Open the Triangle Gate Championship

Open the Triangle Gate
Details
Current champion(s)	Monster Express (Akira Tozawa, Masato Yoshino and T-Hawk)
Date won	June 14, 2015
Date established	November 7, 2004
Promotion	Dragon Gate
Statistics First champion(s) Milano Collection A.T., Anthony W. Mori & Yossino Most reigns (as team) Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi & Ryo Saito (3) (as individual) Gamma and Naruki Doi (11) Longest reign Cima, Magnitude Kishiwada & Masato Yoshino (319 days) Shortest reign Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi & Ryo Saito (3 days)

The Open the Triangle Gate Championship is a professional wrestling trios title in Japanese promotion Dragon Gate. It was created on November 7, 2004 when The Italian Connection faction of Milano Collection A.T., Anthony W. Mori & YOSSINO defeated Aagan Iisou's Shuji Kondo, Takuya Sugawara & "brother" Yasshi in a tournament final.^[1] Each title belt's face has three emblems on it, shaped in a triangle, that represent Power, Technique & Mind.^[2] Not including provisional reigns, there have been a total of 40 recognized individual champions and 44 recognized trios, who have had a combined 54 official reigns.

Title history

"P" indicates provisional title reigns.

#	Wrestlers (Individual reigns)	Reigns	Successful defenses	Date	Days held	Location	Event	Notes
1	Italian Connection Milano Collection AT (1), Anthony W. Mori (1) & YOSSINO (1)	1	2	November 7, 2004	108	Sapporo, Japan	Rey de Parejas tour	Defeated Aagan Iisou (Shuji Kondo, Takuya Sugawara & "brother" YASSHI) in a tournament final.[3]
-	Blood Generation CIMA (0), Naruki Doi (0) & Shingo Takagi (0)	P	-	February 23, 2005	11	Tokyo, Japan		Defeated Final M2K (Keni'chiro Arai, Masaaki Mochizuki & Susumu Yokosuka) to become provisional champions due to Milano getting injured. This match was originally against Mochizuki, Yokosuka and K-ness, but K-ness was quickly replaced due to injury.[3]
2	Do FIXER Dragon Kid (1), Genki Horiguchi (1) & Ryo Saito (1)	1	1	March 6, 2005	119	Sapporo, Japan	The Brave Gate Tour	This was a two out of three falls match to decide the official champions, which Do FIXER won 2-1.[3]
3	Blood Generation CIMA (1), Naruki Doi (1) & Don Fujii (1)	1	1	July 3, 2005	6	Kobe, Japan	Pro Wrestling Festival 2005	[3]
4	Do FIXER Dragon Kid (2), Genki Horiguchi (2) & Ryo Saito (2)	2	1	July 9, 2005	3	Morodomi, Japan	Rainbow Gate tour.	[3]
5	Blood Generation CIMA (2), Magnitude Kishiwada (1) & Masato Yoshino (2) (Masato Yoshino formerly YOSSINO)	1	3	July 12, 2005	319	Tokyo, Japan	Rainbow Gate tour	This was originally a two out of three falls match on the , which Do FIXER won 2-1, winning both falls by disqualification; it was restarted as an elimination match, which Blood Generation won.[3]
-	Vacated	-	-	May 27, 2006	-	Osaka, Japan	-	Before this match, Yoshino and Kishiwada defected to Muscle Outlaw'z. Vacated due to CIMA, Yoshino and Kishiwada losing a title defense to the Muscle Outlaw'z Naruki Doi, Gamma & Naoki Tanizaki by disqualification on the Aggressive Gate tour.[3]
