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The Open The Twin Gate Championship is the top tag team championship in Dragon Gate. It succeeded the International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (or I-J Heavyweight Tag Team Championship for short) that had previously been revived from the defunct Wrestle and Romance (WAR) promotion.
Overview
The development of the championship was funded through the prize money Naruki Doi and Masato Yoshino earned for winning the inaugural Summer Adventure Tag League in 2007. Once the belts had been commissioned, Doi and Yoshino faced reigning I-J Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Keni'chiro Arai and Taku Iwasa to not only decide the first Twin Gate Champions, but to also unify the two tag team championships.
The first set of the title belts was blue in strap color with silver plates barring the flags from Japan, America, and Mexico. Since then, they have been replaced with belts that are black in strap color with gold plates.
Title history
| # | Name | Event | Date | Reign In Days |
Successful defenses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1
|
Muscle Outlaw'z (Naruki Doi & Masato Yoshino) |
The Gate of Victory Tokyo, Japan |
October 12, 2007 | 119 | 0. defeated Keni'chiro Arai & Taku Iwasa to unify the I-J Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. 1. defeated Ryo Saito & Susumu Yokosuka on November 25, 2007 2. defeated Jose Maximo & Joel Maximo on January 16, 2008 |
2
|
Tozawa-juku (Keni'chiro Arai & Taku Iwasa) |
Truth Gate Tokyo, Japan |
February 8, 2008 | 87 | 1. defeated CIMA & Dragon Kid on March 13, 2008 2. defeated Masaaki Mochizuki & Don Fujii on April 6, 2008 |
3
|
Typhoon (Ryo Saito & Susumu Yokosuka) |
Dead or Alive Nagoya, Japan |
May 5, 2008 | 144 | 1. defeated Dragon Kid & PAC on May 31, 2008 2. defeated NOSAWA Rongai & MAZADA on July 27, 2008 3. defeated Matt & Nick Jackson on September 5, 2008 |
4
|
WORLD-1 (Naruki Doi & Masato Yoshino) |
Storm Gate Osaka, Japan |
September 26, 2008 | 9 | |
5
|
Real Hazard (YAMATO & Cyber Kong) |
The Gate of Victory Fukuoka, Japan |
October 5, 2008 | 147 | 1. defeated Naruki Doi & Naoki Tanizaki on November 16, 2008 2. defeated CIMA & Jushin Thunder Liger on December 28, 2008 3. defeated Super Shisa and Shisa BOY on January 11, 2009 4. defeated Ryo Saito & Susumu Yokosuka on February 15, 2009 |
6
|
WARRIORS-5 (Gamma & Susumu Yokosuka) |
Truth Gate Osaka, Japan |
March 1, 2009 | 65 | 1. defeated Ryo Saito & Genki Horiguchi on March 22, 2009 by disqualification |
7
|
Real Hazard (Ryo Saito & Genki Horiguchi) |
Gate of Anniversary Aichi, Japan |
May 5, 2009 | 135 | 0. this was a 3-way match also featuring Keni'chiro Arai & Yasushi Kanda 1. defeated Shingo Takagi & Dragon Kid on June 7, 2009 2. defeated CIMA & Gamma on June 26, 2009 3. defeated Shingo Takagi & YAMATO on July 19, 2009 |
8
|
Kamikaze (Shingo Takagi & YAMATO) |
Storm Gate Tokyo, Japan |
September 17, 2009 | 101 | 1. defeated Keni'chiro Arai & Yasushi Kanda on October 18, 2009 by disqualification 2. defeated Keni'chiro Arai & Yasushi Kanda on November 8, 2009 in a hardcore match 3. defeated Masaaki Mochizuki & Don Fujii on November 23, 2009 |
9
|
WARRIORS-5 (CIMA & Gamma) |
Final Gate Tokyo, Japan |
December 27, 2009 | 0 | |
10
|
