WEW Heavyweight Championship

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Do not confuse with WWE Championship or WLW Heavyweight Championship.
WEW Openweight Championship
Details
PromotionPro Wrestling A-Team
BrandFrontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (1999-2002)
World Entertainment Wrestling (2002-2004)
Apache Army (2004-2016)
Pro Wrestling A-Team (2018-present)
Date establishedSeptember 24, 1999
Current champion(s)Super Tiger II
Date wonNovember 22, 2020
Other name(s)
  • WEW World Heavyweight Championship
    (September 24, 1999 - September 24, 2006)
  • WEW Heavyweight Championship
    (September 24, 2006 - present)

The WEW (World Entertainment Wrestling) Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling championship, most recently contested in Apache Army.[1] It was originally created for Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling as the WEW Single Championship.[2] The title was revived in Pro Wrestling A-Team in 2018 as the WEW Openweight Championship.

Tournaments[]

Takeover the Independent Tournament[]

The "Takeover the Independent Tournament" was a sixteen-man single-elimination tournament held by Apache Army between July 25, 2012 and September 21, 2012.

 
First RoundQuarter-FinalsSemi-FinalsFinal
 
              
 
July 25, 2012
 
 
Tetsuhiro KurodaTKO
 
August 28, 2012
 
Kintaro Kanemura7:12
 
Tetsuhiro KurodaPin
 
July 25, 2012
 
Manjimaru10:56
 
ManjimaruPin
 
September 21, 2012
 
Tomohiko Hashimoto4:33
 
Tetsuhiro KurodaPin
 
July 25, 2012
 
Arashi4:20
 
ArashiPin
 
August 28, 2012
 
Shota0:44
 
ArashiTKO
 
July 25, 2012
 
Kazushi Miyamoto11:27
 
Kazushi MiyamotoPin
 
September 21, 2012
 
Kotaro Nasu5:52
 
Tetsuhiro KurodaSub
 
July 25, 2012
 
Takeshi Minamino13:57
 
Takeshi MinaminoPin
 
August 28, 2012
 
Shoichi Ishimiya5:52
 
Takeshi MinaminoPin
 
July 25, 2012
 
Masato Shibata5:42
 
Masato ShibataDQ
 
September 21, 2012
 
Rikiya Fudo8:06
 
Takeshi MinaminoPin
 
July 25, 2012
 
HIROKI8:40
 
HIROKIPin
 
August 28, 2012
 
Daisaku Shimoda13:18
 
HIROKI*Pin
 
July 25, 2012
 
Keita Yano16:40
 
Keita YanoPin
 
 
Kengo Nishimura11:19
 

Title history[]

