Legend Championship
Legend Championship | |||
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Details | |||
Promotion | Real Japan Pro Wrestling | ||
Date established | 2005 | ||
Current champion(s) | Super Tiger | ||
Date won | December 17, 2019 | ||
Other name(s) | |||
Legend Championship (レジェンドチャンピオンシップ, rejendo chanpionshippu) | |||
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The Legend Championship (レジェンド王座, rejendo ōza) is the top singles title in the Japanese professional wrestling promotion Real Japan Pro Wrestling. The title was established in 2005.[1][2] As it is a professional wrestling championship, the championship is not won not by actual competition, but by a scripted ending to a match determined by the bookers and match makers.[a] On occasion the promotion declares a championship vacant, which means there is no champion at that point in time. This can either be due to a storyline,[b] or real life issues such as a champion suffering an injury being unable to defend the championship,[c] or leaving the company.[d]
There have been a total of fifteen reigns shared among nine wrestlers. The current champion is Super Tiger who is in his fourth reign.
Title history[]
Reigns[]
No. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
Days | Number of days held |
Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
N/A | Unknown information |
(NLT) | Championship change took place "no later than" the date listed |
(NET) | Championship change took place "no earlier than" the date listed |
+ | Current reign is changing daily |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | ||||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Defenses | ||||
1 | First Tiger Mask | January 27, 2005 | N/A | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | [e] | 0 | Defeated The Great Sasuke to win the inaugural title. | [1] |
— | Vacated | December 16, 2005 (NLT) | — | — | — | — | — | Tiger Mask vacated the title due to a neck injury. | [1] |
2 | Masao Orihara | December 16, 2005 | Legend Championship | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | [f] | 2 | Defeated Alexander Otsuka to win the vacant title. | [1][7] |
— | Vacated | June 7, 2006 (NET) | — | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated due to unknown circumstances | [1] |
3 | Alexander Otsuka | December 4, 2008 | Conclusion | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 643 | 4 | Defeated The Great Sasuke to win the vacant title. | [8] |
4 | Mitsuya Nagai | September 8, 2010 | Strong Proof | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 316 | 2 | [9] | |
5 | Super Tiger (II) | July 21, 2011 | Space Flying Tiger Drop | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 239 | 1 | [10] | |
6 | Mitsuya Nagai | March 16, 2012 | Daybreak | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 266 | 1 | [11] | |
7 | Super Tiger (II) | December 7, 2012 | Traditional | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 1,015 | 4 | [11] | |
8 | Masakatsu Funaki | September 18, 2015 | First Tiger Mask Golden Legend: Legend of the Gold II | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 82 | 0 | [12] | |
9 | Daisuke Sekimoto | December 9, 2015 | First Tiger Mask Golden Legend: Legend of the Gold III | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 197 | 1 | [12] | |
10 | Masakatsu Funaki | June 23, 2016 | First Tiger Mask Golden Legend: Legend of the Gold V | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 79 | 0 | [13] | |
11 | Shinjiro Otani | September 10, 2016 | Golden Age of the Tiger | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 292 | 3 | [13] | |
12 | Masakatsu Funaki | June 29, 2017 | Legend of the Gold VII | Tokyo, Japan | 3 | 77 | 0 | [14] | |
13 | Super Tiger (II) | September 14, 2017 | Legend of the Gold VIII | Tokyo, Japan | 3 | 735 | 2 | [14][15] | |
14 | Kazuyuki Fujita | September 19, 2019 | Strong Style Pro-Wrestling Vol. 3 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 455 | 1 | [16][17] | |
15 | Super Tiger (II) | December 17, 2020 | Strong Style Pro-Wrestling Vol. 8 | Tokyo, Japan | 4 | 273+ | 1 | [18][19] |
Combined reigns[]
As of September 16, 2021.
