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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 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 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 ran their latest G PROWRESTLING event today, returning to Tokyo for an event with a couple of surprises.

Today’s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can be watched on demand FOR FREE on YouTube (see yesterday’s posts for video).

The announced paid attendance was 257.

Before the event began, it was announced that So Daimonji was joining Bulk Orchestra and that TBA in the main event, as part of the STRONGHEARTS team, would be Seiki Yoshioka (Independent/Freelancer, who just left Pro Wrestling NOAH).

Match 1: Kaz Hayashi, MICHIKO & Tomoaki Honma (New Japan) beat Soma Watanabe, Yuya Susumu & JD Lee. Hayashi pinned Lee after Final Cut.

Match 2: Seigo Tachibana (Independent/Freelancer) beat Jun Tonsho. Afterwards, they kept fighting until Soma Watanabe came out. He requested a match of himself & Tonsho vs. Tachibana & Kuroshio TOKYO Japan.

Match 3: Minoru Tanaka, Tetsuya Izuchi & Shuji Ishikawa (Independent/Freelancer) beat Hartley Jackson, Keiichi Sato & Riki Aitaka. Ishikawa pinned Sato after Fire Thunder.

Match 4: Kumaarashi (Independent/Freelancer) beat Junjie.

Match 5: Kaito Ishida, Kotaro Suzuki & Ayato Yoshida beat CIMA, Issei Onitsuka & Takehiro Yamamura. Ishida pinned Yamamura with a half suplex hold.

Match 6: Ryuichi Kawakami & So Daimonji beat Takanori Ito & Yusuke Kodama. Daimonji pinned Kodama after Black Rain.

Main Event: T-Hawk, El Lindaman & Seiki Yoshioka beat Hayato Tamura, KAZMA SAKAMOTO & Quiet Storm. Yoshioka pinned Tamura after a screw kick.

The next event is GLEAT Ver. 9 on 2/23 at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka. Broadcast plans TBA, but because it’s Osaka there probably will be no live broadcast. If that is the case, it should be available on demand on YouTube 2-3 days after the event.

UPDATE: After the event, GLEAT announced 2 title matches for 3/13 at Korakuen Hall: A G REX Championship match, which is TBA pending 2/23 results, and a G-INFINITY Championship match which will be Jun & Rei Saito defending against Kaz Hayashi & CIMA. Also announced for 3/13 was MICHIKO vs. Chihiro Hashimoto.

While I haven’t seen an official announcement yet, my YouTube subscriptions today reveal that GLEAT will stream tomorrow’s (2/2/24) G PROWRESTLING Ver. 69 event LIVE FOR FREE on YouTube. Bookmark and set a reminder for the video below and come back tomorrow at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET to watch live. It also will be available on demand after the live broadcast concludes.

Video courtesy of the GLEAT Official YouTube Channel.

GLEAT held a “GLEAT Ver. 8” event Sunday, the latest in their signature series of major events encompassing all their sub-labels.

Sunday’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka and will be available on demand on YouTube tomorrow beginning at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 553.

All matches were G PROWRESTLING matches.

Match 1: Galeno Del Mal won a G RUMBLE 23 person battle royal, last eliminating Takanori Ito. As a result, Del Mal gets to face G REX Champion Hayato Tamura for the title in the main event.

Match 2: Emperador Azteca, El Bendito, Action Jackson & Black Andromeda beat Kaz Hayashi, JD Lee, Jun Tonsho & MICHIKO. Azteca pinned MICHIKO after Sacrificio Azteca.

Match 3: CIMA beat Tetsuya Goto.

Match 4: Minoru Tanaka 30th Anniversary Match: Minoru Tanaka & Koji Kanemoto beat Kendo Ka Shin & Tatsuhito Takaiwa. Tanaka beat Takaiwa with Tanaka Legbar.

Match 5: T-Hawk, El Lindaman & Takehiro Yamamura beat Takanori Ito, Issei Onitsuka & Yusuke Kodama. Lindaman pinned Kodama with a German suplex hold. Afterwards, Lindaman requested a match against Kuroshio TOKYO Japan for 2/23.

Match 6: SBK & TAKUMA beat Soma Watanabe & Yuya Susumu. TAKUMA pinned Watanabe after a 630 splash. As a result, TAKUMA will face Watanabe on 2/23.

Match 7: Kaito Ishida, Kotaro Suzuki & Flamita beat KAZMA SAKAMOTO, Check Shimatani & Quiet Storm. Flamita pinned Shimatani after Elena.

Match 8: G INFINITY Champions Jun & Rei Saito (All-Japan) beat Ryuichi Kawakami & So Daimonji to retain the titles. Jun Saito pinned Kawakami after Doomsday. V10(!) for the champs. Afterwards, Daimonji vs. Issei Onitsuka was made for 2/23.

Main Event: G-REX Champion Hayato Tamura beat Galeno Del Mal to retain the title. V1 for Tamura. Next up: SBK. That match will happen on 2/23.

The next event is BLACK GENERATION INTERNATIONAL PRESENTS PURO NEGRO 2024 Thursday at Tokyo FM Hall in Tokyo. Broadcast plans TBA. (UPDATE: There will be no live broadcast)

Constant bad puns aside, GLEAT continues to get hit hard by constant injuries the last few months, today they reported Yu Iizuka is the latest casualty. Zygomatic fracture or, in simpler medical terms, face/facial trauma/fracture. Out a long time per their release, so likely several months or more. Upcoming card changes pending.

More as it becomes available.

While it took maybe a fay longer than usual, as is always the case GLEAT has uploaded their latest full non-livestreamed event to YouTube FOR FREE! Check out last Saturday’s G PROWRESTLING Ver. 65 event below;

Video courtesy of the GLEAT Official YouTube channel.