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Kung Fu Masters came about when Jason Lee and Ho Ho Lun, themselves Hong Kong born wrestlers, joined the promotion full-time and decided to work together to acheive greatness; gathering a number of chinese based (or at least inspired) wrestlers to join the cause. Their Leader is '''Jason Lee''', and their faction colors are Red and Black.

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Kung Fu Masters came about when Jason Lee and Ho Ho Lun, themselves Hong Kong born wrestlers, joined the promotion full-time and decided to work together to acheive achieve greatness; gathering a number of chinese Chinese based (or at least inspired) wrestlers to join the cause. Their Leader is '''Jason Lee''', and their faction colors are Red and Black.

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!! Real Extreme Diffusion - R.E.D.
Built from the remains of the faction [=VerserK=] and the failed faction [=ANTIAS=], R.E.D. is currently one of the youngest, and more successful factions in Dragon Gate simply through their sheer ferocity and treachery. Their leader is '''Eita'''. Their faction color should be fairly obvious. They were the only faction to survive the re-structuring, largely by creating their own problem in the Dragon Gate and Toryumon Generation factions in picking up BxB Hulk, and starting a feud with Ultimo Dragon.

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!! Real Extreme Diffusion - R.E.D.
Built
Z-Brats
A vicious group born
from the remains demise of the faction [=VerserK=] and the failed faction [=ANTIAS=], R.E.D. is currently one faction, Z-Brats featured most if not all of R.E.D.'s talent minus it's former leader, who was banished by [=KAI=] in 2022. The group initially fell pretty flat due to a lack of direction, but [=KAI=] was crafty, and quickly got the youngest, and more successful factions in group to hold just about every title Dragon Gate simply through has to offer. However, throughout the following year, while remaining the team to beat, they received a number of mortal wounds just as fans began to come around on their sheer ferocity and treachery. Their leader is '''Eita'''. ruthless antics. Their faction color should be fairly obvious. They were the only faction to survive the re-structuring, largely by creating colors are Black and Yellow, and their own problem in the Dragon Gate and Toryumon Generation factions in picking up BxB Hulk, and starting a feud with Ultimo Dragon.
leader is '''[=KAI=]'''.



!! Masquerade
Masquerade was formed in the waning days of the 2019 Generation War, as Shun Skywalker returned from excursion in Japan to poach several members from the Dragon Gate Generation stable, and announced formally the creation of Masquerade, based on the Carnival of Venice, with each member coming to the ring with a special carnival mask. They quickly got involved with R.E.D., and as of May 2021, hold both the Open the Dream Gate title and the Open the Triangle Gate title, both of whom they ripped from R.E.D.'s clutches. Their leader is ''Shun Skywalker'', and their faction color is Purple.

!! High-End
High-End was formed in the wake of the Generation War, where YAMATO and Ben-K split the Dragon Gate Generation stable amicably. However, after a match with Dragon Kid, YAMATO was reminded he had exceptionally few allies in the war against R.E.D., but was impressed enough with him to shack up with him in order to properly avenge Toryumon Generation. They have since added Ben-K and Keisuke Okuda to their ranks, and while one of the smaller Units Dragon Gate has ever seen, they are among the most skilled. Their leader is ''YAMATO'', and their faction color is White.

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!! Masquerade
Masquerade was formed in the waning days
Gold Class
A group of pretty boys and pompous dilatants
of the 2019 Generation War, as Shun Skywalker returned from excursion in Japan ring, who expressly were put together to poach several members from the reclaim Dragon Gate Generation stable, and announced formally the creation of Masquerade, based on the Carnival of Venice, with each member coming to the ring with a special carnival mask. They Gate's female demographic, but quickly got involved became a group of delightfully egomaniacal and good looking followers of their "Prince", complete with R.E.D., and as of May 2021, hold both golden roses in the Open mouths of every member for the Dream Gate title and women in the Open the Triangle Gate title, both of whom they ripped from R.E.D.'s clutches. audience. Their leader is ''Shun Skywalker'', Kota Minoura, and their faction color is Purple.

colors are Gold.