WARRIORS-5 (CIMA & Gamma) |
Truth Gate Tokyo, Japan |
February 10, 2010 | 40 | 0. defeated Naruki Doi & Masato Yoshino to win the vacant titles |
11
|
Kamikaze (Shingo Takagi & Cyber Kong) |
Compilation Gate Tokyo, Japan |
March 22, 2010 | 52 | 1. defeated Masato Yoshino & BxB Hulk on April 25, 2010 |
12
|
KnesSuka (K-ness & Susumu Yokosuka) |
Aggressive Gate Tokyo, Japan |
May 13, 2010 | 194 | 1. defeated Naoki Tanizaki & BxB Hulk on May 30, 2010 2. defeated Masaaki Mochizuki & Don Fujii on July 11, 2010 3. defeated Naruki Doi & Masato Yoshino on September 17, 2010 by Naoki Tanizaki interference 4. defeated CIMA & Gamma on October 3, 2010 |
13
|
Gamma & Naruki Doi | Gate of Destiny Osaka, Japan |
November 23, 2010 | 48 | 1. defeated CIMA & Masato Yoshino on December 21, 2010 |
14
|
Masaaki Mochizuki & Don Fujii |
Primal Gate Nagoya, Japan |
January 10, 2011 | 27 | |
15
|
Blood Warriors (Ryo Saito & Genki Horiguchi) |
Truth Gate Fukuoka, Japan |
February 6, 2011 | 133 | 1. defeated Shingo Takagi & YAMATO on April 12, 2011 2. defeated Masato Yoshino & BxB Hulk on May 5, 2011 |
16
|
Junction Three (Dragon Kid & PAC) |
Champion Gate Fukuoka, Japan |
June, 2011 | 28 | |
17
|
Blood Warriors (CIMA & Ricochet) |
Kobe Puroresu Festival 2011 Kobe, Japan |
July 17, 2011 | 136 | 1. defeated PAC & Masato Yoshino on September 11, 2011 2. defeated Masato Yoshino & Dragon Kid on October 16, 2011 3. defeated Akira Tozawa & BxB Hulk on November 30, 2011 |
18
|
Blood Warriors/Mad Blankey (Akira Tozawa & BxB Hulk) |
Fantastic Gate Tokyo, Japan |
December 1, 2011 | 94 | 0. defeated Kagetora and Susumu Yokosuka to win the vacant titles 1. defeated Shingo Takagi & YAMATO on December 25, 2011 2. defeated Masaaki Mochizuki & Masato Yoshino on January 15, 2012 |
19
|
Jimmyz (Jimmy Kagetora & Jimmy Susumu) |
Champion Gate Osaka, Japan |
March 4, 2012 | 98 | 1. defeated Shingo Takagi & YAMATO on March 25, 2012 2. defeated Masaaki Mochizuki & Don Fujii on May 6, 2012 3. defeated Akira Tozawa & Cyber Kong on May 27, 2012 |
20
|
Mad Blankey (BxB Hulk & "Naoki Tanisaki") |
Gate of Maximum Sapporo, Japan |
June 10, 2012 | 7 | |
21
|
Jimmyz (Jimmy Kagetora & Jimmy Susumu) |
Champion Gate in Hakata Fukuoka, Japan |
June 17, 2012 | 35 | 0. this was a 3-Way elimination tag match which also included K-ness & Keni'chiro Arai |
22
|
-akatsuki- (Shingo Takagi & YAMATO) |
Kobe Puroresu Festival 2012 Kobe, Japan |
July 22, 2012 | 63 | 1. defeated Masato Yoshino & Naruki Doi on August 2, 2012 |
23
|
Kaettekita Veteran-gun (Masaaki Mochizuki & Don Fujii) |
Dangerous Gate Tokyo, Japan |
September 23, 2012 | 160 | 1. defeated Jimmy Susumu & Jimmy Kanda on October 21, 2012 2. defeated Mondai Ryu & Cyber Kong on November 11, 2012 3. defeated "Naoki Tanisaki" & Mondai Ryu on November 22nd, 2012 4. defeated "Naoki Tanisaki" & Cyber Kong on December 23rd, 2012 5. defeated Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!! & Jimmy Kanda on January 27, 2013 6. defeated Naruki Doi & Ricochet on February 11, 2013 |
24
|
Mad Blankey (BxB Hulk & Uhaa Nation) |
Champions Gate Osaka, Japan |
March 2, 2013 | 64 | 1. defeated Jimmy Susumu & Ryo "Jimmy" Saito on April 19, 2013 |
25
|
-akatsuki- (Shingo Takagi & YAMATO) |
Dead or Alive Aichi, Japan |
May 5, 2013 | 41 | 1. defeated Masaaki Mochizuki & Don Fujii on June 2, 2013 |
