Smash Championship

Not to be confused with Smash Wrestling Championship.
Smash Championship
Details
PromotionSmash
Date establishedOctober 28, 2011
Date retiredMarch 14, 2012[1]
Statistics
First champion(s)StarBuck
Final champion(s)Dave Finlay
Most reignsAll champions (1 reign)
Longest reignDave Finlay (87 days)
Shortest reignStarBuck (27 days)
Oldest championDave Finlay (53 years, 35 days)
Youngest championStarBuck (38 years, 187 days)
Heaviest championDave Finlay (107 kg (236 lb))
Lightest championStarBuck (102 kg (225 lb))

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[4]
Tajiri Pin
Funaki 7:53[2]
Tajiri Pin
Tajiri 19:41[5]
Akira Pin
Akira DQ
Takashi Iizuka 8:37[2]
Akira Pin
Zeus 7:55[4]
Yoshiaki Yago 4:17[3]
Zeus Pin
Tajiri 15:12[6]
StarBuck Pin
Hajime Ohara Pin
Último Dragón 17:20[2]
Hajime Ohara 9:32[4]
Veneno Pin
Katsutoshi Kito 7:02[3]
Veneno Pin
Veneno 13:25[5]
StarBuck Pin
Genichiro Tenryu Pin
Michael Kovac 5:56[2]
Genichiro Tenryu 7:33[4]
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

Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
Defenses Number of successful defenses
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days Defenses
1 StarBuck October 28, 2011 Smash.22 Tokyo, Japan 1 27 2[8] StarBuck defeated Tajiri in the finals of a fifteen-man tournament to become the inaugural champion. [5]
2 Dave Finlay November 24, 2011 Smash.23 Tokyo, Japan 1 87 1 [9][10]
— Vacated  February 19, 2012 Smash.25 Tokyo, Japan — — — Tajiri retired the championship at the end of the final Smash event. [1]
— Deactivated  March 14, 2012 Smash.Final Tokyo, Japan — — — On February 10, 2012, Smash announced it would cease its operations on March 14, 2012. Dave Finlay vacated the championship at the promotion's penultimate event. [1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "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. ^ a b c d e "6・9『Smash.18』全試合結果". Smash (in Japanese). June 9, 2011. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
  3. ^ a b "7・15『Smash.19』全試合結果". Smash (in Japanese). July 15, 2011. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
  4. ^ a b c d "8・11『Smash.20』全試合結果". Smash (in Japanese). August 11, 2011. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
  5. ^ a b c "9・8『Smash.21』全試合結果". Smash (in Japanese). September 8, 2011. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
  6. ^ "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 - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved February 12, 2012.
  9. ^ "2・19『Smash.25』全試合結果". Smash (in Japanese). February 19, 2012. Retrieved February 19, 2012.
  10. ^ "【※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.