All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling ( 全日本女子プロレス , Zennihon Joshi Puroresu ) , nicknamed Zenjo (全女: 全 meaning "All", 女 meaning "Woman") was a joshi puroresu ( women's professional wrestling ) promotion established in 1968 by Takashi Matsunaga and his brothers. The group held their first card on June 4 of that year. For close to 33 years it had a TV program on Fuji TV called Women's Professional Wrestling .
40-804: (Redirected from Hawaiian Pacific Championship ) Professional wrestling women's championship All Pacific Championship [REDACTED] The All Pacific Championship belt Details Promotion All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling Date established August 31, 1977 Date retired April 2005 Other name(s) Hawaiian Pacific Championship Statistics First champion(s) Jane O'Brien Final champion(s) Lioness Asuka Most reigns Kumiko Maekawa Kyoko Inoue Suzuka Minami Tomoko Watanabe/Zap T (4 reigns) Longest reign Chigusa Nagayo (740 days) Shortest reign Lioness Asuka Suzuka Minami (<1 day) The All Pacific Championship
80-631: A WWWA tournament earlier that year in Los Angeles . On October 15, 1970, in Tokyo , Vagnone lost the WWWA title to Aiko Kyo , and AJW had a new world championship singles belt. The next year, AJW acquired the WWWA World Tag Team Championship as well, when Jumbo Miyamoto and Aiko Kyo were made the first champions on June 30, 1971. During the early 1970s, AJW's championship booking was dominated by
120-524: A nightmare year for All Japan Women as the owners of All Japan Women's went bankrupt after losing money in real estate, the stock market and other business ventures. Due to this, they lost 14 wrestlers from July to September 1997. Kyoko Inoue , Etsuko Mita , Mima Shimoda , Chaparita Asari, Yoshiko Tamura and others left to form NEO Japan Ladies Pro-Wrestling . Toshiyo Yamada left for Gaea Japan . Aja Kong , Mariko Yoshida , Reggie Bennett , Yumi Fukawa and Rie Tamada left to form Arsion . In October 1997,
160-532: A tournament final to win the vacant championship. 32 Takako Inoue November 21, 1996 Tag League the Best - Day 31 Kobe , Hyōgo , Japan 1 60 Already possessed the IWA World Women's Championship . 33 Kyoko Inoue January 20, 1997 "Ota Ward Champion Legend 1997" Zenjo Perfection - Day 13 Kobe , Hyōgo , Japan 3 111 Already possessed
200-482: Is renamed the All Pacific Championship during this reign; Ikeshita was recognized by AJW as first All Pacific Champion. — Vacated 1978 — — — — The championship was vacated after Yumi Ikeshita suffered an ankle injury. 3 Chabela Romero May 20, 1978 Live Event Ōmiya-ku, Saitama , Japan 1 81 Romero defeated Maki Ueda to win
240-627: The WWWA World Single Championship . 45 noki-A October 20, 2002 Tag League the Best - Tag 2 Real All-Womanism Dream Explosion: Kawasaki Part 1 Kawasaki, Kanagawa , Japan 1 63 noki-A defeated Kayo Noumi in tournament final to win the vacant championship. 46 Kayo Noumi December 22, 2002 Real All-Womanism Dream Explosion: Kawasaki Part 2 Kawasaki, Kanagawa , Japan 1 483 — Vacated April 18, 2004 — — — — The championship
280-491: The WWWA World Single Championship . Unifies WWWA, IWA , and All Pacific Championships. — Vacated May 11, 1997 Zenjo Transformation - Day 8 Nagoya , Aichi , Japan — — The championship was vacated due to dissatisfaction with 60-minute draw against Kaoru Ito. 34 Takako Inoue June 18, 1997 Zenjo Transformation - Day 36 Sapporo , Hokkaido , Japan 2 13 – 43 Inoue defeated Toshiyo Yamada to win
320-669: The Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan . This was at AJW's 30th anniversary event. All but two members of the Hall of Fame (indicated with a † ) were inducted at the initial ceremony. WWWA World Single Championship The WWWA World Single Championship ( WWWA世界シングル王座 , WWWA sekai shinguru ōza ) was the top singles women's professional wrestling championship in All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW) from 1970 until it closed in 2006. It
360-515: The 1980s, AJW continued to feature extraordinarily talented and popular female wrestlers, including Wrestling Observer Newsletter (WON) Hall of Famers , Bull Nakano , Jaguar Yokota , Devil Masami , Dump Matsumoto , and the Crush Gals ( Chigusa Nagayo and Lioness Asuka ). The feud between the pop culture sensations, the Crush Gals, and the heel stable, Gokuaku Domei, led by Matsumoto, was possibly
