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GLEAT is among the several Japanese promotions affected by injuries lately, and another one gets added to the count-Flamita was injured at their 9/30 event past weekend. Broken nose. Out indefinitely and will miss their next event on 10/9. No replacement named yet.
More as it becomes available.
GEAT ran their latest G PROWRESTLING event today, their first event in Tokyo in about a month
Today’s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can be watched on demand FOR FREE on YouTube. Click below to watch (video courtesy of the GLEAT Official YouTube Channel):
The announced paid attendance was 359.
Match 1: Issei Onitsuka & Masato Kamino beat Yu Iizuka & Jun Tonsho. Kamino pinned Tonsho after a lariat.
Match 2: Takanori Ito & Yusuke Kodama beat Check Shimatano & KAZMA SAKAMOTO. Kodama pinned Shimatani after a frog splash.
Match 3: Tetsuya Izuchi beat Jack Cartwheel by submission.
Match 4: Soma Watanabe & Yuya Susumu beat Minoru Tanaka & Kaz Hayashi. Watanabe pinned Hayashi after Firebird Splash.
Match 5: Ryuichi Kawakami, Quiet Storm & Daisuke Sekimoto beat Kotaro Suzuki, Hartley Jackson & Keiichi Sato. Storm pinned Sato after 50cm Arm Lariat.
Match 6: KAIRI, Nanae Takahashi & Yukari Hosokawa beat Kurumi Hiragi, MICHIKO (Michiko Miyagi) & Janai Kai. KAIRI pinned MICHIKO after Insane Elbow.
Main Event: Shuji Ishikawa, Yuma Aoyagi & Atsuki Aoyagi (All-Japan) beat T-Hawk, El Lindaman & Junjie. Ishikawa pinned Junjie after Splash Mountain.
The next event is Sunday at Nagoya Diamond Hall in Nagoya. Broadcast plans TBA.
In another last-minute change to an upcoming event, GLEAT has announced Hayato Tamura is now off tomorrow’s event. Acute bronchitis. Is considered questionable for the following event on 9/24. Updates to follow.
More as it becomes available.
There have been A LOT of injuries recently across the major Japanese promotions. Here are some of the latest updates:
New Japan-Yoshinobu Kanemaru is now off the rest of the Road to DESTRUCTION Tour. Knee injury suffered earlier this week. Boltin Oleg, was was out since last weekend due to a fever and arm infection (they were related), is cleared to return.
All-Japan/GLEAT-Sayaka Unagi is out indefinitely. Left shoulder injury suffered yesterday. For All-Japan, she was to have faced Sunny tomorrow. SAKI (not Saki Akai) is the replacement. For GLEAT, she is off the 9/17 event.
Stardom-Momo Kohga, Lady C, Miyu Amasaki and Mai Sakurai all will miss some of all of the rest of the 5 STAR GP, which runs through 9/30.
UPDATE: Tokyo Joshi Pro announced Neko Haruna has multiple knee and ACL injuries and will have surgery in October. Out several months if not longer. She will appear on 10/9 but not compete.
UPDATE 2: 9/14-what is going on in TJPW? For their event Saturday they have had to blow the card up. Not one, not two, not three…but SIX wrestlers are now off-Mizuki, Yuki Kamifuku, Nao Kakuta, Mahiro Kiryu, Raku and HIMAWARI. The very vague poor physica condition for all beyond illnesses. Add Neko Haruna (knees) and that’s 7 in the last few days. They somehow still are managing 7 matches scheduled with Ryo Mizunami being a late add. As compensation, any fan in attendance can request and will be given a colored piece of paper autographed by a random wrestler.
UPDATE 3: 9/15-Something is going around TJPW as now they have announced Wakana Uehara is now off tomorrow. Fever. So that’s now 7 off tomorrow, 8 if you count Neko Haruna. That’s about 1/3 of the roster.
GLEAT’s likely biggest event to date and their debut at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo just wrapped up within the hour. If you missed the live stream, click below to watch the full event FOR FREE on YouTube (warning: Stream runs over 5 hours). Video courtesy of the GLEAT Official YouTube channel:
GLEAT ran their latest G PROWRESTLING event yesterday, the first event since their anniversary event at the start of the month.
