Osaka Pro Wrestling Battle Royal Championship

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Osaka Pro Wrestling Battle Royal Championship
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Promotion Osaka Pro Wrestling
Date establishedMarch 24, 2001
Date retiredApril 20, 2014

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.

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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.

Title history

As of December29, 2019

#Order in reign history
ReignThe reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed
Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
N/AThe information is not available or is unknown
+Indicates the current reign is changing daily
#WrestlersReignDateDays
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LocationNotes
1Miracle Man1March 24, 200176 Osaka, Japan Miracle Man last eliminated Ebessan in an 11-Man Battle Royal to become the first champion.
2 Ebessan 1June 8, 2001254Osaka, JapanEbessan last eliminated Super Delfin in a 17-Man Battle Royal to win the title.
3Shu1February 17, 200232Osaka, JapanShu last eliminated Ebessan in a 14-Man Battle Royal to win the title.
4Ebessan2March 21, 200287Osaka, JapanEbessan last eliminated Takashi Tachibana in a Ten-Man Battle Royal to win the title.
5Shu2June 16, 200213Osaka, JapanShu last eliminated Takashi Tachibana in an 11-Man Battle Royal to win the title.
6 Kuishinbo Kamen 1June 29, 200245Osaka, JapanKamen last eliminated Ebessan in an 11-Man Battle Royal to win the title.
7Billyken Kid1August 13, 200243Osaka, JapanKid last eliminated Super Demekin in a Nine-Man Battle Royal to win the title.
8Ebessan3September 25, 200246Osaka, JapanEbessan last eliminated Miracle Man in a Nine-Man Battle Royal to win the title.
9Yutaka Fukuda1November 10, 200243Osaka, JapanFukuda last eliminated Ebessan and Kuishinbo Kamen in an 11-Man Battle Royal to win the title.
10Kengo Takai1December 23, 200220Osaka, JapanTakai last eliminates Tigers Mask in a Ten-Man Battle Royal to win the title.
11Ebessan4January 12, 2003252Osaka, JapanEbessan last eliminates Billyken Kid in a Ten-Man Battle Royal to win the title.
12Billyken Kid2September 21, 200348Osaka, JapanKid last eliminated Jeremy Lopez in a 13-Man Battle Royal to win the title.
13Miracle Man2November 8, 2003211Osaka, JapanMiracle Man last eliminated Yutaka Fukuda in a 12-Man Battle Royal to win the title.
14Ebessan5June 6, 200443Osaka, JapanEbessan last eliminated Gamma in a 9-Man Battle Royal to win the title.
15Tsukkomi Mask1July 19, 2004420Osaka, JapanMask last eliminated Kuishinbo Kamen in a 10-Man Battle Royal to win the title.
16Ebessan6June 6, 200472Osaka, JapanEbessan last eliminated Kuishinbo Kamen in a 9-Man Battle Royal to win the title.
17Tsukkomi Mask2November 23, 200447Osaka, JapanMask last eliminated Kuishinbo Kamen in an 11-Man Battle Royal to win the title.
18Miracle Man3January 9, 2005552Osaka, JapanMiracle Man last eliminated Kuishinbo Kamen and Trutuger in a 10-Man Battle Royal to win the title.
19 Black Buffalo 1July 15, 200614Osaka, JapanBlack Buffalo last eliminates Miracle Man in an 11-Man Battle Royal to win the title.
Vacant July 29, 2006Osaka, JapanBlack Buffalo vacates the title due to injury.
20Mr. Carrasco1August 13, 200622Osaka, JapanMr. Carrasco last eliminates Kuishinbo Kamen in a 10-Man Battle Royal to win the vacant title.
Vacant September 4, 2006Osaka, JapanMr. Carrasco vacates the title due to injury.
21 Kuishinbo Kamen 2September 4, 2006111Osaka, Japan
22Santa Man1December 24, 2006163Osaka, JapanSanta Man last eliminates Asian Cooger in a 17-Man Battle Royal to win the title.
23Mr. Carrasco2June 5, 20071 Sendai, Japan Mr. Carrasco last eliminates Tigers Mask in a Seven-Man Battle Royal to win the title.
24Ebessan III1June 6, 200717Sendai, JapanEbessan last eliminates Shinjitsu Nohashi in an Eight-Man Battle Royal to win the title.
25Takoyakida1June 23, 2007190Osaka, JapanTakoyakida last eliminates Asian Cooger in a Ten-Man Battle Royal to win the title.
Vacant January 12, 2009Osaka, JapanTakoyakida vacated the title due to injury.
26Ebessan III2January 12, 2009188 Tokyo, Japan Ebessan last eliminates Miracle Man in a Nine-Man Battle Royal to win the vacant title.
27 Masamune 1July 19, 2009182Osaka, JapanMasmune last eliminates Kanjyuro Matsuyama in an 11-Man Battle Royal to win the title.
28 Kanjyuro Matsuyama 1January 17, 201063Tokyo, JapanMasuyama last eliminates Masamune in a Ten-Man Battle Royal to win the title.
29 Kuishinbo Kamen 3March 21, 2010111Osaka, JapanKamen last eliminates Kanjyuro Matsuyama in a Nine-Man Battle Royal to win the title.
30Ebessan III3July 10, 2010215Osaka, JapanEbessan last eliminated Miracle Man in a 14-Man Battle Royal to win the title.
31Ultimate Spider Jr.1February 26, 2011238Osaka, JapanUltimate Spider Jr. last eliminated Kuishinbo Kamen in an 11-Man Battle Royal to win the title
32 Apple Miyuki 1October 22, 2011364Osaka, JapanMiyuki last eliminated Kanjyuro Matsuyama in a 5-Person Battle Royal to win the title
33 Kuishinbo Kamen 4October 20, 201213Osaka, JapanKamen last eliminated Kanjyuro Matsuyama in a 21-Person Battle Royal to win the title
34 Tadasuke 1November 2, 2012196Osaka, JapanTadasuke last eliminated Billyken Kid and Kuishinbo Kamen in a 12-Person Battle Royal to win the title
35Kanjyuro Matsuyama1May 17, 2013225Tokyo, JapanMatsuyama last eliminated Tadasuke and Naoki Setoguchi in a Battle Royal to win the title
36Naoki Setoguchi1December 28, 2013113Osaka, JapanSetoguchi last eliminated Ebessan III and Tigers Mask in a 10-Man Battle Royal to win the title
37 Tigers Mask 1April 20, 2014Osaka, JapanTigers Mask last eliminated Billyken Kid in a 17-Man Battle Royal to win the title
Vacant April 20, 2014Osaka, JapanTitle vacated due to Tigers Mask leaving Osaka Pro

List of combined reigns

As of December29, 2019

Indicates the current champions
<1Indicates that the combined total is less than one day.
+Indicates the current reign is changing daily
RankTeam# Of ReignsCombined Days
1.Miracle Man3839
2. Ebessan 6754
3.Tsukkomi Mask2467
4.Ebessan III3420
5. Apple Miyuki 1364
6. Kanjyuro Matsuyama 2288
7. Kuishinbo Kamen 4280
8.Ultimate Spider Jr.1238
9. Tadasuke 4196
10.Takoyakida1190
11. Masamune 1182
12.Santa Man1163
13.Naoki Setoguchi1113
14.Billyken Kid291
15.Shu245
16.Yutaka Fukuda143
17.Mr. Carrasco223
18.Kengo Takai120
19. Black Buffalo 114
20. Tigers Mask 1<1

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