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in the

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. The title was established in 2006 and named after the festival held annually in

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. There have been a total of eight reigns between eight different champions. The current champion is

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who is in his first reign.

Title history

In 2008, the title became inactive after Daichi Kakimoto retired. It was reactivated in 2009 in order for

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and

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to have a nonuple

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at the Ryōgoku Peter Pan event. From 2010 to 2018, the title has been defended each October at the "UTAN Festa" event held outside the Ōmori station in

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. It then remained inactive until November 2022 when DDT returned to UTAN Festa and

defeated Chikara for the title.

Reigns

References

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Title history

Reigns

See also

References