400-576: The All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling Corporation (AJW) with his brothers Kenji, Kunimatsu and Toshikuni. The promotion held its first card on June 4, 1968, and got a television deal with Fuji TV in the same year. In the fall of 1970, AJW, which had been contesting the American Girls' Wrestling Association Championship since the previous year, hosted Marie Vagnone , new holder of Mildred Burke's WWWA World Single Championship which had been revived in
440-1049: The Best Japan Grand Prix Partnerships New Japan Pro-Wrestling All Japan Pro Wrestling World Wide Wrestling Federation Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling Gaea Japan NEO Japan Ladies Pro-Wrestling Ladies Legend Pro-Wrestling Big Egg Wrestling Universe World Women's Wrestling Association Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=All_Pacific_Championship&oldid=1245145156 " Categories : All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling championships Women's professional wrestling championships Regional professional wrestling championships Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description matches Wikidata Articles with hCards All Japan Women%27s Pro-Wrestling The All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling Corporation , established in 1968,
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#1733084943151480-535: The Best was held each fall, also from 1985 to 2004, and was a tag team tournament. AJW also held several regular annual events during the 1990s. The first was Wrestlemarinpiad , which was held in the fall or spring from 1989 to 1997, and for the last time in 2000. Also prominent was Wrestling Queendom , held from 1993 to 1997, the first held in November and the rest in the end of March. The AJW Hall of Fame had its first inducted class enshrined on November 29, 1998, at
520-653: The cards were sporadic. In 2012 the "New" AJW stopped promoting cards. The most notable annual events in AJW were the Japan Grand Prix and Tag League the Best . The Japan Grand Prix was held each summer, from 1985 to 2004, and was a tournament to determine the number one contender for the WWWA World Single Championship , similar to the G1 Climax or Champion Carnival seen in the men's promotions New Japan Pro-Wrestling and All Japan Pro Wrestling , respectively. Tag League
560-399: The championship after a title defense against Momoe Nakanishi . 44 Momoe Nakanishi February 24, 2002 Zenjo Turbulence Yokohama , Kanagawa , Japan 1 196 Nakanishi defeated Kumiko Maekawa to win the vacant championship. — Vacated September 8, 2002 — — — — Momoe Nakanishi vacated the championship to pursue
600-577: The championship to pursue the WWWA World Single Championship . 8 Jumbo Hori January 12, 1982 Live Event Chiba , Japan 1 154 Hori defeated Wild Kazuki to win the vacant championship. — Vacated June 15, 1982 — — — — Jumbo Hori vacated the championship to pursue the WWWA World Tag Team Championship . 9 Judy Martin October 5, 1982 Live Event Osaka , Japan 1 30 Martin defeated Yukari Omori to win
640-571: The collapse of Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling . This created an unprecedented era of co-operation between the various companies which resulted in many inter-promotional shows including Big Egg Wrestling Universe , the first ever all women's show at the Tokyo Dome . Competition increased again as Gaea Japan formed in 1995 and JDStar formed in 1996 with both promotions having former All Japan Women's stars including Chigusa Nagayo , Akira Hokuto , Lioness Asuka and Jaguar Yokota . 1997 would prove to be
680-505: The longest-running promotion in Japan up to that time (Men's promotions New Japan Pro Wrestling and All Japan Pro Wrestling have since reached 50 years as of 2022). Promotion company Tajima Kikaku re-established "New" AJW in 2006, however they only acquired the rights to the promotion's name and logo from the Matsunaga family, not the titles. The talent was mostly borrowed from JWP Project and
720-490: The most popular angle in all of Japanese wrestling during the 1980s, bringing very high ratings to AJW's weekly television program which caused the show be aired during prime-time. This also resulted in record numbers of girls wanting to become wrestlers with the 1984 auditions having 2,000 candidates. Up until 1986, AJW had been the only major women's wrestling ( joshi puroresu or simply joshi ) promotion in Japan. Then, on August 17, 1986, Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (JWP)
