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GLEAT 9/25/24 Results

GLEAT ran their latest G PROWRESTLING event today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can be watched on demand FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 248.

Match 1: Yu Iizuka & MICHIKO beat Issei Onitsuka & Rina Yamashita. Iizuka pinned Onitsuka.

Match 2: Kotaro Suzuki beat Junjie. Afterwards, Atsushi Onita attempted to enter the ring with Black Generation International, but was stopped by T-Hawk.

Match 3: Takanori Ito, Minoru Tanaka & Riki Aitaka beat KAZMA SAKAMOTO, Quiet Storm & Koki Iwasaki. Aitaka pinned Iwasaki after a lariat. Afterwards, in a follow-up from the last event, Aitaka announced he was joining GLEAT in October after receiving permission from management and Kota Ibushi, and would change his name to (I believe) Ryo Aitaka, which was his name when he fought in K-1 (kickboxing).

Match 4: Soma Watanabe & Takehiro Yamamura beat CIMA & Gamma. Watanabe pinned Gamma after a dropkick.

Match 5: Hayato Tamura beat So Daimonji.

Match 6: Chris Ridgeway & Seiki Yoshioka beat T-Hawk & El Lindaman. Ridgeway pinned Lindaman.

Main Event: Kaito Ishida, Hartley Jackson & Tetsuya Izuchi beat Ryuichi Kawakami, Brass Knuckles JUN & Chris Weiss. Ishida pinned JUN with a half tiger suplex hold.

The next event is Sunday at Nagoya Diamond Hall in Nagoya. Broadcast plans TBA

GLEAT 9/22/24 Results

GLEAT returned to Osaka Sunday for their latest G PROWRESTLING event.

Sunday’s event was held at Umeda Stellar Hall in Osaka and can now be watched on demand FOR FREE on YouTube (premiered earlier today. There was no live broadcast).

The announced paid attendance was 227.

Match 1: Tetsuya Izuchi & So Daimonji beat Issei Onitsuka & Tsuyoshi Michibata. Daimonji pinned Michibata after Black Rain.

Match 2: MICHIKO beat Blanca Maho.

Match 3: Brass Knuckles JUN & Chris Weiss beat Hartley Jackson & Keiichi Sato. Weiss pinned Sato after a package piledriver.

Match 4: Lidet UWF Double Bout: Minoru Tanaka & Seiichi Ikemoto beat Yu Iizuka & Riki Aitaka by KO. Ikemoto beat Aitaka with a Brazilian high kick. Afterwards, Aitaka tried to join GLEAT but was denied by Tanaka due to not having the authority to, but Aitaka also hadn’t told the GLEAT President or his current “boss”, Kota Ibushi as he is a current member of Ibushi’s school.

Match 5: Ryuichi Kawakami, Daisuke Sasaki & KANON (DDT) beat Hayato Tamura, KAZMA SAKAMOTO & Quiet Storm. Kawakami pinned SAKAMOTO affer Blue Thunder Bomb.

Match 6: Takanori Ito & Chris Ridgeway vs. Kaito Ishida & Kotaro Suzuki went to a 20 minute time limit draw. Before the match, it was announced that Suzuki had signed with GLEAT and was now a member of the promotion. He had most recently been with Pro Wrestling NOAH but also a regular in GLEAT. (He may also have been a freelancer in recent years)

Main Event: El Lindaman, T-Hawk & CIMA beat Takehiro Yamamura, Soma Watanabe & Junjie. T-Hawk beat Yamamura with a cobra twist. Afterwards, Yamamura announced he was leaving the STRONGHEARTS faction to align with Watanabe, Junjie & JD Lee. This set up a match against T-Hawk for 10/6 at Osaka Prefectural Gym.

The next event is tomorrow at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Live streaming on YouTube FOR FREE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. It will also be available on demand a few minutes after the live broadcast ends.

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GLEAT 8/25/24 Results

GLEAT ran their latest G PROWRESTLING event yesterday in Osaka.

Yesterday’s event was held at Umeda Stellar Hall Sky Hall in Osaka and will be available on demand on YouTube at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 222.

Match 1: Seiichi Ikemoto & JD Lee beat Yu Iizuka & Ender Kara by TKO. Ikemoto beat Kara with a Brazilian high kick.

Match 2: Ryuichi Kawakami & Brass Knuckles JUN beat Takanori Ito & Issei Onitsuka. JUN pinned Onitsuka after Brass Knuckles Attack.

Match 3: Hayato Tamura, KAZMA SAKAMOTO & Quiet Storm beat Soma Watanabe, Junjie & Shaheen. Tamura pinned Shaheen after a lariat. Afterwards, a video was played where US independent wrestler Parker Boudreaux made a G-REX Championship challenge. That match will happen on 10/6 at Osaka Prefectural Gym.

Match 4: Koki Iwasaki beat Magnitude Kishiawada, Densha MICHIO, Riki Aitaka & Kumaarashi in a 5-way by pinning MICHIO. As a result, Iwasaki gets to join Bulk Orchestra.

Match 5: Takehiro Yamamura beat Kotaro Suzuki.

Match 6: Minoru Tanaka & Chris Ridgeway beat Tetsuya Izuchi & Hartley Jackson. Ridgeway pinned Jackson. Afterwards, Ridgeway announced he would return to GLEAT in October.

