GLEAT announced on their website that Yu Iizuka is taking an extended hiatus from the promotion effective at the end of the year. While he dealt with injuries this past year, including several concussions, he currently is not seriously injured or under doctor’s orders but wants to rest and focus on jiu-jitsu training while focusing on a full recovery. He is expected to still be part of the year-end 12/30 event at TDC Hall in Tokyo then will step away, based on translation of the promotion’s announcement this hiatus could be at least 6 months to a year or longer as they will check in with Iizuka every 6 months. He is also scheduled for Sunday’s event in Osaka.
Tag: GLEAT
GLEAT 11/23/24 Results
GLEAT ran a non-televised house show today in Yokohama, the first of 2 consecutive such events planned.
Today’s event was held at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. There was no live broadcast and there will be no on demand broadcast available on YouTube.
The announced paid attendance was 191.
Match 1: MICHIKO, Yu Iizuka & Yumehito Imanari beat Yuna Manase, Takanori Ito & Issei Onitsuka. MICHIKO pinned Manase after a tombstone piledriver. Afterwards, MICHIKO challenged Manase for her Kitsune Women’s Wrestling World Championship. That match will happen in Ganbare Pro Wrestling on 12/27 at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo.
Match 2: Kotaro Suzuki beat Junjie.
Match 3: Ryuichi Kawakami & Chris Weiss beat Takehiro Yamamura & JD Lee. Weiss pinned Lee after a package piledriver.
Match 4: Kaito Ishida, Tetsuya Izuchi & Hartley Jackson beat Minoru Tanaka Ryo Aitaka & Chris Ridgeway. Izuchi pinned Aitaka after Kill Zone.
Match 5: Soma Watanabe beat Brass Knuckles JUN.
Main Event: Hayato Tamura, Check Shimatani, Quiet Storm & Kumaarashi beat T-Hawk, El Lindaman, Seiki Yoshioka & CIMA. Shimatani pinned CIMA after Sperrana.
The next event is 12/14 at Kyoto Hulic Hall in Kyoto for another GLEAT House Show. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.
GLEAT 11/17/24 Results
GLEAT ran their latest signature event, GLEAT Ver. 13, this past Sunday in Fukuoka, but didn’t post results until earlier today.
Sunday’s event was held at Nishitetsu Hall in Fukuoka and can be watched on demand on YouTube.
The announced paid attendance was 271.
Match 1; Ryuchi Kawakami & Chris Weiss beat Issei Onitsuka & Ryo Aitaka. Weiss pinned Onitsuka after a package piledriver.
Match 2; Tetsuya Izuchi & Kotaro Suzuki beat Minoru Tanaka & Chris Ridgeway. Izuchi pinned Tanaka after Killzone.
Match 3: T-Hawk beat Junjie.
Match 4: In a Lumberjack Whipping Match, MICHIKO beat Brass Knuckles JUN.
Match 5: Kaito Ishida & So Daimonji beat Parker & Macy Boudreaux. Daimonji pinned Macy Boudreaux after Black Rain.
Match 6: Soma Watanabe, Takehiro Yamamura & JD Lee beat Hayato Tamura, KAZMA SAKAMOTO & Quiet Storm. Watanabe pinned SAKAMOTO after a dropkick.
Main Event: Lidet UWF Double Bout: Katsuhiko Nakajima & Yu Iizuka beat Takanori Ito & El Lindaman by TKO. Nakajima beat Ito with Northern Lights Bomb. Afterwards, Tetsuya Izuchi attacked Nakajima and demanded a Lidet UWF Championship fight. No word on when/if that will happen.
The next event is a GLEAT House Show tomorrow at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. There will be no live or on demand broadcast (no YouTube at all this time).
Injury Report: The promotion has announced KAZMA SAKAMOTO is now off tomorrow’s event. Fever. He was apparently to have been in the main event, an 8-man tag. It appears Kumaarashi is the replacement.
It also has been announced that the next event after this, a GLEAT House Show on 12/14 in Kyoto, also will have no live or on demand broadcast on YouTube. After that is Osaka on 12/15 (Umesa Stellar Hall) so no live broadcast there, so the next live broadcast may be the major year-ender on 12/30 at Tokyo Dome City Hall in Tokyo.
