Dragongate Stars Set to Invade AJPW at Oct. 22 Event

By: Lewis Carlan

On Oct. 22nd, All Japan Pro-Wrestling will present the final event of its “RAISING AN ARMY MEMORIAL SERIES 2026” tour at Korakuen Hall.

AJPW will have to brace itself as a trio of Dragongate stars are set to invade the promotion.

The three Dragongate combatants that will arrive on Oct. 22 will be Madoka Kikuta, Yoshiki Kato & ISHIN of the faction Gajadokuro.

All three have appeared inside an AJPW ring before and they are looking to kick the inter-promotional feud up a notch.

Kikuta participated in this year’s AJPW Champion Carnival and had a great showing. He finished with eight points and reached the semifinals of the prestigious tournament.

The former Open The Dream Gate Champion Kikuta had very strong words aimed at AJPW:

From Madoka Kikuta:

“Hey, All Japan Pro Wrestling. We’re coming to your home turf—again, and again, and again. ISHIN, Yoshiki Kato, and Madoka Kikuta have a massive amount of resentment, bitterness, and hatred building up toward All Japan Pro-Wrestling. We’re storming in as ISHIN, Madoka Kikuta, and Yoshiki Kato of Gajadokuro. You better be ready for this, you guys.”(Translated via Deepl.com)

There will be a trio of AJPW’s top stars waiting to do battle as it was announced that Kikuta, Kato and ISHIN will face Yuma Aoyagi, Yuma Anzai and Ren Ayabe in a massive inter-promotional bout.

It’s highly unlikely that this match on Oct. 22 will settle the feud between AJPW and Dragongate. If anything, it will only intensify the feud which should lead to many more inter-promotional cross over battles.