WWWA World Heavyweight Championship
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The WWWA World Heavyweight Championship was the top singles championship in All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling
from 1970 until it closed in 2005. It was also known in Pro Wrestling Illustrated
and other London Publishing wrestling magazines as the All-Japan Women's International Championship. The title was descended from the original World Women's Championship, which Mildred Burke
won in 1937.
All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling
, nicknamed Zenjo was a joshi puroresu promotion established in 1968 by Takashi Matsunaga and his brothers. The group held their first card on June 4 of that year...
from 1970 until it closed in 2005. It was also known in Pro Wrestling Illustrated
Pro Wrestling Illustrated
Pro Wrestling Illustrated is a professional wrestling magazine. PWI is currently based in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania and published by Kappa Publishing Group.-History:The first issue of Pro Wrestling Illustrated was released in 1979...
and other London Publishing wrestling magazines as the All-Japan Women's International Championship. The title was descended from the original World Women's Championship, which Mildred Burke
Mildred Burke
Mildred Bliss was an American professional wrestler, who wrestled under the name Mildred Burke. She is a member of the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame as well as the Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame. Her heyday lasted from the mid-1930s to the mid-1950s, when she held the World Women's...
won in 1937.
History
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| Mildred Burke Mildred Burke Mildred Bliss was an American professional wrestler, who wrestled under the name Mildred Burke. She is a member of the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame as well as the Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame. Her heyday lasted from the mid-1930s to the mid-1950s, when she held the World Women's... |
1 | January 1937 | Won the original World Women's title from Clara Mortenson. Continued to recognize herself as the first and still-undefeated World Women's champion, even after the National Wrestling Alliance National Wrestling Alliance The National Wrestling Alliance is a wrestling promotion company and sanctions various NWA championships in the United States. The NWA has been in operation since 1948... had ceased to recognize her as champion after officials called her two out of three falls encounter with June Byers June Byers DeAlva Eyvonnie Sibley , better known by her ring name of June Byers, was an American women's professional wrestler famous in the 1950s and early 1960s. She held the World Women's Championship for ten years and is a member of the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame.-Early life:Born in Houston,... on August 20, 1954 in Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in... which never had a finish. Mildred returned to the promotion she founded, World Women's Wrestling Association and continued to defend the championship. |
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| Vacant | 1956 | Burke retires. Title inactive. | ||
| Marie Vagnone | 1 | August 1970 | Los Angeles, CA | Wins tournament. Presented the belt by Mildred Burke. |
| Aiko Kyo | 1 | October 15, 1970 | Tokyo Tokyo , ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family... |
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| Jean Antoine Jean Antoine Jean Antoine is an American former professional wrestler. After debuting in 1961, she worked a series of mixed tag team matches with partner Terry Funk. In the early 1970s, she went to Japan to work for All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling. While part of the company, she held the WWWA World Championship... |
1 | March 9, 1972 | Odawara, Kanagawa Odawara, Kanagawa is a city located in western Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the city had an estimated population of 198,466 with a population density of 1,740 persons per km² . The total area was .-Geography:... |
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| Aiko Kyo | 2 | March 15, 1972 | Nagoya, Aichi Nagoya, Aichi is the third-largest incorporated city and the fourth most populous urban area in Japan.Located on the Pacific coast in the Chūbu region on central Honshu, it is the capital of Aichi Prefecture and is one of Japan's major ports along with those of Tokyo, Osaka, Kobe, Yokohama, Chiba, and Moji... |
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| Sandy Starr | 1 | April 26, 1972 | Osaka Osaka is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe... |
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| Aiko Kyo | 3 | May 24, 1972 | Fukuoka, Fukuoka Fukuoka, Fukuoka is the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture and is situated on the northern shore of the island of Kyushu in Japan.Voted number 14 in a 2010 poll of the World's Most Livable Cities, Fukuoka is praised for its green spaces in a metropolitan setting. It is the most populous city in Kyushu, followed by... |
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| Sarah Lee | 1 | July 1, 1972 | Tokyo | |
