Open the Dream Gate Championship

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Open the Dream Gate Championship
Current title design (2020—present)
Details
PromotionDragon Gate
Date establishedJuly 4, 2004[1]
Current champion(s)Luis Mante
Date wonDecember 24, 2023
Statistics
First champion(s)Cima
Most reignsYamato (5 reigns)
Longest reignCima (574 days)
Shortest reignJimmy Susumu (21 days)
Oldest championMasaaki Mochizuki (47 years, 244 days)
Youngest championMadoka Kikuta (23 years, 227 days)

The Open the Dream Gate Championship (オープン・ザ・ドリームゲート王座, Ōpun za Dorīmugēto Ōza) is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the Japanese promotion Dragon Gate.[2] The wrestler who holds it is considered the top singles wrestler in Dragon Gate. It was created on July 4, 2004 when Cima was awarded the title as a result of being the last Último Dragón Gym Champion.[3]

Description[edit]

Former championship design (2015—2020)

The title belt's face has a "gate" on it represented by a hinged metallic door which contains a plate with the titleholders' name. Any official challenger for the belt carries a key used to open the gate with, and should they win the title, then they can open the gate and put their name inside it. However, if the title is successfully defended, then the key is added to the main plate of the belt as a symbol of the respective successful defense.[2] The original title belt was lost following Dragon Gate's July 20, 2015 event, which forced the promotion to create a new belt, which debuted on August 16, 2015.[4]

History[edit]

The inaugural champion was Cima, who was awarded the championship for being the last Último Dragón Gym Champion. he is still the longest reigning champion as of today at 574 days. Title reigns are determined either by professional wrestling matches between different wrestlers involved in pre-existing scripted feuds, plots, and storylines, or by scripted circumstances. Wrestlers were portrayed as either villains or heroes as they followed a series of tension-building events, which culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches for the championship.

There have been a total of 21 recognized champions who have had a combined 38 official reigns. The current champion is Luis Mante who is in his first reign.

Reigns[edit]

Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
Defenses Number of successful defenses
+ Current reign is changing daily
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days Defenses
1 Cima July 4, 2004 Vo Aniversario Kobe, Japan 1 165 1 Cima was awarded the title as a result of winning the last Último Dragón Gym Champion match at Toryumon Japan's Vo Aniversario event; this was officially announced in Tokyo on August 1, 2004. [5]
2 Masaaki Mochizuki December 16, 2004 Gate of Legend Tokyo, Japan 1 323 4 [5]
3 Magnitude Kishiwada November 4, 2005 Crown Gate 2005: Osaka Special Tokyo, Japan 1 112 2 [5]
4 Ryo Saito February 24, 2006 Truth Gate Tokyo, Japan 1 58 0 [5]
5 Susumu Yokosuka April 23, 2006 Glorious Gate 2006 Tokyo, Japan 1 214 3 [5]
6 Don Fujii November 23, 2006 Crown Gate 2006: Osaka Special Tokyo, Japan 1 122 1 [5]
7 Jushin Thunder Liger March 25, 2007 Memorial Gate 2007 Tsu, Japan 1 98 1 [5]
8 Cima July 1, 2007 Kobe Puroresu Festival 2007 Kobe, Japan 2 364 6 [5]
— Vacated June 29, 2008 — — — — — Vacated due to Cima suffering a neck injury. [6]
9 Shingo Takagi July 27, 2008 Kobe Puroresu Festival 2008 Kobe, Japan 1 154 3 Takagi defeated BxB Hulk to win the vacant championship. [5]
10 Naruki Doi December 28, 2008 Final Gate 2008 Fukuoka, Japan 1 449 8 [5]
11 Yamato March 22, 2010 Compilation Gate 2010 Tokyo, Japan 1 111 3 [5]
12 Masato Yoshino July 11, 2010 Kobe Puroresu Festival 2010 Kobe, Japan 1 277 4 [5]
13 Masaaki Mochizuki April 14, 2011 Champion Gate 2011 Tokyo, Japan 2 255 6 [5]
14 Cima December 25, 2011 Final Gate 2011 Fukuoka, Japan 3 574 15 [7]
15 Shingo Takagi July 21, 2013 Kobe Puroresu Festival 2013 Kobe, Japan 2 33 0 [8]
16 Yamato August 23, 2013 The Gate of Generation Tokyo, Japan 2 48 1 [9]
17 Masato Yoshino October 10, 2013 The Gate of Victory Tokyo, Japan 2 143 4
18 Ricochet March 2, 2014 Champion Gate 2014 in Osaka Osaka, Japan 1 64 1 [10]
19 Yamato May 5, 2014 Dead or Alive 2014 Nagoya, Japan 3 76 2
20 BxB Hulk July 20, 2014 Kobe Puroresu Festival 2014 Kobe, Japan 1 329 7 On August 5, 2014, Naruki Doi defeated Hulk in a four-on-one handicap match, where he teamed with Cyber Kong, Kzy and Mondai Ryu. Afterwards Doi was recognized as an interim champion, pending a rematch. On August 17, Hulk defeated Doi to resume his reign and make his first successful title defense. [11]
21 Masato Yoshino June 14, 2015 Champion Gate 2015 in Hakata Fukuoka, Japan 3 63 1 [12]
22 Shingo Takagi August 16, 2015 Dangerous Gate 2015 Tokyo, Japan 3 182 3 Takagi's defense against Gamma on December 3, 2015, was declared a no contest and an unsuccessful defense due to massive interference by VerserK. [13]
23 Jimmy Susumu February 14, 2016 Truth Gate 2016 Fukuoka, Japan 2 21 0 Previously known as Susumu Yokosuka. [14]
24 Shingo Takagi March 6, 2016 Champion Gate 2016 in Osaka Osaka, Japan 4 140 1 [15]
25 Yamato July 24, 2016 Kobe Puroresu Festival 2016 Kobe, Japan 4 421 6 [16]
26 Masaaki Mochizuki September 18, 2017 Dangerous Gate 2017 Tokyo, Japan 3 265 5 [17]
27 Masato Yoshino June 10, 2018 King of Gate 2018 Fukuoka, Japan 4 177 4 [18]
28 Pac December 4, 2018 Fantastic Gate 2018 Tokyo, Japan 1 229 3 [19]
29 Ben-K July 21, 2019 Kobe Puroresu Festival 2019 Kobe, Japan 1 147 3 [20]
30 Naruki Doi December 15, 2019 Final Gate 2019 Fukuoka, Japan 2 231 2 [21]
31 Eita August 2, 2020 Memorial Gate in Wakayama 2020 Wakayama, Japan 1 105 1 [22]
32 Shun Skywalker November 15, 2020 Kobe Puroresu Festival 2020 Kobe, Japan 1 259 5 [23]
33 Yamato August 1, 2021 Speed Star Final 2021 Kobe, Japan 5 147 3 [24]
34 Kai December 26, 2021 Final Gate 2021 Fukuoka, Japan 1 216 3
35 Yuki Yoshioka July 30, 2022 Kobe World 2022 - Ultimo Dragon Debut 35th Anniversary Kobe, Japan 1 166 5 [25]
36 Shun Skywalker January 12, 2023 Open the New Year Gate 2023 Tokyo, Japan 2 113 1 [26]
37 Madoka Kikuta May 5, 2023 Dead or Alive 2023 Aichi, Japan 1 233 3 [27]
38 Luis Mante December 24, 2023 Final Gate 2023 Fukuoka, Japan 1 115+ 2 This was a 3-way match, also featuring Shun Skywalker [28]

Combined reigns[edit]

As of April 17, 2024.

Inaugural, longest reigning at 574 days and longest combined reigning champion at 1,103 days, Cima.
† Indicates the current champion
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns 		Combined
defenses 		Combined
days
1 Cima 3 22 1,103
2 Masaaki Mochizuki 3 15 843
3 Yamato 5 15 803
4 Naruki Doi 2 10 680
5 Masato Yoshino 4 13 660
6 Shingo Takagi 4 7 509
7 Shun Skywalker 2 6 372
8 BxB Hulk 1 7 329
9 Susumu Yokosuka/Jimmy Susumu 2 3 235
10 Madoka Kikuta 1 3 233
11 Pac 1 3 229
12 Kai 1 3 216
13 Yuki Yoshioka 1 5 166
14 Ben-K 1 3 147
15 Don Fujii 1 1 122
16 Magnitude Kishiwada 1 2 112
17 Luis Mante † 1 2 115+
18 Eita 1 1 105
19 Jushin Thunder Liger 1 1 98
20 Ricochet 1 1 64
21 Ryo Saito 1 0 58

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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External links[edit]

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