Professional wrestling championship
Osaka Light Heavyweight Championship The Osaka Light Heavyweight Championship belt
Promotion Osaka Pro Wrestling Date established March 2022 Current champion(s) Ryuya Matsufusa Date won December 10, 2023 Longest reign Tigers Mask (497 days)Oldest champion Tigers Mask (46 years, 60 days)Youngest champion Ryuya Matsufusa (25 years, 36 days) Heaviest champion Tigers Mask (187 lbs)Lightest champion Ryuya Matsufusa (176 lbs)
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]
Inaugural tournament [ edit ] 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
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
^ 【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 .
Championships
Major events Tournaments
Tenno-zan
Osaka Tag Festival
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