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WWWA World Single Championship
The WWWA World Single Championship (WWWA世界シングル王座, WWWA sekai shinguru ōza) was the top singles women's professional wrestling championship in All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW) from 1970 until it closed in 2005. It was also known in Pro Wrestling Illustrated and other London Publishing wrestling magazines as the All-Japan Women's International Championship.[1] The title was descended from the original Women's World Championship, which Mildred Burke won in 1937.
| WWWA World Single Championship | |||||||||||||
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Last design of the title (1990s - 2006) | |||||||||||||
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| Promotion | All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW) | ||||||||||||
| Date established | January 28, 1937 | ||||||||||||
| Date retired | March 26, 2006 | ||||||||||||
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On September 2, 2017, the title was revived for one day by former AJW wrestlers Kumiko Maekawa, Manami Toyota, Nanae Takahashi and Yumiko Hotta at an independent event produced by Hotta. The soon-to-retire Toyota then defeated Hotta and was awarded the title belt.[2]
Title history
| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
| 1 | Mildred Burke | January 1937 | Live Event | N/A | 1 | Burke Recognize herself as the first and still-undefeated World Women's champion, even after the National Wrestling Alliance had ceased to recognize her as champion after officials called her two out of three falls encounter with June Byers on August 20, 1954 in Atlanta, Georgia which never had a finish. Burke returned to the promotion she founded, World Women's Wrestling Association and continued to defend the championship. | [3][4] | |
| — | Vacated | N/A | — | — | — | — | The championship was vacated after Mildred Burke retired from wrestling. | [3] |
| 2 | Marie Vagnone | August 1970 | Live Event | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | Vagnone won a tournament to win the vacant championship. | [3] | |
| 3 | Aiko Kyo | October 15, 1970 | Live Event | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 511 | This was a two-out-of-three falls match. | [3][5] |
| 4 | Jean Antoine | March 9, 1972 | Live Event | Ōtawara, Tochigi, Japan | 1 | 6 | [3] | |
| 5 | Aiko Kyo | March 15, 1972 | Live Event | Nagoya, Aichi, Japan | 2 | 42 | This was a two-out-of-three falls match. | [3][6] |
| 6 | Sandy Starr | April 26, 1972 | Live Event | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 28 | [3] | |
| 7 | Aiko Kyo | May 24, 1972 | Live Event | Fukuoka, Japan | 3 | 38 | [3] | |
| 8 | Sarah Lee | July 1, 1972 | Live Event | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 25 | [3][7] | |
| 9 | Miyoko Hoshino | July 26, 1972 | Live Event | Kasukabe, Saitama, Japan | 1 | 293 | [3] | |
| 10 | Sandy Parker | May 15, 1973 | Live Event | Chōshi, Chiba, Japan | 1 | 56 | [3][8] | |
| 11 | Miyoko Hoshino | July 10, 1973 | Live Event | Kasama, Ibaraki, Japan | 2 | 63 | [3] | |
| 12 | Jumbo Miyamoto | September 11, 1973 | Live Event | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 172 | [3] | |
| 13 | Bambi Ball | March 2, 1974 | Live Event | Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan | 1 | 0 – 4 | [3] | |
| — | Vacated | March 1974 | — | — | — | — | The championship was vacated after Bambi Ball suffered an injury. | [3] |
| 14 | Jumbo Miyamoto | March 6, 1974 | Live Event | Maebashi, Gunma, Japan | 2 | 26 | Miyamoto defeated Jane O'Brien to win the vacant championship. | [3] |
| 15 | Jackie West | April 1, 1974 | Live Event | Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan | 1 | 23 | This was a two-out-of-three falls match. | [3][9] |
| 16 | Jumbo Miyamoto | April 24, 1974 | Live Event | Kumamoto, Japan | 3 | 329 | [3] | |
| 17 | Mach Fumiake | March 19, 1975 | Live Event | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 14 | [3] | |
| 18 | Jumbo Miyamoto | April 2, 1975 | Live Event | Osaka, Japan | 4 | 348 | [3] | |
| 19 | Mariko Akagi | March 15, 1976 | Live Event | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 33 | [3] | |
| 20 | Jumbo Miyamoto | April 17, 1976 | Live Event | Toyokawa, Aichi, Japan | 5 | 52 | [3] | |
