Tag: LIDETUWF

GLEAT ran their latest all-encompassing blowout event yesterday, GLEAT Ver. MEGA in OSAKA.

Yesterday’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym in Osaka and can be watched on demand FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 1078.

Match 1: KAZMA SAKAMOTO, Quiet Storm, Mirko Mori & Nico Inverardi beat Issei Onitsuka, Junjie, JD Lee & Jesse Queen. SAKAMOTO pinned Lee after a half package piledriver.

Match 2: Ryuichi Kawakami & Brass Knuckles JUN beat Kotaro Suzuki & So Daimonji. JUN pinned Suzuki after Frozen Punch.

Match 3: T-Hawk beat Takehiro Yamamura.

Match 4: El Lindaman, Octagon Jr. & Faby Apache (AAA [Mexico]) beat MICHIKO, Chris Ridgeway & Sam Adonis (AAA). Octagon pinned Adonis after Dragon Cutter.

Match 5: In a GLEAT MMA Grappling Rules Match Series, 3 matches each with 5 1-minute rounds, TEAM GLEAT beat Tokyo Sabres 1-0-2.
Match 1: Daisuke Nakamura vs. Masaki Takeura went to a Draw.
Match 2: Hideki Sekine beat Kanten-Man in 30 seconds.
Match 3: Yu Iizuka vs. Caol Uno went to a draw.

Match 6: Ryo Aitaka, Kota Ibushi, Yukimitsu Takahashi & Kikutaro beat Minoru Tanaka, Takanori Ito, Seiichi Ikemoto & Tsutenkakka. Ibushi pinned Ito after Kamigoye. (I’m wondering if Ibushi got injured or something here because DDT has announced Ibushi is off two upcoming scheduled events later this month and they are offering refunds as a result)

Match 7: Zachary Wentz & Trey Miguel beat G INFINITY Champions Kaito Ishida & Tetsuya Izuchi to win the titles. Wentz & Miguel become the 6th G INFINITY Champions. Miguel pinned Izuchi after Feed ‘Em to the Lions. UPSET ALERT!!! Now the titles might be headed to TNA Wrestling after Rascalz won them.

Match 8: CIMA & Ricochet (All Elite Wrestling) beat Soma Watanabe & El Hijo de Vikingo (AEW). RIcochet pinned Watanabe after a 630 splash.

Match 0: G-REX Champion Hayato Tamura beat Parker Boudreaux (AEW) to retain the title. V8 for Tamura.

Main Event: Lidet UWF Single Bout: Lidet UWF Champion Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Masakatsu Funaki by ref stoppage (technical submission) to retain the title. V1 for Nakajima.

The next event is GLEAT Ver. EX-GLEAT VS. STRONG ENEMY Wednesday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Broadcast plans TBA but since it’s Korakuen I anticipate it being a live broadcast on YouTube.

UPDATE: For Thursday, live streaming FOR FREE on YouTube will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

GLEAT held their traditional anniversary event yesterday, also normally their biggest annual event, dubbed GLEAT Ver. 12. The event also was the retirement event for Kaz Hayashi.

Yesterday’s event was held at Tokyo Dome City Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 1511.

Match 1: Jun Tonsho, MICHIKO, Junjie, Joe Lando & Shuji Ishikawa beat Riki Aitaka, Yukimitsu Takahashi, Yumehito Imanari, Kaji Tomato & Tyson Maeguchi. Lando pinned Takahashi after Steez Bomb.

Match 2: Minoru Tanaka & Kazuki Hirata beat Issei Onitsuka & Yusuke Kodama. Tanaka pinned Onitsuka after BDF.

Match 3: Octagon Jr. & Soma Watanabe beat SBK & TAKUMA. Octagon pinned TAKUMA after La Mahia de Dragon.

Match 4: Kotaro Suzuki, Hartley Jackson & So Daimonji beat T-Hawk, Takehiro Yamamura & Seiki Yoshioka. Suzuki pinned Yamamura after a tiger driver.

Match 5: Ryuichi Kawakami Final GLEAT Match: Kazuyuku Fujita, Kendo Ka Shin & Gameras beat Ryuichi Kawakami, KAZMA SAKAMOTO & Quiet Storm. Fujita pinned SAKAMOTO after a face kick. (Kawakami had his contract terminated effective after this event following an incident at an event last month where he attacked President Hiroyuki Suzuki)

Match 6: Kaz Hayashi Retirement Match: Kaito Ishida & Tetsuya Izuchi beat G INFINITY Champions Kaz Hayashi & CIMA to win the titles. Ishida & Izuchi become the 5th G INFINITY Champions. Ishida pinned Hayashi with a half tiger suplex hold.

Match 7: G-REX Champion Hayato Tamura beat Yuki Iino to retain the title. V6 for Tamura.

Match 8: Kota Ibushi 20th Anniversary Match: In an Exhibition Match, Kota Ibushi faced Daisuke Sekimoto in a 5 minute match. Ibushi, for those wondering, reportedly is still recovering from major injuries and is not 100%.

Match 9: Lidet URF Single Bout: Shinya Aoki beat El Lindaman by submission.

Main Event: Lidet UWF Championship Single Bout: Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Takanori Ito by ref stoppage (submission) to win the vacant title. Nakajima becomes the 3rd Lidet UWF Champion.

After the matches, Hayashi came out again to greet the fans as his retirement became official. He announced he would remain with Lidet Entertainment as an employee of GLEAT.

