Osaka Light Heavyweight Championship
| Osaka Light Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||||||
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The Osaka Light Heavyweight Championship belt | |||||||||||||
| Details | |||||||||||||
| Promotion | Osaka Pro Wrestling | ||||||||||||
| Date established | March 2022 | ||||||||||||
| Current champion | Yasutaka Oosera | ||||||||||||
| Date won | January 12, 2025 | ||||||||||||
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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.
There have been a total of three reigns shared between three different champions. The current champion is Yasutaka Oosera who is in his first reign.
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[5] | |||||||||||||
| Ryuya Matsufusa | 19:37[4] | |||||||||||||
| Tigers Mask | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Tigers Mask | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Yuto Kikuchi | 25:20[5] | |||||||||||||
| Ultimate Spider Jr. | 25:36[4] | |||||||||||||
| Yuto Kikuchi | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Yuto Kikuchi | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Tsubasa | 20:35[5] | |||||||||||||
| Takoyakida | N/A[3] | |||||||||||||
| Tsubasa | Forfeit | |||||||||||||
Reigns
| 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 | |||||
| Osaka Pro Wrestling (OPW) | ||||||||||
| 1 | Tigers Mask | July 31, 2022 | Osaka Light Heavyweight Inaugural Championship Tournament | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 497 | 4 | Defeated Yuto Kikuchi in the finals of an eight-man tournament to win the title. | [5] | |
| 2 | Ryuya Matsufusa | December 10, 2023 | Excalibur | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 399 | 5 | [6] | ||
| 3 | Yasutaka Oosera | January 12, 2025 | Osaka Pro New Year Special 2025 | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 179+ | 2 | [7] | ||
See also
References
- ^ 【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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b Saalbach, Axel. "Osaka Pro @ Osaka". Wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
- ^ a b c d "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.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (December 10, 2023). "Osaka Pro". cagematch.net. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
- ^ "Ōsaka Puroresu Shinshun Supesharu 2025" 大阪プロレス新春スペシャル2025 [Osaka Pro Wrestling New Year Special 2025]. Weekly Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Baseball Magazine Sha. January 12, 2025. Archived from the original on April 7, 2025.