No. Wrestler Reigns Date Days held Location Event Notes Ref.
Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling
1 Kodo Fuyuki 1 September 24, 1999 60 Tokyo, Japan Making of a New Legend III tour FMW Commissioner Kodo Fuyuki awarded the title to himself.
2 Masato Tanaka 1 November 23, 1999 43 Yokohama, Japan FMW 10th Anniversary Show This was a loser leaves FMW" 13,000 volt thunderbolt cage death match. [3]
3 Tetsuhiro Kuroda 1 January 5, 2000 121 Tokyo, Japan New Year Generation tour [4]
4 Kodo Fuyuki 2 May 5, 2000 331 Tokyo, Japan 11th Anniversary Show: Backdraft [5]
5 Tetsuhiro Kuroda 2 April 1, 2001 51 Tokyo, Japan Fighting Creation tour [6]
6 Hayabusa 1 May 22, 2001 81 Sapporo, Japan Neo FMW tour This was a Barbed Wire Double Hell Death Match. [7]
7 Kintaro Kanemura 1 August 11, 2001 25 Tokyo, Japan Super Dynamism tour [8]
8 Hayabusa 2 September 5, 2001 4 Sapporo, Hokkaido FMW Super Dynamism 2001 - Day 13 [9]
9 Kintaro Kanemura 2 September 9, 2001 119 Tokyo, Japan FMW' Returned the title due to Hayabusa using a low blow in winning the title. [10]
10 Kodo Fuyuki 3 January 6, 2002 40 Tokyo, Japan FMW [11]
— Retired — February 15, 2002 — — — The title was retired due to FMW closing.
World Entertainment Wrestling
11 Kintaro Kanemura 3 August 23, 2002 251 Tokyo, Japan WEW Defeated Tetsuhiro Kuroda to re-establish the title. [12]
— Retired — May 1, 2003 — — — Retired when WEW promotion closed.
Apache Army
12 Togi Makabe 1 September 24, 2006 273 Tokyo, Japan Apache Pro 3rd Anniversary Show Defeated Kintaro Kanemura in a street fight barbed wire barricade chain death match to re-establish the title. [13]
13 Kintaro Kanemura 4 June 24, 2007 35 Tokyo, Japan Form of Challenge [14]
14 Toru Yano 1 July 29, 2007 56 Tokyo, Japan Lock Up [15]
15 Mammoth Sasaki 1 September 23, 2007 293 Tokyo, Japan Apache Pro [16]
16 Tomohiro Ishii 1 July 12, 2008 959 Tokyo, Japan Lock Up [17]
17 Kintaro Kanemura 5 February 26, 2011 90 Tokyo, Japan Apache Pro [18]
18 Arashi 1 May 27, 2011 335 Tokyo, Japan Apache Pro [19]
19 Tetsuhiro Kuroda 3 April 26, 2012 90 Tokyo, Japan Apache Pro [20]
— Vacated — July 25, 2012 — Tokyo, Japan Apache Pro Kuroda vacated the title to enter the "Takeover the Independent" tournament.
20 Tetsuhiro Kuroda 4 September 21, 2012 345 Tokyo, Japan Apache Pro Defeated Takeshi Minamino in the final of the 16-man "Takeover the Independent" tournament. [21]
21 Kintaro Kanemura 6 September 1, 2013 805 Tokyo, Japan Apache Pro [22]
22 Tomohiko Hashimoto 1 November 15, 2015 98 Osaka, Japan Apache Pro
23 Koji Kanemoto 1 February 21, 2016 308 Osaka, Japan Apache Pro [23]
24 Kintaro Kanemura 7 December 25, 2016 2 Tokyo, Japan Final Gong [24]
— Retired — December 27, 2016 — Tokyo, Japan Final Gong The title was retired when Kanemura retired and Apache Army closed.
Pro Wrestling A-Team
25 Daisaku Shimoda 1 April 13, 2018 58 Tokyo, Japan 1st Anniversary Memorial Festival Defeats Blue Shark to re-establish the title. [25]
26 Kim Duk 1 June 10, 2018 223 Tokyo, Japan A-Team
27 Daisaku Shimoda 2 January 19, 2019 274 Tokyo, Japan A-Team [26]
28 Gajō 1 October 20, 2019 56 Tokyo, Japan A-Team
29 Tomohiko Hashimoto 2 December 15, 2019 343 Tokyo, Japan A-Team
30 Super Tiger II 1 November 22, 2020 402+ Tokyo, Japan 2020 Final - Vol. 2 [27]

Combined reigns[]

As of December 29, 2021.

† Indicates the current champion
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns 		Combined days
1. Kintaro Kanemura 7 1,327
2. Tomohiro Ishii 1 959
3. Tetsuhiro Kuroda 4 607
4. Kodo Fuyuki 3 431
5. Tomohiko Hashimoto 2 441
6. Super Tiger II † 1 402+
7. Arashi 1 335
8. Daisaku Shimoda 2 333
9. Koji Kanemoto 1 308
10. Mammoth Sasaki 1 293
11. Togi Makabe 1 273
12. Kim Duk 1 223
13. Hayabusa 2 85
14. Toru Yano 1 56
Gajō 1 56
16. Masato Tanaka 1 43

See also[]

References[]

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