Open The Dream Gate Championship

The **Open The Dream Gate Championship** is the top singles championship in Dragon Gate. It is the successor to the Ultimo Dragon Gym Championship from Toryumon Japan, which had been discontinued as a result of the split from Toryumon. Being the last Ultimo Dragon Gym Champion, CIMA was named the first Dream Gate Champion.

## Overview

The belt itself is rather unique. The name of the champion is engraved onto a plate, which is then placed on the face of the belt and protected by a locked gate. For a competitor to be a challenger for the title, he must secure a Challenger's Key. If the champion successfully defends the title, the loser's key is added to the belt as a trophy. If the challenger wins the title, the key will unlock the gate, allowing him to replace the old nameplate with his own.

Each champion can devise their own method for how one can secure a Challenger's Key. Most of the time, these are done through the creation of matches, like in CIMA's third reign by holding battle royal matches dubbed CIMA Royale. Other times, there are different methods, such as when Masato Yoshino used a lottery system to determine his next challenger. Sometimes, the winner of the King of Gate tournament will be granted a Challenger's Key as proof of their being the strongest competitor over the previous one year period.

Since its inception, Dream Gate has not only be defended in every Kobe World Hall pay-per-view event, but it has also been placed indefinitely as the show's main event. A slight exception was made in 2006 when a No Rope Bonus Match took place after the Dream Gate match, and while it appeared to have aired on pay-per-view it was officially considered a post-show dark match.

In 2013, then-champion CIMA vowed to defend the belt once every month so long as he remained champion. Though his reign ended in July, the concept remained with the addition of the belt being defended on every show at Korakuen Hall. This is even if it had already been defended on another show during the month, such as Masato Yoshino defending on November 3 as part of the Gate of Destiny pay-per-view and then the belt being defended four days later at Korakuen Hall and also in 2017 YAMATO defended the title in 5-Way Survival Steel Cage match at the Dead or Alive against Shingo Takagi, BxB Hulk, Cyber Kong and Naruki Doi. The original title belt was lost following 2015 Kobe Pro Wrestling Festival on July 20, forcing the promotion to create a new belt, which debuted on August 16, 2015. YAMATO, Shingo Takagi and Masato Yoshino share the most reigns as champions with 4 reigns. On December 4, 2018, PAC became the second *gaijin*, and the first British Open The Dream Gate Champion.

On February 24, Naruki Doi revealed on *Twitter* that a new version of the Open The Dream Gate Championship, with the new logo of the promotion would be unveiled on March 1 before his match against Susumu Yokosuka. On March 1, Doi defeated Yokosuka to retain the title, while also receiving the new belt.

## Gallery

* Gallery
* Dream Keys
* Defenses
* Champions

CIMA the first champion with the original title beltOriginal belt design with Challenger KeySecond belt designNameplate unlockedNameplate unlocked with CIMA nameplateNameplate unlocked with Ricochet nameplateOld belt with the nameplate unlocked with Jushin Liger nameplatePost Match respect between champion Magnitude Kishiwada and challanger Anthony W.MoriPost Match respect between champion Shingo Takagi and former champion CIMARicochet, the first *Gaijin* to win the championContract signing between champion BxB Hulk and challengers Naruki Doi, Cyber Kong, Kzy and Mondai RyuPost Match respect between champion YAMATO and challanger Akira TozawaNaruki Doi as the provisional championContract signing between champion YAMATO and challanger Naruki DoiContract signing between champion YAMATO and challanger Akira TozawaContract signing between champion YAMATO and challanger T-HawkContract signing between champion YAMATO and challanger Masaaki MochizukiContract signing between champion Masaaki Mochizuki and challanger Ben-KContract signing between the champion PAC and challenger Ben-K

First Dream key designSecond Dream key designThird Dream key design

Magnitude Kishiwada vs. Anthony W. Mori - February 11, 2005Masaaki Mochizuki vs. Don Fujii - May 11, 2005Susumu Yokosuka vs. Dragon Kid - July 2, 2006CIMA vs Jushin Thunder Liger - July 1, 2007Masato Yoshino vs. CIMA - March 20, 2008Naruki Doi vs Shingo Takagi - December 28, 2008Naruki Doi vs. Akebono - May 5, 2009CIMA vs. Naruki Doi - July 19, 2009Masato Yoshino vs. Masaaki Mochizuki - April 14, 2011Masaaki Mochizuki vs. YAMATO - May 5, 2011Masaaki Mochizuki vs. BxB Hulk - July 17, 2011YAMATO vs. CIMA - August 22, 2012Naruki Doi vs. CIMA - September 23, 2012CIMA vs. Akira Tozawa - May 5, 2013Shingo Takagi vs. YAMATO - August 23, 2013YAMATO vs Ryo "Jimmy" Saito - September 12, 2013YAMATO vs. Masato Yoshino - October 10, 2013Masato Yoshino vs T-Hawk - November 7, 2013Masaaki Mochizuki vs. Masato Yoshino - January 16, 2014Ricochet vs Masato Yoshino - March 2, 2014Ricochet vs. Uhaa Nation - March 6, 2014YAMATO vs. Ricochet - May 5, 2014BxB Hulk vs YAMATO - July 20, 2014BxB Hulk vs MAD BLANKEY (Cyber Kong, Kzy, Mondai Ryu and Naruki Doi) - August 5, 2014Naruki Doi vs BxB Hulk - August 17, 2014BxB Hulk vs. Shingo Takagi - December 28, 2014Masato Yoshino vs T-Hawk - July 20, 2015Masato Yoshino vs Shingo Takagi - August 16, 2015Shingo Takagi vs. YAMATO - July 24, 2016BxB Hulk vs YAMATO - February 2, 2017YAMATO vs Cyber Kong - March 5, 2017YAMATO vs. T-Hawk - July 23, 2017Masaaki Mochizuki vs. YAMATO - September 18, 2017Susumu Yokosuka vs. Masaaki Mochizuki - November 3, 2017Ryo Saito vs. Masaaki Mochizuki - December 23, 2017Kzy vs. Masaaki Mochizuki - February 7, 2018Shingo Takagi vs. Masato Yoshino - July 22, 2018Takashi Yoshida vs. Masato Yoshino - September 9, 2018Naruki Doi vs. Masato Yoshino - September 24, 2018Ben-K vs. Masato Yoshino - November 4, 2018PAC vs. Masato Yoshino - December 4, 2018Kzy vs. PAC - February 10, 2019Shun Skywalker vs. PAC - March 3, 2019Dragon Kid vs. PAC - May 6, 2019PAC vs. Ben-K - July 21, 2019Ben-K vs. YAMATO - August 24, 2019Ben-K vs. Masaaki Mochizuki - October 8, 2019Masato Yoshino vs. Ben-K - November 4, 2019Eita vs. Shun Skywalker - November 15, 2020BxB Hulk vs. YAMATO - November 3, 2021

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