760-791: The pattern in the singles division. After that, only three non-Japanese women ever won the belt, the Canadian Monster Ripper , on July 31, 1979, and March 15, 1980, the Mexican La Galactica , on May 7, 1983, and the American Amazing Kong , on June 4, 2004. On July 6, 1980, the promotion had enough popularity to run more shows throughout the country, which resulted in AJW splitting into two teams. Team A featured wrestlers such as Jackie Sato , Jaguar Yokota and Mimi Hagiwara while Team B featured Nancy Kumi , Lucy Kayama and Chino Sato . This lasted until June 1981. During
800-549: The promotion's building which held the AJW office, the wrestler dormitories, the training area, the garage (where small events were sometimes held) and a restaurant where the younger wrestlers worked was handed over to creditors. In October, they also lost their television show on Fuji TV which they later regained in July 1998. In 2002, AJW lost its television spot again and the promotion closed its doors in April 2005 after 37 years, making it
840-520: The specific champion Days Number of days held No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref. Date Event Location Reign Days 1 Jane O'Brien August 31, 1977 Live Event Honolulu , HI 1 1 O'Brien defeated Maki Ueda to become the inaugural Hawaiian Pacific champion. 2 Yumi Ikeshita September 1, 1977 Live Event Honolulu , HI 1 122 – 261 The title
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#1733084943151880-563: The traditional trading between a Japanese face and a foreign (usually North American) heel . The tag belt, for example, was traded fifty-six times between 1971 and 1975, each time between a Japanese team and an American team. This pattern began to change in 1975 with the new stardom of Mach Fumiake and the Beauty Pair ( Jackie Sato and Maki Ueda ). On March 19, 1975, Mach Fumiake won the WWWA Championship from Jumbo Miyamoto, breaking
920-444: The vacant championship. 10 Mimi Hagiwara November 4, 1982 Live Event Himeji , Hyōgo , Japan 2 387 — Vacated November 26, 1983 — — — — The championship was vacated after Mimi Hagiwara retired from wrestling. 11 Devil Masami April 1, 1984 Live Event Tokyo , Japan 1 620 Masami defeated Judy Martin to win
960-702: The vacant championship. 30 Yumiko Hotta September 24, 1995 Innocent Stars in Kawasaki Kawasaki, Kanagawa , Japan 1 99 – 272 — Vacated April 1996 — — — — Yumiko Hotta vacated the championship in the Spring of 1996, in order to pursue the WWWA World Single Championship . 31 Reggie Bennett June 22, 1996 Champions Night in Sapporo Sapporo , Hokkaido , Japan 1 152 Bennett defeated Kaoru Ito in
1000-435: The vacant championship. 4 Maki Ueda August 9, 1978 Live Event Tokyo , Japan 1 202 — Vacated February 27, 1979 — — — — Maki Ueda vacated the championship to pursue the WWWA World Single Championship . 5 Tomi Aoyama September 27, 1979 Live Event Osaka , Japan 1 65 Aoyama defeated Leilani Kai to win
1040-579: The vacant championship. — Vacated December 1, 1979 — — — — The championship was vacated after Tomi Aoyama suffered a knee injury. 6 Yumi Ikeshita February 21, 1980 Live Event Nagoya , Aichi , Japan 2 370 Ikeshita defeated Lucy Kayama to win the vacant championship. 7 Mimi Hagiwara February 25, 1981 Live Event Yokohama , Kanagawa , Japan 1 185 — Vacated August 29, 1981 — — — — Mimi Hagiwara vacated
1080-683: The vacant championship. — Vacated December 12, 1985 — — — — Devil Masami vacated the championship to pursue the WWWA World Single Championship . 12 Chigusa Nagayo April 5, 1986 Live Event Tokyo , Japan 1 138 Nagayo defeated Dump Matsumoto to win the vacant championship. 13 Leilani Kai August 21, 1986 Live Event Tokyo , Japan 1 249 14 Chigusa Nagayo April 27, 1987 Live Event Osaka , Japan 2 740 — Vacated May 6, 1989 — — — — The championship
1120-1443: The vacant championship. — Vacated July 1997 — — — — The championship was vacated after Takako Inoue suffered an injury. 35 Tomoko Watanabe August 22, 1997 Osaka Queen Holy Night Osaka , Japan 1 133 Watanabe defeated Kaoru Ito to win the vacant championship. 36 Takako Inoue January 2, 1998 New Year Zenjo "VOW" - Day 1 Tokyo , Japan 3 109 37 Zap T April 21, 1998 Zenjo "RAN" - Day 7 Osaka , Japan 2 14 Formerly known as Tomoko Watanabe 38 Kumiko Maekawa May 5, 1998 Zenjo "RAN" - Day 17 Tokyo , Japan 1 208 39 Yasha Kurenai November 29, 1998 30th Anniversary Show Yokohama , Kanagawa , Japan 1 89 40 Kumiko Maekawa February 26, 1999 LLPW Live event Tokyo , Japan 2 350 41 Azumi Hyūga February 11, 2000 Live event Tokyo , Japan 1 155 42 Tomoko Watanabe July 15, 2000 Odaiba W Explosion Tokyo , Japan 3 428 Formerly known as Zap T. 43 Kumiko Maekawa September 16, 2001 N/A Tokyo , Japan 3 38 — Vacated October 24, 2001 — — — — Kumiko Maekawa vacated
