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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| Current champion(s) | The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) | ||||||||||
| Date won | April 6, 2013[1] | ||||||||||
| Promotion | Dragon Gate USA Dragon Gate Evolve |
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| Date established | January 30, 2011 | ||||||||||
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The DGUSA Open the United Gate Championship is 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.[2]
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. The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) are the current champions in their first reign both individually and as a team.[1]
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 |
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| 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 May 18, 2013
| # | 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 | Notes |
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| 1 | World-1 / Junction Three (Masato Yoshino and Pac) |
1 | January 30, 2011 | 224 | 3 | Union City, NJ | Defeated Ronin (Chuck Taylor and Johnny Gargano) in a round robin tournament at United: Finale. 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 | 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 | 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 | Defeated Rich Swann and Ricochet to win the vacant title.[6] |
| 5 | The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) |
1 | April 6, 2013 | 42+ | 0 | Secaucus, NJ | [1] |
References
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ "EVOLVE evolves -- now unified with DGUSA". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. 2011-11-25. Retrieved 2011-11-25.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b 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.
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