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. Not including provisional reigns, there have been a total of 25 recognized individual champions and 18 recognized trios, who have had a combined 23 official reigns.
[edit] Title history - † indicates provisional title reigns.
Wrestlers
(Individual reigns) | Reigns | Date | Location | Notes | The Italian Connection
Milano Collection AT, Anthony W. Mori & YOSSINO | 1 | November 7, 2004 | Sapporo, Japan | Defeated Shuji Kondo, Takuya Sugawara & "brother" YASSHI in a tournament final on the Rey de Parejas tour.[2] | Blood Generation
CIMA, Naruki Doi & Shingo Takagi | 1† | February 23, 2005 | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated 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.[2] | Do FIXER
Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi & Ryo Saito | 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.[2] | Blood Generation
CIMA, Naruki Doi & Don Fujii | 1 | July 3, 2005 | Kobe, Japan | Won the title at Pro Wrestling Festival 2005 in Kobe.[2] | Do FIXER
Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi & Ryo Saito | 2 | July 9, 2005 | Morodomi, Japan | Won the title on the Rainbow Gate tour.[2] | Blood Generation
CIMA (2), Magnitude Kishiwada & Masato Yoshino (2)
(Masato Yoshino formerly YOSSINO) | 1 | 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.[2] | | Vacated | May 27, 2006 | Osaka, Japan | Vacated due to Blood Generation losing a title defense to Naruki Doi, Gamma & Naoki Tanizaki by disqualification on the Aggressive Gate tour.[2] | Blood Generation
BxB Hulk, CIMA (3) & Jack Evans | 1 | August 20, 2006 | Sapporo, Japan | Defeated Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi & Ryo Saito in a tournament final on the The Gate of Adventure tour.[2] | Do FIXER
Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi & Ryo Saito | 3 | September 30, 2006 | Osaka, Japan | Won the title on the Storm Gate tour.[2] | Muscle Outlawz
Naruki Doi, Gamma & Masato Yoshino | 1† | November 19, 2006 | Fukuoka, Japan | Defeated K-ness, Yamato Onodera & Susumu Yokosuka on the Crown Gate tour to become provisional champions due to Dragon Kid suffering from appendicitis.[1][2] | Muscle Outlawz
Naruki Doi (2), Gamma & Masato Yoshino (3) | 1 | December 23, 2006 | | MO'z were recognized as official champions when a scheduled decision match against Do FIXER falls through due to Dragon's sustained illness.[1] | PosHEARTS
BxB Hulk (2), Anthony W. Mori (2) & Super Shisa | 1 | December 26, 2006 | Kobe, Japan | Won the title at Live Gate.[2] | Muscle Outlawz
Naruki Doi (3), Gamma (3) & Masato Yoshino (4) | 2 | January 21, 2007 | Kobe, Japan | Won the title on the Primal Gate tour.[2] | Typhoon
CIMA (4), Ryo Saito (4) & Susumu Yokosuka | 1 | March 25, 2007 | Tsu, Japan | Won the title at Memorial Gate.[2] | Muscle Outlawz
Naruki Doi (4), Gamma (3) & Magnitude Kishiwada (2) | 1 | April 9, 2007 | Kobe, Japan | Won the title at Live Gate.[2] | Typhoon
CIMA (5), Ryo Saito (5) & Susumu Yokosuka | 2 | April 15, 2007 | Yokkaichi, Japan | Won the title on the Glorious Gate tour.[2] | New Hazard
BxB Hulk (3), Cyber Kong & Shingo Takagi | 1 | May 10, 2007 | Tokyo, Japan | Won the title on the Aggressive Gate tour.[2] | | Vacated | July 13, 2007 | | Vacated due to Hulk suffering a jaw injury.[1] | Muscle Outlawz
Naruki Doi (5), Magnitude Kishiwada (3) & Masato Yoshino (5) | 1 | July 22, 2007 | Kobe, Japan | Defeated Cyber Kong, Jack Evans & Shingo Takagi on the WrestleJAM tour.[3] | Mushozoku
Don Fujii (2), K-ness & Masaaki Mochizuki | 1 | September 9, 2007 | Fukuoka, Japan | Won the title on the Storm Gate tour.[4] | New Hazard
BxB Hulk (4), Cyber Kong & Shingo Takagi | 2 | February 24, 2008 | Fukui, Japan | Won the title on the Truth Gate tour. | | 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. | Real Hazard
Gamma (4), Shingo Takagi (3) & YAMATO | 1 | May 14, 2008 | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated BxB Hulk, Naruki Doi & Masato Yoshino on the Aggressive Gate tour. | Tozawajuku
Keni'chiro Arai, Taku Iwasa & Shinobu | 1 | June 28, 2008 | Nagoya, Japan | Won the title on the Gate of Maximum tour.[2] | Real Hazard
Gamma (5), Yasushi Kanda & YAMATO (2) | 1 | July 12, 2008 | Akashi, Japan | Won the title on the Rainbow Gate tour. | Zetsurins
Don Fujii (3), Magnitude Kishiwada (4) & Masaaki Mochizuki (2) | 1 | September 28, 2008 | Fukui, Japan | Won the title at Memorial Gate. | KAMIKAZE
Taku Iwasa (2), Shingo Takagi (4) & Dragon Kid (4) | 1 | February 15, 2009 | Fukuoka, Japan | WARRIORS-5
CIMA (6), Gamma (6) & KAGETORA | 1 | April 15, 2009 | Tokyo, Japan | WORLD-1
Masato Yoshino (6), BxB Hulk (5) & PAC | 1 | June 7, 2009 | Nagoya, Japan | Zetsurins
Don Fujii (4), Masaaki Mochizuki (3) and Akebono | 1 | October 14, 2009 | Tokyo, Japan | [edit] List of reigns by length As of December 31, 2009. | Wrestlers | Days Held | Date Won | Date Lost | | CIMA, Magnitude Kishiwada & Masato Yoshino | 319 | July 12, 2005 | May 27, 2006 | | 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 | | Masato Yoshino, BxB Hulk & PAC | 129 | June 7, 2009 | October 14, 2009 | | 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 | | Don Fujii, Masaaki Mochizuki & Akebono | 78 | October 14, 2009 | Current champions | | 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 | | 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 | | Naruki Doi, Gamma & Masato Yoshino1 | 34 | November 19, 2006 | December 23, 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 | | CIMA, Naruki Doi & Don Fujii | 6 | July 3, 2005 | July 9, 2005 | | Naruki Doi, Gamma & Magnitude Kishiwada | 6 | April 9, 2007 | April 15, 2007 | | Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi & Ryo Saito | 3 | July 9, 2005 | July 12, 2005 | | Naruki Doi, Gamma & Masato Yoshino | 3 | December 23, 2006 | December 26, 2006 | 1This was a provisional championship reign. [edit] List of combined reigns by length, by wrestler [edit] References [edit] See also [edit] External links |
