GLEAT ran their latest signature event, GLEAT Ver. 16, today in Tokyo.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on YouTube but requires a paid membership to their channel, which costs $8.99/month outside Japan.
The announced paid attendance was 640.
Match 1: Hartley Jackson & Kotaro Suzuki beat Parker Boudreaux & CIMA. Suzuki pinned CIMA.
Match 2: MICHIKO, Ryo Aitaka & Ryuji Hijikata beat Yuna Manase, JD Lee & Jay Lanrod. Aitaka pinned Lanrod after Love End Bomb.
Match 3: Tetsuya Izuchi & So Daimonji beat Minoru Tanaka & Seiki Yoshioka. Izuchi pinned Tanaka after Kill Zone.
Match 4: In a G-RUSH Rules Match, El Lindaman beat Lio Rush to become the inaugural G-RUSH World Champion. How fitting such a title match has a wrestler named Rush in it.
Match 5: In a Disbandment Contra Exile Match, Ryuichi Kawakami, Brass Knuckles JUN, Chris Weiss & Rock Iwasaki beat KAZMA SAKAMOTO, Quiet Storm, Takanori Ito & Issei Onitsuka. Kawakami pinned SAKAMOTO after Thunder Fire Bomb. As a result, Bulk Orchestra and Yanzuya Union both must disband.
Match 6: Katsuhiko Nakajima beat T-Hawk.
Match 7: G INFINITY Champions SBK & TAKUMA beat Soma Watanabe & Junjie to retain the titles. TAKUMA pinned Junjie after a 630 splash. V1 for the champs.
Main Event: G-REX Champion Kaito Ishida beat Takehiro Yamamura to retain the title. V1 for Ishida.
The next event is Lidet UWF Ver. 5 on 3/9 at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring with Lidet UWF Champion Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Simon Gotch for the title. All matches will be under Lidet UWF Rules. Broadcast plans TBA.
