During the overnight hours GLEAT announced that Maya Fukuda has left the promotion. While it will be effective July 1, she has already had her last match as a member of the promotion. Contract expiring and will not be renewed. Presumably she will continue as a freelancer. Fukuda mostly competed in Lidet UWF bouts and an occasional women’s match.
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DEVELOPING: GLEAT Title Vacated
GLEAT fans haven’t seen much of the Lidet UWF Championship lately since it had been around the waist of Fujita “Jr.” Hayato of Michinoku Pro Wrestling. That changed today…at a Michinoku Pro event it was announced the Lidet UWF Championship is now VACANT. Hayato vacated the title because of being out an unknown period of time due to illness. He had held the title since July 2023 but only made one successful defense as UWF fights take a backseat to G PROWRESTLING and are only featured every few events. No word yet on plans to crown a new champion.
GLEAT 6/9/24 Results
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.
GLEAT 6/6/24 Results
GLEAT held a special crossover event today with/against DDT, dubbed GLEAT Ver. & GLEAT x DDT.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand FOR FREE on YouTube.
The announced paid attendance was 725.
Match 1: Shunma Katsumata, Takanori Ito & Issei Onitsuka beat Danshoku Dieno, Makoto Oishi & Issei Onitsuka and Train MICHI Man, Keigo Nakamura & Yu Iizuka in a 3-way when Katsumata pinned Oishi.
Match 2: Minoru Tanaka beat Kazuki Hirata.
Match 3: CIMA & HARASHIMA beat Soma Watanabe & Takao Soma. HARASHIMA pinned Soma after Blue Sword.
Match 4: Tetsuya Endo beat Tetsuya Izuchi.
Match 5: SBK & TAKUMA beat To-y & Kazuma Sumi. TAKUMA pinned Sumi after a 630 splash.
Match 6: Yuki Ueno, El Lindaman & MAO beat Sanshiro Takagi, Kaz Hayashi & Akito. MAO pinned Akito. Afterwards, MAO asked Hayashi to tell Shiryu, who is about to retire, that MAO wanted to defend the DDT Universal Championship against Shiryu before then. Per DDT, that match will happen at their 6/16 event at Tokyo FM Hall.
Match 7: In an elimination match, Daisuke Sasaki, Kaito Ishida, KANON, Hartley Jackson & Kotaro Suzuki beat T-Hawk, Chris Brookes, Takehiro Yamamura, Seiki Yoshioka & Takeshi Masada. Order of elimination: Yamamura by Suzuki, Yoshioka by Sasaki, Suzuki by T-Hawk, KANON self-eliminated, Jackson by Brookes, Brookes by Sasaki, T-Hawk by Sasaki, Sasaki by Masada, Masada by Ishida. Ishida wins as last one left. Over the top rope eliminations were in effect.
Main Event: Kazusada Higuchi, Yuki Iino & Yukio Naya beat Hayato Tamura, Ryuichi Kawakami & KAZMA SAKAMOTO. Iino pinned Tamura after a spear.
The next event is Sunday at Nagoya International Conference Center Event Hall in Nagoya as they continue the Kaz Hayashi retirement tour. It’s a GLEAT Ver. EX but it will only have G PROWRESTLING matches including a G REX Championship match as Hayato Tamura defends against El Lindaman. Broadcast plans TBA.
GLEAT 4/17/24 Results
GLEAT ran the 4th Lidet UWF event today, an event featuring only UWF bouts.
Today’s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on YouTube (it was a live broadcast earlier today).
The announced paid attendance was 228.
All matches were Lidet UEF bouts (no pinfalls, win only by submission, KO/TKO, ref stoppage or points if time limit reached. If points are tied at time limit, it’s a Draw)
Match 1: Tetsuya Isuchi vs. Yutaka Kobayashi went to a 15 minute time limit draw, tied on points left. Draw.
Match 2: Kotaro Suzuki & Hartley Jackson beat Hideki Sekine & Takatoshi Matsumoto by TKO. Jackson beat Matsunoto with a powerbomb.
Match 3: Maya Fukuda beat Yura Suzuki by KO.
Match 4: Soma Watanabe & Dan Tamura vs. Takuya Wada & Daisuke Nakmura went to a 20 minute time limit draw, tied on points. Draw.
Match 5: Masakatsu Funaki beat Yu Iizuka by TKO in 46 seconds.
Match 6: Kaz Hayashi Last UWF Bout-Minoru Suzuki & Kendo Ka Shin beat Kaz Hayashi & Yoshiaki Fujiwara by submission. Suzuki beat Hayashi.
