Osaka Light Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||||||
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![]() The Osaka Light Heavyweight Championship belt | |||||||||||||
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Promotion | Osaka Pro Wrestling | ||||||||||||
Date established | March 2022 | ||||||||||||
Current champion(s) | Ryuya Matsufusa | ||||||||||||
Date won | December 10, 2023 | ||||||||||||
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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 two reigns shared between two different champions. The current champion is Ryuya Matsufusa who is in his first reign.
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]
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 |
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 | 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 | 216+ | 2 | [6] |