Spirit of Ganbare World Openweight Championship
The Spirit of Ganbare World Openweight Championship title belt
Details
PromotionCyberFight
BrandGanbare☆Pro-Wrestling
Date establishedSeptember 25, 2021
Current champion(s)Shuichiro Katsumura
Date wonDecember 27, 2023
Statistics
First champion(s)Tatsuhito Takaiwa
Longest reignMizuki Watase
(194 days)
Shortest reignHartley Jackson
(115 days)
Oldest championTatsuhito Takaiwa
(49 years, 141 days)
Youngest championMizuki Watase
(31 years, 324 days)
Heaviest championHartley Jackson
(120 kg (260 lb))
Lightest championYumehito Imanari
(73 kg (161 lb))

The Spirit of Ganbare World Openweight Championship (Japanese: スピリット・オブ・ガンバレ世界無差別級王座, Hepburn: Supiritto obu Ganbare Sekai Musabetsu-kyū Ōza) is a professional wrestling championship in Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestling (GanPro), a sub-brand of the Japanese promotion CyberFight. The title is the first to be created specifically for GanPro.[1]

As of December 27, 2022, there have been a total of six reigns shared among six different wrestlers. The current champion is Shuichiro Katsumura who is in his first reign.

History

Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestling was created in 2013 by Ken Ohka as a brand of DDT Pro-Wrestling. The brand was created to capture the spirit of small independent promotions in Japan and, to do so, regularly brought in wrestlers from outside the promotion. On March 18, 2017, Ohka beat Shiori Asahi at a Kaientai Dojo event to win the Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship.[2][3] The title stayed with the promotion where it served as its main singles title until January 2021 when it moved to Professional Wrestling Just Tap Out (JTO).[2] Now without a singles title to promote, in September 2021, GanPro revived the Ganbare☆Climax tournament and created the Spirit of Ganbare World Openweight Championship as a prize for the winner of the tournament.[4] On November 23, Tatsuhito Takaiwa went on to defeat Yumehito Imanari in the final and won the inaugural title.[5]

Inaugural tournament

Round 1
October 24 		Round 2
November 7 		Semifinals
November 23 		Final
November 23
            
Tetsuhiro Kuroda Pin
Ken Ohka 14:21[7]
Ken Ohka Pin
Shota 15:24[6]
Tetsuhiro Kuroda Pin
Yumehito Imanari 10:57[8]
Keisuke Ishii 2:31[6]
Shinichiro Tominaga [ja] Pin
Shinichiro Tominaga 19:06[7]
Yumehito Imanari Pin
Yumehito Imanari Pin
Baliyan Akki 8:56[6]
Yumehito Imanari 12:37[8]
Tatsuhito Takaiwa Pin
Kouki Iwasaki Pin
Nobuhiro Shimatani 11:40[6]
Kouki Iwasaki 13:47[7]
Shuichiro Katsumura TKO
Shuichiro Katsumura Sub
Seiya Morohashi 15:18[6]
Shuichiro Katsumura Pin
Tatsuhito Takaiwa 13:36[8]
Tatsuhito Takaiwa Pin
Tyson Maeguchi [ja] 7:50[6]
Tatsuhito Takaiwa Pin
Mizuki Watase 9:38[7]

Reigns

As of April 9, 2024.

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 Tatsuhito Takaiwa November 23, 2021 Ganbare☆Climax 2021 Final Round Tokyo, Japan 1 161 3 Defeated Yumehito Imanari in the final of a 14-man tournament to become the inaugural champion. [5]
2 Yumehito Imanari May 3, 2022 Love Phantom 2022 Tokyo, Japan 1 123 2 [9]
3 Hartley Jackson September 3, 2022 Punch Drunk Love 2022 Tokyo, Japan 1 115 2 [10]
4 Mizuki Watase December 27, 2022 Giri Giri Chop! 2022 Tokyo, Japan 1 194 4 [11]
5 Isami Kodaka July 9, 2023 Wrestle Sekigahara II Tokyo, Japan 1 171 4 [12]
6 Shuichiro Katsumura December 27, 2023 Bad Communication 2023 Tokyo, Japan 1 104+ 2 [13]

See also

References

  1. ^ DDT Pro-Wrestling (September 25, 2021). ガンバレ☆プロレスに初のタイトル！ 「スピリット・オブ・ガンバレ世界無差別級王座」創設！ (in Japanese). Retrieved September 27, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Independent World Junior Heavyweight Title (Japan)". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
  3. ^ Kaientai Dojo (March 18, 2017). "CLUB-K SUPER in Blue Field" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on March 19, 2017.
  4. ^ 【ガンプロ】初代スピリット・オブ・ガンバレ世界無差別級王座決定トーナメント組み合わせ決定！. Proresu Today (in Japanese). September 29, 2021. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
  5. ^ a b LECクリンぱっ！ presents ガンバレ☆クライマックス2021 FINAL ROUND. ddtpro.com (in Japanese). DDT Pro-Wrestling. November 23, 2021. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  6. ^ a b c d e f ガンバレ☆クライマックス2021 1st ROUND [Ganbare☆Climax 2021 1st Round]. DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). October 24, 2021. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
  7. ^ a b c d LECクリンぱっ！ presents ガンバレ☆クライマックス2021 2nd ROUND. DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). November 7, 2021. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
  8. ^ a b c DDT Pro-Wrestling (November 23, 2021). LECクリンぱっ！ presents ガンバレ☆クライマックス2021 FINAL ROUND. ddtpro.com (in Japanese). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  9. ^ "LOVE PHANTOM 2022". ddtpro.com (in Japanese). DDT Pro-Wrestling. May 3, 2022. Retrieved May 3, 2022.
  10. ^ "Punch Drunk Love 2022" パンチドランク・ラブ2022. ddtpro.com (in Japanese). DDT Pro-Wrestling. September 3, 2022. Retrieved September 3, 2022.
  11. ^ GIRI GIRI CHOP！2022. ddtpro.com (in Japanese). DDT Pro-Wrestling. December 27, 2022. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
  12. ^ Xavi (July 7, 2023). "Ganbare Pro: WRESTLE SEKIGAHARA 2 / Preview". fivestarnetwork.co. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
  13. ^ BAD COMMUNICATION 2023. ddtpro.com (in Japanese). DDT Pro-Wrestling. December 27, 2023. Retrieved December 27, 2023.
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