GLEAT 11/13/24 Results
GLEAT ran their latest G PROWRESTLING event today in Tokyo.
Today’s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and should be available on demand on YouTube at a later date. There was-surprisingly-no live broadcast. (UPDATE: It will be available on demand on YouTube Friday [11/15] at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET)
The announced paid attendance was 223.
Match 1: Takehiro Yamamura & Junjie beat Takanori Ito & Issei Onitsuka. Junjie pinned Onitsuka after a powerslam.
Match 2: KAZMA SAKAMOTO, Quiet Storm & Koki Iwasaki beat MICHIKO, Seiki Yoshioka & Shigehiro Irie. Iwasaki beat MICHIKO with a Texas Cloverleaf.
Match 3: Chris Weiss beat JD Lee.
Match 4: So Daimonji & Hartley Jackson beat Minoru Tanaka & Yu Iizuka. Daimonji pinned Iizuka after Black Rain.
Match 5: Hayato Tamura beat Ryo Aitaka.
Match 6: Ryuichi Kawakami & Brass Knuckles JUN beat Parker & Macy Boudreaux. JUN pinned Macy Bordeaux after Frozen Punch.
Match 7: El Lindaman, Chris Ridgeway & Fuminori Abe beat Kaito Ishida, Tetsuya Izuchi & Kotaro Suzuki. Ridgeway pinned Suzuki with Samson Clutch.
Main Event: Soma Watanabe beat T-Hawk. Afterwards, Watanabe issued a G-REX Championship challenge. Accepted by Hayato Tamura. That match will happen on 12/30 at Tokyo Dome City Hall.
The next event is GLEAT Ver. 13 Sunday at Nishitetsu Hall in Fukuoka. Broadcast plans TBA.
GLEAT 11/10/24 Results
GLEAT ran their latest G PROWRESTLING event yesterday in Osaka.
Yesterday’s event was held at Umeda Stellar Hall in Osaka and will be available on demand on YouTube tomorrow at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET. There was no live broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 214.
Before the event began, Takehiro Yamamura, Soma Watanabe, Junjie & JD Lee came out and announced their new faction will be known as G-RIZE.
Match 1: KAZMA SAKAMOTO & Koki Iwasaki beat Issei Onitsuka & Kumaarashi. SAKAMOTO pinned Onitsuka after Trans Rave.
Match 2: Chris Ridgeway beat Yu Iizuka by submission.
Match 3: Minoru Tanaka, Takanori Ito & MICHIKO beat Tetsuya Izuchi, Keiichi Sato & AKARI. Ito pinned Sato with a German suplex hold.
Match 4: Hayato Tamura & Quiet Storm beat Parker Boudreaux & Macy Boudreaux. Storm pinned Macy Boudreaux after 53cm Arm Lariat.
Match 5: Ryo Aitaka beat Seiichi Ikemoto.
Match 6: T-Hawk, El Lindaman & Seiki Yoshioka beat Ryuichi Kawakami, Brass Knuckles JUN & Chris Weiss. T-Hawk beat JUN with a cobra twist. Afterwards, a beatdown by the losers on T-Hawk happened until Ryo Aitaka made the save. Then Aitaka asked for a match against T-Hawk. Agreed to. That match will happen at the next event at this venue, which is currently scheduled for 12/15.
Main Event: Kaito Ishida, Hartley Jackson, Kotaro Suzuki & So Daimonji beat Soma Watanabe, Takehiro Yamamura, Junjie & JD Lee. Daimonji pinned Lee after Black Rain.
The next event is Wednesday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Broadcast plans TBA but since it’s Tokyo and Shinjuku Face it probably will be a live broadcast on YouTube, if that is the case live streaming will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.
GLEAT 10/27/24 Results
GLEAT ran their latest “house show” this past Sunday in Sendai.
Sunday’s event was held at Guriri Hall in Sendai. There was no live broadcast and it will not be available on demand on YouTube.
The announced paid attendance was 330, a legit sellout.
Match 1: Ryuichi Kawakami & Brass Knuckles JUN beat Densha MICHIO. JUN pinned MICHIO after Frozen Punch.
