IWA World Heavyweight Championship (IWA Japan)
The IWA World Heavyweight Championship (IWA世界ヘビー級王座, 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 (IWA三冠統一王座, IWA sankan tōitsu ōza) with a separate reign history.[2]
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| Promotion | International Wrestling Association of Japan (1994–2014) Gatoh Move Pro Wrestling (2014–2017) | ||||||||||||
| Date established | July 20, 1994 | ||||||||||||
| Date retired | August 5, 2017 | ||||||||||||
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Title history
IWA World Heavyweight Championship
| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| (NLT) | Championship change took place "no later than" the date listed |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||||
| International Wrestling Association of Japan | ||||||||||
| 1 | Dick Slater | July 20, 1994 | House show | Iwate Prefecture, Japan | 1 | 391 | Defeated Nobutaka Araya to become the inaugural champion. | [1] | ||
| — | 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 | House show | Yokkaichi, Japan | 1 | 438 | Defeated Leatherface to win the vacant title. | [1] | ||
| — | 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][3] | ||
| 4 | Ghost Face | April 13, 1999 | House show | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | [lower-alpha 1] | Previously held the title under the name Tarzan Goto. Reverted back to this name on June 27, 1999. | [1] | ||
| — | Vacated | August 1999 (NLT) | — | — | — | — | Vacated due to unknown circumstances. | [1] | ||
| 5 | Hacksaw Jim Duggan | August 31, 2004 | IWA Japan 10th Anniversary Show | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | [lower-alpha 2] | Defeated Big Boss Man in a six-man tournament final to win the vacant title. | [1] | ||
| — | Vacated | 2005 (NLT) | — | — | — | — | 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 | [lower-alpha 3] | [1] | |||
| — | Vacated | 2011 (NLT) | — | — | — | — | Vacated when Matsuda left the promotion. | [1] | ||
| — | Deactivated | 2011 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 8 | Emi Sakura | November 16, 2013 | House show | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 41 | 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
| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| 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. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Gatoh Move Japan Tour #79: Last Itabashi Of 2013 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 29 | 0 | This was an Ogiri Deathmatch. | [2] | |
| 3 | Emi Sakura | January 25, 2014 | Gatoh Move Japan Tour #87 | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 197 | 2 | This was a Wasabi Cream Deathmatch. | [2] | |
| 4 | Konaka=Pehlwan | August 10, 2014 | Gatoh Move Japan Tour #122: Sakura 7 Days War | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 55 | 1 | [2] | ||
| 5 | Emi Sakura | October 4, 2014 | Gatoh Move Japan Tour #131 | Tokyo, Japan | 3 | 29 | 1 | [2] | ||
| 6 | Riho | November 2, 2014 | Gatoh Move Japan Tour #135: Thinking Of Culture | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 323 | 4 | [2] | ||
| 7 | DJ Nira | September 21, 2015 | Gatoh Move Japan Tour #187: First Time In Yokohama | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 92 | 2 | [2] | ||
| 8 | Kaori Yoneyama | December 22, 2015 | Gatoh Move Japan Tour #202: Last Itabashi Of 2015 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 183 | 1 | [2] | ||
| 9 | Riho | June 22, 2016 | Gatoh Move Riho 10th Anniversary: Flowers Blooming For 10 Years | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 150 | 0 | [2] | ||
| 10 | Makoto | November 19, 2016 | Gatoh Move 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 | Gatoh Move 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 created the Super Asia Championship to take its place. | [2] | |
Footnotes
- The exact date the championship was vacated has not been confirmed, putting their title reign at between 110 days and 140 days.
- The exact date the championship was vacated has not been confirmed, putting their title reign at between 123 days and 487 days.
- The exact date the championship was vacated has not been confirmed, putting their title reign at between 392 days and 756 days.
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References
- "I.W.A. World Heavyweight Title (I.W.A. Japan)". Puroresu Dojo.
- "International Wrestling Association Triple Crown Title". Wrestling-Titles.com.
- Hoops, Brian (January 13, 2019). "Pro wrestling history (01/13): TNA Genesis 2013". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
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