All Asia Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||
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Promotion | |||||||||
Date established | November 22, 1955 | ||||||||
Current champion(s) | So Daimonji | ||||||||
Date won | June 6, 2023 | ||||||||
Other name(s) | |||||||||
Pacific Wrestling Federation (PWF) All Asia Heavyweight Championship Asia Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||
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The All Asia Heavyweight Championship ( Japanese: オールアジアヘビー級王座, Hepburn: Ōru Ajia Hebī-kyū Ōza) is a title owned and promoted by the Pro Wrestling Land's End promotion. The title was originally created in 1955 in Japan Wrestling Association (JWA), with the inaugural champion crowned on November 22, 1955. [1] Being a professional wrestling championship, the title is won as a result of a match with a predetermined outcome. The current champion is So Daimonji, who is in his first reign.
This title was contested for originally in JWA where it was known as the Pacific Wrestling Federation (PWF) All Asia Heavyweight Championship or All Asia Heavyweight Championship for short. When JWA shut down in 1973, the title went inactive until being reactivated in All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) in 1976 after New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) announced the creation of its own version of the title. [2] The NJPW title was retired in 1981, while the AJPW title was retired in 1995, following the retirement of final champion Kintarō Ōki. [2]
On December 15, 2017, the Pro Wrestling Land's End promotion announced that it had gotten the blessing of Pacific Wrestling Federation chairman Dory Funk Jr. and Mitsuo Momota, the son of inaugural champion Rikidōzan, to revive the Asia Heavyweight Championship with a tournament to crown the new champion set to take place in South Korea on January 21, 2018. [3] This also led to a new name [4] and a new design of the championship. The tournament was won by Ryoji Sai who defeated Bodyguard in the finals of an eight-man tournament. [4]
Rikidōzan | 4.0 |
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King Kong Czaya | 2.5 |
Dara Singh | 2.5 |
Tiger Joginder Singh | 1.0 |
Syed Saif Shah | 0.0 |
Dara | Czaya | Shah | Tiger | Rikidōzan | |
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Dara S. | — | Draw | Dara S | Dara S | Rikidōzan |
Czaya | Draw | — | Czaya | Czaya | Bye [note 1] |
Shah | Dara S | Czaya | — | Tiger J | Rikidōzan |
Tiger J. | Dara S | Czaya | Tiger J | — | Rikidōzan |
Rikidōzan | Rikidōzan | Bye [note 1] | Rikidōzan | Rikidōzan | — |
Final | ||||
1 | Rikidōzan | KO | ||
2 | King Kong Czaya | 90:50 [5] |
First round (January 21) | Semifinals (January 21) | Final (January 21) | ||||||||||||
Bodyguard | Pin | |||||||||||||
Dr. MONZ Jr. | 6:45 [4] | |||||||||||||
Bodyguard | Sub | |||||||||||||
Dolgorsuren Beringon | 0:59 [4] | |||||||||||||
Yun Boy-ik | Pin | |||||||||||||
Dolgorsuren Beringon | 04:24 [4] | |||||||||||||
Bodyguard | Pin | |||||||||||||
Ryoji Sai | 19:23 [4] | |||||||||||||
Uncle | Pin | |||||||||||||
Masashi Takeda | 7:53 [4] | |||||||||||||
Masashi Takeda | KO | |||||||||||||
Ryoji Sai | 13:20 [4] | |||||||||||||
Ryoji Sai | Pin | |||||||||||||
Che Yon | 9:53 [4] |
No. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
Days | Number of days held |
+ | Current reign is changing daily |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||||
Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance | ||||||||||
1 | Rikidōzan | November 22, 1955 | House show | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 2,945 | Defeated King Kong Czaya in a tournament final to become the inaugural champion. | [2] | ||
— | Vacated | December 15, 1963 | — | — | — | — | Title vacated when Rikidōzan died. | [2] | ||
2 | Kintarō Ōki | November 9, 1968 | House show | Seoul, South Korea | 1 | 797 | Defeated Buddy Austin to win the vacant title. | [2] | ||
3 | Bill Dromo | January 15, 1971 | House show | Tokuyama, Japan | 1 | 18 | [2] [6] | |||
4 | Kintarō Ōki | February 2, 1971 | House show | Hiroshima, Japan | 2 | 2,061 | The title became inactive on April 14, 1973, when the JWA closed, and was reactivated on March 26, 1976, after New Japan Pro-Wrestling announced the creation of its own version of the title. | [2] | ||