Yesterday’s event was held at Uneda Sky Building StellarHall in Osaka and will be available on demand on YouTube tomorrow morning. There was no live broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 244.
Match 1: Minoru Tanaka, Keiichi Sato & Yuya Susumu beat Kaz Hayashi, Yu Iizuka & Jun Tonsho. Sato pinned Tonsho with a leg lock clutch hold.
Match 2: Issei Onitsuka & Yusuke Kodama beat Seiichi Ikemoto & Fire Katsumi. Kodama pinned Katsumi after Mad Splash.
Match 3: Kotaro Suzuki & Hartley Jackson beat Magnitude Kishiwada & Junjae. Suzuki pinned Junjae with La Magistral. Afterwatds, Keiicho Sato joined Black Generation International after Kaito Ishida extended an invite. Yuya Susumu also was asked to join but didn’t answer.
Match 4: Quiet Storm beat Ryuichi Kawakami. Afterwards, Storm apparently tried to leave Bulk Orchestra but was talked out of it. Then Kawakami announced he & Galeno Dep Mar will challenge G INFINITY Champions Jun & Rei Saito for the titles on 8/4.
During intermission here CIMA held a special 5 minute training session with Commissioner Masato Yoshino, a former wrestler who spent most of his career in Dragon Gate with CIMA. Yoshino was one of the fastest wrestlers ever during a career cut short by injury, able to run the ring ropes with blinding speed. Seiki Yoshioka may be the closest thing I’ve seen to Yoshino in terms of speed.
Match 5: T-Hawk & Shigehiro Irie beat Hayato Tamura & KAZMA SAKAMOTO. T-Hawk pinned SAKAMOTO after Cerberus.
Main Event: El Lindaman, Soma Watanabe & Check Shimatani beat Takanori Ito, Tetsuya Izuchi & Galeno Del Mar. Lindaman pinned Ito with a German suplex hold. Afterwards, Ishida announced he would return from injury on 8/4 and Lindaman recruited several participants in the match for a 10-man tag against a Kota Ibushi-led team on 8/4.
The next event is GLEAT Ver. MEGA on 8/4 at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, their debut at the famed sumo venue. Broadcast plans TBA. The venue will probably be at 70-75% capacity as the mass/box seats that hold up to 4 people for sumo will only be used at half capacity (2 per box).
GLEAT ran their 2nd Anniversary event yesterday, which likely was their biggest event of the year with a mix of G PROWRESTLING and Lidet UWF matches.
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 1279.
Matches 1-7 were G PROWRESTLING matches, while Matches 8-10 were Lidet UWF bouts.
Match 1: Issei Onitsuka & Yusuke Kodama beat Shigehiro Irie & Junjae. Kodama pinned Junjae with La Magistral.
Match 2: Quiet Storm, Galeno Del Mar & HANAOKA beat Emperador Azteca, El Bendito & MAZADA. Galeno pinned MAZADA with Galeno Special.
Match 3: G INFINITY Champions Jun & Rei Saito (All-Japan) beat Kaz Hayashi & Minoru Tanaka to retain the titles. Rei Saito pinned Tanaka after a diving body press. V1 for the champs.
Match 4: Michiko Miyagi, Aoi, Risa Sera & Janai Kai beat Yukari Hosokawa, Sayaka Unagi, Itsuki Aoki & Rydeen Hagane. Miyagi pinned Hosokawa after a tombstone piledriver. After the match, Miyagi announced she will be changing her ring name among other things. That will be revealed on 8/4 at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo.
Match 5: In a Loser Unit Dissolution Match, Ryuichi Kawakami, Hayato Tamura, Check Shimatani & KAZMA SAKAMOTO beat Tetsuya Iczichi, Jun Tonsho & Keiichi Sato.Tamura pinned Izuchi after Hayato Orchestra. As a result, 60seconds must disband. And yes, apparently it was a handicap match with an unfair advantage for Bulk Orchestra.
