AJPW All Asia Heavyweight Championship
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The AJPW All Asia Heavyweight Championship was a title contested for in All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW). Prior to being used in AJPW, the title was defended in the Japan Wrestling Association (JWA).
[edit] Title history
| Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Location: | Notes: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rikidozan | 1 | November 22, 1955 | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated King Kong in tournament final to become the first champion. |
| Title vacated on December 15, 1963 when Rikidozan dies due to stab wounds he suffered a week earlier, on December 8 in Tokyo. | ||||
| Kintaro Ohki | 1 | November 9, 1968 | Seoul, South Korea | Defeated Buddy Austin to win the vacant title. |
| Bill Dromo | 1 | January 15, 1971 | Tokuyama, Japan | |
| Kintaro Ohki | 2 | February 2, 1971 | Hiroshima, Japan | The title became inactive in 1973 when the JWA closed, and reactivated in 1976. |
| Title held up after on September 24, 1976, after a match against Waldo Von Erich in Omiya, Japan. | ||||
| Kintaro Ohki | 3 | October 21, 1976 | Fukushima, Japan | Defeated Waldo Von Erich in a rematch to win the held up title. |
| Giant Baba | 1 | October 29, 1977 | Kuroiso, Japan | |
| Title vacated on April 13, 1981. | ||||
| Kintaro Ohki | 4 | 1981 | South Korea | |
| Ohki, who had not wrestled in nearly a decade, officially retired on February 4, 1995, and the title was abandoned. | ||||
