Osaka Light Heavyweight Championship
| Osaka Light Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||||||
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 The Osaka Light Heavyweight Championship belt | |||||||||||||
| Details | |||||||||||||
| Promotion | Osaka Pro Wrestling | ||||||||||||
| Date established | March 2022 | ||||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | Ryuya Matsufusa | ||||||||||||
| Date won | December 10, 2023 | ||||||||||||
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The Osaka Light Heavyweight Championship (Japanese: 大阪ライトヘビー級王座, Hepburn: Ōsaka Raito Hebī-kyū Ōza) is a professional wrestling light heavyweight championship owned by the Osaka Pro Wrestling (OPW) promotion. Only wrestlers under the light heavyweight weight-limit may hold the championship.
There have been a total of two reigns shared between two different champions. The current champion is Ryuya Matsufusa who is in his first reign.
History
[edit]The title was announced in March 2022 and the belt, unveiled on April 30,[1] was awarded to Tigers Mask after he won an eight-man tournament on July 31.[2]
Inaugural tournament
[edit]| Round 1 June 26 | Semifinals July 31 | Final July 31 | ||||||||||||
| Ares | N/A[3] | |||||||||||||
| Billyken Kid | Forfeit | |||||||||||||
| Billyken Kid | Sub | |||||||||||||
| Tigers Mask | 19:40[5] | |||||||||||||
| Ryuya Matsufusa | 19:37[4] | |||||||||||||
| Tigers Mask | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Tigers Mask | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Yuto Kikuchi | 25:20[5] | |||||||||||||
| Ultimate Spider Jr. | 25:36[4] | |||||||||||||
| Yuto Kikuchi | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Yuto Kikuchi | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Tsubasa | 20:35[5] | |||||||||||||
| Takoyakida | N/A[3] | |||||||||||||
| Tsubasa | Forfeit | |||||||||||||
Reigns
[edit]| 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 | Days | Defenses | ||||
| 1 | Tigers Mask | July 31, 2022 | Osaka Light Heavyweight Inaugural Championship Tournament | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 497 | 4 | Defeated Yuto Kikuchi in the finals of an eight-man tournament to win the title. | [5] |
| 2 | Ryuya Matsufusa | December 10, 2023 | Excalibur | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 348+ | 4 | [6] | |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 【大阪プロレス】旗揚げ第一戦のメインでゼウスが勝利！創始者デルフィンが登場！4.29アゼリア大正＜全試合結果＞. Proresu Today (in Japanese). April 30, 2022. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
- ^ Osaka Pro Wrestling [@osakapro] (April 30, 2022). 初代ライトヘビー級王者 決定トーナメント開催 [Tournament to crown the inaugural Light Heavyweight Champion] (Tweet) (in Japanese) – via Twitter.
- ^ a b Osaka Pro Wrestling [@osakapro] (June 22, 2022). "Aresu, Takoyakīdā ketsujō no oshirase" アレス・タコヤキーダー欠場のお知らせ [Ares and Takoyakida notice of absence] (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved August 5, 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ a b Saalbach, Axel. "Osaka Pro @ Osaka". Wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
- ^ a b c d "220731 | Ōsaka Puroresu" 220731 | 大阪プロレス [220731 | Osaka Pro Wrestling]. Osaka Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). July 31, 2022. Retrieved August 5, 2022.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (December 10, 2023). "Osaka Pro". cagematch.net. Retrieved December 10, 2023.