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00:14It's time to see if Ryoya Tanaka can tie a 15-year-old record and make his 11th defense
00:22of the Open the Brave Gate Championship.
00:30First the challenger, he was the very first Open the Brave Gate Champion back in 2005.
00:372005, still here, Darukidoye held the championship two times overall.
00:48His second one was in 2009 while he was also Open the Dream Gate Champion.
01:0345 years old from Nara, rampaging muscle Narukidoye, and he has made it clear he is not coming
01:10to this match as a veteran looking for one last shot at glory.
01:14He is coming as a very active and very dangerous and current competitor.
01:43In his reign thus far, Ryoya has faced a huge variety of challengers of all shapes, sizes,
01:53ages, and affiliations.
02:00Won the championship on July 13th from UT at Kobe Pro Wrestling Festival.
02:06Defense number one was against freelance wrestler Jun Masaoka.
02:12Second defense, he became the first and probably the only Brave Gate Champion to secure a defense
02:18defense over Misaki Mochizuki.
02:22Number three, Jackie Kame right here in Tokyo.
02:26Number four, Ryu Fuda in his hometown of Sendai.
02:31Number...
02:33One, two, three, four, five.
02:36Flemita here in Tokyo.
02:40In Osaka in November, before he came to Dragon Gate, his teacher at Weekly Pro Wrestling School
02:46in Osaka, Billy Ken Kid.
02:54Rita Genki Horiguchi in his hometown of Fukuoka back at Uno Dos Trace.
03:00Jason Lee right here in Tokyo and then at Golden Coliseum versus UT.
03:04Jason Lee, 27 years old from Amakasaki Hyogo, just celebrated his third anniversary in wrestling.
03:21Stardust Top Gun, Ryoya Tanaka.
03:37The GM is going to take the championship, open the Brave Gate Championship, shows it to Doi.
03:42Doi knows what it's all about, you don't need to explain it to him.
03:45Open the Brave Gate Championship was founded in 2005, 82kg weight limit.
03:54The belt has a white strap because the champion is urged to dye it their own color and make it
03:59their own.
04:01We might as well make that strap light blue and pink because...
04:11The first champion, it was a tournament in March of 2005.
04:19Finals were, it was the rookie Doi and the Italian Tarzan Yoshino.
04:34It started as a very loud and vocal support for Doi, but it started to switch over to Ryoya, didn't
04:42make it all the way.
04:45For Doi, this is his first time challenging for the Brave Gate since 2013.
04:51So many years.
04:53Yeah, I saw him after the meeting downstairs, he was the first one that walked out.
04:58And I asked him, I said, how long has it been?
05:02He said, oh, he had to think about it because it's been that long.
05:08Last held the championship in 2009, although he didn't defend it in that reign because he was Dream Gate champion.
05:16In terms of being a name on the defense record, he was defense number seven for Pac.
05:20Back in 2000, it would have been 2010 for him.
05:46He was only one year old when Doi made his debut in May of 2000.
05:58When he became the first Brave Gate champion, Ryoya was only six years old.
06:08But as Doi is trying to prove here, just because he's a veteran, just because he's in his 40s, it
06:15doesn't mean that he is not capable of becoming the champion again.
06:21And for Ryoya, just because he's only 27, he's only three years into his career, that doesn't mean that he
06:30is not capable of breaking a record that was set when he was 12 years old.
06:36Oh!
06:39Doi trying to stop Ryoya from doing a dive to the outside.
06:44Doi from the corner.
06:49And Ryoya from the corner, push him down the outside!
06:51Dimension body attack and he gets...
06:55Doi pushes him into another dimension.
07:04And he might have landed bad on his ankle.
07:11And he can't stand, he can't fight, but that takes away all of Ryoya's offense.
07:16Not just his high-flying, but when the high-flying doesn't work, a lot of times he falls back to
07:21the karate background and starts throwing kicks.
07:29Oh, and he knows what it takes.
07:32Doi.
07:33Snap suplex to the outside.
07:40Snap suplex in the outside is more effective than a stalling suplex.
07:44You know why?
07:45Because the leg, like, swing faster.
07:48Does it?
07:49Yeah.
07:50It really hurt the ankle more than the back.
07:54The back hurts too, but the ankle hurt more.
07:56Because you're...
07:57Because it's a big swing.
08:00Or a fast swing.
08:01And he'll at least peel back the pad.
