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Promotion | Osaka Pro Wrestling | ||||||||||||
Date established | March 24, 2001 | ||||||||||||
Date retired | April 20, 2014 | ||||||||||||
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The Osaka Pro Wrestling Battle Royal Championship is a title contested in the Japanese pro wrestling promotion Osaka Pro Wrestling. The title is won and lost in Battle Royals. The title was established in 2001 when Miracle Man won an 11-Man Battle Royal to become the first champion.
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 37 reigns by 20 wrestlers with three vacancies. One of the vacancies came when Black Buffalo vacated the title due to an injury.
As of December29, 2019
# | 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 |
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1 | Miracle Man | 1 | March 24, 2001 | 76 | Osaka, Japan | Miracle Man last eliminated Ebessan in an 11-Man Battle Royal to become the first champion. |
2 | Ebessan | 1 | June 8, 2001 | 254 | Osaka, Japan | Ebessan last eliminated Super Delfin in a 17-Man Battle Royal to win the title. |
3 | Shu | 1 | February 17, 2002 | 32 | Osaka, Japan | Shu last eliminated Ebessan in a 14-Man Battle Royal to win the title. |
4 | Ebessan | 2 | March 21, 2002 | 87 | Osaka, Japan | Ebessan last eliminated Takashi Tachibana in a Ten-Man Battle Royal to win the title. |
5 | Shu | 2 | June 16, 2002 | 13 | Osaka, Japan | Shu last eliminated Takashi Tachibana in an 11-Man Battle Royal to win the title. |
6 | Kuishinbo Kamen | 1 | June 29, 2002 | 45 | Osaka, Japan | Kamen last eliminated Ebessan in an 11-Man Battle Royal to win the title. |
7 | Billyken Kid | 1 | August 13, 2002 | 43 | Osaka, Japan | Kid last eliminated Super Demekin in a Nine-Man Battle Royal to win the title. |
8 | Ebessan | 3 | September 25, 2002 | 46 | Osaka, Japan | Ebessan last eliminated Miracle Man in a Nine-Man Battle Royal to win the title. |
9 | Yutaka Fukuda | 1 | November 10, 2002 | 43 | Osaka, Japan | Fukuda last eliminated Ebessan and Kuishinbo Kamen in an 11-Man Battle Royal to win the title. |
10 | Kengo Takai | 1 | December 23, 2002 | 20 | Osaka, Japan | Takai last eliminates Tigers Mask in a Ten-Man Battle Royal to win the title. |
11 | Ebessan | 4 | January 12, 2003 | 252 | Osaka, Japan | Ebessan last eliminates Billyken Kid in a Ten-Man Battle Royal to win the title. |
12 | Billyken Kid | 2 | September 21, 2003 | 48 | Osaka, Japan | Kid last eliminated Jeremy Lopez in a 13-Man Battle Royal to win the title. |
13 | Miracle Man | 2 | November 8, 2003 | 211 | Osaka, Japan | Miracle Man last eliminated Yutaka Fukuda in a 12-Man Battle Royal to win the title. |
14 | Ebessan | 5 | June 6, 2004 | 43 | Osaka, Japan | Ebessan last eliminated Gamma in a 9-Man Battle Royal to win the title. |
15 | Tsukkomi Mask | 1 | July 19, 2004 | 420 | Osaka, Japan | Mask last eliminated Kuishinbo Kamen in a 10-Man Battle Royal to win the title. |
16 | Ebessan | 6 | June 6, 2004 | 72 | Osaka, Japan | Ebessan last eliminated Kuishinbo Kamen in a 9-Man Battle Royal to win the title. |
17 | Tsukkomi Mask | 2 | November 23, 2004 | 47 | Osaka, Japan | Mask last eliminated Kuishinbo Kamen in an 11-Man Battle Royal to win the title. |
18 | Miracle Man | 3 | January 9, 2005 | 552 | Osaka, Japan | Miracle Man last eliminated Kuishinbo Kamen and Trutuger in a 10-Man Battle Royal to win the title. |
19 | Black Buffalo | 1 | July 15, 2006 | 14 | Osaka, Japan | Black Buffalo last eliminates Miracle Man in an 11-Man Battle Royal to win the title. |
— | Vacant | — | July 29, 2006 | — | Osaka, Japan | Black Buffalo vacates the title due to injury. |
20 | Mr. Carrasco | 1 | August 13, 2006 | 22 | Osaka, Japan | Mr. Carrasco last eliminates Kuishinbo Kamen in a 10-Man Battle Royal to win the vacant title. |
