Dragon Gate Open the Triangle Gate Championship

Open the Triangle Gate
Details
Current champion(s)	Blood Warriors (Kzy, Naoki Tanisaki and Naruki Doi)
Date won	September 2, 2011
Promotion	Dragon Gate
Date established	November 7, 2004
Statistics Most reigns (as team) Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi & Ryo Saito (3) (as individual) CIMA (9), Gamma (9) First champion(s) Milano Collection AT, Anthony W. Mori & YOSSINO Longest reign CIMA, Magnitude Kishiwada & Masato Yoshino (319 days) Shortest reign Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi & Ryo Saito (3 days)

The Open the Triangle Gate Championship is a professional wrestling trios title in Japanese promotion Dragon Gate. It was created on November 7, 2004 when The Italian Connection faction of Milano Collection AT, Anthony W. Mori & YOSSINO defeated Aagan Iisou's Shuji Kondo, Takuya Sugawara & "brother" YASSHI in a tournament final.^[1] Each title belt's face has three emblems on it, shaped in a triangle, that represent Power, Technique & Mind.^[2] Not including provisional reigns, there have been a total of 26 recognized individual champions and 22 recognized trios, who have had a combined 27 official reigns.

Title history

"P" indicates provisional title reigns.

#	Wrestlers (Individual reigns)	Reigns	Successful defenses	Date	Location	Notes
01 !1	The Italian Connection Milano Collection AT (1), Anthony W. Mori (1) & YOSSINO (1)	1	2	November 7, 2004	Sapporo, Japan	Defeated Aagan Iisou (Shuji Kondo, Takuya Sugawara & "brother" YASSHI) in a tournament final on the Rey de Parejas tour.[3]
01.5 !-	Blood Generation CIMA (0), Naruki Doi (0) & Shingo Takagi (0)	-001 ! P	-001 ! -	February 23, 2005	Tokyo, Japan	Defeated Final M2K (Keni'chiro Arai, Masaaki Mochizuki & Susumu Yokosuka) to become provisional champions due to Milano getting injured. This match was originally against Mochizuki, Yokosuka and K-ness, but K-ness was quickly replaced due to injury.[3]
02 !2	Do FIXER Dragon Kid (1), Genki Horiguchi (1) & Ryo Saito (1)	1	1	March 6, 2005	Sapporo, Japan	This was a two out of three falls match on The Brave Gate Tour to decide the official champions, which Do FIXER won 2-1.[3]
03 !3	Blood Generation CIMA (1), Naruki Doi (1) & Don Fujii (1)	1	1	July 3, 2005	Kobe, Japan	Won the title at Pro Wrestling Festival 2005 in Kobe.[3]
04 !4	Do FIXER Dragon Kid (2), Genki Horiguchi (2) & Ryo Saito (2)	2	1	July 9, 2005	Morodomi, Japan	Won the title on the Rainbow Gate tour.[3]
05 !5	Blood Generation CIMA (2), Magnitude Kishiwada (1) & Masato Yoshino (2) (Masato Yoshino formerly YOSSINO)	1	3	July 12, 2005	Tokyo, Japan	This was originally a two out of three falls match on the Rainbow Gate tour, which Do FIXER won 2-1, winning both falls by disqualification; it was restarted as an elimination match, which Blood Generation won.[3]