!! High-End
High-End was formed in
Kung Fu Masters
Kung Fu Masters came about when Jason Lee and Ho Ho Lun, themselves Hong Kong born wrestlers, joined
the wake promotion full-time and decided to work together to acheive greatness; gathering a number of chinese based (or at least inspired) wrestlers to join the Generation War, where YAMATO and Ben-K split the Dragon Gate Generation stable amicably. However, after a match with Dragon Kid, YAMATO was reminded he had exceptionally few allies in the war against R.E.D., but was impressed enough with him to shack up with him in order to properly avenge Toryumon Generation. They have since added Ben-K and Keisuke Okuda to their ranks, and while one of the smaller Units Dragon Gate has ever seen, they are among the most skilled. cause. Their leader Leader is ''YAMATO'', '''Jason Lee''', and their faction color colors are Red and Black.

!!M3k
A sort of tribute-act to the original M2k, with several of the original wrestlers joining together to recapture the old magic. Their leader
is White.
'''Masaaki Mochizuki''', and their faction colors are Purple and Orange.

!!D'Courage
D'Courage is unique in that it actually came out of a feud between the two men who lead it; Dragon Dia and Yuki Yoshioka, who were in a heated feud through most of 2020, and Dia won a match to force Yoshioka to unmask. While their battle was fierce, a respect and bond formed between them, and they decided to become a tag team together, rapidly capturing the Open The Twin Gate belts, and have taken a pair of younger wrestlers under their wings to try and build new successes. Their faction colors are Pink and Blue, and their leaders are Dragon Dia and Yuki Yoshioka.


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!! Masquerade
Masquerade was formed in the waning days of the 2019 Generation War, as Shun Skywalker returned from excursion in Japan to poach several members from the Dragon Gate Generation stable, and announced formally the creation of Masquerade, based on the Carnival of Venice, with each member coming to the ring with a special carnival mask. They quickly got involved with R.E.D., and as of May 2021, hold both the Open the Dream Gate title and the Open the Triangle Gate title, both of whom they ripped from R.E.D.'s clutches. Their leader is ''Shun Skywalker'', and their faction color is Purple. The faction disintegrated after tension within the group exploded and Skywalker was banished by his own team, and Kota Minoura went on to form Gold Class.


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!! High-End
High-End was formed in the wake of the Generation War, where YAMATO and Ben-K split the Dragon Gate Generation stable amicably. However, after a match with Dragon Kid, YAMATO was reminded he had exceptionally few allies in the war against R.E.D., but was impressed enough with him to shack up with him in order to properly avenge Toryumon Generation. They have since added Ben-K and Keisuke Okuda to their ranks, and while one of the smaller Units Dragon Gate has ever seen, they are among the most skilled. Their leader is ''YAMATO'', and their faction color is White.


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!! Real Extreme Diffusion - R.E.D.
Built from the remains of the faction [=VerserK=] and the failed faction [=ANTIAS=], R.E.D. is currently one of the youngest, and more successful factions in Dragon Gate simply through their sheer ferocity and treachery. Their leader is '''Eita'''. Their faction color should be fairly obvious. They were the only faction to survive the re-structuring, largely by creating their own problem in the Dragon Gate and Toryumon Generation factions in picking up BxB Hulk, and starting a feud with Ultimo Dragon. R.E.D. finally met it's end internally, as Eita was banished by the group, and was re-organized as Z-Brats.
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The promotion was created in 2004 when the Japanese branch of Wrestling/UltimoDragon's Wrestling/{{Toryumon}} dissociated itself from him. As Dragón took the Torymon trademark with him, the company renamed to [[ShapedLikeItself Dragon Gate]][[note]]Toryumon roughly translates to "climbing up dragon gate"[[/note]]. It continued to produce young wrestlers from a dojo who would form a significant part of the roster (and in many cases, push the older Toryumon guys to the background), but it ended the isolationism. Dragon Gate has since become a visiting grounds for many an American wrestler in Japan.

In 2006, Dragon Gate sent six of their wrestlers - Wrestling/{{CIMA}}, Masato Yoshino, Naruki Doi, Ryo Saito, Dragon Kid, and Genki Horiguchi - to Wrestling/RingOfHonor. The match, a six man tag team battle pitting the first three named against the last three, obtained the coveted Five Star Match rating, and exposed Dragon Gate to an American audience.

The federation expanded fully into the American market with Dragon Gate USA. Initially it featured about 2/3rds of the regular DG roster and many big name indy wrestlers from America. There has been significant interpromotion with Wrestling/{{CHIKARA}}. Although the promotion became Dragon Gate {{in name only}} when the last of the Dragon Gate wrestlers had been fazed out by 2014 and eventually came to the point of being entirely absorbed by EVOLVE before the USA titles, [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/dg/dg-fg.html Open The Freedom Gate]] and [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/dg/dg-ug.html Open The United Gate]], were retired.

