Open the United Gate Championship
Masato Yoshino (left) and Ricochet after winning the title in March 2012
Details
PromotionDragon Gate USA
Dragon Gate
Evolve
Date establishedJanuary 30, 2011
Date retiredMay 30, 2015
Statistics
First champion(s)Masato Yoshino and Pac
Final champion(s)Ronin (Johnny Gargano and Rich Swann)
Most reigns(as a team) All teams (1 reign): (as an individual) Cima, Masato Yoshino and Ricochet (2 reigns)
Longest reignThe Bravado Brothers (Harlem Bravado and Lancelot Bravado) (302 days)
Shortest reignRonin (42 days)
Oldest championCima, 34 years.
Youngest championRicochet, 22 years.
Heaviest championThe Bravado Brothers and Premiere Athlete Brand (191 kg)
Lightest championBlood Warriors (156 kg)

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 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

Key
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

By team

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

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

References

  1. ^ "EVOLVE evolves -- now unified with DGUSA". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. 2011-11-25. Retrieved 2011-11-25.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Caldwell, James (2012-06-21). "DGUSA tag champs stripped of titles". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2012-06-21.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ "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".

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