AAAW Single Championship

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AAAW Single Championship
AAAW Single Championship belt.jpg
Original design of the belt (1996–present)
Details
Promotion Marvelous That's Women Pro Wrestling
Gaea Japan
Date establishedNovember 2, 1996 [1]
Current champion(s) Takumi Iroha
Date wonAugust 8, 2024 [2]
Other name(s)
  • AAAW Heavyweight Championship
    (1996–1998)
Statistics
First champion(s) Chigusa Nagayo
Most reigns Aja Kong
(3 reigns)
Longest reign Aja Kong
(1st reign, 607 days)
Shortest reign Aja Kong
(3rd reign, 7 days)
Oldest champion Mayumi Ozaki
(54 years, 283 days)
Youngest champion Meiko Satomura
(22 years, 25 days)
Heaviest champion Aja Kong
(225 lbs)
Lightest champion Chikayo Nagashima
(117 lbs) [3]

The AAAW (All Asia Athlete Women's) Single Championship or AAAW Championship is a women's professional wrestling championship formerly contested in the Japanese women's professional wrestling promotion Gaea Japan until 2005 after the promotion was closed down. Originally a heavyweight championship, the weight class was dropped in 1998, making it an openweight title. On March 12, 2021 it was announced that the AAAW Singles Championship would be revived, along with the AAAW Tag Team Championship, at the GAEAISM show on April 29. It was revived in January 2022 and began being sanctioned by Marvelous That's Women Pro Wrestling ever since. [4]

Contents

Title history

On November 2, 1996, Chigusa Nagayo became the inaugural AAAW Heavyweight Champion after defeating Devil Masami. [1] In May 1998, during Devil Masami's reign, the title was re-named as the AAAW Single Championship. [1] The title remained active until the closing of Gaea Japan on April 10, 2005. [1] On January 10, 2022, the title reactivated under Marvelous That's Women Pro Wrestling, where Takumi Iroha won it by defeating Chihiro Hashimoto. [5] On November 4, Iroha vacated title after sustaining an injury. [6]

On December 4, Nagashima won the vacant championship by defeating Mio Momono, making her the first person to hold the title both on Gaea and Marvelous. [1] [7]

Reigns

Current two-time champion Takumi Iroha 20220808takumi1.jpg
Current two-time champion Takumi Iroha

As of April1, 2025, there have been 17 reigns shared between eleven different champions and one vacancy. Chigusa Nagayo was the inaugural champion. Aja Kong holds the record for most reigns at three. Kong's first reign is the longest at 607 days, while her third being the shortest at seven days. Chikayo Nagashima is the oldest champion at 46 years old, while Meiko Satomura is the youngest champion at 22 years old.

Takumi Iroha is the current champion in her second reign. She won the title by defeating Mayumi Ozaki at Marvelous 8th Anniversary on August 8, 2024, in Tokyo, Japan.