| Miyoko Hoshino | 1 | July 26, 1972 | Kasugabe | |
| Sandy Parker Sandy Parker Sandy Parker is a retired Black Canadian female professional wrestler. She debuted in 1969, wrestling in Canada, the United States, and Japan. In Japan, she worked for All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling, holding numerous titles... |
1 | May 15, 1973 | Choshi, Chiba Choshi, Chiba is a city located on the Pacific Ocean coast of Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It is the easternmost city in the Greater Tokyo Area. The easternmost point in the Greater Tokyo Area is Cape Inubō.... |
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| Miyoko Hoshino | 2 | July 10, 1973 | Kasama, Ibaraki Kasama, Ibaraki is a city located in central Ibaraki, Japan.Kasama was once a castle town and post-station town during the Edo Period , and a shrine town of Kasama Inari Shrine in the Meiji Period . Stone quarrying is its main activity... |
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| Jumbo Miyamoto | 1 | September 11, 1973 | Tokyo | |
| Bambi Ball | 1 | March 2, 1974 | Kawasaki, Kanagawa Kawasaki, Kanagawa is a city located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, between Tokyo and Yokohama. It is the 9th most populated city in Japan and one of the main cities forming the Greater Tokyo Area and Keihin Industrial Area.... |
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| Vacant | March 1974 | Ball is injured. | ||
| Jumbo Miyamoto | 2 | March 6, 1974 | Maehashi | Defeats Jane O'Brien. |
| Jackie West | 1 | April 1, 1974 | Kobe, Hyogo | |
| Jumbo Miyamoto | 3 | April 24, 1974 | Kumamoto, Kumamoto Kumamoto, Kumamoto is the capital city of Kumamoto Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan. Greater Kumamoto has a population of 1,460,000, as of the 2000 census... |
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| Mach Fumiake | 1 | March 19, 1975 | Tokyo | |
| Jumbo Miyamoto | 4 | April 2, 1975 | Osaka | |
| Mariko Akagi | 1 | March 15, 1976 | Tokyo | |
| Jumbo Miyamoto | 5 | April 17, 1976 | Toyokawa, Aichi Toyokawa, Aichi is a medium-sized city of about 180,000 people located in the eastern part of Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The city, founded on June 1, 1943, originally comprised the three formerly independent Hoi-gun towns of Toyokawa , Ko , Ushikubo , and the village of Yawata... |
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| Maki Ueda | 1 | June 8, 1976 | Tottori, Tottori Tottori, Tottori is the capital city of Tottori Prefecture in the Chūgoku region of Japan.As of 2006, the city has an estimated population of 200,974 and a density of 262.48 persons per km². The total area is 765.66 km².... |
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| Mariko Akagi | 2 | November 30, 1976 | Tokyo | |
| Maki Ueda | 2 | July 29, 1977 | Tokyo | |
| Jackie Sato Jackie Sato , better known as was a professional wrestler from Yokohama, Japan. In the 1970s, while wrestling for All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling , she formed the tag team, the Beauty Pair, with Maki Ueda. Following in the steps of Mach Fumiake, the Beauty Pair was part of an important shift in the culture... |
1 | November 1, 1977 | Tokyo | |
| Monster Ripper Rhonda Singh Rhonda Ann Sing was a Canadian professional wrestler. After training with Mildred Burke, she wrestled in Japan under the name Monster Ripper. In 1987, she returned to Canada and began working with Stampede Wrestling, where she was their first Stampede Women's Champion... |
1 | July 31, 1979 | Tokyo | |
| Jackie Sato | 2 | September 13, 1979 | Tokyo | |
| Monster Ripper | 2 | March 15, 1980 | Kawasaki, Kanagawa | |
| Vacant | August 8, 1980 | Declared vacant after a match against Jackie Sato. | ||
| Jackie Sato | 3 | December 16, 1980 | Tokyo | Defeats Nancy Kumi. |
| Jaguar Yokota Jaguar Yokota is a Japanese professional wrestler and later wrestling trainer, who wrestled under the name . She is widely considered one of the greatest female wrestlers of all time, and, during her heyday in the early 1980s, was considered one of the best wrestlers in the world, irrespective of... |
1 | February 25, 1981 | Yokohama, Kanagawa | |
| La Galactica | 1 | May 7, 1983 | Kawasaki, Kanagawa | |
| Jaguar Yokota | 2 | June 1, 1983 | Ohmiya | |
| Vacant | December 1985 | Yokota retires. | ||
| Devil Masami Devil Masami Masami Yoshida is a Japanese professional wrestler best known for her appearances in All Japan Women's Pro Wrestling, GAEA Japan and Japanese Women Pro-Wrestling Project under the name Devil Masami... |
1 | December 12, 1985 | Tokyo | Defeats Dump Matsumoto. |
| Yukari Omori | 1 | August 23, 1986 | Kawasaki, Kanagawa | |
| Chigusa Nagayo Chigusa Nagayo is a retired Japanese female professional wrestler best known for her mainstream popularity in the 1980s as a member of the tag team The Crush Gals with long-time partner Lioness Asuka. She was the founder of the GAEA Women's Professional Wrestling organization . She briefly competed as alter-ego... |
1 | October 20, 1987 | Tokyo | |