2019 was a specially notable year for the promotion, as it changed its legendary red and black logo by a pink and white one and, in a move that had appeared impossible for fifteen years, Último Dragón reconciled with his students and joined the Dragon Gate roster.

As of April 2009, Dragon Gate recognizes and books the following titles.

* [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/dg/dg-s.html Open the Dream Gate]] - Yamato - since August 01, 2021
* [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/dg/dg-bg.html Open the Brave Gate]] - Vacant - since August 09, 2021
* [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/dg/dg-6.html Open the Triangle Gate]] - Masquerade (Dragon Dia, Jason Lee & Estrella) - since May 5, 2021
* [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/dg/dg-t.html Open the Twin Gate]] - Natural Vibes (Susumu Yokosuka & King Shimizu) - since July 31st, 2021

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The promotion was created in 2004 when the Japanese branch of Wrestling/UltimoDragon's Wrestling/{{Toryumon}} dissociated itself from him. As Dragón took the Torymon trademark with him, the company renamed to [[ShapedLikeItself Dragon Gate]][[note]]Toryumon roughly translates to "climbing up dragon gate"[[/note]]. It continued to produce young wrestlers from a dojo who would form a significant part of the roster (and in many cases, push the older Toryumon guys to the background), but it ended the isolationism. Dragon Gate has since become a visiting grounds ground for many an American wrestler wrestlers in Japan.

In 2006, Dragon Gate sent six of their wrestlers - Wrestling/{{CIMA}}, Masato Yoshino, Naruki Doi, Ryo Saito, Dragon Kid, and Genki Horiguchi - to Wrestling/RingOfHonor. The match, a six man six-man tag team battle pitting the first three named against the last three, obtained the coveted Five Star Match rating, rating and exposed Dragon Gate to an American audience.

The federation expanded fully into the American market with Dragon Gate USA. Initially Initially, it featured about 2/3rds of the regular DG roster and many big name big-name indy wrestlers from America. There has been significant interpromotion with Wrestling/{{CHIKARA}}. Although the promotion became Dragon Gate {{in name only}} when the last of the Dragon Gate wrestlers had been fazed out by 2014 and eventually came to the point of being entirely absorbed by EVOLVE before the USA titles, [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/dg/dg-fg.html Open The Freedom Gate]] and [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/dg/dg-ug.html Open The United Gate]], were retired.

2019 was a specially notable year for the promotion, as it changed its legendary red and black logo by to a pink and white one and, in a move that had appeared impossible for fifteen years, Último Dragón reconciled with his students and joined the Dragon Gate roster.

As of April 2009, Dragon Gate recognizes and books the following titles.

* [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/dg/dg-s.html Open the Dream Gate]] - Yamato Madoka Kikuta - since August 01, 2021
May 5, 2023
* [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/dg/dg-bg.html Open the Brave Gate]] - Vacant Jason Lee - since August 09, 2021
March 5, 2023
* [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/dg/dg-6.html Open the Triangle Gate]] - Masquerade (Dragon Dia, Jason Lee Gold Class (Kota Minoura, Ben-K & Estrella) BxB Hulk) - since May 5, 2021
January 22, 2023
* [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/dg/dg-t.html Open the Twin Gate]] - Natural Vibes (Susumu Yokosuka & King Shimizu) KONGOH (Kenoh, Shuji Kondo) - since July 31st, 2021April 4, 2023



As a promotion, Dragon Gate has a few quirks. Most notably pretty-boys make up [[CastFullOfPrettyBoys roughly 95% of the roster]]. For probably related reasons it also has a proportionally large female fanbase, and panders to it by repeatedly decreasing the size of the wrestlers outfits. It is also a great source of newly invented moves, making it wrestling's premier example of the LensmanArmsRace. Matches generally end with full on barrages of these newly invented moves, which causes a lot of non-DG wrestlers to dislike and resent the promotion. [[note]]For one thing, it's considered bad WrestlingPsychology - these finisher barrages usually ignore everything that happened prior to the match. They also desensitize the fans, who require longer and more intense finisher barrages to get them on their feet. And, they devalue the moves themselves - a finisher isn't much of a finisher if it takes 5 of them to keep a guy down.[[/note]]