Names

Name [1] Years [1]
AAAW Heavyweight ChampionshipNovember 2, 1996 – May 1998
AAAW Single ChampionshipMay 1998 – present
Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific champion
DaysNumber of days held
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDays
Gaea Japan
1 Chigusa Nagayo November 2, 1996We Are Gaea Japan! Singapore 1322Nagayo defeated Devil Masami to become the inaugural champion. [1] [8]
2 Devil Masami September 20, 1997Double Destiny Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan 1337During Masami's reign, the title was re-named as the AAAW Single Championship. [1]
3 Chigusa Nagayo August 23, 1998Hard Luck – Day 2 Tokyo, Japan 2268 [1]
4 Aja Kong May 18, 1999Wipe Out – Day 3 Tokyo, Japan 1607 [1]
5 Mayumi Ozaki January 14, 2001Wild Times – Day 1 Tokyo, Japan 1287 [1]
6 Aja Kong October 28, 2001God Only Knows – Day 2 Nagoya, Japan 248 [1]
7 Meiko Satomura December 15, 2001Deep Endless – Day 4 Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan 1169 [1]
8 Chikayo Nagashima June 2, 2002Ring On The Beat – Day 1 Tokyo, Japan 1140 [9]
9 Manami Toyota October 20, 2002Yokohama Mega Ride Yokohama, Japan 1406 [1]
10 Dynamite Kansai November 30, 2003Iron Heart – Day 4 Tokyo, Japan 142 [1]
11 Ayako Hamada January 11, 2004Wild Times – Day 1 Tokyo, Japan 1110 [1]
12 Meiko Satomura April 30, 2004Yoyogi Limit Break Tokyo, Japan 2338 [1]
13 Aja Kong April 3, 2005Yokohama Final Impact Yokohama, Japan 37 [1]
—Deactivated April 10, 2005Eternal Last Gong Tokyo, Japan ——The title retired at the final Gaea show. [1]
Marvelous That's Women Pro Wrestling
14 Takumi Iroha January 10, 2022Marvelous Tokyo, Japan 1298Defeated Chihiro Hashimoto at Marvelous to win the reactivated title. [5]
— Vacated November 4, 2022————The championship was vacated after Iroha sustained an injury. [6]
15 Chikayo Nagashima December 4, 2022Marvelous Tokyo, Japan 2150Defeated Mio Momono in the finals of a tournament to win the vacant title. [7]
16 Mio Momono May 3, 2023Marvelous 7th Anniversary Tokyo, Japan 196 [10]
17 Mayumi Ozaki August 7, 2023Marvelous Tokyo, Japan 2367 [11]
18 Takumi Iroha August 8, 2024Marvelous 8th Anniversary Tokyo, Japan 2236+ [2]

Combined reigns

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Inaugural and two-time champion Chigusa Nagayo
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Record three-time champion Aja Kong, who has the longest reign at 607 days (1st reign) and the shortest reign at seven days (3rd reign)

As of April1, 2025.

†Indicates the current champions
RankWrestlerNo. of
Reigns		Combined
Days
1 Aja Kong 3662
2 Mayumi Ozaki 2654
3 Chigusa Nagayo 2590
4 Takumi Iroha †2534+
5 Meiko Satomura 2507
6 Manami Toyota 1406
7 Devil Masami 1337
8 Chikayo Nagashima 2290
9 Ayako Hamada 1110
10 Mio Momono 196
11 Dynamite Kansai 142

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 "AAAW Singles Title (Japan)". wrestling-titles.com.
  2. 1 2 「禁断の扉は閉める！」長与千種の後継者・彩羽匠が尾崎魔弓との大流血戦を制してAAAWシングル王座奪還！. battle-news.com (in Japanese). August 9, 2024. Retrieved August 17, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Chikayo Nagashima Profile". Archived from the original on 2007-08-07. Retrieved 2007-07-13.
  4. ↑ "GAEAISM ―Decade of quarter century―".
  5. 1 2 Iversen, Stuart (January 11, 2022). "Marvelous (10/1/22) Review". Ramblings About Wrestling. Archived from the original on March 26, 2023. Retrieved December 4, 2022.
  6. 1 2 Peps (November 4, 2022). "Exclusive Interview: Takumi Iroha Talks Marvelous, Nyla Rose Plus More". WrestlePurists. Archived from the original on June 6, 2023. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
  7. 1 2 20年ぶりにAAAWシングル王座戴冠の永島千佳世「諦めなければいくつになっても夢は叶う」. npn.co.jp (in Japanese). December 13, 2022. Archived from the original on April 30, 2023. Retrieved April 26, 2023.
  8. ↑ Gaea Japan . "Gaea Japan/Results" . Retrieved December 5, 2022.
  9. ↑ "Devil Masami Profile". Archived from the original on 2007-07-04. Retrieved 2007-07-13.
  10. ↑ Daly, Wayne (May 3, 2023). "Marvelous Results: 7th Anniversary Show – Tokyo, Japan (5/3)". wrestling-news.net. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
  11. ↑ Black, Ethan (August 7, 2023). "Marvelous in Tokyo Results – August 7, 2023 (Korakuen Hall)". PWMania.com. Archived from the original on August 11, 2023. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
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