- DGUSA Open the Freedom Gate Championship
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Open the Freedom Gate Championship Details Current champion(s) Johnny Gargano Date won November 13, 2011 Promotion Dragon Gate USA Date established November 28, 2009 Statistics Most reigns All champions (1 reign) First champion(s) BxB Hulk[1] Longest reign BxB Hulk (426 days) Shortest reign YAMATO (289 days) Oldest champion YAMATO (29 years, 140 days) Youngest champion Johnny Gargano (24 years, 91 days) Heaviest champion Johnny Gargano (199 lb (90 kg)) Lightest champion BxB Hulk (168 lb (76 kg)) The first holder of the Open the Freedom Gate Championship was crowned following a 14-man tournament held at DGUSA Freedom Fight on November 28, 2009. 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.
There has been three reigns by three wrestlers. BxB Hulk was the first champion and won in a 14-man tournament. Johnny Gargano is the current champion and is in his first reign as champion.
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Title history
As of November 14, 2011
# 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
heldSuccessful defenses Location Notes 1 1 November 28, 2009 426 6 Philadelphia, PA Tournament final. Defeated Gran Akuma, CIMA and YAMATO in an elimination match.[1] 2 1 January 28, 2011 289 6 Manhattan, New York This match was held at the United: NYC iPPV.[2] 3 Johnny Gargano1 November 13, 2011 1+ 0 Manhattan, New York This match was held at the Freedom Fight 2011 iPPV.[3] List of combined reigns
† Indicates the current champion(s) <1 Indicates that the combined total is less than one day. + Indicates the current reign is changing daily Rank Wrestler # of reigns Combined days 1 1 426 2 1 289 3 Johnny Gargano†1 1+ See also
References
- ^ a b Caldwell, James (2009-11-29). "DGUSA News: Dragon Gate USA determines first-ever champion on Saturday night's PPV taping". Pro Wrestling Torch. http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/Other_News_4/article_37046.shtml. Retrieved 2009-11-29.
- ^ Eaton, Jimmy (2011-01-28). "Eaton's DGUSA "United: New York" 1/28 - Hulk vs. YAMATO, round robin tag team tournament". Pro Wrestling Torch. http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/otherppvs/article_47161.shtml. Retrieved 2011-01-29.
- ^ Radican, Sean (2011-11-13). "Radican's DGUSA "Freedom Fight" iPPV coverage 11/13 -YAMATO vs. Gargano, PAC vs. Ricochet". Pro Wrestling Torch. http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/otherppvs/article_55115.shtml. Retrieved 2011-11-13.
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