The G-Rex Championship (Japanese: G-REX王座, Hepburn: Jī Rekkusu Ōza) is a professional wrestling championship in the Japanese promotion Gleat. The title is the first to be created by the promotion.[1]
| G-Rex Championship | |||||||||||||||||
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 The G-Rex Championship title belt | |||||||||||||||||
| Details | |||||||||||||||||
| Promotion | Gleat | ||||||||||||||||
| Date established | December 2021 | ||||||||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | Hayato Tamura | ||||||||||||||||
| Date won | December 30, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||
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The inaugural champion is El Lindaman, who was crowned at G Prowrestling Ver. 18, on February 22, 2022, after winning a 12-man tournament.[2] The current champion is Hayato Tamura, who won the title at Gleat Ver. 7 on December 30, 2023.
History
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Gleat was founded in 2020, after Lidet Entertainment sold all its shares of Pro Wrestling Noah to CyberAgent. Lidet's President Hiroyuki Suzuki, wanting to continue his involvement with professional wrestling, announced the formation of Gleat in August 2020, alongside Kiyoshi Tamura, Kaz Hayashi and Nosawa Rongai. The promotion features two brands: G Prowrestling, a traditional puroresu brand, and Lidet UWF, a shoot style brand inspired by UWF International.
In December 2021, Gleat announced the creation of the G-Rex Championship for its G Prowrestling brand. A 12-man tournament was held from January 26, 2022, to February 22 to crown the inaugural champion.[3][4]
Inaugural tournament
edit| Round 1 January 26 | Round 2 February 6 & 11 | Semifinals February 22 | Final February 22 | ||||||||||||||||
| Soma Watanabe | 13:10[6] | ||||||||||||||||||
| El Lindaman | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| El Lindaman | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Issei Onitsuka | 11:36[5] | ||||||||||||||||||
| El Lindaman | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Block A | |||||||||||||||||||
| T-Hawk | 16:41[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Minoru Tanaka | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Daijiro Matsui | 6:30[5] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Minoru Tanaka | 17:20[7] | ||||||||||||||||||
| T-Hawk | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| El Lindaman | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hayato Tamura | 16:54[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hayato Tamura | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Yu Iizuka | 9:22[7] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kaz Hayashi | 10:24[5] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Yu Iizuka | Sub | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hayato Tamura | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Block B | |||||||||||||||||||
| Takanori Ito | 14:21[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Takanori Ito | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ryuichi Kawakami | 18:06[5] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Takanori Ito | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cima | 19:57[6] | ||||||||||||||||||
Reigns
editAs of November 17, 2024.
| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
| + | Current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | ||||
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| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Defenses | ||||
| 1 | El Lindaman | February 22, 2022 | G Prowrestling Ver. 18 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 320 | 7 | Defeated Hayato Tamura in a tournament final to become the inaugural champion. | [2] |
| 2 | Kaito Ishida | January 8, 2023 | Gleat Ver. 5 | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 94 | 1 | [8] | |
| 3 | T-Hawk | April 12, 2023 | G Prowrestling Ver. 49: Invader | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 262 | 5 | [9] | |
| 4 | Hayato Tamura | December 30, 2023 | Gleat Ver. 7 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 323+ | 8 | [10] | |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Gleat [@LIDET_ENT] (December 30, 2021). GLEAT初のベルト"G-REX"初代王者を巡り 12選手が勝ち抜き戦 (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved January 25, 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ a b c d e "G PROWRESTLING Ver.18". Gleat (in Japanese). February 22, 2022. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
- ^ Gleat [@LIDET_ENT] (January 13, 2022). G-REX初代王座争奪戦 トーナメント表発表 (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved January 25, 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ 【GLEAT】団体初のベルトをかけた”G-REX”初代王者決定トーナメントを開催！. Proresu Today (in Japanese). January 19, 2022. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
- ^ a b c d "G PROWRESTLING Ver.15". Gleat (in Japanese). January 26, 2022. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
- ^ a b "G PROWRESTLING Ver.16". Gleat (in Japanese). February 6, 2022. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
- ^ a b "G PROWRESTLING Ver.17". Gleat (in Japanese). February 11, 2022. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
- ^ Daly, Wayne (January 8, 2023). "GLEAT Results: Ver. 5 – Osaka, Japan (1/8)". wrestling-news.net. Retrieved January 23, 2023.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (April 12, 2023). "GLEAT G PROWRESTLING Ver. 49 ~ Invader". cagematch.net. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
- ^ Saalbach, Axel (December 31, 2023). "GLEAT Ver. 7". wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved December 31, 2023.