Main Event: Takanori Ito beat Hikaru Sato by ref stoppage.
The next event is GLEAT HOUSE SHOW in Yokohama on 5/4 at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.
GLEAT 3/16/24-3/17/24 Results
GLEAT ran their latest G PROWRESTLING event this weekend in Osaka, but also then held their first GLEAT-branded non-televised house show after that.
Saturday’s event was held at Umeda Stellar Hall in Osaka and should be available on demand on YouTube at a later date. There was no live broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 223.
Match 1: Minoru Tanaka, Magnitude Kishiwada & JD Lee beat Kaz Hayashi, MICHIKO & Jun Tonsho. Tanaka beat Tonsho with Minoru Special.
Match 2: Soma Watanabe beat Issei Onitsuka.
Match 3: Lidet UWF Double Bout: Tetsuya Izuchi & Riki Aitaka beat Yu Iizuka & Seiichi Ikemoto by submission. Izuchi beat Iizuka,
Match 4: Quiet Storm beat Junjie.
Match 5: T-Hawk & Takehiro Yamamura beat El Lindaman & CIMA. T-Hawk pinned CIMA after Tenchi. Afterwards, Lindaman asked for T-Hawk to be his opponent for his 10th Anniversary Match at a STRONGHEARTS produced event on 4/14. Accepted. Then Onitsuka came out and asked for Yamamura to be his opponent at that event. Also accepted. Then a video from Shigehiro Irie played announcing he would return to Japan for that event. He is currently in England.
Match 6: Takanori Ito beat So Daimonji. Afterwards, because they have split the 2 prior matches Ito demanded a 3rd match but with no pinfalls. Accepted.
Main Event: Check Shimatani, Hayato Tamura, Ryuichi Kawakami & KAZMA SAKAMOTO beat Kaito Ishida, Hartley Jackson, Kotaro Suzuki & Jordan Oliver. Shimatani pinned Oliver after a reverse strike. Shimatani promo afterwards where he thanked the fans in Osaka and promised to come back bigger. This was his last Osaka match before an international training excursion.
Yesterday’s event was held at Hulic Hall in Kyoto. There will be no on demand broadcast on YouTube (there also was no live broadcast).
The announced paid attendance was 163.
Match 1; Kotaro Suzuki & Hartley Jackson beat Takehiro Yamamura & JD Lee. Jackson pinned Lee after Falcon Arrow.
Match 2: So Daimonji beat Junjie.
Match 3; Takanori Ito & Riki Aitaka beat Tetsuya Izuchi & Yu Iizuka. Ito pinned Iizuka after a combination kick.
Match 4: Kaz Hayashi, Minoru Tanaka, CIMA & Super Delfin beat Soma Watanabe, Issei Onitsuka, MICHIKO & Jun Tonsho. Delfin pinned Tonsho with Delfin Clutch.
Match 5; T-Hawk & El Lindaman beat Kaito Ishida & Jordan Oliver. Lindaman pinned Oliver with a German suplex hold.
Main Event: Ryuichi Kawakami & KAZMA SAKAMOTO beat Hayato Tamura & Check SHimatani. Kawakami pinned Shimatani after Thunderbolt.
The next event is 4/4 at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Broadcast plans TBA but it likely will be streamed live on YouTube and available on demand immediately after the event.
GLEAT 3/13/24 Results
GLEAT ran their latest major event, GLEAT Ver. 10, yesterday in Tokyo.
Yesterday’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand FOR FREE on YouTube.
The announced paid attendance was 598.
Match 1: Takehiro Yamamura, Issei Onitsuka, Yusuke Kodama, Yuya Susumu & Kumaarashi beat Kotaro Suzuki, Hartley Jackson, Quiet Storm, Junjie & JD Lee. Kumaarashi pinned Lee after a diving senton.
Match 2: G INFINITY Championship Tournament: Kaz Hayashi & CIMA beat Ryuichi Kawakami & KAZMA SAKAMOTO. Hayashi pinned Kawakami.
Match 3: G INFINITY Championship Tournaemtn: T-Hawk & Seiki Yoshioka beat Kaito Ishida & Jordan Oliver. T-Hawk pinned Oliver after Ready To Wear.
Match 4: Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana beat Soma Watanabe & Jun Tonsho. Kuroshio pinned Tonsho after a jumping high kick.
Match 5: El Lindaman beat Check Shimatani. Afterwards, Lindaman announced a 10th Anniversary match for 4/4 against trainee Go Miyake.
Match 6: Shuji Ishikawa & Tetsuya Izuchi beat Riki Aitaka & Yu Iizuka. Izuchi beat Aitaka with a reverse armbar.
