IWA World Heavyweight Championship (IWA Japan)

The IWA World Heavyweight Championship (IWA世界ヘビー級王座, IWA sekai hebī-kyū ōza) 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 (IWA三冠統一王座, IWA sankan tōitsu ōza) with a separate reign history.[2]

IWA World Heavyweight Championship
Details
PromotionInternational Wrestling Association of Japan (1994–2014)
Gatoh Move Pro Wrestling (2014–2017)
Date establishedJuly 20, 1994
Date retiredAugust 5, 2017
Other name(s)
  • IWA Triple Crown Championship

Title history

IWA World Heavyweight Championship
Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
(NLT) Championship change took place "no later than" the date listed
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days
International Wrestling Association of Japan
1 Dick Slater July 20, 1994 House show Iwate Prefecture, Japan 1 391 Defeated Nobutaka Araya to become the inaugural champion. [1]
— Vacated August 15, 1995 — — — — Vacated due to Slater leaving Japan to return to the United States because of his mother's illness. [1]
2 Tarzan Goto August 15, 1995 House show Yokkaichi, Japan 1 438 Defeated Leatherface to win the vacant title. [1]
— Vacated October 26, 1996 — — — — Vacated when Goto left the promotion. [1]
3 Doug Gilbert January 13, 1998 House show Tokyo, Japan 1 455 Won a 15-man Battle Royal Deathmatch by last eliminating Keisuke Yamada to win the vacant title. [1][3]
4 Ghost Face April 13, 1999 House show Tokyo, Japan 2 [lower-alpha 1] Previously held the title under the name Tarzan Goto. Reverted back to this name on June 27, 1999. [1]
— Vacated August 1999 (NLT) — — — — Vacated due to unknown circumstances. [1]
5 Hacksaw Jim Duggan August 31, 2004 IWA Japan 10th Anniversary Show Tokyo, Japan 1 [lower-alpha 2] Defeated Big Boss Man in a six-man tournament final to win the vacant title. [1]
— Vacated 2005 (NLT) — — — — Vacated due to unknown circumstances. [1]
6 Black Buffalo July 2, 2009 House show Tokyo, Japan 1 156 Defeated Keizo Matsuda to win the vacant championship. [1]
7 Keizo Matsuda December 5, 2009 House show Tokyo, Japan 1 [lower-alpha 3] [1]
— Vacated 2011 (NLT) — — — — Vacated when Matsuda left the promotion. [1]
— Deactivated 2011 — — — —
8 Emi Sakura November 16, 2013 House show Tokyo, Japan 1 41 Defeated Kyonin Shihan to win the vacant title. This match was also contested for the AWF World Women's Championship and the IWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship. [1]
— Unified November 16, 2013 — — — — Unified with the AWF World Women's Championship and the IWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship to create the IWA Triple Crown Championship. [1]

IWA Triple Crown Championship
Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
Defenses Number of successful defenses
<1 Reign lasted less than a day
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign DaysDefenses
Gatoh Move Pro Wrestling
1 Emi Sakura November 16, 2013 IWA Japan house show Tokyo, Japan 1 410 Defeated Kyonin Shihan to unify the vacant IWA World Heavyweight Championship, the IWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship and the AWF World Women's Championship. [1]
2 Antonio Honda December 27, 2013 Gatoh Move Japan Tour #79: Last Itabashi Of 2013 Tokyo, Japan 1 290 This was an Ogiri Deathmatch. [2]
3 Emi Sakura January 25, 2014 Gatoh Move Japan Tour #87 Tokyo, Japan 2 1972 This was a Wasabi Cream Deathmatch. [2]
4 Konaka=Pehlwan August 10, 2014 Gatoh Move Japan Tour #122: Sakura 7 Days War Tokyo, Japan 1 551 [2]
5 Emi Sakura October 4, 2014 Gatoh Move Japan Tour #131 Tokyo, Japan 3 291 [2]
6 Riho November 2, 2014 Gatoh Move Japan Tour #135: Thinking Of Culture Tokyo, Japan 1 3234 [2]
7 DJ Nira September 21, 2015 Gatoh Move Japan Tour #187: First Time In Yokohama Tokyo, Japan 1 922 [2]
8 Kaori Yoneyama December 22, 2015 Gatoh Move Japan Tour #202: Last Itabashi Of 2015 Tokyo, Japan 1 1831 [2]
9 Riho June 22, 2016 Gatoh Move Riho 10th Anniversary: Flowers Blooming For 10 Years Tokyo, Japan 2 1500 [2]
10 Makoto November 19, 2016 Gatoh Move Japan Tour #258 Tokyo, Japan 1 2242 [2]
— Vacated July 1, 2017 — — — —— Vacated due to Makoto suffering a neck injury. [2]
11 Emi Sakura August 5, 2017 Gatoh Move Japan Tour #303 Nagoya, Japan 4 <10 Defeated Riho to win the vacant title. [2]
— Deactivated August 5, 2017 — — — —— Sakura immediately retired the title and returned the belt to IWA Japan. Gatoh Move then created the Super Asia Championship to take its place. [2]

Footnotes
  1. The exact date the championship was vacated has not been confirmed, putting their title reign at between 110 days and 140 days.
  2. The exact date the championship was vacated has not been confirmed, putting their title reign at between 123 days and 487 days.
  3. The exact date the championship was vacated has not been confirmed, putting their title reign at between 392 days and 756 days.

See also

References
  1. "I.W.A. World Heavyweight Title (I.W.A. Japan)". Puroresu Dojo.
  2. "International Wrestling Association Triple Crown Title". Wrestling-Titles.com.
  3. Hoops, Brian (January 13, 2019). "Pro wrestling history (01/13): TNA Genesis 2013". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
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