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GLEAT began their 2026 today with their first event of the year, GLEAT Ver. 22.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka and will be available on demand on YouTube at a later date (for free, their paid membership was discontinued last month). There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 565.

Match 1: Kaito Ishida, KAZMA SAKAMOTO & So Daimonji beat Junjie, Katsuhiko Nakajima & Andy Wu. Ishifa pinned Junjie after FACTION.

Match 2: Lidet UWF Double Bout: Tetsuya Izuchi & Kotaro Suzuki beat Hitamaru Sasaki & Yuki Tanaka by submission. Izuchi beat Tanaka with Kill Zone.

Match 3: MICHIKO, Aoi & Marika Kobashi beat Yuna Manase, Chanyoya & Blanca Maho. MICHIKO pinned Mago after a swivel tombstone piledriver.

Match 4: Takehiro Yamamura beat Luigi Primo.

Match 5: T-Hawk & Hayato Tamura beat Andy Panda & Shigehiro Itie. T-Hawk pinned Panda after Vladigoku.

Match 6: Ryuichi Kawakami beat Ryo Aitaka.

Match 7: In a G-RUSH match, G-RUSH Chanpion Minoru Tanaka beat Van Vale Jack to retain the title. V1 for Tanaka.

Match 8: Takanori Ito Return Match: Takanori Ito beat Masakatsu Funaki by KO.

Main Event: G-REX Champion El Lindaman beat Soma Watanabe to retain the title. V3 for Lindaman. Next up: Kawakami. That match will happen on 2/11 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.

The next event is 1/20 at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Broadcast plans TBA. (1/16/2026 UPDATE: LIVE broadcast with Japanese commentary beginning at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET. On demand shortly after the event)

Injury Report: Funaki was injured during his match and hospitalized afterwards. Cervical spine ligament. He is conscious and will remain hospitalized for a few days.

1/12/2026 UPDATE: On demand on YouTube tomorrow at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

GLEAT wrapped up a turbulent and transitional 2025 today with their final event of the year, GLEAT Ver. 21.

Today’s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can be watched on demand FOR FREE on YouTube. No more paywalls as their paid membership is no more. Every event paywalled this year can now be watched foe free.

The announced paid attendance was 407.

Matches not noted as otherwise were G PROWRESTLING matches.

Match 1: Ryuichi Kawakami, Keiichi Sato, Rock Iwasaki & Chris Weiss beat Takehiro Yamamura, Tetsuya Izuchi, Junjie & Shigehiro Irie. Kawakami pinned Izuchi after a lariat.

Match 2: Lidet UWF Double Bout: Yukina Uehara & Chii Aoba beat Marino Sahara & Salura Mizushima by submission.

Match 3: Soma Watanabe & So Daimonji beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana. Watanabe pinned Tachibana after a Frankensteiner.

Match 4: T-Hawk, Hayato Tamura & Seiki Yoshioka beat Kaito Ishida, KAZMA SAKAMOTO & Quiet Storm. T-Hawk pinned Ishida after Ready-to-Wear. Afterwards, T-Hawk & Tanura issued a G INFINITY Championship challenge. That match will happen on 1/20.

Match 5: MICHIKO & Yuna Manass (Ganbare Pro) beat ZONES & ChiChi (Evolution). MICHIKO pinned ChiChi after a non-human driver.

Match 6: Lidet UWF Single Bout: Lidet UWF Champion Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Ryo Aitaka by ref stoppage (technical submission) to retain the title. V6 for Nakajima.

Matxh 7: G-RUSH Champion Minoru Tabaka vs. Kotaro Suzuki went to a 7 minute time limit draw. Which led to…
Continuation (no time limit, 1 count pinfalls, 1 rope escape allowed, 3 count countouts): G-RUSH Chanpion Minoru Tabaka beat Kotaro Suzuki to retain the title. V1 for Tanaka.

Main Event: G-REX Champion El Lindaman beat TJP to retain the title. V2 for Lindaman. Next up: Watanabe. That match will happen on 1/10.

The next event, their 2026 opener, is 1/10 at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka. Broadcast plans TBA.

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 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.

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.

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’s likely biggest event to date and their debut at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo just wrapped up within the hour. If you missed the live stream, click below to watch the full event FOR FREE on YouTube (warning: Stream runs over 5 hours). Video courtesy of the GLEAT Official YouTube channel: