WWWA World Championship
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.
Title history
| No. | Champion | Reign | Date | Days held | Location | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burke, MildredMildred Burke | 1 | April 1937 | Unknown | N/A | House show | 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. |
| — | Vacated | 1 | 1956 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Vacated after Burke retired from wrestling. |
| 2 | Marie Vagnone | 1 | August 1970 | Unknown | Los Angeles, CA | House show | Won a tournament to decide the new champion. |
| 3 | Aiko Kyo | 1 | October 15, 1970 | 511 | Tokyo, Japan | House show | |
| 4 | Antoine, JeanJean Antoine | 1 | March 9, 1972 | 6 | Odawara, Japan | House show | |
| 5 | Aiko Kyo | 2 | March 15, 1972 | 42 | Nagoya, Japan | House show | |
| 6 | Sandy Starr | 1 | April 26, 1972 | 28 | Osaka, Japan | House show | |
| 7 | Aiko Kyo | 3 | May 24, 1972 | 38 | Fukuoka, Japan | House show | |
| 8 | Sarah Lee | 1 | July 1, 1972 | 25 | Tokyo, Japan | House show | |
| 9 | Miyoko Hoshino | 1 | July 26, 1972 | 293 | Kasukabe, Japan | House show | |
| 10 | Parker, SandySandy Parker | 1 | May 15, 1973 | 56 | Choshi, Japan | House show | |
| 11 | Miyoko Hoshino | 2 | July 10, 1973 | 63 | Kasama, Japan | House show | |
| 12 | Jumbo Miyamoto | 1 | September 11, 1973 | 172 | Tokyo, Japan | House show | |
| 13 | Bambi Ball | 1 | March 2, 1974 | <4 | Kawasaki, Japan | House show | |
| — | Vacated | 1 | March 1974 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Vacated due to injury. |
| 14 | Jumbo Miyamoto | 2 | March 6, 1974 | 26 | Maebashi, Japan | House show | Defeated Jane O'Brien to win the vacant title. |
| 15 | Jackie West | 1 | April 1, 1974 | 23 | Kobe, Japan | House show | |
| 16 | Jumbo Miyamoto | 3 | April 24, 1974 | 329 | Kumamoto, Japan | House show | |
| 17 | Mach Fumiake | 1 | March 19, 1975 | 14 | Tokyo, Japan | House show | |
| 18 | Jumbo Miyamoto | 4 | April 2, 1975 | 348 | Osaka, Japan | House show | |
| 19 | Mariko Akagi | 1 | March 15, 1976 | 33 | Tokyo, Japan | House show | |
| 20 | Jumbo Miyamoto | 5 | April 17, 1976 | 52 | Toyokawa, Japan | House show | |
| 21 | Mika Ueda | 1 | June 8, 1976 | 175 | Tottori, Japan | House show | |
| 22 | Mariko Akagi | 2 | November 30, 1976 | 241 | Tokyo, Japan | House show | |
| 23 | Mika Ueda | 2 | July 29, 1977 | 95 | Tokyo, Japan | House show | |
| 24 | Sato, JackieJackie Sato | 1 | November 1, 1977 | 637 | Tokyo, Japan | House show | |
| 25 | Monster Ripper | 1 | July 31, 1979 | 44 | Tokyo, Japan | House show | |
| 26 | Sato, JackieJackie Sato | 2 | September 13, 1979 | 184 | Tokyo, Japan | House show | |
| 27 | Monster Ripper | 2 | March 15, 1980 | 146 | Kawasaki, Japan | House show | |
| — | Vacated | 1 | August 8, 1980 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Vacated after a match with Jackie Sato. |
| 28 | Sato, JackieJackie Sato | 3 | December 16, 1980 | 71 | Tokyo, Japan | House show | Defeated Nancy Kumi to win the vacant title. |
| 29 | Yokota, JaguarJaguar Yokota | 1 | February 25, 1981 | 801 | Yokohama, Japan | House show | |
| 30 | La Galactica | 1 | May 7, 1983 | 25 | Kawasaki, Japan | House show | |
| 31 | Yokota, JaguarJaguar Yokota | 2 | June 1, 1983 | Unknown | Omiya, Japan | House show | |
| — | Vacated | 1 | December 1985 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Vacated due to Yokota retiring. |
| 32 | Masami, DevilDevil Masami | 1 | December 12, 1985 | 254 | Tokyo, Japan | House show | Defeated Dump Matsumoto to win the vacant title. |
