Championshipname: | All Asia Heavyweight Championship |
Currentholder: | So Daimonji |
Won: | June 6, 2023 |
Created: | November 22, 1955 |
Firstchamp: | Rikidōzan |
Longestreign: | Kintarō Ōki (fourth reign, 5,023 days) |
Shortestreign: | Bill Dromo (first reign, 18 days) |
Pastnames: | Pacific Wrestling Federation (PWF) All Asia Heavyweight Championship Asia Heavyweight Championship |
The 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. The NJPW title was retired in 1981, while the AJPW title was retired in 1995, following the retirement of final champion Kintarō Ōki.
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.[2] This also led to a new name[3] 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.
Shah | Tiger | Rikidōzan | ||||
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Dara S. | Draw | Dara S | Dara S | Rikidōzan | ||
Czaya | Draw | Czaya | Czaya | Bye | ||
Shah | Dara S | Czaya | Tiger J | Rikidōzan | ||
Tiger J. | Dara S | Czaya | Tiger J | Rikidōzan | ||
Rikidōzan | Rikidōzan | Bye | Rikidōzan | Rikidōzan |
As of, .
† | Indicates the current champion |