Title history
Names
Name |
Years |
WWA Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship |
January 7, 1990–February 27, 1991 |
WWA World Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship |
February 27, 1991–August 28, 1993 |
FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship |
August 28, 1993–December 12, 1996 |
FMW Double Championship |
December 12, 1996–May 18, 1999 |
FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship |
May 18, 1999–August 25, 1999 |
Reigns
Key
No. |
Overall reign number |
Reign |
Reign number for the specific champion |
Days |
Number of days held |
No. |
Champion |
Championship change |
Reign statistics |
Notes |
Ref. |
Date |
Event |
Location |
Reign |
Days
|
1 |
Beast the Barbarian |
January 7, 1990 |
Battle Resistance - 1st Open Tournament |
Tokyo |
1 |
10 |
Recognized as first champion. |
[1]
|
2 |
Atsushi Onita |
January 17, 1990 |
House show |
Tokyo |
1 |
406 |
The title was renamed WWA World Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship on February 27, 1991. |
[1]
|
3 |
Grigory Verichev |
February 27, 1991 |
House show |
Tokyo |
1 |
91 |
|
[3]
|
4 |
Atsushi Onita |
May 29, 1991 |
House show |
Tokyo |
1 |
231 |
|
[3]
|
5 |
Big Titan |
January 15, 1992 |
House show |
Kobe, Hyogo |
1 |
15 |
|
[3]
|
6 |
Tarzan Goto |
January 30, 1992 |
House show |
Tokyo |
1 |
55 |
|
[3]
|
7 |
Leon Spinks |
March 25, 1992 |
House show |
Tokyo |
1 |
60 |
|
[3]
|
8 |
Atsushi Onita |
May 24, 1992 |
House show |
Tokyo |
3 |
32 |
|
[3]
|
9 |
The Sheik |
June 25, 1992 |
House show |
Sapporo, Hokkaido |
1 |
[Note 1] |
|
[3]
|
10 |
Tiger Jeet Singh |
August 1992 |
House show |
Sapporo, Hokkaido |
1 |
[Note 2] |
The Sheik rewarded the title to Tiger Jeet Singh for helping him in beating Atsushi Onita for the title. |
[3]
|
11 |
Atsushi Onita |
N/A |
3rd Anniversary Show |
Yokohama, Kanagawa |
4 |
337 |
Title replaced by the FMW World Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship. |
[3]
|
12 |
Atsushi Onita |
August 22, 1993 |
Summer Spectacular |
Osaka |
5 |
137 |
Onita defeated Mr. Pogo to become the first FMW World Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Champion. |
[2]
|
13 |
Mr. Pogo |
January 6, 1994 |
House show |
Tokyo |
1 |
244 |
|
[2]
|
14 |
Atsushi Onita |
September 7, 1994 |
House show |
Sapporo, Hokkaido |
6 |
136 |
|
[2]
|
15 |
Mr. Pogo |
January 21, 1995 |
House show |
Sendai, Miyagi |
2 |
103 |
|
[2]
|
16 |
Atsushi Onita |
May 4, 1995 |
House show |
Sendai, Miyagi |
7 |
1 |
|
[2]
|
— |
Vacated |
May 5, 1995 |
6th Anniversary Show |
Kawasaki, Kanagawa |
— |
— |
Atsushi Onita vacated the title due to his retirement. |
[2]
|
17 |
Hayabusa |
June 27, 1995 |
House show |
Tokyo |
1 |
<1 |
Hayabusa defeated Hisakatsu Oya for the vacant title. |
[2]
|
— |
Vacated |
June 27, 1995 |
House show |
Tokyo |
— |
— |
Hayabusa vacated the title due to injury. |
[2]
|
18 |
The Gladiator |
September 26, 1995 |
Grand Slam tour |
Tokyo |
1 |
101 |
Gladiator defeated Hayabusa in the finals of a Grand Slam Tournament. |
[2]
|
— |
Vacated |
January 5, 1996 |
House show |
Tokyo |
— |
— |
The Gladiator vacated the title due to injury. |
[2]
|
19 |
Super Leather |
February 23, 1996 |
House show |
Tokyo |
1 |
94 |
Leather defeated Hisakatsu Oya for the vacant title. |
[2]
|
20 |
The Gladiator |
February 23, 1996 |
House show |
Fukuoka, Fukuoka |
2 |
489 |
Gladiator unified the title with the FMW Independent Heavyweight Championship by defeating W*ING Kanemura on December 11, 1996 and the title was renamed to Double Championship. This was the longest reign of the Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship. |
[2]
|
21 |
Masato Tanaka |
September 28, 1997 |
Fall Spectacular |
Kawasaki, Kanagawa |
1 |
100 |
|
[2]
|
22 |
Mr. Gannosuke |
January 6, 1998 |
New Year Generation tour |
Tokyo |
1 |
114 |
|
[2]
|
23 |
Hayabusa |
April 30, 1998 |
9th Anniversary Show |
Yokohama, Kanagawa |
2 |
204 |
|
[2]
|
24 |
Kodo Fuyuki |
November 20, 1998 |
Scramble Survivor tour |
Yokohama, Kanagawa |
1 |
179 |
|
[2]
|
25 |
Yukihiro Kanemura |
May 18, 1999 |
House show |
Tokyo |
1 |
97 |
Kodo Fuyuki relinquished the title due to injury and awarded it to Kanemura. As a result, the title was split from the Independent Heavyweight Championship, reverted to being Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship. |
[2]
|
26 |
Hayabusa |
August 23, 1999 |
Goodbye Hayabusa II: Hayabusa Graduation Ceremony |
Tokyo |
2 |
2 |
|
[2]
|
— |
Deactivated |
August 25, 1999 |
Goodbye Hayabusa II: Last Match |
Sapporo, Hokkaido |
— |
— |
The title was retired and replaced with WEW Heavyweight Championship. |
[2]
|
- ↑ The exact date when The Sheik rewarded the title to Tiger Jeet Singh is uncertain, which means that the championship reign lasted between 37 and 67 days.
- ↑ The exact date when The Sheik rewarded the title to Tiger Jeet Singh is uncertain, which means that Singh's championship reign lasted between 19 and 49 days.
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). "Japan: WWA Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). "Japan: FMW Brass Knuckles Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). "Japan: WWA Martial Arts Heavyweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
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