Spirit_of_Ganbare_World_Tag_Team_Championship
Spirit of Ganbare World Tag Team Championship
Professional wrestling tag team championship
The Spirit of Ganbare World Tag Team Championship (Japanese: スピリット・オブ・ガンバレ世界タッグ王座, Hepburn: Supiritto obu Ganbare Sekai Taggu Ōza) is a professional wrestling tag team championship promoted by the Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestling (GanPro) promotion. The title is the first tag team title to have been created specifically for GanPro, and the second overall. The current champions are GroundAbsolute (Shuichiro Katsumura and Takuya Wada).
| Spirit of Ganbare World Tag Team Championship | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Details | |||||
| Promotion | Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestling | ||||
| Date established | January 5, 2023 | ||||
| Current champion(s) | GroundAbsolute (Shuichiro Katsumura and Takuya Wada) | ||||
| Date won | July 9, 2023 | ||||
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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.
In September 2021 – now part of the CyberFight umbrella promotion – GanPro created its first own championship, the Spirit of Ganbare World Openweight Championship as a prize for the winner of the 2021 Ganbare☆Climax. On January 5, 2023, GanPro followed with an announcement for the creation of the Spirit of Ganbare World Tag Team Championship.[1] On March 5, at Tsumetai Ame ni Ute, Yakusoku no Jūdan o 2023, the four teams that would compete in a tournament to crown the inaugural champions were announced.[2][3] On May 5, at Love Phantom 2023, Hentai Punch Drunkers (Hikaru Sato and Tyson Maeguchi [ja]) defeated Uruseez (Tatsuhito Takaiwa and Yumehito Imanari) in the final to win the inaugural title.[4]
On April 1, 2024, GanPro officially split from CyberFight and became an independent promotion.[5]
Inaugural tournament
| Semifinals March 25, 2023 | Final May 5, 2023 | ||||||
| Daishōken[lower-alpha 1] (Ken Ohka and Shuichiro Katsumura) | 23:18[6] | ||||||
| Hentai Punch Drunkers[lower-alpha 2] (Hikaru Sato and Tyson Maeguchi [ja]) | Sub | ||||||
| Hentai Punch Drunkers | Pin | ||||||
| Uruseez | 18:41[4] | ||||||
| Uruseez[lower-alpha 3] (Tatsuhito Takaiwa and Yumehito Imanari) | Pin | ||||||
| Romance Dawn (Shota and Soma Takao) | 17:49[6] | ||||||
As of May 11, 2024, there have been two reigns between two teams composed of four individual champions.
The current champions are GroundAbsolute (Shuichiro Katsumura and Takuya Wada), who are in their first reign, both as a team and individually. They won the title by deafeating Hentai Punch Drunkers (Hikaru Sato and Tyson Maeguchi [ja]) on July 9, 2023, at Wrestle Sekigahara II in Tokyo, Japan.[7]
| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific team—reign numbers for the individuals are in parentheses, if different |
| 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 | Hentai Punch Drunkers (Hikaru Sato and Tyson Maeguchi [ja]) |
May 5, 2023 | Love Phantom 2023 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 65 | 1 | Defeated Uruseez (Tatsuhito Takaiwa and Yumehito Imanari) in the final of a 4-team tournament to become the inaugural champions. | [4] |
| 2 | GroundAbsolute (Shuichiro Katsumura and Takuya Wada) |
July 9, 2023 | Wrestle Sekigahara II | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 307+ | 5 | [7] | |
As of May 11, 2024.
By team
| † | Indicates the current champions |
|---|
| Rank | Team | No. of reigns |
Combined defenses |
Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GroundAbsolute † (Shuichiro Katsumura and Takuya Wada) | 1 | 5 | 307+ |
| 2 | Hentai Punch Drunkers (Hikaru Sato and Tyson Maeguchi [ja]) | 1 | 1 | 65 |
By wrestler
| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined defenses |
Combined days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shuichiro Katsumura † | 1 | 5 | 307+ |
| Takuya Wada † | 1 | 5 | 307+ | |
| 3 | Tyson Maeguchi [ja] | 1 | 1 | 65 |
| Hikaru Sato | 1 | 1 | 65 |
- 渡瀬瑞基が前口太尊を熱闘の末に破り、ガンバレ世界無差別級王座初V！「突っ走っていくんで、熱いガンバレ☆プロレスについてこい！」 [Mizuki Watase defeats Tyson Maeguchi after a fierce fight in his first defense of the Spirit of Ganbare World Openweight Championship! "I'm going to keep pushing forward, so follow the hot Gambare☆Pro Wrestling!"]. battle-news.com (in Japanese). January 7, 2023. Archived from the original on January 12, 2023. Retrieved January 12, 2023.
- "[GanPro] Tatsuhito Takaiwa calls out to Yumehito Imanari for the inaugural SOG Tag Team Championship tournament! Ohka & Katsumura, Sato & Maeguchi, Shota & Takao will also enter the tournament!" 【ガンプロ】高岩竜一が初代SOGタッグ王座決定トーナメントに向け今成夢人にラブコール！大家＆勝村、光留＆前口、翔太＆高尾もエントリーへ. proresu-today.com (in Japanese). March 6, 2023. Archived from the original on March 8, 2023. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
- 高岩竜一が初代SOGタッグ王座決定トーナメントに向け今成夢人にラブコール。大家＆勝村、光留＆前口、翔太＆高尾もエントリーへ【ガンプロ】. Tokyo Headline (in Japanese). March 6, 2023. Archived from the original on November 23, 2023. Retrieved November 23, 2023.
- 【ガンプロ】光留＆前口が高岩＆今成を破り、初代SOGタッグ王者に！5・6高島平でダン＆コーディが電撃挑戦. proresu-today.com (in Japanese). May 6, 2023. Archived from the original on November 23, 2023. Retrieved November 23, 2023.
- 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 wwill leave at the end of March.]. proresu-today.com (in Japanese). January 31, 2024.
- 5・5後楽園で初代SOG世界タッグ王座決定戦を争う、高岩＆今成と光留＆前口が一歩も引かず【ガンプロ】. Tokyo Headline (in Japanese). April 14, 2023. Archived from the original on November 23, 2023. Retrieved November 23, 2023.
- "Former champions of Shooto and Pancrase win the top spot in wrestling as well! They won the grueling striking battle and said, "We'll be the punch-drunkers!"" 修斗＆パンクラスの元チャンピオンタッグがプロレスでも頂点獲り！バチバチの打撃戦を制し「こっちがパンチドランカーになるっつーの！」. Battle News (in Japanese). July 9, 2023. Archived from the original on July 13, 2023. Retrieved July 13, 2023.