King of Freedom World Junior Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||||||
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Promotion | Pro Wrestling Freedoms | ||||||||||||
Date established | September 18, 2022 | ||||||||||||
Current champion(s) | Yuya Susumu | ||||||||||||
Date won | September 15, 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.
There have been a total of four reigns shared between four different champions. The current titleholder is Yuya Susumu who is in his first regin.
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]
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 |
As of September 20, 2024.
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 | ||||
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 | 177 | 3 | [9][10] | |
4 | Yuya Susumu | September 15, 2024 | FREEDOMS 15th Anniversary | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 5+ | 0 | [11] |