Open the United Gate Championship
| Open the United Gate Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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 Masato Yoshino and Ricochet after winning the title in March 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Dragon Gate USA Dragon Gate Evolve | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date established | January 30, 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date retired | May 30, 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The DGUSA Open the United Gate Championship was a tag team championship within the Dragon Gate USA promotion. The first champions were World–1 (Masato Yoshino and Pac) and were crowned at United: Finale in the tournament final, which was held in Union City, New Jersey. It aired on March 11, 2011 on pay-per-view tape delay entitled United We Stand. The title is also recognized by Dragon Gate USA's parent promotion, Dragon Gate, and it has been defended at a Dragon Gate show in Japan. The title is also recognized by the Evolve promotion.[1] On May 30, 2015, Gargano retired the titles after a title defense.
Being a professional wrestling championship, it is not won via direct competition; it is instead won via a predetermined ending to a match or awarded to a wrestler because of a wrestling angle. Johnny Gargano and Rich Swann were the last champions, retiring the titles in their first reign both individually and as a team.[2]
Title history
Tournament
A three-day round robin tournament was held from January 28–30, 2011; which involved four teams. The four teams were World-1 members Masato Yoshino and Pac, Ronin members Johnny Gargano and Chuck Taylor, Blood Warriors members Naruki Doi and Ricochet, and Blood Warriors members Cima and Dragon Kid.
The tournament was a points based tournament with wins getting two points, a draw one point, and a loss was zero points.
| Team | Wins | Losses | Draw | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masato Yoshino and Pac | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Johnny Gargano and Chuck Taylor | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Naruki Doi and Ricochet | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Cima and Dragon Kid | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Champions
As of August 23, 2017
| # | Order in reign history |
| Reign | The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed |
| — | Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign |
| N/A | The information is not available or is unknown |
| + | Indicates the current reign is changing daily |
| # | Wrestlers | Reign | Date | Days held |
Successful defenses | Location | Event | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | World-1 / Junction Three (Masato Yoshino and Pac) |
1 | January 30, 2011 | 224 | 3 | Union City, NJ | United: Finale | Defeated Ronin (Chuck Taylor and Johnny Gargano) in a round robin tournament. It aired on pay-per-view tape delay on March 11, 2011 under the name United We Stand. | |
| 2 | Blood Warriors (Cima and Ricochet) |
1 | September 11, 2011 | 201 | 2 | Milwaukee, WI | Way of the Ronin 2011 | This match was also for the Dragon Gate Open the Twin Gate Championship. | [3] |
| — | Vacated | — | March 30, 2012 | — | — | Miami Beach, FL | The title was vacated, after Cima was sidelined with a neck injury. | [4] | |
| 3 | World-1 International (Masato Yoshino (2) and Ricochet (2)) |
1 | March 30, 2012 | 83 | 0 | Miami Beach, FL | Open the Ultimate Gate 2012 | Defeated Ronin (Chuck Taylor and Johnny Gargano) to win the vacant title. | [4] |
| — | Vacated | — | June 21, 2012 | — | — | — | The title was vacated due to Yoshino being forced to miss Dragon Gate USA's July 2012 events. | [5] | |
| 4 | AR Fox and Cima (2) | 1 | July 29, 2012 | 251 | 3 | Chicago, IL | Enter the Dragon 2012 | Defeated Rich Swann and Ricochet to win the vacant title. | [6] |
| 5 | The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) |
1 | April 6, 2013 | 224 | 2 | Secaucus, NJ | Open the Ultimate Gate 2013 | [7] | |
| 6 | The Bravado Brothers (Harlem and Lancelot) |
1 | November 16, 2013 | 302 | 7 | Queens, NY | Fearless 2013 | [8] | |
| 7 | The Premier Athlete Brand (Anthony Nese, Caleb Konley and Trent Baretta) |
1 | September 14, 2014 | 216 | 3 | Brooklyn, NY | Evolve 35 | Nese and Konley defeated The Bravado Brothers in a three-way elimination match, also involving the team of AR Fox and Rich Swann. They defended the title with Baretta under the Freebird Rule. | [9] |
| 8 | Ronin (Johnny Gargano and Rich Swann) |
1 | April 18, 2015 | 42 | 1 | Orlando, FL | Evolve 42 | Defeated Nese and Konley. | [2] |
| — | Deactivated | — | May 30, 2015 | — | — | Queens, New York | Evolve 43 | Gargano vacated and retired the titles. | [10] |
List of combined reigns
By wrestler
| Rank | Wrestler | # of reigns | Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cima | 2 | 452 |
| 2 | Masato Yoshino | 2 | 307 |
| 3 | Harlem Bravado | 1 | 302 |
| 3 | Lancelot Bravado | 1 | 302 |
| 5 | Ricochet | 2 | 284 |
| 6 | AR Fox | 1 | 251 |
| 7 | Matt Jackson | 1 | 224 |
| 7 | Nick Jackson | 1 | 224 |
| 7 | Pac | 1 | 224 |
| 10 | Anthony Nese | 1 | 216 |
| 10 | Caleb Konley | 1 | 216 |
| 10 | Trent Baretta | 1 | 216 |
| 13 | Johnny Gargano | 1 | 42 |
| 13 | Rich Swann | 1 | 42 |
See also
References
- ↑ "EVOLVE evolves -- now unified with DGUSA". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. 2011-11-25. Retrieved 2011-11-25.
- 1 2 "Show results - 4/18 WWNLive in Orlando, Fla.: Evolve 42 iPPV with new Tag Champs & TNA star in action, FIP determines new Hvt. champion, two losses for Roderick Strong". Pro Wrestling Torch. 2015-04-19. Retrieved 2015-04-19.
- ↑ Radican, Sean (2011-09-11). "Radican's DGUSA Internet PPV report 9/11: Ongoing coverage of DGUSA show from Milwaukee". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2011-09-11.
- 1 2 Radican, Sean (2012-03-30). "Radican's DGUSA "Open the Ultimate Gate 2012" iPPV Report 3/30 - Yoshino & Ricochet vs. Gargano & Taylor, PAC vs. Low Ki". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2012-03-31.
- ↑ Caldwell, James (2012-06-21). "DGUSA tag champs stripped of titles". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2012-06-21.
- ↑ Radican, Sean (2012-07-29). "Radican's DGUSA "Enter the Dragon 2012" internet PPV report - Live coverage of DGUSA anniversary celebration from Chicago". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2012-07-29.
- ↑ Radican, Sean (2013-04-06). "Radican's DGUSA "Open the Ultimate Gate 2013" iPPV blog 4/6 - Gargano-Shingo, Fox & Cima vs. Young Bucks". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2013-04-06.
- ↑ Gee Schoon Tong, Chris (2013-11-17). "Show results - 11/16 DGUSA in Queens, N.Y.: New DGUSA Tag Champions determined, DGUSA champ loses, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2013-11-17.
- ↑ "iPPV results: Evolve 35 in Brooklyn, N.Y.: New DGUSA tag champs, Ricochet defends DGUSA Title, Drew Galloway, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. 2014-09-14. Retrieved 2014-09-14.
- ↑ "5/30 Evolve 43 iPPV results: Drew Galloway vs. Biff Busick for the DGUSA Open The Freedom Gate Championship, titles retired, Davey Richards vs. Caleb Konley, Chris Hero vs. Trevor Lee".