1160-411: Was also for Toyota's IWA World Women's Championship . — Vacated March 26, 1995 — — — — The championship was vacated for unknown reasons. 29 Toshiyo Yamada March 26, 1995 Wrestling Queendom Victory Yokohama , Kanagawa , Japan 2 182 Yamada defeated Reggie Bennett and Takako Inoue in the triangular tournament to win
1200-626: Was also known in Pro Wrestling Illustrated and other London Publishing wrestling magazines as the All-Japan Women's International Championship . The title was descended from the original Women's World Championship , which Mildred Burke won in 1937. On September 2, 2017, the title was revived for one day by former AJW wrestlers Kumiko Maekawa, Manami Toyota , Nanae Takahashi and Yumiko Hotta at an independent event produced by Hotta. The soon-to-retire Toyota then defeated Hotta and
1240-573: Was made with a new All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling Association. This time the Fabulous Moolah , the NWA Women's Champion , came across from the United States and traded her title with Yukiko Tomoe , to lend legitimacy to the promotion. The new Association broke up later that year. Finally, in 1968, Takashi Matsunaga, who had been the promoter for All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling Federation, formed
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1280-510: Was started, by former AJW stars Jackie Sato and Nancy Kumi, as well as boxer Rumi Kazama and others. As All Japan Women's popularity cooled off after the Crush Gals retired, the promotion's television show was moved to midnight. While AJW remained the top promotion through the early 1990s, due to talent including Akira Hokuto , Aja Kong , Manami Toyota and Kyoko Inoue , the number of joshi puroresu promotions kept increasing, with Ladies Legend Pro-Wrestling and JWP forming in 1992 after
1320-464: Was the first women's wrestling promotion in Japan. For a time the Club pushed female wrestling as a legitimate sport, booking sporting arenas. By the mid-1960s, the association had fallen apart, due to infighting between the member promotions, and female wrestling was relegated back to being a sideshow act in strip-tease theaters. In 1967, another attempt to organize the sport of women's professional wrestling
1360-591: Was the secondary singles women's professional wrestling title in All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling or AJW. The belt was started as the Hawaiian Pacific Championship in 1977 and was renamed the All Pacific Championship in 1978. Title history [ edit ] Name Years Hawaiian Pacific Championship August 31, 1977 – September 1, 1977 All Pacific Championship September 1, 1977 – April 2005 Key No. Overall reign number Reign Reign number for
1400-492: Was the successor to the All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling Association , which had been formed in August 1955, to oversee the plethora of women's wrestling promotions that had sprung up in Japan following a tour in November, 1954, by Mildred Burke and her World Women's Wrestling Association (WWWA). These promotions included the All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling Federation , and the All Japan Women's Wrestling Club , started in 1948, which
1440-496: Was vacated after Akira Hokuto suffered an injury. 26 Toshiyo Yamada November 28, 1993 Wrestling Queendom Osaka , Japan 1 119 Yamada defeated Manami Toyota to win the vacant championship. 27 Kyoko Inoue March 27, 1994 Wrestling Queendom Yokohama , Kanagawa , Japan 2 150 28 Manami Toyota August 24, 1994 Live Event Tokyo , Japan 2 214 This match
1480-696: Was vacated after Chigusa Nagayo retired from wrestling. 15 Bull Nakano June 18, 1989 Live Event Tokyo , Japan 1 148 Nakano defeated Mitsuko Nishiwaki to win the vacant championship. 16 Noriyo Tateno November 13, 1989 Live Event Ashikaga, Tochigi , Japan 1 168 17 Aja Kong April 30, 1990 Live Event Chiba , Japan 1 48 18 Suzuka Minami June 17, 1990 Live Event Tokyo , Japan 1 <1 — Vacated June 17, 1990 Live Event Tokyo , Japan — — The championship
