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.[1] The title was descended from the original World Women's Championship, which Mildred Burke won in 1937.
| Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Location: | Notes: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mildred Burke | 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 had ceased to recognize her as champion after officials called her two out of three falls encounter with June Byers on August 20, 1954 in Atlanta, Georgia which never had a finish. Mildred returned to the promotion she founded, World Women's Wrestling Association and continued to defend the championship. | |
| 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 | |
| Jean Antoine | 1 | March 9, 1972 | Odawara, Kanagawa | |
| Aiko Kyo | 2 | March 15, 1972 | Nagoya, Aichi | |
| Sandy Starr | 1 | April 26, 1972 | Osaka | |
| Aiko Kyo | 3 | May 24, 1972 | Fukuoka, Fukuoka | |
| Sarah Lee | 1 | July 1, 1972 | Tokyo | |
| Miyoko Hoshino | 1 | July 26, 1972 | Kasugabe | |
| Sandy Parker | 1 | May 15, 1973 | Choshi, Chiba | |
| Miyoko Hoshino | 2 | July 10, 1973 | Kasama, Ibaraki | |
| Jumbo Miyamoto | 1 | September 11, 1973 | Tokyo | |
| Bambi Ball | 1 | March 2, 1974 | Kawasaki, Kanagawa | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Maki Ueda | 1 | June 8, 1976 | Tottori, Tottori | |
| Mariko Akagi | 2 | November 30, 1976 | Tokyo | |
| Maki Ueda | 2 | July 29, 1977 | Tokyo | |
| Jackie Sato | 1 | November 1, 1977 | Tokyo | |
| Monster Ripper | 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 | 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 | 1 | December 12, 1985 | Tokyo | Defeats Dump Matsumoto. |
| Yukari Omori | 1 | August 23, 1986 | Kawasaki, Kanagawa | |
| Chigusa Nagayo | 1 | October 20, 1987 | Tokyo | |
| Lioness Asuka | 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 | 1 | March 26, 1995 | Yokohama, Kanagawa | |
| Aja Kong | 2 | June 27, 1995 | Sapporo, Hokkaido | |
| Dynamite Kansai | 1 | August 30, 1995 | Osaka | |
| Manami Toyota | 2 | December 4, 1995 | Tokyo | |
| Kyoko Inoue | 1 | December 8, 1996 | Tokyo | Unifies with All Pacific and IWA World Women's titles, defeating Takako Inoue 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 | 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 | 1 | May 11, 2003 | Yokohama, Kanagawa | |
| Amazing Kong | 1 | January 4, 2004 | Tokyo | |
| Ayako Hamada | 2 | May 2, 2004 | Tokyo | |
| Nanae Takahashi | 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. |