PWF World Heavyweight Championship

The Pacific Wrestling Federation (World) Heavyweight Championship is one of the three titles that make up the AJPW Triple Crown Championship. It was created in 1973 by All Japan owner Giant Baba, after he won a series of ten matches against Bruno Sammartino (twice - one win, one draw), Terry Funk, Abdullah The Butcher, The Destroyer, Wilbur Snyder (twice - one win, one draw), Don Leo Jonathan, Pat O'Connor and Bobo Brazil.

The title which had originally been classed as a world title was downgraded to regional status after All Japan joined the National Wrestling Alliance. In 1989 Jumbo Tsuruta and Stan Hansen would unify this, the NWA United National Championship and the NWA International Heavyweight title to create the AJPW Triple Crown^[1].

[edit] Title history

Wrestler	Reigns	Date	Place	Notes
Giant Baba	1	February 27, 1973	Tokyo, Japan	Won a series of 10 matches.
Tor Kamata	1	June 1, 1978	Akita, Japan
Billy Robinson	1	June 12, 1978	Ichinomiya, Japan
Abdullah the Butcher	1	October 18, 1978	Utsunomiya, Japan
Giant Baba	2	February 10, 1979	Chicago, Illinois
Harley Race	1	October 26, 1982	Obihiro, Japan
Giant Baba	3	February 11, 1983	St. Louis, Missouri
Stan Hansen	1	September 8, 1983	Chiba, Japan
Giant Baba	4	July 31, 1984	Tokyo, Japan
Stan Hansen	2	July 30, 1985	Fukuoka, Japan
Riki Chōshū	1	April 5, 1986	Yokohama, Japan
Vacated in March, 1987 when Chōshū leaves for New Japan Pro Wrestling.
Stan Hansen	3	April 24, 1987	Yokohama, Japan	Defeated Hiroshi Wajima in a decision match.
Genichiro Tenryu	1	March 9, 1988	Yokohama, Japan	Also holds NWA United National Championship.
Stan Hansen	4	July 27, 1988	Nagano, Japan	Also wins UN championship.
Jumbo Tsuruta	1	April 18, 1989	Tokyo, Japan	Tsuruta, the NWA International Heavyweight Champion, defeats Hansen to unify their three titles into the AJPW Triple Crown Championship.