Gaora TV Championship

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Gaora TV Championship
Current design of the championship (2012 – present)
Details
PromotionAll Japan Pro Wrestling
Date establishedOctober 7, 2012
Current champion(s)Seigo Tachibana
Date wonJanuary 14, 2024
Other name(s)
AJPW Gaora TV Championship
Statistics
First champion(s)Seiya Sanada
Most reignsYohei Nakajima/Black Menso-re (5 reigns)
Longest reignYoshitatsu
(587 days)
Shortest reignKazuhiro Tamura
(6 days)
Oldest championMinoru Tanaka (50 years, 1 month and 24 days)
Youngest championJiro Kuroshio (24 years, 2 months and 8 days)
Heaviest championShuji Ishikawa
(130 kg (290 lb))
Lightest championKotaro Suzuki
(83 kg (183 lb))

The Gaora TV Championship (GAORA TV チャンピオンシップ, Gaora Tī Bui Chanpionshippu) 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, with Seiya Sanada becoming the inaugural champion. There have been a total of twenty-three reigns shared between nineteen different champions. The current titleholder is Seigo Tachibana who is in his first reign.

Championship tournament[edit]

Inaugural champion Seiya Sanada
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[edit]

Key
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 Seiya Sanada October 7, 2012 40th Anniversary Tour 2012 Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan 1 232 7 Sanada defeated Yasufumi Nakanoue in the final of an eight-man tournament to become the inaugural champion. [1]
2 René Duprée May 27, 2013 Rising Sun in the Maritimes Tour Cocagne, New Brunswick, Canada 1 107 21 [2]
— Vacated September 11, 2013 — — — — — Duprée returned the title to All Japan, after leaving the promotion for Wrestle-1. [3]
3 Sushi November 24, 2013 2013 Ōdō Renaissance Nagano, Nagano, Japan 1 174 1 Sushi defeated Keisuke Ishii in the final of a four-man tournament to win the vacant title. [4]
4 Kotaro Suzuki May 17, 2014 2014 Super Power Series Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan 1 211 4 [5]
5 Kenso December 14, 2014 Kyohei Wada Referee 40th Anniversary & 60th Birthday Commemorative Tournament Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan 1 172 3   [6]
6 Sushi June 4, 2015 2015 Dynamite Series Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan 2 72 0   [7]
— Vacated August 15, 2015 — — — — — The title was vacated due to Sushi being sidelined with a fractured jaw. [8]
7 Yohei Nakajima August 16, 2015 2015 Summer Explosion Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan 1 298 3 Nakajima defeated Billyken Kid to win the vacant title. [9]
8 Kazuhiro Tamura June 9, 2016 Charity Puroresu Isesaki 69 Isesaki, Gunma, Japan 1 6 0 [10]
9 Yohei Nakajima June 15, 2016 2016 Dynamite Series Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan 2 29 0 [11]
10 Takeshi Minamino July 14, 2016 2016 Summer Action Series Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan 1 28 0 [12]
11 Yohei Nakajima August 11, 2016 2016 Summer Explosion Ueda, Nagano, Japan 3 9 0 [13]
12 Billy Ken Kid [ja] August 20, 2016 2016 Summer Explosion Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan 1 30 1 [14]
13 Yohei Nakajima September 19, 2016 Korakuen Hall Taikai Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan 4 69 1 [15]
14 Jiro Kuroshio November 27, 2016 Zen Nihon Puroresu in Ryōgoku Kokugikan Sumida, Tokyo, Japan 1 80 0 [16]
— Vacated February 15, 2017 — — — — — Kuroshio returned the title to AJPW after being sidelined with a knee injury. [17]
15 Jun Akiyama March 12, 2017 Yume Ryoku! 2017 Dream Power Series Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan 1 490 10 Akiyama defeated Kenso to win the vacant title. [18]
16 Tajiri July 15, 2018 2018 Summer Action Series Tokyo, Japan 1 316 6
17 Yoshitatsu May 27, 2019 2019 Super Power Series Gifu, Japan 1 587 9
18 Jun Kasai January 3, 2021 New Year Wars Tokyo, Japan 1 74 1 This was a Tables, Ladders and Chairs match [19]
19 Shuji Ishikawa March 18, 2021 Special Box Office Blood Fight: Jun Kasai vs. Shuji Ishikawa ~ Crazy Monkey vs. Giant Tokyo, Japan 1 227 3 This was a Glass Board, Barbed Wire Board, Tables, Ladders & Chairs + α Deathmatch. [20]
20 Shigehiro Irie October 31, 2021 Raising An Army Memorial Series 2021 Tokyo, Japan 1 218 2 [21]
21 Izanagi June 6, 2022 AJPW Dynamite Series 2022 Tokyo, Japan 1 13 0 [22]
22 Toshizo June 19, 2022 AJPW Champions 50th Anniversary Tokyo, Japan 1 217 3 This was a four-way ladder match also involving Yusuke Kodama and Black Menso-re. [23]
23 Minoru Tanaka January 22, 2023 AJPW New Year Giant Series 2023 Tokyo, Japan 1 462 3
24 Black Menso-re January 2, 2024 AJPW New Year Giant Series 2024 Tokyo, Japan 5 12 0 Menso-re was previously known as Yohei Nakajima.
25 Seigo Tachibana January 14, 2024 AJPW New Year Giant Series 2024 - Night 3 Tokyo, Japan 1 105+ 1 [24]

Combined reigns[edit]

As of April 28, 2024.

Longest reigning champion at 587 days, Yoshitatsu.
Current champion Minoru Tanaka.
† Indicates the current champion
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns 		Combined
defenses 		Combined
days
1 Yoshitatsu 1 9 587
2 Jun Akiyama 1 10 490
3 Yohei Nakajima/Black Menso-re 5 4 417
4 Minoru Tanaka 1 3 345
5 Tajiri 1 6 316
6 Sushi 2 1 246
7 Seiya Sanada 1 7 232
8 Shuji Ishikawa 1 2 227
9 Shigehiro Irie 1 2 218
10 Toshizo 1 3 217
11 Kotaro Suzuki 1 4 211
12 Kenso 1 3 172
13 René Duprée 1 21 107
14 Seigo Tachibana † 1 1 105+
15 Jiro Kuroshio 1 0 80
16 Jun Kasai 1 1 74
17 Billy Ken Kid 1 1 30
18 Takeshi Minamino 1 0 28
19 Izanagi 1 0 13
20 Kazuhiro Tamura 1 0 6

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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External links[edit]

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