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.
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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 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).
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.
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.
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 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.
FREE VIDEO: GLEAT Ver. 9 (2/23/24)
As is normally the case when they can’t stream live, GLEAT has now uploaded their latest full event video to YouTube. Below is the full video from Friday’s (2/23) GLEAT Ver. 9 event at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka:
Video courtesy of the GLEAT Official YouTube Channel.
