Pacific Wrestling Federation (PWF) World Heavyweight Championship The PWF Heavyweight Championship belt
Promotion All Japan Pro Wrestling Date established February 27, 1973 Date retired 1989
The Pacific Wrestling Federation (PWF) World Heavyweight Championship is a profesional wrestling world heavyweight championship one of the three titles that make up the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship . It was created in 1973 by All Japan owner Giant Baba , after he won a series of ten matches against Bruno Sammartino (twice - one win, one draw), Terry Funk , Abdullah the Butcher , The Destroyer , Wilbur Snyder (twice - one win, one draw), Don Leo Jonathan , Pat O'Connor and Bobo Brazil .
The title, which had originally been classed as a world title, was downgraded to regional status after All Japan joined the National Wrestling Alliance but retained its status as the top All Japan singles title until 1983. In 1989 Jumbo Tsuruta and Stan Hansen would unify this, the NWA United National Championship and the NWA International Heavyweight title to create the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship. The original belt remained in use as part of the Triple Crown until 2013, when the three belts were replaced by a single belt. As the original top belt in All Japan, its design formed the front plate of the new belt; the other two belts' designs took the sides.[1]
Title history [ ]
Key
Symbol
Meaning
No.
The overall championship reign
Reign
The reign number for the specific wrestler listed.
Event
The event in which the championship changed hands
N/A
The specific information is not known
—
Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign
[Note #]
Indicates that the exact length of the title reign is unknown, with a note providing more details.
#
Wrestler
Reign
Date
Days held
Location
Event
Notes
Ref.
1
Giant Baba
1
February 27, 1973
1,920
Tokyo, Japan
House show
Won a series of 10 matches, the last against Bobo Brazil .
[2]
2
Tor Kamata
1
June 1, 1978
11
Akita, Japan
House show
[3]
3
Billy Robinson
1
June 12, 1978
128
Ichinomiya, Japan
House show
4
Abdullah the Butcher
1
October 18, 1978
115
Utsunomiya, Japan
House show
5
Giant Baba
2
February 10, 1979
1,354
Chicago, Illinois, United States
House show
[4]
6
Harley Race
1
October 26, 1982
108
Obihiro, Japan
House show
7
Giant Baba
3
February 11, 1983
209
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
House show
[5]
8
Stan Hansen
1
September 8, 1983
327
Chiba, Japan
House show
9
Giant Baba
4
July 31, 1984
364
Tokyo, Japan
House show
[6]
10
Stan Hansen
2
July 30, 1985
249
Fukuoka, Japan
House show
11
Riki Choshu
1
April 5, 1986
[Note 1]
Yokohama, Japan
House show
Hansen's AWA World Heavyweight Championship was also on the line. The match ended in a disqualification. Because the PWF Championship could be won by disqualification but the AWA Championship could not, Choshu only won the PWF Championship.
-
Vacated
-
March 1987
-
N/A
N/A
Vacated when Choshu left for New Japan Pro-Wrestling .
12
Stan Hansen
3
April 24, 1987
320
Yokohama, Japan
House show
Defeated Hiroshi Wajima in a decision match.
13
Genichiro Tenryu
1
March 9, 1988
140
Yokohama, Japan
House show
Tenryu also held the NWA United National Championship at this point in time
14
Stan Hansen
4
July 27, 1988
265
Nagano, Japan
House show
Won the PWF World Heavyweight and NWA United National Championship.
15
Jumbo Tsuruta
1
April 18, 1989
0
Tokyo, Japan
House show
Tsuruta was the NWA International Heavyweight Champion .
-
Unified
-
April 18, 1989
-
N/A
N/A
The PWF World Heavyweight Championship, NWA International Heavyweight Championship and NWA United National Championship unified to become the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship .
Combined reigns [ ]
See also [ ]
[ ]
^ The exact date the championship was vacated is uncertain, which put the championship reign at between 330 and 360 days.
References [ ]
^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4 .
^ Hoops, Brian (February 28, 2017). "Daily pro wrestling history (02/27): NXT takes over" . Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 27, 2017 .
^ Hoops, Brian (June 1, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (June 1): Rogers beats Gomez, Gordman & Goliath, Baba loses PWF Title, Flair Vs. KVE, Lawler Vs. Son, Undertaker Vs. Edge" . Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 11, 2017 .
^ Hoops, Brian (February 10, 2017). "DAILY PRO WRESTLING HISTORY (02/10): MASA SAITO WINS AWA GOLD AT THE TOKYO DOME" . Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 10, 2017 .
^ Hoops, Brian (February 11, 2017). "On this day in pro wrestling history (Feb 11): AJ Styles wins the IWGP Title" . Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 15, 2017 .
^ Hoops, Brian (July 31, 2015). "On this day in pro wrestling history (July 31): Stan Hansen wins NWA International title, Giant Baba, Hulk Hogan in AWA" . Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved February 11, 2017 .
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