AJW Championship

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AJW Championship
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Details
Promotion All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling
Date establishedDecember 15, 1980
Date retiredApril 2005
Statistics
First champion Rimi Yokota
Final championSaki Maemura
Most reignsKaoru Ito,
Kayo Noumi,
Lioness Asuka,
Momoe Nakanishi,
Sasori
and Tomoko Watanabe
(2 times)

The AJW Championship was a tertiary belt in All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW) promotion. The first champion, in 1980, was Rimi Yokota. During the title's history, no one held the belt more than two times. The belt was abandoned in 2005 after AJW was closed down.

Contents

The AJW Championship first design was a brown belt that also represented the AJW Junior Championship. Later, its design was replaced by one inspired on Fabulous Moolah's World Women's Championship belt.

When the IWA World Championship was introduced in AJW in 1988, All Japan Women's Pro Wrestling worked with three regular tertiary singles belts. The WWWA World Single Championship and the All Pacific Championship were the most prestigious (world championship) and the second most prestigious (secondary championship) singles belts, respectively.

Title history

Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific champion
DaysNumber of days held
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDays
1 Rimi Yokota December 15, 1980 Live Event Tokyo, Japan 182Yokota defeated Nancy Kumi to become the inaugural champion. [1] [2]
— Vacated March 7, 1981————The championship was vacated for undocumented reasons. [1]
2 Devil Masami May 9, 1981 Live Event Ōmiya, Saitama, Japan 1333Masami defeated Tomoko Kitamura to win the vacant championship. [1]
— Vacated April 7, 1982————The championship was vacated for undocumented reasons. [1]
3 Lioness Asuka July 19, 1982 Live Event Tokyo, Japan 1173Asuka defeated Masked Yu to win the vacant championship. [1]
4 Kaoru Matsumoto January 8, 1983 Live Event Kumaya, Japan 1144 [1]
5 Lioness Asuka June 1, 1983 Live Event Ōmiya, Saitama, Japan 2231 [1] [3]
— Vacated January 18, 1984————The championship was vacated for undocumented reasons. [1]
6 Itsuki Yamazaki February 28, 1984 Live Event Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan 1363Yamazaki defeated Noriyo Tateno to win the vacant championship. [1]
— Vacated February 25, 1985————The championship was vacated for undocumented reasons. [1]
7 Bull Nakano July 25, 1985 Live Event Yamato, Kanagawa, Japan 1917Nakano defeated Mika Komatsu in a tournament final to win the vacant championship. [1]
8Yumi OguraJanuary 28, 1988 Live Event Nagoya, Aichi, Japan 1164 [1]
9Mika KomatsuJuly 10, 1988 Stampede live Event Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 1 [Note 1] [1]
— Vacated February 1989————The championship was vacated due to Mika Komatsu's retirement from professional wrestling. [1]
10 Erika Shishido March 19, 1989 live Event Tokyo, Japan 1158Shishido defeated Manami Toyota to win the vacant championship. [1]
11Reibun AmadaAugust 24, 1989 live Event Tokyo, Japan 1 [Note 2] [1]
— Vacated October 1989————The championship was due to Reibun Amada's retirement from professional wrestling. [1]
12 Manami Toyota November 18, 1989 live Event Masuda, Shimane, Japan 1287Toyota defeated Mika Takahashi to win the vacant championship. [1]
— Vacated September 1, 1990————The championship was vacated for undocumented reasons. [1]
13 Kyoko Inoue October 2, 1990 live Event Yamagata, Yamagata, Japan 1209Inoue defeated Takako Inoue to win the vacant championship. [1]
14 Takako Inoue April 29, 1991 live Event Tokyo, Japan 1366 [1]
15 Mariko Yoshida April 29, 1992 live Event Toda, Saitama, Japan 177 [1]
16Sakie HasegawaJuly 15, 1992 live Event Tokyo, Japan 186 [1]
17 Tomoko Watanabe October 9, 1992 live Event Chiba, Japan 148 [1]
18 Kaoru Ito November 26, 1992Dream Rush in Kawasaki Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan 176 [1]
19 Debbie Malenko February 10, 1993 live Event Kumamoto, Japan 1 [Note 3] [1]
— Vacated 1993————The championship was vacated after Debbie Malenko suffered an injury. [1]
20 Mima Shimoda September 18, 1993Zenjo Super Whirlwind - Day 15 Ōmiya, Saitama, Japan 1203Shimoda defeated Bat Yoshinaga in a tournament final to win the vacant championship. [1]
— Vacated April 9, 1994———— Mima Shimoda vacated the championship to concentrate on tag matches with Etsuko Mita. [1]
21 Kaoru Ito May 4, 1994 live Event Toda, Saitama, Japan 2422Ito defeated Rie Tamada to win the vacant championship. [1]
22 Tomoko Watanabe June 30, 1995Zenjo Movement 1995 - Day 43 Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan 2 [Note 3] [1]
— Vacated 1996————The championship was vacated for undocumented reasons. [1]
23Kumiko MaekawaMay 4, 1996Zenjo Finest - Day 4 Toda, Saitama, Japan 1201Maekawa defeated Chaparita Asari in a tournament final to win the vacant championship. [1]
24Rie TamadaNovember 21, 1996Tag League The Best - Day 31 Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan 1 [Note 4] [1]
— Vacated December 1997————The championship was vacated for undocumented reasons. [1]
25 Momoe Nakanishi December 12, 1997 live Event Chiba, Japan 143Nakanishi defeated Sachie Nishibori to win the vacant championship. [1]
26 Emi Motokawa January 24, 1998New Year Zenjo "VOW" - Day 10 Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan 178 [1]
27 Momoe Nakanishi April 12, 1998New Year Zenjo "VOW" - Day 10 Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan 2 [Note 3] [1]
— Vacated 1999————The championship was vacated after Momoe Nakanishi reached to championship defense limit. [1]
28 Nanae Takahashi March 1, 2000 live Event Fukuoka, Japan 1200Takahashi defeated Miyuki Fujii in a four-woman tournament final to win the vacant championship. [1]
29 Miho Wakizawa September 17, 2000Zenjo Stroke Tokyo, Japan 1251 [1]
30 Rumi Kazama May 26, 2001 live Event Tokyo, Japan 1<1 [1]
— Vacated May 26, 2001 live Event Tokyo, Japan ——Rumi Kazama vacated the championship immediately after winning it. [1]
31Kayo NoumiJuly 27, 2001Japan Grand Prix Tokyo, Japan 161Noumi defeated Miho Wakizawa in a tournament final to win the vacant championship. [1]
32 Kayoko Haruyama September 26, 2001 JWP Flappers Tokyo, Japan 1100 [1]
33Kayo NoumiJanuary 4, 2002Foture Shock - Day 2 Tokyo, Japan 2261 [1]
— Vacated September 22, 2002————Kayo Noumi vacated the championship in order to participate in the tournament for the All Pacific Championship, which occurred on October 2, 2002. [1]
34Miyuki FujiiOctober 8, 2002 live Event Mie, Japan 152Fujii defeated Mika Nishio to win the vacant championship. [1]
35 Kaori Yoneyama November 29, 2002New Wrestlemarinepiad Tokyo, Japan 136 [1]
36Mika NishioJanuary 4, 2003New Wrestlemarinepiad Tokyo, Japan 1 [Note 5] [1]
— Vacated June 2003————The championship was vacated after Mika Nishio left AJW. [1]
37SasoriJune 19, 2003 live Event Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan 288Sasori defeated Saki Maemura to win the vacant championship. Sasori is formerly known as Miyuki Fujii. [1]
38HikaruSeptember 15, 2003Potential Power - Day 1 Tokyo, Japan 1110 [1]
39Saki MaemuraJanuary 3, 2004The Legend of Women's Pro Wrestling - Day 1 Tokyo, Japan 1 [Note 6] [1]
—DeactivatedApril 2005————The championship retired when AJW closed. [1]

