WEW Heavyweight Championship

The WEW (World Entertainment Wrestling) Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling championship, first contested in Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW).[1] It was originally created for FMW as the WEW Single Championship;[2] its name was quickly changed to the WEW World Heavyweight Championship. The title was revived in Pro Wrestling A-Team in 2018 as the WEW Openweight Championship.

Not to be confused 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 Single Championship (1999)
  • WEW World Heavyweight Championship
    (September 24, 1999 - September 24, 2006)
  • WEW Heavyweight Championship
    (September 24, 2006 - April 19, 2018)
  • WEW Openweight Championship
    (April 19, 2018 - present)
Statistics
First champion(s)Kodo Fuyuki
Most reignsKintaro Kanemura (7 reigns)
Longest reignTomohiro Ishii (959 days)
Shortest reignKintaro Kanemura (2 days)
Oldest championKim Duk (70 years)
Heaviest championArashi (146 kg/322 lb)
Lightest championKoji Kanemoto (80 kg/176 lb)

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 created the WEW Single Championship and declared himself the first champion.
During this reign, the championship is renamed to the WEW World Heavyweight Championship.
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 Super Dynamism tour [9]
9 Kintaro Kanemura 2 September 9, 2001 119 Tokyo, Japan FMW house show 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 house show [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 house show 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.
The championship is renamed to the WEW Heavyweight Championship during this reign.		 [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 house show [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 house show [18]
18 Arashi 1 May 27, 2011 335 Tokyo, Japan Apache Pro house show [19]
19 Tetsuhiro Kuroda 3 April 26, 2012 90 Tokyo, Japan Apache Pro house show [20]
— Vacated — July 25, 2012 — Tokyo, Japan Apache Pro house show Kuroda vacated the title to enter the "Takeover the Independent" tournament.
20 Tetsuhiro Kuroda 4 September 21, 2012 345 Tokyo, Japan Apache Pro house show 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 house show [22]
22 Tomohiko Hashimoto 1 November 15, 2015 98 Osaka, Japan Apache Pro house show
23 Koji Kanemoto 1 February 21, 2016 308 Osaka, Japan Apache Pro house show [23]
24 Kintaro Kanemura 7 December 25, 2016 2 Tokyo, Japan Final Gong [24]
— Retired — December 27, 2016 — Tokyo, Japan 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.
The championship is renamed to the WEW Openweight Championship during this reign.		 [25]
26 Kim Duk 1 June 10, 2018 223 Tokyo, Japan A-Team house show
27 Daisaku Shimoda 2 January 19, 2019 274 Tokyo, Japan A-Team house show [26]
28 Gajō 1 October 20, 2019 56 Tokyo, Japan A-Team house show
29 Tomohiko Hashimoto 2 December 15, 2019 343 Tokyo, Japan A-Team house show
30 Super Tiger II 1 November 22, 2020 616 Tokyo, Japan 2020 Final ~ Vol. 2 [27]
31 Tomohiko Hashimoto 3 July 31, 2022 84 Tokyo, Japan A-Team house show [28]
32 Dylan James 1 October 23, 2022 199+ Tokyo, Japan A-Team house show

Combined reigns

As of May 10, 2023.

† Indicates the current champion
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns		 Combined days
1. Kintaro Kanemura71,327
2. Tomohiro Ishii1959
3. Super Tiger II1616
4. Tetsuhiro Kuroda4607
5 Tomohiko Hashimoto3525
6. Kodo Fuyuki3431
7. Arashi1335
8. Daisaku Shimoda2333
9. Koji Kanemoto1308
10. Mammoth Sasaki1293
11. Togi Makabe1273
12. Kim Duk1223
13. Hayabusa285
14. Toru Yano156
Gajō156
16. Masato Tanaka143
17. Dylan James †1199+

See also

References
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