Match 6: GLEAT 2nd Anniversary Match: El Lindaman, Kento Miyahara (All-Japan) & Chihiro Hashimoto (Sendai Girls) beat Yutani, Flamita & Kotaro Suzuki. Lindaman pinned Yutani with a tiger suplex hold.
Match 7: G-REX Champion T-Hawk beat Soma Watanabe to retain the title. V2 for T-Hawk. Next up: Hayato Tamura. That match likely will happen on 8/4.
Match 8: Lidet UWF Single Bout: Maya Fukuda beat Azusa Inaba by KO.
Match 9: Lidet UWF Double Bout: Yu Iizuka & Ayato Yoshida vs. Shinya Aoki & Hikaru Sato went to a 20 minute time limit draw.
Main Event: Fujita “Jr.” Hayato beat Lidet UWF Champion Takanori Ito by ref stoppage to win the title. Hayato becomes the second Lidet UWF Champion.
The next event is G PROWRESTLING Ver. 56 on 7/16 at Umeda Sky Building Stellar Hall in Osaka. There will likely be no live broadcast.
Also not mentioned in results but announced for 8/4: Kota Ibushi participation. Yes, THAT Kota Ibushi (who hasn’t been seen since he unceremoniously left New Japan following an injury suffered in the 2021 G1 CLIMAX Finals). He has been reportedly linked to All Elite Wrestling but that hasn’t happened and seems very unlikely.
GLEAT will he streaming their 2nd Anniversary GLEAT Ver. 6 event from Tokyo Done City Hall in Tokyo tomorrow LIVE FOR FREE on YouTube. Bookmark/set a reminder for the below video and come back tomorrow at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET to watch (it should be available on demand immediately after the live broadcast ends. Video courtesy of the GLEAT Official YouTube Channel):
Ahead of their major 7/1 event Saturday, GLEAT has announced yet another pending change-Komander, who was scheduled to be on the card, is now off. Visa issues. He just worked in All Elite Wrestling & Ring Of Honor this past week but ran into delays trying to get a visa to go to Japan when he returned to Mexico to do so. No replacement named yet.
GLEAT ran their latest G PROWRESTLING event today, the final event before their major 2nd Anniversary event next weekend.
Today’s event was held at Nishitetsu Hall in Fukuoka and can be watched on demand FOR FREE on YouTube (it was a live stream earlier today) below. The event starts at about the 11 minute mark. Video courtesy of the GLEAT Official YouTube Channel:
The announced paid attendance was 311.
Match 1: Yutani & El Bendito beat Takanori Ito & Issei Onitsuka. Bendito pinned Onitsuka after a shooting star press.
Match 2: Yusuke Kodama beat Yu Iizuka, This was listed as a 3-way on the GLEAT website’s results page but it appears not to have been a 3-way.
Match 3: Sayaka Unagi & AKARI beat Rydeen Hagane & Yukari Hosokawa. Unagi pinned Hosokawa.
Match 4: Soma Watanabe beat Junjie (?).
Match 5: Flamita & Hartley Jackson beat Ryuichi Kawakami & Check Shimatani. Flamita pinned Shimatani after Phoenix Splash.
Match 6: Kaz Hayashi, Minoru Tanaka & Seiichi Ikemoto beat Jun & Rei Saito & KONO (All-Japan Pro Wrestling). Tanaka pinned KONO after Minoru Special.
Match 7: T-hawk & El Lindaman beat Kotaro Suzuki & Emperador Azteca. Lindaman pinned Suzuki with a German suplex hold.
Main Event: Hayato Tamura, KAZMA SAKAMOTO & Quiet Storm beat Tetsuya Izuchi, Jun Tonsho & Keiichi Sato. Tamura pinned Tonsho after a lariat.
The next event is GLEAT Ver. 6-2nd Anniversary Tournament on 7/1 at Tokyo Dome City Hall in Tokyo. Broadcast plans TBA but the prior TDC Hall events, including the debut event and the 1st Anniversary event, were PPVs in Japan and if that’s the case, YouTube won’t get on demand for probably 3-6 months.
