The DGUSA Open the United Gate Championship was a tag team championship within the

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promotion. The first champions were World–1 (

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and Pac) and were crowned at ''United: Finale'' in the tournament final, which was held in

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''. 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

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. The title is also recognized by the Evolve promotion. On May 30, 2015, Gargano retired the titles after a title defense. Being a professional wrestling championship, it is not won via direct competition; it is instead won via a predetermined ending to a match or awarded to a wrestler because of a wrestling angle.

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and

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were the last champions, retiring the titles in their first reign both individually and as a team.

Title history

Tournament

A three-day round robin tournament was held from January 28–30, 2011; which involved four teams. The four teams were World-1 members Masato Yoshino and Pac, Ronin members

and Chuck Taylor, Blood Warriors members

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and

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, and Blood Warriors members Cima and

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. The tournament was points based with wins getting two points, a draw one point, and a loss was zero points.

Reigns

Combined reigns

By team

By wrestler

References

External links

Open The United Gate Championship
{{Dragon Gate USA Dragon Gate USA championships Evolve (professional wrestling) championships Tag team wrestling championships