The Open The United Gate Championship was the top tag team championship in the Dragon Gate USA promotion. The first champions were World–1 (Masato Yoshino and PAC) and were crowned at United: Finale in the tournament final, which was held in Union City, New Jersey. It aired on March 11, 2011 on pay-per-view tape delay entitled United We Stand. The title is also recognized by Dragon Gate USA's parent promotion, Dragon Gate, and it has been defended at a Dragon Gate show in Japan. The title is also recognized by the Evolve promotion. On May 30, 2015, Gargano retired the titles after a title defense.
Title history[]
Tournament[]
A three day round robin tournament was held from January 28–30, 2011; which involved four teams. The four teams were WORLD-1 members Masato Yoshino and PAC, Ronin members Johnny Gargano and Chuck Taylor, Blood Warriors members Naruki Doi and Ricochet, and Blood Warriors members CIMA and Dragon Kid. CIMA and Dragon Kid didn't face Ricochet and Naruki Doi due to Ricochet being sidelined with an ankle injury and both teams didn't receive points.
The tournament was a points based tournament with wins getting two points, a draw one point, and a loss was zero points.
| Masato Yoshino and PAC | 6 |
|---|---|
| Johnny Gargano and Chuck Taylor | 4 |
| Naruki Doi and Ricochet | 0 |
| CIMA and Dragon Kid | 0 |
| Results | Yoshino PAC |
Gargano Taylor |
Doi Ricochet |
CIMA Kid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yoshino PAC |
X | Yoshino PAC (17:26) |
Yoshino PAC (19:50) |
Yoshino PAC (20:21) |
| Gargano Taylor |
Yoshino PAC (17:26) |
X | Gargano Taylor (16:11) |
Gargano Taylor (19:30) |
| Doi Ricochet |
Yoshino PAC (19:50) |
Gargano Taylor (16:11) |
X | Note 1 |
| CIMA Kid |
Yoshino PAC (20:21) |
Gargano Taylor (19:30) |
Note 1 | X |
Notes[]
1. Both teams didn't face each other, due to Ricochet being sidelined with an ankle injury, since that they didn't recieve any points.
Title History[]
| # | Tag Team (Individual Reigns) |
Team Reigns | Date | Location | Length | Defenses | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WORLD-1/Junction Three (Masato Yoshino and PAC) |
1 | January 30, 2011 | Union City, New Jersey | 224 Days | 3 | Defeated Ronin (Chuck Taylor and Johnny Gargano) in tournament finals. During their reign, WORLD-1 was disband and formed Junction Three. |
| 2 | Blood Warriors (CIMA and Ricochet) |
1 | September 11, 2011 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | 201 Days | 2 | Title vs. Title Match also for Open The Twin Gate Championship. |
| — | Vacated | — | March 30, 2012 | Miami Beach, Florida | — | — | CIMA and Ricochet vacated titles due to CIMA injury. |
| 3 | WORLD-1 INTERNATIONAL (Masato Yoshino (2) and Ricochet (2)) |
1 | March 30, 2012 | Miami Beach, Florida | 83 Days | 0 | Defeated Ronin (Chuck Taylor and Johnny Gargano) in a decision match. |
| — | Vacated | — | June 21, 2012 | — | — | — | Masato Yoshino and Ricochet vacated titles due to Yoshino's inability to compete in DGUSA for the remainder of 2012. |
| 4 | AR Fox and CIMA (2) | 1 | July 29, 2012 | Chicago, Illinois | 251
Days |
3 | Defeated WORLD-1 INTERNATIONAL (Rich Swann and Ricochet) in a decision match. |
| 5 | The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) |
1 | April 6, 2013 | Secaucus, New Jersey | 224
Days |
2 | |
| 6 | The Bravado Brothers (Harlem Bravado and Lancelot Bravado) |
1 | November 16, 2013 | Queens, New York | 302
Days |
5 | |
| 7 | The Premier Athlete Brand (Anthony Nese, Caleb Konley and Trent Baretta) |
1 | Setember 14, 2014 | Brooklyn, New York | 216
Days |
3 | Nese and Konley defeated The Bravado Brothers in a three-way elimination match, also involving the team of AR Fox and Rich Swann. They defended the title with Baretta under the Freebird Rule. |
| 8 | Ronin (Johnny Gargano and Rich Swann) |
1 | April 18, 2015 | Brooklyn, New York | 42
Days |
1 | Defeated Nese and Konley to win the titles. |
| — | Deactivated | — | May 30, 2015 | Queens, New York | — | — | Gargano vacated and retired the titles |
Combined reigns[]
By team[]
| Rank | Team | No. of reigns |
Defenses | Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Bravado Brothers (Harlem Bravado and Lancelot Bravado) |
1 | 7 | 302 |
| 2 | AR Fox and CIMA | 1 | 3 | 251 |
| 3 | WORLD-1/Junction Three (Masato Yoshino and PAC) |
1 | 3 | 224 |
| The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) |
1 | 2 | 224 | |
| 4 | The Premier Athlete Brand (Anthony Nese, Caleb Konley and Trent Baretta) |
1 | 3 | 216 |
| 5 | Blood Warriors (CIMA and Ricochet) |
1 | 2 | 201 |
| 6 | WORLD-1 INTERNATIONAL (Masato Yoshino and Ricochet) |
1 | 0 | 83 |
| 7 | Ronin (Johnny Gargano and Rich Swann) |
1 | 1 | 42 |
By wrestler[]
| Rank | Wrestler | # of reigns | Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CIMA | 2 | 452 |
| 2 | Masato Yoshino | 2 | 307 |
| 3 | Harlem Bravado | 1 | 302 |
| 3 | Lancelot Bravado | 1 | 302 |
| 5 | Ricochet | 2 | 284 |
| 6 | AR Fox | 1 | 251 |
| 7 | Matt Jackson | 1 | 224 |
| 7 | Nick Jackson | 1 | 224 |
| 7 | PAC | 1 | 224 |
| 10 | Anthony Nese | 1 | 216 |
| 10 | Caleb Konley | 1 | 216 |
| 10 | Trent Baretta | 1 | 216 |
| 13 | Johnny Gargano | 1 | 42 |
| 13 | Rich Swann | 1 | 42 |
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