Match 2: Takanori Ito & Ryo Aitaka beat KAZMA SAKAMOTO & Koki Iwasaki. Ito pinned Iwasaki with a German suplex hold.
Match 3: T-Hawk beat Yu Iizuka.
Match 4: Minoru Tanaka & CIMA beat Rui Hyugaji & Ayumu Gunji (Michinoku Pro). Tanaka pinned Gunji with Heat Clutch.
Match 5: MICHIKO & El Lindaman vs. Manami & Hayato Tamura went to a 20 minute time limit draw.
Main Event: Soma Watanabe, Takehiro Yamamura, Junjie & JD Lee beat Kaito Ishida. Tetsuya Izuchi, Kotaro Suzuki & Keiichi Sato. Yamamura pinned Sato after Stardust Press.
The next event is 11/10 at Umeda Stellar Hall in Osaka. Broadcast plans TBA but since it’s Osaka there likely will be no live broadcast with on demand on YouTube 2-3 days later.
GLEAT 10/9/24 Results
GLEAT followed up their latest blowout event with another big event today, billed as GLEAT vs. Strong Opponents, the latest GLEAT Ver. EX.
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 608.
Match 1: Ryuichi Kawakami, Brass Knuckles JUN & Chris Weiss beat Takanori Ito, Issei Onitsuka & Minoru Tanaka. Kawakami pinned Onitsuka after Thunder Fire Bomb.
Match 2: Kotaro Suzuki & So Daimonji beat Mirko Mori & Niko Invernadi. Suzuki pinned Mori after a tiger driver.
Match 3: Takehiro Yamamura, Junjie, JD Lee, Octagon Jr. & Jesse Queen beat Hayato Tamura, KAZMA SAKAMOTO, Quiet Storm, Koki Iwasaki & Sam Adonis. Yamamura pinned Iwasaki with Perfect Fisherman.
Match 4: MICHIKO beat Faby Apache (AAA [Mexico]).
Match 5: Chris Ridgeway beat Tetsuya Izuchi.
Match 6: Lidet UWF Single Bout: Josh Barnett beat Ryo Aitaka by TKO.
Match 7: El Hijo de Vikingo beat Soma Watanabe.
Match 8: Parker Boudreaux beat Kaito Ishida.
Main Event: T-Hawk, El Lindaman & Seiki Yoshioka beat CIMA, Trey Miguel & Zachary Wentz (TNA Wrestling). T-Hawk pinned CIMA after Night Ride. Afterwards, the STRONGHEARTS duo of T-Hawk & Lindaman made a G INFINITY Championship challenge to new champions Rascalz. Accepted. When/where TBA.
The next event is GLEAT HOUSE SHOW IN SENDAI on 10/27 at Miyagi Guriri Hall in Sendai. Broadcast plans TBA but “house show” suggests no live broadcast and maybe no on demand broadcast (there will be another house show later this year that eill not he on YouTube at all).
FREE VIDEO: GLEAT Ver. MEGA in OSAKA (10/6/24)
If you missed it yesterday or just need something to watch while the MLB playoffs broadcasts apparently have technical difficulties, below is the full video from yesterday’s GLEAT event in Osaka:
(The event actually begins just past the 25 minute mark so you can safely skip that far ahead. It’s closer to 30 minutes in for the matches. There is no commentary)
Video courtesy of the GLEAT Official YouTube Channel.
GLEAT 10/6/24 Results (Updated)
GLEAT ran their latest all-encompassing blowout event yesterday, GLEAT Ver. MEGA in OSAKA.
Yesterday’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym in Osaka and can be watched on demand FOR FREE on YouTube.
The announced paid attendance was 1078.
Match 1: KAZMA SAKAMOTO, Quiet Storm, Mirko Mori & Nico Inverardi beat Issei Onitsuka, Junjie, JD Lee & Jesse Queen. SAKAMOTO pinned Lee after a half package piledriver.
Match 2: Ryuichi Kawakami & Brass Knuckles JUN beat Kotaro Suzuki & So Daimonji. JUN pinned Suzuki after Frozen Punch.
Match 3: T-Hawk beat Takehiro Yamamura.
