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Bad wordplay aside, GLEAT did announce an injury absence this morning-Kaito Ishida is now off the next 3 events including tonight and the major 7/1 TDC Hall event. Radial shaft and ulnar styloid fractures. In simpler terms, wrist & forearm. Out indefinitely. A quick internet search of these indicates the former usually requires surgery so 2 weeks could turn into months. Changes to the cards are forthcoming.
More as it becomes available.
Ahead of their major anniversary event in July, GLEAT held a major event dubbed GLEAT Ver. EX today to begin setting the stage for that event and more to come.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hal in Tokyo and can be watched on demand FOR FREE on YouTube. The video is also available in this post:
The announced paid attendance was 732.
Pre-show match: Issei Onitsuka & Yusuke Kodama beat Yu Iizuka & Yuya Susumu. Kodama pinned Iizuka after Mad Splash.
Match 1: Yutani, Emperador Azteca & Kotaro Suzuki beat Jun Tonsho, Keiichi Sato & Oji Shiiba. Suzuki pinned Sato after a tiger driver.
Match 2: Kaz Hayashi & Minoru Tanaka beat T-Hawk & El Lindaman. Tanaka pinned Lindaman after Minoru Special.
Match 3: Atsuki Aoki & Rydeen Hagane beat Yukari Hosokawa & Sayaka Unagi. Aoki pinned Hosokawa after a frog splash. Afterwards, Michiko Miyagi made a surprise appearance, her first since being forced to leave GLEAT after losing to Unagi earlier this year despite efforts to keep her onboard, but Miyagi refused. She wants Unagi again. As a result, an 8-woman tag match of Unagi, Aoki, Hagane & Hosokawa vs. Miyagi and presumably 3 TBAs had been made for 7/1 at Tokyo Dome City Hall.
Match 4: Soma Watanabe beat Tetsuya Izuchi. As a result, Watanabe gets the next G-REX Championship match against current champion T-Hawk.
Match 5: Kaito Ishida, Flamita, Hartley Jackson & Bandido beat Ryuichi Kawakami, KAZMA SAKAMOTO, Quiet Storm & Galeno Del Mar. Ishida pinned SAKAMOTO with a small package hold. Afterwards, Ishida demanded a match between Bulk Orchestra and 60seconds where the losing faction must disband. Agreed to by Commissioner Masato Yoshino. That match will happen on 7/1.
A promised major announcement by CIMA was made…on 8/4, GLEAT makes their Ryogoku Kokugikan debut!
Match 6: Jun & Rei Saito (All-Japan) beat G-INFINITY Champions Hayato Tamura & Check Shimatani to win the titles. The Saitos become the 3rd G-INFINITY Champions. Rei Saito pinned Shimatani after a diving body press. Next up: Hayashi & Tanaka. That match will happen on 7/1.
Main Event: Lidet UWF Championship Tournament Finals: Takanori Ito beat Shinya Aoki by TKO (10 count down) to win the tournament and the title and become the inaugural Lidet UWF Champion. And immediately the first challenger appeared…Fujita “Jr.” Hayato. That match will happen on 7/1.
The next event is 6/17 at Umeda Sky Building Stellar Hall in Osaka for G PROWRESTLING Ver. 54. Since it’s Osaka there likely will be no live broadcast but it should be available on YouTube 2-3 days after the event.
Earlier today on Twitter, GLEAT announced tomorrow’s “GLEAT Ver. EX” event will be a LIVE FREE broadcast on YouTube. The live video has been scheduled, you can set a reminder, bookmark the below video and come back tomorrow (6/7) beginning at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET to watch. It will be available on demand after the event concludes. (Video courtesy of the GLEAT Official YouTube channel)
As promised yesterday, GLEAT has now uploaded the full G PROWRESTLING Ver. 53 event from Sunday to YouTube and you can watch below FOR FREE:
(Video courtesy of the GLEAT Official YouTube channel)
GLEAT ran their latest G PROWRESTLING event yesterday, headed almost all the way across Japan back to Osaka after visiting Hokkaido recently.
Yesterday’s event was held at Umeda Stellar Hall in Osaka and will be available on demand on YouTube tomorrow beginning at 4:30 AM PT/7:30 AM ET. There was no live broadcast. The video will be posted here tomorrow morning.
The announced paid attendance was 233.
Match 1: Takanori Ito & Yusuke Kodama beat Minoru Tanaka & Keiichi Sato. Kodama pinned Sato after Sky Drop.
Match 2: Oji Shiiba beat Check Shimatani. Shimatani was a replacement for the injured KAZMA SAKAMOTO (thigh inflammation).
Match 3: Mika Iwata (Sendai Girls) & Yurika Oka beat Sayaka Unagi & Yukari Hosokawa. Oka pinned Hosokawa after a swivel type flying body press.
Match 4: Kaito Ishida, Yutani & Hartley Jackson beat T-Hawk, El Lindaman & Yu Iizuka. Ishida pinned Iizuka with a half tiger suplex hold.