05.5 !-	Vacated	-	-	May 27, 2006	Osaka, Japan	Before this match, Yoshino and Kishiwada defected to Muscle Outlaw'z. Vacated due to CIMA, Yoshino and Kishiwada losing a title defense to the Muscle Outlaw'z Naruki Doi, Gamma & Naoki Tanisaki by disqualification on the Aggressive Gate tour.[3]
06 !6	Blood Generation BxB Hulk (1), CIMA (3) & Jack Evans (1)	1	0	August 20, 2006	Sapporo, Japan	Defeated Do FIXER (Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi & Ryo Saito) in a tournament final on the The Gate of Adventure tour.[3]
07 !7	Do FIXER Dragon Kid (3), Genki Horiguchi (3) & Ryo Saito (3)	3	0	September 30, 2006	Osaka, Japan	Won the title on the Storm Gate tour.[3]
08 !8	Muscle Outlaw'z Naruki Doi (2), Gamma (1) & Masato Yoshino (3)	1	0	November 19, 2006	Fukuoka, Japan	Defeated Final M2K (K-ness, Yamato Onodera & Susumu Yokosuka) on the Crown Gate tour to become provisional champions when the titles were vacated by Do FIXER due to Dragon Kid suffering from appendicitis. The provisional reign was declared to be official on December 23, 2006 when a scheduled decision match against Do FIXER falls through due to Dragon's sustained illness.[1][3]
09 !9	Pos.HEARTS BxB Hulk (2), Anthony W. Mori (2) & Super Shisa (1)	1	0	December 26, 2006	Kobe, Japan	Won the title at Live Gate.[3]
10 !10	Muscle Outlaw'z Naruki Doi (3), Gamma (2) & Masato Yoshino (4)	2	3	January 21, 2007	Kobe, Japan	Won the title on the Primal Gate tour.[3]
11 !11	Typhoon CIMA (4), Ryo Saito (4) & Susumu Yokosuka (1)	1	1	March 25, 2007	Tsu, Japan	Won the title at Memorial Gate.[3]
12 !12	Muscle Outlaw'z Naruki Doi (4), Gamma (3) & Magnitude Kishiwada (2)	1	0	April 9, 2007	Kobe, Japan	Won the title at Live Gate.[3]
13 !13	Typhoon CIMA (5), Ryo Saito (5) & Susumu Yokosuka (2)	2	0	April 15, 2007	Yokkaichi, Japan	Won the title on the Glorious Gate tour.[3]
14	New Hazard BxB Hulk (3), Cyber Kong (1) & Shingo Takagi (1)	1	1	May 10, 2007	Tokyo, Japan	Won the title on the Aggressive Gate tour.[3]
014.5 !-	Vacated	-	-	July 13, 2007	-	Vacated due to Hulk suffering a jaw injury.[1]
15	Muscle Outlaw'z Naruki Doi (5), Magnitude Kishiwada (3) & Masato Yoshino (5)	1	0	July 22, 2007	Kobe, Japan	Defeated New Hazard (Cyber Kong, Jack Evans & Shingo Takagi) on the WrestleJAM tour.[4]
16	Mushozoku Don Fujii (2), K-ness (1) & Masaaki Mochizuki (1)	1	3	September 9, 2007	Fukuoka, Japan	Won the title on the Storm Gate tour.[5]
17	New Hazard BxB Hulk (4), Cyber Kong (2) & Shingo Takagi (2)	2	1	February 24, 2008	Fukui, Japan	Won the title on the Truth Gate tour.[3]