| 21 | Maki Ueda | June 8, 1976 | Live Event | Tottori, Japan | 1 | 175 | [3] | |
| 22 | Mariko Akagi | November 30, 1976 | Live Event | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 241 | This was a two-out-of-three falls match. | [3][10] |
| 23 | Maki Ueda | July 29, 1977 | Live Event | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 95 | [3] | |
| 24 | Jackie Sato | November 1, 1977 | Live Event | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 637 | [3] | |
| 25 | Monster Ripper | July 31, 1979 | Live Event | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 44 | [3] | |
| 26 | Jackie Sato | September 13, 1979 | Live Event | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 184 | [3] | |
| 27 | Monster Ripper | March 15, 1980 | Live Event | Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan | 2 | 146 | [3] | |
| — | Vacated | August 8, 1980 | — | — | — | — | The championship was vacated after a match with Jackie Sato. | [3] |
| 28 | Jackie Sato | December 16, 1980 | Live Event | Tokyo, Japan | 3 | 71 | Sato defeated Nancy Kumi to win the vacant championship. | [3] |
| 29 | Rimi Yokota | February 25, 1981 | Live Event | Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan | 1 | 801 | [3] | |
| 30 | La Galáctica | May 7, 1983 | Live Event | Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan | 1 | 25 | [3] | |
| 31 | Jaguar Yokota | June 1, 1983 | Live Event | Ōmiya-ku, Saitama, Japan | 2 | 914 – 925 | Yokota is formerly known as Rimi Yokota. | [3][11] |
| — | Vacated | December 1985 | — | — | — | — | The championship was vacated due to Jaguar Yokota retiring. | [3] |
| 32 | Devil Masami | December 12, 1985 | Live Event | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 254 | Masami defeated Dump Matsumoto to win the vacant championship. Masami also defended the All Pacific Championship. | [3] |
| 33 | Yukari Omori | August 23, 1986 | Live Event | Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan | 1 | 423 | [3] | |
| 34 | Chigusa Nagayo | October 20, 1987 | War Dream | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 310 | This match was also for the All Pacific Championship. | [3][12] |
| 35 | Lioness Asuka | August 25, 1988 | Live Event | Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan | 1 | <1 | Asuka won the championship by forfeit due to Chigusa Nagayo being injured. | [3] |
| — | Vacated | August 25, 1988 | — | — | — | — | The championship was vacated after Lioness Asuka refused the championship. | [3] |
| 36 | Lioness Asuka | January 29, 1989 | Live Event | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 171 | Asuka defeated Chigusa Nagayo to win the vacant championship. | [3] |
| — | Vacated | July 19, 1989 | — | — | — | — | The championship was vacated after Lioness Asuka retiring. | [3] |
| 37 | Bull Nakano | January 4, 1990 | Live Event | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 1,057 | Nakano defeated Mitsuko Nishiwaki in a tournament final to win the vacant championship. | [3] |
| 38 | Aja Kong | November 26, 1992 | Dream Rush in Kawasaki | Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan | 1 | 850 | [3] | |
| 39 | Manami Toyota | March 26, 1995 | Wrestling Queendom Victory | Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan | 1 | 93 | [3][13] | |
| 40 | Aja Kong | June 27, 1995 | Zenjo Movement - Day 40 | Sapporo, Japan | 2 | 64 | [3] | |
| 41 | Dynamite Kansai | August 30, 1995 | WWWA Champions Night Osaka Queen's Holy Night | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 96 | [3] | |
| 42 | Manami Toyota | December 4, 1995 | Monday Night Sensation | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 370 | [3][13] | |
| 43 | Kyoko Inoue | December 8, 1996 | Kokugikan Chojoden The Real Earnest | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 154 | [3][14] | |
| — | Vacated | May 11, 1997 | Zenjo Transformation - Day 8 | Nagoya, Aichi, Japan | — | — | Kyoko Inoue voluntarily vacated the championship after a match against Kaoru Ito ended in a time limit draw. | [3][15] |
| 44 | Kyoko Inoue | June 17, 1997 | Zenjo Transformation - Day 35 | Sapporo, Japan | 2 | 64 | Inoue defeated Kaoru Ito to win the vacant championship. | [3][14] |
| 45 | Yumiko Hotta | August 20, 1997 | Budokan Queens - Brightness | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 213 | [3] | |
