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| championshipname = Open the Owarai Gate |
| championshipname = Open the Owarai Gate |
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| currentholder = Vacant |
| currentholder = Vacant |
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| won = December 16, 2025 |
| won = December 16, 2025 |
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| image = File:Open_the_Owarai_Gate_Championship.png |
| image = File:Open_the_Owarai_Gate_Championship.png |
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| caption = Former design of the title (2007–2018) |
| caption = Former design of the title (2007–2018) |
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| promotion = [[Dragon Gate (wrestling)|Dragon Gate]] |
| promotion = [[Dragon Gate (wrestling)|Dragon Gate]] |
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| created = May 4, 2007 |
| created = May 4, 2007 |
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| titleretired = |
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| mostreigns = [[Stalker Ichikawa|”Hollywood” Stalker Ichikawa]] (7 reigns) |
| mostreigns = [[Stalker Ichikawa|”Hollywood” Stalker Ichikawa]] (7 reigns) |
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| firstchamp = [[Kanji Ichikawa|”Hollywood” Stalker Ichikawa]] |
| firstchamp = [[Kanji Ichikawa|”Hollywood” Stalker Ichikawa]] |
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| longestreign = [[Mitsunobu Kikuzawa|Kikutaro]] (695 days) |
| longestreign = [[Mitsunobu Kikuzawa|Kikutaro]] (695 days) |
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| shortestreign = [[Kinta Tamaoka]], [[Cima (wrestler)|CIMA]], [[Masaaki Mochizuki]], [[Último Dragón]] (<1 day) |
| shortestreign = [[Kinta Tamaoka]], [[Cima (wrestler)|CIMA]], [[Masaaki Mochizuki]], [[Último Dragón]] (<1 day) |
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| heaviest = [[Don Fujii]] |
| heaviest = [[Don Fujii]] {{convert|220|lb|kg|abbr=on}} |
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| lightest = [[Stalker Ichikawa|”Hollywood” Stalker Ichikawa]] |
| lightest = [[Stalker Ichikawa|”Hollywood” Stalker Ichikawa]] {{convert|93|lb|kg|abbr=on}} |
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| oldest = [[Último Dragón]] ({{age in years months and days|1966|12|12|2025|12|16}}) |
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Latest revision as of 10:33, 18 December 2025
Professional wrestling championship
| Open the Owarai Gate | |
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 Former design of the title (2007–2018) |
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| Promotion | Dragon Gate |
| Date established | May 4, 2007 |
| Current champion | Vacant |
| Date won | December 16, 2025 |
The Open the Owarai Gate Championship (オープン・ザ・お笑いゲート王座, Ōpun Za Owarai Gēto Ōza) is a professional wrestling title in Japanese promotion Dragon Gate. The word owarai in the title’s name is the Japanese word for comedy.
The championship was first conceived during Stalker Ichikawa‘s first United States tour, joining fellow Dragon Gate wrestlers Cima, Naruki Doi, Masato Yoshino and Don Fujii during the Pro Wrestling Guerrilla two-night event Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament on May 19 and May 20, 2007, in Burbank, California.[1] In addition to changing his name to “Hollywood” Stalker Ichikawa, he also gave birth to the Open the Owarai Gate Championship which he wore during the second night of the event against Top Gun Talwar. The name change and the introduction of the belt was made official on May 25.[2] The championship was deactivated at Dead or Alive 2018, when Shingo Takagi, per stipulation, was the last person to escape the cage in the Hair vs. Hair Steel Cage Survival seven-way match.
The championship is both unique and very unusual. The title is not necessarily defended by traditional methods of simply beating the champion by pinfalls or submission. While such a situation can still happen, the title also has a stipulation regarding audience approval during the match. This means that while the champion could still technically lose the match, he could retain the belt simply by having earning more applause and/or laughter from the audience.[3]
The championship was defended for the first time on June 10 at Hakata Star Lanes in Fukuoka, Fukuoka. In addition, Ichikawa also began by having ten “Free Defense” tickets that would ensure he would always retain the title regardless. However, before his defense against Kikutaro on September 22 at the Ota-ku Gymnasium in Tokyo, the tickets were destroyed and he was forced to defend the belt on his own merit. He was able to successfully retain due to unusual circumstances since, such as his mother appealing to the crowd and later his opponent feeling sorry.
On June 3, 2023, at their Korakuen Hall show, the company announced the belt would be returning. They made Konomama Ichikawa the interim champion, and announced the new official champion would be decided at the Buyuden Zero vol.2 event on July 8, 2023. At the event, Kikutaro defeated Ichikawa to become the lineal champion.[4]
| No. | Overall reign number |
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| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
| <1 | Reign lasted less than a day |
As of December 18, 2025.
| † | Indicates the current champion |
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- ^ “Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, Results, 2007”. Pro Wrestling Guerrilla. Archived from the original on 2007-10-09. Retrieved 2007-10-15.
- ^ “Dragon Gate USA News Archive, May 2007”. Dragon Gate USA. Archived from the original on 2007-10-21. Retrieved 2007-10-15.
- ^ “Open the Owarai Gate”. DGUSA. Archived from the original on 2007-10-12. Retrieved 2007-10-13.
- ^ a b Kreikenbohm, Philip (July 8, 2023). “DG/Masaaki Mochizuki Produce Buyuden Rei ~ Zero ~ Vol. 2”. cagematch.net. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (June 10, 2007). “Dragon Gate The Gate Of Maximum 2007 – Tag 5 – TV-Show @ Hakata Starlanes in Fukuoka, Japan”. Cagematch – The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
- ^ a b Kreikenbohm, Philip (October 18, 2007). “Dragon Gate Live Gate 2007 Vol. 6 – TV-Show @ Asuta Live Factory Site-Kobe in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan”. Cagematch – The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (January 19, 2008). “Dragon Gate Wrestle JAM 3rd Season – Tag 4 – TV-Show @ Nagoya Telepia Hall in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan”. Cagematch – The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (February 2, 2008). “Dragon Gate Truth Gate 2008 – Tag 1 – Event @ Ukiha Yoshi Athletic Center in Ukiha, Fukuoka, Japan”. Cagematch – The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
- ^ Riba, Michael (November 27, 2017). “Dragon Gate “Memorial Gate 2017″ Results – 11/26/17 – Sendai, Japan”. gerweck.net. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
- ^ Lowe, Case (December 1, 2017). “DRAGON GATE MEMORIAL GATE IN SENDAI (NOVEMBER 26) RESULTS & REVIEW”. voicesofwrestling.com. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
- ^ Lowe, Case (March 28, 2018). “DRAGON GATE KOTOKA ROAD TO FINAL: THE ENDING (MARCH 6) REVIEW”. voicesofwrestling.com. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (October 5, 2023). “DG/Masaaki Mochizuki Produce Buyuden Rei ~ Zero ~ Vol. 3”. cagematch.net. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (January 16, 2025). “DG Open The New Year Gate 2025 – Tag 5”. cagematch.net. Retrieved January 16, 2025.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (November 2, 2025). “DG The Gate Of Destiny 2025 – Tag 1”. cagematch.net. Retrieved November 2, 2025.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (December 16, 2025). “DG Fantastic Gate 2025 – Tag 9”. cagematch.net. Retrieved December 16, 2025.
