Osaka Light Heavyweight Championship

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.

Osaka Light Heavyweight Championship
The Osaka Light Heavyweight Championship belt
Details
PromotionOsaka Pro Wrestling
Date establishedMarch 2022
Current champion(s)Tigers Mask
Date wonJuly 31, 2022

The inaugural and current champion is Tigers Mask.

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[4]
Ryuya Matsufusa 19:37[5]
Tigers Mask Pin
Tigers Mask Pin
Yuto Kikuchi 25:20[4]
Ultimate Spider Jr. 25:36[5]
Yuto Kikuchi Pin
Yuto Kikuchi Pin
Tsubasa 20:35[4]
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 DaysDefenses
1 Tigers Mask July 31, 2022 Osaka Light Heavyweight Inaugural Championship Tournament Osaka, Japan 1 452+4 Defeated Yuto Kikuchi in the finals of an eight-man tournament to win the title. [4]

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. 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. "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.
  5. Saalbach, Axel. "Osaka Pro @ Osaka". Wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
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