King of Freedom World Junior Heavyweight Championship
The King of Freedom World Junior Heavyweight Championship, also referred to as the KFC Junior Championship (Japanese: KFCジュニア王座, Hepburn: KFC Junia Ōza), is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by Pro Wrestling Freedoms. Only wrestlers under the junior heavyweight weight-limit may hold the championship.
King of Freedom World Junior Heavyweight Championship | |||||
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![]() The King of Freedom World Junior Heavyweight Championship title belt | |||||
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Promotion | Pro Wrestling Freedoms | ||||
Date established | September 18, 2022 | ||||
Current champion(s) | Jun Masaoka | ||||
Date won | May 3, 2023 | ||||
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The current champion is Jun Masaoka.
History
On September 18, 2022, Pro Wrestling Freedoms announced an eight-man tournament that would crown the first King of Freedom World Junior Heavyweight Champion.[1] On October 28, Freedoms announced the participants would be Kamui, Dragon Libre, Jun Masaoka, Leo Isaka, Yusaku Ito, Mataro Aoki, Brahman Kei and Rekka.[2] At the "Go for it Freedoms! 2022" event, Kamui defeated Masaoka in the final to become the inaugural champion.[3]
Inaugural tournament
First round November 9[4] | Semifinals November 9[4] | Final November 16 | ||||||||||||
Rekka | 6:10[5] | |||||||||||||
Mataro Aoki | Pin | |||||||||||||
Mataro Aoki | 12:59[5] | |||||||||||||
Kamui | Pin | |||||||||||||
Kamui | Pin | |||||||||||||
Yusaku Ito | 6:46[5] | |||||||||||||
Kamui | Pin | |||||||||||||
Jun Masaoka | 16:26[3] | |||||||||||||
Jun Masaoka | Pin | |||||||||||||
Brahman Kei | 7:48[5] | |||||||||||||
Jun Masaoka | Pin | |||||||||||||
Dragon Libre | 17:06[5] | |||||||||||||
Leo Isaka | 8:48[5] | |||||||||||||
Dragon Libre | Pin |
Reigns
As of October 26, 2023.
No. | Overall reign number |
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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. | ||||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Defenses | ||||
1 | Kamui | November 16, 2022 | Go for it Freedoms! 2022 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 168 | 2 | Defeated Jun Masaoka in the finals of a tournament to become the inaugural champion. | [3] |
1 | Jun Masaoka | May 3, 2023 | We Love Freedoms! We Are Freedoms! 2023 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 176+ | 2 | [6] |
See also
References
- 追加試合日程のお知らせ! 11.9(水)新木場大会よりKFCジュニア初代王者を決める闘いが開戦! [Announcement of a new match scheduled! The battle to determine the first KFC Junior Champion will begin on 11/9 (Wed.) at Shin Kiba!]. pw-freedoms.co.jp (in Japanese). September 18, 2022. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
- Pro Wrestling Freedoms [@PW_FREEDOMS] (October 28, 2022). KING of FREEDOM WORLD JUNIOR HEAVY WEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP初代王者決定トーナメント出場選手 [Inaugural King of Freedom World Junior Heavyweight Championship Tournament Participants] (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved October 29, 2022 – via Twitter.
- Pro Wrestling Freedoms (November 16, 2022). 2022.11.16 東京・後楽園ホール 2022年11月16日 開始時刻:18時45分. pw-freedoms.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved November 17, 2022.
- Saalbach, Axel. "FREEDOMS Battle to Determine the Pinnacle of DOMS Junior!". wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
- 2022.11.9 東京・新木場1stRING [November 9, 2022 Tokyo Shin-Kiba 1st Ring]. Pro Wrestling Freedoms (in Japanese). November 9, 2022. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
- Saalbach, Axel. "FREEDOMS We Love FREEDOMS! We are FREEDOMS! 2023". wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved May 4, 2023.