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On their official YouTube channel today, GLEAT announced tomorrow’s G PROWRESTLING Ver. 55 event at Nishitetsu Hall in Fukuoka will be broadcast LIVE FOR FREE! Bookmark this page or set a reminder in the video and come back to watch live tomorrow at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET. It also will be available on demand a few minutes after the event concludes.
The below video is courtesy of the GLEAT Official YouTube channel:
As is the case when they tun in Osaka and some other areas outside Tokyo, GLEAT was unable to stream Saturday’s G PROWRESTLING Ver. 54 event live (it seems to be outside their control). So as usual, they will be uploading it to YouTube soon for on demand viewing. Bookmark or set a notification for the below video and come back tomorrow (6/20) to watch the replay-it will be available beginning at 4:30 AM PT/7:30 AM ET:
(Video courtesy of the GLEAT official YouTube channel)
According to reports from US news sites, which now has been confirmed by GLEAT because it affects their 7/1 event, All Elite Wrestling/Ring Of Honor star Bandido has seen his high-flying spree come to an end for now. Triangular fibrocartillage complex injury aka broken wrist. X-rays Bandido posted on Instagram show it appears to be where the wrist connects to the hand near the pinky finger. Out indefinitely and may need surgery, but he is now off GLEAT’s 7/1 TDC Hall event. The injury happened Wednesday during the AEW Rampage taping after AEW Dynamite in his match against Konosuke Takeshita. It’s not known how long he will be out but he should know more later today.
More as it becomes available.
GLEAT ran their latest G PROWRESTLING event today, continuing the build to their annual July anniversary event just 2 weeks away now.
Today’s event was held at Umeda Stellar Hall in Osaka and likely will be available on demand on YouTube in a few days. There was no live broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 247.
Match 1: Kaz Hayashi, Minoru Tanaka & Keiichi Sato beat Ryuichi Kawakami, Check Shimatani & Quiet Storm. Sato pinned Shimatani.
Match 2: Yuya Susumu beat Yu Iizuka.
Match 3: Sayaka Unagi & Yukari Hosokawa beat Isuki Aoki & Momoka Hanazono. Unagi pinned Aoki.
Match 4: Yutani & El Bendito beat El Lindaman & Junjie. Yutani pinned Junjie after TE MATO.
Match 5: Tetsuya Izuchi & Jun Tonsho beat Hayato Tamura & KAZMA SAKAMOTO. Izuchi beat Tamura with an armbar.
Match 6: Soma Watanabe beat Emperador Azteca.
Match 7: T-Hawk beat Hartley Jackson.
Main Event: Takanori Ito, Yusuke Kodama & Issei Onitsuke beat Yutani, Kotaro Suzuki & Flamita. Kodama pinned Yutani after Mad Splash. Yutani was a replacement for the injured Kaito Ishida.
The next event is 6/24 at Nishitetsu Hall in Fukuoka. Broadcast plans TBA but there likely will be no live broadcast.
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.