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As a promotion, Dragon Gate has a few quirks. Most notably pretty-boys pretty boys make up [[CastFullOfPrettyBoys roughly 95% of the roster]]. For probably related reasons it also has a proportionally large female fanbase, and panders to it by repeatedly decreasing the size of the wrestlers outfits. It is also a great source of newly invented moves, making it wrestling's premier example of the LensmanArmsRace. Matches generally end with full on full-on barrages of these newly invented moves, which causes a lot of non-DG wrestlers to dislike and resent the promotion. [[note]]For one thing, it's considered bad WrestlingPsychology - these finisher barrages usually ignore everything that happened prior to the match. They also desensitize the fans, who require longer and more intense finisher barrages to get them on their feet. And, they devalue the moves themselves - a finisher isn't much of a finisher if it takes 5 of them to keep a guy down.[[/note]]
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* IHaveTheHighGround: Besides Sydal, AR Fox really stands out here, as he jumps on a lot of things. Ricochet is among the first wrestlers with a documented two full rotation moonsault. Rich Swann and Uhaa Nation [[InASingleBound don't need the high ground.]] CIMA used to be a high flier but became less of one as time went on.
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* TheCheerleader: AvertedTrope. All the wrestlers were provided two cheerleaders during the WWN China tour. Cheerleaders who were actually sweet and there to get pops, even for the heels.
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Another one of the original Toryumon stables. Masaaki Mochizuki was floundering in the upper card when two young upstarts named Susumu Mochizuki (no relation to Masaaki) and Yasushi Kanda returned from having trained in Mexico. The three of them chose the name '[=M2K=]' based on their last names, and proceeded to run roughshod over the promotion. They weren't just out to win matches but tried to actively ruin events - one of their favorite things to do was try to force tournaments to end in double-countout finishes. They added Darkness Dragon and Genki Horiguchi to the stable.

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Another one of the original Toryumon stables. Masaaki Mochizuki was floundering in the upper card when two young upstarts named Susumu Mochizuki (no relation to Masaaki) and Yasushi Kanda returned from having trained in Mexico. The three of them chose the name '[=M2K=]' based on their last names, and proceeded to run roughshod over the promotion. They weren't just out to win matches but tried to actively ruin events - one of their favorite things to do was try to force tournaments to end in double-countout finishes. They added Darkness Dragon and Genki Horiguchi to the stable.stable. They also added Chocoball KOBE to the stable and, after he failed to perform, replaced him with Genki Horiguchi.
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* EverythingIsBetterWithMonkeys: Cyber Kong and APE Kimata
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* DreadlockWarrior: Delirious and Cyber Kong have tassels hanging off their masks to invoke it, while brother YASSHI has the real things and further invokes it with braids, [[BadassBeard including some in his beard]].

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* DreadlockWarrior: Delirious and Cyber Kong have tassels hanging off their masks to invoke it, while brother YASSHI has the real things and further invokes it with braids, [[BadassBeard including some in his beard]].beard.
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Cut as per TRS


* AlohaHawaii: The ''Monday Aloha Night'' event with Action Zone Wrestling in 2008
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* [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/dg/dg-s.html Open the Dream Gate]] - Naruki Doi - since December 15, 2019
* [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/dg/dg-bg.html Open the Brave Gate]] - Kaito Ishida - since November 04, 2019
* [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/dg/dg-6.html Open the Triangle Gate]] - Ben-K, Strong Machine J & Dragon Dia - since February 29, 2020
* [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/dg/dg-t.html Open the Twin Gate]] - [=BxB Hulk=] & KAZMA SAKAMOTO - since January 15, 2020

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* [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/dg/dg-s.html Open the Dream Gate]] - Naruki Doi Yamato - since December 15, 2019
August 01, 2021
* [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/dg/dg-bg.html Open the Brave Gate]] - Kaito Ishida Vacant - since November 04, 2019
August 09, 2021
* [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/dg/dg-6.html Open the Triangle Gate]] - Ben-K, Strong Machine J Masquerade (Dragon Dia, Jason Lee & Dragon Dia Estrella) - since February 29, 2020
May 5, 2021
* [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/dg/dg-t.html Open the Twin Gate]] - [=BxB Hulk=] Natural Vibes (Susumu Yokosuka & KAZMA SAKAMOTO King Shimizu) - since January 15, 2020July 31st, 2021

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