Osaka Pro Wrestling Owarai Championship

Osaka Pro Wrestling Owarai Championship
Details
Promotion Osaka Pro Wrestling
Date established April 29, 2008
Current champion(s) Shiro Kuma
Date won July 31, 2016

The Osaka Pro Wrestling Owarai Championship is a title contested in the Japanese professional wrestling promotion Osaka Pro Wrestling. It was created 2008 when Kanjyuro Matsuyama declared himself the first Owarai Champion upon vacating the Osaka Meibutsu Sekaiichi Championship.

Being a professional wrestling championship, it is not won via direct competition; it is instead won via a predetermined ending to a match or awarded to a wrestler because of a wrestling angle. There have been eighteen reigns by twelve wrestlers with two vacancies. The first vacancy came when Miracle Man vacated the title to defend the Osaka Pro Wrestling Tag Team Championship and the second when Tigers Mask left Osaka Pro. The current champion is Shiro Kuma, who is in his first reign as champion.

Title history

# Order in reign history
Reign The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed
— Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
N/A The information is not available or is unknown
+ Indicates the current reign is changing daily
# Wrestlers Reign Date Days
held		 Location Notes
1 Kanjyuro Matsuyama 1 April 29, 2008 333 Tokyo, Japan Matsuyama defeated Miracle Man for the Osaka Meibutsu Sekaiichi Championship, retires the title immediately after the match and declares himself as the first Owarai Champion.
2 Kikutaro 1 March 28, 2009 397 Osaka, Japan
3 Kuishinbo Kamen 1 April 29, 2010 59 Osaka, Japan Also wins the reinstated Osaka Meibutsu Sekaiichi Championship.
4 Kyusei Ninja Ranmaru 1 June 27, 2010 22 Osaka, Japan Ranmaru wins both Owarai Championship and Osaka Meibutsu Sekaiichi Championship.
5 Kuishinbo Kamen 2 July 19, 2010 40 Osaka, Japan
6 Miracle Man 1 August 28, 2010 7 Osaka, Japan Miracle Man wins the Owarai Championship only.
— Vacant — September 4, 2010 N/A — Miracle Man vacates the Owarai Championship in order to concentrate on defending the Osaka Pro Wrestling Tag Team Championship.
7 Kanjyuro Matsuyama 2 September 18, 2010 23 Osaka, Japan Matsuyama defeated Kuishinbo Kamen, Takaku Fuke and Takoyakida in a four-way match to win the vacant title.
8 Takoyakida 1 October 11, 2010 40 Osaka, Japan Takoyakida defeated Kanjyuro Matsuyama, Kuishinbo Kamen, Kyusei Ninja Ranmaru, and Miracle Man in a five-way match to win the title.
9 Otoko Sakari 1 November 20, 2010 3 Osaka, Japan Sakari defeated Takoyakeeder and Kanjyuro Matsuyama in a three-way match to win the title.
10 Kanjyuro Matsuyama 3 November 23, 2010 406 Nagoya, Japan
11 Ebessan III 1 January 3, 2012 403 Osaka, Japan
12 Orochi 1 February 9, 2013 15 Osaka, Japan
13 Ebessan III 2 February 24, 2013 147 Osaka, Japan
14 Mr. #6 1 July 21, 2013 35 Osaka, Japan
15 Tigers Mask 1 August 25, 2013 69 Osaka, Japan Tigers Mask defeated Mr. #6 and Nise Grandpa Mask in a three-way match to win the title.
16 Hof Senyo Zeong 1 November 2, 2013 14 Osaka, Japan
17 Tigers Mask 2 November 16, 2013 155 Osaka, Japan
— Vacant — April 20, 2014 — Osaka, Japan Title vacated due to Tigers Mask leaving Osaka Pro
18 Ebessan III 3 July 12, 2014 657 Osaka, Japan
19 Kuishinbo Kamen 3 April 29, 2016 92 Osaka, Japan
20 Shiro Kuma 1 July 31, 2016 138+ Osaka, Japan

List of combined reigns

† Indicates the current champions
¤ The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used.
<1 Indicates that the combined total is less than one day.
+ Indicates the current reign is changing daily
Rank Team # Of Reigns Combined Days
1. Ebessan III 3 1,209
2. Kanjyuro Matsuyama 3 762
3. Kikutaro 1 397
4. Tigers Mask 2 224
5. Kuishinbo Kamen 2 192
6. Takoyakida 1 40
7. Mr. #6 1 35
8. Kyusei Ninja Ranmaru 1 22
9. Orochi 1 15
10. Hof Senyo Zeong 1 14
11. Miracle Man 1 7
12. Otoko Sakari 1 3
13. Shiro Kuma 1 138+

References

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