Gaora TV Championship

The Gaora TV Championship (GAORA TV チャンピオンシップ, Gaora TV 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. The current titleholder is Yoshitatsu, in his first reign.

Gaora TV Championship
Details
PromotionAll Japan Pro Wrestling
Date establishedOctober 7, 2012
Current champion(s)Yoshitatsu
Date wonMay 27, 2019
Other name(s)
PWF Television Heavyweight Championship
AJPW Television Heavyweight Championship
AJPW Gaora TV Championship

Championship tournament
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
Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
+ Current reign is changing daily
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days
1 Seiya Sanada October 7, 2012 40th Anniversary Tour 2012 Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan 1 232 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 [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 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 [5]
5 Kenso December 14, 2014 Kyohei Wada Referee 40th Anniversary & 60th Birthday Commemorative Tournament Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan 1 172   [6]
6 Sushi June 4, 2015 2015 Dynamite Series Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan 2 72   [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 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 [10]
9 Yohei Nakajima June 15, 2016 2016 Dynamite Series Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan 2 29 [11]
10 Takeshi Minamino July 14, 2016 2016 Summer Action Series Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan 1 28 [12]
11 Yohei Nakajima August 11, 2016 2016 Summer Explosion Ueda, Nagano, Japan 3 9 [13]
12 Billyken Kid August 20, 2016 2016 Summer Explosion Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan 1 30 [14]
13 Yohei Nakajima September 19, 2016 Korakuen Hall Taikai Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan 4 69 [15]
14 Jiro Kuroshio November 27, 2016 Zen Nihon Puroresu in Ryōgoku Kokugikan Sumida, Tokyo, Japan 1 80 [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 Akiyama defeated Kenso to win the vacant title. [18]
16 Tajiri July 15, 2018 2018 Summer Action Series Tokyo, Japan 1 316
17 Yoshitatsu May 27, 2019 2019 Super Power Series Gifu, Japan 1 442+

Combined reigns

As of August 11, 2020.

Current champion Yoshitatsu
Inaugural champion Seiya Sanada
Record longest reigning champion Jun Akiyama
† Indicates the current champion
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns		 Combined
days
1 Jun Akiyama 1 490
2 Yoshitatsu † 1 442+
3 Yohei Nakajima 4 405
4 Tajiri 1 316
5 Sushi 2 246
6 Seiya Sanada 1 232
7 Kotaro Suzuki 1 211
8 Kenso 1 172
9 René Duprée 1 107
10 Jiro Kuroshio 1 80
11 Billyken Kid 1 30
12 Takeshi Minamino 1 28
13 Kazuhiro Tamura 1 6
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See also

References
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