JWP Openweight Championship

The JWP Openweight Championship was a women's professional wrestling championship owned by the JWP Joshi Puroresu promotion. The championship, which was 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. At the time of JWP Joshi Puroresu's folding in April 2017, the JWP Openweight Championship was the oldest active title in all of joshi puroresu.[1][4]

JWP Openweight Championship
Arisa Nakajima, record four-time JWP Openweight Champion
Details
PromotionJWP Joshi Puroresu
Date establishedDecember 1, 1992[1]
Date retiredApril 2, 2017[2][3]

Like most professional wrestling championships, the title was won as a result of a scripted match. There were thirty reigns shared among nineteen different wrestlers. The title was retired on April 2, 2017, when JWP Joshi Puroresu went out of business. That same day, Hanako Nakamori won the final match contested for the title, making her third successful defense against Tsubasa Kuragaki.[2][3]

Reigns

Dynamite Kansai was the first champion in the title's history and Hanako Nakamori the final.[1][2][3] Arisa Nakajima and Azumi Hyuga share the record for most reigns, with four each.[5] 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.[5] Overall, there were thirty reigns shared among nineteen different wrestlers.

Title history
Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
Defenses Number of successful defenses
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign DaysDefenses
1 Dynamite Kansai December 1, 1992 House show Tokyo, Japan 1 6563[6] Kansai defeated Cutie Suzuki in a tournament final to become the inaugural champion. [1]
2 Devil Masami September 18, 1994 House show Yokohama, Japan 1 321[6] [5]
— Vacated October 20, 1994 — — — —— [5]
3 Dynamite Kansai October 15, 1995 House show Tokyo, Japan 2 5412[6] Kansai defeated Cutie Suzuki in a tournament final to win the vacant championship. [5]
4 Hikari Fukuoka April 8, 1997 House show Tokyo, Japan 1 6916[6] [5]
5 Azumi Hyuga February 28, 1999 House show Tokyo, Japan 1 2983[6] [5]
6 Ran Yu-Yu December 23, 1999 House show Tokyo, Japan 1 5251[6] [5]
7 Command Bolshoi August 6, 2000 House show Tokyo, Japan 1 1960[6] [5]
8 Azumi Hyuga February 18, 2001 House show Tokyo, Japan 2 6235[6] [5]
— Vacated November 3, 2002 — — — —— [5]
9 Azumi Hyuga November 28, 2004 House show Tokyo, Japan 3 2942[6] Hyuga defeated Kayoko Haruyama in a tournament final to win the vacant championship. [5]
10 Tsubasa Kuragaki September 18, 2005 House show Tokyo, Japan 1 2521[7] [5]
11 Manami Toyota May 28, 2006 Mania–X Tokyo, Japan 1 1133[8] [7]
12 Azumi Hyuga September 18, 2006 House show Tokyo, Japan 4 5895[9] [8]
13 Kayoko Haruyama April 29, 2008 Mania–X Tokyo, Japan 1 7198[10] [9]
14 Nanae Takahashi April 18, 2010 House show Tokyo, Japan 1 912[11] [10]
15 Kaori Yoneyama July 18, 2010 JWP–Pure–Slam Tokyo, Japan 1 25910[12] This was a Title vs. Hair match. [11]
16 Leon April 3, 2011 Mania–X Tokyo, Japan 1 841[13] This match was also contested for the High Speed Championship. [12]
17 Hailey Hatred June 25, 2011 Road to JWP 20th: Osaka Carnival Osaka, Japan 1 1803[14] This match was also contested for the TLW World Women's and IMW Hybrid Fighting Championships. [13]
18 Tsubasa Kuragaki December 23, 2011 Climax 2011: Kaori Yoneyama Final Tokyo, Japan 2 1210[15] [14]
19 Kayoko Haruyama April 22, 2012 JWP 20th Anniversary: Mania–X Tokyo, Japan 2 1893[16] [15]
20 Emi Sakura October 28, 2012 Pure Wars Series Tokyo, Japan 1 571[17] [16]
21 Arisa Nakajima December 24, 2012 Climax 2012: JWP 20th Tokyo, Japan 1 2373[18] [17]
22 Kana August 18, 2013 JWP–Pure Slam 2013 Tokyo, Japan 1 1192[19] [18]
23 Arisa Nakajima December 15, 2013 Climax Tokyo, Japan 2 4766[20] [19]
24 Kayoko Haruyama April 5, 2015 Mania–X Tokyo, Japan 3 971[21] [20]
25 Command Bolshoi July 11, 2015 Tropical☆Bari Bari Hurricane Tokyo, Japan 2 360[22] [21]
26 Mayumi Ozaki August 16, 2015 JWP–Pure Plum 2015 Tokyo, Japan 1 2312[23] [22]
27 Arisa Nakajima April 3, 2016 Mania–X Tokyo, Japan 3 1892[24] [23]
28 Kyoko Kimura October 9, 2016 Fly High in the 25th Anniversary Tokyo, Japan 1 252[25] [24]
29 Arisa Nakajima November 3, 2016 Pure Dream 2016 Tokyo, Japan 4 550[26] [25]
30 Hanako Nakamori December 28, 2016 Climax Tokyo, Japan 1 953[2] [26]
— Deactivated April 2, 2017 JWP 25th Anniversary Tokyo, Japan — —— Title retired when JWP Joshi Puroresu goes out of business. [2][3]

Combined reigns
Two-time and inaugural champion Dynamite Kansai
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns		 Combined
defenses		 Combined
days
1 Azumi Hyuga4141,797
2 Dynamite Kansai251,197
3 Kayoko Haruyama3121,005
4 Arisa Nakajima411957
5 Hikari Fukuoka16691
6 Ran Yu-Yu11525
7 Tsubasa Kuragaki21373
8 Kaori Yoneyama110259
9 Command Bolshoi20232
10 Mayumi Ozaki12231
11 Hailey Hatred13180
12 Kana12119
13 Manami Toyota13113
14 Hanako Nakamori1395
15 Nanae Takahashi1291
16 Leon1184
17 Emi Sakura1157
18 Devil Masami1132
19 Kyoko Kimura1225

See also

References
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