Osaka Pro Wrestling

Osaka Pro Wrestling

Founded	1998
Style	Puroresu Comedy Lucha libre Professional wrestling
Headquarters	Osaka, Japan
Founder(s)	Super Delfin

Osaka Pro Wrestling is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion, founded in 1998 by Super Delfin. In 2010 Osaka Pro started a close working relationship with American promotion Chikara.

On March 1, 2014, Osaka Pro announced that it would fold on April 20, 2014, due to financial difficulties, after which all of its wrestlers would become freelancers.^[1] Osaka Pro later announced that the promotion would continue under new president Yuji Sakagami and wrestlers Kuishinbo Kamen and Takoyakida. The new Osaka Pro Wrestling lost many of the old one's key wrestlers as well as their home base of Nasci Hall Umeda, forcing them to employ a new tour format.^[2]

Roster

• Caramel Boy
• Ebessan (III) (Freelancer)
• Gamma (Freelancer)
• Golden Dragon
• Hiroaki Moriya
• HUB (Freelancer)
• Johnel Sanders (Freelancer)
• Kaiju New World
• Kuishinbo Kamen
• Kushikatsu Oyaji
• Magnitude Kishiwada (Freelancer)
• Night Cooper Hiroshi
• Okonomiyakida
• Tadasuke (Freelancer)
• Takoyakida
• Tigers Mask (II)
• Tsubasa (Freelancer)
• Ultimate Spider J
• Yutaka (Freelancer)
• Robbie Wolf

Notable alumni

• Apple Miyuki (RDPW)
• Atsushi Kotoge (Noah)
• Black Buffalo
• Daisuke Harada (Noah)
• Gamma (D-Gate)
• Kanjyuro Matsuyama
• Magnitude Kishiwada (Freelancer)
• Masamune (DES)
• Orochi (DES)
• Super Delfin (Okinawa Pro Wrestling)
• Tadasuke
• Tigers Mask
• Thunder

Staff

• Yuji Sakagami (President)

Naoki (Ring Announcer) Current champions Championship Current champion(s) Date won Days held Osaka Pro Wrestling Championship Hub July 31, 2016 138 Osaka Pro Wrestling Owarai Championship Shiro Kuma July 31, 2016 138 Osaka Meibutsu Sekaiichi Championship Kuishinbo Kamen July 19, 2010 2342 Inactive championships Championship: Last champion(s): Date won: Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship Tigers Mask June 16, 2011 Osaka Pro Wrestling Tag Team Championship Vacant April 20, 2014 Osaka Pro Wrestling Battle Royal Championship Vacant April 20, 2014 MWF World Junior Heavyweight Championship Vacant August 25, 2012 Tenpohzan Grand Prix Championship Vacant April 30, 2013 UWF Super Welterweight Championship Vacant January 4, 2000 Annual tournaments Tournament Last winner(s) Date won Tenno-zan Tadasuke January 31, 2016 Osaka Tag Festival The Big Guns (The Bodyguard and Zeus) June 23, 2013 See also Professional wrestling in Japan List of professional wrestling promotions in Japan References 大阪プロ"解散"へ…所属選手ゼロに. Daily Sports Online (in Japanese). March 1, 2014. Retrieved March 1, 2014. 大阪プロレスが新体制で活動継続. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). April 15, 2014. Retrieved April 15, 2014. External links Official site