Match 4: El Lindaman, Octagon Jr. & Faby Apache (AAA [Mexico]) beat MICHIKO, Chris Ridgeway & Sam Adonis (AAA). Octagon pinned Adonis after Dragon Cutter.
Match 5: In a GLEAT MMA Grappling Rules Match Series, 3 matches each with 5 1-minute rounds, TEAM GLEAT beat Tokyo Sabres 1-0-2.
Match 1: Daisuke Nakamura vs. Masaki Takeura went to a Draw.
Match 2: Hideki Sekine beat Kanten-Man in 30 seconds.
Match 3: Yu Iizuka vs. Caol Uno went to a draw.
Match 6: Ryo Aitaka, Kota Ibushi, Yukimitsu Takahashi & Kikutaro beat Minoru Tanaka, Takanori Ito, Seiichi Ikemoto & Tsutenkakka. Ibushi pinned Ito after Kamigoye. (I’m wondering if Ibushi got injured or something here because DDT has announced Ibushi is off two upcoming scheduled events later this month and they are offering refunds as a result)
Match 7: Zachary Wentz & Trey Miguel beat G INFINITY Champions Kaito Ishida & Tetsuya Izuchi to win the titles. Wentz & Miguel become the 6th G INFINITY Champions. Miguel pinned Izuchi after Feed ‘Em to the Lions. UPSET ALERT!!! Now the titles might be headed to TNA Wrestling after Rascalz won them.
Match 8: CIMA & Ricochet (All Elite Wrestling) beat Soma Watanabe & El Hijo de Vikingo (AEW). RIcochet pinned Watanabe after a 630 splash.
Match 0: G-REX Champion Hayato Tamura beat Parker Boudreaux (AEW) to retain the title. V8 for Tamura.
Main Event: Lidet UWF Single Bout: Lidet UWF Champion Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Masakatsu Funaki by ref stoppage (technical submission) to retain the title. V1 for Nakajima.
The next event is GLEAT Ver. EX-GLEAT VS. STRONG ENEMY Wednesday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Broadcast plans TBA but since it’s Korakuen I anticipate it being a live broadcast on YouTube.
UPDATE: For Thursday, live streaming FOR FREE on YouTube will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.
GLEAT 9/29/24 Results (Updated)
GLEAT ran their latest G PROWRESTLING event Sunday in Nagoya, their final Nagoya event of the year.
Sunday’s event was held at Nagoya Diamond Hall in Nagoya and will be available on demand on YouTube tomorrow. There was no live broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 277.
Match 1: MICHIKO, Minoru Tanaka & Kumaarashi beat Blanca Maho, Issei Onitsuka & CIMA. Kumaarashi pinned Maho after a diving senton. Afterwards, a recruiting war occurred as Kumaarashi was being recruited by both Yanzu Family and Bulk Orchestra.
Match 2: Ryuichi Kawakami & Brass Knuckles JUN beat Yu Iizuka & Riki Aitaka. Kawakami pinned Iizuka after Frozen Punch.
Match 3: Hayato Tamura & Quiet Storm beat Soma Watanabe & Junjie. Storm pinned Junjie after a lariat.
Match 4: Hartley Jackson & So Daimonji beat KAZMA SAKAMOTO & Koki Iwasaki. Daimonji pinned Iwasaki after Black Rain.
Match 5: Chris Ridgrway beat Takehiro Yamamura.
Match 6: Lidet UWF Double Bout: Masakatsu Funaki & Daichi Hashimoto beat Katsuhiko Nakajima & Takanori Ito by submission. Funaki beat Ito with a sleeper hold.
Main Event: Kaito Ishida, Tetsuya Izuchi & Kotaro Suzuki beat T-Hawk, El Lindaman & Seiki Yoshioka. Izuchi beat Lindaman with am armbar.
The next event is GLEAT VER. MEGA in OSAKA Sunday at Osaka Prefectural Gym in Osaka. Broadcast plans TBA.
In other news, the promotion announced Aitaka is now an official member of GLEAT effective today and will be known as Ryo Aitaka going foreard.
UPDATE: For Sunday, it will be LIVE on YouTube beginning at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.
