GLEAT held another Ver. EX event Sunday in Nagoya as the Kaz Hayashi retirement series continues.
Sunday’s event was held at Nagoya International Conference Center Event Hall in Nagoya and can be watched on demand on YouTube.
The announced paid attendance was 832.
Match 1: Takehiro Yamamura, Seiki Yoshioka, Junjie, Tomoaki Honma (New Japan) & Shuji Ishikawa (Independent/Freelancer) beat MICHIKO, KAZMA SAKAMOTO, Quiet Storm, Riki Aitaka & Kumaarashi. Ishikawa pinned MICHIKO after Fire Thunder.
Match 2: Mason & Mansoor beat Soma Watanabe & Jun Tonsho. Mansoor pinned Tonsho after Centerfold.
Match 3: Kotaro Suzuki, Hartley Jackson & Keiichi Sato beat Takanori Ito, Issei Onitsuka & So Daimonji. Sato pinned Ito. Afterwards, Daimonji turned on Ito and joined Black Generation International.
Katsuhiko Nakajima was seen in the crowd.
Match 4: Kazuyuki Fujita & Kendo Ka Shin beat T-Hawk & Shigehiro Irie. Fujita pinned T-Hawk after Beast Bomb.
Match 5: Kaito Ishida & Tetsuya Izuchi beat SBK & YAKUMA. Ishida pinned SBK. As a result, Ishida & Izuchi get the next shot at the G INFINITY Championship held by Kaz Hayashi & CIMA. That match will happen on 7/1 at Tokyo Dome City Hall.
Match 6: G-REX Champion Hayato Tamura beat El Lindaman to retain the title. V5 for Tanura. Next up: Yuki Iino (DDT). That match will happen on 7/1.
Main Event: In an electric blast death match, Kaz Hayashi, CIMA & Minoru Tanaka beat Atsushi Onita, Ryuichi Kawakami & Yoshitatsu. Hayshi pinned Toshitatsu after an exploding bat attack. After the match, Kawakami attacked Lidet Entertainment President Hiroyuki Suzuki with the exploding bat and declared an anti-regime, also seemingly leaving Bulk Orchestra. GLEAT announced today that, following his actions, his contract with the promotion will be terminated after the 7/1 event.
The next event is 6/23 Umeda Stellar Hall in Osaka. Broadcast plans TBA but since it’s Osaka there likely will be no live broadcast.