08:02The padding.
08:04Oh.
08:05And this is...
08:13Doi is smart.
08:14If he got slammed, he's still on the padding side, but...
08:16When he snaps him over.
08:18Now, another slap him over.
08:19Without the padding, the back, the lower back.
08:22This is...
08:23The ankle.
08:24This is the...
08:25Again, very little difference between Naruki Doi today and the Naruki Doi that won that Bravegate tournament back in 2005.
08:32Hey!
08:38He got...
08:39I think it was the second round match.
08:40He actually got through by a referee stop because his opponent went for a tope and Doi split his head
08:45in half with a chair.
08:47Oh.
08:49But...
08:49Legitimately, there was blood everywhere.
08:51They had to stop the match.
08:52All right.
08:54Hey!
08:56Yeah.
08:5616!
08:58And...
08:59We might...
08:59We might get a title change by a referee stop if Ryoiya can't get back in.
09:04Yoshioka had the...
09:06Oh!
09:07Had the ice pack.
09:09But...
09:16And a second somersault senton.
09:19Go ahead and go.
09:19Up, up, up, up!
09:21Oop!
09:22Oop!
09:23Oop!
09:23Oop!
09:24Oop!
09:25Oop!
09:26Oop!
09:27Oop!
09:27Oop!
09:29Oop!
09:29Oop!
09:30Go ahead and action.
09:49in our history, going back to 1999,
09:53we've actually only had, before Ryoja,
09:56not just the Brave Gate, but in all championships,
09:59there's only been two champions
10:01that have reached double-digit defenses.
10:05One was Pac with the Brave Gate record
10:08and one with Shima's Dream Gate record.
10:11So at only three years into his career,
10:13Ryoja stacking up 10 defenses,
10:18even if he doesn't get past Doi here,
10:22he has put himself in with elite company.
10:30Oh, with a pin!
10:34Stretched him until he was almost to the ropes
10:36and then pulled him back, tried to pin him.
10:49And Doi went freelance in the autumn of 2022.
10:54So, you know, he's not been a full-timer here
10:58in Dragon Gate since then.
11:00He's...
11:03Much like Ryoja's competition for the Brave Gate,
11:06and Doi has wrestled everywhere, big in...
11:09I think Doi didn't expect he got some good chops.
11:12Well, yeah, and being freelance,
11:14he doesn't spend time in the dojo
11:16seeing Kagetora teach the kids how to chop.
11:24Now, Ryoja can't try a dimension body.
11:28Attack again!
11:29This time he hits!
11:32And, and Hans Brinkert is into a kick,
11:37and I was gonna say that, you know,
11:40if he can still do everything on the ankle,
11:43but it makes him one step slower.
11:47Ah, well, speaking of, one step!
11:55Oh, the entire paradox is there, taking out them.
12:04Oh, really, I got B.B. Hulk's arm.
12:08Doi's there, taking the head.
12:10Yeah, Hulk's shoulder.
12:11He just came back from a separated shoulder.
12:13And, but, also, we need to know,
12:17Ryoja landed on his feet.
12:20Yeah.
12:20And, as someone with, someone with a bad ankle,
12:23who, when I was young and stupid,
12:27would still go and jump off stairs,
12:29trying to, with a skateboard.
12:33Well, you're a skater, you know better.
12:37Yeah, now I complain that my ankle hurts
12:39every single, every single time I see you.
12:41Nice.
12:42Oh, yeah.
12:48Let's see if the reward was worth the risk.
12:51And, if Ryoja can pay, pay this off.
13:03Oh!
13:04Oh, the rolling centaur from the top.
13:11He tried to change back the pace to control.
13:15And see if he can keep Doy on the ground.
13:18Again, most of Rioya's offense is fast paced,
13:21because that was the Brave Gate division that he liked.
13:25When he was a kid, when he was a fan,
13:27it was Dragon Kid, Flamita, Pac, Ricochet,
13:31that high-flying era, during the time
13:34that the record was set.
13:36Now, Fitora.
13:41Oh, move away.
13:43Shooting star.
13:43Move away again.
13:50Wow.
13:52Boy, sees it.
14:13Oh.
14:16That's a powerful chop from Rioya.
14:18Ah, Doy's digging it.
14:20Yeah, Doy never.
14:26Doy, a TTP trainee.
14:28He was trained on submissions,
14:30but was raised on high-impact moves like this.
