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
The King of Freedom World Junior Heavyweight Championship title belt
Details
PromotionPro Wrestling Freedoms
Date establishedSeptember 18, 2022
Current champion(s)Jun Masaoka
Date wonMay 3, 2023
Statistics
First champion(s)Kamui

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.

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 DaysDefenses
1 Kamui November 16, 2022 Go for it Freedoms! 2022 Tokyo, Japan 1 1682 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
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Saalbach, Axel. "FREEDOMS Battle to Determine the Pinnacle of DOMS Junior!". wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
  5. 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.
  6. Saalbach, Axel. "FREEDOMS We Love FREEDOMS! We are FREEDOMS! 2023". wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved May 4, 2023.
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