type private industry professional wrestling puroresu lucha libre founded 2009 defunct currently dormant headquarters philadelphia pennsylvania u.s. key people satoshi oji president gabe sapolsky vice president sal hamaoui coo parent wwnlive 1 website dgusa.tv dragon gate usa dgusa is an american professional wrestling promotion founded in 2009 as an international expansion of the japanese promotion dragon gate . gabe sapolsky former head booker of ring of honor currently serves as the promotion s vice president even with its dormant status . contents 1 history 2 partnerships 3 championships 4 references 5 external links history edit dragon gate usa featured regular members of the dragon gate roster along with notable american talent . all dragon gate titles and champions were recognized by dragon gate usa . 2 in june 2009 it was announced that dragon gate usa had signed an agreement to film its shows for pay per view broadcast . 3 in august 2009 it was announced that dragon gate usa had signed an agreement with the fight network to air dgusa content on television . 4 the first open the freedom gate champion was crowned following a tournament held at dgusa freedom fight on november 28 2009 . this was the main title of dragon gate usa . on september 7 2010 dragon gate usa announced a partnership with go fight live and that their first live internet pay per view bushido way of the warrior later renamed bushido code of the warrior would be taking place on october 29 . 5 in the fall of 2010 dgusa announced that it would be holding a tournament to crown the first open the united gate champions which was their tag team champions . it was announced on december 13 2010 that the tournament would be a four team round robin tournament that would take place over three shows from january 28 through january 30 2011 . on november 25 2011 dragon gate usa and evolve announced the unification of the two promotions . dragon gate usa and evolve will still promote separate events but the two share rosters including stables and evolve recognized dragon gate usa s open the freedom gate championship and open the united gate championship as its top two championships 6 until establishing its own championship the evolve championship in 2012 . on september 18 2013 vito lograsso announced that his new wrestling school signed an agreement to be the development center for dgusa . 7 in november 2014 dragon gate usa along with evolve full impact pro fip and shine wrestling all under the wwnlive banner held a tour of china . 1 the following month wwnlive announced a long term deal with great wall international sports management for regular tours of asia starting in the spring of 2015 . 8 on december 22 wwnlive announced it was putting dragon gate usa on an indefinite hiatus until the promotion could secure more japanese wrestlers for their shows . 9 in 2015 wwnlive opened a training facility in trinity florida named world wrestling network academy which dragon gate usa shares with evolve fip and shine . 10 partnerships edit working agreements between dragon gate usa and the following promotions have led to interchanges in talent . also matches from these promotions have appeared on dragon gate usa dvd releases . 11 12 chikara established april 26 2009 13 all american wrestling established june 15 2009 hybrid wrestling established june 15 2009 full impact pro established september 28 2009 jeff peterson memorial cup established october 13 2009 women superstars uncensored established october 14 2009 maximum pro wrestling established march 3 2010 rampage pro wrestling combat zone wrestling new york wrestling connection insanity pro wrestling championships edit championship last champion s date retired open the freedom gate championship timothy thatcher august 15 2015 open the united gate championship ronin johnny gargano and rich swann may 30 2015 references edit a b johnson mike 2014 09 19 . evolve heading to china no really . pro wrestling insider . retrieved 2014 09 19 . wwnlive the parent company of evolve shine fip and dragon gate usa . dragon gate usa s title situation . dgusa.tv . 2009 04 15 . http pwtorch.com artman2 publish other news 4 article 32891 . shtml http thefightnetwork.com news wrestling 4240 dragon gate usa partners with the fight network caldwell james 2010 09 07 . dgusa news dragon gate usa announces live internet ppv debut next month . pro wrestling torch . retrieved 2010 09 07 . evolve evolves now unified with dgusa . wrestling observer newsletter . 2011 11 25 . retrieved 2011 11 25 . http www.pwinsiderxtra.com viewarticle.php id 26221 caldwell james 2014 12 03 . newswire wwnlive announces long term china plan ross talks importance of tokyo dome new japan s subscription goals latest world tag league standings more . pro wrestling torch . retrieved 2014 12 04 . caldwell james 2014 12 22 . wwnlive news update on the future of dragon gate usa several new matches for evolve florida tour . pro wrestling torch . retrieved 2014 12 23 . caldwell james 2015 02 19 . wwnlive news official new training facility announced . pro wrestling torch . retrieved 2015 02 19 . news alerts . dragon gate usa . dragon gate usa news update for 10 15 . indy wrestling news . 2009 10 15 . retrieved 2009 11 08 . dgusa and chikara reach working agreement . dragon gate usa . april 26 2009 . retrieved november 8 2009 . external links edit dgusa.tv official website dgusa match results and significant dates v t e dragon gate usa pay per view dgusa enter the dragon 2009 2011 dgusa untouchable 2009 2011 dgusa freedom fight 2010 2011 dgusa fearless 2010 2011 open the ultimate gate 2011 dgusa mercury rising 2010 2014 dgusa uprising 2010 bushido code of the warrior 2010 united nyc 2011 united philly 2011 dgusa united we stand dgusa way of the ronin 2011 championships open the freedom gate open the united gate miscellaneous dragon gate dragon gate uk evolve wwnlive v t e dragon gate championships active open the dream gate open the brave gate open the triangle gate open the twin gate open the owarai gate inactive dragon gate i j heavyweight tag team tournaments king of gate summer adventure tag league miscellaneous roster dragon gate usa evolve dragon gate uk toryumon v t e professional wrestling in the united states active promotions national promotions ring of honor total nonstop action wrestling wwe notable programs impact wrestling lucha underground ring of honor wrestling wwe nxt wwe raw wwe smackdown notable independent promotions and wrestling territories all american wrestling all pro wrestling championship wrestling from hollywood chaotic wrestling chikara combat zone wrestling cwf mid atlantic funking conservatory east coast wrestling association empire wrestling federation evolve full impact pro global force wrestling heartland wrestling association house of hardcore independent wrestling association mid south independent wrestling federation iwa east coast jersey all pro wrestling juggalo championship 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