 | -akatsuki- Shingo Takagi (3) and YAMATO (3) |
2 | July 22, 2012 | 63 | 1 | Kobe, Japan | Kobe Puroresu Festival 2012 | ||
| 23 | Kaettekita Veteran-gun Masaaki Mochizuki(2) and Don Fujii(2) |
2 | September 23, 2012 | 160 | 6 | Tokyo, Japan | Dangerous Gate | ||
| 24 | Mad Blankey BxB Hulk (3) and Uhaa Nation |
1 | March 2, 2013 | 64 | 1 | Osaka, Japan | Champion Gate | ||
| 25 | -akatsuki- Shingo Takagi (4) and YAMATO (4) |
3 | May 5, 2013 | 41 | 1 | Aichi, Japan | Dead or Alive 2013 | ||
| 26 | Mad Blankey Akira Tozawa (2) and BxB Hulk (4) |
2 | June 15, 2013 | 36 | 0 | Fukuoka, Japan | Champion Gate in Hakata | ||
| 27 | World-1 International Naruki Doi (4) and Ricochet (2) |
1 | July 21, 2013 | 40 | 0 | Kobe, Japan | Kobe Puroresu Festival 2013 | ||
| 28 | Oretachi Veteran-gun Dragon Kid (2) and K-ness (2) |
1 | August 30, 2013 | 8 | 0 | Kobe, Japan | The Gate of Generation 2013 Day 13 | ||
| - | Vacated | - | September 7, 2013 | - | - | Osaka, Japan | The title was vacated after Dragon Kid suffered a knee injury. | ||
| - | Millennials Eita and T-Hawk |
P |
September 28, 2013 | 36 | 0 | Kobe, Japan | Summer Adventure Tag League 2013 | Defeated Mad Blankey (BxB Hulk and Yamato) in the finals of the 2013 Summer Adventure Tag League to become provisional champions.[5] | |
| 29 | Millennials Eita and T-Hawk (2) |
1 | November 3, 2013 | 35 | 0 | Osaka, Japan | The Gate of Destiny 2013 | Defeated Oretachi Veteran-gun (Dragon Kid and K-ness) to become the official champions.[5] | |
| 30 | Mad Blankey (YAMATO (5) and Naruki Doi (5)) |
1 | December 8, 2013 | 14 | 0 | Hokkaido, Japan | Fantastic Gate | ||
| 31 | Monster Express (Akira Tozawa (3) and Shingo Takagi (5)) |
1 | December 22, 2013 | 210 | 5 | Fukuoka, Japan | The Final Gate 2013 | ||
| 32 | Millennials Eita (2) and T-Hawk (3) |
2 | July 20, 2014 | 105 | 2 | Kobe, Japan | Kobe Puroresu Festival 2014 | ||
| 33 | Osaka06 CIMA (4) and Gamma (5) |
3 | November 2, 2014 | 31 | 0 | Osaka, Japan | The Gate of Destiny 2014 | ||
| 34 | Millennials Eita (3) and T-Hawk (4) |
3 | December 3, 2014 | 25 | 0 | Tokyo, Japan | Fantastic Gate | ||
| 35 | Mad Blankey Cyber Kong (3) and Yamato (6) |
2 | December 28, 2014 | 63 | 0 | Fukuoka, Japan | The Final Gate 2014 | ||
| 36 | Monster Express Masato Yoshino (3) and Shachihoko Boy |
1 | March 1, 2015 | 47+ | 1 | Osaka, Japan | Champion Gate 2015 in Osaka |
List of combined reigns by length, by wrestler
| Rank | Wrestler | # Of Reigns | Combined Days |
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| 1. | Jimmy Susumu | 5 | 535 |
| 2. | Shingo Takagi | 5 | 467 |
| 3. | YAMATO | 6 | 429 |
| 4. | Ryo Saito | 3 | 412 |
| 5. | Akira Tozawa | 3 | 340 |
| 6. | Genki Horiguchi | 2 | 268 |
| 7. | Cyber Kong | 3 | 262 |
| 8. | Naruki Doi | 5 | 231 |
| 9. | CIMA | 4 | 208 |
| 10. | BxB Hulk | 4 | 201 |
| 11. | K-ness | 2 | 202 |
| 12. | Masaaki Mochizuki | 2 | 187 |
| 12. | Don Fujii | 2 | 187 |
| 14. | Gamma | 5 | 184 |
| 15. | Ricochet | 2 | 177 |
| 16. | "Naoki Tanisaki"/T-Hawk | 4 | 172 |
| 17. | Eita | 3 | 165 |
| 18. | Jimmy KAGETORA | 2 | 132 |
| 19. | Masato Yoshino | 3 | 175+ |
| 20. | Keni'chiro Arai | 1 | 87 |
| 20. | Taku Iwasa | 1 | 87 |
| 22. | Uhaa Nation | 1 | 64 |
| 23. | Dragon Kid | 2 | 36 |
| 24. | PAC | 1 | 28 |
| 25. | Shachihoko Boy | 1 | 47+ |
See also
References
- ↑ "Dragon Gate Truth Gate tour results" (in German). PuroLove.com. Retrieved 2008-10-05.
- ↑ "Dragon Gate results, 2008" (in German). PuroLove.com. Retrieved 2008-10-05.
- ↑ "Dragon Gate Storm Gate tour results" (in German). PuroLove.com. Retrieved 2008-10-05.
- ↑ "Dragon Gate The Gate of Victory 2008 tour results" (in German). PuroLove.com. Retrieved 2008-10-05.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.9 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 5.16 "Open the TwinGate official title history" (in Japanese). Dragon Gate Official Site. Retrieved 2011-11-23.
- ↑ Boutwell, Josh (2010-11-26). "Viva La Raza! Lucha Weekly". WrestleView. Retrieved 2010-11-26.
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