IWA World Heavyweight Championship (IWA Japan)

IWA Triple Crown Championship
Details
Current champion(s) Kaori Yoneyama
Date established July 20, 1994
Promotion International Wrestling Association (Japan)
Other name(s)
  • IWA World Heavyweight Championship

The IWA World Heavyweight Championship was the top singles title in the International Wrestling Association of Japan. The title has been in use since the IWA was founded in 1994.[1]

Title history

Wrestler: Times: Date: Location: Notes:
Dick Slater 1 July 20, 1994 Iwate 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, 1998 Tokyo, Japan Goto wrestled as Ghost Face until June 27, 1999.[1]
The title was later vacated on August 1999.[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 2011 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 Pahalwan 1 August 10, 2014 Tokyo, Japan
Emi Sakura 3 October 4, 2014 Tokyo, Japan
Promotion 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

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "I.W.A. World Heavyweight Title (I.W.A. Japan)". Puroresu Dojo.
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