Match 7: So Daimonji beat Takamori Ito.
Intermission. Before this, a GLEAT x DDT crossover event was announced for 6/6 at Korakuen.
Match 8: Chihiro Hashimoto (Sendai Girls) beat MICHIKO.
Match 9: G INFINITY Championship Tournament: Kaz Hayashi & CIMA beat T-Hawk & Seiki Yoshioka to win the tournament and the titles. Hayashi & CIMA become the 4th G INFINITY Champions. CIMA pinned Yoshioka after Meteora. Next up: Possibly Quiet Storm & Kumaarashi.
Main Event: G-REX Champion Hayato Tamura beat Minoru Tanaka to retain the title. V3 for Tamura.
The next event is G PROWRESTLING Ver. 70 Saturday at Umeda Stellar Hall in Osaka. There will be no live broadcast.
FREE VIDEO: GLEAT Ver. 9 (2/23/24)
As is normally the case when they can’t stream live, GLEAT has now uploaded their latest full event video to YouTube. Below is the full video from Friday’s (2/23) GLEAT Ver. 9 event at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka:
Video courtesy of the GLEAT Official YouTube Channel.
GLEAT 2/23/24 Results
GLEAT held their latest signature event, GLEAT Ver. 9, this past Friday in Osaka.
Friday’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka and should be available on demand on YouTube at a later date. There was no live broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 456..
Match 1: Kotaro Suzuki & Keiichi Sato beat Takanori Ito & Fire Katsumi. Suzuki pinned Katsumi after Blue Destiny.
Match 2: Yuya Susumu & Yusuke Kodama beat MICHIKO & JD Lee. Kodama pinned Lee.
Match 3: In a Fight Without Justice aka Deathmatch/No DQ match, So Daimonji beat Issei Onitsuka. Afterwards, Takanori Ito asked for a match against Daimonji. Accepted, but only on the condition of there being matches in both Tokyo and Osaka. That match will happen on both 3/13 and 3/16.
Match 4: Lidet UWF Bout-Minoru Tanaka beat Takafuni Ito by TKO.
Match 5: Tetsuya Izuchi & Seiichi Ikemoto beat Kaito Ishida & Hartley Jackson. Izuchi beat Jackson with an arm triangle.
Match 6: Soma Watanabe beat TAKUMA.
Match 7: Jun Saito, Yuma Aoyagi & Seigo Tachibana (All-Japan) beat Kaz Hayashi, CIMA & Jun Tonsho. Saito pinned Tonsho. After the match, Saito announced that, due to the current Rei Saito injury, the G INFINITY Championship they held is now VACANT. That means the scheduled 3/13 defense against Kaz Hayashi & CIMA is now off. A tournament will be announced soon to crown new champions.
Match 8: El Lindaman beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan.
Match 9: T-Hawk, Takehiro Yamamura Seiki Yoshioka & Junjie beat Ryuichi Kawakami, KAZMA SAKAMOTO, Check Shimatani & Quiet Storm. Yoshioka pinned Shimatani after Crash Driver.
Main Event: G-REX Champion Hayato Tamura beat SBK to retain the title. V3 for Tamura. Next up: Minoru Tanaka. That match will happen on 3/13.
The next event is GLEAT Ver. 10 on 3/13 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Broadcast plans TBA but since it’s at Korakuen it probably will be live on YouTube, if so the live broadcast would begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.
News: GLEAT Holding Masato Yoshino Produced Event
GLEAT has announced a special Masato Yoshino Produced event, SPEED STAR Masato Yoshino “Unity” “The First”, to be held on 2/15 at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Yoshino, a former wrestler in Dragon Gate who may very well have been the fastest wrestler ever (only Seiki Yoshioka cam run the ropes anywhere close to as fast as Yoshino could in his prime, at least among those I’ve seen), has been working in an executive role with GLEAT since its creation alongside former Dragon Gate mainstay CIMA.
GLEAT has announced the full card for the event:
T-Hawk & El Lindaman vs. Kaito Ishida & Takehiro Yamamura
Ryuichi Kawakami & Dongry Fujie (?) vs. Tetsuya Izuchi & Issei Onitsuka
Masato Yoshino & CIMA in a 5-minute public recording segment for Yoshino’s YouTube channel
Sareee & Kizuna Tanaka vs. Nanae Takahashi & Yuu
Hayato Tamura & Yuma Anzai vs. Minoru Suzuki & KAZMA SAKAMOTO
Tickets are on sale now. No word yet on if video will be available live or on demand on YouTube. Check out the event poster below:
