Gleat

Gleat (stylized in all caps as GLEAT and pronounced as "great") is a Japanese professional wrestling and mixed martial arts promotion founded in 2020 by former Pro Wrestling Noah parent company Lidet Entertainment after the acquisition of Noah and DDT Pro-Wrestling by CyberAgent. The promotion is overseen by Hiroyuki Suzuki and former mixed martial artist and professional wrestler Kiyoshi Tamura.

The promotion is divided into two primary wrestling brands: G Prowrestling, which features traditional puroresu, and Lidet UWF, which features UWFi-inspired shoot-style wrestling. In addition GLEAT MMA events features legitimate combat sports, including mixed martial arts, kickboxing, and submission grappling.

History In November 2018, Japanese advertising company Lidet Entertainment began investing in various business ventures in the professional wrestling industry including Riki Choshu's Power Hall show in December 2018. On January 29, 2019, Lidet Entertainment bought 75% shares of Pro Wrestling Noah, with the goal of transforming the promotion into the second largest promotion in Japan after New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). A year later due to Noah's financial struggles, Lidet Entertainment sold all shares of Pro Wrestling Noah to internet advertising company CyberAgent. Lidet's President Hiroyuki Suzuki wanting to continue to be involved with professional wrestling met with Kiyoshi Tamura several days after the sale of Noah. Suzuki later announced the formation of a new promotion, Gleat – it was additionally revealed that Kaz Hayashi and Nosawa Rongai would become the Gleat Chief Technical Officer and Chief Strategy Officer, respectively. Gleat promotes shows via its two sub-brands – G Prowrestling, a traditional puroresu brand, and Lidet UWF, a UWFi-inspired shoot style brand.

Gleat held its inaugural event, "Gleat Ver. 0", on October 15, 2020, which aired on Fighting TV Samurai on October 22, with the main event pitting NOAH's Sugiura-gun (Takashi Sugiura, Kazuyuki Fujita and Kendo Kashin) against Jun Akiyama, Shuhei Taniguchi, and Daisuke Sekimoto. The participation of NOAH wrestlers on Gleat events would cease after Nosawa Rongai resigned from his positions at Gleat to focus on his role as NOAH booker. Following the end of the NOAH partnership, Gleat would see the participation of wrestlers from other Japan-based wrestling promotions, such as Sho from NJPW and Shinjiro Otani and Masato Tanaka from Pro Wrestling Zero1.

In February 2021, shoot style veterans Minoru Tanaka and Daijiro Matsui were signed by the company, shortly after Tanaka was given the UWF Rule Technical Officer executive role. In May, it was announced that Cima, El Lindaman, T-Hawk, and Issei Onitsuka would be leaving Oriental Wrestling Entertainment and Ryuichi Kawakami would be leaving Big Japan Pro Wrestling to join Gleat. Gleat also operates a developmental division, with Yu Iizuka, Soma Watanabe, and Takanori Ito being the promotion's inaugural trainees.

In December 2021, Gleat announced a 12-man tournament would be held from January 26 to February 22, 2022 to crown the inaugural G-Rex Champion. The tournament and championship were won by El Lindaman.

In July 2022, Gleat announced the creation of the G-Infinity Championship for its G Prowrestling brand. A four-team tournament was held from August 20, 2022, to August 24 to crown the inaugural champions. The tournament was won by Bulk Orchestra (Kazma Sakamoto and Ryuichi Kawakami). On December 14, Gleat promoted its first mixed martial arts (MMA) event, Gleat MMA Ver. 0.

Personnel Background Gleat divides their roster based on its two wrestling sub-brands, G Prowrestling and Lidet UWF. Gleat also recognizes a third roster division, Gleat MMA – wrestlers affiliated to Gleat MMA have legitimate martial arts experience and may wrestle on either G Prowrestling or Lidet UWF events. G – Wrestlers affiliated to G Prowrestling, Gleat's sub-brand that promotes matches using traditional professional wrestling rules. U – Wrestlers affiliated to Lidet UWF, Gleat's sub-brand that promotes matches using UWFi-inspired shoot style rules. M – Wrestlers that have legitimate mixed martial arts (MMA) experience or are affiliated to Gleat MMA, Gleat's sub-brand that promotes MMA fights.

