Dragon Gate Open the Dream Gate Championship

Open the Dream Gate
CIMA, a former two-time champion
Details
Current champion(s)	Masaaki Mochizuki
Date won	April 14, 2011
Promotion	Dragon Gate
Date established	July 4, 2004
Statistics Most reigns CIMA, Masaaki Mochizuki (2) First champion(s) CIMA Longest reign Naruki Doi (449 days) Shortest reign Ryo Saito (58 days)

The Open the Dream Gate Championship is the top professional wrestling title in Japanese promotion Dragon Gate.^[1] The wrestler who holds it is considered the top singles wrestler in Dragon Gate. It was created on July 4, 2004 when CIMA was awarded the title as a result of being the last Último Dragón Gym Champion.^[2] The title belt's face has a "gate" on it which contains a plate with the titleholders' name. Any official challenger for the belt carries a key used to open the gate with, and should they win the title, then they can open the gate and put their name inside it. However, if the title is successfully defended, then the key is added to the belt as a symbol of that successful defense.^[1] There have been a total of 12 recognized champions who have had a combined 13 official reigns.

Title reigns are determined either by professional wrestling matches between different wrestlers involved in pre-existing scripted feuds, plots, and storylines, or by scripted circumstances. Wrestlers were portrayed as either villains or heroes as they followed a series of tension-building events, which culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches for the championship.

Reigns

The inaugural champion was CIMA, who was awarded the championship by being the last Último Dragón Gym Champion. CIMA holds the record for most reigns, with two. The longest reign is 449 days, by Naruki Doi. As of November 2011, Masaaki Mochizuki is the current champion in his second reign.

As of November 23, 2011.

#	Wrestler	Reigns	Successful defenses	Days held	Date	Location	Event	Notes	Ref.
001 !1	CIMA	01 !1	1	175	02004-07-04 July 4, 2004	Tokyo, Japan	Live Event	CIMA was awarded the title as a result of being the last Último Dragón Gym Champion; this was officially announced in Tokyo on August 1, 2004.	[3]
002 !2	Masaaki Mochizuki	01 !1	4	323	02004-12-16 December 16, 2004	Tokyo, Japan	Gate of Legend		[3]
003 !3	Magnitude Kishiwada	01 !1	2	112	02005-11-04 November 4, 2005	Tokyo, Japan	Crown Gate 2005 ~Osaka Special~		[3]
004 !4	Ryo Saito	01 !1	0	58	02006-02-24 February 24, 2006	Tokyo, Japan	Live Event during Truth Gate tour		[3]
005 !5	Susumu Yokosuka	01 !1	3	214	02006-04-23 April 23, 2006	Tokyo, Japan	Glorious Gate 2006		[3]
006 !6	Don Fujii	01 !1	1	122	02006-11-23 November 23, 2006	Tokyo, Japan	Crown Gate 2006 ~Osaka Special~		[3]
007 !7	Jushin Liger	01 !1	1	98	02007-03-25 March 25, 2007	Tsu, Japan	Memorial Gate 2007		[3]
008 !8	CIMA	02 !2	6	364	02007-07-01 July 1, 2007	Kobe, Japan	Kobe Pro Wrestling Festival 2007		[3]
008.5 !-	Vacated	-	-	-	02008-06-29 June 29, 2008	N/A		Vacated due to CIMA suffering a neck injury.	[4]
009 !9	Shingo Takagi	01 !1	3	154	02008-07-27 July 27, 2008	Kobe, Japan	Kobe Pro Wrestling Festival 2008	Defeated BxB Hulk.	[3]
010 !10	Naruki Doi	01 !1	8	449	02008-12-28 December 28, 2008	Fukuoka, Japan	Final Gate 2008		[3]
011 !11	YAMATO	01 !1	3	111	02010-03-22 March 22, 2010	Tokyo, Japan	Compilation Gate 2010		[3]
012 !12	Masato Yoshino	01 !1	4	277	02010-07-11 July 11, 2010	Kobe, Japan	Kobe Pro Wrestling Festival 2010		[3]
013 !13	Masaaki Mochizuki	02 !2	6	223+	02011-04-14 April 14, 2011	Tokyo, Japan	Champion Gate 2011		[3]

See also

• Dragon Gate
• Dragon Gate Open the Brave Gate Championship
• Dragon Gate Open the Freedom Gate Championship
• Dragon Gate Open the Triangle Gate Championship
• Dragon Gate Open the Twin Gate Championship
• Dragon Gate Open the Owarai Gate Championship
• Dragon Gate I-J Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
• List of Dragon Gate title reigns by length

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Dragon Gate USA's Title Situation". Dragon Gate USA Pro Wrestling. http://dgusa.tv/featurearticles1.htm. Retrieved 2011-05-20. 
2. ^ "Open the Dream Gate title history". Wrestling-Titles.com. http://wrestling-titles.com/japan/dg/dg-s.html. Retrieved 2007-07-17. 
3. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m} "Open the Dream Gate Champions" (in Japanese). gaora.co.jp. http://www.gaora.co.jp/dragongate/data/title/single.html. Retrieved 2009-07-17. 
4. ^ "Dragon Gate History" (in Japanese). dgusa.tv. http://www.dgusa.tv/featurearticles5.htm. Retrieved 2009-07-23. 

External links

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