26
|
Mad Blankey (Akira Tozawa & BxB Hulk) |
Champion Gate in Hakata Fukuoka, Japan |
June 15, 2013 | 36 | |
27
|
World-1 International (Naruki Doi & Ricochet) |
Kobe Puroresu Festival 2013 Kobe, Japan |
July 21, 2013 | 40 | |
28
|
Oretachi Veteran-gun (Dragon Kid & K-ness) |
The Gate of Generation 2013 Day 13 Kobe, Japan |
August 30, 2013 | 8 | |
29
|
Millenials (T-Hawk & Eita) |
The Gate of Destiny 2013 Osaka, Japan |
November 3, 2013 | 35 | 0. defeated Dragon Kid & K-ness to win the vacant titles |
30
|
Mad Blankey (YAMATO & Naruki Doi) |
Fantastic Gate Hokkaido, Japan |
December 8, 2013 | 14 | |
31
|
Monster Express (Shingo Takagi & Akira Tozawa) |
The Final Gate 2014 Fukuoka, Japan |
December 22, 2013 | 210 | 1. defeated CIMA & T-Hawk on February 2, 2014 2. defeated YAMATO & Cyber Kong on March 1, 2014 3. defeated Naruki Doi & BxB Hulk on March 16, 2014 4. defeated Masaaki Mochizuki & Don Fujii on May 5, 2014 5. defeated Jimmy Kanda & Mr. Quu Quu Tanizaki Naoki Toyonaka Dolphin on June 15, 2014 |
32
|
Millenials (T-Hawk & Eita) |
Kobe Puroresu Festival 2014 Kobe, Japan |
June 20, 2014 | 105 | 1. defeated Masaaki Mochizuki & Dragon Kid August 17, 2014 2. defeated Jimmy Susumu & Jimmy Kagetora on October 5, 2014 |
33
|
Osaka06 (CIMA & Gamma) |
The Gate of Destiny 2014 Osaka, Japan |
November 2, 2014 | 31 | |
34
|
Millenials (T-Hawk & Eita) |
Fantastic Gate Tokyo, Japan |
December 3, 2014 | 25 | |
35
|
Mad Blankey (YAMATO & Cyber Kong) |
The Final Gate 2014 Fukuoka, Japan |
December 28, 2014 | 63 | |
36
|
Monster Express (Masato Yoshino & Shachihoko BOY) |
Champion Gate 2015 in Osaka Osaka, Japan |
March 1, 2015 | 104 | 1. defeated Jimmy Susumu & Jimmy Kagetora on April 4, 2015 2. defeated Masaaki Mochizuki & Big R Shimizu on May 5, 2015 |
37
|
Mad Blankey/VerserK (YAMATO & Naruki Doi) |
Champion Gate 2015 in Hakata Fukuoka, Japan |
June 13, 2015 | 267 | 1. defeated Ricochet & Matt Sydal on July 20, 2015 2. defeated Jimmy Susumu & Ryo "Jimmy" Saito on August 2, 2015 3. defeated Shingo Takagi & T-Hawk on August 30, 2015 4. defeated Jimmy Susumu & Jimmy K-ness J.K.S on October 4, 2015 5. defeated Dragon Kid & Flamita on October 17, 2015 6. defeated Masato Yoshino & T-Hawk on November 1, 2015 7. defeated Masaaki Mochizuki & Don Fujii on November 15, 2015 8. defeated Gamma & Punch Tominaga on December 27, 2015 9. defeated Ryo "Jimmy" Saito & Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!! on January 17, 2015 |
38
|
Monster Express (T-Hawk & Big R Shimizu) |
Champion Gate 2016 in Osaka Osaka, Japan |
March 6, 2016 | 105 | 1. defeated Dragon Kid & Eita on May 5, 2016 |
39
|
Jimmyz (Jimmy Susumu & Jimmy Kagetora) |
The Gate of Maximum Kyoto, Japan |
June 19, 2016 | 137 | 1. defeated T-Hawk & Big R Shimizu on July 2, 2016 2. defeated Naruki Doi & "brother" YASSHI on July 24, 2016 3. defeated Naruki Doi & Shingo Takagi on August 22, 2016 4. defeated Dragon Kid & Eita on September 2, 2016 |
40
|
Over Generation (CIMA & Dragon Kid) |
The Gate of Destiny 2016 Osaka, Japan |
November 3, 2016 | 2724+ | X. vs Kaito Ishida & Takehiro Yamamura ended in no contest after VerserK interference on November 20, 2016 1. defeated Shingo Takagi & T-Hawk on December 25, 2016 3. defeated Kzy & Yosuke♥Santa Maria on Februart 12, 2017 |