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Osaka Pro Wrestling Championship

Osaka Pro Wrestling Championship
The current belt design
Details
PromotionOsaka Pro Wrestling
Date establishedJanuary 4, 2000
Current champion(s)Zeus
Date wonAugust 24, 2024
Other name(s)
Osaka Openweight Championship (2019–2022)
Statistics
First champion(s)Super Delfin
Most reignsBillyken Kid
(5 reigns)
Longest reignTsubasa
(883 days)
Shortest reignDaisuke Harada
(28 days)

The Osaka Pro Wrestling Championship (Japanese: 大阪プロレス王座, Hepburn: Ōsaka Puroresu Ōza) is the top singles title in the Japanese professional wrestling promotion Osaka Pro Wrestling. The title was established in 2000 when Super Delfin defeated Dick Togo to be crowned the inaugural champion.

As of August 24, 2024, there have been a total of 20 recognized champions, who have had a combined 36 official reigns and there have been four vacancies. The current champion is Zeus who is in his third reign.[1]

History

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Names

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Name Years
Osaka Pro Wrestling Championship January 4, 2000–January 18, 2019
Osaka Openweight Championship January 18, 2019–May 1, 2022
Osaka Pro Wrestling Championship May 1, 2022–present

On January 18, 2019, the title was renamed Osaka Openweight Championship (大阪無差別級王座, Ōsaka Musabetsu-kyū Ōza).[2][3]

During the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan, Osaka Pro Wrestling (OPW) remained fairly inactive, having held only one event in 2020 and one in 2021. On July 30, 2021, Zeus was appointed as the owner and president of OPW. On August 26, he received a share transfer from former owner Yuji Sakagami.[4] Following the acquisition, OPW underwent a "relaunch" in early 2022. On May 1, a new belt was unveiled and Zeus defeated Kazuaki Mihara to win the title, which was now once again referred to as the Osaka Pro Wrestling Championship.[5][6]