| Lioness Asuka Lioness Asuka is a Japanese professional wrestler from Tokyo. Along with long-time tag team partner Chigusa Nagayo she formed The Crush Gals, known for their mainstream popularity in the 1980s, and the most successful women's tag team of all time.-Career:... |
1 | August 25, 1988 | Kawasaki, Kanagawa | Wins when Nagayo is injured. |
| Vacant | August 25, 1988 | Asuka refuses the title. | ||
| Lioness Asuka | 2 | January 29, 1989 | Tokyo | Defeats Chigusa Nagayo; also recognized as the Unified Global Champion, defeating American representative Madusa Miceli on May 6, 1989 in Yokohama, Kanagawa. |
| Vacant | July 19, 1989 | Asuka retires. | ||
| Bull Nakano | 1 | January 4, 1990 | Tokyo | Defeats Mitsuko Nishiwaki in tournament final. |
| Aja Kong | 1 | November 26, 1992 | Kawasaki, Kanagawa | |
| Manami Toyota Manami Toyota is a professional wrestler best known for her work with the All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling wrestling promotion. Following AJW's closure she has continued to work in other joshi promotions such as GAEA and NEO... |
1 | March 26, 1995 | Yokohama, Kanagawa | |
| Aja Kong | 2 | June 27, 1995 | Sapporo, Hokkaido Sapporo, Hokkaido is the fourth-largest city in Japan by population, and the largest city on the island of Hokkaido. It is the capital of Hokkaidō Prefecture, located in Ishikari Subprefecture, and an ordinance-designated city of Japan.... |
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| Dynamite Kansai Dynamite Kansai Dynamite Kansai is a Japanese female professional wrestler.-Career:Chieko Suzuki was born on December 4, 1969, and was raised in Kyoto, Japan. In 1986 she auditioned for All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling , but was unsuccessful, and instead joined the first rookie class of Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling... |
1 | August 30, 1995 | Osaka | |
| Manami Toyota | 2 | December 4, 1995 | Tokyo | |
| Kyoko Inoue Kyoko Inoue is a Japanese female professional wrestler. She has held the WWWA World Heavyweight Championship three times, and is the first woman to win a men's title in Japan. She is also the founder of the joshi promotion NEO Japan... |
1 | December 8, 1996 | Tokyo | Unifies with All Pacific All Pacific Championship The All Pacific Women's Championship was the secondary singles title in the wrestling promotion All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling, or AJW. The belt was started as the Hawaiian Pacific Championship in 1977, and was renamed the All Pacific Championship in 1978.-History:... and IWA World Women's IWA World Women's Championship The IWA World Women's Championship was a major title in All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling. It had its origins with Stampede Wrestling in Calgary, Alberta in 1987.-History:-External links:*... titles, defeating Takako Inoue Takako Inoue is a Japanese professional wrestler. She wrestled primarily for the All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling promotion, and held several championships, primarily in tag team wrestling... on January 20, 1997 in Tokyo. |
| Vacant | May 11, 1997 | Inoue is unsatisfied after a match against Kaoru Ito ends in a 60-minute time limit draw. She vacates the title. | ||
| Kyoko Inoue | 2 | June 17, 1997 | Sapporo, Hokkaido | Defeats Kaoru Ito. |
| Yumiko Hotta | 1 | August 20, 1997 | Tokyo | |
| Shinobu Kandori Shinobu Kandori is a retired Japanese wrestler and now politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet... |
1 | March 21, 1998 | Tokyo | |
| Yumiko Hotta | 2 | March 10, 1999 | Tokyo | |
| Kyoko Inoue | 3 | July 11, 1999 | Tokyo | |
| Yumiko Hotta | 3 | October 22, 1999 | Fukuoka, Fukuoka | |
| Manami Toyota | 3 | January 4, 2000 | Tokyo | |
| Kaoru Ito | 1 | September 17, 2000 | Tokyo | |
| Manami Toyota | 4 | February 24, 2002 | Yokohama, Kanagawa | |
| Kaoru Ito | 2 | July 6, 2002 | Tokyo | |
| Momoe Nakanishi | 1 | October 20, 2002 | Kawasaki, Kanagawa | |
| Ayako Hamada Ayako Hamada is a female professional wrestler of mixed Japanese and Mexican descent, who is currently wrestling most notably for Pro Wrestling WAVE in Japan and Shimmer Women Athletes in the United States, where she is a co-holder of the Shimmer Tag Team Championship.She is best known for winning several... |
1 | May 11, 2003 | Yokohama, Kanagawa | |
| Amazing Kong Kia Stevens Kia Michelle Stevens , better known by her ring names Amazing Kong, Awesome Kong and Kharma. She is signed with WWE, but has been inactive since May 2011 due to pregnancy... |
1 | January 4, 2004 | Tokyo | |
| Ayako Hamada | 2 | May 2, 2004 | Tokyo | |
| Nanae Takahashi Nanae Takahashi Nanae Takahashi is a Japanese professional wrestler from Japan. She has wrestled for prominent Japanese promotions All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling and Pro Wrestling SUN, and has held multiple world championships... |
1 | December 12, 2004 | Kawasaki, Kanagawa | |
| Vacant | December 29, 2004 | Takahashi is injured. | ||
| Kumiko Maekawa | 1 | January 3, 2005 | Tokyo | Defeats Ayako Hamada. All Japan Women closes in April 2005. |
| Nanae Takahashi | 2 | March 26, 2006 | Tokyo | This was Maekawa's retirement match. |
| Title retired | March 26, 2006 | Takahashi returns the title belt to former All Japan Women's chairman Takashi Matsunaga and abandons the title. | ||