Smash Championship

Smash Championship
Details
Promotion Smash
Date established October 28, 2011
Date retired March 14, 2012[1]

The Smash Championship was a professional wrestling championship, owned and promoted by the Japanese Smash promotion. Championship reigns were determined by professional wrestling matches, in which competitors were involved in scripted rivalries. These narratives created feuds between the various competitors, which cast them as villains and heroes.

Tournament

The tournament to crown the inaugural champion was held over five months and five events. The first round was held over two events, Smash.18 and Smash.19 on June 9 and July 15, 2011, the second round at Smash.20 on August 11, the semifinals at Smash.21 on September 8, and the finals at Smash.22 on October 28, 2011.

The tournament brackets were:

Round one
(Smash.18–19) 		Round two
(Smash.20) 		Semifinals
(Smash.21) 		Finals
(Smash.22)
        
Shinya Ishikawa Pin
Yusuke Kodama 7:51[2]
Shinya Ishikawa 9:27[3]
Tajiri Pin
Funaki 7:53[2]
Tajiri Pin
Tajiri 19:41[4]
Akira Pin
Akira DQ
Takashi Iizuka 8:37[2]
Akira Pin
Zeus 7:55[3]
Yoshiaki Yago 4:17[5]
Zeus Pin
Tajiri 15:12[6]
StarBuck Pin
Hajime Ohara Pin
Último Dragón 17:20[2]
Hajime Ohara 9:32[3]
Veneno Pin
Katsutoshi Kito 7:02[5]
Veneno Pin
Veneno 13:25[4]
StarBuck Pin
Genichiro Tenryu Pin
Michael Kovac 5:56[2]
Genichiro Tenryu 7:33[3]
StarBuck Pin
StarBuck Bye
  *

* StarBuck won an eight-man tournament in Fight Club Finland (FCF) to advance to the second round of the Smash Championship tournament.[7]

Title history

# Wrestlers Reign Date Days
held		 Successful
defences		 Location Event Notes Ref.
1 StarBuck 1 October 28, 2011 27 2[8] Bunkyo, Tokyo Smash.22 Defeated Tajiri in the finals of a fifteen-man tournament to become the inaugural champion. [6]
2 Dave Finlay 1 November 24, 2011 87 1 Bunkyo, Tokyo Smash.23 [9]
— Vacated — February 19, 2012 — — Bunkyo, Tokyo Smash.25 On February 10, 2012, Smash announced it would cease its operations on March 14, 2012. Finlay vacated the title at the promotion's penultimate event. [10][11]
— Retired — March 14, 2012 — — Bunkyo, Tokyo Smash.Final Tajiri retired the title at the end of the final Smash event. [1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "3・14『Smash.Final』試合結果（メインイベント）". Smash (in Japanese). March 14, 2012. Retrieved March 14, 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "6・9『Smash.18』全試合結果". Smash (in Japanese). June 9, 2011. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "8・11『Smash.20』全試合結果". Smash (in Japanese). August 11, 2011. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
  4. 1 2 "9・8『Smash.21』全試合結果". Smash (in Japanese). September 8, 2011. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
  5. 1 2 "7・15『Smash.19』全試合結果". Smash (in Japanese). July 15, 2011. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
  6. 1 2 "10・28『Smash.22』全試合結果". Smash (in Japanese). October 28, 2011. Retrieved October 28, 2011.
  7. ↑ "FCF代表スターバックが天龍と8・11『Smash.20』トーナメント2回戦で激突へ！". Smash (in Japanese). July 16, 2011. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
  8. ↑ "Smash Championship". Cagematch. Retrieved February 12, 2012.
  9. ↑ "『Smash.23』全試合結果". Smash (in Japanese). November 24, 2011. Retrieved November 24, 2011.
  10. ↑ "2・19『Smash.25』全試合結果". Smash (in Japanese). February 19, 2012. Retrieved February 19, 2012.
  11. ↑ "【※重要】 「Smash」第１章活動休止のお知らせ". Smash (in Japanese). February 10, 2012. Retrieved February 19, 2012.
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