The G-Infinity Championship (Japanese: G-INFINITY王座, Hepburn: Jī Infiniti Ōza) is a professional wrestling tag team championship in the Japanese promotion Gleat. The title is the first tag team title to be created by the promotion and the second overall.[1] The title is currently vacant.
| G-Infinity Championship | |||||||||||||||||
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 The belts of the G-Infinity Championship | |||||||||||||||||
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| Promotion | Gleat | ||||||||||||||||
| Date established | July 2022 | ||||||||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | Coelacanths (Cima and Kaz Hayashi) | ||||||||||||||||
| Date won | March 13, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||
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History
editGleat 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 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.[1] The tournament was won by Bulk Orchestra (Kazma Sakamoto and Ryuichi Kawakami).[2] After the match, Nobuhiro Shimatani and Hayato Tamura, who are also members of the Bulk Orchestra stable, announced their challenge to the title.[3]
When Hayato Tamura suffered from an injury incurred on October 9, 2022, #StrongHearts (Shigehiro Irie and T-Hawk) became interim champions.
Inaugural tournament
edit| Semi-finals August 20 | Final August 24 | ||||||||
| Bulk Orchestra (Kazma Sakamoto and Ryuichi Kawakami) | Pin | ||||||||
| 60 Seconds (Jun Tonsho and Keiichi Sato) | 11:19[4] | ||||||||
| Bulk Orchestra | Pin | ||||||||
| #StrongHearts | 13:52[2] | ||||||||
| Kaz Hayashi and Takanori Ito | 11:40[4] | ||||||||
| #StrongHearts (Cima and T-Hawk) | Pin | ||||||||
Reigns
editThere have been a total of four reigns shared between four different teams consisting of eight distinctive champions, and one vacancy.
| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific team—reign numbers for the individuals are in parentheses, if different |
| Days | Number of days held |
| Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
| + | Current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Defenses | ||||
| 1 | Bulk Orchestra (Kazma Sakamoto and Ryuichi Kawakami) | August 24, 2022 | G Prowrestling Ver. 31 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 11 | 0 | Defeated #StrongHearts (Cima and T-Hawk) in the final of a four-team tournament to win the inaugural title. | [2] |
| 2 | Bulk Orchestra (Check Shimatani and Hayato Tamura) | September 4, 2022 | G Prowrestling Ver. 32 | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 276 | 6 | [5] | |
| — | #StrongHearts (Shigehiro Irie and T-Hawk) | October 30, 2022 | G Prowrestling Ver. 37 | Sapporo, Japan | — | 21 | 0 | Lineal champions Check Shimatani and Hayato Tamura were originally scheduled to defend the title against Kaz Hayashi and Cima at this event, but were pulled due to Tamura not being cleared to compete after having suffered an injury in early October. Shigehiro Irie and T-Hawk defeated Hayashi and Cima to become the interim champions. On November 19, 2022, Irie and T-Hawk were defeated by lineal champions Shimatani and Tamura. | [6][7] |
| 3 | Saito Brothers (Jun Saito and Rei Saito) | June 7, 2023 | Gleat Ver. EX "Face-Off" Access 2 TDCH | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 261 | 11 | [8] | |
| — | Vacated | February 23, 2024 | Gleat Ver. 9 | Osaka, Japan | — | — | — | Title vacated after Rei Saito suffered a dislocated shoulder. | [9] |
| 4 | Coelacanths (Cima and Kaz Hayashi) | March 13, 2024 | Gleat Ver. 10 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 110+ | 4 | Defeated #StrongHearts (Seiki Yoshioka and T-Hawk) in a tournament final to win the vacant titles. | [10] |
Combined reigns
editAs of July 1, 2024.
By team
edit| † | Indicates the current champions |
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| Rank | Team | No. of reigns | Combined defenses | Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bulk Orchestra (Check Shimatani and Hayato Tamura) | 1 | 6 | 276 |
| 2 | Saito Brothers (Jun Saito and Rei Saito) | 1 | 11 | 261 |
| 3 | Coelacanths † (Cima and Kaz Hayashi) | 1 | 4 | 110+ |
| — | #StrongHearts (Shigehiro Irie and T-Hawk) | — | 0 | 21 |
| 4 | Bulk Orchestra (Kazma Sakamoto and Ryuichi Kawakami) | 1 | 0 | 11 |
By wrestler
edit| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined defenses | Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Check Shimatani | 1 | 6 | 276 |
| Hayato Tamura | 1 | 6 | 276 | |
| 3 | Jun Saito | 1 | 11 | 261 |
| Rei Saito | 1 | 11 | 261 | |
| 5 | Cima † | 1 | 4 | 110+ |
| Kaz Hayashi † | 1 | 4 | 110+ | |
| — | Shigehiro Irie | — | 0 | 21 |
| — | T-Hawk | — | 0 | 21 |
| 7 | Ryuichi Kawakami | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| Kazma Sakamoto | 1 | 0 | 11 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Gleat [@LIDET_ENT] (July 1, 2022). "GLEAT ni taggu beruto "G-INFINITY" shinsetsu" GLEATにタッグベルト「G-INFINITY」新設 [New tag team belt "G-Infinity" established in Gleat] (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved July 2, 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ a b c "G PROWRESTLING Ver.31". Gleat (in Japanese). August 25, 2022.
- ^ 8月24日 【GLEAT】河上＆KAZMAが初代G-INFINITY王者に 田村＆島谷との同門対決V1戦が浮上. Professional Wrestling Martial Arts DX (in Japanese). August 24, 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
- ^ a b Kreikenbohm, Philip (August 20, 2022). "GLEAT G PROWRESTLING Ver. 30". Retrieved August 20, 2022.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (September 4, 2022). "GLEAT G PROWRESTLING Ver. 32". cagematch.net. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (October 30, 2022). "GLEAT G PROWRESTLING Ver. 37". cagematch.net. Retrieved October 30, 2022.
- ^ BBM Mobile (November 19, 2022). 11/19 GLEAT 田村＆島谷がG-INFINITY勝ち残り戦を制す G PROWRESTLING Ver.38. bbm-mobile.com (in Japanese). Retrieved November 23, 2022.
- ^ Lidet Entertainment (June 7, 2023). GLEAT Ver.EX “FACE-OFF” ACCESS 2 TDCH. lidet.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved June 7, 2023.
- ^ 【#GLEATバックステージ】斉藤ジュン、立花誠吾＆青柳優馬、黒潮TOKYOジャパン、渡辺壮馬、MICHIKO｜2024.2.23(金)GLEAT Ver.9｜GLEAT公式YouTube (Television production) (in Japanese). Gleat. February 28, 2024. Event occurs at 3:05.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (March 14, 2024). "GLEAT Ver. 10". cagematch.net. Retrieved March 13, 2024.