— | Vacant | — | September 4, 2006 | — | Osaka, Japan | Mr. Carrasco vacates the title due to injury. |
21 | Kuishinbo Kamen | 2 | September 4, 2006 | 111 | Osaka, Japan | |
22 | Santa Man | 1 | December 24, 2006 | 163 | Osaka, Japan | Santa Man last eliminates Asian Cooger in a 17-Man Battle Royal to win the title. |
23 | Mr. Carrasco | 2 | June 5, 2007 | 1 | Sendai, Japan | Mr. Carrasco last eliminates Tigers Mask in a Seven-Man Battle Royal to win the title. |
24 | Ebessan III | 1 | June 6, 2007 | 17 | Sendai, Japan | Ebessan last eliminates Shinjitsu Nohashi in an Eight-Man Battle Royal to win the title. |
25 | Takoyakida | 1 | June 23, 2007 | 190 | Osaka, Japan | Takoyakida last eliminates Asian Cooger in a Ten-Man Battle Royal to win the title. |
— | Vacant | — | January 12, 2009 | — | Osaka, Japan | Takoyakida vacated the title due to injury. |
26 | Ebessan III | 2 | January 12, 2009 | 188 | Tokyo, Japan | Ebessan last eliminates Miracle Man in a Nine-Man Battle Royal to win the vacant title. |
27 | Masamune | 1 | July 19, 2009 | 182 | Osaka, Japan | Masmune last eliminates Kanjyuro Matsuyama in an 11-Man Battle Royal to win the title. |
28 | Kanjyuro Matsuyama | 1 | January 17, 2010 | 63 | Tokyo, Japan | Masuyama last eliminates Masamune in a Ten-Man Battle Royal to win the title. |
29 | Kuishinbo Kamen | 3 | March 21, 2010 | 111 | Osaka, Japan | Kamen last eliminates Kanjyuro Matsuyama in a Nine-Man Battle Royal to win the title. |
30 | Ebessan III | 3 | July 10, 2010 | 215 | Osaka, Japan | Ebessan last eliminated Miracle Man in a 14-Man Battle Royal to win the title. |
31 | Ultimate Spider Jr. | 1 | February 26, 2011 | 238 | Osaka, Japan | Ultimate Spider Jr. last eliminated Kuishinbo Kamen in an 11-Man Battle Royal to win the title |
32 | Apple Miyuki | 1 | October 22, 2011 | 364 | Osaka, Japan | Miyuki last eliminated Kanjyuro Matsuyama in a 5-Person Battle Royal to win the title |
33 | Kuishinbo Kamen | 4 | October 20, 2012 | 13 | Osaka, Japan | Kamen last eliminated Kanjyuro Matsuyama in a 21-Person Battle Royal to win the title |
34 | Tadasuke | 1 | November 2, 2012 | 196 | Osaka, Japan | Tadasuke last eliminated Billyken Kid and Kuishinbo Kamen in a 12-Person Battle Royal to win the title |
35 | Kanjyuro Matsuyama | 1 | May 17, 2013 | 225 | Tokyo, Japan | Matsuyama last eliminated Tadasuke and Naoki Setoguchi in a Battle Royal to win the title |
36 | Naoki Setoguchi | 1 | December 28, 2013 | 113 | Osaka, Japan | Setoguchi last eliminated Ebessan III and Tigers Mask in a 10-Man Battle Royal to win the title |
37 | Tigers Mask | 1 | April 20, 2014 | Osaka, Japan | Tigers Mask last eliminated Billyken Kid in a 17-Man Battle Royal to win the title | |
— | Vacant | — | April 20, 2014 | — | Osaka, Japan | Title vacated due to Tigers Mask leaving Osaka Pro |
As of December29, 2019
† | Indicates the current champions |
<1 | Indicates that the combined total is less than one day. |
+ | Indicates the current reign is changing daily |
Rank | Team | # Of Reigns | Combined Days |
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1. | Miracle Man | 3 | 839 |
2. | Ebessan | 6 | 754 |
3. | Tsukkomi Mask | 2 | 467 |
4. | Ebessan III | 3 | 420 |
5. | Apple Miyuki | 1 | 364 |
6. | Kanjyuro Matsuyama | 2 | 288 |
7. | Kuishinbo Kamen | 4 | 280 |
8. | Ultimate Spider Jr. | 1 | 238 |
9. | Tadasuke | 4 | 196 |
10. | Takoyakida | 1 | 190 |
11. | Masamune | 1 | 182 |
12. | Santa Man | 1 | 163 |
13. | Naoki Setoguchi | 1 | 113 |
14. | Billyken Kid | 2 | 91 |
15. | Shu | 2 | 45 |
16. | Yutaka Fukuda | 1 | 43 |
17. | Mr. Carrasco | 2 | 23 |
18. | Kengo Takai | 1 | 20 |
19. | Black Buffalo | 1 | 14 |
20. | Tigers Mask | 1 | <1 |
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