Wrestlers Contracted Ring nameReal nameGUMUnitNotesAnti-Gle MonstersBulk Orchestra#StrongHeartsG-Rex Champion Gleat Main UnitBulk OrchestraIssei OnitsukaYan's Family JunjieZhao Junjie Gleat Main Unit Black Generation InternationalBulk Orchestra Black Generation InternationalMichikoDiamond EgoistGleat Main UnitUWF Rule Technical OfficerGleat Main UnitSoma WatanabeGleat Main UnitG-Rush Champion #StrongHeartsYan's Family Lidet UWF World ChampionTakehiro Yamamura #StrongHeartsTetsuya IzuchiBlack Generation International Gleat Main Unit

Regular outsiders Ring name Real name Unit NotesAnti-Gle MonstersAffiliated with Real Zero1Black Generation InternationalFreelancerHideki SekineHard HitFreelancerHikaru SatoHard HitFreelancer affiliated with Pancrase MissionKatsuhiko Nakajima Freelancer Keiichi SatoKeiichi SatoBlack Generation InternationalFreelancerBulk OrchestraFreelancerMasato KaminoYan's FamilyAffiliated with Pro-Wrestling BasaraOji ShiibaFreelancerParker BoudreauxParker BoudreauxFreelancerQuiet StormBulk OrchestraFreelancer G-Infinity ChampionAnti-Gle MonstersFreelancer G-Infinity ChampionSeiki Yoshioka#StrongHeartsFreelancerShigehiro Irie#StrongHeartsFreelancerYusuke KodamaYan's FamilyFreelancerYutaniBlack Generation International Freelancer

Other personnel Ring nameReal nameNotesRing announcer (G Prowrestling)CommentatorFreelancerOwnerPresident of LidetReferee (G Prowrestling)Chief Technical OfficerExecutive DirectorCommentatorGleat Championship Belts ManagerG Prowrestling CommissionerObserverReferee (Lidet UWF)Referee (G Prowrestling)Ring announcer (Lidet UWF)Affiliated with Aoni ProductionRing announcer (G Prowrestling)Referee (Lidet UWF)Affiliated with PancraseRing announcer (G Prowrestling)

Notable alumni/guests

Abdullah Kobayashi Akane Fujita Ami Miura Atsuki Aoyagi Bandido Chihiro Hashimoto Daijiro Matsui Daisuke Nakamura Daisuke Sekimoto Drew Parker Flamita Gringo Loco Hartley Jackson Jake Lee Janai Kai Josh Barnett Jun Akiyama Jun Masaoka Kazuyuki Fujita Kendo Kashin Koji Iwamoto Komander Kota Ibushi Kota Sekifuda Masakatsu Funaki Masato Kamino Masato Tanaka Maya Fukuda Mochi Miyagi Musashi Nosawa Rongai Seichi Ikemoto Shigehiro Irie Shinjiro Otani Sho Shuhei Taniguchi So Daimonji Syuri Takashi Sugiura Takuya Nomura Tomoaki Honma Thekla Tyson Maeguchi Yukari Hosokawa Yutaka Yoshie

Championships Championship Current champion(s)ReignDate wonDaysheldLocationNotes G-Rex Championship El Lindaman 1 + Tokyo, Japan Defeated Katsuhiko Nakajima at Gleat Ver. EX ~ GLEAT vs. Kyoteki. G-Infinity Championship G. Sharpe and TJP 1 + Tokyo, Japan Defeated Chris Ridgeway and Drew Parker at Gleat Ver. 31. G-Rush Championship Soma Watanabe 1 + Tokyo, Japan Defeated Minoru Tanaka and Brass Knuckles Jun to win the vacant title at Gleat The Beginning Of The 6th Year . Lidet UWF World Championship Takanori Ito 2 + Tokyo, Japan Defeated Soma Watanabe to win the vacant title at Gleat Ver. 24.

G-Rush Championship

The is a professional wrestling championship owned and created by the Japanese company Lidet Entertainment and is currently disputed in the Gleat promotion. There have been a total of four reigns shared between four different champions. The current champion is Soma Watanabe who is in his first reign.

Lidet UWF World Championship

The is a professional wrestling championship owned and created by the Japanese company Lidet Entertainment and is currently disputed in the Gleat promotion. The main characteristic of the championship is that it can be defended and won only under UWF rules matches and in combat sports-based wrestling style bouts.

As of , , there have been a total of five reigns shared between four different champions and one vacancy. The current champion is Takanori Ito who is in his second reign.

Combined reigns As of , . †Indicates the current champion RankWrestlerNo. ofreignsCombineddefensesCombineddays1 Katsuhiko Nakajima 1 7 6152 Fujita "Jr." Hayato 1 1 3563 Takanori Ito † 2 2 +4 Soma Watanabe 1 0 31

Gleat events

Most Gleat events are separated into the three brands G Prowrestling, Lidet UWF and Gleat MMA. Numbered "Gleat Ver." events air bigger cards featuring a mix of the three brands. Specials events such as "Gleat Ver.EX", "Gleat Ver.Mega" and "Gleat Ver.&" are held in larger venues and usually feature wrestlers from other wrestling promotions such as All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) or Pro Wrestling Freedoms. All events air live on Gleat's YouTube channel.

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