— | Vacated | September 24, 1976 | — | — | — | — | Title held up after match against Waldo Von Erich in Omiya, Japan. | [2] | ||
All Japan Pro Wrestling | ||||||||||
5 | Kintarō Ōki | October 21, 1976 | House show | Fukushima, Japan | 3 | 373 | Defeated Waldo Von Erich in a rematch to win the held up title. | [2] | ||
6 | Giant Baba | October 29, 1977 | House show | Kuroiso, Japan | 1 | 1,251 | Already held the PWF Heavyweight Championship, so both titles may have been defended simultaneously, or not at all. | [2] [7] | ||
— | Vacated | April 13, 1981 | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated for undocumented reasons. The NJPW version of the title is retired on May 21, 1981. |
[2] | ||
South Korea | ||||||||||
7 | Kintarō Ōki | May 5, 1981 | House show | South Korea | 4 | 5,023 | While not being defended for nearly a decade the championship was not officially retired until Ohki officially retired. | [2] [8] | ||
— | Deactivated | February 4, 1995 | — | — | — | — | Title abandoned. | [8] | ||
Pro Wrestling Land's End | ||||||||||
8 | Ryoji Sai | January 21, 2018 | House show | Seoul, South Korea | 1 | 189 | Defeated Bodyguard in a tournament final to win the vacant title. | [2] [8] | ||
9 | Bodyguard | July 29, 2018 | Summer Action Series 2018 | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 182 | This was an All Japan Pro Wrestling event. | [2] [8] | ||
10 | Kim Nam-seok | January 27, 2019 | House show | Seoul, South Korea | 1 | 467 | [2] [8] | |||
— | Vacated | May 8, 2023 | — | — | — | — | Title vacated because Kim was not able to enter Japan to defend the title due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | [9] | ||
11 | So Daimonji | June 6, 2023 | Yokohama Fukushimania | Yokohama, Japan | 1 | 393+ | Defeated Dylan James to win the vacant title. | [2] [8] [10] |
As of July 3, 2024.
† | Indicates the current champion |
Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined days |
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1 | Kintarō Ōki | 4 | 8,254 |
2 | Rikidōzan | 1 | 2,945 |
3 | Giant Baba | 1 | 1,251 |
4 | Kim Nam-seok | 1 | 467 |
5 | So Daimonji † | 1 | 393+ |
6 | Ryoji Sai | 1 | 189 |
7 | Bodyguard | 1 | 182 |
8 | Bill Dromo | 1 | 18 |
All Asia Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||
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Details | |||||||||
Promotion | |||||||||
Date established | November 22, 1955 | ||||||||
Current champion(s) | So Daimonji | ||||||||
Date won | June 6, 2023 | ||||||||
Other name(s) | |||||||||
Pacific Wrestling Federation (PWF) All Asia Heavyweight Championship Asia Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||
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The All Asia Heavyweight Championship ( Japanese: オールアジアヘビー級王座, Hepburn: Ōru Ajia Hebī-kyū Ōza) is a title owned and promoted by the Pro Wrestling Land's End promotion. The title was originally created in 1955 in Japan Wrestling Association (JWA), with the inaugural champion crowned on November 22, 1955. [1] Being a professional wrestling championship, the title is won as a result of a match with a predetermined outcome. The current champion is So Daimonji, who is in his first reign.
This title was contested for originally in JWA where it was known as the Pacific Wrestling Federation (PWF) All Asia Heavyweight Championship or All Asia Heavyweight Championship for short. When JWA shut down in 1973, the title went inactive until being reactivated in All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) in 1976 after New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) announced the creation of its own version of the title. [2] The NJPW title was retired in 1981, while the AJPW title was retired in 1995, following the retirement of final champion Kintarō Ōki. [2]
On December 15, 2017, the Pro Wrestling Land's End promotion announced that it had gotten the blessing of Pacific Wrestling Federation chairman Dory Funk Jr. and Mitsuo Momota, the son of inaugural champion Rikidōzan, to revive the Asia Heavyweight Championship with a tournament to crown the new champion set to take place in South Korea on January 21, 2018. [3] This also led to a new name [4] and a new design of the championship. The tournament was won by Ryoji Sai who defeated Bodyguard in the finals of an eight-man tournament. [4]
Rikidōzan | 4.0 |
