The Open the Brave Gate Championship (オープン・ザ・ブレイブゲート王座, Ōpun za Bureibugēto Ōza) is a professional wrestlingtitle created and promoted by the Japanese promotionDragongate. It has a weight limit of 83kg (183lb), though it has been defended against heavier wrestlers in the past. It can be considered the secondary singles title in Dragongate and is more of a light heavyweight championship.[1]
History
The championship was created on March 13, 2005 when Naruki Doi defeated Yossino in a tournament final.[2]
Belt design
Eita with the (2005–2019) design of the title in November 2016.
Jason Lee with the current design of the title (2019–present).
H.Y.O with a closer look to the current belt design.
The first design of the belt, from 2005 to 2019, had the faceplate logo divided into eight pieces, each representing the eight wrestlers who fought in the tournament to determine the inaugural champion. During Gamma's reign, he threw away all eight pieces of the faceplate and replaced it with his own plate, renaming it Open the Gamma Gate, and dictating and often changing the rules of his title defenses. This ended when Masato Yoshino, wrestling as the masked Dr. Muscle, defeated Gamma and restored it to the Brave Gate title, vacating it soon afterwards.
Reigns
As of May17, 2026, there have been a total of 55 reigns shared between 35 different champions. The current champion is Ryoya Tanaka who is in his first reign.[3]
Gamma defeated Anthony W. Mori in a tournament final to win the vacant championship. The title was renamed "Open the Gamma Gate" during his reign. Gamma successfully defended his Open the Gamma Gate six times but none of the defenses were not counted as part of the official Brave Gate lineage.
The championship was Renamed back to "Open the Brave Gate". This was Masato Yoshino disguised as Dr. Muscle but the reign is recognized as a Dr. Muscle reign.
The championship was declared vacant three days after Flamita left the belt in the ring in protest, following his ninth defense ending in a disqualification.
1.^ – On May 20, 2014, Flamita successfully defended the title against Drastik Boy, Kaleth and Shane Strickland at a Desastre Total Ultraviolento (DTU) event in Pachuca, Mexico. Although Dragon Gate has not recognized the defense, it is included here.[37]
↑Boutwell, Josh (2010-04-23). "Viva La Raza! Lucha Weekly". WrestleView. Retrieved 2010-04-24. Open the Brave Gate Title: Tigers Mask def. Super Shisa (c) to win the title [...] Osaka Pro's Tigers Mask shockingly upsets Super Shisa for the Brave Gate Title
12Boutwell, Josh (2010-08-20). "Viva La Raza! Lucha Weekly". WrestleView. Archived from the original on 2010-09-26. Retrieved 2010-08-22. Open the Brave Gate Title: Masato Yoshino def. Tigers Mask (c) to win the title! [...] Yoshino will now vacate the (Brave Gate) title