6	Blood Generation BxB Hulk (1), CIMA (3) & Jack Evans (1)	1	0	August 20, 2006	41	Sapporo, Japan	The Gate of Adventure tour.	Defeated Do FIXER (Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi & Ryo Saito) in a tournament final.[3]
7	Do FIXER Dragon Kid (3), Genki Horiguchi (3) & Ryo Saito (3)	3	0	September 30, 2006	50	Osaka, Japan	Storm Gate tour.	[3]
8	Muscle Outlaw'z Naruki Doi (2), Gamma (1) & Masato Yoshino (3)	1	0	November 19, 2006	34	Fukuoka, Japan	Crown Gate tour	Defeated Final M2K (K-ness, Yamato Onodera & Susumu Yokosuka) to become provisional champions when the titles were vacated by Do FIXER due to Dragon Kid suffering from appendicitis. The provisional reign was declared to be official on December 23, 2006 when a scheduled decision match against Do Fixer falls through due to Dragon's sustained illness.[1][3]
9	Pos.HEARTS BxB Hulk (2), Anthony W. Mori (2) & Super Shisa (1)	1	0	December 26, 2006	26	Kobe, Japan	Live Gate.	[3]
10	Muscle Outlaw'z Naruki Doi (3), Gamma (2) & Masato Yoshino (4)	2	3	January 21, 2007	63	Kobe, Japan	Primal Gate tour.	[3]
11	Typhoon CIMA (4), Ryo Saito (4) & Susumu Yokosuka (1)	1	1	March 25, 2007	15	Tsu, Japan	Memorial Gate.	[3]
12	Muscle Outlaw'z Naruki Doi (4), Gamma (3) & Magnitude Kishiwada (2)	1	0	April 9, 2007	6	Kobe, Japan	Live Gate.	[3]
13	Typhoon CIMA (5), Ryo Saito (5) & Susumu Yokosuka (2)	2	0	April 15, 2007	25	Yokkaichi, Japan	Glorious Gate tour.	[3]
14	New Hazard BxB Hulk (3), Cyber Kong (1) & Shingo Takagi (1)	1	1	May 10, 2007	64	Tokyo, Japan	Aggressive Gate tour.	[3]
-	Vacated	-	-	July 13, 2007	-	-	-	Vacated due to Hulk suffering a jaw injury.[1]
15	Muscle Outlaw'z Naruki Doi (5), Magnitude Kishiwada (3) & Masato Yoshino (5)	1	0	July 22, 2007	49	Kobe, Japan	WrestleJAM tour	Defeated New Hazard (Cyber Kong, Jack Evans & Shingo Takagi).[4]
16	Mushozoku Masaaki Mochizuki (1), Don Fujii (2)and K-ness (1)	1	3	September 9, 2007	168	Fukuoka, Japan	Storm Gate tour.	[5]
17	New Hazard BxB Hulk (4), Cyber Kong (2) & Shingo Takagi (2)	2	1	February 24, 2008	80	Fukui, Japan	Truth Gate tour.	[3]
-	Vacated	-	-	May 14, 2008	-	Tokyo, Japan	-	Vacated after a title defense against Gamma, Genki Horiguchi & Yamato on the Aggressive Gate tour ended in a no contest when Takagi and Kong betrayed Hulk to form Real Hazard. An immediate decision match was made.[3]
18	Real Hazard Gamma (4), Shingo Takagi (3) & Yamato (1)	1	1	May 14, 2008	45	Tokyo, Japan	Aggressive Gate tour	Defeated BxB Hulk, Naruki Doi & Masato Yoshino.[3]
20	Real Hazard Gamma (5), Yasushi Kanda (1) & Yamato (2)	1	2	July 12, 2008	78	Akashi, Japan	Rainbow Gate tour.	[3]
21	Zetsurins Masaaki Mochizuki (2),Don Fujii (3) and Magnitude Kishiwada (4)	1	3	September 28, 2008	140	Fukui, Japan	Memorial Gate.	[3]
22	KAMIKAZE Dragon Kid (4), Shingo Takagi (4) and Taku Iwasa (2)	1	2	February 15, 2009	59	Fukuoka, Japan	Truth Gate tour.	[3]
23	WARRIORS-5 CIMA (6), Gamma (6) & KAGETORA	1	1	April 15, 2009	53	Tokyo, Japan	Gate of Passion tour.	[3]
23	WORLD-1 Masato Yoshino (6), BxB Hulk (5) & Pac (1)	1	2	June 7, 2009	129	Nagoya, Japan	Gate of Maximum tour.	[3]