Main Event: T-Hawk, El Lindaman & Seiki Yoshioka beat Kaito Ishida, Emperador Azteca & Bendito. T-hawk pinned Azteca after Night Ride.

The next event is 9/22. There likely will be no live broadcast.

GLEAT 8/21/24 Results

GLEAT ran what they dubbed a “PREMIUM HOUSE SHOW” yesterday, a major event that would only be seen by fans in attendance.

Yesterday’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. There was no live broadcast and no on demand replay will be available on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 702.

Match 1: Yuna Manase (Ganbare Pro), KAZMA SAKAMOTO & Quiet Storm beat MICHIKO, Yusuke Kodama & Issei Onitsuka. Storm pinned Kodama after 53cm Arm Lariat.

Match 2: Minoru Tanaka & Chris Ridgeway beat Seiki Yoshioka & Yuya Susumu. Ridgeway beat Susumu with an ankle hold. As a result, Tanaka & Ridgeway earned a G INFINITY Championship match later in the event.

Match 3: Lidet UWF Double Bout: Chihiro Hashimoto & Azusa Inaba beat Tomoka Inaba & Blanca Maho by submission. Hashimoto beat Maho with a body sleeper.

Match 4: Kotaro Suzuki, Hartley Jackson, So Daimonji & Keiichi Sato beat Takehiro Yamamura, JD Lee, Junjie & Ender Kara. Suzuki pinned Yamamura after Mass Driver.

Match 5: Brass Knuckles JUN beat Soma Watanabe.

Match 6: Bendido & Emperador Azteca beat T-Hawk & Shigehiro Irie. Azteca pinned T-Hawk after Sacrificio Azteca.

Match 7: Shuji Ishikawa beat Riki Aitaka.

Match 8: Lidet UWF 1 vs. 3 Bout: In what essentially was a handicap match, Takanori Ito, El Lindaman & Yu Iizuka beat Katsuhiko Nakajima by ref stoppage.

Match 9: G INFINITY Champions Kaito Ishida & Tetsuya Izuchi beat Minoru Tanaka & Chris Ridgeway to retain the titles. Ishida beat Tanaka with an ankle hold. V2 for the champs. Afterwards, Ishida announced he was officially joining GLEAT after previously being a freelancer.

Main Event: G-REX Champion Hayato Tamura beat Ryuichi Kawakami to retain the title. V7 for Tamura. That ties the record for moat successful defenses in a reign (previously held by El Lindaman as the inaugural champion)

The next event is Sunday at Umeda Stellar Hall Sky Hall in Osaka. There likely will be no live broadcast with on demand to follow on YouTube at a later date.

GLEAT 7/1/24 Results

GLEAT held their traditional anniversary event yesterday, also normally their biggest annual event, dubbed GLEAT Ver. 12. The event also was the retirement event for Kaz Hayashi.

Yesterday’s event was held at Tokyo Dome City Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 1511.

Match 1: Jun Tonsho, MICHIKO, Junjie, Joe Lando & Shuji Ishikawa beat Riki Aitaka, Yukimitsu Takahashi, Yumehito Imanari, Kaji Tomato & Tyson Maeguchi. Lando pinned Takahashi after Steez Bomb.

Match 2: Minoru Tanaka & Kazuki Hirata beat Issei Onitsuka & Yusuke Kodama. Tanaka pinned Onitsuka after BDF.

Match 3: Octagon Jr. & Soma Watanabe beat SBK & TAKUMA. Octagon pinned TAKUMA after La Mahia de Dragon.

Match 4: Kotaro Suzuki, Hartley Jackson & So Daimonji beat T-Hawk, Takehiro Yamamura & Seiki Yoshioka. Suzuki pinned Yamamura after a tiger driver.

Match 5: Ryuichi Kawakami Final GLEAT Match: Kazuyuku Fujita, Kendo Ka Shin & Gameras beat Ryuichi Kawakami, KAZMA SAKAMOTO & Quiet Storm. Fujita pinned SAKAMOTO after a face kick. (Kawakami had his contract terminated effective after this event following an incident at an event last month where he attacked President Hiroyuki Suzuki)

Match 6: Kaz Hayashi Retirement Match: Kaito Ishida & Tetsuya Izuchi beat G INFINITY Champions Kaz Hayashi & CIMA to win the titles. Ishida & Izuchi become the 5th G INFINITY Champions. Ishida pinned Hayashi with a half tiger suplex hold.

Match 7: G-REX Champion Hayato Tamura beat Yuki Iino to retain the title. V6 for Tamura.

Match 8: Kota Ibushi 20th Anniversary Match: In an Exhibition Match, Kota Ibushi faced Daisuke Sekimoto in a 5 minute match. Ibushi, for those wondering, reportedly is still recovering from major injuries and is not 100%.

Match 9: Lidet URF Single Bout: Shinya Aoki beat El Lindaman by submission.

Main Event: Lidet UWF Championship Single Bout: Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Takanori Ito by ref stoppage (submission) to win the vacant title. Nakajima becomes the 3rd Lidet UWF Champion.

After the matches, Hayashi came out again to greet the fans as his retirement became official. He announced he would remain with Lidet Entertainment as an employee of GLEAT.

The next event is G PROWRESTLING Ver. 74 on 7/15 at Umeda Stellar Hall in Osaka. There will be no live broadcast. The promotion has also announced another house show for the following event on 8/21 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, which will not be available live or on demand onYouTube.

DEVELOPING: Another GLEAT Departure

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.

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.

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