{"id":88848,"date":"2021-04-08T15:00:37","date_gmt":"2021-04-08T19:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=88848"},"modified":"2021-04-08T11:58:27","modified_gmt":"2021-04-08T15:58:27","slug":"dragon-gate-the-gate-of-passion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/04\/08\/dragon-gate-the-gate-of-passion\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: Dragon Gate The Gate Of Passion 2021(04\/09\/21)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Dragon Gate Pro Wrestling<\/strong> will be holding <em>The Gate Of Passion 2021<\/em> in Korakuen Hall on April 9, 2021. This is the first event streamed since the big <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/03\/26\/dragon-gate-memorial-gate-2021\/\" target=\"_self\"><em>Memorial Gate 2021<\/em><\/a> show. With two featured bouts and endless possibilities due to big things usually taking place in Korakuen Hall this should prove to be a newsworthy show. Here is the Gate Of Passion card.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Gate of Passion 2021 Undercard:<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\"><strong>Susumu Yokosuka<\/strong> and <strong>U-T<\/strong> vs <strong>Shun Skywalker<\/strong> and <strong>Jason Lee<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\"><strong>Ultimo Dragon<\/strong> and <strong>Kenichiro Arai<\/strong> vs <strong>Punch Tominaga<\/strong> and <strong>Ryo Saito<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\"><strong>Masaaki Mochizuki<\/strong>, <strong>Takashi Yoshida<\/strong>, <strong>Don Fuji<\/strong>, and <strong>Gamma<\/strong> vs <strong>BxB Hulk<\/strong>, <strong>Kaito Ishida<\/strong>, <strong>H\u2022Y\u2022O<\/strong>, and <strong>KAZMA Sakamoto<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\"><strong>KZY<\/strong>, <strong>Genki Horiguchi<\/strong>, and <strong>Dance Hashimoto<\/strong>(<strong>KAGETORA<\/strong>) vs <strong>Yasushi Kanda<\/strong>, <strong>Keisuke Okuda<\/strong>, and <strong>Ben-K<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">M\u00e1scara Contra M\u00e1scara: Diamant\u00e9 vs Bokutimo Dragon<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Bokutimo Dragon<\/strong> first appeared at the tail end of last year, and has been quite the fan-favorite. Dawning a blue Ultimo Dragon tribute gear complete with a mask he was a departure from the Big R. Shimizu of old. His mask wasn\u2019t a big deal to many until he ran into the Mexican Monster of <strong>R.E.D<\/strong>., <strong>Diamant\u00e9<\/strong>. Who just so happens to wear a mask being a luchador. After a victory over Bokutimo Dragon, Diamant\u00e9 first stated he wanted a M\u00e1scara Contra M\u00e1scara(Mask vs Mask) match.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Bokutimo doesn\u2019t speak Spanish, so he asked Ultimo Dragon to translate for him and Ultimo explained the proposition to him. He eventually agreed, and they\u2019ve been at each other\u2019s throats ever since. The weird thing is we know that Bokutimo Dragon is <strong>Boku R Shimizu<\/strong>, but is there a world they ignore that and unmask Diamant\u00e9? It\u2019ll be very intriguing to see what approach they take.\u00a0 We could also see Shimizu&#8217;s comedy run come to an end.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Change To The Main Event:<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>HipHop Kikuta<\/strong> was originally supposed to team with <strong>KAI<\/strong> and <strong>SBKENTo<\/strong> in the main event. However, he was in close contact with the trainee who tested positive for COVID-19. So <strong>Eita<\/strong> will replace him, and he will take a precautionary quarantine.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Naruki Doi\u2019s Return Match: Eita, SBKENTo, and KAI vs Naruki Doi, YAMATO, and Dragon Kid<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/04\/08\/naruki-doi-dragon-gate\/\" target=\"_self\"><strong>Naruki Doi<\/strong> <\/a>has been out of action most of the year, as he decided to get surgery on a nagging injury he suffered last year. He made his first appearance since then at a recent Korakuen when R.E.D. set their sights on <strong>Masato Yoshino<\/strong>. Yoshino\u2019s long-time tag partner Doi hit the ring. Doi stated that Dragon Gate has been boring, and has been missing him before announcing he would make his in-ring return at the Gate Of Passion 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>YAMATO<\/strong> and <strong>Dragon Kid<\/strong> offered their services for his return match against R.E.D. Doi accepted, and the match was made. Something is definitely going to happen after this match. Many speculate Doi moving to <strong>HIGH-END<\/strong>. However, it\u2019s very possible Naruki Doi decides to lead his own unit. Only time will tell.<\/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<p class=\"p1\"><em><span class=\"s1\">Looking to talk wrestling, pro football, or any number of sports? Head on over to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/boards\/index.php\" target=\"_self\">LWOS Boards<\/a>\u00a0to engage in conversation with fellow fans!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dragon Gate Pro Wrestling will be holding The Gate Of Passion 2021 in Korakuen Hall on April 9, 2021. This is the first event streamed since the big Memorial Gate 2021 show. With two featured bouts and endless possibilities due to big things usually taking place in Korakuen Hall this should prove to be a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3712,"featured_media":88855,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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":[6701,6975,2192],"tags":[2350,7077,5941,2898,7630],"class_list":["post-88848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dragon-gate","category-international-wrestling","category-wrestling","tag-dragon-gate","tag-dragon-gate-network","tag-naruki-doi","tag-puroresu","tag-the-gate-of-passion-2021"],"modified_by":"Alex Richards, LWOF Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88848","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=88848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88848\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}