G-Rex Championship

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
The G-Rex Championship title belt
Details
PromotionGleat
Date establishedDecember 2021
Current champion(s)T-Hawk
Date wonApril 12, 2023
Statistics
First champion(s)El Lindaman
Longest reignEl Lindaman (320 days)
Shortest reignKaito Ishida (94 days)
Oldest championT-Hawk (32 years, 347 days)
Youngest championEl Lindaman (27 years, 10 days)
Heaviest championT-Hawk (194 lb (88 kg))
Lightest championEl Lindaman (154 lb (70 kg))

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 T-Hawk, who won the title at G Prowrestling Ver. 49: Invader on April 12, 2023.

History
Kaito Ishida with the original belt design in March 2023.

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
Round 1
January 26 		Round 2
February 6 & 11 		Semifinals
February 22 		Final
February 22
            
Soma Watanabe 13:10[5]
El Lindaman Pin
El Lindaman Pin
Issei Onitsuka 11:36[6]
El Lindaman Pin
Block A
T-Hawk 16:41[2]
Minoru Tanaka Pin
Daijiro Matsui 6:30[6]
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[6]
Yu Iizuka Sub
Hayato Tamura Pin
Block B
Takanori Ito 14:21[2]
Takanori Ito Pin
Ryuichi Kawakami 18:06[6]
Takanori Ito Pin
Cima 19:57[5]

Reigns

As of October 25, 2023.

Key
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.
Date Event Location Reign DaysDefenses
1 El Lindaman February 22, 2022 G Prowrestling Ver. 18 Tokyo, Japan 1 3207 Defeated Hayato Tamura in a tournament final to become the inaugural champion. [2]
2 Kaito Ishida January 8, 2023 Gleat Ver. 5 Osaka, Japan 1 941 [8]
3 T-Hawk April 12, 2023 G Prowrestling Ver. 49: Invader Tokyo, Japan 1 196+4 [9]

See also

References
  1. 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.
  2. "G PROWRESTLING Ver.18". Gleat (in Japanese). February 22, 2022. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
  3. 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.
  4. 【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.
  5. "G PROWRESTLING Ver.16". Gleat (in Japanese). February 6, 2022. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
  6. "G PROWRESTLING Ver.15". Gleat (in Japanese). January 26, 2022. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
  7. "G PROWRESTLING Ver.17". Gleat (in Japanese). February 11, 2022. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
  8. Daly, Wayne (January 8, 2023). "GLEAT Results: Ver. 5 – Osaka, Japan (1/8)". wrestling-news.net. Retrieved January 23, 2023.
  9. Kreikenbohm, Philip (April 12, 2023). "GLEAT G PROWRESTLING Ver. 49 ~ Invader". cagematch.net. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.