Toryumon Mexico Toryumon is a professional wrestling promotion that operates both in Japan and in Mexico , where it ' s called Toryumon Mexico . The promotion is owned and operated by Yoshihiro Asai , who is best known under the name Último Dragón . Tōryūmon is a coined word that means " Fighting Dragon Gate " . The word is coined after the homonym Tōryūmon that literally means " climbing up dragon gate " and means " gateway to success " . The promotion was originally created to give graduates of the Último Dragón Gym a promotion to gain their initial in - ring experience in . In 2004 Último Dragón left the promotion and took the name and trademarks with him . The wrestlers and officials decided to adopt the name Dragon Gate and continue in the traditions of Toryumon . Since then Último Dragón has promoted Toryumon mainly in Mexico but also holds occasional shows in Japan . History . During his time working for World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) in the United States Japanese wrestler Último Dragón decided to open up a wrestling school in Naucalpan , Mexico to give Japanese hopefuls the chance to learn the Mexican lucha libre style like Dragón had . The wrestling school operated after the same principles of a university , divided into classes with several terms where wrestlers would " graduate " ( debut ) at the same time . the Ultimo Dragon Gym ' s first graduating term consistede of CIMA , Don Fujii , Dragon Kid , Magnum Tokyo and SUWA who collectively became known as " Toryumon Japan " ( a name that would be used for the first four terms ) . Toryumon promoted their first show on May 11 , 1997 in Naucalpan , Mexico on a show that was co - promoted with International Wrestling Revolution Group ( IWRG ) . Toryumon and IWRG would co - promote shows in Japan from 1997 until 2001 , allowing the Ultimo Dragon Gym graduates to work on IWRG shows and even saw several graduates wrestlers win IWRG Championship . Through his contacts with WCW Último Dragón also arranged for some of his first term graduates to wrestle on World Championship Wrestling shows . On January 1 , 1999 Toryumon held its first show in Japan and from that point forward began promoting regular shows in Japan . Toryumon ' s combination of traditional Japanese Puroresu , Mexican Lucha Libre and elements of Sports Entertainment that Último Dragón had observed while working for WCW such as outside interference and referee ' s being knocked out , something that at the time was not traditionally used in Japanese wrestling . The second class of Último Dragón Gym graduates began their own promotion , called the Toryumon 2000 Project , or T2P for short . The T2P promotion debuted on November 13 , 2001 and became known for their use of the six - sided wrestling ring , the first promotion to regularly use such a ring shape . T2P wrestlers primarily used a submission based style called " Llave " ( Spanish for " Key " the lucha libre term for submission locks ) . T2P ran until January 27 , 2003 when the roster was absorbed into Toryumon . The third graduating class was known as " Toryumon X " and like T2P also started their own promotion under their class name . Toryumon X made its debut on August 22 , 2003 and lasted until early 2004 . Último Dragón had been forced to retire from active competition in 1998 after a mistake during an elbow surgery that casued nerve damage . In 2001 Dragón had another round of surgery on his elbow , restoring the mobility and feeling that the original operation had robbed him off . Following his rehabilitation Último Dragón made his return to active wrestling on a Toryumon / T2P co - promoted Pay - Per - View on September 8 , 2002 . In the following months Dragón wrestled regularly for Toryumon and various companies around the world . Because of his active scheduled Último Dragón stepped down as the director of Toryumon leaving the job to Takashi Okamura . Okamura handled the job while Dragón began working full - time for World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) in the United States . After his run with WWE ended Dragón returned to Japan and announced that he was leaving Toryumon and taking all the trademarks he owned with him . Toryumon Japan changed its name to Dragon Gate as a result of this , continuing the traditions of Toryumon Japan including references to Último Dragón . Since the break Toryumon has primarily promoted shows in Mexico , featuring students trained by Dragón and Jorge " Skayde " Rivera and a number of wrestlers from various Mexican and American promotions . In Japan a group of remaining Toryumon students , including ousted members of Dragon Gate , joined with the internet - firm Livedoor to create the promotion dragondoor , a promotion that only ran six shows . The group launched another wrestling venture in 2006 called El Dorado : Next Door Project . Shows and events . Toryumon Japan ran a series of PPVs under the names " Vamonos Amigos " ( " Let ' s go pal " in Spanish ) and " Revolucion " ( " Revolution " ) as well as an annual anniversary show . They also held an annual " Numero Uno " League that became one of the highlights of the promotional year . Since the split in 2004 Toryumon has not promoted any major shows or PPVs , focusing their promotional efforts on Toryumon Mexico . In Mexico Dragón promotes an annual DragonMania show , with the last being DragonMania IV held on August 22 , 2009 . Championships promoted . Before the Dragon Gate split in 2004 Toryumon Japan promoted a series of championships , only one of which originated in the promotion , Último Dragón Gym Championship , the rest were either bought from its previous owner or acquired after promotions closed . When the promotion turned to Dragon Gate all its championships were vacated , leaving only the Toryumon Mexico promoted titles . Annual tournaments . Young Dragons Cup . Every year Toryumon Mexico holds the Young Dragons Cup , an annual tournament that began in 1997 . The tournament is used to showcas Dragon Gym students . Originally it was a traditional single - elimination tournament , in 2006 it was changed into a " torneo cibernetico " and has had that format ever since . Rocky Romero , Kota Ibushi , Ryuji Yamaguchi and Trauma II are the only tournament winners who were not actually trained by Último Dragón . Yamaha Cup . Toryumon Mexico holds the Yamaha Cup about once a year , although there have been years without a Cup . The Yamaha Cup is a tag team tournament that features a mixture of Último Dragón trainees and a combination of wrestlers from the Mexican Independent circuit , IWRG and Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre ( CMLL ) .