25	Zetsurins Masaaki Mochizuki (3) , Don Fujii (4) and Akebono (1)	1	3	October 14, 2009	203	Tokyo, Japan	Gate of Victory tour.	[3]
26	Deep Drunkers Takuya Sugawara (1), Yasushi Kanda (2) and Kzy (1)	1	0	May 5, 2010	8	Nagoya, Japan	Dead or Alive 2010.	[3]
27	WARRIORS Cima (7), Gamma (7) & Genki Horiguchi (4)	1	1	May 13, 2010	38	Tokyo, Japan	Aggressive Gate tour.	[3]
28	World-1 Naruki Doi (6), Naoki Tanizaki (1) & Pac (2)	1	0	June 20, 2010	4	Fukuoka, Japan	Gate of Maximum tour.	[3]
29	Warriors Cima (8), Gamma (8) & Genki Horiguchi (5)	2	3	June 24, 2010	123	Osaka, Japan	Gate of Maximum tour.	[3]
30	Naoki Tanizaki (2), Takuya Sugawara (2) & Yasushi Kanda (3)	1	1	October 25, 2010	62	Miyazaki, Japan	Gate of Victory tour.	[3][6]
31	Blood Warriors Cima (9), Dragon Kid (5) and Ricochet (1)	1	5	December 26, 2010	140	Fukuoka, Japan	Final Gate 2010.	[3][7]
-	Vacated	-	-	May 15, 2011	-	Sapporo, Japan	-	Vacated due to Blood Warriors ejecting Dragon Kid from the group.[3]
32	Junction Three Masato Yoshino (7), Yamato (3) and Gamma (9)	1	2	June 18, 2011	76	Fukuoka, Japan	Champion Gate tour	Defeated Blood Warriors (Cima, Naruki Doi and BxB Hulk) to win the vacant title.[3]
33	Blood Warriors Kzy (2), Naoki Tanizaki (3) and Naruki Doi (7)	1	3	September 2, 2011	139	Kobe, Japan	Storm Gate tour.	[3]
-	Vacated	-	-	January 19, 2012	-	Tokyo, Japan	-	Vacated due to Kzy, Doi and Tomahawk T.T., replacing an injured Tanizaki, being disqualified in a title match against K-ness, Keni'chiro Arai and Taku Iwasa.[3]
34	Jimmys Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!! (6), Jimmy Kanda (4) and Ryo "Jimmy" Saito (6)	1	1	March 3, 2012	64	Osaka, Japan	Champion Gate tour.	[3]
35	World-1 International Masato Yoshino (8), Naruki Doi (8) and Pac (3)	1	5	May 6, 2012	77	Nagoya, Japan	Dead or Alive 2012.	[3]
-	Vacated	-	-	July 22, 2012	-	Kobe, Japan	-	Title vacated when Pac leaves Dragon Gate for WWE.[3]
36	Mad Blankey Akira Tozawa, BxB Hulk (6) and Naoki Tanisaki	1	2	August 19, 2012	63	Fukuoka, Japan		Defeated Cima, Gamma and Magnitude Kishiwada in the finals of the 2012 Summer Adventure Tag League to win the vacant title. Naoki Tanisaki not to be confused with Naoki Tanizaki.[3]
37	Kaettekita Veteran-gun Gamma (10), HUB and Magnitude Kishiwada (5)	1	1	October 21, 2012	27	Osaka, Japan	The Gate of Destiny 2012.	[3]
38	World-1 International Masato Yoshino (9), Naruki Doi (9) and Shachihoko BOY	1	0	November 17, 2012	6	Osaka, Japan	Crown Gate 2012	Won the title in a three-way match, which also included the Jimmyz (Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!!, Mr. Kyu Kyu Toyonaka Dolphin and Ryo "Jimmy" Saito.[3]
39	Jimmyz Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!! (7), Mr. Kyu Kyu Toyonaka Dolphin/Naoki Tanizaki (4) and Ryo "Jimmy" Saito (7)	1	4	November 23, 2012	100	Saga, Japan	Crown Gate 2012 tour.	Dolphin won the right to change his name back to Naoki Tanizaki during the reign on January 27, 2013.
40	World-1 International Naruki Doi (10), Rich Swann and Shachihoko Boy (2)	1	1	March 3, 2013	94	Osaka, Japan	Champion Gate 2013 tour.
