GLEAT ran their latest G PROWRESTLING event today, returning to Tokyo to further set up some upcoming major title matches.
Today’s event was held at Tokyo FM Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on YouTube (this was a live stream earlier today).
The announced paid attendance was 230, a legit sellout.
Match 1: Takanori Ito, Yusuke Kodama, Masato Kamino & Yumehito Imanari beat Minoru Tanaka, Kaz Hayashi, Jun Tonsho & Tomoaki Honma (New Japn). Kamino pinned Tonsho after a lariat. After the match, 2AW Openweight Champion Takuro Niki came out and nominated Hayashi as his next challenger. That match will be held in 2AW on 12/3 at Korakuen Hall.
Match 2: G INFINITY Challenger Tournament: KAZMA SAKAMOTO & Quiet Storm beat Yu Iizuka & Tetsuya Izuchi. Storm pinned Izuchi after 53cm Arm Lariat.
Match 3: G INFINITY Challenger Tournament: Hartley Jackson & Keiichi Sato beat Soma Watanabe & Yuya Susumu by ref stoppage. Jackson beat Watanabe with a muffler hold.
Match 4: Kotaro Suzuki beat JD Lee.
Match 5: T-Hawk, El Lindaman & Junjae beat Ryuichi Kawakami, Hayato Tamura & Check Shimatani. Junjae pinned Shimatani after a rolling lariat.
Intermission. Afterwards, Minoru Tanaka came out to announce a 4-man tournament with Takanori Ito, Soma Watanabe, Yu Iizuka & Tetsuya Izuchi with the winner getting to face Lidet UWF Champion Fujita “Jr.” Hayato for the title. The tournament will begin on 11/23 at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama with the winners facing off on 12/10 at Shinjuku Face. The title match will be on 12/30 at TDC Hall.
Match 6: Sayaka Unagi vs. MICHIKO went to a 15 minute time limit draw.
Match 7: G INFINITY Challenger Tournament Finals: KAZMA SAKAMOTO & Quiet Storm beat Hartley Jackson & Keiichi Sato to win the tournament. SAKAMOTO pinned Sato after New Tiger King Subtype. As a result, KAZMA & Storm will face G INFINITY Champions Jun & Rei Saito for the titles on 11/18 at Nishitetsu Hall in Fukuoka.
Main Event: Kaito Ishida beat Issei Onitsuka. As a result, Ishida will face Takehiro Yamanura on 12/30.
The next event is 11/12 at Umeda Sky Building Stellar Hall in Osaka. Broadcast plans TBA but since it’s Osaka, there probably will be no live broadcast and it will be on YouTube a few days later.
