The Spirit of Ganbare World Openweight Championship (Japanese: スピリット・オブ・ガンバレ世界無差別級王座, Hepburn: Supiritto obu Ganbare Sekai Musabetsu-kyū Ōza) is a professional wrestling championship promoted by the Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestling (GanPro) promotion. The title is the first to be created specifically for GanPro.[1] The current champion is Keisuke Ishii, who is in his first reign.
| Spirit of Ganbare World Openweight Championship | |||||||||||||||||
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 The Spirit of Ganbare World Openweight Championship title belt | |||||||||||||||||
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| Promotion | Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||
| Date established | September 25, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | Keisuke Ishii | ||||||||||||||||
| Date won | April 27, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||
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History
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Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestling was created in 2013 by Ken Ohka as a brand of DDT Pro-Wrestling. The brand was created to capture the spirit of small independent promotions in Japan and, to do so, regularly brought in wrestlers from outside the promotion. On March 18, 2017, Ohka beat Shiori Asahi at a Kaientai Dojo event to win the Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship.[2][3] The title stayed with the promotion where it served as its main singles title until January 2021 when it moved to Professional Wrestling Just Tap Out (JTO).[2] Now without a singles title to promote, in September 2021, GanPro – now part of the CyberFight umbrella promotion – revived the Ganbare☆Climax tournament and created the Spirit of Ganbare World Openweight Championship as a prize for the winner of the tournament.[4] On November 23, Tatsuhito Takaiwa went on to defeat Yumehito Imanari in the final and won the inaugural title.[5]
On April 1, 2024, GanPro officially split from CyberFight and became an independent promotion.[6]
Inaugural tournament
edit| Round 1 October 24 | Round 2 November 7 | Semifinals November 23 | Final November 23 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tetsuhiro Kuroda | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ken Ohka | 14:21[8] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ken Ohka | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Shota | 15:24[7] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tetsuhiro Kuroda | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Yumehito Imanari | 10:57[9] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Keisuke Ishii | 2:31[7] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Shinichiro Tominaga | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Shinichiro Tominaga | 19:06[8] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Yumehito Imanari | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Yumehito Imanari | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Baliyan Akki | 8:56[7] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Yumehito Imanari | 12:37[9] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tatsuhito Takaiwa | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kouki Iwasaki | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nobuhiro Shimatani | 11:40[7] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kouki Iwasaki | 13:47[8] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Shuichiro Katsumura | TKO | ||||||||||||||||||
| Shuichiro Katsumura | Sub | ||||||||||||||||||
| Seiya Morohashi | 15:18[7] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Shuichiro Katsumura | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tatsuhito Takaiwa | 13:36[9] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tatsuhito Takaiwa | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tyson Maeguchi | 7:50[7] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tatsuhito Takaiwa | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mizuki Watase | 9:38[8] | ||||||||||||||||||
Reigns
editAs of November 17, 2024, there have been a total of seven reigns shared among seven different wrestlers. The current champion is Keisuke Ishii who is in his first reign.
| 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 |
| + | Current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||||
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| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Defenses | |||||
| CyberFight: Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestling | ||||||||||
| 1 | Tatsuhito Takaiwa | November 23, 2021 | Ganbare☆Climax 2021 Final Round | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 161 | 3 | Defeated Yumehito Imanari in the final of a 14-man tournament to become the inaugural champion. | [5] | |
| 2 | Yumehito Imanari | May 3, 2022 | Love Phantom 2022 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 123 | 2 | [10] | ||
| 3 | Hartley Jackson | September 3, 2022 | Punch Drunk Love 2022 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 115 | 2 | [11] | ||
| 4 | Mizuki Watase | December 27, 2022 | Giri Giri Chop! 2022 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 194 | 4 | [12] | ||
| 5 | Isami Kodaka | July 9, 2023 | Wrestle Sekigahara II | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 171 | 4 | [13] | ||
| 6 | Shuichiro Katsumura | December 27, 2023 | Bad Communication 2023 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 122 | 2 | [14] | ||
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| 7 | Keisuke Ishii | April 27, 2024 | Spring Breakers 2024 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 204+ | 3 | [15] | ||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ DDT Pro-Wrestling (September 25, 2021). ガンバレ☆プロレスに初のタイトル！ 「スピリット・オブ・ガンバレ世界無差別級王座」創設！ (in Japanese). Retrieved September 27, 2021.
- ^ a b "Independent World Junior Heavyweight Title (Japan)". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
- ^ Kaientai Dojo (March 18, 2017). "CLUB-K SUPER in Blue Field" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on March 19, 2017.
- ^ 【ガンプロ】初代スピリット・オブ・ガンバレ世界無差別級王座決定トーナメント組み合わせ決定！. Proresu Today (in Japanese). September 29, 2021. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
- ^ a b LECクリンぱっ！ presents ガンバレ☆クライマックス2021 FINAL ROUND. ddtpro.com (in Japanese). DDT Pro-Wrestling. November 23, 2021. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
- ^ ガンプロが3月いっぱいで株式会社CyberFightからの独立を発表 / 翔太、長谷川美子、リアラが3月末で退団 [GanPro announces independence from CyberFight Inc. at the end of March / Shota, Yoshiko Hasegawa, and Riara will leave at the end of March.]. proresu-today.com (in Japanese). January 31, 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f ガンバレ☆クライマックス2021 1st ROUND [Ganbare☆Climax 2021 1st Round]. DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). October 24, 2021. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
- ^ a b c d LECクリンぱっ！ presents ガンバレ☆クライマックス2021 2nd ROUND. DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). November 7, 2021. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
- ^ a b c DDT Pro-Wrestling (November 23, 2021). LECクリンぱっ！ presents ガンバレ☆クライマックス2021 FINAL ROUND. ddtpro.com (in Japanese). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
- ^ "LOVE PHANTOM 2022". ddtpro.com (in Japanese). DDT Pro-Wrestling. May 3, 2022. Retrieved May 3, 2022.
- ^ "Punch Drunk Love 2022" パンチドランク・ラブ2022. ddtpro.com (in Japanese). DDT Pro-Wrestling. September 3, 2022. Retrieved September 3, 2022.
- ^ GIRI GIRI CHOP！2022. ddtpro.com (in Japanese). DDT Pro-Wrestling. December 27, 2022. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
- ^ Xavi (July 7, 2023). "Ganbare Pro: WRESTLE SEKIGAHARA 2 / Preview". fivestarnetwork.co. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
- ^ BAD COMMUNICATION 2023. ddtpro.com (in Japanese). DDT Pro-Wrestling. December 27, 2023. Retrieved December 27, 2023.
- ^ スプリング・ブレイカーズ2024. genpro.net (in Japanese). Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestling. April 27, 2024. Retrieved May 6, 2024.