| 33 | Yukari Omori | 1 | August 23, 1986 | 423 | Kawasaki, Japan | House show | |
| 34 | Nagayo, ChigusaChigusa Nagayo | 1 | October 20, 1987 | 310 | Tokyo, Japan | House show | |
| 35 | Asuka, LionessLioness Asuka | 1 | August 25, 1988 | <1 | Kawasaki, Japan | House show | Won the title by forfeit due to Nagayo being injured. |
| — | Vacated | 1 | August 25, 1988 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Asuka refused the title. |
| 36 | Asuka, LionessLioness Asuka | 2 | January 29, 1989 | 171 | Tokyo, Japan | House show | Defeated Chigusa Nagayo to win the vacant title. |
| — | Vacated | 1 | July 19, 1989 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Vacated due to Asuka retiring. |
| 37 | Nakano, BullBull Nakano | 1 | January 4, 1990 | 1,057 | Tokyo, Japan | House show | Defeated Mitsuko Nishiwaki in a tournament final. |
| 38 | Kong, AjaAja Kong | 1 | November 26, 1992 | 850 | Kawasaki, Japan | House show | |
| 39 | Toyota, ManamiManami Toyota | 1 | March 26, 1995 | 93 | Yokohama, Japan | House show | |
| 40 | Kong, AjaAja Kong | 2 | June 27, 1995 | 64 | Sapporo, Japan | House show | |
| 41 | Kansai, DynamiteDynamite Kansai | 1 | August 30, 1995 | 96 | Osaka, Japan | House show | |
| 42 | Toyota, ManamiManami Toyota | 2 | December 4, 1995 | 370 | Tokyo, Japan | House show | |
| 43 | Inoue, KyokoKyoko Inoue | 1 | December 8, 1996 | 154 | Tokyo, Japan | House show | |
| — | Vacated | 1 | May 11, 1997 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Voluntarily vacated after a time limit draw against Kaoru Ito. |
| 44 | Inoue, KyokoKyoko Inoue | 2 | June 17, 1997 | 64 | Sapporo, Japan | House show | Defeated Kaoru Ito to win the vacant title. |
| 45 | Hotta, YumikoYumiko Hotta | 1 | August 20, 1997 | 213 | Tokyo, Japan | House show | |
| 46 | Kandori, ShinobuShinobu Kandori | 1 | March 21, 1998 | 354 | Tokyo, Japan | House show | |
| 47 | Hotta, YumikoYumiko Hotta | 2 | March 10, 1999 | 123 | Tokyo, Japan | House show | |
| 48 | Inoue, KyokoKyoko Inoue | 3 | July 11, 1999 | 103 | Tokyo, Japan | House show | |
| 49 | Hotta, YumikoYumiko Hotta | 3 | October 22, 1999 | 74 | Fukuoka, Japan | House show | |
| 50 | Toyota, ManamiManami Toyota | 3 | January 4, 2000 | 257 | Tokyo, Japan | House show | |
| 51 | Kaoru Ito | 1 | September 17, 2000 | 525 | Tokyo, Japan | House show | |
| 52 | Toyota, ManamiManami Toyota | 4 | February 24, 2002 | 132 | Yokohama, Japan | House show | |
| 53 | Kaoru Ito | 2 | July 6, 2002 | 106 | Tokyo, Japan | House show | |
| 54 | Nakanishi, MomoeMomoe Nakanishi | 1 | October 20, 2002 | 203 | Kawasaki, Japan | House show | |
| 55 | Hamada, AyakoAyako Hamada | 1 | May 11, 2003 | 238 | Yokohama, Japan | House show | |
| 56 | Kong, AmazingAmazing Kong | 1 | January 4, 2004 | 119 | Tokyo, Japan | House show | |
| 57 | Hamada, AyakoAyako Hamada | 2 | May 2, 2004 | 224 | Tokyo, Japan | House show | |
| 58 | Takahashi, NanaeNanae Takahashi | 1 | December 12, 2004 | 17 | Kawasaki, Japan | House show | |
| — | Vacated | 1 | December 29, 2004 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Vacated due to injury. |
| 59 | Kumiko Maekawa | 1 | January 3, 2005 | 447 | Tokyo, Japan | House show | Defeated Ayako Hamada to win the vacant title. |
| 60 | Takahashi, NanaeNanae Takahashi | 2 | March 26, 2006 | <1 | Tokyo, Japan | House show | |
| — | Retired | 1 | March 26, 2006 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
See also
References
- ↑ Inside Wrestling, London Publishing Co., November 1989, in Roll Call of Champions