14:32Doy, fives.
14:34Buketai, sliding, kick, dodge.
14:37Wow.
14:38Oh, he got knees, he got knees.
14:42And Brain Buster blocked.
14:45Whoa.
14:47Fisherman screw from Rioya.
14:59Doy's down, Rioya.
15:00Rioya rolling to the apron.
15:03Gonna stab on the top rope and do something.
15:06He's gonna try and springboard in on something,
15:08maybe high fly ball?
15:10Yeah, high fly ball.
15:12Oh, he caught him.
15:14He went back to lean back to cover,
15:15and Doy caught him in a,
15:16Doy caught him.
15:22Rioya didn't,
15:24he was gonna lay back to cover,
15:25he didn't think to look.
15:40Drop to hold,
15:41and Rioya goes face first into the buckle pad.
15:47Oh, what's Doy thinking?
15:48Doy got something on top, from the top.
15:53He's gonna have to change his plan.
15:53No, whatever it was,
15:55he's gonna have to change his plan.
16:04Uh-oh.
16:05All the way, Rioya
16:09perched on the top.
16:15Doy positioning him.
16:17And he went to the top too early,
16:20he was able to give Doy a chance
16:21to sneak through power bomb,
16:23and now,
16:23this is what he was thinking earlier,
16:25elbow,
16:26diamond elbow drop right to the heart.
16:29Nuruki Doy,
16:31only two.
16:39And the cork and all fans coming alive for Nuruki Doy.
16:42Docky boy,
16:43wrestles more matches in this venue annually
16:47than any other wrestler.
16:53Okay, go go go.
17:01Again, Doy fives countered,
17:05not a lot behind those elbows.
17:08Joy z necesita fives,
17:12no speck
17:18Wow, the chops are better than the elbows, I'd stick to those.
17:23Into a boot, fires back with that.
17:27Aurelia hands, spring crimson, smash hits.
17:35Toys down, spinning round.
17:37Cross, saber, countered by a tie-sliding kick, hits.
17:42This can be it.
17:44Toys down, some more to do.
17:47Toys fives.
17:49This is it, we've got a tie-sliding kick.
17:53Auto-counter, check.
17:54Oh, it picked him up.
17:57Komori Tsuriyo Toshi.
18:04Inherited from his teacher, Billy Ken Kid.
18:07persone, ...
18:16Incredible counter, but Ryoya can't capitalize.
18:20Beto, Beto, Beto, Beto.
18:26Beto, Beto...
18:27Beto, Beto, Beto, Beto.
18:35Beto, Beto!
18:43Oh, now to the top rope.
18:46Oh, hit him with another kick to stun him.
18:52Running start, Ryoia.
18:55Cyclo-rama, but it's blocked.
19:03Rake the eyes.
19:06And, ah, Ryoia Tanaka is in a very bad way.
19:16It's gonna throw five hands.
19:18Three fives.
19:20Beat to ten.
19:28Fifteen-minute mark spikes him.
19:30Brain buster.
19:31For the third time.
19:33Toi fives.
19:36Bakatari sliding kick.
19:38That's it!
19:39That's it!
19:39We have a new champion.
19:40Rookie Toi has done it.
19:42He hasn't done it.
19:51Wow!
19:52What else you got?
19:54Naruki toy?
19:56Well I can think of one thing he still has.
20:10he's got to be thinking muscular bomb
20:17yeah that's the face he makes when he's thinking muscular bomb
20:27it's the first word you hear when he comes to the ring muscular counter
20:35rioya buffadora caught him cross saber hits cross saber
20:46but again
20:53the big counter the big offense from rioya
20:57leaves both champion and challenger on the mat
21:03rioya
21:08gonna go for a second cross saber countered muscular muscular
21:17countered cross saber cross saber rolled him up
21:20whoa
21:21campana
21:24golden club turned in muscular
21:25oh
21:28muscular bomb
21:29come on you gotta cover him
21:32the move that made him a two-time dream gate champion
21:36can he make it can it make him a three-time brave gate champion he's got to get up
21:41and cover
21:50it's a move that'll keep you down for more than three but i don't know
21:56yeah
21:58there was about a
22:0015-20 second gap
22:02and toy was only able to cover with one arm the champion was able to kick out
22:21crowd 50-50 the chants are blending in half rioya half toy gonna try a secular muscular bomb
22:29muscular runoff from rioya
22:32toy rolls
22:37rioya
22:38half a second away and you can see doy shaking his hand shaking his finger
22:55and
22:56and thor is doing his move
22:57they're gonna hit him with his own cross his own cross saber
23:00rioya counters kick to the back
23:03the bucket time
23:04oh that's his move rioya with the bucket time sliding kick
23:08no way that's my move
23:10toy's like that's my move you're not painting with my move
23:16rioya gonna try another cross saber
23:19hits
23:20this time he's able to cover
23:27not gonna do it
23:43that's my move
23:44this time he's been
23:46doing this
23:47i mean
23:48this time as i still can
23:50doy
23:52Familia
23:52julia
23:52julia
23:53julia
23:53julia
23:56julia
23:57julia
23:58This is the move where he won the championship,
24:00and this is how he's defended with it.