The next event is G PROWRESTLING Ver. 74 on 7/15 at Umeda Stellar Hall in Osaka. There will be no live broadcast. The promotion has also announced another house show for the following event on 8/21 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, which will not be available live or on demand onYouTube.

GLEAT ran a GLEAT Ver. EX event today as they wind down the build to their next blowout event coming up in a few weeks at the start of the new year.

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 226.

Match 1: Takanori Ito & Yusuke Kodama beat Soma Watanabe & Jun Tonsho. Ito pinned Tonsho with a German suplex hold.

Match 2: Galeno Del Mal won a 5 person battle royal, last eliminating Hartley Jackson. The other participants were Masato Kamino, Aja Kong & Daisuke Sekimoto.

Match 3: Kaz Hayashi, El Lindaman & Issei Onitsuka beat Kotaro Suzuki, Keiichi Sato & HANAOKA. Lindaman pinned Sato with a German suplex hold. Afterwards, Kuroshio TOKYO Japan appeared and was announced for 12/30, possibly in a 6-man tag match with Colt Cabana & Brandon Cutler from All Elite Wrestling.

Match 4: Aoi beat MICHIKO. Afterwards, Aoi announced she was leaving DIAMOND EGOIST, MICHIKO’s current faction, and asked to re-form a team with Sayaka Unagi. But Yukari Hosokawa then appeared and declared her loyalty to MICHIKO.

Match 5; Kaito Ishida beat Ryuichi Kawakami.

Match 6: T-hawk, Jun & Rei Saito beat Hayato Tamura, KAZMA SAKAMOTO & Check Shimatani. T-Hak pinned Shimatani after Night Ride.

Main Event: Lidet UWF Championship Next Challenger Tournament Finals: Minoru Tanaka beat Tetsuya Izuchi by submission to win the tournament. As a result, Tanaka will fight Lidet UWF Champion Fujita “Jr.” Hayato for the title on 12/30 at Tokyo Dome City Hall.

The next event is 12/24 at Umeda Stellar Hall in Osaka for the final G PROWRESTLING event of the year and the last event before TDC Hall. Broadcast plans TBA but since it’s in Osaka there almost certainly will be no live broadcast. If that’s the case, it will be available on demand on YouTube a few days after the event.

GLEAT ran their 2nd Anniversary event yesterday, which likely was their biggest event of the year with a mix of G PROWRESTLING and Lidet UWF matches.

Yesterday’s event was held at Tokyo Dome City Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 1279.

Matches 1-7 were G PROWRESTLING matches, while Matches 8-10 were Lidet UWF bouts.

Match 1: Issei Onitsuka & Yusuke Kodama beat Shigehiro Irie & Junjae. Kodama pinned Junjae with La Magistral.

Match 2: Quiet Storm, Galeno Del Mar & HANAOKA beat Emperador Azteca, El Bendito & MAZADA. Galeno pinned MAZADA with Galeno Special.

Match 3: G INFINITY Champions Jun & Rei Saito (All-Japan) beat Kaz Hayashi & Minoru Tanaka to retain the titles. Rei Saito pinned Tanaka after a diving body press. V1 for the champs.

Match 4: Michiko Miyagi, Aoi, Risa Sera & Janai Kai beat Yukari Hosokawa, Sayaka Unagi, Itsuki Aoki & Rydeen Hagane. Miyagi pinned Hosokawa after a tombstone piledriver. After the match, Miyagi announced she will be changing her ring name among other things. That will be revealed on 8/4 at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo.

Match 5: In a Loser Unit Dissolution Match, Ryuichi Kawakami, Hayato Tamura, Check Shimatani & KAZMA SAKAMOTO beat Tetsuya Iczichi, Jun Tonsho & Keiichi Sato.Tamura pinned Izuchi after Hayato Orchestra. As a result, 60seconds must disband. And yes, apparently it was a handicap match with an unfair advantage for Bulk Orchestra.

Match 6: GLEAT 2nd Anniversary Match: El Lindaman, Kento Miyahara (All-Japan) & Chihiro Hashimoto (Sendai Girls) beat Yutani, Flamita & Kotaro Suzuki. Lindaman pinned Yutani with a tiger suplex hold.

Match 7: G-REX Champion T-Hawk beat Soma Watanabe to retain the title. V2 for T-Hawk. Next up: Hayato Tamura. That match likely will happen on 8/4.

Match 8: Lidet UWF Single Bout: Maya Fukuda beat Azusa Inaba by KO.

Match 9: Lidet UWF Double Bout: Yu Iizuka & Ayato Yoshida vs. Shinya Aoki & Hikaru Sato went to a 20 minute time limit draw.

Main Event: Fujita “Jr.” Hayato beat Lidet UWF Champion Takanori Ito by ref stoppage to win the title. Hayato becomes the second Lidet UWF Champion.

The next event is G PROWRESTLING Ver. 56 on 7/16 at Umeda Sky Building Stellar Hall in Osaka. There will likely be no live broadcast.

Also not mentioned in results but announced for 8/4: Kota Ibushi participation. Yes, THAT Kota Ibushi (who hasn’t been seen since he unceremoniously left New Japan following an injury suffered in the 2021 G1 CLIMAX Finals). He has been reportedly linked to All Elite Wrestling but that hasn’t happened and seems very unlikely.