King of Gate
King of Gate is an annual single-elimination professional wrestling singles tournament held in the Japanese promotion Dragon Gate. It is the successor to El Numero Uno, previously held in Dragon Gate and Toryumon, although Uno was a round-robin tournament, as opposed to the single-elimination format used by King of Gate. In 2016, King of Gate adopted a round robin format with four separate blocks.
Results
List of winners
2005
The 2005 King of Gate was a 26-man tournament held from December 23 to December 27 over 5 daily shows. Due to the uneven number of participants, six were given byes to the second round.2006
The 2006 King of Gate was a 15-man tournament held from December 10 to December 22 over four shows. The 2005 winner, Ryo Saito, received a bye to the second round.2007
The 2007 King of Gate was a 16-man tournament, held from December 1 to December 9 over seven shows.2008
The 2008 King of Gate tournament, a sixteen-man tournament, was held from December 2 to December 19, covering six shows. Before the tournament started, current Open the Dream Gate Champion Shingo Takagi pulled out, and was replaced by Madoka, who won a Battle Royal on November 29 for the 16th and final spot.2010
After being postponed in 2009, the King of Gate will returned in April 2010. Sixteen wrestlers will occupied two blocks of eight each. The first round of Block A was on April 3, with the first round of Block B took place on April 4. Quarterfinal action was on April 9 and 10. The semifinals and finals of the tournament occurred on April 14.2011
The 2011 King of Gate tournament, a sixteen-man tournament, was held from May 12 to May 21, covering six shows.2012
The 2012 King of Gate tournament, a sixteen-man tournament, took place from May 10 to May 19, covering six shows.2013
The 2013 King of Gate tournament, a sixteen-man tournament, took take place from May 10 to May 25, covering seven shows.2014
The 2014 King of Gate tournament, a sixteen-man tournament, took take place from May 9 to May 31, covering nine shows.2015
The 2015 King of Gate tournament, a sixteen-man tournament, took take place from May 8 to May 30, covering seven shows.2016
The 2016 King of Gate tournament, a round robin tournament, featuring 4 blocks and will take place from May 8 to June 12, covering twenty shows.| Block A | Shingo Takagi | YAMATO | Don Fujii | Jimmy Kanda | Kzy | Punch Tominaga |
| Shingo Takagi | X | Takagi | Draw | Takagi | Kzy | Double Countout |
| YAMATO | Takagi | X | Fujii | YAMATO | YAMATO | YAMATO |
| Don Fujii | Draw | Fujii | X | Kanda | Kzy | Fujii |
| Jimmy Kanda | Takagi | YAMATO | Kanda | X | Kanda | Draw |
| Kzy | Kzy | YAMATO | Kzy | Kanda | X | Draw |
| Punch Tominaga | Double Countout | YAMATO | Fujii | Draw | Draw | X |
| Block B | CIMA | Jimmy Susumu | Akira Tozawa | Eita | Yosuke♥Santa Maria | Mondai Ryu |
| CIMA | X | Susumu | CIMA | Eita | CIMA | CIMA |
| Jimmy Susumu | Susumu | X | Tozawa | Eita | Susumu | Susumu |
| Akira Tozawa | CIMA | Tozawa | X | Draw | Tozawa | Tozawa |
| Eita | Eita | Eita | Draw | X | Maria | Eita |
| Yosuke♥Santa Maria | CIMA | Susumu | Tozawa | Maria | X | Maria |
| Mondai Ryu | CIMA | Susumu | Tozawa | Eita | Maria | X |
| Block C | T-Hawk | Ryo "Jimmy" Saito | Masaaki Mochizuki | Dragon Kid | Cyber Kong | Kotoka |
| T-Hawk | X | T-Hawk | Mochizuki | T-Hawk | T-Hawk | Kotoka |
| Ryo "Jimmy" Saito | T-Hawk | X | Draw | Saito | Kong | Saito |
| Masaaki Mochizuki | Mochizuki | Draw | X | Kid | Mochizuki | Mochizuki |
| Dragon Kid | T-Hawk | Saito | Kid | X | Kid | Kid |
| Cyber Kong | T-Hawk | Kong | Mochizuki | Kid | X | Kotoka |
| Kotoka | Kotoka | Saito | Mochizuki | Kid | Kotoka | X |
| Block D | Masato Yoshino | Naruki Doi | Gamma | Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!! Big R Shimizu | El Lindaman | - |
| Masato Yoshino | X | Yoshino | Yoshino | H.A.Gee.Mee | Yoshino | Draw |
| Naruki Doi | Yoshino | X | Gamma | Doi | Shimizu | Doi |
| Gamma | Yoshino | Gamma | X | Gamma | Shimizu | Gamma |
| Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee | H.A.Gee.Mee | Doi | Gamma | X | Shimizu | H.A.Gee.Mee |
| Big R Shimizu | Yoshino | Shimizu | Shimizu | Shimizu | X | Shimizu |
| El Lindaman | Draw | Doi | Gamma | H.A.Gee.Mee | Shimizu | X |
2017
The 2017 King of Gate tournament, a round robin tournament, featuring 4 blocks and will take place from May 9 to June 11.2018
The 2018 King of Gate tournament, a round robin tournament, featuring 4 blocks and will take place from May 8 to June 10. The winner of each respective block will advance to a single elimination tournament that will take place on June 1 & June 9. The winner of this tournament receives a Dream Gate title match on June 10. The fighter with the lowest point total in each block will also compete in a single elimination tournament, to be held on June 2 & 3 to decide overall last place. Eita took part in the last place tournament due to Dragon Kid's injuries.2019
The 2019 King of Gate tournament, a round robin tournament, featuring 4 blocks took place from May 9 to June 8. The semi-finals and finals took place on June 6 and 8, respectively. U-T forfeited the rest of his matches due to injury.Ben-K is the first wrestler to go undefeated in the King of Gate tournament since the format change from single-elimination to round-robin.