Open the United Gate Championship
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Masato Yoshino and Ricochet after winning the title in March 2012
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Dragon Gate USA Dragon Gate Evolve |
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| Date established | January 30, 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date retired | May 30, 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| First champion(s) | Masato Yoshino and Pac |
| Most reigns | (as a team) All teams (1 reign): (as an individual) Cima, Masato Yoshino and Ricochet (2 reigns) |
| Longest reign | The Bravado Brothers (Harlem Bravado and Lancelot Bravado) (302 days) |
| Shortest reign | Ronin (42 days) |
| Oldest winner | Cima, 34 years. |
| Youngest winner | Ricochet, 22 years. |
| Heaviest champion | The Bravado Brothers and Premiere Athlete Brand (191 kg) |
| Lightest champion | Blood Warriors (156 kg) |
The DGUSA Open the United Gate Championship was a tag team championship within the Dragon Gate USA promotion. The first champions were World–1 (Masato Yoshino and Pac) and were crowned at United: Finale in the tournament final, which was held in Union City, New Jersey. It aired on March 11, 2011 on pay-per-view tape delay entitled United We Stand. 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 Japan. 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. Johnny Gargano and Rich Swann are the current champions in their first reign both individually and as a team.
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 Johnny Gargano and Chuck Taylor, Blood Warriors members Naruki Doi and Ricochet, and Blood Warriors members Cima and Dragon Kid.
The tournament was a points based tournament with wins getting two points, a draw one point, and a loss was zero points.
As of February 18, 2017
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