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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.
GLEAT ran their latest G PROWRESTLING event today, returning to Tokyo to further set up some upcoming major title matches.
Today’s event was held at Tokyo FM Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on YouTube (this was a live stream earlier today).
The announced paid attendance was 230, a legit sellout.
Match 1: Takanori Ito, Yusuke Kodama, Masato Kamino & Yumehito Imanari beat Minoru Tanaka, Kaz Hayashi, Jun Tonsho & Tomoaki Honma (New Japn). Kamino pinned Tonsho after a lariat. After the match, 2AW Openweight Champion Takuro Niki came out and nominated Hayashi as his next challenger. That match will be held in 2AW on 12/3 at Korakuen Hall.
Match 2: G INFINITY Challenger Tournament: KAZMA SAKAMOTO & Quiet Storm beat Yu Iizuka & Tetsuya Izuchi. Storm pinned Izuchi after 53cm Arm Lariat.
Match 3: G INFINITY Challenger Tournament: Hartley Jackson & Keiichi Sato beat Soma Watanabe & Yuya Susumu by ref stoppage. Jackson beat Watanabe with a muffler hold.
Match 4: Kotaro Suzuki beat JD Lee.
Match 5: T-Hawk, El Lindaman & Junjae beat Ryuichi Kawakami, Hayato Tamura & Check Shimatani. Junjae pinned Shimatani after a rolling lariat.
Intermission. Afterwards, Minoru Tanaka came out to announce a 4-man tournament with Takanori Ito, Soma Watanabe, Yu Iizuka & Tetsuya Izuchi with the winner getting to face Lidet UWF Champion Fujita “Jr.” Hayato for the title. The tournament will begin on 11/23 at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama with the winners facing off on 12/10 at Shinjuku Face. The title match will be on 12/30 at TDC Hall.
Match 6: Sayaka Unagi vs. MICHIKO went to a 15 minute time limit draw.
Match 7: G INFINITY Challenger Tournament Finals: KAZMA SAKAMOTO & Quiet Storm beat Hartley Jackson & Keiichi Sato to win the tournament. SAKAMOTO pinned Sato after New Tiger King Subtype. As a result, KAZMA & Storm will face G INFINITY Champions Jun & Rei Saito for the titles on 11/18 at Nishitetsu Hall in Fukuoka.
Main Event: Kaito Ishida beat Issei Onitsuka. As a result, Ishida will face Takehiro Yamanura on 12/30.
The next event is 11/12 at Umeda Sky Building Stellar Hall in Osaka. Broadcast plans TBA but since it’s Osaka, there probably will be no live broadcast and it will be on YouTube a few days later.
While this one is not injury-related, GLEAT has bene forced to report on yet another in a long list of countless wrestler absences from recent events, this time announcing that Junjae is off this Saturday’s G PROWRESTLING event. Family emergency. He was to have teamed with JD Lee to face Issei Onitsuka & Fire Katsumi. No replacement named yet.
More as it becomes available.
GLEAT ran their latest major event today, dubbed GLEAT Ver. EX.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on YouTube (it was a free live broadcast).
The announced paid attendance was 729.
Match 1: Kaz Hayashi, Minoru Tanaka, Yu Iizuka, Jun Tonsho & Junjie beat Hagane Shinno, Yumehito Inanari, Shota, Mizuki Watase & Kaji Tomato. Hayashi pinned Imanari.
Match 2: Tomoaki Honma (New Japan) & Ryota Hama beat Kotaro Suzuki & Hartley Jackson. Honma pinned Jackson after Kokeshi. Wow, haven’t seen or heard from Hama in a long time, not since the former sumo wrestler left All-Japan after former yokozuna (Grand Champion) Akebono did (their SMOP tag team was something else).
Match 3: MICHIKO, Aoi, Risa Sera & Arisa Nakajima beat Yukari Hosokawa, Sayaka Unagi, Itsuki Aoki & Yurika Oka. MICHIKO pinned Hosokawa.
Match 4: Lidet UWF Double Bout: Masakatsu Funaki & Tyson Maeguchi beat Soma Watanabe & Tetsuya Izuchi by KO. Maeguchi beat Izuchi.
Match 5: In a No DQ match, Isami Kodaka & Yuko Miyamoto beat Takanori Ito & Issei Onitsuka. Miyamoto pinned Onistuka after Fire Thunder into lighttubes.
Match 6: Ryuichi Kawakami, KAZMA SAKAMOTO & Check Shimatani beat The Great Sasuke (Michinoku Pro), GAINA & Ultraman Robin. SAKAMOTO pinned Sasuke.
Match 7: Kaito Ishida Return Match: Kaito Ishida beat CIMA by submission. Afterwards, Ishida requested to face Takehiro Yamamura at his return match on 12/30 at TDC Hall in Tokyo. But so did Issei Onitsuka. Therefore, a match between Ishida & Onitsuka to determine the 12/30 opponent will happen on 11/3 at Tokyo FM Hall.
Match 8: El Lindaman & Hayato Tamura beat SBK & TAKUMA. Lindaman pinned TAKUMA with a tiger suplex hold.
Main Event: G-REX Champion T-Hawk beat Shuji Ishikawa (All-Japan) to retain the title. V4 for T-Hawk.
The next event is G PROWRESTLING Ver. 62 on 10/21 at Umeda Stella Hall in Osaka. Broadcast plans TBA but since it’s Osaka there likely will be no live broadcast. It should be available on YouTube no later than 3 days after the event.
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.
