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.
| Open the United Gate Championship | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 Masato Yoshino (left) and Ricochet after winning the title in March 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Promotion | Dragon Gate USA Dragon Gate Evolve | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Date established | January 30, 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Date retired | May 30, 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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
editTournament
editA 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 points based 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 |
Reigns
edit| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific team—reign numbers for the individuals are in parentheses, if different |
| Days | Number of days held |
| Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Defenses | ||||
| 1 | WORLD-1 / Junction Three (Masato Yoshino and PAC) |
January 30, 2011 | United: Finale | Union City, NJ | 1 | 224 | 3 | 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) |
September 11, 2011 | Way of the Ronin 2011 | Milwaukee, WI | 1 | 201 | 2 | This match was also for the Dragon Gate Open the Twin Gate Championship | [3] |
| — | Vacated | March 30, 2012 | Open the Ultimate Gate 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)) |
March 30, 2012 | Open the Ultimate Gate 2012 | Miami Beach, FL | 1 | 83 | 0 | 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 | A. R. Fox and Cima (2) | July 29, 2012 | Enter the Dragon 2012 | Chicago, IL | 1 | 251 | 3 | Defeated Rich Swann and Ricochet to win the vacant title | [6] |
| 5 | The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) |
April 6, 2013 | Open the Ultimate Gate 2013 | Secaucus, NJ | 1 | 224 | 2 | [7] | |
| 6 | The Bravado Brothers (Harlem and Lancelot) |
November 16, 2013 | Fearless 2013 | Queens, NY | 1 | 302 | 7 | [8] | |
| 7 | The Premier Athlete Brand (Anthony Nese, Caleb Konley and Trent Baretta) |
September 14, 2014 | Evolve 35 | Brooklyn, NY | 1 | 216 | 3 | Nese and Konley defeated The Bravado Brothers in a three-way elimination match, also involving the team of A. R. Fox and Rich Swann. They defended the title with Baretta under the Freebird Rule | [9] |
| 8 | Ronin (Johnny Gargano and Rich Swann) |
April 18, 2015 | Evolve 42 | Orlando, FL | 1 | 42 | 1 | Defeated Nese and Konley | [2] |
| — | Deactivated | May 30, 2015 | Evolve 43 | Queens, New York | — | — | — | Gargano vacated and retired the titles | [10] |
Combined reigns
editBy team
edit| Rank | Team | No. of reigns |
Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Bravado Brothers (Harlem and Lancelot) |
1 | 302 |
| 2 | A. R. Fox and Cima | 251 | |
| 3 | WORLD-1 / Junction Three (Masato Yoshino and PAC) |
224 | |
| The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) | |||
| 5 | The Premier Athlete Brand (Anthony Nese, Caleb Konley and Trent Baretta) |
216 | |
| 6 | Blood Warriors (Cima and Ricochet) |
201 | |
| 7 | World-1 International (Masato Yoshino and Ricochet) |
83 | |
| 8 | Ronin (Johnny Gargano and Rich Swann) |
42 |
By wrestler
edit| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cima | 2 | 452 |
| 2 | Masato Yoshino | 2 | 307 |
| 3 | Harlem Bravado | 1 | 302 |
| Lancelot Bravado | |||
| 5 | Ricochet | 2 | 284 |
| 6 | A. R. Fox | 1 | 251 |
| 7 | Matt Jackson | 1 | 224 |
| Nick Jackson | |||
| Pac | |||
| 10 | Anthony Nese | 216 | |
| Caleb Konley | |||
| Trent Baretta | |||
| 13 | Johnny Gargano | 42 | |
| Rich Swann |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "EVOLVE evolves -- now unified with DGUSA". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. 2011-11-25. Retrieved 2011-11-25.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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".