Toryumon (闘龍門) is the name of Último Dragón's professional wrestling school and the associated professional wrestling promotion. The school had dojos both in Mexico and Japan. The school also ran professional wrestling events under the banners of its graduating groups.

The groups were:

• Toryumon Japan - Its members use a style almost identical to their teacher.
• Toryumon 2000 Project (T2P) - This group used a six sided ring compared to the first group which used four sided rings. Its members used a primarily submission based style called Llave.
• Toryumon X - More lucha libre based compared to the others. This is the only group that is still active under its original name.

When Último Dragón returned from retirement Takashi Okamura took over as the company head. A day after the fifth anniversary of Toryumon's first event, Último Dragón left the company, taking the name and trademarks with him. Toryumon Japan changed its name to Dragon Gate because of this. Dragon Gate returned all the titles it had promoted as Toryumon Japan to the people that held the belts last before they started promoting them.

Since the Dragon Gate split, Toryumon has run in a variety of forms in both Japan and Mexico. Mexico has seen the rise of the latest class of students, trained by Último Dragón and Jorge 'Skayde' Rivera, as well as a variety of international stars, including ex-WWE workers such as Linda Miles and Nidia, and Japanese legends including the Great Muta.

In Japan, the story has been quite different for the Toryumon brand. The company ran a handful of shows as Toryumon X, highlighting the end of the Último Dragón gimmick, and then returned to relative silence. A group of the remaining Toryumon students (including ousted members of Dragon Gate) joined with the internet-firm Livedoor to create the promotion dragondoor. The response wasn't as positive as hoped, closing after only 6 shows.

In early 2006, the future looked brighter for the Toryumon brand, as Último Dragón announced he'd be running shows featuring the Toryumon Mexico class as well as stars including Tajiri, under the name UDP (Último Dragón Productions). Not to be outdone, the minds behind dragondoor decided to start a new promotion, which debuted in April 2006, El Dorado: Next Door Project.

Contents 1 Students 1.1 Toryumon Japan - 1st Class (Terms 1-4) 1.2 Toryumon 2000 Project (T2P) - 2nd Class (Terms 5-8) 1.3 Toryumon X - 3rd Class (Terms 8-12) 1.4 Toryumon Mexico - 4th Class (Classes 14-?) 2 Young Dragons Cup 2.1 List of winners 3 Titles promoted 4 External links

[edit] Students

[edit] Toryumon Japan - 1st Class (Terms 1-4)

~1st Term~
CIMA (Dragon Gate)
Don Fujii (Dragon Gate)
Dragon Kid (Dragon Gate)
Magnum TOKYO (HUSTLE)
SUWA (Retired)

~2nd Term~
Genki Horiguchi (Dragon Gate)
Keni'chiro Arai (Dragon Gate)
Stalker Ichikawa(Dragon Gate)
Yasushi Kanda (Dragon Gate)

~3rd Term~
Susumu Yokosuka (Dragon Gate)
Mototsugu Shimizu (El Dorado)

~4th Term~
Ryo Saito (Dragon Gate)
Kinta Tomoaka - Didn't Graduate (Dragon Gate)

[edit] Toryumon 2000 Project (T2P) - 2nd Class (Terms 5-8)

~5th Term~
Anthony W. Mori (Dragon Gate)
Raimu Mishima (Retired June 07 hernia injury)
Naruki Doi (Dragon Gate)
Taku Iwasa (Dragon Gate)

~6th Term~
Milano Collection AT (New Japan Pro Wrestling)
Kinya Oyanagei (El Dorado)
Phillip J. Fukumasa (Retired)
TARUcito (Retired)
Takuya Murakami (Michinoku Pro)

~7th Term~
Touru Owashi (DDT)
Masato Yoshino (Dragon Gate)
brother YASSHI (All Japan Pro Wrestling)
Bakery Yagi/Pescatore Yagi (Dragon Gate)

~8th Term~
Shuji Kondo (All Japan Pro Wrestling)
Jun Ogawauchi (JUN) (Retired)
Shogo Takagi (Semi-Retired)
Takuya Sugawara (Zero One MAX)
Hisamaru Tajima (Dradition)
Murcielago/Flashmoon/Inoue 119 Taiien/Shadow Phoenix (Freelancer)

