IWA World Heavyweight Championship (IWA Japan)
| IWA Triple Crown Championship | |||||||||
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International Wrestling Association of Japan (1994–2014) Independent circuit (2014–present) | ||||||||
| Date established | July 20, 1994 | ||||||||
| Current champion(s) | Makoto | ||||||||
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The IWA Triple Crown Championship is a title used on the Japanese independent circuit. The title was originally called the IWA World Heavyweight Championship and was the world heavyweight championship of the International Wrestling Association of Japan (IWA Japan).[1]
Title history
| Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Location: | Notes: |
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| Dick Slater | 1 | July 20, 1994 | Iwate Prefecture, Japan | 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, 1999 | Tokyo, Japan | [1] |
| The title was vacated on June 27, 1999 after Goto wrestled as Ghost Face.[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 October 29, 2010 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 | IWA Japan becomes 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 | |
| Riho | 2 | June 22, 2016 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Makoto | 1 | November 19, 2016 | Tokyo, Japan | |
See also
References
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