King of Freedom World Championship
The King of Freedom World Championship, also referred to as the KFC Championship (Japanese: KFC王座, Hepburn: KFC Ōza), is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Freedoms. It is the top title of the company and is usually disputed in deathmatches.
| King of Freedom World Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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 Jun Kasai with the current title design | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Promotion | Pro Wrestling Freedoms | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date established | May 2, 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | Toru Sugiura | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date won | August 11, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Title history
There have been a total of nineteen reigns shared between nine different champions and one vacancy. The current champion is Toru Sugiura who is in his second reign.[1]
| 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 | Takashi Sasaki | May 2, 2013 | Freedoms | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 365 | 4 | Defeated Tatsuhito Takaiwa to become the first champion. | [2] |
| 2 | Yuji Hino | May 2, 2014 | Freedoms | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 136 | 1 | [3] | |
| 3 | Jun Kasai | September 15, 2014 | Freedoms | Iwate, Japan | 1 | 101 | 1 | [4] | |
| 4 | Masashi Takeda | December 25, 2014 | Freedoms/Jun Kasai Produce | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 365 | 5 | This was a Glass board & alpha deathmatch. | [5] |
| 5 | Jun Kasai | December 25, 2015 | Blood X'Mas 2015 | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 89 | 0 | This was a Face Soka Glass Board deathmatch. | [6] |
| — | Vacated | March 23, 2016 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 6 | Jun Kasai | May 2, 2016 | We Love Freedoms! We Are Freedoms! | Tokyo, Japan | 3 | 72 | 0 | Defeated Daisuke Masaoka in a Four Corners Of Pain deathmatch to win the vacant title. | [7] |
| 7 | Violento Jack | July 13, 2016 | Crazy Monkey Presents Tokyo Death Match Carnival 2016 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 166 | 1 | This was an Ultimate Kaiju Battle deathmatch. | [8][9] |
| 8 | Daisuke Masaoka | December 26, 2016 | Blood X'Mas 2016 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 322 | 5 | This was a Scaffold, Glass Board & Alpha deathmatch. | [10] |
| 9 | Violento Jack | November 13, 2017 | Heel Don't Think 2017 | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 170 | 2 | This was a Glass Board & No Canvas Ring deathmatch. | [11] |
| 10 | Masashi Takeda | May 2, 2018 | We Love Freedoms! We Are Freedoms! 2018 | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 237 | 2 | This was a Light Tubes & Double Glass Board +α Deathmatch. | [12] |
| 11 | Jun Kasai | December 25, 2018 | Blood X'Mas 2018 | Tokyo, Japan | 4 | 280 | 6 | This was a Surface Sleeve Glass Board & Self Board deathmatch. | [13] |
| 12 | Toru Sugiura | October 1, 2019 | Freedoms 10th Anniversary Celebration | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 643 | 9 | This was a Glass Board & Fluorescent Lighttubes & Alpha deathmatch. | [14] |
| 13 | Violento Jack | July 5, 2021 | Tokyo Death Match Carnival 2021 Vol. 1 | Tokyo, Japan | 3 | 173 | 2 | This was a Heart blood sacrifice Glass Board Fluorescent Light Tubes Alpha deathmatch. | [15] |
| 14 | Jun Kasai | December 25, 2021 | Blood X'Mas 2021 | Tokyo, Japan | 5 | 94 | 0 | This was a Fluorescent Lighttubes Glass Board Alpha Death Match. | [16] |
| 15 | Daisuke Masaoka | March 29, 2022 | The Gekokujō 2022 | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 153 | 2 | This was a Hell Inside and Outside Hell Glass Board +α Death Match. | [17] |
| 16 | Drew Parker | August 29, 2022 | FREEDOMS/Jun Kasai Produce Tokyo Death Match Carnival 2022 Vol. 2 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 157 | 3 | This was a Fluorescent Lighttubes Human Meat Slicer Board Source Death Match. | [18] |
| 17 | Violento Jack | February 2, 2023 | FREEDOMS Go Beyond The Limit 2023 | Tokyo, Japan | 4 | 49 | 0 | This was a No Canvas, Glass Board & Alpha Death Match. | [19] |
| 18 | Tomoya Hirata | March 23, 2023 | FREEDOMS The Gekokujo 2023 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 141 | 3 | This was a Glass Board Alpha Death Match. | [20] |
| 19 | Toru Sugiura | August 11, 2023 | FREEDOMS Yokohama Rush 2023 | Yokohama, Japan | 2 | 61+ | 2 | [21] | |
Combined reigns
Two-time and current champion, Toru Sugiura.
As of October 11, 2023.
| † | Indicates the current champion |
|---|---|
| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined defenses |
Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toru Sugiura † | 2 | 11 | 704+ |
| 2 | Jun Kasai | 5 | 7 | 636 |
| 3 | Masashi Takeda | 2 | 7 | 602 |
| 4 | Violento Jack | 4 | 5 | 558 |
| 5 | Daisuke Masaoka | 2 | 7 | 475 |
| 6 | Takashi Sasaki | 1 | 4 | 365 |
| 7 | Drew Parker | 1 | 3 | 157 |
| 8 | Tomoya Hirata | 1 | 3 | 141 |
| 9 | Yuji Hino | 1 | 1 | 136 |
See also
References
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