Wave Single Championship

Wave Single Championship

Yumi Ohka, the inaugural and longest-reigning Wave Single Champion
Details
Promotion Pro Wrestling Wave
Date established December 5, 2012[1]
Current champion(s) Yuu Yamagata
Date won December 27, 2015[2]

The Wave Single Championship is a women's professional wrestling championship owned by the Pro Wrestling Wave promotion. The title is nicknamed "Regina di Wave",[6] which is Italian for "Queen of Wave".[1] The championship, which is situated at the top of Pro Wrestling Wave's championship hierarchy, was first announced on December 5, 2012.[1] The inaugural champion was crowned on March 17, 2013, when Yumi Ohka defeated Kana in the finals of a five-woman tournament.[3]

Like most professional wrestling championships, the title is won as a result of a scripted match. There have been four reigns shared among four wrestlers. Yuu Yamagata is the current champion in her first reign.[2]

History

On December 5, 2012, Pro Wrestling Wave's founder and booker Gami announced the creation of the Wave Single Championship.[1] Prior to the announcement, Wave, which was founded in August 2007, had no singles championships; instead the annual Catch the Wave tournament served as the promotion's top singles achievement.

Regina di Wave tournament

Gami then announced that the inaugural champion would be determined in a four-woman single-elimination "Regina di Wave" tournament, which would include three former winners of Catch the Wave; Ayumi Kurihara (winner of the 2012 tournament), Kana (2011) and Yumi Ohka (2009), and the winner of a one-night Zan-1 tournament, a three-round tournament, which included a battle royal, a rock-paper-scissors round and a fan vote. Gami herself was also a former Catch the Wave winner from 2010, but decided not to put herself in the title tournament.[1] On December 16, Misaki Ohata won the Zan-1 tournament to earn the fourth and final spot in the title tournament.[7][8] On January 23, 2013, a random draw decided that in the first round of the tournament on February 17, Ayumi Kurihara would face Kana, while Misaki Ohata would face Yumi Ohka.[9][10] The finals of the tournament were set to take place on March 17.[8] On February 16, Wave announced that Kurihara had suffered a nasal and orbital floor fracture and would be forced to pull out of the tournament.[11][12] She would be replaced by Mio Shirai, who had finished second in the Zan-1 tournament.[12] In the following day's semifinal matches, Kana defeated Shirai, while Ohka defeated Ohata. However, it was announced that if Kurihara was able to return to the ring by March 17, she would get to wrestle Kana for a spot in the finals.[13][14][15][16] On March 7, Kurihara announced that she was going to make her return for the match against Kana. In order to prevent Ohka from having the advantage of having to wrestle only one match on March 17, she was put in a non-tournament match against Gami.[17] On March 17, Kana defeated Kurihara to hold on to her spot in the finals of the tournament.[3] Later that same day, Ohka defeated Kana in the finals to win the tournament and become the inaugural Wave Single Champion.[3][18][19]

  Semifinal
(February 17, 2013)		 Semifinals
(February 17, 2013
March 17, 2013)		 Finals
(March 17, 2013)
                     
   
   Yumi Ohka Pin  
     Misaki Ohata 20:17[16]  
 
     
     Yumi Ohka Pin
   Kana 15:04[3]
     
   
 Ayumi Kurihara Sub
     Kana 14:16[3]  
 Kana Sub
   Mio Shirai 11:26[16]  

Title history

# Order in reign history
Reign The reign number for the specific wrestler listed
Event The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the title was won
Successful defenses The number of successful defenses the champion had during her reign
— Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
+ Indicates the current reign is changing daily
# Wrestler Reign Date Days
held		 Location Event Successful
defenses		 Notes Ref(s)
1 Yumi Ohka 1 March 17, 2013 525 Tokyo Sunday Wave Vol. 14 7[20] Ohka defeated Kana in the finals of a five-woman tournament to become the inaugural champion. [3]
2 Hikaru Shida 1 August 24, 2014 171 Tokyo Happy Anniversary Wave: Seven 4[21] [20]
3 Ayako Hamada 1 February 11, 2015 319 Tokyo Second Virgin 4[2] [21]
4 Yuu Yamagata 1 December 27, 2015 355+ Tokyo Thanksgiving Wave 4[22] [2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 初のシングル王者決定戦開催／Wave. Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). December 5, 2012. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 年末大感謝祭 Thanksgiving Wave. Pro Wrestling Wave (in Japanese). Retrieved December 28, 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Sunday Wave vol.14 3月17日(日)東京・新宿Face. Pro Wrestling Wave (in Japanese). Retrieved March 18, 2013.
  4. ↑ 浜田文子. Zabun (in Japanese). Archived from the original on February 11, 2015. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  5. ↑ 志田 光. Oz Academy (in Japanese). Archived from the original on August 24, 2014. Retrieved August 24, 2014.
  6. ↑ Waveが10・30後楽園大会の全カードを発表！引退直前のGamiはシングル5人掛け！元仙女の水波が里村と一騎打ち！. Battle News (in Japanese). October 17, 2013. Retrieved January 28, 2014.
  7. ↑ 大畠、シングル王座決定戦進出／Wave. Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). December 16, 2012. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
  8. 1 2 "Regina di Wave". Pro Wrestling Wave (in Japanese). Archived from the original on February 12, 2013. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Weekday Wave Vol-57". Pro Wrestling Wave (in Japanese). Retrieved March 17, 2013.
  10. ↑ シングル王座かけ４選手が激突／Wave. Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). January 23, 2012. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
  11. ↑ 栗原あゆみが怪我のために欠場/華名の対戦相手には紫雷美央が決定。. Pro Wrestling Wave (in Japanese). February 16, 2013. Archived from the original on February 16, 2013. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
  12. 1 2 眼窩底＆鼻骨骨折の栗原に代わり、美央が2・17『Regina di Waveトーナメント』1回戦で暫定的に華名と対戦！. Battle News (in Japanese). February 16, 2013. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
  13. ↑ 華名、暫定１回戦を突破／Wave. Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). February 17, 2013. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
  14. ↑ 桜花「必ず初代のベルト巻く」／Wave. Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). February 17, 2013. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
  15. ↑ Regina di Wave開幕！桜花が大畠を、華名が美央を撃破したが、栗原が3・17に復帰出来れば改めて華名vs栗原！. Battle News (in Japanese). February 18, 2013. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
  16. 1 2 3 Sunday Wave vol.13　・2月17日(日)東京・新宿Face. Pro Wrestling Wave (in Japanese). Retrieved March 17, 2013.
  17. ↑ Weekday Wave vol.59 3月7日(木)東京・新木場1stRing. Pro Wrestling Wave (in Japanese). Retrieved March 17, 2013.
  18. ↑ "桜花、華名を下し初代王者に／Wave". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). March 17, 2013. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
  19. ↑ 決勝戦で華名を下し、桜花がレスラー生活12年目にして初のシングルタイトルとなる初代Regina di Waveを獲得！. Battle News (in Japanese). March 18, 2013. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
  20. 1 2 "Happy Anniversary Wave ～Seven～". Pro Wrestling Wave (in Japanese). Retrieved August 25, 2014.
  21. 1 2 "Second Virgin". Pro Wrestling Wave (in Japanese). Retrieved February 13, 2015.
  22. ↑ 10･10　Wave後楽園大会　【Wave認定シングル】山縣vs米山　【Dual Shock Waveトーナメント決勝】関西＆山下vs水波＆橋本. Battle News (in Japanese). October 13, 2016. Retrieved October 13, 2016.
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