JWP Openweight Championship

JWP Openweight Championship

Arisa Nakajima, the current and record four-time JWP Openweight Champion
Details
Promotion JWP Joshi Puroresu
Date established December 1, 1992[1]
Current champion(s) Arisa Nakajima
Date won November 3, 2016[2]

The JWP Openweight Championship is a women's professional wrestling championship owned by the JWP Joshi Puroresu promotion. The championship, which is situated at the top of JWP's championship hierarchy, was introduced on December 1, 1992, when Dynamite Kansai defeated Cutie Suzuki in a tournament final to become the inaugural champion, making it the oldest active title in all of joshi puroresu.[1][3]

Like most professional wrestling championships, the title is won as a result of a scripted match. There have been twenty-nine reigns shared among eighteen different wrestlers. Arisa Nakajima is the current champion in her fourth reign.[2]

Reigns

Dynamite Kansai was the first champion in the title's history.[1] Arisa Nakajima and Azumi Hyuga share the record for most reigns, with four each.[4] Kayoko Haruyama's first reign holds the record for the longest reign, at 719 days, while Kyoko Kimura's only reign holds the record for the shortest reign at 25 days.[4] Overall, there have been twenty-nine reigns shared among eighteen different wrestlers. Arisa Nakajima is the current champion in her fourth reign.[2]

Title history

# Order in reign history
Reign The reign number for the specific wrestler listed
Event The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the title was won
Successful defenses The number of successful defenses the champion had during her reign
— Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
+ Indicates the current reign is changing daily
# Wrestler Reign Date Days
held		 Location Event Successful
defenses		 Notes Ref(s)
1 Dynamite Kansai 1 December 1, 1992 656 Tokyo JWP House Show 3[5] Kansai defeated Cutie Suzuki in a tournament final to become the inaugural champion. [1]
2 Devil Masami 1 September 18, 1994 32 Yokohama JWP House Show 1[5] [4]
— Vacated — October 20, 1994 — — — — [4]
3 Dynamite Kansai 2 October 15, 1995 541 Tokyo JWP House Show 2[5] Kansai defeated Cutie Suzuki in a tournament final to win the vacant title. [4]
4 Hikari Fukuoka 1 April 8, 1997 691 Tokyo JWP House Show 6[5] [4]
5 Azumi Hyuga 1 February 28, 1999 298 Tokyo JWP House Show 3[5] [4]
6 Ran Yu-Yu 1 December 23, 1999 525 Tokyo JWP House Show 1[5] [4]
7 Command Bolshoi 1 August 6, 2000 196 Tokyo JWP House Show 0[5] [4]
8 Azumi Hyuga 2 February 18, 2001 636 Tokyo JWP House Show 5[5] [4]
— Vacated — November 3, 2002 — — — — [4]
9 Azumi Hyuga 3 November 28, 2004 294 Tokyo JWP House Show 2[5] Hyuga defeated Kayoko Haruyama in a tournament final to win the vacant title. [4]
10 Tsubasa Kuragaki 1 September 18, 2005 252 Tokyo JWP House Show 1[6] [4]
11 Manami Toyota 1 May 28, 2006 113 Tokyo JWP–Mania–X 2006 3[7] [6]
12 Azumi Hyuga 4 September 18, 2006 589 Tokyo JWP House Show 5[8] [7]
13 Kayoko Haruyama 1 April 29, 2008 719 Tokyo JWP–Mania–X 2008 8[9] [8]
14 Nanae Takahashi 1 April 18, 2010 91 Tokyo JWP House Show 2[10] [9]
15 Kaori Yoneyama 1 July 18, 2010 259 Tokyo JWP–Pure–Slam 10[11] This was a Title vs. Hair match. [10]
16 Leon 1 April 3, 2011 84 Tokyo JWP–Maniax 2011 1[12] This match was also contested for the High Speed Championship. [11]
17 Hailey Hatred 1 June 25, 2011 180 Osaka Road to JWP 20th: Osaka Carnival 3[13] This match was also contested for the TLW World Women's and IMW Hybrid Fighting Championships. [12]
18 Tsubasa Kuragaki 2 December 23, 2011 121 Tokyo JWP–Climax 2011: Kaori Yoneyama Final 0[14] [13]
19 Kayoko Haruyama 2 April 22, 2012 189 Tokyo JWP 20th Anniversary: Maniax 2012 3[15] [14]
20 Emi Sakura 1 October 28, 2012 57 Tokyo Pure Wars Series 1[16] [15]
21 Arisa Nakajima 1 December 24, 2012 237 Tokyo Climax 2012: JWP 20th 3[17] [16]
22 Kana 1 August 18, 2013 119 Tokyo JWP–Pure Slam 2013 2[18] [17]
23 Arisa Nakajima 2 December 15, 2013 476 Tokyo JWP–Climax 2013 6[19] [18]
24 Kayoko Haruyama 3 April 5, 2015 97 Tokyo JWP–Maniax 2015 1[20] [19]
25 Command Bolshoi 2 July 11, 2015 36 Tokyo Tropical☆Bari Bari Hurricane 0[21] [20]
26 Mayumi Ozaki 1 August 16, 2015 231 Tokyo JWP–Pure Plum 2015 2[22] [21]
27 Arisa Nakajima 3 April 3, 2016 189 Tokyo JWP–Maniax 2016 2[23] [22]
28 Kyoko Kimura 1 October 9, 2016 25 Tokyo Fly High in the 25th Anniversary 2[2] [23]
29 Arisa Nakajima 4 November 3, 2016 32+ Tokyo Pure Dream 2016 0 [2]

Combined reigns

As of December 5, 2016

† Indicates the current champion
<1 Indicates that the reign lasted less than one day
Rank Wrestler No. of reigns Combined
defenses		 Combined
days
1 Azumi Hyuga 4 14 1,797
2 Dynamite Kansai 2 5 1,197
3 Kayoko Haruyama 3 12 1,005
4 Arisa Nakajima† 4 11 934+
5 Hikari Fukuoka 1 6 691
6 Ran Yu-Yu 1 1 525
7 Tsubasa Kuragaki 2 1 373
8 Kaori Yoneyama 1 10 259
9 Command Bolshoi 2 0 232
10 Mayumi Ozaki 1 2 231
11 Hailey Hatred 1 3 180
12 Kana 1 2 119
13 Manami Toyota 1 3 113
14 Nanae Takahashi 1 2 91
15 Leon 1 1 84
16 Emi Sakura 1 1 57
17 Devil Masami 1 1 32
18 Kyoko Kimura 1 2 25

See also

References

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