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Open the Dream Gate
	; Cima, a former two-time champion
Details
Current champion(s)	Naruki Doi
Date won	December 28, 2008
Promotion	Dragon Gate
Date established	July 4, 2004
Statistics
Most reigns	Cima (2)
First champion(s)	Cima
Longest reign	Cima (364 days)
Shortest reign	Ryo Saito (58 days)

The Open the Dream Gate Championship is the top professional wrestling title in Japanese promotion 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.^[1] 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. There have been a total of 8 recognized champions who have had a combined 9 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. The inaugural champion was Cima, who Dragon Gate recognized to have become the champion when he was awarded the championship by being the last Último Dragón Gym Champion. Cima hold the record for most reigns, with two. The longest reign as of January 2010 is 364 days, by Naruki Doi. As of January 2010, Naruki Doi is the current champion in his first reign.

[edit] Reigns

The inaugural champion was Cima, who was awarded the championship by being the last Último Dragón Gym Champion. Cima hold the record for most reigns, with two. The longest reign as of January 2010 is 364 days, by Cima, who set the record in his second reign. As of January 2010, Naruki Doi is the current champion in his first reign.

As of January 3, 2010.

#	Wrestler	Reigns	Date	Days held	Location	Event	Notes	Ref.
001 1	Cima	01 1	02004-07-04 July 4, 2004	175	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.	^[2]
002 2	Masaaki Mochizuki	01 1	02004-12-16 December 16, 2004	323	Tokyo, Japan	Live Event	Won the title at The Gate of Legend.	^[2]
003 3	Magnitude Kishiwada	01 1	02005-11-04 November 4, 2005	112	Tokyo, Japan	Live Event	Won the title on the Crown Gate tour.	^[2]
004 4	Ryo Saito	01 1	02006-02-24 February 24, 2006	58	Tokyo, Japan	Live Event	Won the title on the Truth Gate tour.	^[2]
005 5	Susumu Yokosuka	01 1	02006-04-23 April 23, 2006	214	Tokyo, Japan	Live Event	Won the title on the Glorious Gate tour.	^[2]
006 6	Don Fujii	01 1	02006-11-23 November 23, 2006	122	Tokyo, Japan	Live Event	Won the title at Crown Gate ~Osaka Special~.	^[2]
007 7	Jushin Liger	01 1	02007-03-25 March 25, 2007	98	Tsu, Japan	Live Event	Won the title on the Memorial Gate tour.	^[2]
008 8	Cima	02 2	02007-07-01 July 1, 2007	364	Kobe, Japan	Live Event	Won the title at Kobe Pro Wrestling Festival 2007.	^[2]
008.5 -	Vacated	-	02008-06-29 June 29, 2008	0	N/A	N/A	Vacated due to a neck injury.	^[3]
009 9	Shingo Takagi	01 1	02008-07-27 July 27, 2008	154	Kobe, Japan	Live Event	Defeated BxB Hulk at Kobe Pro Wrestling Festival 2008.	^[2]
010 10	Naruki Doi	01 1	02008-12-28 December 28, 2008	371+	Fukuoka, Japan	Live Event	Defeated Shingo Takagi.	^[2]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

^ "Open the Dream Gate title history". Wrestling-Titles.com. http://wrestling-titles.com/japan/dg/dg-s.html. Retrieved 2007-07-17.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "Open the Dream Gate Champions" (in Japanese). gaora.co.jp. http://www.gaora.co.jp/dragongate/data/title/single.html. Retrieved 2009-07-17.
^ "Dragon Gate History" (in Japanese). dgusa.tv. http://www.dgusa.tv/featurearticles5.htm. Retrieved 2009-07-23. Unfortunately, accumulated neck injuries caught up to Cima, and he was forced to go onto the disabled list for the remainder of the year, vacating the Dream Gate in the process.

[edit] External links

[wthistory-0] "Open the Dream Gate title history". Wrestling-Titles.com. http://wrestling-titles.com/japan/dg/dg-s.html. Retrieved 2007-07-17.

[officaldream-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "Open the Dream Gate Champions" (in Japanese). gaora.co.jp. http://www.gaora.co.jp/dragongate/data/title/single.html. Retrieved 2009-07-17.

[vacate-2] "Dragon Gate History" (in Japanese). dgusa.tv. http://www.dgusa.tv/featurearticles5.htm. Retrieved 2009-07-23. Unfortunately, accumulated neck injuries caught up to Cima, and he was forced to go onto the disabled list for the remainder of the year, vacating the Dream Gate in the process.

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