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King Kong Czaya | 2.5 |
Dara Singh | 2.5 |
Tiger Joginder Singh | 1.0 |
Syed Saif Shah | 0.0 |
Dara | Czaya | Shah | Tiger | Rikidōzan | |
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Dara S. | — | Draw | Dara S | Dara S | Rikidōzan |
Czaya | Draw | — | Czaya | Czaya | Bye [note 1] |
Shah | Dara S | Czaya | — | Tiger J | Rikidōzan |
Tiger J. | Dara S | Czaya | Tiger J | — | Rikidōzan |
Rikidōzan | Rikidōzan | Bye [note 1] | Rikidōzan | Rikidōzan | — |
Final | ||||
1 | Rikidōzan | KO | ||
2 | King Kong Czaya | 90:50 [5] |
First round (January 21) | Semifinals (January 21) | Final (January 21) | ||||||||||||
Bodyguard | Pin | |||||||||||||
Dr. MONZ Jr. | 6:45 [4] | |||||||||||||
Bodyguard | Sub | |||||||||||||
Dolgorsuren Beringon | 0:59 [4] | |||||||||||||
Yun Boy-ik | Pin | |||||||||||||
Dolgorsuren Beringon | 04:24 [4] | |||||||||||||
Bodyguard | Pin | |||||||||||||
Ryoji Sai | 19:23 [4] | |||||||||||||
Uncle | Pin | |||||||||||||
Masashi Takeda | 7:53 [4] | |||||||||||||
Masashi Takeda | KO | |||||||||||||
Ryoji Sai | 13:20 [4] | |||||||||||||
Ryoji Sai | Pin | |||||||||||||
Che Yon | 9:53 [4] |
No. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
Days | Number of days held |
+ | Current reign is changing daily |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||||
Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance | ||||||||||
1 | Rikidōzan | November 22, 1955 | House show | Tokyo, Japan | 1 | 2,945 | Defeated King Kong Czaya in a tournament final to become the inaugural champion. | [2] | ||
— | Vacated | December 15, 1963 | — | — | — | — | Title vacated when Rikidōzan died. | [2] | ||
2 | Kintarō Ōki | November 9, 1968 | House show | Seoul, South Korea | 1 | 797 | Defeated Buddy Austin to win the vacant title. | [2] | ||
3 | Bill Dromo | January 15, 1971 | House show | Tokuyama, Japan | 1 | 18 | [2] [6] | |||
4 | Kintarō Ōki | February 2, 1971 | House show | Hiroshima, Japan | 2 | 2,061 | The title became inactive on April 14, 1973, when the JWA closed, and was reactivated on March 26, 1976, after New Japan Pro-Wrestling announced the creation of its own version of the title. | [2] | ||
— | Vacated | September 24, 1976 | — | — | — | — | Title held up after match against Waldo Von Erich in Omiya, Japan. | [2] | ||
All Japan Pro Wrestling | ||||||||||
5 | Kintarō Ōki | October 21, 1976 | House show | Fukushima, Japan | 3 | 373 | Defeated Waldo Von Erich in a rematch to win the held up title. | [2] | ||
6 | Giant Baba | October 29, 1977 | House show | Kuroiso, Japan | 1 | 1,251 | Already held the PWF Heavyweight Championship, so both titles may have been defended simultaneously, or not at all. | [2] [7] | ||
— | Vacated | April 13, 1981 | — | — | — | — | Championship vacated for undocumented reasons. The NJPW version of the title is retired on May 21, 1981. |
[2] | ||
South Korea | ||||||||||
7 | Kintarō Ōki | May 5, 1981 | House show | South Korea | 4 | 5,023 | While not being defended for nearly a decade the championship was not officially retired until Ohki officially retired. | [2] [8] | ||
— | Deactivated | February 4, 1995 | — | — | — | — | Title abandoned. | [8] | ||
Pro Wrestling Land's End | ||||||||||
8 | Ryoji Sai | January 21, 2018 | House show | Seoul, South Korea | 1 | 189 | Defeated Bodyguard in a tournament final to win the vacant title. | [2] [8] | ||
9 | Bodyguard | July 29, 2018 | Summer Action Series 2018 | Osaka, Japan | 1 | 182 | This was an All Japan Pro Wrestling event. | [2] [8] | ||
10 | Kim Nam-seok | January 27, 2019 | House show | Seoul, South Korea | 1 | 467 | [2] [8] | |||
— | Vacated | May 8, 2023 | — | — | — | — | Title vacated because Kim was not able to enter Japan to defend the title due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | [9] | ||
11 | So Daimonji | June 6, 2023 | Yokohama Fukushimania | Yokohama, Japan | 1 | 393+ | Defeated Dylan James to win the vacant title. | [2] [8] [10] |
As of July 3, 2024.
† | Indicates the current champion |
Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined days |
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1 | Kintarō Ōki | 4 | 8,254 |
2 | Rikidōzan | 1 | 2,945 |
3 | Giant Baba | 1 | 1,251 |
4 | Kim Nam-seok | 1 | 467 |
5 | So Daimonji † | 1 | 393+ |
6 | Ryoji Sai | 1 | 189 |
7 | Bodyguard | 1 | 182 |
8 | Bill Dromo | 1 | 18 |