{"id":110338,"date":"2022-02-19T18:53:45","date_gmt":"2022-02-19T23:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=110338"},"modified":"2022-02-19T18:55:07","modified_gmt":"2022-02-19T23:55:07","slug":"open-the-triangle-gate-championship-tournament-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2022\/02\/19\/open-the-triangle-gate-championship-tournament-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: Dragon Gate &#8211; Open The Triangle Gate Championship One-Day Tournament (2\/20\/22)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Dragon Gate Pro Wrestling<\/strong> will be holding two sets of shows at Acros Fukuoka where there will be a one-day tournament for the vacant Open The Triangle Gate Championship. The belts were vacated when the former <strong>R.E.D.<\/strong> seemingly imploded and the belts were held up. In this piece, we will take a look at every team involved and analyze them. From there, we will piece together who will emerge from Fukuoka opening the Triangle Gate.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u30102.20 \u30a2\u30af\u30ed\u30b9\u798f\u5ca1\u663c\u591c\u5927\u4f1a \u76f4\u524d\u60c5\u5831\u3011<\/p>\n<p>\u663c\u306e\u90e812:00\u958b\u5834\/13:00\u8a66\u5408\u958b\u59cb<br \/>\u591c\u306e\u90e816:00\u958b\u5834\/17:00\u8a66\u5408\u958b\u59cb<br \/>\u21d2<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bCKMlaTUUG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/bCKMlaTUUG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u25cf\u5927\u4f1a\u306b\u95a2\u3059\u308b\u304a\u554f\u3044\u5408\u308f\u305b<br \/>ticket-info@dg-pro.jp<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TruthGate2022?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#TruthGate2022<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FinalBurstOut?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#FinalBurstOut<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DRAGONGATE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#DRAGONGATE<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ProWrestling?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#ProWrestling<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/46JxVwH1je\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/46JxVwH1je<\/a>\u2605 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4DQyCW4WIB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/4DQyCW4WIB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; DRAGONGATE (@dragongate_pro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dragongate_pro\/status\/1495051060976644097?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 19, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Open the Triangle Gate Championship Tournament Competitors<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Dragon Gate Future (The Iihashi Brothers and Takuma Fujiwara)<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Once General Manager <strong>Ryo Saito<\/strong> announced there would be representatives from <strong>Dragon Gate Future<\/strong> in this tournament, fans began to speculate. The <strong>Iihashi Brothers<\/strong> seemed like no-brainers, as they\u2019re Japan\u2019s first purebred pro wrestlers. Both their dad and mom were pro wrestlers. The question mark is who would join them, as this is a rather big position for rookies. <strong>Takuma Fujiwara<\/strong>, who had previous training in the <strong>Michinoku Pro Wrestling<\/strong> dojo, got the nod.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">This not only shows big trust from higher-ups but shows that these three rookies are head and shoulders above the rest. While it would be easy to assume they\u2019re here to lose, these three rookies are more than ready if the opportunity to cause a shocking moment presented itself. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Natural Vibes (KZY, U-T, and Jacky \u2018Funky\u2019 Kamei) <\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The team representing <strong>Natural Vibes<\/strong> will be leader <strong>KZY<\/strong>, <strong>U-T<\/strong>, and <strong>Jacky \u2018Funky\u2019 Kamei<\/strong>. KZY has had the Open the Triangle Gate titles on 6 occasions and U-T held the titles one time with Eita and T-Hawk early on in his career. KZY and U-T have tried for this belt within the past few months, as they tried with <strong>BIG BOSS Shimizu<\/strong>. However, they ultimately failed. Now, they try with Kamei hoping to bring the gold back to Natural Vibes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Not only that, but this would build momentum for KZY and U-T\u2019s challenge of the <strong>Ryukyu Dragon Pro Wrestling<\/strong> Tag Team Championship next month. Kamei is aiming for his first belt, so with all things considered, Natural Vibes will be going all out in this tournament. <strong>YAMATO<\/strong> and <strong>Shun Skywalker<\/strong> have questioned their desires to be champions, so maybe this will light a fire under the three.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Z-Brats (H\u2022Y\u2022O, Shun Skywalker, and BxB Hulk)<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Dragon Gate\u2019s newest unit <strong>Z-Brats<\/strong> are represented by <strong>H\u2022Y\u2022O<\/strong>, Shun Skywalker, and <strong>BxB Hulk<\/strong>. H\u2022Y\u2022O was part of the former champion team before the belts were vacated, and Skywalker was apart of the team they won it from. Thus, this team is a dangerous threat when it comes to recent history within the Triangle Gate division. Also, one can&#8217;t discredit the eight reigns as Triangle Gate titleholder that BxB Hulk has under his belt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">This is one of the strongest trios possible in current Dragon Gate. H\u2022Y\u2022O and Shun Skywalker are dojo mates, so they have a chemistry that\u2019s second to none. One must also consider the teamwork Hulk and Skywalker have shown since the new unit has started, as this made them a team to keep an eye on. When it\u2019s all said and done, this will be a hard team to keep away from the triangle gate belts.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">HIGH-END (YAMATO, Ben-K, and Dragon Kid)<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">This is the most decorated Triangle Gate team in this entire field and perhaps the odds on favorites. <strong>Ben-K<\/strong> is a former two-time Triangle Gate Champion. YAMATO is a former five-time Triangle Gate Champion. <strong>Dragon Kid<\/strong> rounds out the team at eight Triangle Gate title reigns. YAMATO is fresh off a reign as Open the Dream Gate Champion, so he is ready to get back into the title hunt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">YAMATO now has that chance with two men who attempted to take the Triangle Gate belts last year but failed. This is the strongest possible trio from the HIGH-END unit, so if they\u2019re all in peak form, it might spell trouble for the other teams involved.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Open the Triangle Gate Championship Tournament <\/strong><span class=\"s1\">Prediction <\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Despite the HIGH-END team being incredibly stacked, and both the Future and Vibes teams posing great threats, Z-Brats is the new top heel unit, and they\u2019re looking pretty weak right now outside of <strong>KAI<\/strong> as the top dog in Dragon Gate. All signs point to Z-Brats emerging victorious and getting on a roll. However, there might be a certain numero uno they need to keep their eyes on.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em><span class=\"s1\">Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world. Looking to watch Dragon Gate? All their live shows will be on their steaming service\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dragongate.live\/?param=\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dragon Gate Network<\/a>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dragon Gate Pro Wrestling will be holding two sets of shows at Acros Fukuoka where there will be a one-day tournament for the vacant Open The Triangle Gate Championship. The belts were vacated when the former R.E.D. seemingly imploded and the belts were held up. In this piece, we will take a look at every [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3712,"featured_media":110341,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6701,13,6975,2192],"tags":[5453,7010,3762,8198,4735,7135,7278,7008,7109,1394],"class_list":["post-110338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dragon-gate","category-international","category-international-wrestling","category-wrestling","tag-ben-k","tag-bxb-hulk","tag-dragon-kid","tag-hyo","tag-kzy","tag-natural-vibes","tag-open-the-triangle-gate-championship","tag-shun-skywalker","tag-u-t","tag-yamato"],"modified_by":"Robbie Sutter","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3712"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}