GLEAT runs a special event today where the winner of a mini-tournament they held last month got to produce the event…because the BLACK GENERATION INTERNATIONAL faction won, they’re in charge today and the event has been dubbed “Puro Negro” (Pure Black). Because of this, they’ve also added a special stip to all matches except the one single match today-“no touch rules” like in Lucha Libre, meaning whenever a wrestler leaves the ring for any reason, whether or not under their own power, it counts as a tag and another teammate can enter the match. 7 matches have been announced including a title match for a promotion called BIG LUCHA.
There was a last-minute change to the card because Michiko Miyagi was originally announced for the event, but following her loss to Sayaka Unagi earlier in the week where the stip was Miyagi must leave GLEAT if she lost, she is now off despite efforts being made to keep her around. She was to have been in a tag match. Yu Iizuka is the replacement.
Today’s event will be held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE FOR FREE on YouTube. Click below to watch (courtesy of GLEAT Official YouTube channel. Video will not be available until the event starts):
It’s not known if there will be any commentary. It’s also not known what the time limits are so it’s hard to predict a running time for the event but I anticipate it’ll run in the neighborhood of 2-2 1/2 hours.
Today’s current lineup:
Takanori Ito, Masato Kamino & Yusuke Kodama vs. Kaz Hayashi, Minoru Tanaka & Jun Tonsho
Ryuichi Kawakami & KAZMA SAKAMOTO vs. Issei Onitsuka & Yu Iizuka
Hartley Jackson & Action Jackson vs. Quiet Storm & Andruew Tang
Yutani vs. MAZADA
Kotaro Suzuki & El Bendito vs. Check Shimatani & Galeno Del Mal
BIG LUCHA World Champion Emperador Azteca vs. Soma Watanabe for the title
Kaito Ishida, Flamita & Elemental vs. El Lindaman, Hayato Tamura & Tetsuya Izuchi
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Updates below will begin at 11 PM ET/8 PM PT.
8 PM PT UPDATE: Updates will begin shortly. Waiting to go to the venue.
Quick reload of YouTube and…opening video plays, an edit of the G PROWRESTLING intro video. Today it focuses on BLACK GENERATION INTERNATIONAL as this is their event. Afterwards…
We are LIVE from Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary. The entire BGI faction is in the ring with microphone. Everyone gets to do their intros, mostly in Japanese, some in Spanish.
The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Hard to tell with the lighting but it so far looks and sounds quite full. Depending on the seating layout it likely will be between 300-400, possibly close to 500 if it’s a sellout.
The opening segment went about 10 minutes, next is the lineup announcements. Matches will begin shortly.
The matches begin at 8:12 PM PT.
Match 1: Takanori Ito, Masato Kamino & Yusuke Kodama vs. Kaz Hayashi, Minoru Tanaka & Jun Tonsho (they’ll all doing some funky gimmick with slightly different names thanks to Daijiro Matsui, who is in their corner). 20 minute time limit
Result: Kaz Hayashi, Minoru Tanaka & Jun Tonsho beat Takanori Ito, Masato Kamino & Yusuke Kodama. Hayashi pinned Kodama.
Match 2: Ryuichi Kawakami & KAZMA SAKAMOTO vs. Issei Onitsuka & Yu Iizuka. 20 minute time lmiit
Result: Ryuichi Kawakami & KAZMA SAKAMOTO beat Isei Onitsuka & Yu Iizuka. SAKAMOTO pinned Iizuka after a vertical drop brainbuster.
Match 3: Hartley Jackson & Action Jackson vs. Quiet Storm & Andruew Tang. 20 minute time limit
Result: Hartley Jackson & Action Jackson beat Quiet Storm & Andruew Tang. Hartley Jackson pinned Tang after a sitout piledriver.
Match 4: Yutani vs. MAZADA. 20 minute time limit
Result: MAZADA beat Yutani
Match 5: Kotaro Suzuki & El Bendito vs. Check Shimatani & Galeno Del Mal. 20 minute time limit
Result: Check Shimatani & Galeno Del Mal beat Kotaro Suzuki & El Bendito. Del Mal pinned Bendito.
Intermission (9:22 PM PT). The event will resume in a few minutes. Updates will resume in about 10 minutes.
9:27 PM PT UPDATE: The event will resume with the next match in 5 minutes.
The matches resume at 9:32 PM PT.
Match 6: BIG LUCHA World Champion Emperador Azteca vs. Soma Watanabe for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: BIG LUCHA World Champion Emperador Azteca beat Soma Watanabe to retain the title.
Main Event: Kaito Ishida, Flamita & Elemental vs. El Lindaman, Hayato Tamura & Tetsuya Izuchi. 30 minute time limit
Result: Kaito Ishida, Flamita & Elemental beat El Lindaman, Hayato Tamuar & Tetsuya Izuchi. Ishida pinned Izuchi with a German suplex hold. Afterwards, the rest of BGI came out for the show-ending promo.
The next event is G PROWRESTLING Ver. 50 on 4/22 at Osaka Azalea Taisho in Osaka. Broadcast plans TBA but since it’s in Osaka and the powers-that-be in Osaka are really strict about this, there likely will be no live broadcast. It should be available on demand 2-3 days after the event.
UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 217.
