Open the Freedom Gate Championship

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Open the Freedom Gate Championship
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Details
Date established November 28, 2009
Date retired August 15, 2015[1]
Promotion Dragon Gate USA
Dragon Gate
Evolve

The Open the Freedom Gate Championship was the major title in the promotion Dragon Gate USA. The first holder of the title was crowned following a 14-man tournament held at DGUSA Freedom Fight on November 28, 2009. 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.[3]

There were seven reigns by six wrestlers. BxB Hulk became the first champion by winning a 14-man tournament. Timothy Thatcher was the final champion, vacating the title on August 15, 2015.[1]

The championship was defended in the USA, Japan, China, England, Germany, Canada, Scotland and Northern Ireland.[4][5][6][7][8]

Title history

# Order in reign history
Reign The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed
— Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
N/A The information is not available or is unknown
+ Indicates the current reign is changing daily
# Wrestlers Reign Date Days
held		 Successful defenses Location Event Notes Ref.
1
BxB Hulk
 1 November 28, 2009 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. 7 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Freedom Fight 2009 Defeated Cima, Gran Akuma and Yamato in a four-way elimination tournament final match. [2]
2
Yamato
 1 January 28, 2011 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. 6 New York, New York United: NYC [9]
3
Johnny Gargano
 1 November 13, 2011 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. 22 New York, New York Freedom Fight 2011 [10]
4
Ricochet
 1 April 4, 2014 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. 5 New Orleans, Louisiana Open the Ultimate Gate 2014 [11]
5
Johnny Gargano
 2 November 16, 2014 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. 3 Beijing, China WWNLive tour for China [12]
6
Drew Galloway
 1 March 28, 2015 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. 5 San Jose, California Mercury Rising 2015 This match was also contested for Galloway's Evolve Championship. [13]
7
Timothy Thatcher
 1 July 10, 2015 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. 0 Tampa, Florida Evolve 45 This match was also contested for the Evolve Championship. [14]
— Deactivated — August 15, 2015 — — Queens, New York Evolve 47 Thatcher handed the title to Johnny Gargano, rendering it vacant and inactive. [1]

Combined reigns

Johnny Gargano with the Open the Freedom Gate Championship belt, during his first title reign, the only two time champion

As of May 17, 2024.

+ Indicates the current champion
Rank Champion No. of
reigns		 Combined
defenses		 Combined days
1 Johnny Gargano 2 25 946
2 BxB Hulk 1 7 426
3 Yamato 1 6 289
4 Ricochet 1 5 226
5 Drew Galloway 1 5 104
6 Timothy Thatcher 1 0 36

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ http://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=1234&page=5&reign=1
  5. ↑ http://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=1234&page=5&reign=6
  6. ↑ http://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=1234&page=5&reign=4
  7. ↑ http://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=1234&page=5&reign=3
  8. ↑ http://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=1234&page=5&reign=2
  9. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  10. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  11. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  12. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  13. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  14. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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