17.5 !-	Vacated	-	-	May 14, 2008	Tokyo, Japan	Vacated after a title defense against Gamma, Genki Horiguchi & YAMATO on the Aggressive Gate tour ended in a no contest when Takagi and Kong betrayed Hulk to form Real Hazard. An immediate decision match was made.[3]
18	Real Hazard Gamma (4), Shingo Takagi (3) & YAMATO (1)	1	1	May 14, 2008	Tokyo, Japan	Defeated BxB Hulk, Naruki Doi & Masato Yoshino on the Aggressive Gate tour.[3]
19	Tozawajuku Keni'chiro Arai (1), Taku Iwasa (1) & Shinobu (1)	1	0	June 28, 2008	Nagoya, Japan	Won the title on the Gate of Maximum tour.[3]
20	Real Hazard Gamma (5), Yasushi Kanda (1) & YAMATO (2)	1	2	July 12, 2008	Akashi, Japan	Won the title on the Rainbow Gate tour.[3]
21	Zetsurins Don Fujii (3), Magnitude Kishiwada (4) & Masaaki Mochizuki (2)	1	3	September 28, 2008	Fukui, Japan	Won the title at Memorial Gate.[3]
22	KAMIKAZE Taku Iwasa (2), Shingo Takagi (4) & Dragon Kid (4)	1	2	February 15, 2009	Fukuoka, Japan	Won the title on the Truth Gate tour.[3]
23	WARRIORS-5 CIMA (6), Gamma (6) & KAGETORA (1)	1	1	April 15, 2009	Tokyo, Japan	Won the title on the Gate of Passion tour.[3]
23	WORLD-1 Masato Yoshino (6), BxB Hulk (5) & PAC (1)	1	2	June 7, 2009	Nagoya, Japan	Won the title on the Gate of Maximum tour.[3]
25	Zetsurins Don Fujii (4), Masaaki Mochizuki (3) and Akebono (1)	1	3	October 14, 2009	Tokyo, Japan	Won the title on the Gate of Victory tour.[3]
26	Deep Drunkers Takuya Sugawara (1), Yasushi Kanda (2) and Kzy (1)	1	0	May 5, 2010	Aichi, Japan	Won the title at the Dead or Alive 2010 PPV.[3]
27	WARRIORS CIMA (7), Gamma (7) & Genki Horiguchi (4)	1	1	May 13, 2010	Tokyo, Japan	Won the title on the Aggressive Gate tour.[3]
28	WORLD-1 Naruki Doi (6), Naoki Tanisaki (1) & PAC (2)	1	0	June 20, 2010	Fukuoka, Japan	Won the title on the Gate of Maximum tour.[3]
29	WARRIORS CIMA (8), Gamma (8) & Genki Horiguchi (5)	2	3	June 24, 2010	Osaka, Japan	Won the title on the Gate of Maximum tour.[3]
30	Naoki Tanisaki (2), Takuya Sugawara (2) & Yasushi Kanda (3)	1	1	October 25, 2010	Miyazaki, Japan	Won the title on the Gate of Victory tour.[3][6]
31	Blood Warriors CIMA (9), Dragon Kid (5) and Ricochet (1)	1	5	December 26, 2010	Fukuoka, Japan	Won the title at the Final Gate 2010 PPV.[3][7]
31.5 !-	Vacated	-	-	May 15, 2011	Sapporo, Japan	Vacated due to Blood Warriors ejecting Dragon Kid from the group.[3]
32	Junction Three Masato Yoshino (7), YAMATO (3) and Gamma (9)	1	2	June 18, 2010	Fukuoka, Japan	Defeated Blood Warriors (CIMA, Naruki Doi and BxB Hulk) to win the vacant title on the Champion Gate tour.[3]
33	Blood Warriors Kzy (2), Naoki Tanisaki (3) and Naruki Doi (7)	1	0	September 2, 2010	Kobe, Japan	Won the title on the Storm Gate tour.[3]