24:04Stardust caress!
24:05All the way!
24:08Dead center, Ryoja has tied the record.
24:14Defense number 11.
24:26Surviving an onslaught.
24:28From Narukidoi.
24:31All the way.
24:58All the way!
25:01bomb is not just a move that ends title reigns it's a move that ends and changes careers
25:17that fan's face says it all
25:21a record tying defense number 11 is in the books
25:44a record that has stood for 15 years has now been tied records are made to be broken roads are
25:55made
25:56to be paved over rioya now one step away really you gotta you gotta stand back up first man
26:11he's gonna be sleeping with that championship tonight
26:18one step away from forging a brand new path
26:26and setting a brand new record
26:36gonna hear from the challenger
27:15and it was
27:21Ryoia ended up being the wall that was too high for Doi to climb over.
27:31Don't think just because you beat him once, you're not going to see him again.
27:41This isn't the end of Rookie Doi.
27:42Ryoia, I'm going to support you.
27:50But it's also not the end of Ryoia Tanaka's reign as Brave Gate champion, and Doi's going to be pulling
27:55for him to break the record.
28:00It's been the first time challenging for the Brave Gate in 13 years.
28:19In 13 years from today, he's coming forward again, and he's telling Ryoia to stay champion.
28:28So pencil it in for June 2039.
28:35Ryoia will probably be on, at this pace, probably around defense number 700.
28:54Yeah, and you can see how serious this was that Doi is actually accepting contact from Dragon Kid.
28:58.
29:13In 13 years, Ryoia will happily accept that challenge.
29:17And he is planning on still being the champion.
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29:47He's now a name next to PAX in the record book
29:50for most defenses as Brave Gate champion.
30:12Tying a record is no fun.
30:14It's about breaking records.
30:19Setting the new standard.
30:22If there's one wrestler that can do it, it's Ryoya Tanaka.
30:30There was a wrestler that said he was leaving Dragon Gate.
30:34I think that Dragon Gate is going to be fine.
30:39I think that Dragon Gate is going to be fine.
30:42I think that Dragon Gate is going to be fine.
30:43But I'm going to be at the center of Dragon Gate.
30:48I'm going to continue to open this ring.
30:53And if you're sad about certain people leaving,
30:56or if you're wondering if Dragon Gate is okay,
30:59as long as Ryoya Tanaka is here,
31:03the star is going to burn brighter than ever.
31:10Step one, going to be the next defense and breaking the record.
31:14Setting a new one.
31:25That is Homare's music.
31:29Ryoya was about to name who he wanted to be his challenger.
31:43Well, you don't always get what you want.
31:51I'll be the next one.
31:54I'll be the next one.
31:54I'm part of my symbol.
31:58I'll be the next one.
32:01I'll be the next one.
32:02So this game is going to be fine.
32:05Let's hear from the game.
32:06You know, Brave Gate.
32:10Well, I've been changing the story.
32:12ì— to the Dragon Gate.
32:13No, when I've changed the history,
32:14you can change the rest of Dragon Gate before.
32:21Who do the fans think is the one that is really capable of changing the direction and being the future
32:29of Dragon Gate?
32:31Is it Homare or is it Ryo-ya?
32:42There was one fan that was early on the jump to shout Ryo-ya but since then it's been split.
32:48They get started to lean towards Ryo-ya Homare telling everybody to shout him up.
32:56The one that is going to make and change history, the reigns of history will be
33:03in the hands of Homare.
33:05The first step is going to be stopping Ryo-ya from setting a new record.
33:08You have the Brave Gate belt.