[edit] Toryumon X - 3rd Class (Terms 8-12)

~9th Term~
Taiji Ishimori (Pro Wrestling NOAH)
Shu Sato/Brahman Shu (Michinoku Pro/El Dorado)
Kei Sato/Brahman Kei (Michinoku Pro/El Dorado)
Maguro Ooma|Manabu Murakami/Maguro Ooma/Manjimaru (Michinoku Pro)
Shinjitsu Nohashi/Koichiro Arai (Michinoku Pro)
Takeshi Minaminno (Michinoku Pro)
Ken45°/Pineapple Hanai (Michinoku Pro/El Dorado)
SUWAcito/Kagetora (Michinoku Pro/El Dorado)
Small Dandy Fuji/Rasse/Jumping Kid Okimoto (Michinoku Pro/El Dorado)
Lambo Miura/Dynamite Tohoku/119 Kogure Taiin (Retired)
Masahiro Takanashi - Didn't Graduate (DDT)

~10th Term~
Naoki Tanisaki (Dragon Gate)
Mango Fukuda/Bear Fukuda (El Dorado)

~11th Term~
Takuya Sugi (various gimmicks) (Michinoku Pro/Freelance)
Saito Masuda - Never Debuted
Chuuichiro Arai/Amigo Suzuki (Toryumon Mexico/Dradition)
Passion Hasegawa (Toryumon Mexico)

~12th Term~
Yousuke Aoki/Spark Aoki (El Dorado)
GALLARDO/119 Katayama Taiin (Retired)
KONDO & CO (Retired)
TARUcito 2 - Never Wrestled (Retired)

~13th Term~"Lost Class"
Hiromi Horiguchi (Toryumon Mexico/ Dradition)
Tsutomu Oosugi/Milanito Collection a.t./Rei (El Dorado/Michinoku Pro)
Banana Senga/Hercules Oosenga (El Dorado/Michinoku Pro)
Kanjyuuro Matsuyama (Osaka Pro/Michinoku Pro)
Hajime Ohara (Toryumon Mexico/Dradition)
Kazuchika Okada (New Japan Pro Wrestling)
Guillermo "Chango" Akiba/CHANGO (El Dorado)

[edit] Toryumon Mexico - 4th Class (Classes 14-?)

~14th Class?~ (Presumed)
Toshiya Matsuzaki/Rascal Matsuzaki/Pequeno Ninja (Toryumon Mexico/Dradition)
Daisuke Hanaoka/Oscar Hanoka (Toryumon Mexico/Dradition)
Brian Lee (Toryumon Mexico)
Satoshi Kajiwara (Toryumon Mexico/Dradition)

[edit] Young Dragons Cup

The Young Dragons Cup is an annual tournament put on by Toryumon since 1997, as a means of showcasing students of Ultimo Dragon. Originally a single-elimination tournament, it's has been changed into a Torneo Cibernetico match in recent years. Rocky Romero, Ibushi Kota, & Ryuji Yamaguchi are the only three winners of the tournament who were not trained by Ultimo Dragon.

[edit] List of winners

1997: Magnum TOKYO 1998: Genki Horiguchi 1999: Yasushi Kanda 2000: Milano Collection AT 2001: Touru Owashi 2002: Taiji Ishimori 2003: Takeshi Minaminno 2004: Rocky Romero

2005: Kazuchika Okada 2006: Ibushi Kota 2007: Ryuji Yamaguchi 2008: Satoshi Kajiwara

[edit] Titles promoted

• Último Dragón Gym Championship
• NWA World Welterweight Championship
• NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship
• NWA International Light Heavyweight Championship
• British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight Championship
• UWA World Welterweight Championship
• UWA World Trios Championship

[edit] External links

• Toryumon/Dragon Gate Title Histories
• DGUSA, A Toryumon and Dragon Gate fansite
• The Complete History of the Último Dragón Gym Championship
• Official website of El Dorado (formerly dragondoor)