Gaora TV Championship

Gaora TV Championship
Details
Promotion All Japan Pro Wrestling
Date established October 7, 2012
Current champion(s) Jiro Kuroshio
Date won November 27, 2016

The Gaora TV Championship is a professional wrestling championship owned by the All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) promotion. On August 28, 2012, AJPW and Gaora TV announced that AJPW would introduce a new championship called the Gaora TV Championship. A tournament for the title took place from September 8 to October 7.

Championship tournament

First Round
(September 8) 		Semifinals
(October 7) 		Final
(October 7)
         
Ryota Hama 06:21
Yasufumi Nakanoue W
Yasufumi Nakanoue W
Kazushi Miyamoto 07:10
Kazushi Miyamoto W
Manabu Soya 06:01
Yasufumi Nakanoue 10:54
Seiya Sanada W
Masayuki Kono 12:02
Tomoaki Honma W
Tomoaki Honma 12:30
Seiya Sanada W
Seiya Sanada W
Yuji Okabayashi 16:04

Title history

# Order in reign history
Reign The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed
Location The city in which the title was won
Event The event in which the title was won
— Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
+ Indicates the current reign is changing daily
# Wrestler Reign Date Days held Location Event Notes Ref.
1 Sanada, SeiyaSeiya Sanada 1 October 7, 2012 232 Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan 40th Anniversary Tour 2012 Sanada defeated Yasufumi Nakanoue in the final of an eight-man tournament to become the inaugural champion. [1]
2 René Duprée 1 May 27, 2013 107 Cocagne, New Brunswick, Canada Rising Sun in the Maritimes Tour [2]
— Vacated — September 11, 2013 — — — Duprée returned the title to All Japan, after leaving the promotion for Wrestle-1. [3]
3 Sushi 1 November 24, 2013 174 Nagano, Nagano, Japan 2013 Ōdō Renaissance Sushi defeated Keisuke Ishii in the final of a four-man tournament to win the vacant title. [4]
4 Suzuki, KotaroKotaro Suzuki 1 May 17, 2014 211 Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan 2014 Super Power Series [5]
5 Kenso 1 December 14, 2014 172 Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan Kyohei Wada Referee 40th Anniversary & 60th Birthday Commemorative Tournament   [6]
6 Sushi 2 June 4, 2015 72 Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan 2015 Dynamite Series   [7]
— Vacated — August 15, 2015 — — — The title was vacated due to Sushi being sidelined with a fractured jaw. [8]
7 Nakajima, YoheiYohei Nakajima 1 August 16, 2015 298 Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan 2015 Summer Explosion Nakajima defeated Billyken Kid to win the vacant title. [9]
8 Tamura, KazuhiroKazuhiro Tamura 1 June 9, 2016 6 Isesaki, Gunma, Japan Charity Puroresu Isesaki 69 [10]
9 Nakajima, YoheiYohei Nakajima 2 June 15, 2016 29 Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan 2016 Dynamite Series [11]
10 Minamino, TakeshiTakeshi Minamino 1 July 14, 2016 28 Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan 2016 Summer Action Series [12]
11 Nakajima, YoheiYohei Nakajima 3 August 11, 2016 9 Ueda, Nagano, Japan 2016 Summer Explosion [13]
12 Billyken Kid 1 August 20, 2016 30 Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan 2016 Summer Explosion [14]
13 Nakajima, YoheiYohei Nakajima 4 September 19, 2016 69 Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan Korakuen Hall Taikai [15]
14 Kuroshio, JiroJiro Kuroshio 1 November 27, 2016 8+ Sumida, Tokyo, Japan Zen Nihon Puroresu in Ryōgoku Kokugikan [16]

List of combined reigns

As of December 5, 2016.

† Indicates the current champion
<1 Indicates that the reign lasted less than one day
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns		 Combined days
1 Yohei Nakajima 4 405
2 Sushi 2 246
3 Seiya Sanada 1 232
4 Kotaro Suzuki 1 211
5 Kenso 1 172
6 René Duprée 1 107
7 Billyken Kid 1 30
8 Takeshi Minamino 1 28
9 Jiro Kuroshio † 1 8+
10 Kazuhiro Tamura 1 6

References

  1. ↑ "40th Anniversary Tour 2012" (in Japanese). All Japan Pro Wrestling. Retrieved October 21, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Duprée defeats Sanada for All Japan Gaora TV Title". René's Current Destination. Blogger. May 30, 2013. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
  3. ↑ Meltzer, Dave (September 16, 2013). "Sep 16 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: Mayweather vs. Canello hype, Night of Champions preview, Olympic Wrestling, CMLL 80th Aniversario preview, tons more!". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Campbell, California: 31. ISSN 1083-9593.
  4. ↑ "2013 王道ルネサンス" (in Japanese). All Japan Pro Wrestling. Retrieved November 24, 2013.
  5. ↑ "2014 スーパーパワーシリーズ　神奈川･横浜ラジアントホール" (in Japanese). All Japan Pro Wrestling. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
  6. ↑ "全日本12.14後楽園大会　和田京平レフェリー40周年＆還暦記念大会、全試合を京平レフェリーがプロデュース". Battle News (in Japanese). 2014-12-15. Retrieved 2014-12-14.
  7. ↑ "【6.4】 2015ダイナマイト・シリーズ　開幕戦・後楽園大会". All Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). 2015-06-04. Retrieved 2015-06-04.
  8. ↑ "8.16神戸大会において一部対戦カード変更のお知らせ". All Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). 2015-08-16. Retrieved 2015-08-15.
  9. ↑ "【8.16】 2015サマーエクスプロージョン　神戸大会". All Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). 2015-08-17. Retrieved 2015-08-17.
  10. ↑ "6月9日(木)【チャリティープロレス伊勢崎69（ロック）】群馬・伊勢崎市第二市民体育館［観衆］450人(満員)". All Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). 2016-06-09. Retrieved 2016-06-09.
  11. ↑ "6月15日(水)【2016 ダイナマイトシリーズ[開幕戦]】 東京・後楽園ホール ［観衆］1227人". All Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). 2016-06-15. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
  12. ↑ "7.14東京・後楽園ホール大会[観衆] 1163人". All Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). 2016-07-15. Retrieved 2016-07-15.
  13. ↑ "8.11長野・上田創造館 [観衆]299人(満員)". All Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). 2016-08-11. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
  14. ↑ "8.20兵庫・神戸サンボーホール大会［観衆］551人（満員）". All Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). 2016-08-20. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
  15. ↑ "9.19後楽園ホール大会[観衆]1183人". All Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). 2016-09-19. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
  16. ↑ "11.27東京・両国国技館大会試合結果②". All Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). 2016-11-27. Retrieved 2016-11-27.

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