Wrestle-1 Championship#Championship tournament

On July 21, 2014, a full year after the start of the promotion, Wrestle-1 announced the creation of its first own title, the Wrestle-1 Championship.{{cite web | url = http://www.w-1.co.jp/news/detail.php?id=2764 | title = Wrestle-1王座新設のお知らせ | date=July 21, 2014 | access-date=August 10, 2014 | work=Wrestle-1 | language=ja}}{{cite web | url = http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/TNA_News_1/article_79738.shtml | title = TNA news: Tag Champs returning to Japan for potential title defense, W-1 to determine first Champ before BFG PPV | last=Caldwell | first=James | date=July 22, 2014 | access-date=August 10, 2014 | work=Pro Wrestling Torch}} Previous Wrestle-1 events had featured matches for championships owned by other promotions like All Star Wrestling (ASW), European Wrestling Promotion (EWP), Pro Wrestling Zero1 and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).{{cite web | url = http://www.w-1.co.jp/schedule/tour.php?id=1473 | title = Fighting Entertainment Wrestle-1 「衝撃～Impact～」 | date=July 6, 2014 | access-date=August 10, 2014 | work=Wrestle-1 | language=ja}}{{cite web | url = http://sportsnavi.yahoo.co.jp/sports/fight/all/2014/columndtl/201407060005-spnavi | title = ムタが本家ムーンサルトで真田を撃破 自称エース・Kaiが屈辱の髪切り＝W-1 | last=Takagi | first=Hiromi | date=July 6, 2014 | access-date=August 10, 2014 | work=Sports Navi | publisher=Yahoo! | language=ja}} It was announced that the inaugural champion would be determined in a sixteen-man single-elimination tournament taking place between September 21 and October 8. Wrestle-1's founder Keiji Mutoh quickly announced that he would not be taking part in the tournament.{{cite web | url = http://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/prores/mens_prores/292908/ | script-title=ja:武藤Ｗ－１王座決定トーナメント不参加 | date=July 23, 2014 | access-date=August 10, 2014 | work=Tokyo Sports | language=ja}} The tournament brackets were revealed on August 8, with the exception of two participants, who would be determined in qualifying matches on August 31.{{cite web | url = http://www.w-1.co.jp/news/detail.php?id=2801 | title = トーナメント出場選手、トーナメント組合せ決定！～「Wrestle-1 Tour 2014 初代王者決定トーナメント」開催概要のお知らせ | date=August 8, 2014 | access-date=August 10, 2014 | work=Wrestle-1 | language=ja}}{{cite web | url = http://battle-news.com/archive_news/index.php?QBlog-20140808-7 | title = フリーとして参戦していた征矢がW-1に入団！初代王者決定トーナメントの組み合わせ＆8.31後楽園の全カードが決定！ | date=August 8, 2014 | access-date=August 10, 2014 | work=Battle News | language=ja}} In the qualifying matches, Jiro Kuroshio defeated Andy Wu and Daiki Inaba defeated Koji Doi.{{cite web | url = http://www.w-1.co.jp/schedule/tour.php?id=1498 | title = Wrestle-1 Tour 2014 Flashing Summer | date=August 31, 2014 | access-date=August 31, 2014 | work=Wrestle-1 | language=ja}} The tournament featured only wrestlers officially signed to Wrestle-1 and none of the freelancers or outside wrestlers working regularly for the promotion. Pro Wrestling Zero1's reigning World Heavyweight Champion Masakatsu Funaki announced he was looking to defend his title throughout the tournament and unifying it with the Wrestle-1 Championship.{{cite web | url = http://www.nikkansports.com/battle/news/p-bt-tp0-20140813-1350101.html | script-title=ja:船木Ｗ１王者へゼロワンと統一王座だ | date=August 13, 2014 | access-date=August 13, 2014 | work=Nikkan Sports | language=ja}}{{cite web | url = http://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/prores/mens_prores/300764/ | script-title=ja:Ｗ－１初代王者決定Ｔ 船木「１回戦からベルトかける」 | date=August 13, 2014 | access-date=August 13, 2014 | work=Tokyo Sports | language=ja}} However, just before the start of the tournament on September 19, Funaki lost the World Heavyweight Championship.{{cite web | url = http://www.z-1.co.jp/zero1/interview?targetId=724 | script-title=ja:9/19後楽園大会　試合結果 | date=September 19, 2014 | access-date=September 19, 2014 | work=Pro Wrestling Zero1 | language=ja}}{{cite web | url = http://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/prores/mens_prores/314669/ | script-title=ja:耕平が船木から王座奪還 | date=September 20, 2014 | access-date=September 20, 2014 | work=Tokyo Sports | language=ja}} The Wrestle-1 Championship belt was unveiled at a press conference on September 17.{{cite web | url = http://www.w-1.co.jp/news/detail.php?id=2907 | title = 【Wrestle-1 Championship】ベルトお披露目＆「初代王者決定トーナメント」出場選手 記者会見 vol.1 | date=September 17, 2014 | access-date=September 17, 2014 | work=Wrestle-1 | language=ja}}{{cite web | url = http://www.nikkansports.com/battle/news/f-bt-tp0-20140917-1368277.html | title = 武藤W－１「初代王者決定T」ベルト披露 | date=September 17, 2014 | access-date=September 17, 2014 | work=Nikkan Sports | language=ja}}{{cite web | url = http://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/prores/mens_prores/313377/ | script-title=ja:「Ｗ―１」新チャンピオンベルトお披露目　武藤「世界のレスラーの目標に」 | date=September 17, 2014 | access-date=September 17, 2014 | work=Tokyo Sports | language=ja}} The first two rounds of the tournament were held over three shows between September 21 and 23 and saw Kai, Masakatsu Funaki, Masayuki Kono and Shuji Kondo advance to set up the two semifinal matches for October 8.{{cite web | url = http://www.w-1.co.jp/news/detail.php?id=2937 | title = それぞれの想いを胸に、10.8後楽園で準決勝＆決勝開催！～船木誠勝選手、Kai選手、近藤修司選手会見 | date=September 24, 2014 | access-date=September 25, 2014 | work=Wrestle-1 | language=ja}}{{cite web | url = http://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/prores/mens_prores/316338/ | title = Kaiが誰よりも初代王者になりたい理由 | date=September 25, 2014 | access-date=September 25, 2014 | work=Tokyo Sports | language=ja}}{{cite web | url = http://battle-news.com/archive_news/index.php?QBlog-20140923-4 | title = 10.8後楽園で行われるW-1初代王者決定トーナメント準決勝の組み合わせがKaivs近藤、船木vs河野に決定！ | date=September 23, 2014 | access-date=September 25, 2014 | work=Battle News | language=ja}} In the semifinals, Kai and Kono were victorious over Kondo and Funaki, respectively, setting up a final match later that same day, where Kono defeated Kai to win the tournament and become the inaugural Wrestle-1 Champion.{{cite web | url = http://www.nikkansports.com/battle/news/f-bt-tp0-20141009-1379256.html | script-title=ja:初代Ｗ－１王者河野、挑戦者に武藤指名 | date=October 9, 2014 | access-date=October 8, 2014 | work=Nikkan Sports |language=ja}}{{cite web | url = http://www.pwinsider.com/article/88752/alberto-del-rio-heading-to-japan-and-more-wrestle1-news.html?p=1 | title = Alberto Del Rio heading to Japan and more Wrestle-1 news | last=Lions | first=Phil | date=October 8, 2014 | access-date=October 8, 2014 | work=Pro Wrestling Insider}}