33:15You have it.
33:22Time to pass the belt over.
33:29Homare
33:37You lost your unit. You lost your hair.
33:41You lost your hair.
33:45Ryo-ya has been curious about where Homare was going to go next.
33:53Didn't think he would be coming up and challenging for the Brave Gate though.
33:59But...
34:06But...
34:07If they were to have a match...
34:30The future of Dragon Gate, the future of the Brave Gate division, you think of these two, but it's not
34:35just about the future, it's about showing the present.
34:38Yoya, it was a great game of Brave Gate. It was really amazing.
34:45And after this match, you're a big fan. You're a big fan of Brave Gate.
35:00Omari qualified enough.
35:02I'm going to win. I'm going to prepare you for the best place.
35:09Dragon Gate, the biggest big match.
35:13Our first title match for Kobe World is set.
35:18Ryoya Tanaka will put the Brave Gate up against Homari.
35:21I'm going to say that the first card is you two of them.
35:25Brave Gate, I want Tanaka and I want Tanaka and I want Tanaka and I want Tanaka and I want
35:31Tanaka and I want Tanaka and I want Tanaka and I want Tanaka.
35:48I want Tanaka and I want Tanaka and I want to remind you of these two of them.
35:54Don't underestimate. The champion is very strong.
36:03It's set.
36:06Kobe Pro Wrestling Festival 2026 opened the Brave Gate Championship. Ryoya Tanaka vs. Omari.
36:22A new generation, a new future, a new direction.
36:34I think he puts the belt down.
36:38I guess he's still got something to say, though.
36:49I'm going to show you a brief announcement from Ryo-ya, and Yukio Shioka slowly getting into the ring.
37:06I've had Ryo-ya.
37:13It's time to step away from D-Courage.
37:15Hmm, that's a graduation.
37:19Well, this is what we decided to do with Yoshioka.
37:25But it's not a decision he made alone. He and Yoshioka have discussed it. This is not...
37:44The only unit he's ever known. And Ryo-ya is where he is and who he is, thanks to Yukio
37:51Shioka and Dragon Daya. He has nothing but gratitude for them.
38:05The D-Courage, it's in the name. It was Daya and Yuki.
38:22But Ryo-ya would never be his unit. So it's time to step away and to make his own. Sounds
38:28like Ryo-ya is going to be putting a unit together.
38:42Oh, okay.
38:43It sounds like this has been discussed.
38:56But Ryo-ya was going to try and talk him out of it, but...
39:11As the veteran of the two, he should be supportive of the decision, so he's going to support him.
39:17So, Ryo-ya was in the D-Courage.
39:20Well, I was just going to get out of it, but...
39:24Well, Yoshioka went out with his eye injury, just right after Ryo-ya joined.
39:29I really couldn't do anything, and I was really struggling.
39:35But I'm really grateful to Ryo-ya as the first 15 months with the unit.
39:46Yoshioka was out, but they were able to come together and hold it down as a duo.
40:07The D-Courage is Daya and Yuki.
40:09And without Daya...
40:11I think that's what I'm doing without Daya.
40:15Well, I think that's how Ryo-ya is doing.
40:19So, I want to go on the next stage.
40:24Yoshioka himself.
40:26It's time to close this chapter, it sounds like.
40:36So, D-Courage is officially finished.
40:43It belongs to history now.
40:46It belongs to history now.
40:47Thank you so much.
41:12And this is not a sad occasion.
41:15This is...
41:18It's time for the two of them to take the next step.
41:21And they're going to be across from each other going forward.
41:23And they're going to beat the hell out of each other when the time comes.
41:44The roads are going to be different, but when they meet again, they're going to be meeting at the top
41:49of Dragon Gate.
41:56There was a promise that all members of D-Courage had.
41:59Well, there was a promise that all members of D-Courage had.
42:10That promise was to break the record.
42:21Well, I guess it's for the last time we're hearing the entrance music.
42:29Well, it's the last chance we're having this music play in the arena then.
42:43Well, there are a few people leaving the arena, but we still got a main event going on though.
42:58This is the semi-final one more match for tonight.
43:08We'll have to see what the future holds for Yoshioke and Ryoya.
43:13Yeah, Ryoya ran out of fingers.
43:16He's just going to hold up the one and the one.
43:18Yeah, 11th defense.
43:20Defense number 11.
43:22And we just set for his next defense, Homare.
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