1520-539: Was vacated after Kayo Noumi retired from wrestling. 47 Mika Nishio July 18, 2004 Rising Generation - Day 12 Tokyo , Japan 1 112 48 Hikaru November 7, 2004 Rising Generation - Day 12 Tokyo , Japan 1 105 49 Lioness Asuka February 20, 2005 Lioness Asuka Produce: Dream Comes Living Legend Tokyo , Japan 1 <1 — Vacated February 20, 2005 — — — — The championship
1560-4879: Was vacated immediately after Lioness Asuka won the championship due to injury. — Deactivated April 2005 — — — — The championship retired when AJW closed. Combined reigns [ edit ] [REDACTED] Two-time and record longest reigning champion Chigusa Nagayo ¤ The exact length of a title reign is uncertain; the combined length may not be correct. Rank Wrestler No. of Reigns Combined Days 1 Chigusa Nagayo 2 878 2 Devil Masami 1 620 3 Kumiko Maekawa 3 596 4 Tomoko Watanabe/Zap T 3 575 5 Mimi Hagiwara 2 572 6 Yumi Ikeshita 2 492 – 631¤ 7 Kayo Noumi 1 483 8 Kyoko Inoue 3 435 9 Akira Hokuto 2 406 – 436¤ 10 Manami Toyota 2 375 11 Toshiyo Yamada 2 301 12 Leilani Kai 1 249 13 Bison Kimura 1 223 14 Maki Ueda 1 202 15 Momoe Nakanishi 1 196 16 Takako Inoue 2 182 – 212¤ 17 Noriyo Tateno 1 168 18 Azumi Hyūga 1 155 19 Jumbo Hori 1 154 20 Reggie Bennett 1 152 21 Bull Nakano 1 148 22 Mika Nishio 1 112 23 Hikaru 1 105 24 Yumiko Hotta 1 99 – 272¤ 25 Yasha Kurenai 1 89 26 Chabela Romero 1 81 27 Suzuka Minami 3 65 Tomi Aoyama 1 65 29 noki-A 1 63 30 Aja Kong 1 48 31 Judy Martin 1 30 32 Jane O'Brien 1 1 33 Lioness Asuka 1 <1 See also [ edit ] [REDACTED] Japan portal List of professional wrestling promotions in Japan List of women's wrestling promotions Professional wrestling in Japan References [ edit ] ^ "All Pacific Title (Japan)" . ^ "Leilani Kai" . GLORY Wrestling . Retrieved 2009-05-02 . ^ "AJW" . Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database . ^ "AJW Wrestling Queendom 1995 Victory" . Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database . ^ Hoops, Brian (January 20, 2019). "Pro wrestling history (01/20): HHH returns, wins 2002 Royal Rumble" . Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online . Retrieved January 18, 2019 . ^ "AJW Zenjo Transformation - Tag 8" . Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database . v t e All Pacific Champions 1970s Jane O'Brien Yumi Ikeshita Chabela Romero Maki Ueda Tomi Aoyama 1980s Mimi Hagiwara Jumbo Hori Judy Martin Mimi Hagiwara Devil Masami Chigusa Nagayo Leilani Kai Bull Nakano Noriyo Tateno 1990s Aja Kong Suzuka Minami Manami Toyota Akira Hokuto Bison Kimura Kyoko Inoue Toshiyo Yamada Yumiko Hotta Reggie Bennett Takako Inoue Tomoko Watanabe/Zap T Kumiko Maekawa Yasha Kurenai 2000s Azumi Hyuga Momoe Nakanishi noki-A Kayo Noumi Mika Nishio Hikaru Lioness Asuka v t e All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling Championships World Women's Wrestling Association WWWA World Single Championship WWWA All Pacific Championship WWWA World Tag Team Championship WWWA World Martial Arts Championship WWWA World Midget's Championship WWWA World Super Lightweight Championship WWWA World Midget's Tag Team Championship All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling AJW Championship AJW Junior Championship AJW Tag Team Championship International Wrestling Association IWA World Women's Championship American Girls' Wrestling Association AGWA International Girls' Championship AGWA International Tag Team Championship AGWA United States Girls' Championship Broadcast Fuji TV Miscellaneous AJW Hall Of Fame Tournaments Tag League
1600-1072: Was when Suzuka Minami refuses the title due to winning by disqualification . 19 Manami Toyota October 7, 1990 Live Event Tokyo , Japan 1 161 Toyota defeated Bison Kimura in tournament final to win the vacant championship. 20 Suzuka Minami March 17, 1991 Live Event Tokyo , Japan 2 43 21 Akira Hokuto April 29, 1991 Live Event Tokyo , Japan 1 158 22 Suzuka Minami October 4, 1991 Live Event Tokyo , Japan 3 22 23 Bison Kimura October 26, 1991 Live Event Toyama , Japan 1 223 24 Kyoko Inoue June 5, 1992 Live Event Asahikawa , Hokkaido , Japan 1 174 25 Akira Hokuto November 26, 1992 Dream Rush in Kawasaki Kawasaki, Kanagawa , Japan 2 248 – 278 — Vacated August 1993 — — — — The championship
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