41	M2K Masaaki Mochizuki (4), Jimmy Susumu (3) and K-Ness (2)	1	0	June 5, 2013	11	Tokyo, Japan	Gate of Maximum tour.
42	Jimmyz Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!! (8), Jimmy Kanda (5) and Ryo "Jimmy" Saito (8)	2	1	June 16, 2013	64	Fukuoka, Japan	Champion Gate tour.
43	Oretachi Veteran-gun Dragon Kid (6), K-Ness (3) and Masaaki Mochizuki (5)	1	0	August 19, 2013	19	Miyazaki, Japan	Gate of Generation tour.
-	Vacated	-	-	September 7, 2013	-	Osaka, Japan	-	Title vacated after Dragon Kid suffered a knee injury.
44	Mad Blankey BxB Hulk (7), Cyber Kong (3) and Yamato (4)	1	1	October 6, 2013	60	Fukuoka, Japan	Gate of Victory tour	Defeated Monster Express (Akira Tozawa, Masato Yoshino and Shingo Takagi) to win the vacant title.
45	Millennials Eita, Flamita and T-Hawk (2)	1	0	December 5, 2013	17	Tokyo, Japan	Miracle Gate.
46	Jimmyz (Jimmy Susumu (4), Mr. Kyu Kyu Naoki Tanizaki Toyonaka Dolphin (5) & Ryo "Jimmy" Saito (9))	1	3	December 22, 2013	55	Tokyo, Japan	The Final Gate 2013	Won the title in a three-way elimination match, which also included Oretachi Veteran-gun (Cima, Dragon Kid and Masaaki Mochizuki).
-	Vacated	-	-	February 15, 2014	-	Nagoya, Japan	-	Title vacated after Saito was sidelined with a back injury.
47	Jimmyz (Jimmy Kanda (6), Jimmy Susumu (5) & Mr. Kyu Kyu Naoki Tanizaki Toyonaka Dolphin (6))	1	1	February 20, 2014	24	Kobe, Japan	Truth Gate	Won the title by defeating Mad Blankey (Cyber Kong, Kzy and Naruki Doi) in a decision match.
48	Millennials (Eita (2), T-Hawk (3) and U-T)	1	1	March 16, 2014	90	Wakayama, Japan	Memorial Gate in Wakayama.
49	Mad Blankey (Cyber Kong (4), Kzy (3) and Naruki Doi (11))	1	3	June 14, 2014	117	Fukuoka, Japan	Champion Gate in Hakata	Won the title in a three-way elimination match, also involving Oretachi Veteran-gun (Don Fujii, Dragon Kid and Masaaki Mochizuki).
50	Oretachi Veteran-gun (Cima (10), Don Fujii (5) and Gamma (11))	1	0	October 9, 2014	10	Tokyo, Japan	The Gate of Victory.
51	Jimmyz (Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!! (9), Jimmy Susumu (6) and Ryo "Jimmy" Saito (10))	1	1	October 19, 2014	70	Yokkaichi, Japan	The Gate of Victory.
52	Dia.Hearts (Big R Shimizu, Dragon Kid (7) and Masaaki Mochizuki (6))	1	3	December 28, 2014	91	Fukuoka, Japan	The Final Gate 2014
53	Jimmyz (Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!! (10), Jimmy Kagetora (2) and Jimmy Susumu (7))	1	2	March 29, 2015	77	Saga, Japan	Glorious Gate 2015
-	Vacated	-	-	June 14, 2014	-	Fukuoka, Japan	-	Title vacated after Kagetora was sidelined with an injury.
54	Cima (11), Don Fujii (6) and Gamma (12)	2	2	June 14, 2015	328	Fukuoka, Japan	Champion Gate in Hakata 2015	Defeated Jimmyz (Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!!, Jimmy Susumu and Ryo "Jimmy" Saito) to win the vacant title.
-	Vacated	-	-	November 1, 2015	-	Osaka, Japan	-	CIMA, Don Fujii, and Gamma voluntarily vacated the titles.
55	Monster Express Akira Tozawa (2), Masato Yoshino (10) and T-Hawk (4)	1	3	December 6, 2015	153+	Hokkaido, Japan	Fantastic Gate 2015	Defeated Naruki Doi, Shingo Takagi and Yamato in a decision match for the vacant titles.