Reigns

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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 Days Defenses
1 Super Delfin January 4, 2000 Legend Story Osaka, Japan 1 124 1 Defeated Dick Togo to become the first champion. [7]
2 Takehiro Murahama May 7, 2000 Osaka Pro 1st Anniversary Spicy Series Tokyo, Japan 1 42 0 [8]
3 Super Delfin June 18, 2000 Dramatic Rain Series 2000 Osaka, Japan 2 371 1 [9]
4 Gamma June 24, 2001 Osaka Pro Story #3 Osaka, Japan 1 193 1 [10]
5 Super Delfin January 3, 2002 Osaka Pro Story #8 Osaka, Japan 3 394 3 [11]
— Vacated February 1, 2003 Osaka Hurricane 03.02.01 Osaka, Japan — — — Super Delfin relinquished the title after defending it against "Big Boss" Ma-G-Ma.
6 Takehiro Murahama July 6, 2003 Osaka Pro Story #18 Osaka, Japan 2 286 3 Defeated Tsubasa in the finals of a 12-man tournament to win the vacant title. [12]
7 Daio Quällt April 17, 2004 Osaka Pro Story #23 Osaka, Japan 1 113 1 [13]
8 Billyken Kid August 8, 2004 Osaka Pro Story #25 Osaka, Japan 1 55 1 This was a three-way match also involving Goa. [14]
9 "Big Boss" Ma-G-Ma October 2, 2004 Saturday Night Story Osaka, Japan 1 134 0 [15]
10 Super Dolphin February 13, 2005 Osaka Hurricane 2005 Osaka, Japan 1 378 3 [16]
11 Super Delfin February 26, 2006 Osaka Hurricane 2006 Osaka, Japan 4 181 2 [17]
12 Billyken Kid August 26, 2006 Saturday Night Story Osaka, Japan 2 170 1 [18]
13 Tigers Mask February 12, 2007 Osaka Hurricane 2007 Osaka, Japan 1 530 6 [19]
14 Hideyoshi July 26, 2008 Saturday Night Story Osaka, Japan 1 204 2 [20]
15 Billyken Kid February 15, 2009 Osaka Hurricane 2009 Osaka, Japan 3 160 2 [21]
16 Dick Togo July 25, 2009 Saturday Night Story Osaka, Japan 1 201 2 [22]
17 Billyken Kid February 11, 2010 Osaka Hurricane 2010 Osaka, Japan 4 127 2 [23]
18 Cima June 18, 2010 Hanshin Pro-Wrestling Battle: Dragon Gate vs. Osaka Pro Wrestling Osaka, Japan 1 41 1 This was a joint show with Dragon Gate. [24]
19 Tigers Mask July 29, 2010 Rainbow Gate 2010 Osaka, Japan 2 30 0 This match was also for Tigers Mask's Open the Brave Gate Championship. This was a Dragon Gate show. [25]
20 Asian Cougar August 28, 2010 Summer Achoo Series Osaka, Japan 1 244 2 Asian Cougar changed his name to Kuuga during this reign. [26]
21 Tigers Mask April 29, 2011 Osaka Pro 12th Anniversary Show Osaka, Japan 3 107 1 [27]
22 Billyken Kid August 14, 2011 Osaka Hurricane 2011 Osaka, Japan 5 196 2 [28]
23 Daisuke Harada February 26, 2012 Saturday Night Story Osaka, Japan 1 28 0 [29]
24 Black Buffalo March 25, 2012 Osaka Holiday Paradise Osaka, Japan 1 119 1 [30]
25 Daisuke Harada July 22, 2012 Osaka Hurricane 2012 Osaka, Japan 2 251 1 [31]
— Vacated March 30, 2013 — — — — — Harada relinquished the title when he announced his departure from the promotion effective on April 29, 2013. [32]
26 Tigers Mask May 19, 2013 Osaka Holiday Paradise Osaka, Japan 4 63 0 Defeated Billyken Kid in the finals of a 4-man tournament to win the vacant title. [33]
27 Quiet Storm July 21, 2013 Osaka Pro-Wrestling Story Osaka, Japan 1 182 1 This was a No Disqualification match. [34]
28 Zeus January 19, 2014 Osaka Tornado Vol. 4 Osaka, Japan 1 91 1 [35]
— Vacated April 20, 2014 — — — — — Title was vacated when Osaka Pro announced the promotion would fold on April 20, 2014 due to financial difficulties. [36]
29 Tadasuke January 31, 2016 Osaka Pro's Business Is Thriving!: Tennōzan Final Osaka, Japan 1 182 1 Defeated Kaiju New World in the final of the Tennōzan to win the vacant title. [37]
30 Hub July 31, 2016 Osaka Pro-Wrestling Has Come to Konohana Osaka, Japan 2 511 4 Hub previously held the title under the name Super Dolphin. [38]
31 Kushikatsu Oyaji December 24, 2017 Big Year End Party 2017 Osaka, Japan 1 419 1 The championship was renamed Osaka Openweight Championship on January 18, 2019. [39]
32 Tsubasa February 16, 2019 Osaka Pro-Wrestling Came Over! in Suminoe Osaka, Japan 1 883 2 [40]
33 Kazuaki Mihara July 18, 2021 Osaka Pro-Wrestling 22nd Anniversary Osaka, Japan 1 287 0 [41]
34 Zeus May 1, 2022 Launching Business 3rd Round Osaka, Japan 2 453 2 Title reverted back to its original name of Osaka Pro Wrestling Championship. [5]
— Vacated July 28, 2023 — — — — — Zeus vacated the title after having suffered a broken nose on July 17, which would prevent him from defending the title as scheduled. [42]
35 Quiet Storm August 20, 2023 Osaka Pro Summer Festival 2023 Osaka, Japan 2 370 2 Defeated Tigers Mask to win the vacant title. [43]
36 Zeus August 24, 2024 Osaka Pro Summer Festival 2024
Day 1 		Osaka, Japan 3 127+ 0 [44]

Combined reigns

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As of December 29, 2024.

Current three-time champion Zeus.
† Indicates the current champion
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns 		Combined
defenses 		Combined
days
1 Super Delfin 4 5 1,070
2 Super Dolphin/Hub 2 3 891
3 Tsubasa 1 2 883
4 Tigers Mask 4 6 730
5 Billyken Kid 5 8 708
6 Zeus † 3 3 671+
7 Quiet Storm 2 3 552
8 Kushikatsu Oyaji 1 1 419
9 Takehiro Murahama 2 2 328
10 Kazuaki Mihara 1 0 287
11 Daisuke Harada 2 1 279
12 Asian Cougar/Kuuga 1 2 244
13 Hideyoshi 1 2 204
14 Dick Togo 1 2 201
15 Gamma 1 1 193
16 Tadasuke 1 0 182
17 "Big Boss" Ma-G-Ma 1 0 134
18 Black Buffalo 1 1 119
19 Daio Quällt 1 1 113
20 Cima 1 0 41

See also

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References

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