Match 5: Issei Onitsuka beat Kaz Hayashi. As a result, Onitsuka joins the Yanzu Family faction.
Match 6: Soma Watanabe beat Ryuichi Kawakami.
Main Event: G INFINITY Champions Hayato Tamura & Check Shimatani beat Tetsuya Izuchi & Jun Tonsho to retain the titles. Shimatani pinned Tonsho after a reverse strike. V6 for the champs. Next up: Jun & Rei Saito from All-Japan Pro Wrestling. That match will happen on 6/7.
The next event is GLEAT Ver EX “FACE OFF” ACCESS 2 TDCH on 6/7 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo which will also feature the finals of the Lidet UWF Championship Tournament to crown the first champion. Broadcast plans TBA but it almost certainly will stream live on YouTube.
In a press release posted today, GLEAT announced that KAZMA SAKAMOTO is now off their next event on Sunday (5/21). Right thigh inflammation. Out indefinitely but does not appear serious (just needs rest and treatment). He was to have faced Oji Shiiba. No replacement named yet.
More as it becomes available.
As is usually the case when they can’t broadcast their non-PPV events live, GLEAT has made the full G PROWRESTLING event from Sunday available on demand FOR FREE on YouTube. You can watch the event below (running time is just over 2 hours. Video courtesy of the GLEAT Official YouTube Channel):
GLEAT ran the latest G PROWRESTLING event yesterday, featuring a G REX Championship defense by new champion T-Hawk.
Yesterday’s event was held at Sapporo E-One Stadium in Hokkaido and will be available on demand on YouTube tomorrow beginning at 4:30 AM PT/7:30 AM ET. There was no live broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 278, a legit sellout.
Match 1: Minoru Tanaka, Kaz Hayashi & Noriyuki Yoshida beat Yuya Susumu, Takanori Ito & Yusuke Kodama. Tanaka beat Kodama with HEAT Clutch.
Match 2: Quiet Storm beat Yu Iizuka.
Match 3: Issei Onitsuka beat Yutani.
Match 4: El Lindaman & Soma Watanabe beat Tetsuya Izuchi & Jun Tonsho. Watanabe pinned Tonsho after a dropkick.
Match 5: Kaito Ishida, Kotaro Suzuki & Hartley Jackson beat Ryuichi Kawakami, Hayato Tamura & KAZMA SAKAMOTO. Suzuki pinned Kawakami after a tiger driver.
Main Event: G-REX Champion T-Hawk beat Check Shimatani to retain the title. V1 for T-Hawk. Next up: Soma Watanabe or Tetsuya Izuchi. Determination match to decide which one will happen on 6/7 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.
The next event is Sunday at Umeda Sky Building Stellar Hall in Osaka. Broadcast plans TBA but there likely will be no live broadcast.
In a press release they put out today, GLEAT announced Masato Kamino is injured and off of Sunday’s G PROWRESTLING event in Hokkaido. Meniscus. Out indefinitely. He was to have teamed with Takanori Ito & Yusuke Kodama to face Minoru Tanaka, Kaz Hayashi & Noriyuki Yoshida. No replacement named yet.
More as it becomes available.
GLEAT returned to Tokyo today for the latest G PROWRESTLING event, the 51st as they draw closer to their major summer event on July 1 (the GLEAT 2nd Anniversary event).
Today’s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on YouTube. You can also watch below FOR FREE (since they were back in Tokyo it was a free live broadcast, video courtesy of the GLEAT Official YouTube Channel. Skip ahead to 15:45 in the video below to get to the beginning of the event):
The announced paid attendance was 319.
Match 1: Takanori Ito & Masato Kamino beat Kaz Hayashi & Issei Onitsuka. Ito pinned Onitsuka with a German suplex hold.
Match 2: Sayaka Unagi beat Yukari Hosokawa by submission.
Match 3: Yusuke Kodama beat Jun Tonsho & Shinsuya (?) in a 3-way by beating Tonsho.
Match 4: Jun & Rei Saito (All-Japan Pro Wrestling) beat Minoru Tanaka & Yu Iizuka. Rei Saito pinned Iizuka after Drill-A-Hole Piledriver.
Match 5: T-Hawk & El Lindaman vs. Tetsuya Izuchi & Soma Watanabe went to a 20 minute time limit draw.
Main Event: In an Elimination Match, Ryichi Kawakami, Hayato Tamura, Check Shimatani, KAZMA SAKAMOTO & Quiet Storm beat Kaito Ishida, Kotaro Suzuki, Yutani, Hartley Jackson & MAZADA. Order of elimination: Suzuki, Storm, Jackson, KAZMA, Kawakami, MAZADA, Tamura, Yutani, Ishida. Bulk Orchestra wins with Shimatani the only man left.
The next event is 5/14 at Sapporo E-One Stadium in Hokkaido with T-Hawk vs. Check Shimatani for the G-REX Championship. The rest of the card is TBA. Broadcast plans TBA (if not live streamed then it should be available on demand on YouTube a few days later).
