Osaka Light Heavyweight Championship
The Osaka Light Heavyweight Championship belt
Details
PromotionOsaka Pro Wrestling
Date establishedMarch 2022
Current champion(s)Ryuya Matsufusa
Date wonDecember 10, 2023
Statistics
Longest reignTigers Mask (497 days)
Oldest championTigers Mask (46 years, 60 days)
Youngest championRyuya Matsufusa (25 years, 36 days)
Heaviest championTigers Mask (187 lbs)
Lightest championRyuya Matsufusa (176 lbs)

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

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

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

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 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 1 117+ 1 [6]

See also

References

  1. ^ 【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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ a b Saalbach, Axel. "Osaka Pro @ Osaka". Wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (December 10, 2023). "Osaka Pro". cagematch.net. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
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