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(September 21, 22)

| RD2=Second round
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| RD3=Semifinals
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| RD4=Finals
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| RD1-team02 =Manabu Soya

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| RD1-team04 =Daiki Inaba

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| RD1-team06 =Seiki Yoshioka

| RD1-score05=Pin

| RD1-score06={{nowrap|18:48}}

| RD1-team07 =Shuji Kondo

| RD1-team08 =Kaz Hayashi

| RD1-score07=Pin

| RD1-score08={{nowrap|16:35}}

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| RD1-team10 =Tajiri

| RD1-score09=Sub

| RD1-score10={{nowrap|03:50}}

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| RD1-team12 =Akira

| RD1-score11=Pin

| RD1-score12={{nowrap|07:34}}

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| RD1-team14 =Jiro Kuroshio

| RD1-score13=Pin

| RD1-score14={{nowrap|04:56}}

| RD1-team15 =Yasufumi Nakanoue

| RD1-team16 =Yusuke Kodama

| RD1-score15=Pin

| RD1-score16={{nowrap|12:32}}

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| RD2-team02 =Minoru Tanaka

| RD2-score01=Pin

| RD2-score02={{nowrap|18:18{{cite web | url = http://www.w-1.co.jp/schedule/tour.php?id=1505 | title = Wrestle-1 Tour 2014 初代王者決定トーナメント | date=September 23, 2014 | access-date=September 23, 2014 | work=Wrestle-1 | language=ja}}}}

| RD2-team03 =Hiroshi Yamato

| RD2-team04 =Shuji Kondo

| RD2-score03=Pin

| RD2-score04={{nowrap|15:11}}

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| RD2-team06 =Akira

| RD2-score05=Pin

| RD2-score06={{nowrap|14:13}}

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| RD2-team08 =Yusuke Kodama

| RD2-score07=Sub

| RD2-score08={{nowrap|09:07}}

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| RD3-score01=Pin

| RD3-score02={{nowrap|12:50}}

| RD3-team03 =Masakatsu Funaki

| RD3-team04 =Masayuki Kono

| RD3-score03=Pin

| RD3-score04={{nowrap|07:10}}

| RD4-team01 =Kai

| RD4-team02 =Masayuki Kono

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