OPW Battle Royal Championship

OPW Battle Royal Championship
Details
Current champion(s)	Apple Miyuki
Date won	October 22, 2011
Promotion	Osaka Pro Wrestling
Date established	March 24, 2001
Statistics Most reigns Ebessan (4 times) First champion(s) Miracle Man Longest reign Mr. Miracle (552 days) Shortest reign Mr. Carrasco (1 day)

The OPW 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. The current champion is Apple Miyuki who is in his first reign as champion.

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 32 reigns by 17 wrestlers with two vacancies. One of the vacancies came when Black Buffalo vacated the title due to an injury.

Title history

As of November 23, 2011

#	Order in reign history
Reign	The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed
—	Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
N/A	The information is not available or is unknown
+	Indicates the current reign is changing daily

#	Wrestlers	Reign	Date	Days held	Location	Notes
01 !1	Miracle Man	01 !1	March 24, 2001	76	Osaka, Japan	Miracle Man last eliminated Ebessan in an 11-Man Battle Royal to become the first champion.
02 !2	Ebessan	01 !1	June 8, 2001	254	Osaka, Japan	Ebessan last eliminated Super Delfin in a 17-Man Battle Royal to win the title.
03 !3	Shu	01 !1	February 17, 2002	32	Osaka, Japan	Shu last eliminated Ebessan in a 14-Man Battle Royal to win the title.
04 !4	Ebessan	02 !2	March 21, 2002	87	Osaka, Japan	Ebessan last eliminated Takashi Tachibana in a Ten-Man Battle Royal to win the title.
05 !5	Shu	02 !2	June 16, 2002	13	Osaka, Japan	Shu last eliminated Takashi Tachibana in an 11-Man Battle Royal to win the title.
06 !6	Kuishinbo Kamen	01 !1	June 29, 2002	45	Osaka, Japan	Kamen last eliminated Ebessan in an 11-Man Battle Royal to win the title.
07 !7	Billy Ken Kid	01 !1	August 13, 2002	43	Osaka, Japan	Kid last eliminated Super Demekin in a Nine-Man Battle Royal to win the title.
08 !8	Ebessan	03 !3	September 25, 2002	46	Osaka, Japan	Ebessan last eliminated Miracle Man in a Nine-Man Battle Royal to win the title.
09 !9	Yutaka Fukuda	01 !1	November 10, 2002	43	Osaka, Japan	Fukuda last eliminated Ebessan and Kuishinbo Kamen in an 11-Man Battle Royal to win the title.
10 !10	Kengo Takai	01 !1	December 23, 2002	20	Osaka, Japan	Takai last eliminates Tigers Mask in a Ten-Man Battle Royal to win the title.
11 !11	Ebessan	04 !4	January 12, 2003	252	Osaka, Japan	Ebessan last eliminates Billy Ken Kid in a Ten-Man Battle Royal to win the title.
12 !12	Billy Ken Kid	02 !2	September 21, 2003	48	Osaka, Japan	Kid last eliminated Jeremy Lopez in a 13-Man Battle Royal to win the title.
13 !13	Miracle Man	02 !2	November 8, 2003	211	Osaka, Japan	Miracle Man last eliminated Yutaka Fukuda in a 12-Man Battle Royal to win the title.
14 !14	Ebessan	05 !5	June 6, 2004	43	Osaka, Japan	Ebessan last eliminated Gamma in a 9-Man Battle Royal to win the title.
15 !15	Tsukkomi Mask	01 !1	July 19, 2004	420	Osaka, Japan	Mask last eliminated Kuishinbo Kamen in a 10-Man Battle Royal to win the title.
16 !16	Ebessan	06 !6	June 6, 2004	72	Osaka, Japan	Ebessan last eliminated Kuishinbo Kamen in a 9-Man Battle Royal to win the title.
17 !17	Tsukkomi Mask	01 !1	November 23, 2004	47	Osaka, Japan	Mask last eliminated Kuishinbo Kamen in an 11-Man Battle Royal to win the title.