List of combined reigns by length, by wrestler

Rank	Wrestler	# Of Reigns	Combined Days
1.	Masato Yoshino	9	845
2.	CIMA	11	1109
3.	Genki Horiguchi	10	708
4.	Masaaki Mochizuki	6	632
5.	Naruki Doi	11	609
6.	Ryo Saito/Ryo "Jimmy" Saito	10	565
7.	Gamma	12	884
8.	Magnitude Kishiwada	5	541
9.	Don Fujii	6	855
10.	Dragon Kid	7	481
11.	BxB Hulk	7	463
12.	Yasushi Kanda/Jimmy Kanda	6	357
13.	Naoki Tanizaki/Mr. Kyu Kyu Toyonaka Dolphin/ Mr. Kyu Kyu Naoki Tanizaki Toyonaka Dolphin	6	327
14.	Cyber Kong	4	321
15.	Susumu Yokosuka/Jimmy Susumu	7	277
16.	Kzy	3	264
17.	Yamato	4	259
18.	Shingo Takagi	4	248
19.	Pac	3	210
20.	Akebono	1	203
21.	K-ness	3	198
22.	Naoki Tanisaki/T-Hawk	3	170
23.	Ricochet	1	140
24.	Anthony W. Mori	3	134
25.	Kagetora/Jimmy Kagetora	2	130
26.	Milano Collection AT	1	108
27.	Eita	2	107
28.	Shachihoko BOY	2	100
29.	Rich Swann	1	94
30.	Big R Shimizu	1	91
31.	U-T	1	90
32.	Taku Iwasa	2	73
33.	Takuya Sugawara	2	70
34.	Akira Tozawa	1	63
35.	Jack Evans	1	41
36.	HUB	1	27
37.	Super Shisa	1	26
38.	Flamita	1	17
39.	Keni'chiro Arai	1	14
39.	Shinobu	1	14

See also

• Dragon Gate Open the Twin Gate Championship
• KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship

References

1. "Open the Triangle Gate title history". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved 2007-07-17.
2. "Dragon Gate USA's Title Situation". Dragon Gate USA Pro Wrestling. Retrieved 2011-05-20.
3. "Open the Triangle Gate official title history" (in Japanese). Dragon Gate Official Site. Retrieved 2007-07-17.
4. "DGUSA main page". Retrieved 2007-07-22.
5. "Dragon Gate Storm Gate tour results, September 9, 2007" (in Japanese). SportsNavi. Retrieved 2007-09-09.
6. Boutwell, Josh (2010-10-29). "Viva La Raza! Lucha Weekly". WrestleView. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
7. Boutwell, Josh (2010-12-31). "Viva La Raza! Lucha Weekly". WrestleView. Retrieved 2011-01-01.

External links

• Official title history
• DGUSA title history
• Wrestling-Titles.com title history