, more commonly abbreviated as R・E・D was a

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primarily appearing in the Japanese

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Dragon Gate. The group was formed on September 24, 2018 by former Antias members

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and freelancer

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. Since forming, the group has also included foreign wrestlers Pac and Daga.

History

The group has history going back to 2015 when it originally formed as VerserK, before being renamed to Antias in January 2018. After the group suffered many losses in early 2018, with

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, T-Hawk and

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all leaving for other promotions, and general poor reception of the stable's second incarnation, new leader

announced a complete rebranding of the stable on September 6, and that same night, added

as the newest member after he betrayed his group MaxiMuM. The group re-debuted as R・E・D. on September 24, and announced new member

. The night of the stable's debut would bring mixed success, as they defeated Natural Vibes in an All Out War ten-man tag team elimination match, but Eita lost the

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. 9 days later, Pac returned to Dragon Gate for the first time since 2012 and aligned himself with the group, teaming with Eita to defeat former Antias and VerserK leader

and

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. On October 21, Eita announced Mexican wrestler Daga as the newest member. On December 4, Pac defeated

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to win the

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, becoming the first British wrestler to hold the title in the process. On December 23, more gold was bought to the group when Yoshida, Kanda and Sakamoto beat Natural Vibes (

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and

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) for the

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and Ben-K and Shimizu won a four way match to capture the

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. In the main event, the feud between Eita and Dragon Kid culminated in a

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match, where, as per the stipulation, Eita shaved his head in the ring after failing to win back the Brave Gate Championship. In August 2021, Kazma Sakamoto began appearing in the

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wrestling promotion, effectively leaving the group. His profile was removed from the Dragon Gate roster website shortly after. On February 4, 2022, the group was rebranded as Z-BRATS, thus ending R.E.D's tenure as the main heel unit.

Members

As of , .

Former

Timeline

Championships and accomplishments

* Dragon Gate **

( 3 times) – Pac (1 time), Eita (1 time), KAI (1 time) **

( 4 times) – Eita (1 time), Ishida (1 time), KENTo (2 times) **

( 6 times) – Sakamoto, Yoshida and Kanda (1 time), H.Y.O., Yoshida, Diamante (1 time), Diamante, Sakamoto and Yoshida (1 time), KENTo, Sakamoto and Yoshida (1 time), Eita, Ishida and H.Y.O. (2 times) **

( 6 times) – Shimizu and Ben-K (1 time), Eita and Shimizu (1 time), Hulk and Sakamoto (1 time), Hulk and KAI (1 time), Ishida and Sakamoto (1 time), KENTo and H.Y.O. (1 time)

Footnotes

References

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