IWA World Heavyweight Championship (IWA Japan)
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| Date established | July 20, 1994 | ||||||||||||
| Date retired | August 5, 2017 | ||||||||||||
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The IWA World Heavyweight Championship (Japanese: IWA世界ヘビー級王座, Hepburn: IWA Sekai Hebī-kyū Ōza) was a title used on the Japanese independent circuit. The title was the world heavyweight championship of the International Wrestling Association of Japan (IWA Japan).[1] It was later revived in the women's wrestling promotion Gatoh Move Pro Wrestling, where it became part of the IWA Triple Crown Championship (Japanese: IWA三冠統一王座, Hepburn: IWA Sankan Tōitsu Ōza) with a separate reign history.[2]
Title history
[edit]IWA World Heavyweight Championship
[edit]| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| <1 | Reign lasted less than a day |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||||
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| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||||
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| 1 | Dick Slater | July 20, 1994 | Who Is the Best | Iwate Prefecture, Japan | 1 | 391 | Defeated Nobutaka Araya to become the inaugural champion. | [1][3] | ||
| — | Vacated | August 15, 1995 | — | — | — | — | Vacated due to Slater leaving Japan to return to the United States because of his mother's illness. | [1] | ||
| 2 | Tarzan Goto | August 15, 1995 | Kawasaki★Dream: The Indie Dream | Yokkaichi, Japan | 1 | 438 | Defeated Leatherface to win the vacant title. | [1][4] | ||
| — | Vacated | October 26, 1996 | — | — | — | — | Vacated when Goto left the promotion. | [1] | ||
| 3 | Doug Gilbert | January 13, 1998 | House show | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 455 | Won a 15-man Battle Royal Deathmatch by last eliminating Keisuke Yamada to win the vacant title. | [1][5] | ||
| 4 | Ghost Face | April 13, 1999 | House show | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 129 | Previously held the title under the name Tarzan Goto. Reverted to this name on June 27, 1999. | [1] | ||
| — | Vacated | August 20, 1999 | — | — | — | — | Vacated due to unknown circumstances. | [1] | ||
| 5 | Hacksaw Jim Duggan | August 31, 2004 | IWA Japan 10th Anniversary Show | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 239 | Defeated Big Boss Man in a six-man tournament final to win the vacant title. | [1] | ||
| — | Vacated | April 27, 2005 | — | — | — | — | Vacated due to unknown circumstances. | [1] | ||
| 6 | Black Buffalo | July 2, 2009 | House show | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 156 | Defeated Keizo Matsuda to win the vacant championship. | [1] | ||
| 7 | Keizo Matsuda | December 5, 2009 | House show | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 531 | [1] | |||
| — | Vacated | May 20, 2011 | — | — | — | — | Vacated when Matsuda left the promotion. | [1] | ||
| — | Deactivated | July 30, 2011 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 8 | Emi Sakura | November 16, 2013 | House show | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | <1 | Defeated Kyonin Shihan to win the vacant title. This match was also contested for the AWF World Women's Championship and the IWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship. | [1] | ||
| — | Unified | November 16, 2013 | — | — | — | — | Unified with the AWF World Women's Championship and the IWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship to create the IWA Triple Crown Championship. | [1] | ||
IWA Triple Crown Championship
[edit]| No. | Overall reign number |
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| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
| <1 | Reign lasted less than a day |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||||
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| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Defenses | |||||
| Gatoh Move Pro Wrestling | ||||||||||
| 1 | Emi Sakura | November 16, 2013 | IWA Japan house show | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 41 | 0 | Defeated Kyonin Shihan to unify the vacant IWA World Heavyweight Championship, the IWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship and the AWF World Women's Championship. | [1] | |
| 2 | Antonio Honda | December 27, 2013 | Japan Tour #79: Last Itabashi Of 2013 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 29 | 0 | This was an Ogiri Deathmatch. | [2] | |
| 3 | Emi Sakura | January 25, 2014 | Japan Tour #87 | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 197 | 2 | This was a Wasabi Cream Deathmatch. | [2] | |
| 4 | Konaka Pahalwan | August 10, 2014 | Japan Tour #122: Sakura 7 Days War | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 55 | 1 | [2] | ||
| 5 | Emi Sakura | October 4, 2014 | Japan Tour #131 | Tokyo, Japan | 3 | 29 | 1 | [2] | ||
| 6 | Riho | November 2, 2014 | Japan Tour #135: Thinking of Culture | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 323 | 4 | [2] | ||
| 7 | DJ Nira | September 21, 2015 | Japan Tour #187: First Time in Yokohama | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 92 | 2 | [2] | ||
| 8 | Kaori Yoneyama | December 22, 2015 | Japan Tour #202: Last Itabashi of 2015 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 183 | 1 | [2] | ||
| 9 | Riho | June 22, 2016 | Riho 10th Anniversary: Flowers Blooming for 10 Years | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 150 | 0 | [2] | ||
| 10 | Makoto | November 19, 2016 | Japan Tour #258 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 224 | 2 | [2] | ||
| — | Vacated | July 1, 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | Vacated due to Makoto suffering a neck injury. | [2] | |
| 11 | Emi Sakura | August 5, 2017 | Japan Tour #303 | Nagoya, Japan | 4 | <1 | 0 | Defeated Riho to win the vacant title. | [2] | |
| — | Deactivated | August 5, 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | Sakura immediately retired the title and returned the belt to IWA Japan. Gatoh Move then introduced the Super Asia Championship to take its place. | [2] | |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "I.W.A. World Heavyweight Title (I.W.A. Japan)". Puroresu Dojo.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "International Wrestling Association Triple Crown Title". Wrestling-Titles.com.
- ^ "International Wrestling Association Japan - "WHO IS THE BEST"". PuroLove.com (in German). Retrieved August 28, 2021.
- ^ "International Wrestling Association Japan - "KAWASAKI★DREAM ~THE INDIE DREAM~"". PuroLove.com (in German). Retrieved August 28, 2021.
- ^ Hoops, Brian (January 13, 2019). "Pro wrestling history (01/13): TNA Genesis 2013". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved January 18, 2019.