G-Infinity Championship
The belts of the G-Infinity Championship
Details
PromotionGleat
Date establishedJuly 2022
Current champion(s)Saito Brothers (Jun Saito and Rei Saito)
Date wonJune 7, 2023
Statistics
First champion(s)Bulk Orchestra (Kazma Sakamoto and Ryuichi Kawakami)
Longest reignBulk Orchestra (Hayato Tamura and Check Shimatani) (276 days)
Shortest reignBulk Orchestra (Kazma Sakamoto and Ryuichi Kawakami) (11 days)
Oldest championKazma Sakamoto (39 years, 327 days)
Youngest championCheck Shimatani (26 years, 189 days)
Heaviest championRei Saito (304 lb (138 kg))
Lightest championCheck Shimatani (158 lb (72 kg))

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]

There have been a total of three reigns shared between three different teams consisting of six distinctive champions. The current champions are the Saito Brothers.

History

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 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

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

Key
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 1 247+ 11 [8]

Combined reigns

As of February 9, 2024.

By team

† Indicates the current champions
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 11 247+
— #Strong Hearts
(Shigehiro Irie and T-Hawk)		 — 0 21
3 Bulk Orchestra
(Kazma Sakamoto and Ryuichi Kawakami)		 1 0 11

By wrestler

Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns 		Combined
defenses 		Combined
days
1 Check Shimatani 1 6 276
Hayato Tamura 1 6 276
3 Jun Saito † 1 11 247+
Rei Saito † 1 11 247+
— Shigehiro Irie — 0 21
— T-Hawk — 0 21
5 Ryuichi Kawakami 1 0 11
Kazma Sakamoto 1 0 11

See also

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b c "G PROWRESTLING Ver.31". Gleat (in Japanese). August 25, 2022.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ a b Kreikenbohm, Philip (August 20, 2022). "GLEAT G PROWRESTLING Ver. 30". Retrieved August 20, 2022.
  5. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (September 4, 2022). "GLEAT G PROWRESTLING Ver. 32". cagematch.net. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
  6. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (October 30, 2022). "GLEAT G PROWRESTLING Ver. 37". cagematch.net. Retrieved October 30, 2022.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ Lidet Entertainment (June 7, 2023). GLEAT Ver.EX “FACE-OFF” ACCESS 2 TDCH. lidet.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved June 7, 2023.
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