Combined reigns

One-time and longest reigning AJW Champion Bull Nakano Bull Nakano.jpg
One-time and longest reigning AJW Champion Bull Nakano
¤The exact length of a title reign is uncertain; the combined length may not be correct.
N/AThe exact length of a title reign is too uncertain to calculate.
RankWrestlerNo. of
reigns		Combined
days
1 Bull Nakano 1917
2 Kaoru Ito 2498
3Saki Maemura1454 – 483¤
4 Lioness Asuka 2404
5Rie Tamada1375 – 405¤
6 Takako Inoue 1366
7 Itsuki Yamazaki 1363
8 Devil Masami 1333
9Kayo Noumi2322
10 Manami Toyota 1287
11 Miho Wakizawa 1251
12 Kyoko Inoue 1209
13Mika Komatsu1206 – 233¤
14 Mima Shimoda 1203
15Kumiko Maekawa1201
16 Nanae Takahashi 1200
17Yumi Ogura1164
18 Erika Shishido 1158
19Mika Nishio1148 – 166¤
20 Kaoru Matsumoto 1144
21Miyuki Fujii/Sasori2140
22 Kayoko Haruyama 2136
23Hikaru1110
24Sakie Hasegawa186
25 Rimi Yokota 182
26 Emi Motokawa 178
27 Mariko Yoshida 177
28 Tomoko Watanabe 248¤
29 Momoe Nakanishi 243¤
30Reibun Amada138 – 68¤
31 Rumi Kazama 1<1
-Debbie Malenko1N/A

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The exact date that the championship was vacated is unknown, meaning the reign lasted between 206 and 233 days.
  2. ↑ The exact date that the championship was vacated is unknown, meaning the reign lasted between 38 and 68 days.
  3. 1 2 3 The length of the reign is too uncertain to calculate.
  4. ↑ The exact date that the championship was vacated is unknown, meaning the reign lasted between 375 and 405 days.
  5. ↑ The exact date that the championship was vacated is unknown, meaning the reign lasted between 148 and 166 days.
  6. ↑ The exact date that AJW closed is unknown, meaning the reign lasted between 454 and 483 days.

See also

References

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  2. ↑ Molinaro, John (2002). Marek, Jeff; Meltzer, Dave (eds.). Top 100 Pro Wrestlers of All Time. Toronto, Ontario: Winding Stair Press. p. 166. ISBN   1-55366-305-5.
  3. ↑ Hoops, Brian (June 1, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (June 1): Rogers beats Gomez, Gordman & Goliath, Baba loses PWF Title, Flair Vs. KVE, Lawler Vs. Son, Undertaker Vs. Edge". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
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