18 !18	Miracle Man	03 !3	January 9, 2005	552	Osaka, Japan	Miracle Man last eliminated Kuishinbo Kamen and Trutuger in a 10-Man Battle Royal to win the title.
19 !19	Black Buffalo	01 !1	July 15, 2006	14	Osaka, Japan	Black Buffalo last eliminates Miracle Man in an 11-Man Battle Royal to win the title.
zz !—	Vacant !Vacant	zz !—	July 29, 2006	zz !—	Osaka, Japan	Black Buffalo vacates the title due to injury.
20 !20	Mr. Carrasco	01 !1	August 13, 2006	22	Osaka, Japan	Mr. Carrasco last eliminates Kuishinbo Kamen in a 10-Man Battle Royal to win the vacant title.
zz !—	Vacant !Vacant	zz !—	September 4, 2006	zz !—	Osaka, Japan	Mr. Carrasco vacates the title due to injury.
21 !21	Kuishinbo Kamen	02 !2	September 4, 2006	111	Osaka, Japan
22 !22	Santa Man	01 !1	December 24, 2006	163	Osaka, Japan	Santa Man last eliminates Asian Cooger in a 17-Man Battle Royal to win the title.
23 !23	Mr. Carrasco	02 !2	June 5, 2007	1	Sendai, Japan	Mr. Carrasco last eliminates Tigers Mask in a Seven-Man Battle Royal to win the title.
24 !24	Ebessan III	01 !1	June 6, 2007	17	Sendai, Japan	Ebessan last eliminates Shinjitsu Nohashi in an Eight-Man Battle Royal to win the title.
25 !25	Takoyakida	01 !1	June 23, 2007	&10000000000000569000000569 ![N 1]	Osaka, Japan	Takoyakida last eliminates Asian Cooger in a Ten-Man Battle Royal to win the title.
zz !—	Vacant !Vacant	zz !—	N/A	zz !—	Osaka, Japan	Takoyakida vacated the title due to injury.
26 !26	Ebessan III	02 !2	January 12, 2009	188	Tokyo, Japan	Ebessan last eliminates Miracle Man in a Nine-Man Battle Royal to win the vacant title.
27 !27	Masamune	01 !1	July 19, 2009	182	Osaka, Japan	Masmune last eliminates Kanjuro Matsuyama in an 11-Man Battle Royal to win the title.
28 !28	Kanjuro Matsuyama	01 !1	January 17, 2010	63	Tokyo, Japan	Masuyama last eliminates Masamune in a Ten-Man Battle Royal to win the title.
29 !29	Kuishinbo Kamen	03 !3	March 21, 2010	111	Osaka, Japan	Kamen last eliminates Kanjuro Matsuyama in a Nine-Man Battle Royal to win the title.
30 !30	Ebessan III	03 !3	July 10, 2010	215	Osaka, Japan	Ebessan last eliminated Miracle Man in a 14-Man Battle Royal to win the title.
31 !31	Ultimate Spider Jr.	01 !1	February 26, 2011	238	Osaka, Japan	Ultimate Spider Jr. last eliminated Kuishinbo Kamen in an 11-Man Battle Royal to win the title
32 !32	Apple Miyuki	01 !1	October 22, 2011	32+	Osaka, Japan	Miyuki last eliminated Kanjyuro Matsuyama in a 5-Person Battle Royal to win the title

List of combined reigns

As of November 23, 2011

†	Indicates the current champions
¤	The exact length of at least one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used.
<1	Indicates that the combined total is less than one day.
+	Indicates the current reign is changing daily

Rank	Team	# Of Reigns	Combined Days
1.	Miracle Man	3	839
2.	Ebessan	6	754
3.	Takoyakeyder	1	569¤ [N 1]
4.	Tsukkomi Mask	2	467
5.	Ebessan III	3	420
6.	Kuishinbo Kamen	3	267
7.	Ultimate Spider Jr.	1	238
8.	Masamune	1	182
9.	Santa Man	1	163
10.	Billy Ken Kid	2	91
11.	Kanjuro Matsuyama	1	63
12.	Shu	2	45
13.	Yutaka Fukuda	1	43
14.	Mr. Carrasco	2	23
15.	Kengo Takai	1	20
16.	Black Buffalo	1	14
17.	Apple Miyuki†	1	32+

Footnotes

1. ^ ^{a b} The exact date on which Takoyakida vacated the title during his his only reign is unknown, however, he is known to have successfully defended it on December 30, 2007, which means that his reign lasted between 190 and 569 days.

See also

• Osaka Pro Wrestling