| 46 | Shinobu Kandori | March 21, 1998 | Live Event | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 354 | This was a title vs. title match, in which Kandori also defended the LLPW Championship. | [3] |
| 47 | Yumiko Hotta | March 10, 1999 | Live Event | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 123 | This was a knockout match. | [3] |
| 48 | Kyoko Inoue | July 11, 1999 | Odaiba W Explosion - Day 2 | Tokyo, Japan | 3 | 103 | [3] | |
| 49 | Yumiko Hotta | October 22, 1999 | Neo Ladies Live in Hakata | Fukuoka, Japan | 3 | 74 | [3] | |
| 50 | Manami Toyota | January 4, 2000 | Live Event | Tokyo, Japan | 3 | 257 | [3][13] | |
| 51 | Kaoru Ito | September 17, 2000 | Zenjo Stroke | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 525 | [3] | |
| 52 | Manami Toyota | February 24, 2002 | Zenjo Turbulence | Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan | 4 | 132 | [3][13] | |
| 53 | Kaoru Ito | July 6, 2002 | Japan Grand Prix - Day 15: The Queendom of WWWA | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 106 | [3] | |
| 54 | Momoe Nakanishi | October 20, 2002 | Tag League the Best - Day 2 Real All-Womanism Dream Explosion: Kawasaki Part 1 | Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan | 1 | 203 | [3][16] | |
| 55 | Ayako Hamada | May 11, 2003 | 35th Anniversary - The Future | Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan | 1 | 238 | [3] | |
| 56 | Amazing Kong | January 4, 2004 | The Legend of Women's Pro Wrestling - Day 2 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 119 | [3][17] | |
| 57 | Ayako Hamada | May 2, 2004 | New Wave - Day 6 | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 224 | [3] | |
| 58 | Nanae Takahashi | December 12, 2004 | Rising Generation Special in Kawasaki | Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan | 1 | 17 | [3] | |
| — | Vacated | December 29, 2004 | — | — | — | — | The championship was vacated after Nanae Takahashi suffered an injury. | [3] |
| 59 | Kumiko Maekawa | January 3, 2005 | Dead or Alive - Day 1 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 447 | Maekawa defeated Ayako Hamada to win the vacant championship. | [3] |
| 60 | Nanae Takahashi | March 26, 2006 | Kumiko Maekawa Retirement Show | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | <1 | [3] | |
| — | Deactivated | March 26, 2006 | — | — | — | — | The championship retired when AJW closed. | |
Combined reigns
Nanae Takahashi was the final WWWA World Single Champion
| ¤ | The exact length of a title reign is uncertain; the combined length may not be correct. |
| Rank | Wrestler | No. of Reigns | Combined Days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mildred Burke | 1 | 7,238 |
| 2 | Jaguar Yokota/Rimi Yokota | 2 | 1,715 – 1,726¤ |
| 3 | Bull Nakano | 1 | 1,057 |
| 4 | Jumbo Miyamoto | 5 | 927 |
| 5 | Aja Kong | 2 | 914 |
| 6 | Jackie Sato | 3 | 892 |
| 7 | Manami Toyota | 4 | 852 |
| 8 | Kaoru Ito | 2 | 631 |
| 9 | Aiko Kyo | 3 | 591 |
| 10 | Ayako Hamada | 2 | 462 |
| 11 | Kumiko Maekawa | 1 | 447 |
| 12 | Yukari Omori | 1 | 423 |
| 13 | Yumiko Hotta | 3 | 410 |
| 14 | Miyoko Hoshino | 2 | 356 |
| 15 | Shinobu Kandori | 1 | 354 |
| 16 | Kyoko Inoue | 3 | 321 |
| 17 | Chigusa Nagayo | 1 | 310 |
| 18 | Mariko Akagi | 2 | 274 |
| 19 | Maki Ueda | 2 | 270 |
| 20 | Devil Masami | 1 | 254 |
| 21 | Momoe Nakanishi | 2 | 203 |
| 22 | Monster Ripper | 2 | 190 |
| 23 | Lioness Asuka | 2 | 171 |
| 24 | Amazing Kong | 1 | 119 |
| 25 | Dynamite Kansai | 1 | 96 |
| 26 | Marie Vagnone | 1 | 60 |
| 27 | Sandy Parker | 1 | 56 |
| 28 | Sandy Starr | 1 | 28 |
| 29 | La Galactica | 1 | 25 |
| 30 | Sarah Lee | 1 | 25 |
| 31 | Jackie West | 1 | 23 |
| 32 | Nanae Takahashi | 2 | 17 |
| 33 | Mach Fumiake | 1 | 14 |
| 34 | Jean Antone | 1 | 6 |
| 35 | Bambi Ball | 1 | 0 – 5¤ |
See also
References
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- ^ 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.
- ^ "AJW War Dream". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database.
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- ^ a b プロフィール. World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana (in Japanese). Retrieved March 3, 2013.
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External links
- WWWA World singles title history