AJW Championship
Appearance
The AJW Championship was a secondary belt contested in the Japanese women's professional wrestling promotion All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW). The first champion, in 1980, was Rimi Yokota. During the title's history, no one held the belt more than two times. The belt was abandoned in 2005, after AJW was closed down.
Title history
Wrestler: | Times: | Date: | Location: | Notes: |
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Rimi Yokota | 1 | December 15, 1980 | Tokyo | Defeated Nancy Kumi to become the first AJW Champion. Vacated on March 7, 1981 |
Devil Masami | 1 | May 9, 1981 | Omiya, Saitama | Defeated Tomoko Kitamura. Vacated on April 7, 1982 |
Lioness Asuka | 1 | July 19, 1982 | Tokyo | Defeated Masked Yu. |
Kaoru Matsumoto | 1 | January 8, 1983 | Kumaya | |
Lioness Asuka | 2 | June 1, 1983 | Omiya, Saitama | Vacated on January 18, 1984 |
Itsuki Yamazaki | 1 | February 28, 1984 | Sagamihara, Kanagawa | Defeated Noriyo Tateno. Vacated on February 25, 1985. |
Bull Nakano | 1 | July 25, 1985 | Yamato, Kanagawa | Defeated Mika Komatsu. |
Yumi Ogura | 1 | January 28, 1988 | Nagoya, Aichi | |
Mika Komatsu | 1 | July 10, 1988 | Edmonton, Alberta | Vacated in February 1989, due to retirement. |
Erika Shishido | 1 | March 19, 1989 | Tokyo | Defeated Manami Toyota. |
Reibun Amada | 1 | August 24, 1989 | Tokyo | Vacated in October, 1989, due to retirement. |
Manami Toyota | 1 | November 18, 1989 | Matsuda, Kanagawa | Defeated Mika Takahashi. Vacated on September 1, 1990. |
Kyoko Inoue | 1 | October 2, 1990 | Yamagata, Yamagata | Defeated Takako Inoue. |
Takako Inoue | 1 | April 29, 1991 | Tokyo | |
Mariko Yoshida | 1 | April 29, 1992 | Toda, Saitama | |
Sakie Hasegawa | 1 | July 15, 1992 | Tokyo | |
Tomoko Watanabe | 1 | October 9, 1992 | Chiba, Chiba | |
Kaoru Ito | 1 | November 26, 1992 | Kawasaki, Kanagawa | |
Debbie Malenko | 1 | February 10, 1993 | Kumamoto, Kumamoto | Vacated in mid-1993, due to an injury. |
Mima Shimoda | 1 | September 18, 1993 | Omiya, Saitama | Defeated Bat Yoshinaga. Vacated on April 9, 1994, to concentrate on tag team matches with Estuko Mita. |
Kaoru Ito | 2 | May 4, 1994 | Toda, Saitama | Defeated Rie Tamada. |
Tomoko Watanabe | 2 | June 30, 1995 | Hakodate, Hokkaido | Vacated in early 1996. |
Kumiko Maekawa | 1 | May 4, 1996 | Toda, Saitama | Defeated Chaparita ASARI. |
Rie Tamada | 1 | November 21, 1996 | Kobe, Hyogo | Vacated in December 1997. |
Momoe Nakanishi | 1 | December 12, 1997 | Chiba, Chiba | Defeated Sachie Nishibori. |
Emi Motokawa | 1 | January 24, 1998 | Hamamatsu, Shizuoka | |
Momoe Nakanishi | 2 | April 12, 1998 | Tokyo | Vacated in 1999 due to the title defence limit, |
Nanae Takahashi | 1 | March 1, 2000 | Fukuoka, Fukuoka | Defeated Miyuki Fujii. |
Miho Wakizawa | 1 | September 17, 2000 | Tokyo | |
Rumi Kazama | 1 | May 26, 2001 | Tokyo | Vacated immediately upon winning the belt. |
Kayo Noumi | 1 | July 27, 2001 | Tokyo | Defeated Miho Wakizawa |
Kayoko Haruyama | 1 | September 26, 2001 | Tokyo | |
Kayo Noumi | 2 | January 4, 2002 | Tokyo | Vacated on September 22, 2002, in order to participated in the October 20, 2002 tournament for the All Pacific Championship. |
Miyuki Fujii | 1 | October 8, 2002 | Mie | Defeated Mika Nishio. |
Kaori Yoneyama | 1 | November 29, 2002 | Tokyo | |
Mika Nishio | 1 | January 4, 2003 | Tokyo | Vacated in early 2003, when Nishio leaves AJW. |
Sasori (Miyuki Fujii) | 2 | June 19, 2003 | Kanazawa, Ishikawa | Defeated Saki Maemura. |
Hikaru | 2 | February 15, 2003 | Tokyo | |
Saki Maemura | 1 | January 3, 2004 | Tokyo | Final champion. |
See also
- List of professional wrestling promotions in Japan
- List of women's wrestling promotions
- Professional wrestling in Japan