WWWA World Championship

The WWWA World Heavyweight Championship was the top singles women's professional wrestling championship in All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling 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. The title was descended from the original Women's World Championship, which Mildred Burke won in 1937.

Title history

No.	Champion	Reign	Date	Days held	Location	Event	Notes
1	Mildred Burke	1	April 1937	Unknown	N/A	House show	Won the original World Women's title from Clara Mortenson. Continued to 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. Mildred returned to the promotion she founded, World Women's Wrestling Association and continued to defend the championship.
—	Vacated	1	1956	N/A	N/A	N/A	Vacated after Burke retired from wrestling.
2	Marie Vagnone	1	August 1970	Unknown	Los Angeles, CA	House show	Won a tournament to decide the new champion.
3	Aiko Kyo	1	October 15, 1970		Tokyo, Japan	House show
4	Jean Antoine	1	March 9, 1972		Odawara, Japan	House show
5	Aiko Kyo	2	March 15, 1972		Nagoya, Japan	House show
6	Sandy Starr	1	April 26, 1972		Osaka, Japan	House show
7	Aiko Kyo	3	May 24, 1972		Fukuoka, Japan	House show
8	Sara Lee	1	July 1, 1972		Tokyo, Japan	House show
9	Miyoko Hoshino	1	July 26, 1972		Kasukabe, Japan	House show
10	Sandy Parker	1	May 15, 1973		Choshi, Japan	House show
11	Miyoko Hoshino	2	July 10, 1973		Kasama, Japan	House show
12	Jumbo Miyamoto	1	September 11, 1973		Tokyo, Japan	House show
13	Bambi Ball	1	March 2, 1974	<4	Kawasaki, Japan	House show
—	Vacated	1	March 1974	N/A	N/A	N/A	Vacated due to injury.
14	Jumbo Miyamoto	2	March 6, 1974		Maebashi, Japan	House show	Defeated Jane O'Brien to win the vacant title.
15	Jackie West	1	April 1, 1974		Kobe, Japan	House show
16	Jumbo Miyamoto	3	April 24, 1974		Kumamoto, Japan	House show
17	Mach Fumiake	1	March 19, 1975		Tokyo, Japan	House show
18	Jumbo Miyamoto	4	April 2, 1975		Osaka, Japan	House show
19	Mariko Akagi	1	March 15, 1976		Tokyo, Japan	House show
20	Jumbo Miyamoto	5	April 17, 1976		Toyokawa, Japan	House show
21	Mika Ueda	1	June 8, 1976		Tottori, Japan	House show
22	Mariko Akagi	2	November 30, 1976		Tokyo, Japan	House show
23	Mika Ueda	2	July 29, 1977		Tokyo, Japan	House show
24	Jackie Sato	1	November 1, 1977		Tokyo, Japan	House show
25	Monster Ripper	1	July 31, 1979		Tokyo, Japan	House show
26	Jackie Sato	2	September 13, 1979		Tokyo, Japan	House show
27	Monster Ripper	2	March 15, 1980		Kawasaki, Japan	House show
—	Vacated	1	August 8, 1980	N/A	N/A	N/A	Vacated after a match with Jackie Sato.
28	Jackie Sato	3	December 16, 1980		Tokyo, Japan	House show	Defeated Nancy Kumi to win the vacant title.
29	Jaguar Yokota	1	February 25, 1981		Yokohama, Japan	House show
30	La Galactica	1	May 7, 1983		Kawasaki, Japan	House show
31	Jaguar Yokota	2	June 1, 1983	Unknown	Omiya, Japan	House show
—	Vacated	1	December 1985	N/A	N/A	N/A	Vacated due to Yokota retiring.
32	Devil Masami	1	December 12, 1985		Tokyo, Japan	House show	Defeated Dump Matsumoto to win the vacant title.
33	Yukari Omori	1	August 23, 1986		Kawasaki, Japan	House show
34	Chigusa Nagayo	1	October 20, 1987		Tokyo, Japan	House show
35	Lioness Asuka	1	August 25, 1988	<1	Kawasaki, Japan	House show	Won the title by forfeit due to Nagayo being injured.
—	Vacated	1	August 25, 1988	N/A	N/A	N/A	Asuka refused the title.
36	Lioness Asuka	2	January 29, 1989		Tokyo, Japan	House show	Defeated Chigusa Nagayo to win the vacant title.
—	Vacated	1	July 19, 1989	N/A	N/A	N/A	Vacated due to Asuka retiring.
37	Bull Nakano	1	January 4, 1990		Tokyo, Japan	House show	Defeated Mitsuko Nishiwaki in a tournament final.
38	Aja Kong	1	November 26, 1992		Kawasaki, Japan	House show
39	Manami Toyota	1	March 26, 1995		Yokohama, Japan	House show
40	Aja Kong	2	June 27, 1995		Sapporo, Japan	House show
41	Dynamite Kansai	1	August 30, 1995		Osaka, Japan	House show
42	Manami Toyota	2	December 4, 1995		Tokyo, Japan	House show
43	Kyoko Inoue	1	December 8, 1996		Tokyo, Japan	House show
—	Vacated	1	May 11, 1997	N/A	N/A	N/A	Voluntarily vacated after a time limit draw against Kaoru Ito.
44	Kyoko Inoue	2	June 17, 1997		Sapporo, Japan	House show	Defeated Kaoru Ito to win the vacant title.
45	Yumiko Hotta	1	August 20, 1997		Tokyo, Japan	House show
46	Shinobu Kandori	1	March 21, 1998		Tokyo, Japan	House show
47	Yumiko Hotta	2	March 10, 1999		Tokyo, Japan	House show
48	Kyoko Inoue	3	July 11, 1999		Tokyo, Japan	House show
49	Yumiko Hotta	3	October 22, 1999		Fukuoka, Japan	House show
50	Manami Toyota	3	January 4, 2000		Tokyo, Japan	House show
51	Kaoru Ito	1	September 17, 2000		Tokyo, Japan	House show
52	Manami Toyota	4	February 24, 2002		Yokohama, Japan	House show
53	Kaoru Ito	2	July 6, 2002		Tokyo, Japan	House show
54	Momoe Nakanishi	1	October 20, 2002		Kawasaki, Japan	House show
55	Ayako Hamada	1	May 11, 2003		Yokohama, Japan	House show
56	Amazing Kong	1	January 4, 2004		Tokyo, Japan	House show
57	Ayako Hamada	2	May 2, 2004		Tokyo, Japan	House show
58	Nanae Takahashi	1	December 12, 2004		Kawasaki, Japan	House show
—	Vacated	1	December 29, 2004	N/A	N/A	N/A	Vacated due to injury.
59	Kumiko Maekawa	1	January 3, 2005		Tokyo, Japan	House show	Defeated Ayako Hamada to win the vacant title.
60	Nanae Takahashi	2	March 26, 2006	<1	Tokyo, Japan	House show
—	Retired	1	March 26, 2006	N/A	N/A	N/A

See also

• List of professional wrestling promotions in Japan
• List of women's wrestling promotions
• Professional wrestling in Japan
• Women's World Championship

External links

• WWWA World singles title history