† | Indicates the current champion |
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¤ | The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used. |
Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
No. of defenses |
Combined days |
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1 | Super Tiger (II) † | 4 | 8 | 2,262+ |
2 | Alexander Otsuka | 1 | 4 | 643 |
3 | Mitsuya Nagai | 2 | 3 | 582 |
4 | Kazuyuki Fujita | 1 | 1 | 455 |
5 | Shinjiro Otani | 1 | 3 | 292 |
6 | Masakatsu Funaki | 3 | 0 | 238 |
7 | Daisuke Sekimoto | 1 | 1 | 197 |
8 | Masao Orihara | 1 | 2 | 173¤ |
9 | First Tiger Mask | 1 | 0 | 1¤ |
Footnotes[]
- ^ Hornbaker (2016) p. 550: "Professional wrestling is a sport in which match finishes are predetermined. Thus, win/loss records are not indicative of a wrestler's genuine success based on their legitimate abilities – but on now much, or how little they were pushed by promoters"[3]
- ^ Duncan & Will (2000) p. 271, Chapter: Texas: NWA American Tag Team Title [World Class, Adkisson] "Championship held up and rematch ordered because of the interference of manager Gary Hart"[4]
- ^ Duncan & Will (2000) p. 20, Chapter: (United States: 19th Century & widely defended titles – NWA, WWF, AWA, IW, ECW, NWA) NWA/WCW TV Title "Rhodes stripped on 85/10/19 for not defending the belt after having his leg broken by Ric Flair and Ole & Arn Anderson"[5]
- ^ Duncan & Will (2000) p. 201, Chapter: (Memphis, Nashville) Memphis: USWA Tag Team Title "Vacant on 93/01/18 when Spike leaves the USWA."[6]
- ^ The exact date the championship was vacated has not been confirmed, putting the title reign at between 1 day and 323 days.
- ^ The exact date the championship was vacated has not been confirmed, putting the title reign at between 173 days and 1,084 days.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "RJPW Legend Championship". Cagematch.net. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
- ^ "Champions and Championships". Wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
- ^ Hornbaker 2016, p. 550.
- ^ Duncan & Will 2000, p. 271.
- ^ Duncan & Will 2000, p. 20.
- ^ Duncan & Will 2000, p. 201.
- ^ "Real Japan Pro-Wrestling Results: 2005". PuroLove.com (in German). Retrieved February 24, 2021.
- ^ "Real Japan Pro-Wrestling Results: 2008". PuroLove.com (in German). Retrieved February 24, 2021.
- ^ "Real Japan Pro-Wrestling Results: 2010". PuroLove.com (in German). Retrieved February 24, 2021.
- ^ "Real Japan Pro-Wrestling Results: 2011". PuroLove.com (in German). Retrieved February 24, 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Real Japan Pro-Wrestling Results: 2012". PuroLove.com (in German). Retrieved February 24, 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Real Japan Pro-Wrestling Results: 2015". PuroLove.com (in German). Retrieved February 24, 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Real Japan Pro-Wrestling Results: 2016". PuroLove.com (in German). Retrieved February 24, 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Real Japan Pro-Wrestling Results: 2017". PuroLove.com (in German). Retrieved February 24, 2021.
- ^ 【試合結果】9・15 リアルジャパン後楽園ホール大会 【レジェンド選手権】船木誠勝vsスーパー・タイガー “大鵬三世”納谷幸男vs雷神矢口. Battle-News.com (in Japanese). Retrieved February 24, 2021.
- ^ "Real Japan Pro-Wrestling Results: 2019". PuroLove.com (in German). Retrieved February 24, 2021.
- ^ 【試合詳細】9・19 リアルジャパンプロレス後楽園ホール大会 【レジェンド選手権】スーパー・タイガーvs藤田和之 船木誠勝&関根“シュレック”秀樹vsタカ・クノウ&ロッキー川村 アレクサンダー大塚vs竹田誠志 【UWAアジアパシフィック】岩崎孝樹vs将軍岡本. Battle-News.com (in Japanese). Retrieved February 24, 2021.
- ^ "Real Japan Pro-Wrestling Results: 2020". PuroLove.com (in German). Retrieved February 24, 2021.
- ^ 【試合詳細】12・17 ストロングスタイルプロレス後楽園ホール大会 【レジェンド王座】藤田和之vsスーパー・タイガー 船木誠勝vsアレクサンダー大塚 ケンドー・カシンvs阿部史典 Sareee&世志琥vsジャガー横田&山下りな. Battle-News.com (in Japanese). Retrieved February 24, 2021.
External links[]
- Professional wrestling championships
- Openweight wrestling championships