King of Freedom World Junior Heavyweight Championship
| King of Freedom World Junior Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||||||
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 The King of Freedom World Junior Heavyweight Championship belt | |||||||||||||
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| Promotion | Pro Wrestling Freedoms | ||||||||||||
| Date established | September 18, 2022 | ||||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | Takahiro Katori | ||||||||||||
| Date won | March 22, 2024 | ||||||||||||
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The King of Freedom World Junior Heavyweight Championship, also referred to as the KFC Junior Championship (Japanese: KFCジュニア王座, Hepburn: KFC Junia Ōza), is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by Pro Wrestling Freedoms. Only wrestlers under the junior heavyweight weight-limit may hold the championship.
The current champion is Takahiro Katori.
History[edit]
On September 18, 2022, Pro Wrestling Freedoms announced an eight-man tournament that would crown the first King of Freedom World Junior Heavyweight Champion.[1] On October 28, Freedoms announced the participants would be Kamui, Dragon Libre, Jun Masaoka, Leo Isaka, Yusaku Ito, Mataro Aoki, Brahman Kei and Rekka.[2] At the "Go for it Freedoms! 2022" event, Kamui defeated Masaoka in the final to become the inaugural champion.[3]
Inaugural tournament[edit]
| First round November 9[4] | Semifinals November 9[4] | Final November 16 | ||||||||||||
| Rekka | 6:10[5] | |||||||||||||
| Mataro Aoki | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Mataro Aoki | 12:59[5] | |||||||||||||
| Kamui | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Kamui | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Yusaku Ito | 6:46[5] | |||||||||||||
| Kamui | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Jun Masaoka | 16:26[3] | |||||||||||||
| Jun Masaoka | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Brahman Kei | 7:48[5] | |||||||||||||
| Jun Masaoka | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Dragon Libre | 17:06[5] | |||||||||||||
| Leo Isaka | 8:48[5] | |||||||||||||
| Dragon Libre | Pin | |||||||||||||
Reigns[edit]
As of May 13, 2024.
| 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 |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Defenses | ||||
| 1 | Kamui | November 16, 2022 | Go for it Freedoms! 2022 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 168 | 2 | Defeated Jun Masaoka in the finals of a tournament to become the inaugural champion. | [3][6] |
| 2 | Jun Masaoka | May 3, 2023 | We Love Freedoms! We Are Freedoms! 2023 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 324 | 3 | [7][8] | |
| 3 | Takahiro Katori | March 22, 2024 | The Gekokujō 2024 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 52+ | 1 | [9][10] | |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ 追加試合日程のお知らせ！ 11.9(水)新木場大会よりKFCジュニア初代王者を決める闘いが開戦！ [Announcement of a new match scheduled! The battle to determine the first KFC Junior Champion will begin on 11/9 (Wed.) at Shin Kiba!]. pw-freedoms.co.jp (in Japanese). September 18, 2022. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
- ^ Pro Wrestling Freedoms [@PW_FREEDOMS] (October 28, 2022). KING of FREEDOM WORLD JUNIOR HEAVY WEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP初代王者決定トーナメント出場選手 [Inaugural King of Freedom World Junior Heavyweight Championship Tournament Participants] (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved October 29, 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ a b c Pro Wrestling Freedoms (November 16, 2022). 2022.11.16 東京・後楽園ホール 2022年11月16日 開始時刻：18時45分. pw-freedoms.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved November 17, 2022.
- ^ a b Saalbach, Axel. "FREEDOMS Battle to Determine the Pinnacle of DOMS Junior!". wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f 2022.11.9 東京・新木場1stRING [November 9, 2022 Tokyo Shin-Kiba 1st Ring]. Pro Wrestling Freedoms (in Japanese). November 9, 2022. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
- ^ 2022.11.16 東京・後楽園ホール [2022.11.16 Tokyo, Korakuen Hall]. Pro Wrestling Freedoms (in Japanese). November 16, 2022. Archived from the original on March 27, 2024.
- ^ Saalbach, Axel. "FREEDOMS We Love FREEDOMS! We are FREEDOMS! 2023". wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved May 4, 2023.
- ^ 2023.5.3 東京・後楽園ホール [2023.5.3 Tokyo, Korakuen Hall]. Pro Wrestling Freedoms (in Japanese). May 3, 2023. Archived from the original on November 30, 2023.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (March 22, 2024). "FREEDOMS The Gekokujo 2024". cagematch.net. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
- ^ 2024.3.22 東京・後楽園ホール [2024.3.22 Tokyo, Korakuen Hall]. Pro Wrestling Freedoms (in Japanese). March 22, 2024. Archived from the original on March 27, 2024.