PWF World Heavyweight Championship
| Pacific Wrestling Federation (PWF) World Heavyweight Championship | |||||||||||
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| Details | |||||||||||
| Date established | February 27, 1973 | ||||||||||
| Date retired | 1989 | ||||||||||
| Promotion | All Japan Pro Wrestling | ||||||||||
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The Pacific Wrestling Federation (PWF) World Heavyweight Championship is 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 1981. 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]
Contents
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 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Tokyo, Japan | House show | Won a series of 10 matches, the last against Bobo Brazil. | |
| 2 | Tor Kamata | 1 | June 1, 1978 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Akita, Japan | House show | ||
| 3 | Billy Robinson | 1 | June 12, 1978 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Ichinomiya, Japan | House show | ||
| 4 | Abdullah the Butcher | 1 | October 18, 1978 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Utsunomiya, Japan | House show | ||
| 5 | Giant Baba | 2 | February 10, 1979 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Chicago, Illinois, United States | House show | ||
| 6 | Harley Race | 1 | October 26, 1982 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Obihiro, Japan | House show | ||
| 7 | Giant Baba | 3 | February 11, 1983 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | St. Louis, Missouri, United States | House show | ||
| 8 | Stan Hansen | 1 | September 8, 1983 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Chiba, Japan | House show | ||
| 9 | Giant Baba | 4 | July 31, 1984 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Tokyo, Japan | House show | ||
| 10 | Stan Hansen | 2 | July 30, 1985 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Fukuoka, Japan | House show | ||
| 11 | Riki Choshu | 1 | April 5, 1986 | [Note 1] | Yokohama, Japan | House show | ||
| - | Vacated | - | March 1987 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Vacated when Choshu let for New Japan Pro Wrestling. | |
| 12 | Stan Hansen | 3 | April 24, 1987 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Yokohama, Japan | House show | Defeated Hiroshi Wajima in a decision match. | |
| 13 | Genichiro Tenryu | 1 | March 9, 1988 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Yokohama, Japan | House show | Tenryu also held the NWA United National Championship at this point in time | |
| 14 | Stan Hansen | 4 | July 27, 1988 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Nagano, Japan | House show | Won the PWF World Heavyweight and NWA United National Championship. | |
| 15 | Jumbo Tsuruta | 1 | April 18, 1989 | [Note 2] | Tokyo, Japan | House show | Tsuruta was the NWA International Heavyweight Champion. | |
| - | Unified | 1989 | - | N/A | 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. |
List of combined reigns
| Rank | Wrestler | # of Reigns | Combined Days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Giant Baba | 4 | 3,817 |
| 2 | Stan Hansen | 4 | 1,134 |
| 3 | Riki Choshu | 1 | 329 |
| 4 | Genichiro Tenryu | 1 | 140 |
| 5 | Billy Robinson | 1 | 128 |
| 6 | Abdullah the Butcher | 1 | 115 |
| 7 | Harley Race | 1 | 108 |
| 8 | Tor Kamata | 1 | 11 |
| 9 | Jumbo Tsuruta | 1 | <1 |
See also
Footnotes
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