Championshipname: | Osaka Pro Wrestling Championship |
Currentholder: | Quiet Storm |
Promotion: | Osaka Pro Wrestling |
Created: | January 4, 2000 |
Mostreigns: | Billyken Kid (5) |
Longestreign: | Tsubasa (883 days) |
Shortestreign: | Daisuke Harada (28 days) |
Pastnames: | Osaka Openweight Championship (2019 - 2022) |
The 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.
, there have been a total of 20 recognized champions, who have had a combined 35 official reigns and there have been four vacancies. The current champion is Quiet Storm who is in his second reign.[1]
Name | Years | |
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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 .[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]
As of, .
† | Indicates the current champion |
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Rank | Wrestler | data-sort-type="number" | No. of reigns | data-sort-type="number" | Combined defenses | data-sort-type="number" | Combined days |
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1 | 4 | 5 | |||||
2 | 2 | 3 | 891 | ||||
3 | 1 | 2 | 883 | ||||
4 | 4 | 6 | 730 | ||||
5 | Billyken Kid | 5 | 8 | 708 | |||
6 | 2 | 3 | 544 | ||||
7 | Quiet Storm † | 2 | 3 | + | |||
8 | Kushikatsu Oyaji | 1 | 1 | 419 | |||
9 | Takehiro Murahama | 2 | 2 | 328 | |||
10 | Kazuaki Mihara | 1 | 0 | 287 | |||
11 | 2 | 1 | 279 | ||||
12 | 1 | 2 | 244 | ||||
13 | Hideyoshi | 1 | 2 | 204 | |||
14 | 1 | 2 | 201 | ||||
15 | 1 | 1 | 193 | ||||
16 | 1 | 0 | 182 | ||||
17 | 1 | 0 | 134 | ||||
18 | 1 | 1 | 119 | ||||
19 | Daio Quällt | 1 | 1 | 113 | |||
20 | 1 | 0 | 41 | ||||