List of reigns by length

As of November 23, 2011.

Wrestlers	Days Held	Date Won	Date Lost
CIMA, Magnitude Kishiwada & Masato Yoshino	319	July 12, 2005	May 27, 2006
Don Fujii, Masaaki Mochizuki & Akebono	203	October 14, 2009	May 5, 2010
Don Fujii, K-ness & Masaaki Mochizuki	168	September 9, 2007	February 24, 2008
Don Fujii, Magnitude Kishiwada & Masaaki Mochizuki	140	September 28, 2008	February 15, 2009
CIMA, Dragon Kid and Ricochet	140	December 26, 2010	May 15, 2011
Masato Yoshino, BxB Hulk & PAC	129	June 7, 2009	October 14, 2009
CIMA, Gamma and Genki Horiguchi	123	June 24, 2010	October 25, 2010
Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi & Ryo Saito	119	March 6, 2005	July 3, 2005
Milano Collection AT, Anthony W. Mori & YOSSINO	108	November 7, 2004	February 23, 2005
BxB Hulk, Cyber Kong & Shingo Takagi	80	February 24, 2008	May 14, 2008
Gamma, Yasushi Kanda & YAMATO	78	July 12, 2008	September 28, 2008
Masato Yoshino, YAMATO & Gamma	76	June 18, 2011	September 2, 2011
BxB Hulk, Cyber Kong & Shingo Takagi	64	May 10, 2007	July 13, 2007
Naruki Doi, Gamma & Masato Yoshino	63	January 21, 2007	March 25, 2007
Naoki Tanisaki, Takuya Sugawara and Yasushi Kanda	62	October 25, 2010	December 26, 2010
Taku Iwasa, Shingo Takagi & Dragon Kid	59	February 15, 2009	April 15, 2009
CIMA, Gamma & KAGETORA	53	April 15, 2009	June 7, 2009
Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi & Ryo Saito	50	September 30, 2006	November 19, 2006
Naruki Doi, Magnitude Kishiwada & Masato Yoshino	49	July 22, 2007	September 9, 2007
Gamma, Shingo Takagi & YAMATO	45	May 14, 2008	June 28, 2008
BxB Hulk, CIMA & Jack Evans	41	August 20, 2006	September 30, 2006
CIMA, Gamma and Genki Horiguchi	38	May 13, 2010	June 20, 2010
Naruki Doi, Gamma & Masato Yoshino	34	November 19, 2006	December 26, 2006
BxB Hulk, Anthony W. Mori & Super Shisa	26	December 26, 2006	January 21, 2007
CIMA, Ryo Saito & Susumu Yokosuka	25	April 15, 2007	May 10, 2007
CIMA, Ryo Saito & Susumu Yokosuka	15	March 25, 2007	April 9, 2007
Keni'chiro Arai, Taku Iwasa & Shinobu	14	June 28, 2008	July 12, 2008
CIMA, Naruki Doi & Shingo Takagi1	11	February 23, 2005	March 6, 2005
Takuya Sugawara, Yasushi Kanda & Kzy	8	May 5, 2010	May 13, 2010
Kzy, Naoki Tanisaki & Naruki Doi	82+	September 2, 2011	Current champion
CIMA, Naruki Doi & Don Fujii	6	July 3, 2005	July 9, 2005
Naruki Doi, Gamma & Magnitude Kishiwada	6	April 9, 2007	April 15, 2007
Naruki Doi, Naoki Tanisaki & PAC	4	June 20, 2010	June 24, 2010
Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi & Ryo Saito	3	July 9, 2005	July 12, 2005

¹This was a provisional championship reign.

List of combined reigns by length, by wrestler

Rank	Wrestler	# Of Reigns	Combined Days
1.	CIMA	9	771
2.	Masato Yoshino	7	762
3.	Gamma	9	519
4.	Don Fujii	4	517
5.	Magnitude Kishiwada	4	514
6.	Masaaki Mochizuki	3	511
7.	Dragon Kid	5	371
8.	BxB Hulk	5	340
9.	Genki Horiguchi	5	333
10.	Shingo Takagi	4	248
11.	Ryo Saito	5	212
12.	Akebono	1	203
13.	YAMATO	3	199
14.	Naruki Doi	7	258+
15.	K-ness	1	168
16.	Yasushi Kanda	3	148
17.	Cyber Kong	2	144
18.	Ricochet	1	140
19.	Anthony W. Mori	3	134
20.	PAC	2	133
21.	Milano Collection AT	1	108
22.	Naoki Tanisaki	3	148+
23.	Taku Iwasa	2	73
24.	Takuya Sugawara	2	70
25.	KAGETORA	1	53
26.	Jack Evans	1	41
27.	Susumu Yokosuka	2	40
28.	Super Shisa	1	26
29.	Kzy	2	90+
30.	Keni'chiro Arai	1	14
31.	Shinobu	1	14

References

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See also

• Dragon Gate
• Dragon Gate Open the Dream Gate Championship
• Dragon Gate Open the Freedom Gate Championship
• Dragon Gate Open the Brave Gate Championship
• Dragon Gate Open the Twin Gate Championship
• Dragon Gate I-J Heavyweight Tag Team Championship

External links

• Official title history
• DGUSA title history
• Wrestling-Titles.com title history