IWA World Heavyweight Championship (IWA Japan)
IWA World Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||
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Promotion |
International Wrestling Association of Japan (1994–2014) Gatoh Move Pro Wrestling (2014–2017) | ||||||||
Date established | July 20, 1994 | ||||||||
Date retired | August 5, 2017 | ||||||||
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The IWA World Heavyweight Championship was a title used on the Japanese independent circuit. The title was the world heavyweight championship of the International Wrestling Association of Japan (IWA Japan).[1] It was later revived in the women's wrestling promotion Gatoh Move Pro Wrestling, where it became part of the IWA Triple Crown Championship.
Title history
Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Location: | Notes: |
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Dick Slater | 1 | July 20, 1994 | Iwate Prefecture, Japan | Defeated Nobutaka Araya.[1] |
The title was vacated on August 15, 1995, when Slater left Japan to return to the United States due to his mother's illness.[1] | ||||
Tarzan Goto | 1 | August 15, 1995 | Yokkaichi, Mie, Japan | Defeated Leatherface.[1] |
The title was vacated on October 26, 1996 when Goto left the promotion.[1] | ||||
Doug Gilbert | 1 | January 13, 1998 | Tokyo, Japan | Won a 15-man Battle Royal Death match, last eliminating Keisuke Yamada.[1] |
Ghost Face / Tarzan Goto | 2 | April 13, 1999 | Tokyo, Japan | [1] |
The title was vacated on June 27, 1999 after Goto wrestled as Ghost Face.[1] | ||||
Jim Duggan | 1 | August 31, 2004 | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated The Big Boss Man in a six-man tournament final.[1] |
The title was later vacated on 2005.[1] | ||||
Black Buffalo | 1 | July 2, 2009 | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Keizo Matsuda to win the vacant championship.[1] |
Keizo Matsuda | 1 | December 5, 2009 | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Black Buffalo.[1] |
The title was vacated in October 29, 2010 when Matsuda left IWA Japan.[1] | ||||
Emi Sakura | 1 | November 16, 2013 | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Kyonin Shihan to win the vacant championship. This match was also contested for the AWF World Women's Championship and the IWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship.[1] |
Unified with the AWF World Women's Championship and the IWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship to create the IWA Triple Crown Championship.[1] | ||||
Antonio Honda | 1 | December 27, 2013 | Tokyo, Japan | |
Emi Sakura | 2 | January 25, 2014 | Tokyo, Japan | |
Konaka=Pehlwan | 1 | August 10, 2014 | Tokyo, Japan | |
Emi Sakura | 3 | October 4, 2014 | Tokyo, Japan | IWA Japan becomes inactive after October 13, 2014. |
Riho | 1 | November 2, 2014 | Tokyo, Japan | |
DJ Nira | 1 | September 21, 2015 | Tokyo, Japan | |
Kaori Yoneyama | 1 | December 22, 2015 | Tokyo, Japan | |
Riho | 2 | June 22, 2016 | Tokyo, Japan | |
Makoto | 1 | November 19, 2016 | Tokyo, Japan | |
The title was vacated on July 1, 2017, when Makoto was sidelined with a neck injury. | ||||
Emi Sakura | 4 | August 5, 2017 | Nagoya, Japan | Defeated Riho to win the vacant title. |
The title was immediately retired by Sakura and returned to IWA Japan. Gatoh Move was planning to create their own singles title, the Super Asia Championship, to take its place. |
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